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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 308
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1886.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
The Matthews Renomination Denounced
by Senators and the Press.
*7™°“", Chl,r ‘"‘ l W “ U SeIII «« 0ut Hor Party.
On «r.'.,* n TT 1Pi8ht ln Vrossure
tod f'rlr ‘“ n,erCe Bll *~® OD, P lr *tor»
■Jim nFEnS?' Deoember 25.—The noinl-
■jStlon of Matthews as recorder of deeds of
the district promises to become a cclj
brated case. It is a complete abrogatiot
nienta autbority of the senate over appoint-
P rcB ident carves out the pol
icy iudicated for him in this mornimr’s is-
«Svs° that a t d h miniafcrat . i0D organ. Th e g Post
•ays that the renonnnatiou of Mr. Mat-
tho'I 8 k “ eps hi ‘ n until the close of
that if ho should be re-
Jeoted by the senate the president could
S reappoint him after the adjourn-
this means the president could
•scape entirely the authority of the senate
over any appointment he might see fit to
make. Such an act is regarded by many
good lawyers aa a most unconstitutional
one. 1 he senate has already said that it
would not consent to Mr. Matthew’s au-
B °* n j n lu n t - , ,pb ’ 3 being tho case, it is bo-
eved that the president has passed to dan
gerous ground in asserting his right to re
nominate liitn. In earlier times, when op
position senators stood up for the charac
ter and authority of that body, such an act
upon the part of the president might have
been met by impeachment.
The Evening Star, one of the most con-
■ervative newspapers in tho district, in
discussing to-night the reasons given by
the presidentconceruing this appointment,
contradicts him flatly in Uis statement of
the alledged facts in the case. The Star
•ays: “It is possible, though hardlv proba
ble, that the confirmation of Mr. Matthews
as recorder of deeds for the District of Co
lumbia mav be secured, ns desired by the
president in his message sent to lhat body
yesterday; but it is not fair, either to that
body or to the people ol the district, that
this result should be accomplished through
a misrepresentation or misunderstanding
of the facts in the case. In transmitting
the second time the name of bis choice to
the senate, the President takes occasion to
assert that the objection to Mr. Matthews
occupancy of the place is largely based on
a prejudice conceived against that gentle
man, and that his uiangement of the office
since he has been in it has had the effect of
removing much of the opposition to him
which formerly existed.
“Now we have far better opportunities
for knowing the sentiment and temper of
this community than anv president ever
had, or is likely to have, and wo undertake
to say that no prejudice has existed, or
now exists, against Mr. Matthews person
ally, uor has an.v serious doubt ever been
entertained, so far as we can discover, sis to
his capacity to till the office with credit to
himself aud satisfaction to the public.
Neither, as the president would seem to
want the public to iufer, is the color of hi <
nominee an objection; for, as is ivti;
known, more than one lucrative and rc
sponsible office in tho district hasbeeii,aud
Is now, acceptably filled by colored men.
On the other hand, Mr. Matthews appears
to have impressed favorably those whom
ha has met, officially and personally, and
so far as we know, his office has been cred
itably conducted during his incumbency.
But this might well have been expected of
any gentleman the president was likely to
name for the place.
“The opposition to Mr. Matthews rests
upon much broader and more solid ground
It goes back to the principle of home rule
and to the president’s disregard of his own
party’s indorsement of that principle as.
distinctly enunciated in the platform upon
which he was nominated and elected, fl.-.d
the president been unable to find a white
or black resident of the District who was
at once worthy of official recognition and
capable of properly filling tho position in
question, the importation of a protege from
a distant point to till a purely local office
might have been excused. As it is, the ac
tion of the executive is almost uniformly
regarded—aud most of nil by members of
fits own party—as both a reflection upon
the people ui' the District and a wholly uu-
oalied-for disregard for tho popular will."
SAYS SHE SOLD OUT HER PARTY.
In. Foster, »« loss Prohibitimist, oa ttw
Defensive—Tcnqiaranro Factious.
Deb Mounts, la., December 25.—In the
state senate two years ago Senator Hills, in
defending his position in antagonism to
that assumed by iiis party on the liquor
issue, made a direct, ch rge that Mrs. J.
