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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 1893.
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The Telegraph has received a copy of
the Streator (Ill.,) Free Press, in which
the following editorial article is marked:
"Wearer claims tiie Republican party
will neTer be able to sueoesafuily con
duct another campaign. It haa a rec
ord of victorioa and achievements un
paralleled in the history of parties. It
has elevated humanity, advanced civ
ilization, aided progress, won prosperity
and perpetuated national existence.
But to what condition has It come at
last? It has one inherent weakness.
Liberal as it lias been in all other par
ticulars ft haa done nothing to win the
confidence or respect of the Southern
people. When K liberated tbs «»T®*
turned loose upon the South 4.000,000
negroes who had been reared In bond
age, who by birth end drcumsance
were ignorant and depraved. It in
vested this Mack population with the
ballot, and raised it to the full level of
American citizenship. After the period
of reconstruction and Its attendant evils
came the negro regime. The ignorant
black was entrusted with the conduct
of affairs, nrud responsibilities deTolved
upon him which demanded the highest
order of statesmanship. As a result of
the moat notorious t- ! rule, corruption,
political and aoulai ilr*md«Uoa CoUtetha
Ku-Klux. Through fraud, crime and in
timidation, the last resort of a des
perate people, the Intelligent minority
again aooedod to power and control.
The ill-temper of the North over the
practical disfranchisement of the negro
found expression in the force bill, which
again menaced the peace and good
order of the Sooth, and the Democracy
of that section was further solidified.
“Represell ting in their respective sec
tion i the wealth, culture, intelligence,
progress and patriotism, the Democrats
of the South and the Republicans of the
Nirth should stand together for sil that
is best—for national character and na
tional defense. Without at least a por
tion of the South no party can ever
again attain national victory. The large
cities of the North—Chicago, New York,
Brooklyn and others—the most striking
examples of municipal mlsrnls — can
nearly always be relied upon to giro
Democratic majorities larger than the
respective states can overcome. The
great West and Northwest, with iU pop
ulation nearly one-third foreign born,
cannot be relied upon to farther contrib
ute to Republican success. To the
Booth must the Republican or any other
party appeal for strength and support
Thera ns elsewhere the better elements
mutt be protected from the worst and
when this fact is duly recognised by
Northern sentimentalists, there will be
established a bond of union that now
scorns almost necessary for the preserva
tion of the common Institutions of this
fair country. While the black cloud
that overspread the Ssuth has been at
least temporarily dispersed with force
end violence, another, more threatening,
rises in the East, from which pours the
spawn of Southern Europe, lessening the
average of intelligence, wealth and
morals, diluting the life blood of the
nation and polzoniug the arteries of free
government.
The Free Press is a Republican pv
per, and in this fact Ues the chief sig
nificance of its artida It D not a small
matter for a Republican paper to aay
that the attitndo of ths Republican party
Coward the South Is an inherent cause
of weakness. What the Free Proas says
of ths negro regime is true enough end
Is durely condemnatory of ths Republi
can party; bnt an unconscious condem
nation of that party’s Southern policy
which may be found in the same lines is
severer still. “Liberal as it has been in
all other particulars," says ths Free
Press, “it, has done nothing to *in the
ooufidenoo and respect of the Southern
people." By the “Southern people” is
not meant all the peoplo who live in
these states, bnt the white people. Tho
editor of the Free Press only docs what
many a Republican editor has done be
fore, even while arguing for negro su
premacy—shown that in the minds even
of Republicans it is the white people
who are the South.
As for the Fra Press' proposition that
tho Democrats of the South and the
Republicans of the “North should stand
together in defense of all that is best
in the national life, we are afraid It
is not a very practical one. The Re
publicans of the North can stand with
Southern Democrats, if (hey desire to do
so—by becoming Democrats. They will
be heartily welcomed if they corns in
a body. Tho election returns show that
a great many have come already ae in
dividuals. llut Democrats can do no
■..-ire than heartily w-Uv.me converts.
They have no compromise of differences
to offer by which to rain the support
«,f Republican respectability sr.d wealth.
They stand by r pr,:, as n*v«
-7 to ths pr. rvat.ai cf all that 1
.
beat in national life and character, and
they are glad of help wherever they can
get it
But we are glad the Free Pus made
its proposition, however impractical it
may be—first, because it Shows the right
spirit and, second, because it - is prac
tically a confession that the Republican
party has broken down.
Reserve Power.
