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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION - ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 15 1885.
TWENTY YEARS??? HERMIT
A STRANGE BEING IN THE MOUN
**??? TAINS OF VIRGINIA.
01 Appear* and Disappear*. B??ei Liras. bat Would
2,'ot Opeak-TlneHy Found Unconscious with -
Fraetured BSull-lallaTsd to Soto Boon
Cole Carrington, a Confederate, Sto.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer. t
Iw the Wild* or McDowell, W. Va,
remlier 7,1886.???One of the strangest and most
pathetic stories your correspondent, in a long
experience of yearn, has evpr hoard, is the
history af Colo Carrington, as it came to him
through authentic and reliable channels. It
is true, the-Acts of this
???TBAKOE HISTORY
occurred In McDowell county, where the in
habitants live principally on small game and
faith, tut nevertheless I have no reason to
doubt tlio truth of it. Somewhere in 1804 a
stranger appeared at the county scat, Perry-
Villa. His personnel was so peculiar and so
unlike tbo old specimens to the manor bom
that the attention of everybody was attracted
to him. At the time of his first appearance he
wore a frayed and worn suit of confederate
gray. Upcu his head a cavalry hat with a
black plume brought into bold relief his clear-
cut countenance, beardless and brown. Ills
deep-set gray eyes pierced the too curious gazer
with the questioning look of a suspicious or
Insano mind. The man asked
questions, and when interrogated
by an over-inquisitive mountaineer,
simply turned toward his questioner with a
fierce, cold look which caused the querist to
mumble an apology and quickly walk off to a
safe distance. The newcomer quietly walked
to one of the stores of the village and purchas'
ed powder, lead, cooking utensils and a few
necessaries, such as salt, jKjppcr, otc., and,
putting them into n wick, rodo off in tbo direc
tion of the mountain. Of course, tbo appear-
anceofsuch a peculiar character was soon
noised about for miles in a country where
(here never had ken a piano, and whoro a
two-horsc wagon excited spasms of enmity in
the bucolic mind, and where, as far as the
knowledge of the outer world???s every-day life
was concerned, the people may as well havo
lived at the antipodes. Hut it was mouths
before the whcrcal>outs of the stranger was
known, and then he again came among them
pslie had done before, except this timo no one
dared to question him, but all stood aloof while
he entered town and mado his purchases,
which were of the name naturo as before.
After bis second appearance three or four of
the most daring spirits among the young mon
determined to
TRACK HIM INTO THE MOUNTAINS
And see how he lived, and where; and about
an hour after he had gone they took up the
trail, and followed it until the shades of even
ing and the laurel thickets through which
they passed concealed ail trace. Then they
gave up pursuit and turned back. A short
time after the stranger???s second appearance,
two young men, Kaon and Andrew, were out
deer hunting. Their dogs bad sprung a doer,
and ran It directly toward tho mountains.
They followed until tho game lod them into
a deep gap or glen between two steep declivi
ties, and, ss it was getting late. and tho som
ber rercMra of nature looked dark and
gloomy, they were Just on the point of stop
ping when they heard tho sound of a
rifle shot. Hurrying forward as fast as the
rough nature of the ground would admit, tho
young fellows were amazed upon arriving at a
small clearing or open *pac?? to mo the tall
stranger standing over a large buck, evidently
the deer they had followed all day. The
strange being uttorrd not a word upon getting
eight of them, hut merely pointed a Anger in
the direction of the hark track which they had
come ovor. One look was sufficient, for bold
and hardy m they were, thero was something
so cold and deadly in that look, they said, that
they dare not object or protest. They return
ed and reported to their neighbors, and the
next day an organised search commenced, but
the mountain recesses weie so deep and tho
forests so thick tbst a search of two or three
day???s duration failed to discover the
HUMAN GAME.
