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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS.
V9bo W«i BLaktptareP—Tbs Otrmu Coloolsstloa
fcLeme—Th « Prairie Dog's Eastward Mar oh
0 ..Victimised by a Uadatoa* Bwindlsr
..Uatabal 2fcy Again, Kto.. Eta.
Who wnsShnkF,jK*arc? This question has b en
repeatedly asked during recent years. All sorts
(.{ Meric* concerning the immortal liard bare
scadc tl.tJr .appearance. »n«! soioe people even
takestock In the Idle tale lhat Lord Bacon wrote
the plays attributed to Fhaktpaarc. The coutro-
vci>y over the poet nod his works started
In th> country sixty year* ago. As
to r leek m foil one Colonel
Hart, of New York, wrotec* follows: “John Shale*
apcarc, the fat her of William, was very poor and
very Illiterate, notwltlot Hiding what the ambi
tious roniroentatoi* i.iaj w»y to the contrary. The
coat nf arms and the heraldry obtained for tlfe
family afterward was procured by fraud; and the
proceeding is pronounced discreditable to ‘the
Lard,' mho had a Imnd In it. Hut the poverty of
the fsu.I y Is nothing in this case except to show
that William Shakspcare must ncccwarlly have
been nn uneducated boy K lie grew up In Ig-
norauev and vidouancx, and toenme a common
poacher—and the latter title In literary matters he
.carried to hJn grnvg. He was not the mate of the
literary characters of the day. and no one knew It
bcttcr'llxiu himself. It Is n fraud upon .the world
to thiuri Ids surreptitious fame upon us. lie had
none that was worthy of being transmitted. The
Inquiry will be who were the able literary uien
who wrote the dinmas Imputed to hi in?" This la
said to have been the beginning of the controver
sy which still rages to day.
year for year, tear for (ear and groan for groan.
All this makes up a sensational little story, but It
Stafford proposes to imitate "Monte CrLsto,"
should plot and execute his revenge secretly, and
not give himself away to a newspaper reporter in
advance, thus putting his enemies on their guard.
Ifcunas'a remarkable hero evidently was "a bigger
roan" than thej*cun«ylvaulau who is tryin^to
follow in his footsteps.
Tiif. total output ot the North Georgia gold
mines is unknowu. The United State* branch
mint at Dabloncga coined from 1888 to February
28,1881,1,8*1,780pieces, having nn estimated Value
of (r>,121,010. Ail this came from the minus. How
much more ha* t een taken out from first to l.-ut
it would be very diffic ult to ascertain.
Kmtoii Wattmtson appears to be somewhat dl*-
rntUflcd. lie would make a good Duller man.
In the lest presidential year democrats carried
the September election In Maine. The republican*
ptofltirg by the lesson of the past, aro straining
every ntrvc to carry the election which tykes place
next Monday by a respectable majority. It is a
attlkli g commentary on the personal ro.ijnethm
of the plumed knight that W-li extraordinary of-
loit* ►!»« uld l»e found ucceoutry In his own state.
It Is whispered around that Brother Ithtliio Is
think lug ubout having a subMlUUc to run for the
presidency. Drotber lilnlne Is familiar with the
rubstitiile market.
I.Ar.M;photogmfIiHof the Washington red
of lilnlne and llutler are being distributed among
the working ineu. The object Is to show how oil-
tcrprbiiig members of congress succeed In aecu
mulntlrg money rnpidly. Dlaliie's mansion
one of the Aucst and mod elaborately furnished
In theciuiitry. Mrs. lilnlne purchased the furith
title in Europe and It Is said to Imvc been admit
ted tlunugli the custom bouse free of duty while
Mr. Jtlfllnc was secretary of state. Duller’* p ila-.-o
Is flucr than the white bouse. These two resi
dences belong to men who tire trying to make tho
tailoring men of America believe that tliere U
un.iiu it Loud of Intent hvtwucu them.