This is the power that makes men
strong. In business life, in social life,
in professional life, in physical life, in
intellectual life, in moral life, in spiritual
life, it is a man’s reserve power that
counts, and yet this is the power that
few men value as they ought. Any ex
pert in character can walk along the
street and pick out men who sre accu
mulating reserve strength. There are
plenty of men that one meets who do
nothing but waste all the forces of life,
and yet they seem to be unconscious
that they are spendthrifts. Men who
grow are men who save more
every day than they spend. They ac
cumulate more of physical energy than
they spend on their daily engagements.
They have more intellectual vitality on
ths beginning of each new day than
they had at the beginning of ths pre
vious day. Such men, as a rule, are
the men who have more capital at ths
end of each week than they hid at ths
end of the previous week.
Now it Is the man who accumulates
every day and every week, and every
year, of a3 the forces of life, and creates
a reserve of all these forces, who is snrs
of making the matt of life. Us is ths
man who builds cities and railroads and
factories, and farms, and everything else
that develops a country. The truth is,
s vnwi is like a bank. He is strong or
weak in proportion to hit ability to
meet the demands that are made on
him in a moment's notice. Further, the
bank has become strong, because it ac
cumulates its own assets and holds them
in active securities in abeyance. Ths
bank is ail tba Stronger because in ac
cumulating its surplus it haa also made
its experience. One may analyze the
assets of manhood just as one may an
alyze tho assets of a bank. When this
is done, it A found always that man
hood h strong or weak fa proportion to
the reserve forces acquired. This is
no speculative theory. It is a matter
of intensely practical bite rest. Perhaps
yon have overlooked its Importance to
yon in the mad ruth and foolish waste,
that yon havo made. Yon have been
anxious to accumulate a reserve in your
business. Yon may htve succeeded.
We trust you have. If you have accu
mulated this reserve in your business
at ths expense of a roservo of power in
yourself, it has been & costly reserve to
.yourself. You are worth Untie to your
self or to the community, if yon havs
gathered nothing out of the community
but money. Yon may possibly find a
measure of your usefulness to the com
munity In the amount yon subscribed
when the committee from ths library
appealed to yon for s contribution to
save that institution.
Men with possibilities of Character In
them ere tbs men who oontrol affairs
today, and the men who will command
tho destiny of the future. These possi
bilities are accumulated daily, just as
bank assets are amassed daily. Strength
of mind nd strength of soul, strength
of character, these are matters of daily
Income as well as daily consumption.
For a growing and thriving citizenship
the inoome most be more ehta the con
sumption.
If yon would brighten your business,
and brighten your house and brighten
your city, ami brighten your life, while
you accumulate money and position and
Influence, accumulate along with these
a large roservo of good, strong, help
ful, hopeful, manly character.
The Threatened Dr Ur It.
Tho probability is that within a few
weeks or months tho United States
treasury trill bo without tlio money
necessary to meet tho lawful claims
upon it Tho next congress, if not the
present one, must find new sources of
revenuo. In view of this necessity,
tho proposition is mado that the tax
on whisky bo increased forty or fifty
cents. It Is now ninety cents. The
revenue from whisky is about $S5,-
000,000—nearly n million fot each
cent of the tax—bnt It is not probablo
that this rate would bo kept up if
tho tax woro largely increased. Still,
a very large addition to tho revenuos
could bo mado by increasing the
and there is no article which can
stand taxation better than whisky.
There are objections, however, and
serious ones, to this increaso of tho
tax. Tho first Is that the whisky
trust would practically receive from tho
government a gift of several million
dollars. Tho selling price of tho mil
lions of gallons of whisky now in bond
would be increased to tho extent that
tho tax was increased, and the owners
would not bo compellod to pay the
increased tax. Under tho law, tho
tax accrues before tho whisky enters
the warehouse and not when it is
taken out. Nobody wants to give the
whisky trust this money. Another
objection is that to increase the tax
la to Increase the premium offered
for violations of the interns! revenue
laws. There would undoubtedly be
a great revival of tho moonshine
whisky Industry.
On the whole, the Democratle con
gress will do well to inquire carefully
In other directions for means of adding
to tho revenues before consenting to
the additional tax on whisky.
The Republican newspapers art quite
•uro that free trade would bring enor
mous disaster upon the MBtfy, bnt they
are frantically ami >us. apparently,
that the Democrats si. :M Icing on free
trade as soon as possible. Xu* y tun.
all suggestions that ths Democrats will
be cautious in their treatment of ths
tariff with angry protests against the
cowaidioc and mendacity of the Demo
cratic party. Is this because the Repub
lican newspapers are quits willing that
the country should suffer disaster if
the Democratic party can be Injured in
no other way? Or do they hope to
frighten the country and unnerve the
Democratic congress?.