Ellen Poster, the noted advocate oi prohi
bition, had at a previous election received
$1000 from the republican state ceu.ial
committee in cousidt ration ot having .ui,
cessfully used hor influence to keep out ot
the tield a prohibition slate ticket, t his
assertion found wide eireul.nion at the
time, but was never publicly denied by
Mrs. Poster herself, although she sat in
the senate gallery and heard Senator i-itw
charge. It was renewed last summer uj a
Dos Moines correspondent o. bite, a
strong prohibition organ but. anti mhcr.
Jo tm S, Ruuueil’s, chairman ot «
republican stare committee at the
time, was understood to have been
the financial agent through whom the
alleged negotiations with Mrs. Fostei w ei o
conducted and tiie money paid. A state
officer in speaking upon this tome to-day,
said that the brother of Mra. FookV, ha\
ins been delegated oy that lady to hunt
down the authors of the cha^e against
her, is now intent upon securing a ret™-
tion of these damaging accusations. In
order that no doubt may 'biger ahout t ie
$1000 matter it is understood that Mr. Kun
Sells has ordered prepared an absolute do
nial of having been directly 01 remote >
connected with the afilui• nn 1 . ‘ , ‘ ■
its publication in Bile in coni.radict.oiiot
the articles supposed to have been ^
productions of Mrs. Laura . i Ji -j ’ (
Moira s, and Mrs. Lucy Ho “P"’“ ou j
Pleasant. Mrs. Berry was seentoty an 1
slated that sho felt quite eonfl-e.it ail-
Bunneiii would not put bis “ a ‘“ ‘
such statement but that if heMJj
would he compelled to ittiejli
Willard in Iowa are the a, tlN 9' , , t > v
element in tho prohibition raafe 'j’testing
are in the mood to make some interesting
developments.
Wyck being his own successor ho was not
positive, but seemed extremely anxious to
ascertain the public pulse for second
choice. When a gentleman present ven
tured the assertion that it is as strong
against Congressman Weaver as it is
against Van Wyck. Harlan was somewhat
surprised.
He claims that before the Van Wyck
republicans will support an “anti-monopo
ly domocrut they will throw their
strength to a “monopoly” republican.
However, if tho democrats persist in hold
ing out, he believes it will cause a dead
lock. The caucus system was looked upon
unfavorably by Mr. Harlan. He inti
mated that unscrupulous politicians within
the republican cump were canvass
ing the state securing the pledges of inex
perienced legislators to enter caucus. In
this manner Van Wyck’s forces bad been
somewhat weakened. Mr. Harlan failed
to state why he regarded the caucus policy,
which has been tiie custom of the party
from time immemorial, as a delusion anil
a snare to the newly elected members of
the legislature.
Mr. Harlan believed that the democrats
would strongly urge tho name of J. Ster-
liug Morton for senator.
CURBING THE RAILROADS.
The lenute Yields to I’resKuro la Favor ot Inter-
slate Coin meiTC lairs.
Washington, Dec. 25.—The interstate
commerce bill is now In tho shapo of a con
ference report, and after lhe seuate lias
acted it will go to the house. A careful
canvass of the senate has been made on the
bill, and it will pass that body by a very
large majority, unless some powerful influ
ence's should change existing opinion thero
during the holiday recess. Out of the
seventy-six senators only thirteen are will
ing to commit themselves as opposed to the
measure. Senator Camden, or West Vir
ginia, a strong railroud man, said to-day
that he believed the opponents of the bill
could not rally more than fifteen or sixteen
votes Senator Williams, of California,
Senator Stanford’s right-hand man,
conceded to-day the passage of
the bill. There is great feeling
throughout the west upon the subject,
much more than in the east. Western
men, who profess to be famili-r with the
public sentiment of that section, say that
no western member or senator could ever
hope to lie elected to any office again if ho
aiuiuld vote against the measure.
_ A prominent republican senator said to
day: “There are a great many tliing3
about this bill that I don’t like, but the
bill is a political necessity. Wc must pass
something of this kind and at this session.”
The senate has been so long controlled
by corporations that the railroad people
when they first came hero were very con
fident they coulfl beat t his measure, but
now they find that tiie tide ol‘public sen
timent in favor of the proposition is so
strong that it has even reached the senate.
It is believed that tin; bill will be passed
bv the senate some time in January aud
agreed to by the house without much de
bate or delay.
CALIFORNIA CONSPIRATORS.