TlteCinelnnAli Comrncrclal-Gaaettc Is responsi
ble tor the statement that Mr. J. It. Gay, ot Mont'
gomcry, Ala., proposes to develop the south by
driving out or colonizing all the negroes, aban
doning cotton culture and eon vertfugUie entire
prairie land* of Alabama, MIs*l>*ippl, Louisiana
oud Texas Into one vast pasture, stocked with
horses, Jerseys, short horns, Holstein*,deer, sheep,
Angora goats, etc. It dill occur to the average
reader that there are several rather difficult obstv'
ole* In the way of tills gigantic project. For In
stance, it Is not clear how the negroes are to bo
Irnnefirred to another country. Huch a serious
piece of buaiueaa would probably require the cou-
sent of tdl parties lute rested.
Till? fact that nn editor in New York state has
been arrested for arson should cxcCte no Mtrpriso.
An editor owes It to tbe pultjlc to bo original.
Till! recent controversy in tbc columns of The
Constitution over the fate of Mar*ha 1 Ney his
spread to Kuropc. A writer Jn tho London Tim.-s
admits that Ney'i cxccut on was conducted with
such secrecy that one cannot be surprised at the
belief held by gome that the marshal was permit
ted to escape and afterwards djed In Nprthdgrollm*.
It secina, however, that the late Quentin
Pick, a member of parliament, witu©»scd the death
ot Nvy. He saw the marshal brought lit a coach
to the Luxembourg garde us. The picket guards
at the ante were beckoned to the spot: the yien
loadmnnd fired, and the mivrshitl full on his
face. Ills body was replaced in the coach with#)
three minute* from the time of lenvlng’lt, ultnott
before the iiuree* and the children, the only sp3c-
tutor?, hud time to nt suable. It was a strange ex
coition.
THE FISHER LETTERS.
HOW MR.
Tba Fall Text of tbfe Fisher Letters-Tho Dapltetty
of the Hepubllcsn Party's Candidate for the
Presidency-HU Corruption os a Mam-
btr of tbs House of Hsprcssntatf rea.
Kditoei Constitution: if you will examine the
New York Tribune of August 29tb, you.wlll fiud
these words In a leading editorial:
in placing a padlock on hi* lips.
people hate a n-wunl and a dodger, and when
they Hilda candidate for the highest office within
their gift declining to show his Itand because the
presidency Is an executive office, they will decline
to rote tor him."
Mr. Whltelaw Reid think* it Imperative that a
candidate for the presidency should "show bis
hand." He inoA likely indorses Mr, Blaine, be
cause he has "shown his hand." fio doc* Jay
Gould. Having opened tbe way to an investiga
tion of Mr. Blaine’s peculiar methods by his de
nunciation of the democratic candidate, It Is right
and proper to look Into the “hand" of Mr. Blaine,
and to see what sort of cards be plays In a politi
cal game.
Home years ago Mr. Blaine was tbe speaker of tho
house ot representatives. Mr. Warren Fisher, of
India street, Boston, was a railroad speculator.
Mr. Fisher was also greatly interested lu the Little
Rock and Fort Smith railroad company.
Fisher wished to secure some favorable congres
sional action in regard to the ■ enterprise, and be
approached Sjienker Blaine to sceurc Jt. He (Fish
er) wrote Mr. Blaine a letter, and Mr. Blaine pen
ned the following reply:
Augusta, June 29, My Dear Mr. Fisher:
1 thank jt.u for the article from Mr. Lewis. It is
good Jn itself mid wiii do d. llo writes like a
man of large Intelligence and comprehension.
Your oiler to admit me to a participation in the
tune, of cohabiting with corruption for dishonest
money. Ills record would damn him!"
It does not affect the argument to say the Globe-
Democrat, a republican paper, now advocates bis
election.
To dte such an illustration only convinces the
average voter that Mr. Blaiuecan "show his hand"
too openly. If bis honesty had padlocked his pen
when Fisher was baiting him to betray his Constit
uents and the members of congress, then Mr.
Whltelaw Reid would uotbe convicted pf t trying
to conceal a fraud to injure an honest candidate.
There is still another letter to Fisher:
Fhdxr: Find Inclosed contracts c
Dinned in my letter of yesterday, sue
Direct* jvlll L-e completed a* rapidly r
Congressional Globe of April y, containing the
I olnt to which I referrednt come length lu my
previous letter of to-djwy. You will find It of 'In
ti rest to read it over amf lee what a narrow escape
TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE
Bescned by Ben Batter-Care C*n«m-Tho Hsbtt*
of tbe Fro*-A South Africa Pet-Mattag
0aakes-Tbo " WAnitle* •• of Orest
Men-A Very Old Hooto/Eto.
men had not, however jiuppened to come to
me when kt their w it* ends nud in despair, the
bill tfbuld have undoubtedly been lost, or at lead
postponed for a year. I thought the point would
cicus as I could expect or desire. I thunk you very
sincerely for It. and, in this connection, I wish to
make a .suggestion of a somewhat selfish character.