The amounts paid ont in pensions by
Oreat Britain, France, Germany, Aus
tria and Russia aggregate $01,311,000 a
year—as compared with $186,000,000
by the United States.
PERSONAL
Walter Bezant has laid aside hie nov
els for s time, and is working on s one-
act comedy.
Professor Pettenkofer of Berlin tails
the Germans that they bad betiter pre
pare for a drought and a re.gn of the
cholera.
Professor Mix Miller's suggestion
with regard to the poet-lauresteship is
that it be hung up until another poet
tike Tennyson appear*.
The Duke of Fife, son-in-law of the
Prince of Wales, has joined the com
mittee of the proposed pan-Br.tannlc and
English speaking congress.
The Duchess of Cleveland lately en
joyed the exceptional distinction', for
in English lady, of being entertained
by the sultan at a state dinner in Con-
stantnople.
Gen. F. .T. Lippitt of Washington is
ths only survivor of the few who, stand-
-ng at the grave, witnessed the inter
meat of Lafayette. He was then a
youth residing in Tari*.
The two greatest stamp collectors In
the world are M. Phiillpphe Ferrari, eon
of the great DucheKa de Gniliera and
the czar, whose collection is said by ex
pert* to be worth 3,000,000 francs.
Capt. Moetell, tiie French explorer,
will arrive shortly at Tripoli, after trav-
ers.ng the desert of Sahara from Sene
gal by the way of Lake Tchad. Capt.
Monteil has been eighteen months mak
ing the journey.
Rear Admiral Stephenson, the new
commander of the British squadron in
the Pacific, has been in her msjestr *
navy for forty years, and saw active
service in the Crimea, in China, and
during the Indian mutiny. ,
The czarina of Russia, although em
ploying a -houseful of seamstresses,
makes nearly all the clothing of her
young children, and also takes their now
hats to pieces and trims them according
to her own taste.
William Morris, the poet always
dresses in exactly the same way. He
wean s black slouch-hat, black loose
coat and a blue ehirt with collar to
niatrh and uondecripi trousers. For
winter he ha* in reserve a thick dark
Inverness cape coat
Prince Blsmank bates to be addressed
as the duke of Lunenburg, and much
comment ha* been esnsed by the fart that
since the birth of the princes* imperial
si! official documents Shut iu him from
the court of Berlin have been addressed,
not as heretofore, to the duke of Lauen-
burg, bnt to Prince Bismarck. ,
Ex-Congrcsman John B. Storm of
Monroe county, Pennsylvania, had a
peculiar Democratic experience on elec
tion day. His father, a Democrat, til
years of age, cast his vote for Grover
Cleveland and In the borough of Strourte-
burg his son Arthur cast his first vote,
also for the Democratic standard bear-
era. -, T
Detroit boasts of the far* that no leu
than fifty acton and actresses claim
that city as their borne, some of whom
really know how to act Owen Fawcett,
W. H. Power and Mar Whittemore
are the moat notable of the number.
Lawrence Barrett began his theatrical
career in Detroit and the people cla.med
him at a Detroiter.
Senator Calvin Brice has a good deal
of sentiment about historical dwelling
place*, and he has therefore had the
legend "Corcoran honso" displayed be-
•ms »« driveway Into the mansion
which he bat renovated and Improved
for his occupancy In Washington. It Is
almost needles* to say that the place
wee not a hotel, but the home of the
and*millionaire. ® oro<>r * B ' PKlaudxropUt
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
TMriher- ,, What sre the two capital*
J'iand? Smart scholar
wK£n7 K “ d l Kat *
.1 b *7 n ’ir Pilot and
guide your baric through the stormy ecu
SL U ™' £ alr doom but
you may be my second mate."-Brook
lyn Ufa
"So yvra think Chsrtey means to
"**«* ftmT I m sore of if "Did he
■*Y.sp. No. but he asked permission
future to give me only useful pres
ents. —Harper s Weekly. p
,JM d . 7™, «7 ‘farewell,"
adieu or ‘auf wiedereohen’ when
gentlemen friend, are leaving you?"
1 •w ‘Oh* stay a
little longer. —Chios go News-iteaonL
Mrs. De Go>de—"Why are you throw-
Answer
me that sir. Email bay (very good nt
excuse*)— Cans* hi* folk* dosn't
b long to our church. —Good Xcwa.