- Di-tgiorak. It::‘.’.nt;ul (Janlu to Rob the Dunocrnts
of tho Smatortihq).
San Fuanotbco, December 25.—The fact
that, the Democrats had secured a majority
on joint ballot of eight in tho legislature
has been generally regarded as putting a
quietus on tbe aspirations of the Central
Pacific to have their man Sargent elected
United Scutes senator. Such, however,
seems not to be the case. A very clever
schema ha.-, been concocted by which it is
proposed t* prevent tbe election ofHearat
or any ofbei democrat and secure tbe
choice of Snrgeut or some other railroad
tool. It seems there are two democrats
who will not go into party caucus and will
not vote with their brethren. This re
duces the democratic majority on joint
baiiot to mx. The republicans have a ma
jority in the assembly, and it is proposed
to have contests made by enough defeated
republicans in veryoloso districts, who will
thereupon be seated, to change the demo
cratic majority on joint ballot to republi
can. Tills scheme has just leaked out, and
if it shall be carried through successfully
Hoarst’s ambition will be again daalied and
the railroads will have another obliging
friend ia the senate.
Examples Given of the Analogy Between
Dreams and Mania.
Some Oild Instances i.utcil—lien tli« Sana Mind
Aiqiroarlu's thn Insane Statu During Uruamy
Slui'ii—.Notes Taken by an Asylum Kx|iort.
SKA’S SENATE CONTEST.
icrccl FlghTnith S°rMr. • » ,n "”
cratic Possibility. , 0 - M
■. Nebraska, Dsrembcr
is recognized throughout the .
he Van Wyck candidate, lor [
the house. To acasuilob.ser\v.r
ition Is evidently a proper odd ,
tations while in too ckv ..if*'
■confined to politicians o Van ;
■Uvitics Mr. Uirla.n was close ed
,«^«rrMn h wuh.
add he was in . t be field mi a
'or the speakership. As lo
Hotneapitlhy Explained.
“A common argument used against us is
that we give so little medicine that it does
no barm, aud that nature docs tbe work.
That is not so. That method has been
tried, and of a number of patients with the
same disease one-half were treated by
homconuthy and the other half were al
lowed to recover, or otherwise, by nature
only, all the patients under our treatment
recovered, while ail of the others did not.
It is a!«o said that our system is good for
children. That in not the case. Our system
is one of substitution. We only replace a
disease of the system by a drug dissas.*.,
.md when that'in fully established the old
disease is cured, and thou nature is allowed
to throw oil'tbe drug disease, which she
does very rapidly.”—Homeopathic phy
sician in Chicago Times.
The Edrlcni'y uf I.ubor.
Work ami Wages.
Taut r.II workingmen will become equal
ly efficient is not to tie expected. Tbe com
petitive struggle that has resulted in the
superior advancement ot the most eincient
will continue to go on under one nr another
ferni, and the superior workmen will con
tinue to get the best places and iholiest
pay Nor is there any possible way to get
rir. ofa'I the physical and moral defects
with which humanity is burdened. They
will be transmitted, in impaired vitality
aud imperfect character, for generations to
come, and those so unfortunate as to in
herit them will have to sutler.
Yet something may be done to raise the
yerage medio ell 'V of the i.idu-itrjally im-
, docictv as a unit, and employer.!
■nViividualiv, have a duty to discharge.
Nfotthat ai'iv class of men iihou'.d receive
rewards that they have not earned, but
lir't as far as possible, they should be
Prem-ht, kindiv "and intelligently, under
stimulating nod disciplinary influences
Oiatv.dl increase their earning power.
The personal influence of one really ju-t,
enlightened employer will often work
moral Wonders among hundreds of work-
ngmen and their families. The chief
hope Of course, ia the wise education
f he young, and here, unfortunately, Lhe
public schools, conducted too much as
mind-cramming agencies and distracting
the attention of the pupils by a multiplicity
"ihi -rts instead of cultivating the cem-
ccid ration that modern life so imperatively
demands, are not doing the work that they
de S Pnt the best educational
"“fncicswillavan little if the stock from
which workingmen are bred in being
stead" v deteriorated, and tins is what hun-
dridsit employers have been deliberately
i n the importation of such if.reign
1 lil)nr ns now swarm: in the mining regions
i, i in r dtroioi construction camps, irom
vrhic-h it must soon find Its way Into the
, itv slums. Ill the light of existing knowl-
Xof | creditV and social development
linn-uitraoturs who have been doing this
and the fed- ral laws
' f ip, t-T-e 'pronounced them so are for
once in the line with scientific and moral
truth.
