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rOL. XXIX--NO. 51
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
E. P. GEARY, M. D.,
Physician And Surgeon.
MEDFORD, OREGON.
Offleo in A L. Johnson's building.
T. JL YOUNG, M. D.,
tlijslcan And Surgeon,
Central Poi)tt,-.Oreoon'.
Calls ytgJSJftttndpgo allUo""-
Xi-I. WHITNEYvM-D,
EAQLE POINT, OREGON.
Having located at this- place I ask a
share of the patronage of this section.
Calls attended to at any rise.
W. F. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Medford, Oksgon.
All bnsiness in my line -will receive
prompt attention.
II. K. ITANNA,
Attorney & Counsellor Ai-Laio,
JACKSONVILLE, OON.
Trill practice in all the Court! of the
Bute. Offleo up stiin in Orlh's brick.
C-LMPERT. M- D-,
Oraduateof University, Leipzig, Germ,
rrnajgoJ
4R
Physician And Surg
Call attended to at all hours day and
aijht. Office at the U. S. Hotel, Jackson
vllle, egon.
P. P. PRIM,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Jacksonville, Ogn.,
Will practice in all the Courts of the
State. Office in Court House.
G U. AIKEN, M. D.,
naYSICIAK AND STJGQN,
JACKSONVILLE, OEEOON.
ej-OH.. eppoiltc P. J. Ryan's itnre.
J. W. R0BINS01I, H D-,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Jacksonville, Ogn.
OFFICE At CitT Drug Store. Resi-
dence on Fourth St., op-.xisile 51. E.
Church.
Calls promptly attended to, day and night.
MARTIN VRG-MAN, M. D.
D2TSICIAU AND SURGEON,
MEDFORD, OREGON.
C& arensptly attended to at all hours.
B. F. DOWELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON.
AllhaiU.il place. Ia ny handi wilt r.ceiT. prrapt
attiatl.a. J-5peciil attsattas (Itcb to tullac
tl..l. A. L. JOHNSON,
Nitary Pnilit, &al Estate tut and
Collector
JMoctford, Or.
I make conveyancing and furnishing ab
stracts of land titles a specially. Loans
Hc'otiated and collections made. All
bisiaeti intrusted to my cara will receive
rBjt aad carelul attention.
WILL. JACKSON,
f K N T I S T,
JACKSONVILLE, OUEGON.
1EETII EXRACTED AT ALL
hcuri. Laneblng cat .d-
ImlnliUnd.lf detlrrJ.fnr which axtra
' chare, will b. made.
OSc. aad reitd.oe. oa corner of Callfornta and
ink Until.
a. aim.
h. B. BTKARNl.
GIBBS & STEARNS,
A TT0RNEYS AND COUNSELLORS,
Roeini 2 and I Strotrbridge's Bailding,
PORTLAKD, OHEGON.
frillratlco In alt Ccnrti of RMordlnth. State ot
Oregon and Wahehlngton Territory; and pay par
MMlar att.atlon to bnlnete in Federal Courts.
UNION HOraL
Kerbrvllle Oresou,
M. Ryder, Propr.
Firstclass accommodation can alwavs
be had at this house at the most reasona
ble rates.
ESTAn excellent stable connected with
the hotel.
(Jt?fJa week in your own town. Terms
DUUand $5 outfit free. Addrcsv H
Halhctt & Co-- PortttAcl litiM
the mmn mm
Colman's old stand.
A, G. COLVIN,
Ilercby informs the public that he is-dis-playing
at the above stand a first
class stock of
General Merchandise
Which he Trill sell
At VeryXoWr Prices.,!
His stock consists of
CLOTHING.
Groceries Provisions,
Etc.
Everything is fresh and of good qual;
ity, and prices put down to
Tho Lowest Itfotch !
C3FCountry Produce bought and sold.
Remember Colman's old stand, and give
me a call when in tawn.
A. G. CoiiViN.
NINETEENTH YEAR.
BT.EZAar'S .CASSSiT2,f
CONDUCTED BY.
4
?
THE SISTERS (iF THE HOLT SA51E.
TnE SHOLASTIC YEAR OF THIS
school will commence about the end ot
August, and is divided in four sessions,
of eleven weeks each.