Fiom this tihie it appear* that for five rears
all knowledge and trace of this strange being
was lest, except that upon ono occasion, nt
least, he baa descended tho mountain Into
Taawell county, Virginia,and obtained ammu
nition and neeesiiarica of life, and returned as
mysteriously as ho came. In tho summer of
1870 or 187! a party of hunters wore camped In
McDowell county, in the deepest portion of
the flat top woods. They were hunters from
Ohio, romewherr, 1 believe, in the Huncock
valley. One day one of their number, James
Mall, or Wall, disappeared, and although his
friends searched far and wide,
no sign of him could bo found
for abcut a week. Just as they wore about to
t lve up In despairaud leave the neighborhood,
e cniue Into (ho camp with an arm in a sling
and huihoad tied un. looking as though he hail
had a rough time ofit. His story was that dur
ing the day of the hunt lie had strayed off sev
eral miles from bis friends, and that whiio
climbing tho steep mountain side ho had fallen
over a declivity, receiving injuries which ten
dered him unconscious. When he came too he
found himself In tho arms of a strange, weird-
looking man, who curried him as lightly as if
he had been an Infant, up tho aide of tho
mountain until they came to a
HKKP, CAVERNOUS*LOOKING HOLE.
In this place he was carried for perhaps
fifty feet, until they came to a large, roomUke
opening, lighted through crevices in the rocks
above, w hen the strange man laid him gently
down upon a bed of pine boughs. The stran
ger then stripped his anus and examined
them. Finding his right arm badly broken,
he set It carefully, and apiNirently scientifical
ly, and splintering it, hound it up. The
wounds and bruises on his head and shoulders
were also carefully attended to. Hall stayed
here abcut a week, receiving particular atten
tion as far as his wounds and nature required
???being fed upon venisou and bear
steaks???hut not a word in all this time pvtsod
the lipsof his preserver. When ho was able
to travel, the stranger one morning signified
by motions that Hall rnuct go, much to Hall's
relief, and conducted him- down tho moun
tain, through tho woods and across streams,
until they arrived in sight of Hall???s camp.
Mall walked on until lie came up to bis friends,
when, turning to introduce his preserver, he
found that he had disappeared. The hunter*
never stain caught siglit of the strange man,
although they tried ail the next day. Halt
found that he had lost the hearings of the
cave, and they gave up the search.
THE HERMIT
was mast long intervals after this, but
avoided contact with his fellow-man. He was
never known to do any ono an injury, and no
one had the hardihood to try to provoke him,
and aa it waa deemed dangerous to try to find
his haunts he was permitted to do as he
pleased.
About 1876, or tru years ago, when the
drought created almost a famine In the dis
trict near tne mountain, this strange being
would frequently pas* along tho paths???there
were ycry few roads???near thcfemtne-strickeu
home*, and leave a leg of deer, a few squirrels,
a tnikey or eotne wild game, and depart with-
out uttering a word.
Later, a man named McCUntaek received an
accidental gunshot wound one day, which
.threatened to prove fatal. Just as his friends
were upon the point of sending twenty mllas
for a doctor, although none of them believed
the wDumlcd man could live until the mes
senger got hack, the strange man came up to
the nonse with a long gnu on his shoulder,
lie overheard some of the conversation???suf
ficient, apparently, to know the cause of the
trouble.. lie motioned the man to dismount,
walked Into the house, and turning down the
bedclothes, examined the wounded man. The
almost stupefied onlookers looked with aston
ishment as he with ease and apparent knowl
edge of what was needed, examined and
FRO REP THE WOUND.
In a moment be had extracted the ball, and In
a short tlma had the bleeding stopped and the
wound dressed ss neatly and deftly as could
have been done by a practiced suneor *???
came twice more and attended McClin
wound, after which the wounded man being
cafe, he returned no more.
At intervals daring the succeeding years
this strange being was seen. He appeared an-
looked for on several occasions when a good
physician or surgeon was needed, and In every
instance as deftly and scientifically dressed
wounds or cute, and seemed to take delight In
the work, wbilo the half supertitions native*
looked on.