The testimony so frequently given by
those who have recovered from insanity
that tho whole period of their disease now
appears to them as a dream would seem to
show that there is a great similarity be
tween insanity aud the state of dreaming.
Some of these people say that this time ap
pears to them ns a happy dream, others
that it was painful and gloomy, even fright
ful as a nightmare.
It is true that in tho insane tho principal
signs of sleep are absent, as the closing of
. the external senses—the loss of couscious-
! nt53 aud the influence of the will, all of
which are regarded ns essential to dream
ing. Yet, on the other hand, wo know
that we dream the more readily tho less
profound our sleep is, and there are cer
tain states c-f sUep in which an influence is
exerted similar to tho waking state. This
is seen in the soldier sleeping while walk
ing or riding. The dreamer accepts the
most absurd thoughts and fancied scenes
without surprise; so docs the insane man.
In dreaming, all bodily sensations are
greatly exaggerated and nave a powerful
effect upon the imagination; to it is in in
sanity. Thus in dreaming a confined po
sition in bed, pressure upon the arm or
breast, causes sensations oi being put in
chains, of danger, or of falling over preci
pices. A draught of air causes ideas of
being at sea; warmth of the feet causes
ideas of fatiguing marches, and even a foot
that wears a No. 1 A shoe will appear so
heavy that it can with difficulty be dragged
along.
No person who is distressed by bodily
and mental trouble often realizes in his
dreams wlmt reality has refused him; that
is, happiness and fortune.
THE STARVING MAN
dreams of rich repasts and tables ladened
with the choicest food; the poor man
dreams of wealth. So it is ill insanity. The
person attacked with mania almost inva
riably ia gloomy and depressed preceding
lhe burst of mania; and often iu insanity
three two s'atcs are seen to alternate with
one another. Thus the insane, man will
be transferred from the depths of dark
despair to the heights of joy and happi
ness. Often a person will awake from a
dreamy, fitful sleep and pass into a tran
quil, dreamless sleep. Here again the
analogy is sometimes seen, as cases occur
where the mind returns just before death.
Thus the man awakens from his dreamy,
insane state to pass into the tranquil,
dreamless sleep of death. A gardener re
ceived a fright from a man dressed us a
bear, and dm not speak fur fifty-two years,
but appeared to imitate a bear with growls
and moving of his body. Just before death
his mind returned, and he spoke rationally
to tho ;o about him.
I remember of seeing a man who for
three years did not speak a word, suddenly
recover his reason a few days before death.
This man ai-io for throe, years did not eat
voluntarily, but was fnsl twice a day during
that period by the stomach tube. Cases
r.ls.-i occur iu which a sort of waking dream
takes place during ordinary consciousness.
Thus a lady suddenly during conversation
would stop and talk of something else, t.i
tho course of a few minutes she would
again resume the former conversation at
the sentence aud word at which she
broken off. She was utterly unconscious
of tho interruption. A lady in New York
suddenly became insane while working at
some fine embroidery. She remained in
sane for seven years, and as suddenly be
came sane. Shu resumed her embroidery
as though she had only been absent from
it for an hour.
QUEER TOGAS.
We frequently read of persons having
dreamed of being dead and viewing their
own remains, and watching with tender
interest tho carrying ot said remains to tho
last resting place, tio some of the insane
think they are dead, and one woman who
had this idea constantly importuned those
about her to have her buried. A soldier in
Germany thought he had been dead ever
since the battle of Austerlitz. iu which ha
was severely wounded. When anyone
asked hire how he was, he answered: “You
ask how Father Lambert is. but Father
Lambert is no more. He wav oi- .:-d oft by
a cannon ball at Austerlitz. Tout which
you now se.e is not him, but merely a
clumsy machine made to resemble him.
Pray make another.” When he spoke of
himself ho never said “I, but
always “it.” So one dreams of being
transformed into a bird or a beast,
and the insane man thinks he is a bird or a
beast. A man iu France thought he was a
wolf and killed a number or people. When
captured ho suid, “I am really a wolf, aud
the reason my skin is not hairy like a wolf
is that it is reversed and the hairs are in
side.” To conv i’-iee them of this he cut his
body to such an extent that lie died from
his wounds.
