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Show deteriorated during the last quarter of a- century. cen-tury. And yet there are softshell goody-goodies, goody-goodies, who -would hare us believe their vaporing aver the "demoralizations of the war" of 18(31 and '65. MltllARr FASHIONS. General Snowmx, in cormnaud of the Pennsylvania National guard, is evidently lUore of a military than a holiday picnic loader. When the Homestead united home gMard of citizens aud mill men teudered him ai d his men a reception with four bras l ends, and a procession of children turned out with flowers, he declined to accept, 'but proceeded to make n admirable disposition of Ue troops under his command and TtotTfie.l the "sheriff that he could iiroeeed at once in the performance of his iutics, take possession of the mill aud arrest ar-rest those who had violated law. It J.- refreshing to offset the clean-cut, straight-forward action of a military man who knows his duty and takes the shortest cut to perform it against the whiffling, sinuous sin-uous track of the mere political o&lcial who is anxious to curry favor with the dear voting vot-ing people. It may be a necessity in each feneration to have a war in defense of il;ht and principle precipitated upon the people of thia nation la order, to infuse promptnes, efficiency and obedience to law and order into the official class, and to reinforce rein-force the backbone of the nation with better material. The politic of the nation have |