THE STBANOE MAN???S DEATH.
About s year ago, however, the life of this
strange being was brought to a dose by an ac
cident and tho mystery was partially ex
plained.
One day as a party of banters were ascend
ing one of the numerous trout streams captur
ing the finny beauties by the dozen, they came
across the body of a roan lying on the bank
of the stream, where be had fallen In a fit and
stmek his head on a stone, rendering him un
conscious. Upon picking him up, and after
laying him in the shade, one of the men ap
plied the mouth of his canteen to the lips of
the wounded man. Jn a moment after the
muscles began to quiver and the color came to
bis lips. (Among the rescuers waa a citizen
guide, and recognizing the hermit he explain
ed to the others.) With a long sigh he open
ed his eyes, and glanced wildly and wonder
ingly about, asked: ???Where am I???????
Upon being told, he Inquired as to how he
came there. Nobody could toll him, and ho
seemed to have no recollection of his surround
ings. He requested them to tell him all they
knew obouthim, which was done by the guide,
an old citizen to whom the past history of the
hermit woe well known as the people knew it.
After being told that he had been a hermit in
the mountains for twenty years, he turned
with a groan and said:
HIS LIFE'S STORY.
???I feci that I have but a few minutes to live,
oml 1 want to'eay that I have no remembrance
or the past twenty years. My name is Cole
Carrington, and 1 was a surgeon in tho confed
erate army. On tho 20th of Jane, 1801,1 was
wounded in the head while attondinga wound
ed soldier. Bince that time I remember noth
ing???-???
The effort and excitement were too ranch,
and the poor fellow fainted.
Another swallow of Honor brought him
back, although be was evidently about gone.
Me faintly gasped:
???I live in Georgia. Tell my mother???write
to???grand???and he died.
After his death an examination of tho body
disclosed that the hermit, or Carrington, had
received at one time, years before, a wound in
the head, which bail fractured the skull,
drivliig the splintered bones in upon the
brain. This had been the cause of hU de
mentia, from which he had never recovered
up to a few minutes before his death.
JHs story waa without doubt true, and could
ho have lived but a rainuto longer ho would
have given minute . directions to his people
who have undoubtedly given him up for lost
these many years. It is a painful, pathetic
story of a lost life, whoso hidden fountains
none may guess. Mo was burled by the side
of the stream, beneath tho speading branches
of a maple at the foot of tho mountain, where
??????All that creation's varying rah** assumes
Of grand and lovely here aspires and blooms."
????? Y * B *
ItROTIIKlt HOOFER'S CHALLENGE.
Christmas Presents for Fiona Preachers and
Scripture Searcher*.
I'i.kasant Hill, Fulton Co., December 1, 1835.
As It has Ixeii some time slncotlio kind brethren
have heard from Pleasant llill, I wilt state a few
frets. We have had eleven additions this year.
The brethren are well informed on what tlio Lord???i
will Is for man to do to be savod.
ONE nUNPMCD liOl.LAItM (UOO)
will be given ss a Christmas present to any person
who will show where a person who has been legally
Immersed will, wlu-nthotrylnghourof death cornea
make a vow to the Lord that if ho will sparu hh
life he would 1* poured or sprinkled.
Bister Jane Clay, who resides near Edgwood, a
town near Atlanta, visited Pleasant llill lad March,
slid heard the gospel In tho old original plan. Pla
ter Clay had been sprinkled In her Infancy: sho
concluded when she beard Christ's, plan that ??he
lied never been legally baptized, thinking thuswlie
i (-turned home. In the month of September of the
present year she waa taken dangerously ill with
uthina and was speechless for several days. While
n this critical condition sho vowed to tho Lord If
ic would spare her life she would be Immersed and
, ofn the Disciples of Christ
HlJter Clay mode tho noble confession that she
Acts, eighth chapter, 37 verse.