Board and tuition, pertajm, $40.00
Music -' lo.OO
Drawing and- painting'tf t
8.00
3.00
Bed and Bedding.
,vk
SELECT-JY- SCHOOL.
Ennwrxipewccmu
fT.OO
COO
8.00
10.09
junior,
Preparatoy "
Senior. "
Pupils received at any time, and special
attentioa is paid to particular studies in
behalf of children who have but limited
time. For further particulars apply at
the Academy
WINTER OPENING
AT
Mrs. P. P. Prim's
Millinery Store.
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW
and complete stock of Millinery goods,
consisting of
HAT'3 OF ALL STYLES,
RIBBONS,
FEATHERS,
FLOWERS,
COLLARS
AND CUFFS,
VoiTlns.
ORNAMENTS, SILKS, LACES,
Ccnlltmfus' and Ladies' Handkerchiefs
Call and see them at the building form
erly occupied by Dr. Robinson on Califor
nia street. MRS. P.P. PRIM.
TABLE ROCK SALOON,
OREGON STREET,
WIJVTJEJiT and HELMS,
PROPRIETORS.
The proprietors of this well known and
popular resort world inform their fiiends
and the public generally that a complete
and first class slock of the bast brands of
liquors, wines, cigars, ale and porter, etc.,
are constantly kept on hand. They will
be pleased to have their friends "call and
smile."
CABINET.
A cabinet of curiosities may also be
found here. "We would be pleased to have
persons possessing curiosities and speci
mens bring them in, and we will place
thtau in the cabinet for inspection.
W1NTJKN k HELMS.
ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
Corner Front and Morrison, fortlaud.
(Oa the European Plan.)
THOS..GUINEAN, PROP.
(Lute of the Arcade, Sacramento.)
This hotel is thoroughly fire-Drool. Con
tains 120 elegantly furnished suits and
single rooms, which have been refitted and
refurnished in modern style.
Free coach to and from all trains and
boats.
d)pr nr" UOfiPer day at home
2U A J 4J)'USamples worth $5
Ctm AidreuSjiseVCo.,PoTtlia:,lis
THE STAFF OF LIF!
THE ROGUE RIVER
MUSS MILLS
HAVING RECENTLY BEEN RE
fittccTwith al modern improvements,
are now turning out a first-class article
of flour, which is put up in one-fourth
baircl sacks, and every sack is warranted
to contain 49 pounds of flour If vou don't
believe this, just compare a sack of our
flour with any other brand offered for sale
in this market, and note the difference in
weight.
K?
FJriiir an
S'i'A
Fccci
Constantly on hand and exchanged for
wheat.
BARLEY ROLLERS.
Havinff addeil a set of Barlev Rollers to
my mill, I have set apart every Saturday
to Roll Uarley for customers. The work
will be uonc on snort notice, so that par
tics can return with their grist the same
day. I am prepared to roll barley at all
times and in the best manner. This pro
cess is tar ahead of the crusher
G.KUtEWSKI.
Jacksonville, Sept. 22. 18S3.
Parmer's Store,
MEuroRD, Oregon,
ANGLE & PLYMALE Prop's.
The undersicned takes pleasure in'an
nouncinglhat he has opened his place of
business ip the m-w town of Medford, Or
egon, andis now prepared to furnish, in
quantilicsto suit,
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS,
PAINTS AND OILS
MACHINE OIL
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
CANDIES, NUTS,
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, Etc.
My stock is fresh and first-class and 1,
propose to keep a full' assortment of every
thing in my line ana sell at
PRICES LOWER THAN EVER
All I ask is a trial.
C35"IIigliesi price paid for Produce.
Nervous Debility.
A SURE CURE GUARANTEED.
DR. E. C. "WEST'S nerve and brain
treatment, a specific for Hysteria,
Dizziness, Convulsions, Nervous' Head
ache, Mental Depression, Loss of Memory,
Spermitorhoca, Impotenoy, Involuntary
emissions, premature old age, caused by
over-exertion, selt-abusc or over-indulgence,
which leads to misery, decay and
death. One box will cure recent cases.
Each box contains one month's tieatment.
one do'lar a box, or six boxes for five dol
lars; sent ity mail prepaid on receipt of
price. We guarantee six boxes to cure
any case. With each order received by us
for six boxes, accompanied with live dol
lars, we will send thu purchaser our writ
ten guarrntee to return the money if the
treatment does not effect a cure. Guaran
tees issued only by
VoonAitD, Clatske & Co.,
"Wholesale am' Retail Druggists, Port
land, Oregon.