It is this: You speak of Mr. CaldwcU’s offer to
dispose of n share of his iuterest to me. If h3
really desires to do so I wish he would make the
proposition definite, so that I could know Just
w lint to depend on. Perhaps if he wait* till the
full development of the enterprise he may ur<
Tnnmirt* of New York city are trying a gun
ftr Ivir.ulty Itcause he married below liUititlon,
These b i.o doubt about It • tho b’g bug* of Now
Ycik c ity nrAlaxlngout u wide road for the com'
lr.uulstlc classes to march through.
ir Germany Is datcrmlucd to carry out her colo
nisation scheme she will probably follow up tho
advantages which she h:»s already obtained In
Africa. It is now well uuderdood that tlicro aro
vast regions north of Gape Polony and tho Trans
vaal and south of the Egyptian tioudsn 111 Which
white men can lire and flourish. In these
gfons are vast deposits of irolvooppur and coal
besides gold amt silver. The‘«rop* of southern
Europe can be grown there, and the temperature
Is marly tho same all the year found.
This hulling ton-limy Is about aix times
larger than France. It is tho opinion of recent
travel©)* that great tracts of land In this
country ran bo nmdo salubrious and productive
at nogreat expense. Of cmiroc the pioneers will
have many hardships to coiiteud with, hut organ
lard Eutopcsii colonics, well equipped with nil
the constructive ami destructive agencies of civ-
Jlixalini). will gradually i-xu-rmiual# the native
race* and turn a large area of the dark continent
n to a whit© man’s cbm try.
Bi-Tin* will find Hint it Is
errape from Editor linun.
i js.*y matter to
It has long been the fashion 111 this country to
Study French, and In some of our western cities
German la studied In the public school*. The Bos
ton Herald thinks that Americana would find it
more profitable to study spanl-di Intend of either
Frcm li or German. Koine thirty or forty infllinft*
of people lu Mexico, Central and Houth America
apeak h|niniah, and the o|H.-nlug of mMwuy com-
muiiitiuluii and the extension of our com
merce southward makes It a bu*-
iui-hS ntn^lty for its to ncqulro the Uupis^o
of the people with whom wo art* to trade iin.f form
hUUiiu*. The fxpnalihni at New Orleans will
draw the Kpanlah Aincilean republics uc.irerto
Us, aud rhcyw lll in future be almost as closely
connected with us ns the Mate* of tho union.
Young men wImi are fitting themselves for an ac
tive business career will find that all tho time
they ran give to the study of KpauUU will ho well
ttnpUqcd. Tho laugUNgc U one of the most beau
tiful of all the modem tongue* nud it can ba uuu*
It ltd more rapidly and w 1th greater ease than any
other.
KmoalUNA Ua ?Hr«. «;»© day lm said the
democratic platform was imott enough for hliu,
and next he up'd and dwlnrcl It was a fr*u!. A
innn with blue eyes and st-ilsith'CgoM s|kh-iuc1c*
willbrar watching.
Poke llATf raoumfully rises to remark that tho
Aiecrtceu people an- being fed on literary rot.
Tiny have dt-vmirvd mitlioDs of copies of the
works of t hi Ida. Beai-ODMUId and Kouth worth, and
clamor for more. Now the novels written by
these time w riter* are full of dramatic tutored.
They arc vivid pictures of life, thrilling, graphic
and all Hint, but they arc poison, all the same
In KtigUnd, where peophs uo the cowman placo
class that go to niako up the aristocracy there
Hunk j novels aro not generally acml. But Amer
ican* devour limn, nud In their tjroa thetltl.- l
pwple of Kunqie loom up a* superior being*.