The sensation of being so light ns to be
able to fly is quite common iu dreams, as
is also the sensation of being so heavy os
to bo unable to move, or the sensation
that our limbs will not move, no matter
how hard we trv. This same thing has
been observed in the insane. Thus a man
sometimes felt his body of such nn extra
ordinary weight that be could scarcely
stand upright, and at other times so light
that it seemed asjtliough he rose irom the
floor and flew: besides, his body and limbs
seemed of such an enormous size that it
was impossible lor him to oass through a
door.
Tuns it is seen that the samej mind ap-
pror.ehe: . rest tho insane state during
dream v bleep, and wu can better under
stand the workings of an insane mind by
keeping this fact in view. Many more ex
amples might be given of the analogy be
tween dreams and insanity. The exam pies
given fhow us how closely we all come at
times to thelnsane state.
prosecuted under section 8 of article 37 of
the general laws of Maryland.”
Mr. Uwinn made an elaborate argu
ment based oil the above allegation. He
quoted numerous authorities and held
uiat the punishment could only ho by a
line.
Judge Duffy in summing up tho facts,
referred to the Mnulshy ouso, in which
Mimlsby waH both fluea and imprisoned
for refusing to answer before the grand
jury certain questions. He spoke of Re
porter Morris as nn intelligent man and
Buid if ho was allowed to go unpunished it
would tie setting an example for others to
do the same, which would eventually
break up tho use of a grand jury. Judge
Duffy then passed nil order that Morris
must go before the grand jury and answer
the qm stions. The court theii asked if he
was prepared to answer, to which Morris
replied that he respectfully declined.
The court then committed him to the
custody of tho sheriff'until ho shall have
purged himself of contempt. Ho was
taken to jail in the afternoon. Mr. Morris’
Imprisonment will last untii January 10,
unless ho concludes to answer tho ques
tions put by the grand jury before that
time. On that day f ho present grand jury
ceases to exist, and it will therefore be im
possible for Mr. Morris to comply with
the order of the court by that time. Under
the decision of tho Judgo Bartel in the
Maulsby case, Morris can get out of jail on
a writ of habeas corpus on January 11, the
day after the dissolution of the ' present
grand jury.
Ylin Vanishing I,-illy Oiililniio.
Tlio magician now performing at tho
Eden theatre, Paris, has invented a new
irick that will make his fortune. Says a
letter : “He took a plaster bead, such as
may he found in any sculptor’s studio,
handed it around for examination and then
placed it on the table in full view. Pres
ently, at a word from him, the white plan
ter assumed the appearance of ilesli, the
cheeks became ruddy, the eyes opened, the
iipssmiied, then parted and spoke. Then
the face (that of tho pretty woman) faded
again until it was a plaster cast. ‘After
life came death,’says the magician, and
as he spoke the cast vanished and there
stood a skull. At another pass of his wand
this too disappeared and a bunch of roses
stood in its place, which iu turn gave way
to tho skull and the skull to the original
plater cast, which again developed into a
living head, the bu t remaining of plan
ter.”
A NEW WEATHER PROPHET.
The Caution In tho Irish Anti-Rent Cam
paign.
fiord ilnndofph Clurchlll UirdyiH Ills Position tn
tlio Cstfinot—lltndNtono to Snpiiort the Govern*
went -CnblrxrumH from Continental Europe.
Seurat the.'
i Wonts
COMMITTED FOR CONTEMPT.
John T. .Horrid, a Bnlciiuors Newspaper Beporler,
(tors to Jail Until January lltli Next katlicr
Than Tel! the tirund Jury the Source oi Certain
Information.
Baltimore, December 25.—The case of
John T. Morris, tho newspaper reporter
whose refusal to answer questions put by
the grand jury in reference to the source
whence he obtained information concern
ing the presentment of Sheriff Fit adcr-
man, was heard by Judge Duffy to-day in
the criminal court. Ex-Attornev General
Charles J. ,M. Gwinn and Win. T. Brantley
represented Morris. His answer was fiteu,
setting forth the communications between
the court and grand jury, together with
the following facts upon which ho princi
pally based his argument: “That the
grand jury, not having shown to your hon
orable court in said communications that
Jno. T. Morris has been duly summoned or
attached to appear before it, and, being so
summoned or attached to appear before it,
bad refused nr delayed login, his evidence,
it is respectfully submitted that Jno. T.