Orders by mail at regular prices.
U. S. SALOON,
U. I. nOTEIi BUILDING, JACKSONVILLE,
T.T. McKENZI. PROP'R,
TTAVING
ASSUMED TnE MAN-
JL-La
ajrenient ot this resort. I nronosis
keeping it stocked with the finest brands
of
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS,
And will be pleased to receive a call from
all who wish tho best in my line. Sat
islaclion assured. T. T. McKENZIE.
mi iiEoycii
-IN
HOTEL PRICES
AT THE
SL0VER HOTEL
BOARD AND LOOSING
Best house for the money this side of
Portland.
C. A. HUBBELL,
Eeal Estate Agent,
AUCTIONEER,
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON.
Office in Dr. Aiken's building on Cal
ifornia street. All business entrusted to
my care will receive prompt and careful
attemtioa. 6. A. Htobeli.
JACKSONVILIJR OKEGOJj, DECEMBER 20 ISS4.
Piles! Piles! Piles!
A SUEE CUKE FOUND
AT LA'ST!
NO ONE JSEEJO SUFFEH!
A sure Cure for Blind, Bleeding, Itching
and Ulcerated Piles has been discovered
by Dr. "Wil'iam, fan Indi.Ui Remedy,;
called Dr. "William's Indian Ointment. A
single box has cured the worst chronic
cases of 25 or 30 years standing. No one
need suffer five minutes after applying this
wonderful soothing medicine ALotions in
struments and electuaries Muaons harm
ban good. wilhams !. '",t absorbs
11 i.j -'-- ''WPW !-V
"fj-i.ftitiUlain jl-'nihiain.r gelhng want
m bedac't "s a poultice, gives instant
relief and freparcd on!- for PilessMtcb
ing of the p'svate parts, and for nothing
else.
Read wli-i the Hon. J. M. Coflinberrj
of Ulcvelanu f ys about Dr. "William's In
dian Pile O'titment: I have used scores
of Pile Cuuti, and it affords me pleasure
j to say that-: have never found anything
which gave sucn lmmeuiaic ami perma
nent reliefs Dr. "William's Indian Oint
ment, t
For sale hv alt druggists or mailed on
receipt of pfcrc. $1.00.
HENRY & CO., Proprietors,
Cleveland, O.
HoDan, Davis & Co., "Wholesale Agents,
I'orttanu, Oregon.
LLS
T--
TGRP2D BOWELS,
DISORDERED LiVER,
and BftAKARIA, ,
From tbio uonrces nrlso threo-foartns or
tbo dlscaias of the human nice. Thcso
syniptom?lndicatoUie!rcxiteiice:Losa ot
Apjwtlte Uowtll costive, Slclt Head
nclie, fuljnesa after eating, aversion to
exertion of body or julad, Eructation
of food, Irritability of temper, Ioi7
.spirits, A fteMr.K of fitvius neglected
Vomo amy, BIxiitiess,ir!uitcrin: at tho
Heart, Dota Ijcforo tlie cve,liglily eol
cred Urine, COXXTIV&.TION, and de
mand the uso of a rcraody that acts directly
octhoIJvcr. AsrtLivermcdicineTUTX'S
PH.r.Sli!vonooquaL Tliclractionontuo
Ki Jneys and SUIn Is also prompt; rcmcvlus
nil Impurities Uirougn thcso three " scov
engera or the system," prodaciajj nppo
tite.eonntl digestion, rcsulnr stools, a ctrar
Ednanrt.vigorousbodr. Tirrr'S PIXCS
ennso no. nausea or griping nor Interfere
with daily worlc and aro a perfect
AMTW30TE TO PJiALARIA.
fcoldcvetT"t'r'.S5c. OSjjc.fl Mn-mybt.Ny.
TOTT8 EfflR
2i?!t TTirt on WHIP
X cb&sgcd In.
-tni-cV to a Glosst BL
jyasiugio an-
'IT-T"-.
Office, 44 Jlnrray Srreot, Kow York.