PUtt says llmt he mien met uu Kiigllfti priuc© in
WarbluMou, mid it made him sick to tee the hmi-
gty-cvtd a, wicu look ut the young man m If they
whlu'il to eftt him, while senators and
tiutnbera <4 the eahluet n-MrcvMsl the pon b »y
With tftte»l brvklh. All thNxhows the lunate
sttnLboy 6t mauy ofour usuntryruen. We owe
this W'talne** inaluly to the fal*o lapnalom
*f*rodurcd upon our mind* by the-J[p-r.iry fu«thn
«>f the Oohhi, It,-ftt*m*fie!d And Smthworth s.-iioo!
of writers.
Fours.onv has compared Butler to n Greek. N<
we have nlwaya considered tho old niun a sort of
Tartar—emetic.
It I* said tl:nt / ionny laborer* are engaged at lluz
xnrd Itoort, N. C., mining a w bllo rock calle 1
ceptloii." This Is ground to powder and sent to
New York, where it I* mixed with sugar.or It mr.
Twenty j*cr ce nt of tbe stuff can be thus mixed
without detection. This powder sifts gradually
through the system causing many cases of Bright’
d ben sc. Speaking of this murderous
adulteration, the Chattanooga Times says
that tbo mineral referred to Is baryta. It I* fro
qiicntly used n* mi adulterant of wl^to lend.
Is poisonous. The parties engaged lu mixing It
with food richly deserve banging.
Tin: fad thnt Brother Dlaluo I* to utteud fair*
in New Hampshire, shows that republicanism In
that state needs bolstering.
A eol TliKr.N paper recently a*kod why Italian
laborers returned from the northern states to Italy
when all over tliu south there I* a demand for Ju*t
such Inlair. Tho question could be answered by
tho statement that Italian imjM.rted labpr hiubcen
trleil in Florida and Tcxua lylthout much success.
The Philadelphia Record says thnt if tho southern
pcoplo really want Italian laborers they can easily
secure them through agents lu Now York, hat it
warns the planters that they w ill find it better
policy to stick to tbelr negro laborer*.
Tuk republican organs ought to send down and
interview the colonels and others from tho south
who are predicting the election of Mr. Ulalno.
These colonels generally consider themselves the
moot valuable democrats in tho country.
Tnr list of democratic nominations for oongrou
from Georgia Is now complete, and present* the
following names:
1st Mstilct-IIon. T. M. Norwood.
2d District—Hon. Henry G. Turner,
fid District—Hon. (’harlcs F. Crisp.
4th District-Hon. Henry R. Harris,
fith District—Hon. Nathaniel J. Hammond.
Cth Distrle—Hon. James II. Blount.
7th District—Hon. Judson C. Clements.
Mli Dlstrh t—Hou. Bcabom Reese.
l»th District—Hon. Allen D. Candler.
10th District—Hon. Goorgo D. Barnes.
An exchange says that "Indcpeudentlsni in
Georgia has been crushed beneath tho Iron heel of
Itturhonlsm.” Really, brethren, we weigh more
thnu we had supposed.
Tuts country make* a good showing when tho
statistics aro overhauled, Our annual accumula
tion of wealth reaches $875,000,000. Fram e can
,y show 1375,000,000, Great Britain, Mh.OQO.O'JO;
•rnumy, 9'J)0,000,000, while all tho other coun
tries in the world pile up $125,000,000, We accu
mulate annually thirty-five per cent of the profits
of the whole world. lu our aavlug* bank* wo
have $1,000,000,000. Great Britain hoi about LUX),
0(0,000. We have 120,000 miles of railway, cnsUng
go,COO,OOO.ooo. Europe combined lias but 105,000
miles, at-.d the wor d only 'JiH.OOO. We have lit,-
t>:0 miles of tcliwraph lines, against 550,000 miles
lu the world. We have 100,000 periodicals a«d
875,000 teachers. These figures speak for them-
■elves.
It Is natural, of course, that some of the colored
bicthrvu should kick against Bryant and the white
republican bosses, but kicking will do uo good.
Boss Bijant knows bow to manage them.
Tiic auummccroont that ti. W. Smalley hi* uu-
d< itaken to play the part of Gehhantt in I. union
B Dot rut | rbing. GcOrse I* a dandy.