For 1 testUy unto every man, that hcaroth the
..ords of the prophecy or this hook. If any man
shall add unto these things (lod shall add unto hltn
the plagues that are wrlttuu in this book. Ho rela
tion, 32 chapter is verse.
If the tom taught infant baptism I would thank
some Christian mend to give mo ohaptor and verse.
Our blessed Bavlor commanded us to go into all the
world and preach tho gospel to every creature. Uo
that bellevcth and Is baptized shall l*e saved; but
he (hat hclleveth not shall bo damned. St Mark,
Ifi chapter 1ft, 16 verses
Heaven???s plan is faith and repentance before
Laid ism.
I have a great many friends and acquaintances
....???to t| u . undent and honorable Missionary
given as a Chrhtmaa present to any person that
will show me the wonts Baptist church in the New
Testament, or that John the Baptist ever said
chuich. If the faithful servant John the Baptist 1
minion was to organize Christ church, he ???
headed two years before tt was orgautzed. bt.
Matthew, xiv chapter, 10 verse.
Christ said to St. Peter, thou art Peter, and upon
his rock I will build roy church, and the gates of
icll shall not prevail against It. Not tlx up Abra-
mm???s old chutvh. or finish John's churc'i. Our
>lcs*ed Bavlor said I will build my church, bt.
Matthew, xvi chapter, IN verse.
Brother Nichols, author ot the Theological Ora-
bax, published at Nashville, Tennessee, says, on
*sge twelve In the (inibax, that them Is no men-
Ion made of the new church In the Bible. That
Is one of Brother Nichols's mistakes, or false
hoods.
one ntmnRU> dollars, (iioo.) .
to t e given as a Christmas present to any person
who will show me In the New Testament where
Christ or the apostles ever promised any person
the pardon of their sins and the gift of the Holy
n ivini-min Bint uii??|>uiK umu
hat e need of patience, that alter ye have done the
will of God, ye might recelvo the promise. He
brews, 10th chapter, Mb verse.
And now, why tanlcst thou? Arise, and bo bap-
..zed, mnl washswsy thy sins, calling on the name
of the Lord. Acta, chapter. 16th verso.
Now, w hen they heard this they were pricked In
their hearts, and said unto Peter and the rest of
the apostles: Men and brethren, what shall we do ?
Then lYter raid unto them, repent and be bap
tised every one of you, In the name of Jesua Christ
for the remlzMon of sins, and ye snslt receive
the gill of tho Holy Ghost. Acts, 2nd cap., 37 and
slimed at PlcaNMii Hill, and we will have a merry
jThe Value of an Eyelash.
I From the Washington Hatchet.
A Washington financier, who la well ac
quainted with Colonel Lew Washington, the teller
of Leu is Johtuott A Cu???s bank, sal??l that it waa at
the close of business hours, ami Colonel Washing
ton was poring and perspiring over a long column
of f gurus on the balance she*. The sum total of
he column should have read fft,0tW. Instead of
that amount, however, ft showed a total of K.'.HtO,
or troo more than he could account for. The vex
atious mistake caused tho oloncl to scratch his
head vigorously and wonder where the excess was
In the column of agonizing figures. While going
I carefully over the column for the twentieth time
he discovered the error, and it was one that would
hardly occur once in a thousand years. One of the
colonel's eyelashes bad fallen on the balance sheet
and adhered to tne first 0 In the line of figures II,Odd,
making a perfect figure ??of the t>. and Increasing
the whole am**uut to J0.WU Instead of f6,(XO. In
Isolnadomn the column the twentieth time he,
the eyelash away with hl< forefinger.
r Colonel Wa??hing:< 4 - |
- re sheets with a st;
U g u?? to add the columns.
Catarrh and Rronchltl* Cured.