Morris cannot be proceeded against or
Foster, Wiggins, lilansill, et. al. are about
to be shorn of tln.tr laurels, for a new
weather prophet lias entered the field of
meteorological science, having been em
ployed by the Gate City at a salary of $!%■
000 a year. The following is the first in
stallment of predictions which he furnishes
for publication:
My predictions are based Mi tho well
known influences of the signs of the zodiac
and positions of planets, stars, sun, moon,
comets and the milky way, and is carefully
collected from vl’ tho patent medicine
almanacs that can be secured freo, and ia
absolutely reliable. Ill using tlie.se pre
dictions it mart be remembered that un
foreseen causes sometimes retard or
accelerate events predicted, and therefore
they may occur any time within seven
days before or after lhe date named, and
if so wo shall claim our prediction fulfilled.
The calculations being made te r Keokuk
tho events foretold will occur in that vi
cinity—i. e., within a circle of a radius of
30110 miles, having Keokuk as its centre.
Mv predictions for 1887 are:
January 10— 1 Tho moon passing Aquarius,
will cause quite all extensive thaw, sloppy
V, 1 .lather, followed by heavy snow.
January 17—Jupiter hunting a pedigree.
This will cause one of the heaviest snow
storms of the winter; a blizzard will de
velop near Charleston, S. (J., and follow a
course northwest by east, half sweeping
over tbe entire country, causing a sudden
rise in the price of coal, and will reach the
Mississippi river by the Santo Fe route on
or about the 281,h.
February 2.—Sun is the sign of the
ground hog. As everyone is perfectly fa
miliar with the sign it is useless to publish
anv forecast, and the usual weather will
follow.
February 14.—Cupid and Virgo in con
junction. Magnetic forces will affect the
different post offices, and will be dis
charged in snow or ram, according to the
temperature, from these centres on this
date.
March 1.—Blowhard in opposition to
Leo. This will cause high winds, occa
sional light snow, which will continue
until March 17, when the Star of Erin will
appear above Taurus and show bright
green above the roil of Taurus. This will
cause the last snow storm of the season,
follow id by warmer weather, sunsnine
and shower.
April 1—Mars, the original fool-killer, at j
its greatest, diftanc' from the earth. This
being wenther prophet's especial day, we i
make do predictions, and h-avo this date to |
bo tilled .in by our co.nfi ues.
April 9—Venus anil Virgo will be in op-j
position. Warm spring weather begins, I
and the hired help’s cousin’s aunt wiU he I
sick and need her attentions; bouse clean- j
ing will bo done by the family. Profes
sional weather prophets will please not use
this date.
That tho public may not be in ignorance,
we will state tbe name of our weather
prophet is Patsy Bolivar. All communica
tions undressed to him, care of the Gate
City Weather Bureau, will receive prompt
and immediate attention.
ffITtit Tights.
A sign of pro,purity
A tea i'al ly— 1 ho Chinese.
Men of scents—perfumers.
In al '.he hreec.b the cart-ridge.
Rebec.: v was a well-maid woman.
Adam had a spare rib with applesauce.
Bound in Morocco—ibe sultan’s prison
er.
Some men never pay anything but their
re meets.
There are no corner groggeries on the
road to prosperity.
The. busiest ivr.t will hav e his idyl mo
menta.
Epitaph oil a bad cook: “Out of the fry
ing pan into the fire.”
When the ground is frozen solid, it
is apt to be a ha r d winter.
Some men can’t be patriots unless they
air iu office.
Man was created first—Woman was a
sort, of recreation.
Love ia blind until matrimony gives it a
pair of spectacles.
The ballot-box without the Epeilin’ book
is a loaded bomnsb.dl.
Probinitiou is a great blessin’ to them as
don’t like linker.
A thirty-day note lathe surest and most
reliable time-piece.
Chicago clergymen sincerely hope that
the ballet is ou its last legs.
After the tweets of married life depart
the family jars remain.
‘Money is tigln!” No wonder. So much
of it goes to the saloon.
A private Looter—tho man who practices
on the cornet ia his room.