Ttu: Philadelphia Tim. s claims that it has found
a m w Edmund Dantes in the person of one Chariot
Ftsfiord. who haa just Itct-n pardoned out of fie
l'ttir»}lvntila |«nltcnt!sry. KtaffoM was con-
vietid of murdrr ten year* ago. At that time he
va* a rt-nyh. Ignorant wood-eiitter. Me was con-
vlrltd on rircumstantls! evidence, and daring ht*
imi it*< btrent ht* eftoit* were demoted !• the
cMsUffitnmt of hit Imm'i ace, nut he finally
ktuuiltd In prison Ik- !carried h-nr to read
rid write. One i'«y he got hot I of
the r.t-vd "Mop.te Crlste." and that won lerful
iowshv dtp-il t«u life, lie read ornery book a-i t
mw»i*|er that came iuto tho iuIkwi, and from
tttu of hUcvll companions, a lawyer and a miaiv-
ttr. 1 e Named all that ti» y could teach him. lie
devt-h | «d iuto a cultured run, oad bt» qnlckeued
lntilU*t enabled him t » reason out a thory
wbtrh plsltly indUwtcd the guilty partita to the
crime U r which be was suffering the penalty. He
seam tl his release and now lives lor revenge. He
swears that each of tbc wrotche* who swore away
hlsiiUity shall Be made toatxflcr as he suffered.
Tits testimony of Dr. Hamilton In the famous
Rhinelander case to the eftl-ct that a red nose Is nu
indication of Insanity has carried terror and con
sternation to thousands id homes all over the
land. Heretofore the gentleman with a Bar-
dolphtan uosehaa Ik-vii rogaideil ns one of blbu-
proclivities, but all this I* chang'd. Tho ef
fect will be dirnstrous. Tho trmtlng
who has looked upon tho
bulbous proboals of her hmliand as the unerrlug
register of the nnniber of cocktails ami brandy
niasbc* ivrallowt-d dn Ing the day, will now view
It os the lurid headlight of a lunatic. Dr. Hamil
ton-says that the red dom* of insanity differs
from that of nlodiolUiii. It 1* a brighter red, and
U atvumpanled by livid hamls, a defeettvo
circulation and a weak heart action. Ophelia
probably had a red nose, mid many a female lu
natic with a 111) -like complexion has a no«e that
would shame an old toper. The fact that many
politician* are disfigured in this way Is not a: iln*l
tbc doctor’s theory, but Mippoit* It. In ad-lltLi:i
to insanity and alcoholism. u may be remarked
that Im drinking and dispcpvia proituro tel
mw. In order to effect a euro the digestion must
be looked niter.
reluctant to part with the share, and I do not by
till.-* menu uuy UiMruM of him. 1 do not feci tin '
►1 nil prove n tlcadketul in the entcrprP " ’
embark In It. J see various channels in which I
know I can be iisefal.
Very hastily and sincerely your friend.
JamwO. IJl.une.
Mr. Ffshcr, India street, Boston.
M r.Blaine, It will sceu.waa neither backward
nor reticent in "showing bis hand ’—he was
ready to hear a "deffalte proposition," and ho
scarcely veils his purpose*, when he, a* speaker,
Intiinatt* he will "prove no deadhead In tho on-
terprlse” if the "share" should he haude«l over to
him, He saw "various channels" in which he*
couhl l*e- useful.
But let us look further Intollr. Blaine’s "hand."
Three days after Mr. Blaine had written the fore
going letter to Mr. Fisher, bo wroto another, in
reply to Mr. Fisher’s question, "Aro you
setiftfied with the offer made* to
you?" Mr. Fisher had dealt with the
politiral speculator l>cfore, and their transactions
covered already n period of eight years. It Is said,
without contradiction,! believe, that Mr. Blaine
peddled out the worthies* bonds to his Maine peo
ple, and it is charged that such bonds were forced
back ou the veudon with direful throats of civil
prosecution and punishment. But read tho next
letter:
. Alousta, Me., July 2. lft&~My Dear Mr. Fisher:
5 ou ask mo If 1 am satisfied with the offer you
made mo of a obaro In your new railroad enter
prise? Of count*. I am more than satisfied with
the term* of the offer. I think Jta most liberal
proposition. If 1 hesitate nt all, it Is from consid
erations In no way connected with the cbar.ieter
of the oiler. Your liberal mode of dealing with
roe.In all our buslneaa transactions of tho past
tloii. What I wrote you on t
nt my full appro-
cd to bring Caldwell to h _
That was all. I go to Boston
‘ th la Toth
uiat carries tni* letter, and win? call at your office
to-moirow at twelve m. If yopldou’t happen to
I* in no matter; dont’t put yeohrclf to any trou
ble about It. Yours, )•■ J. O. B.