TUTT'S Haa'JAL OFUSEfULREr-EIFTS FnES.
rt on hw HTnTCftn TfCeirjiOlBli
TIIS ASHLAND COLLEGE
AND
NORMAL SCHOOL,
J3L.BlxJ.m3.c3., Or.
Four courses of study. Normal and
Commercial College, Preparatory and In
strumental music.
For particulars or catalogue apply to
the undersigned al Ashland, Oregon.
il. G. ROYAL, A. M.
President
Tho r.uTEns' GtrrDE Is Is
sued March and Sept, each
ycar: 216 pages, SJxll
finclie3,uthov3,20O
illustrations r hole pic
ture callcrv. . -ves whole
sale prices direct to etmsume jn all goods
for personal or family u . Tells how
to order, and gives cxaf cast of every
thing you ujc, cat, drir vear, or havo
fun with. Thcso inva able books con
tain information gleaned from tho map
kcts of the world. Wo will mail a copy
"Free to any address upon receipt of the
postage 7 cents. Let us hear from you.
Respectfully,
rV10?.TGOMERY WARD & CO.
27 & 2S9 WcbaaU Atcbec. CMcSfe. UL
ANA
PH. fu SILSI1EE5 EXTEnSIL TILE HKUEDy
Girsi Inrtant flelief, and is an Infallible
CURE FOR ALL KINDS OF PSLES.
Sold by Druggists every where. Price, "1.00
icrbox, prepaid, by mail. Samples sent
free to Physicians and all sufferers, by
Neustaedter & Co., Box ?16 New York
City. Sole manufacturers of ANAKESIS
fe
FDRS
1SS5
K V ALUAI1LE TO ALLT
will be mailed ffra ff PTZS
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ana to customers of last year without
orderinclt It contains illustrations, pricsj,
descriptions and directions for p'.antine o
vcsttable and Flower SEKUS, BUX.US, etc.
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CROUP, WHOOPING COUGH
and Bronchitis immediately relieved
by Shiloh'f. cure. Brocks keeps it.
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Feck's Bad Boy-
"Say, you inctndiarr little uss, you,
what is this I hsar about you setting
your pa on 6r, and getting a panio in
the church?" said tho groceryman tw
th bad boy, ns he took out a dog
whistln and blow a blast, and started
off with a sausage following him, he
hiring tied a fine thread to the tnu
sags before whistling.
"Hore briig back that tausago."
"Well, chain up your sausage if
yji -Jwit want' it t-follow ptople eff
when they whistle," said the boy, aa
the (,roccrrrnan broko the tkread and
pot tho sausage back on the counter.
"I didu't get up no panic. It was pa.
Vou tee we all went to church, and it
was a long sermon, one of these to-be
coutinued ia our-next aermoni, with
chapters, and everybody was tired.
Yoa know how unay a boy will get
in church, and Low he feels in his
packets all the time. I was feeling in
my pockets and I found one of these
cigar lighters that has a eoil of cotton
in it, and you touch a spring and a
percussion cap inside of the conctrn
lights the cotton, and yo can light a ci
gar with it. I took it out of my pocket
and had it in my hand, just handling
it, vou kuorf, eause I was nervous,
when pa leaned over te me and said
'What you get there?' I said 'Noth
iug very much,' and pa said 'Give it
here' and I banded" it to pa and ba
loeked mad at me and put it in his
pants pocket. He didn't know ivh&t
it wag, bnt thought I was fooling with
something I ought not to, and he took
it away from me on general principles.
When pa put it in his pocket I guess
he touched the spring, causo 1 heard a
muffled sound as though the cap had
exploded, and I knew thajcotten would
be on fire, but I didn't dare tell pa for
fear he would hit ma in the lip. Pa
hsxri! it, but I guexs he thought it was
'something inude ef hira that had
broke. Maybe "ae theugul lt'wiiv a
rib, or maybe he 'bought one of raa's
corsets had broke. Anyway prsttr
coon I amclled something burning, but
it wasn't my put in and I didn't say
nothing. Pa (moiled wuoIch aburning
and he snuffed and leoked around at
me as though lis thought it was rue
celebrating, and then he looked at ran,
and ma looked at him. I looked at
the minister, and jml drank in the
words ho uttered like a cow drinking
slops. An old maid in the seat ahead
of us looked around at pa and pucker
ed up her nose, and pa thought she
was in pain, and he leaned forward
and asked her if anything was burning
about her, as she was mad, and flounc
cai along to the other end of the seat.