The lost canto- her better half’s exquse
for not corning h ane earlier.
Christmas stockings are very expensive
affairs With a man of large family.
Reform is like hevveu; it’s a powerful
nice thing to have, but mighty hard to git.
Durian, December 22.—Tho now plan of
campaign will bo precisely what the old
one was, only carried out a little more
cautiously so a i to avoid giving the police
aeliancoto grnb even a handful of tho
collected rents should they desire to re
peat the tootles ofLoughren. The govern
ment urn simply playing a game of bluff'
and playing it. clumsily, aud wo refuse to
bo bluffed. That is tho whole situation.
Their proclamation is a stupendous pieeo
of cheek. They have no authority to
declare the plan of campaign a criminal
conspiracy. That is a question for a jury.
They thought tbo proclamation would
intimidate tenants from taking up tho
plan. The same is truo of their lawless
money grab at Loughroa, and of their
prosecutions, which are pure sham. Tho
ostensible aim of those prosecutions is to
bring Mr. Dillon and his colleagues to trial
before a jury of their countrymen, but in
reality nothing is further from the inten
tions of the government. What they do
want is to produce by a show of vigor, by
prosecutions, by proclamations, and by
noisy harangues from the judicial bench
tlio same effect upon the minds of the Irish
tenantry that might be produced by a ver
diet of guilty against the Irish lenders,
which they know they eould never obtain
by tho time the trial by jury is reached.
In the prosecutions they calculate on
having the tenantry utterly put to flight
by their discharges of blank cartridges,
but the tenantry are not soaring worth a
cent. Wherever they arn refused a fair
reduction t hey are banking their rents on
the lilies of tho plan, but they are doing so
on tlio quiet. Tho rents of three estates—
the Vandeleurs in Clare, the Ryan in Don
egal and the Murphys in Mayo—have thus
been banked since the proclamation. The
tenants regard the action of the govern
ment as tho highest testimony to the <■ tli-
eacyof tho plan. They kne'.v that when
t lie executive told the importunate Cork
lundloids that they could not interfere, ac
cording to tlio famous opinion of Attorney-
General H-lilies, it wan u hen the executive
behind the plan was going to break down,
nml now they know that all their pains arc
taken to override the Holmes dictum sim
ply because thn pin i bad proved a success.
The leaders of the movement are thn at-
enod with the same difficulty as before,
the difficulty of restraining its operations
within a workable area.
MADE A. BOTCH OP IT.
So far tho ..rrunont has botched the
thing grotesquely. After binding Mr.
Dillon and his friends to appear at tin ir
peril ou a charge ofcouspiracy, at Lougti-
rea, they im nadiug '
apji-ar also at their perl! on tho same day
and at the same hou. in a Dublin police
court. Mr. Sheeny received a furtl. r
summons to upp su’ at Tcwpleuioro as a ■:!
us at Dublin and Lou.goren, and was tuu;..
like Mr. Dillon, a target for three pro,ora
tions at one tune. I.». ovoring t heir blun
der the govern incut announced tiie
abandonment of the Liughrea and To n
plomoro prosecutions, lull they are not al
lowed to get out of the mess so simply.
Curious developments maybe looked lor
to-morrow, when the Dublin police court
opens. Dillon and O’Bri u will not he
there, and the easo against them cannot
be heard until their bodies are pro
duced. They will have gone to
tlio Loughrea court instead, accompanied
by counsel, there to insist on tho ease
against them being formally dismissed l>y
the magistrates, and to apply for a sum
mons against Inspector Davis, the drunken
policeman, who tlirottiod John Dillon md
E rubbed his money, aud who instituted the
oughrea prosecutions. After making a
criminal charge against Mr. Dillon and his
friends, uiul committing robbery with vio
lence, the inspector is to be allowed quiet
ly to let the matter drop. But he is bound
under a bail of ikiJO to appearand prose
cute, and if he docs not a motion will bo
made to entreat his recognizance Mean
while the fun will ho to Roe what the gov
ernment wil t do about tiie contempt of
tho Dublin court shown by Dillon and
O’Brien.
EXPECTING THE SUPPRESSION.
It is not unlikely that to-morrow’s i.-’iuo
of United Ireland will be suppressed. As
I write the desks here iu the ofll :a of that
paper are being cleared for aoti >.i, as in
deed they iiuv ■" j. eu over./ press night Ibr
weeks p ist. All copy is destroyed as fast
as it is set.