Mr. Fisher, Jr.
Mark the language! lie did'not "hesitate" at
tho terms, so litoral In money and general pecu
niary profit to himself—ho did not "hesitate" at
tho treachery to the monitors of the house of rep
resentatives who elected him to the speakership,
as n man who would decide according to Jaw
without partiallty-bo did not "hesitate" to sink
his manhood beneath his greed for gain—he ouly
hesitated to briug Caldwell to better terms.
Caldwell, It appears, reconsidered and advanced
the price, and Mr. Blaine, sharp aud wary, rushed
to Boston on the samo train to clinch tho trade.
Mr. Fisher hud made "liberal" torma during tho
eight years and Mr. Blaino had faithfully "shown
his band," but Caldwell wo* to be brought up to
the scratch, Caldwell was to be taught the value
of a speaker who sold hla Influence for money.
He and Fisher were cn rapport—no "cow
ardice or dodging" In that firm—and
it Is a reasonable supposition IhaltMr. Blaiue was
never a "deadhead” in Mr. Fisher’s schemes he-
foie congress until Mr, FLher’a "liberal terms"
were supplanted by a more plethoric purse.
^Mr. Cleveland has not only padlocked hi* lips
on the tnrlil, so nbly stated in Iris Accepted plat
form. he padlocked hla heart aud head against
the questionable methods of Mr. Blaine lu polit
ical life. Those who vote for Mr. Cleveland,
are cut rely willing that he should not aport such
greed aa a recommendation for tbc office of pres
ident.
M.\ Blaine rejoices in an Meal plume—as a type
of his courage, but the honrat democrats are will
ing to foregosm-h a questionable decoration. They
refer padlocked honesty ns a coat of arms.
"Reproach and everlasting shame,
Sit mocking in hla plume.
Tig?re la still auothtr letter to Fisher;
'isrtt-.-y with which y............ .
In the railroad matter, hut your conduct toward
»he In buslucss matter* linn always beeti marked
by unbounded liberality fn past years, and, of
course, 1 have naturally come to the conclusion
to expect the same of you now. You
urge me to make as much a* I fairly can out
of the arrangement Into which we Lave entered.
It I* natural that I should do ‘my utmost to this
end. I am bothered by only one thin*;, and that
is definite and expressed arrangements with Mr.
Cnli.w« 11. 1 am anxious to acquire the Interest
be has prombed me. But I do not get a definite
linden binding with him as I lmve with you. I
shall he in Boston lu a few days, and shall than
haveen opportunity to talk matters over fully
With jou. I am disposed to think that wh it-
J do with Mr. ('Hidwell must really bo d(
through joti. Kind regaide to Mrs. Fisher. Sin-
mmly. J. O. Blaine. U
W.V.. Jr.
Tbit last epistle put* n finishing stroke to this
double-dealing hypocrite's "hand." lie aht
it with o vcngcunre. How Mulligan triumphed!
Fee how delicately he plies hi* partners in du
plicity for increased pay!—
* Like the horse-leech’s daughter,'’he cries for
"more." WLet n spectacle for men and angeLs!—
A speaker of the house of representatives, cajol
ing and cozening a gang of speculating
knaves. The* leader of tho great and powerful
party, squeezing his back-room pals—for swag!
To fill hla already full pocket, he shows himself a
clamorous, greedy sharper, who hides beneath
his velvet purring nn indirect threat to scratch
end dnw, if the demand la not recognized.
Who can wonder that the Pacific railroad* were
prompt to secure his services! How "useful" they
made him. In the Fisher letters he ticketed hi*
price on his back—so that he who runs may read.
"Liberal turns," 1* the figure. Who doubt* his
l*oBey, it unk/ud fate should mut him lu tho
executive chair? He would to no "deadhead” Jiu
the business. A man who could thu* "show hi*
hand" toTlsher, has nothing more to lose, in tho
way of character, should he bankrupt the contl-
of the republican machine, and tho money
vault* of this union. Nothing comparable
to this record, ho* ever seen the light in politic?,
and hi* election would* mean the downfall ami
ruin of our republican institutions. His nomina
tion indicates an alarming decay of all that ha*
made our country great, and hi* election would
to the forerunner of the Inevitable, the end of our
republic, nud Its glory. Plain Dealer.