A clergyman, offer years of snffcring from that
h ath* rui-dl.-ray, Catarrh, and vainly t lying evrty
known remedy, at last found a prescription which
i oii plctely cnml am! saved him Horn death. Any
sufferer from this dreadful disease rending a wuf
add revi d Mam red envelope to Dr. J. Flynn A Co.,
117 Fast ltth *t., New York, will receive the receipt
ftec of charge. dcclSwlteow
The Moc arch Lightning Sewing Machine.
This machine has met with flavor wherever Intro
duced. More oft hew have been sold than any
other sewing machine In the world. The factory
of this company Is running to Its ftill capacity, so
tbatcrd*r*may be promptly shipped. Bee adver
tisement elsewhere In our columns.
NEWS BY WIRE.
Happening* of the Week All Orer the
Coontrj.
7km to the press???its teeming sheets surety,
Big with the wanders ef each patting day ;
Births, death and weddings, forgeries fires and
wrecks,
Harangues and hailstones, brawls and broken
necks.
Erie, Pa., December 7.???A sensational elope
mcntherc has broken up one family and
almost distracted another- Charles Mining,
aged sixteen, foil madly in love with Mrs.
Mary Spencer, a customer at his father???s
store.
A few days ago they disappeared. The hus
band, William Spencer, has gone to his home
in Toledo, broken-hearted and disgusted. The
parents of young Mining are almost distracted,
ns they have grounds to believe that ho has
been foully dealt with or is drugged and held
a prisonor some placo in this city.
A PECULIAR DEATH.
Belleville, N. J., December 7.???Last
Tuerdsy, Mrs. Rooney, an old lady living In this
place, was attacked with an abnormal fit of laugh
ter. It was so violent that she fell on the floor in
a swoon and remained unconscious nntil her
death, wblsh occurred yesterday, paralysis of the
braiu being the immediate canse.
THE STRIKE ENDED.
Pittsburg, Pa.. December 8.???Deports from
Mouongahela valley mines today Indicate that
the backbone of the long strike Is broken.
Almost every mine in tho fourth pool is in
operation at the reduction; and in the three
lower pools a large number of strikers have
returned to work during tho po3t twenty-four
hours at tho operators??? terms. The unpreju
diced opinion of river men and residents along
the river is that the strike is at nn end, and
that all the men will be working boforo tho
dose of the week. The condition of tho
strikers??? families is said to be deplorable.
Many families arc said to fie destitute, and the
wolf is only kent at bay by outside contribu
tions. A relief movement Is talked of, for, as
one of the coal operators mid this morning:
???Hie women and children cannot be allowed
to starve."
Pittsburg, Pa., December 11.???Quiet
reigns throughout the Monongahela valley
mines today. Notwithstanding tho uneasiness
felt last nigh.t, there was no disturbance. Al
though the strikers were around all night,
they kept at a safe distance. Tho non-union
miners at Pino. Itun (lid not go to work till
daylight this morning, fearing a repetition of
yesterday???s attack. They have decided to
discontinue night work ns long as there issny
danger of another outbreak. Workmen nt
AHcgtippa expected an attack and mado prepa
rations to give the mob a warm reception.
They were provided with repeating rifles and
each man was given fifty rounds of ammuni
tion. The strikers did not put iu an appear
ance, however, and this morning the mon wont
into the mines os usual.
A LARGE ORDER,
Chicago, Doc. 8.???Fairbanks Canning com
pany, of this city, has Just received an order flora
the French government for one million kebls (two
million two hundred thousand pounds) of dressed
beef for the we of tho French army. The controo
involves the slaughter of 25.000 bead of cattle.
DAMAGED BY A CYCLONE.
Chester. 111., December 0.???The buildings
of tho Southern Illinois penitentiary, at this
f luoo, wero badly damaged and some of the
nmates seriously injured by the cyclone list
night. Portions of the wardens and coll house
roOf wero swept awa^, os was also that of tho
???lice shop. A new building, being erected for
tbc state shop and a largo part of tho stock
ade was blown down, together with tho guard
bouse. A guard named Nichols, was blown
from bis box and soriousiy bruised. A life
convict, named Villtnorc, was blown , tvgaimfc
the wall and had hla leg broken. ..Another
convict, named Wilkinson, was struck by a
falling chimney and badly if* not fatally in
ured. The storm could be hoard by tho roar-
ng round for somo minutes beroro it struck.