P A,UN 12 r.r, IMPIP IV t 'TO.
Mr. Parnell’.-: very soriou-. ittne-v has cast
a gloom ov. r n.i ud, alt' ioug l it, is re is sur
iug for us to know that he is steadily re
covering. He lias had a narrow escape.
For weeks he was forbidden to .see a vis
itor or look at a newspaper, aud even now
his physician, who iso.ie or the most emi
nent practitioners in London, enjoins ab
solute quiet if ho i: to me."I sufficiently to
take Iiis place at the opening of parlia
ment. T. 1’. Gill, 1 i. 1*.
SOME OF DOSE SAYINGS.
1))- l’*rl Dumler.
1 vhns better to do a big peesness In a
shmall shtorc dau to do a stimuli peesnesa
ill a big slitore.
Some folks vhas sooch kiekeis dot dey
complain of dcr sbniall sizo of apple cores.
Many a coon dot ish kiltoop a treo could
hnf got avhny all right on der groundt.
Vhen he vhas w ell enough let him alone.
I haf took notis dot dose peoples who
borrow der moos’ tea und coffee und sugar
from deir neighbors, borrow der least
troubles Ibr domselves.
Der family who doun’ provide for a raiuy
day vhill sooneror later see sooch a dry
time as nefer vhus.
Sometimes Truth goes out to take a walk
and meets Gossip, but dcr pair nefer comes
home together.
I boiler dot if I vhas vhort $10,000,000 I
could feel sorry for der troubles ot dor
whole worldt.
Good Luck vhas aomepody who vhill
help a fool ash queek as a wise man. Suo-
cem vhas dcr rew'ard of liardt vhork und
perseverance.
Dcr lccdle children dot we see aroundt
us vhas dcr rain drops dot keep der hearts
of men from becoming parched and dusty.
One half dcr peoples goes up a ladder to
look for a prize vhioli vhas under dcr
house all der time.
Maype it was petter for us dot we haf
some troubles. If not, tings happen vho
peeome so happy dot vhe melt avhay and
dorsidevhiilk vhas all grease.
Kind vhords cost nothings; dot’s why
so many of us carry such u sthock of ’em.
Der working man who lias good credit
milder grocer and butcher vhill always
pe a poor man.
People vhill look for orangon in a cab
bage field, und pecause no oranges vhas
found, dot same peoples are determined
not to appreciate cabbage.
Truth vhas a big thing, but derc vhns
sometimes vhen a big lie vas vhort two of
him to make der family all right,. Dot
vhas mine experience nut philosophy.
FATALLY SHOT.
James Cook Shoots Robert llesposlto Through (lie
Head nl Niov Orleans.
New Orleans, December 21.—To-night
a fatal difficulty occurred in n bar-room
between Robert Desposito and James Cook,
in which Desposito received a bullet in the
brain. Tho two men were old enemies.
Cook and John McFarland were taking a
drink, when Desposito, accompanied by a
friend, entered. Words ensued almost im
mediately between Cook and Desposito,
and revolvers were drawn. Cook managed
to wrest Desposito’s weapon Irom his hands
before a shot was tired, and a pause, ensued.
Then Cook, with the exclamation,
“ We might as well settle the
matter now,” deliberately presented his
pistol and Ureil. Tho bullet struck Des-
nosito behind the left ear and lodged in tlio
brain. He was taken to the hospital and
is not expected to live through the night.
... After tiring the fatal shot Cook threw liia
'summon them’to I pistol behind some barrels and walked
away, lln bus not yet been arrested. Des-
poiito was a well known man in ward poli
tics and tiail held a number of minor
ulUcex. He had been ill several shooting
i-napes, and,is uccrrditpd with the death
of two men. Cook is also a fighting man,
a cid is said to be a tough customer.
Dr. J. S. Combo, OweiiOviJJp.. OHio, snyss
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Liver Oil with IIypopboHphiu.0 to four pa
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freqnont breathiny, frequent pulse, fever
and e maeiation. Al! these eases have in
creased in weight from 10 to 2S lbs., and
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I’ll make your mouth wa'er.”
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and I am yours.” ^
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Fimoa Henly, oi this city, was to-day ar
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