I kept looking at the minister, and
everybody looked at pa and snuffed.
Ma saw the smoke earning out of pa's
clothes, and told bin he was on fire.
Pa looked down at his.slf, and the
smoke was biting out of his coat,
which was buttoned up, and quicker'n
scat he jumped up and began to pull
off his coat, and he threw it on the
floor. Then he see it wasn't in his
coat, and ho jerked his vent off, and by
that tia everybody in the house
thought he was crazy of drunk, and
orai of them said 'Put him out,' and
collated pa, aud told him he must not
remove any wore of his wearing up
parel, but ps. said he was on fire, and
the wimtnen screamed when he said
'fire,' and some men took pa by the
collar and pants and made him walk
turkey into the vestibule, and the
minister told the congregation to re
main seated, as there was no danger,
only a man under the influence of
liquor, that bane of the human race,
and he wrut on and preached a tern
pernnce sermon with pa as a text.
Well, when thty got pa out into the
re.tibule they found his pants pockets
was all on fire, but it didn't blaze it
enly smoked. Pa wanted to kiok off
his pants, hut the deacons who pass
the sassar, they took out his pocket
and put out the firo, and then you
GHjht to have seen pa. He realized
that he had made a scene, and his eyes
stuck (out, and his face was red, and
the deacons thought he did it on pur
pose, and were goin to have him ar
rested, and he laid it on to me. They
came in afterjkis coat and vest, and
jjst then the sermon was over, and
ma and I went out into the restibule,
and it amellod as though somebody
had burned a ra;. Pa asked me if I
didn't set him afire with an infernal
machine, and I told him it was only a
cigar-lighter, and if he hadn't touohed
tyaci
it off after he took it away from me,
he wouldn't have had any trouble.
Thiy wanted me to show how it work
ed there in the vestibule and I saw a
cigar sticking oat of the vest pocket
of the Sunday school superintendent,
and I fcok the cigar and pnt it in my
month aad toached off the cigar lighter
and lit the cigar, and they all laughed
nntil they began to think it wasn't
just the thing to smoke- in chureh,
and then tkoy teld. me I bstttr go out.
We went hosae, and pa smells as
thew;h thsro hid been a Sro 1c a rag
warohouse. He was going to maul
me fer giving the cigar lighter to him
in chnrch, bnt raa teok my part, and
told him if he had minded his own
businets and listened to the sermon he
wouldn't have get up a conflagration.
I think pa was pretty scared when he
found ho was afire, fer the minister
ha j been telling how sinners would be
burned with hell fire, and pa thought
the time of one sinner had come be
fore the schedule time. Well, a boy
is misunderstood more than any other
animal exeept a cat," end the boy
whistled again at the groccryman's
satigagn, but when the sausage didn't
follew him he said, "Doa't disturb it.
It has carted np and gone to sleep;"
and as he went out at the dear, a
pound weight struck the door easing,
and tho groceryroan said, "Oh, if the
man who stele Charley Ross would
enly take him."
Fi ozen To Death-
THE
SAD FATE OF A TIIHCK TEAR OLD
CHILD.
Last Saturday afternoon, at 2
o'clock, a little boy, aged three, son of
J. A. Calfee, who resides ia Cetton
wsed galch, three miles from town,
strayed from home, and although the
mother and a few cf the neighbor
coiuiaeaisJ lo hu-t lor hire wiihia li
minutes of his disappearance, no traces
of him could be found. Beeming
thoroughly alarnsd after an hour's
sesrch the neighbors were notified,
and a carefnl exploration of the prem
ises was inaugurated. Failing to find
any trases ef the little wanderer np te
sundown, a messenger was dispatched
to this plats for assistance, and over
70 of our citizens left to ioia in the
search, which continued all night.
Fires wera kindled in the timber and
chspparal which bordered the Celfee
ranch, and willing hands bore aloft
torches and lanterns, and the country
was thoroughly sctnred without avail.