No damage was done in the city.
DEATH FROM TRICHINOSIS.
Wabash, Ind., December 0.???The ten-year-
eld daughter of James Dunn, of Xenia, died
today from trichinosis. A week or more ago
she complained of so vererpains in her arms and
legs ami later became unnbleto walk. Tho
mum ulnr portion* of her Hmba swelled rapid
ly nud she suffered great agony till her dcAtli,
her physician failing to comprehend the naturo
of her ailment. Au examination of n portion
of muscle from her upper arm was made.
When placed under the microscope tho portion
rt moved was found to ho alive with trichmo.
It Is said that two weeks ago tlio girl ate raw
polk and thnt her death resulted from this. It
is feared other members of the family will suf
fer similar attacks. ???
TRICHINOSIS IN NEW YORK.
New York, Docembcr 0.???Tho health au
thorities were colled upon yosterdny to inves
tigate a case of supposed trichinosis nn the west
ride. AU tho sufferers, eight in number, hod
eaten together of a half-cooked ham. Dr. Cy
rus Kd*cn is making a thorough investigation.
Not n morsel is left of the ham, but tho history
of tLc cases leaves little or no doubt aa to tho
cause of t he trouble.
FIGHT BETWEEN A LION AND AN ELEPHANT.
Philadelphia, December 0.??????Bolivar,???
the ??? largest elephant now in captivity, on
Monday evening, had a terrific encounter with
the Nubian lion, ???Prince,??? at the winter quar
ter of Forepaugh???s menagerie, aud a Hon
which was valued at $2,000 was killed. Tho
trainer had entered tho cage with tho beast.
"Priiifc??? was iu a surly mood and attacked
him. In endeavoring to escape, tho trainer
loosed tho bars of tho cago and fell out. The
Hon bounded out after him, clearing his body
as it lay on the tan-covered ground. Ho did
not turn back, however, but pursued his way
through the ring barn and entered tho open
door of tho elephant house. ???Bolivar??? stood
where he was chained to a stake near the
door. Tho liou attacked him uud au encoun
ter ensued, which cudod in the liou being
crushed to deal it.
A SUICIDE.
Mead vi ilk. Pa., December 10.v*W. C.
Walker, a student in tlio theological seminary
in this city, shot himself (lead today in his room
in the.???college building. The deceased camo
frctu Brooklyn to attend college. Ho was a
fine looking and agreeable young man and
very popular. His inability to keep up with
his class is said to bo the cause of the act.
TRICHINOSIS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PmrRURo, December 10???Two weeks ago
the family of Fred K. Hansmeycr, a well-to-do
Human ofTarentun, Pa., eighteen miles from
this city, ate heartily of salad of which raw
j erk chopped fine was one of the principal in
gredients. Last Friday week the entire family,
father, mother, three sons and tliroo daughters,
wero suddenly seized with a terrible illnoss.
Tie family continued to grow worse aud
yesterday Frederick, ago 20, died iu great ag
ony, John, the second son, is not expected to
live through the night, and the root or the fam
ily are believed to be beyond recovery. Be
fore Frederick???s death the physician became
convinced that the diaease was trichinosis. He
secured a piece of meat and found it alive with
truhorial ??pfraters. The meat was purchased
(runs farmer and was taken from ono of a
drove of hogs which he had raised ou his own
farm.
Pittsburg, December 12.???A telegram
from Tarroton, Pa., states that two deaths
have occurred in the Mansmayer family from
trichinae, and that six other natienU are sink-
dr rapidly, with uo hope or recovery. Tho
flair has caused great excitement.
RtKL'S FUNERAL.