"How do you think I am getting
along with my comet?" “Why." replied
taJS? Ster* to TOn y“-"-'Vash-
She fottlzxingiy)—“Nonsense! I'll
wsgeryouTI be fired of marriage with
in twenty-four hour* after you've
bought roe my first new dress.'' He
heroically)—‘|Wefl, then, 1'U never buy
oo* for you."—Tid-Bit*.
“e a dime.
sir? Dimltog—“The Bihle says he who
will not work should sot eaf Tratnp-
r \°? injastioe, sir. The dfa»
Ne^Y , ^k I ilSr d< "' Pe “ <1,0r drink -"-
No long ago, in a Boohomish Snn-
SjX. *^*2® of f** Infant
das* remarked that it waa wicked to
sweat, "Tiotnt wicked for my pa to
brown-eyed tot; “ho
F“u‘V£t£ n . driTe *
. T°» fuHIu tor* with your husband
V* • b S! 1 ,*&,*>“ could reform
him, didnt you?’ "Ye*, mjr dc „.
i* waa a sour, sour mash for me."—
rock*
JJ* firidle—“How much la your jo-
oomet Charley?" Mr. Bridfe-“Y. J u
defr."-^Brv»kiyn “ * W
. *{» Suburban (a Jims bride)-“Ah,
to rt iS5’k ‘iSLn'Jh it m,k T* f° e ’» heart
to walk through these dead and fall-
>.“* , « T <w: aoros* three lately verdant
ew!rtVn< i Uul ,h * beautiful,
frionoat •arniDf'r {* upon n»\ n \ir
8uburt.»-“Ye,; and .off $6.75^1 tom"
» ire<t of Fruit oo ths fiUxuMh.
The malic acid of ripe apples, either raw
or cooked, will neutralize any ex.e M of
chalky matter engendered by eating too
much rnest. it is also the fact that inch
fr-lit- so the apple !!..• til*
p urn, when taken ripe and »ilhout eugar
diminish eciditj in the stomach rather
than provoke IL Their vegetable unco
end j dee. a_- e converted Into alkaline c»r-
1 • *'•!• hi. I to U/uLterA. t kudity.
—MAmi.
CRIME THAT IS EPIDEMIC.
A Story of Strange Muntn* and Contft-
gtbH* Vic***.
Do fscisepa Will Hcalgn.
From the Now York Advertiser
A few years ago the French physi
ologist Illbot called attention to some
remarkable facts. Illustrating ths mor
al influence of climate and diet. “The
infirmities* of mind,” lie said, "appear
to be subject to laws strikingly similar
to those governing tho disorders of tiie
body. Moreover, the progress of mod
leal science has left no doubt flint the
predisposition to almost evety vice and
every virtue can be stimulated by the
action of special drugs.”
And, to complete the analogy, moral
alterations seem, under certain clrcum-
stances, to become 03 contagious as
physical epidemics.
The Hindoo mania of self-torture hns
repentedly spread beyond tho Medit
erranean. and there was a time when
almost every Christian community of
southern Europe lmd a scar covered
anchorite or a fasting club of its own
It. might be supposed that life la the
Middle Ages was so miserable that it*
renunciation required no special effort
of self denial; but suicide manias be
came epidemic at several periods of
an era that has been celebrated ns the
golden age of Paganism, and B. C..
335 Egypt then ruled by one
of the most enlightened suc
cessors of Alexander the Great,
was Invaded by a craze of that
sort Corpses were found dangling
from almost every tree la the pnlnstra,
or gymnasium park, of Alexandria,
tho reedy shores of the Nile delta were
covered with dead bodies, and agnos
tic philosophers fanned tho mania by
traveling about the country nnd de
livering lectures in true Buddhist
fakir style on the blessing of annihila
tion. One of these families, called the
“Orator of Death.” was chased across
the liorder by tho order of King
I’tofemy, but suicides coutinued until
the war against Syria turned the at
tention of the public to other topics
of sensation.
Six hundred years ago the natives
of Campania, In Southern Italy, wore
seized with a similar epidemic. At
Casteilnmare, some twenty miles south
of Naples, a whirlpool became the
grave of hundreds, who leaped over
the cliffs in spite of the protests of
the custom-house guards, nnd on the
road from the inland town of Bene-
vento processions of life-weary fanat
ics were seen hurrying ooastwnrd nt
a trot, chanting a weird song with tho
burden;
A la mare me portatl
Si voiete she me sanntl.