The next morning (Sanday) the fire
bells sounded a general alarm, which
was followed with a great outflow of
our poople fer the locality which so
effectually kid a little bud, a Mother's
loved bey. By this time the mother
of the missing child was almost wild
with anxiety, and was suffering from
exposure, having hunted all through
tbo bitter cold night fer her darling,
ana her garments were Hanging in
shreds from contact with stubborn
bushes. Although everybody had giv
en up all hopes of finding tho child
living she had persuaded hersolf to be
lieve that ho would he restored to her
arms alive. Her hope was enly do
stroyed when the little one was
bronght into the house cold in death.
Ob, the agony and suffering ef the
poor mother! What heart cannot but
sympathize with hail The corpse of
the child was found at 9 e'elock Sun
day nsorning by Mr. Mat. Miner,
about three miles from home and 300
yards from Bob Hopper's place,
lying face down in the road. At the
point where the body was fennd the
road has three branches, which are
used 'alternately by teams during
stormy weather. Mr. Miner was driv
ing to Bntteville, aad it so happened
that he teek the middle one of the
three roads, where ae found the child,
and taking him in the bugrj he drove
to the house. Dr. Ream, who was
present when the body was brought in,
was of the opinion that death ensued
about midnight. The general suppo
sitioa is that the child went off for the
purpose of meeting his father, who had
gone up tho valley after lumber. The
father returned Sunday afternoon, and
was almost distracted over the sad loss
of his boy. The sympathy ef the en
tire community is with the unfortunate
parents, who are honest, bard working
people, with a large family to support.
Oar citizens liberally contributed to
their support. "Yreka Union."
The Peasions-
About 1,000,000 claims for pensions
have been filed since 1SG1. More
than half the whole number, according
to the report of the commissioner,
545,130 claims ia all, ha-To been allow,
ed. The whole amount disbursed for
pensions since 18G1 is 567S,34G,507.
The amount paid during tha past year
was 557,907,507, including tho sum
paid to new claimants under the ar
rears of pensions act. Of these new
claimants during the past.yearp31;307
were paid", but as a large number' ef
persons were dropped from tho rolls,
the net increase in tho number on the
pension rolls was only 19,078. Tho
whole number of pensioners is 322,
756, of whom about two thirds are
army invalids, the remainder widows,
children and relatives, and navy in
valids, nith a few survivors of tho
war of 1812 and their widows.
It is an enormous sum that thegov
sernoienthasjpaid in pensions, a sum
which no member of the congress by
which the first pensions act was onaa'
ed would have ventared to contem
plate. At that time the government
was terribly in debt; its resources were
fer smaller than they are now; its
credit as impaired; its hopes for the
future were dim. To-day its surpius
revenue is so largo that many conceive
it to be the most important if all
things to cut it down; and yet the
taxes have been so reduced that they
are scarcely felt by the peop'o at all.
There ought to be no feeling of un
willingness to pay fully and liberally
all that by any reasonable construction
of the law may seem due to pensions
claimants. The government is ablo to
pay; the money does not go out of the
country, or into the hands ef any
privllegod class, but into immediate
circulation; and it goes toward the sup
port of a body of people who deserve
far more thar Sountry has given'or
evej,.JenBaBBaHLb.e marveleu
prosperity whisht wo enjoy, aad which
enables us to pay enly $56,000,000 a
year fer pensions, but many less meri
torious charges, and yet to extinguish
tho poblie debt with honorable rapidi
ty, is in great part due, we must not
forget, to the ssrvicos of those who sup
pressed the rebellion. If there should
ba a disposition in the next or in any
future congress to cut down the sains
awarded to the invalids of the union
army of their reprxsentatives, or to ex
tond like favors to those who havo
not equally just claims upon the gov
ernment of tha United States, it is to
be hoped that wan of all parties will
be fouud as ready to resist such a.
charge as all should ba to prevent
frauds through tha operation of tho
pension act.
UxABisruD uy Defiat, Hz Bons
UpSerekelt. Ben Batler is repress
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A man of his genius and versatility
will not down. He is already out of
his political gravo and at work with
his usual vigor and sharp tongue, A.
few days ago he appeared before tho
peusion oftlee to get a pension for the
widow of an officer who had been
dropped from the army roll fer im
moral conduct with women. He
pleaded: "It has now been aottled by
the highest tribunal in this country
that prior unchastity can work no
forfeiture of honor, or profit, or official
standing. I therefore demand that
the same of soy client's husband ba
restored to the rolls."
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