Winnipeg, Man., December 12.???Toe funer
al of Kiel took place today at 8aint Baatbce,
the French suburb across Bed river, from this
city. The funeral cortege left his mows
house at St. Vital ou Bed river,about i/e miles
ft cm here, at 9 o???clock, accompanied by a large
number of relative* and half-breed sympa
thizers. Arriving at St. Boniface cathedral,
requiem mara was celebrated by Father Dagos.
Archbishop Tarke occupied the throne. After
mass, the body remained for a time in the
cathedral. A Urge number of English speak
ing people were preaent, from curiosity. There
were no signs of Interference or disturbance.
CLEVELAND'S MESSAGE.
Continued ftom 7th page.'
fie may well
- .be law with
perfect fairness, oml with os little Irritation os
possible. Rut,.of coarse, no relation of the
principle which underlies it, and m weakening
of the safeguards which surround it can be expect
ed. Experience In its administration Will probably
rugxest an amendment of the methods or tu exe
cution, but I venture to hope that we shall never
again he remitted to a system which distribute*
public positions purely as rewards for partisan
service. Doubts may well be entertained whether
our government could survive the strain of a con
tinuance of this system, which upon every c'
of administration iaapirea an immense
??? claimants for office to lay siege to- the
patronage of the government, engrossing the time
of public officers with their * *??? ???
of public officers with their importunities, spread
ing abroad the contagion of their disappointment,
and filling the air with the tumult of their discon-
part ban activity, debauch suffrage and robpolUica
gencc would pervade our population l_
that patriotic purpose, support of principle, desire
for public good and solicitude for the nation???s wel
fare, would nearly be banished from tho activity
of our party contests and cause them
to degenerate Into ignoble, .selfish
and dbgrrtcefril struggle for tho possession of office
and public place.
Civil service reform enforced by law car
too scon to check the progress of demoralization.
One of its effects, not enough regarded, Isthefteo-
men who, in fear of the conrtwton
ng an arbitrary and sudden change
Iu all public offices with a change of party rule,
and risk attending an a
to exist;
that there a
ncctcd with office-holding, which BU -
ptcmacy, while partisanship continues bitter and
pronounced, and supplies so much of motive to sen-
linjcwl and action, ft is not fair to hold public offi
cials, In chaiw of important trusts, responsible for
the best results in the performance of their duties,
and yet Insist thnt they shall roly, in con
fidential and important places, upon
the work of thoae not only opposed to them
y< lit cal affiliation, but so steeped
- . rthan prejudice and rancor that they have no
loyalty to their chiefs and no desire for their sue-
cc*s. civil fcnricc reform does not exact this nor
decs it require that those in subordinate positions
wlio fail in yielding their best service, or who are
incompetent, should bo retained simply because
they are in place. The whining of a clerk dis
charged for indolence or incorapetency, who,
though he gained Ills place by the worst possible
operation of tho spoils system. ???**???
dcnly discovers that he Is entitled
protection under tho sanction of civil
service reform, represents an idea uo 1cm absurd
than the clamor of applicants who claims the va
cant Position aa hia compensation for tho most
questionable party worx. The civil servico law
Joes not prevent the discharge of the indolent or
incompetent clerk, but it docs prevent the supply
ing his place with the unfit party worker. Thus
in 1 oth these phases is seen the benefit to the public
service, and people who desire good government,
having secured this statute, will not relinquish Its
benefits without a protest nor.arethey unmindful
of the fact that its ftill advantages can only bo
gained through the complete good faith of those
having Its execution In charge. And this they will
insist upon.
THE RESIDENTIAL STCCRfffON.
"The presentation of a law relating to succeslon
to the presidency in the event ot the death, disa
bility or removal of both president and vice presi
dent is such as to require an lmmediato amend
ment This subject has repeatedly been consider-
public anxiety and a just demand that a recurrence
of such condition of aflhirs should not bo permit
ted."