Expostulation they drowned hy the
simple device of roaring In chorus, nnd
at the attempt to stop them by forco
they would scatter, but manage to re
gain the road further down and hurry
on to self-chosen destruction.
In Northern Europe about the same
time the lack of Intellectual resources
had developed an epidemic of intem
perance, or rather of alcohol worship,
slnoe the reckless topers contented
themselves with the simplest and
scantiest bill of fare. A piece of rye
bread and a slice of salt beef were
considered a luncheon fit for any gen
tleman, since the rustics had only rye
bread and water; but over their cups
tho higher classes vied in oxoesses
which nowadays would hardly be crcd
Ited outside of tho Munich Hof-Brau
Hires.
Among the curiosities of the Royal
Museum of Stuttgart is a beaker bold
Ing fourteen Sunbton quarts, and
marked with the names of several
cavaliers who succeeded In emptying
thnt monster vessel to the last drop.
The historian Pollnlts describes a visit
to tho court of the Elector of Palatin
ate, who forced his guests to drink till
many of them rolled under the table,
where they were collected nnd stacked
up like sacks iu a corner of tlio ban-
quctlng-hall. One of his courtiers, the
Count do Gocrz, was In the lmblt of
wnklng bis boys at midnight and urg
ing them to Join bis nocturnal revels,
nnd if they asked permission to retire,
would break forth in pathetic lnmenta;
"Oh, tljls degenerate age: Is it pos
sible that children of mine should thus
disgrace themselves!”
But the moat striking proof of the
universality of intemperance Is n rec
ord of the transactions during tho con
vention known ns tlio Tonco of West
phalia (terminating the Thirty-Year-
War). On not less than four different
occasions tho historian states thnt the
pienlpotcnlaries hail to adjourn on ac
count of tho befuddled condition of
His Excellency. Count Oxcnstlern, the
great statesman representing tho
Swedish nation and tho North Gor
man protestants.
Hnshish fiends once became so nu
merous in Western Asia that the
Sheikh ul Jebel availed himself of the
mania to enlist a corps of desperadoes,
who, at hia command, would get to
gether and rush upon their anomie*
with the fury of Spanish mastiffs, till
the word assassination (hnshish ram
page) beenmo a synonym of murder.
Iiut even without the aid of drags,
manslaughter manias havo more than
once assumed an epidemic form. The
soldiers of Tamerlano nnd All Pnslin
reveled in carnage with a gusto that
needed no other stimulus, nnd found
a horrible expression in the remark of
a Bahsi-Bazouk chieftain, that “tboce
who bnvo once tried It are apt to pre
fer a first-rate man hunt to every other
sport" Mohammed Babers’ troopers,
too; howled for battle, and needed nil
the stern resolution of their leader to
keep them from provoking n quarrel
with tho timid natives of Northern
Hindustan, but at the first show of
resistance their destructive passion
was given full rein, and It may be
doubted If without nn inducement of
that sort Suwaroff would have suc
ceeded in leading his man-butchers
from tho Volga to tho Alps.
Murder Dors Not Always Out.
The old adage that “murder will out” is,
after all, more or lees of a fiction. Scoria
of murders go unpunished every yeer
throughout the civilized world, largely f„r
lack of proof sgalnst the murderers. The
resource* of civilization an) open to crimi
nals as well as to officers. It is passible
for a murderer to commit hia crime end
then be whirled hundreds of miles awsv
before the deed is discovered. He know a
just what methods will be used to secu-v
his capture, and he msy have planned how
to outwit each attempts before they are
made.
Murder fe often and even usually di*.
covered end punished, bnt there arc ninny
.inch crimes that have hail no explana.
lions, and it Is po**tb!e that the Fall Rir. r
tragedy may be one of these.—Ik*,ton Ad
vertifter.
During the Eleventh century a fashion sf
embroidering ttie Initial* cf t lie name hi.-
the family arms on the garment* began In
Italy and sprewl *11 over Europe,
It Is not a w uste to havs ynur emu* a:,-.
ouger*, g.iwim sud J». *. -.* well made,fur
ti t) will wear much longer.
DREAMS SCIENTIFICALLY EXPLAINED.
They Are Mentis! Vibrations Caused by
Xndlgentlon, Tain, Fewer and Noise.
What the actual scientific view of dream
ing now Is may be Inferred from s lect-nre
delivered on the subjtct nt the Royal insti
tution hy Dr. ft. W. Richardson. In the
poet's view dreams are visitors from the
ivory gate, or, ns Shakespeare calls them,
"children of un idle brain;” but science is
more prosaic, nnd tenches that dreams may
be, after all, "nothing mm than tha coco-
mon vibrations of tcrrestlal media acting
upon a corporeal vibrstorium,” like the
sound heard on a wire in tension long after
It hns been struck hy the musician.
"All musical Instruments dream,” says
Dr. Richardson, "after we cease to play on
them,” and if we bring the microphone into
use we can hear the dream. This is on
near poetry ns science will permit us to ap
pronch in explaining the phenomena of
thought going on during sleep, for tho ac
complished lecturer proceeded to iuform
his audience that dreame are all explain
able on physical grounds—there is no mys
tery about them save that which springs
from "blindness to facts."
After dividing dreams into subjective
and objective, and mixtures of both, he
went on to class among the first specie^
dreams produced hy Indigestion, pain or
fever, while objective dreamt are thorn
Htartod by noises or other events going or
outside the sleeper. This is a fair sampli
of the ruthless way Iu which science (II-
poses of "superstition." Against the ini
aginative view of the significance of
dreams man of science protest, and will
probably continue to protest as long ta
there are any men of science left.
Perhaps the moet practical lesson taught
at the Royal Institution lecture was one
which may assist us to know which of our
dreams are signs that something is wrong
with our bodily organization. As a rule,
said the lecturer, it is better not to dream
at all. Dreamlessness is usually a sign of
nil round health. A child's dreams arr
inrariably signs of disturbed health ami
should bo regarded with anxiety. For
adults it is a good thing to know that we
may be sure that our brains are being over
strained when oor nightly dreams relate
to events of the day,'and if we actually
seejn in sleep to be continuing onr dally
work, this is a danger signal which must
never be disregarded.
When we feel wearied in the morning
very likely it results from dreams that we
have forgotten, and then the best thing to
do is to take exercise. Without coming to
any decided opinion as to the supernatural
meanings attributed to dreams we can at
least profit bv these practical hints. Con
sidered as productsof had digestion dreams
cannot be reasonably expected to tell us
anything of a useful character or to supply
us with any warning, except one directed
against the continuance of depraved diet
etic habits. If It is true that the sleep of
health is dreamless, then it becomes diffi
cult to believe that the only persons to
whom visions in sleep are vouchsafed
should be the victims of indigestion.
It is always a pnzxle for persons of an un
imaginative turn of mind to understand
how tho future, which does not yet exist,
can bo supposed to have any effect on the
present, and it must be admitted that
dreams of Wanting aru much harder to be
lieve In than the “brain wavo" and
“thought transference," which members of
the Psychical Research society take as
matters quite in the ordinary coarse of
things. There is a considerable mass of
testimony in favor of the power of ths
mind to produce results at an enormous
distance hy some system of psychical te
legraphy of which nobody has yet discov
ered the secret.
A man who goes to sleep and dreams
thnt his bro-her is being killed by a wild
tribe in central Africa, and who afterward
hear* that he did meet with that fate nt
the precise time when the vision occurred,
need not fly to any supernatural explana
tion for tho phenomenon. It U quite dif
ferent when a dream tells of something
which is to happen in a few months' time.
In the Utter case most people will prefer
to joln’with science In attributing the fact
either to a law of coincidences or to a siin
pie delusion. We mast do science the jos
tles to admit that, if she Increase* the
gloominess of life in some directions, as by
her doctrine of ths struggle for existence,
she decreases it in other respects, one of
which is by aiding in the gradual banish
ment of any confidence in visions and
omens and "weirdness" generally.—Lon
don Telegraph.
A Oood Idea in Wedding Presents,
“At s fashionable silversmith'* the other
day,” says a woman, “while imitating be
tween s bonbon spoon and a pair of forks,
my attention was attracted to a man at
my elbow, who, finishing s purchase, gave
the name of the same bride elect as the ono
for whom I wae choosing a wedding gift
Be was e-idently s friend of the groom, for
be directed bis spoon to the bride, care of
the groom, and gavs the latter’s house ad
dress. This, it appears, U a new wriokle
Of fashion frequently carried out nowa
days. The Innovation struck tne as having
a foundation in reason. Undoubtedly many
unacknowledged wedding gifts are such,
from the fact that the bride receive* no im
pression from the strange names accom
panying them. If the card become* sepa
rat'd from the gift, ae easily nnd often
happens, there is no recognizable record
left of the donor.