THE CONCLUSION.
In conchwon, the president says:
"I commend to wise care and thoughtful atten
tion of congress the needs, welfare, and aspirations
i cn intelligent and generous nation. To subordi-
ou* these to the narrow advantages of partisanship
r the accomplishment of selfish aims, is to violate
lhe}:copies??? irnst and betray the peoples??? Interest*.
??? ??? individual sense of responsibility
>n the part of each of us, and a stern determination
to pel form our duty well, mast give us a place
among those who have added iu their day and
monition to the glory and prosperity of our he
wed land." Gko*??? -
Waridugton, December 8,1885.
The president ntatea that tho ___
Mr. Kelley, minister to Austria, wero not such as
to Justify the revocation of tho appointment, and
that after Mr. Kelley resigned no now appointment
-a* made.
In Hie recent Central American troubles the
peaceful interference of tho Unitod States restored
tranquillity.
*"*- * * niepcc route over
declared feasible, and Is worthy ofserti
ous construction. Such a route, however, should
treaty.
The harmony of c.??? ???
been iUUy sustained. Coses ot Individual h
or Chinese la1x>r must bo determined by tho courts.
The power of the government should bo exercised
to prevent and rmnlsti the lawless oppression of
tbc Chinese now In this country.
This government cannot enter into an obligation
to enforce neutrality iu the remoto volley of the
Conga
The amount due to French claimants on account
of injuries suffered by them In our civil war has
been paid over to the French government.
Spain nud Germany have been notified thnt thoy
arc expected to do nothing In the dispute over tho
Carolines to infringe upon American rights.
Marked good will !>otwoon the United States
and Great Britain, continues to exist. It is recom
mended that a commission be appointed to adjust
the fisheries question between tho two countries
The steamer A left, used for the Grccly expedition,
has been retim ed to Great Britain. An enlarged
treaty of extradition bctweou the two countries is
rucMtncndcd.
A preliminary survey of the frontier line between
A loska and British Columbia Is recommended.
The questions growing out of tho insurrection In
Hnytt have been satisfactorily settled.
our reiaiion* with Mexico continue cordial and
it Is recommended that the treaties between the
two countries be amended.
National legislation touching citizenship and
naturalization requires further consideration, our
(-(.mmcrcinl treaties and shipping acts require ro-
vUiou and enlargement. Our territorial courts iu
bhed.
Foreign Flashes.
London, Dec, 10.???It is not believed at
Belgrade that the powers will be able to pre
vent a decisive battle being fought between tho
Bulgarians'and Servians. The Servians will
not admit that they have boon conquered.
They now have a large army, composed of the
flower of the notion concentrated at Belgrade
and arc burning to rctrlcvo their military
honor. Scrvin has eent a circular to the for
eign ministers statiug that the
cannot accept tho Bulgarian con
ditions ns to tbo price of peace because
they are dishonorable. Hostilities will,' there
fore, be resumed this evening.
Forty Servians have been shot at Nissa for
mutilating themselves by blowing their trigger
fingersofland otherwise injuring themselves
to cirare military service.^ King Milan or
dered the execution.
Belgrade, December 12.???A telegram from
the front states that a long snd bloody engage
ment took placo today between the Servians
and tho Bulgarians. The town of Yelikizoor
was wrested from the possession of two bat
talions belonging to tho Pirot division of the
Bulgsrian army, who attacked the Servians.
Up-on finding themselves outnumbered, the
Bulgarians made signs that they wished to
suvrender. The Servians, who were mostly
elderly men belonging to the second reserve,
shouted In reply: ???You have already deluded
our children (meaning tho youths of the first
reeerre) in that fashion, bat you will not de
ceive us." Thereupon they charged the Bul
garians with tho bayonet, scattering them in
every direction. The Bulgarians left many
dead and wounded on the field. The Servians
claim a brilliant victory. Much enthusiasm
Is manifested In Belgrade over the success of
the Servians.
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