“As this Utter cannot Inquire why his
present remains unnoticed, there Is io
cbancobf the matter being explained. It
his been my misfortUH* in two coses to
send gifts to strange bride* from which I
have never heard. Had I sent them to her
In the care of the groom, he at least wou.d
have known of the Intended honor to his
wedding day.”—New York Times.
Tennyson’s Reantlfnl End.
This view of the laureate U from the pen
of the physician, Dr. Dabbe, who woe pres-
ent at hi* death: “On the bed a figure of
breathing marble, flooded and bathed in
the light of the full moon etreaming
through tb* oriel window; hU band clasp-
ton the Shakespeare which ht had asked
for bat recently, and which he had kept by
him to the end; the moonlight; the ma
jestic figure, as he lay there 'drawing
thicker bres-h,’ Irresistibly brought to oar
minde bis own 'Passing of King Arthur.'
His last conscious words were words of
love addressed to wife and son-words too
sacred to bo written here.”—Now York
Tribune.
A Mlnllte- Who Us* a “glds Un.,-'
A minister of my acquaintance, who Is
no mean man of science, has gained both
money and friends by the sale or exchange
of foesils, lepidoptero, coleoptern and lw
tonical specimens. He gratifies bU own
tastes nnd gives pleasure toothers nt tire
same time. HU churcu officers, howevor
charge him with wasting valuable hour*
and bringing discredit upon his office If
he only Uy upon his etndy sofa evolving
arguments for tiie refutation of such ae do
not believe in the devil, these men would
be raUiifl.il and go on funding the sugar In
pence.—National Review.
Could riod No Welsh,
here are a few men in this town who
spenk the Welsh lnng'inge. Kx-l'ief
muter General Thomas L. James 1* un- of
u. While In England General .Janie,
was Invited to joiu a coaching party ta a
trip through Walts, lie had a very agree
able time. A friend a-Lcl him the otlu r
day if he talked Welsh very much whih-
ln w.iiis "S«: r-,,1. .1 • ... g,. . r.u, |
did r:ut find *n> . ,-r luce wn . r.;.m -
Welsh "—New York Times.
MX AINU ABUUTJ3E0RGIA.
^Contrtding elcctIoM ^ to b#i
Jack Travis will contow n„.
wSli
Spalding county us it ;imie J .^ 0C w 1
fan- of tin, returns \v"i “V
primary. This was decided
terday nt midday, n,, »
contesting the election aroSm'^ ,<
by him in this way: sunned,
“I contest tlio result on tho
Hint I received the larger nnmS®
legal votes under thi- ‘
tlio executive committee tha?*.'
but known Democratic vot,”
Spiffing county should vote in
,"™ en . because the manager,
election in Line Crook nnd Afriro .
not sworn nnd other lrreguS
he return* of said two dffiSli
In nil .equity nnd law, would ’
*he executive committee m
tiie votes In said districts.-' *
Camesvllle boast* probably th»
boycotted preacher In tho LL-
Rev. B. O. B. England cannot $ J
ills Hilary because he Is a Dcm / T
When church members «tip„!,*l
i their faith by such actions it
for them to give up either rdhLT
politics. The Cnraesvlllo
says: “We have been informal ».
what we consider good authoris e!]
some of tho churches in the tr
party strongholds of the countv
Rev. R. O. B. England, of CtmmL
hns Berved during the past year, Sj
fallen out with him because i,„ u T
Democrat, nnd will refuse to i
usual salary tills year. They .a
speak of having their presiding elder)
J. F. Mixon, relegated to tho rear f J
tho same reason. ' ’
Tiie sanctimonious hypocrites thn
sit up In the amen comers on SuhUt
and then go out to prepare a boro,?
for their prcneher because he Is n
a contemptible demagogue like them
don’t deserve to belong to any church
We intend to ascertain what clrai
es fall short of Mr. England’s usa
•alary, anil what members fail la tint
contributions, and we intend to ml
llsh their names, nnd have them copl
In every dally and weekly piqier
Georgia. Such people deserve to
held up to the scorn of the state.
We believe there are enough
crats In Franklin to wise Mr.
land's salary. He is one of the
nnd moat devout preachers we ht|
ever had In this county.
The leg stature is hardly yet at s
The Judicial election spoi.el its m-
week, the national election thwzrcnl h
eecond. and now the oarnival in Ailnt
i* eeriouoiy iuterfev ng with the w rk «
this week. The Solon* shou.d now t<
squarely io business end prove (he wii
dom of a short seaeion.—Franklin New
Jack Cohen, new* editor of the AUzni
Journal, is one of the best paid men i
the state. ^Besides h.s regular w.w
on the Jeurntl ho puts in bird licks
night. for ono of the press a
j eociations, Mr. Cohen is a tfaor ,ugh nnu
man and can scent an Item as far
a* a trained pointer ran a covey
S na.ls. He haa been a valuable aequo
on to the Journal’s staff ever aince 1
went on k.
The Augusta. Evening Xewl'pUc
liaelf in line with the supporter, of W
iiam L. Wilson for speaker of the u
house ofi representatives. YY’e tee i
aolutely no use or sense io any on
lion to Spraaer Cup, and do iw L
liove there wiU be any. Speaker 0k
baa mode an admirable prodding the
and has conducted Hi olfiasi <He
ably and foarleaaly, and deaervon
election'to tbo office he haa Slid,
well. And we are the more .urjat
that opposiLon, when k doe. cn
should find support in Georgia, tl
home of the distinguiaheii speaks i
the house. Mr. Crisp will be the ae
speaker.—Athens Evening Banner.
Quite true, -friend Banner. If tt
Is one man who has reflected credit
h.s party sod in doing so honored Uti
gja, that man is Crisp. If there i. a
opposition to Criep for next speaker,
should not come from Georgia. He!
had to bear the brunt of the fight
the last, be should be allowed loan;
the peace of the aiming.
A pertinent question: Hon. C
Crisp w.!l be re-elected speaker of I
national houoe of rrpresentativr*.
course be will. Why not?-Eiatn
Timee-Joum.il.
FRED DOUGLASS.
He Issues a Clrrutnr ta Ills Celart*
Brother**
Waabinzrton, Nov .20—Hon. Frebo
. Hougia* ha* received so meey In
quiries since the ejection from member,
of the colored race anxious to learn hia
vicwi as to the probable effect of the
Democratic accession to power that h«
ho* put hia answer in the form of t|
printed circular to rave the labor of re
plying to each by letter. In the circular
he expresses the opinion that there need
he no apprehension in the change of ad
ministration. The colored pniide of the
South will be agreeably anrprised by the
little difference which a change of Rtf’:
eminent makes. No assault will be bmiI
upon the enterprise, industry sou
fare of the country. The Democrat*
will, Douglas believes, endeavor to over
throw the tariff and la aome, «*«
changes will be made, but the principle
of protection will bo neither ignored sot
abandoned. . . ,
As to the effect of the election of
Cleveland upon the condition of the col
ored people of the South. Douglu “rt
he la free to aay that ho bos his «*»
as well as his hope* “It is bsrd, *
nays, “to toll what will happen. One
thing I may with safety ray, it ■*
it will bo very liard to make the condi
tion of the negro in the Sou*
woree than K ia now and haa bren during
the present adminiatratioa. I bdlew
that the president- eleut will ice and * |
upon wisdom, justice, peace and
will alike to white and ooiorcd l*rt“*
Hi tb* South. I am mire ths* be
strike down any beet use w„ w
weak, unpopular nnd defeoscW**
Tha Ktuplrlcal Treatment of DU****
On* can cosily understand bow wchw®*
edits as wra***!*’ Rizzanlii, doe* “
•nulls, eta* hare gained their f*™^**^
ceptlon nrnoug ignorant person*
first in all likelihood In some
mistaken for an Incurable dl*e***i J®*-
trum ho* been followed by BpooUP
healing, ana has carried the
and the faith which go with rtpo»* '
to other sick bedside*, sometimes wi-
spurious results. It cannot bedoah
■™c*. such eonfldfnn* In tb* horror* „
piricitmi liners among our
own poorer
In view of this fset the
by locsl ventries of inculcating A * •* ..
tary measure* m the true preYentlT
fection. and impressing the nro->dty oi ^
talning prompt medical aid
highly ronimmdi-d. -I.o[)d-'nJ^- MU
Wli.r. G/palM Ar. round.
The majority or the ricotthb g; l" 1 '* ?*
emigrated to America, a,.-re
s;icad over s vest tract of couBtry.
they Lave gradually Lrcmne lo-t to
a Illalinclive reo-e. [u Euru j* ,‘n
found in the g-esteat number : '
Ilungor, and V/ellachla, wt j -r- t..' ■(
.000 - Georg* L W-kb l “ •
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