MRS. PaHNELL’8 VIEWS.
A*Strong Letter lu which sho Affirms Her
Support of Democratic Principles.
Mr*. Parnell has written the following letter to
tbo New York Star in reply to a communication
in that paper questioning her support of Cleveland
and upbraiding her for her attendance at tbo
recent Irish democratic ratification meeting in
New i’ork:
To the Editor of tho Star: In all opportune'
things lh<Tlove of liberty ulonc prompt* "mo aud
prompts mo now to free my party from the baleful
light of a wlll o’-thc-wlsp, viz: the statement of
the 'Trssh-Amcricau democrats" in Saturday's
Star thafn delegate to the Irish national conven
tion mured iny attendance at the demscratio
mass nuctlng. One needed not to to Informed
that said Irish-American’s heart was not with us.
The attraction. If such, of ray presence ivos not
even ndverthed, and 1 had ami required uo In
vitation. Away ut Ironsides, of my u»»u uco
will, I resolved to purtakC'Of the cheer, and asked
free
Rbscckd Bt Ben Butler.—'"Did you
see Ben Butler embarrassed ?"
This question was put to one of the general’s
most faithful friends.
"Did I over see General Butler embarrass
ed?" The question was repeated slowly, and
then come the following story:
“Yes; only once, ( though. Itwasinthi*
way: I hod business in Washington, and was 1
itting in General Butler’s office, when a lady,
pdorly clad us, a widow, and in motion and
tpccch betraying refinement, entered and ask
ed for the general. She had never seen him,
and was evidently nervous in his presence.
She was, she sold, a Virginian, and oil that she^
hod in tho world was a homestead, the involv
ed in litigation. The suit was on tho calendar
or that day. If she lost it she would bo pen
niless, and her children would be deprived of
food, Her lawyers had that morning aban
doned the case because she could not pay
them, and in her distress some one,as a last re
sort, advised her to state her cose to General
Butler, oud, ns she lind nowhere else to turn,
she hud adopted tho suggestion, doubting how #
she would be received. She ventured some*
further apology for intruding, because she was
by birth and sentiment a soatfierii woman;
tut General Butler wu^cd his ImnjJ deprecat-
.ugly and said.
"Mudum, give mo your history of this suit
ns clearly nud concisely ns you can.”
"She did so, with great intelligence, which
I ccuhl not fail to admire, and General Butler,
ordering his carriage, drove to the court house
and got the case adjourned for two or three
days. lie wont alone to try it, and was oceu-
pied for three days. At the end of thnt tiuio
a verdict was obtained in favor of the woman.
The matter had intc-rruplcd the business I had
in hand, nnd I was nt General Butler’s office
the morning after tho case was finished. Tho
some woman entered, nnd I woinjored why
her features betrayed so little pleasure over
the result. She handed General Butler a deed
to the property ho lin'd rescued. It was made
out carefully in his nonle, and gave him tho
absolute title to the estate.
" ’1 don’t want this,’ ho said. ‘I’vo got no
business with it.’
" ‘Bnt, air,’ aho said, ’it is yours by right.
You won the suit,'and but for you I would not
have even the poor privilege of signing tho
deed in some one else’s Tuvor. I cannot pay
you exceptin this wny. If, after you liavo de
ducted your - fee from tho proceeds, there is
its usual food. Inn state of domesticity
mongoose will eat nnd thrive upon a
of scraps from the table, nnd looks up
as a treat. ‘ When one is given to him he ,
erolly rolls it for a.short distance, and i
embracing it with his foreleg? nnd rni
himself upon his hind quarters, will bring
egg down with sufficient lorco f* break
■hell, after which he greedily devours tin* c
tents. I have seen the trick plnw.r of thr.
jng an empty pill box to n tame mangor
which he would seize in the samo manner
he would an egg, and continue to. hanui
upon the floor with much chattering nnd nc
until it was taken from him. I have seex
pair of these little animads running loose
the streets of Durban and permitting ei
strangers to handle them. Another I lu
seen following his owner along the high n
like a dog. This last was, if I rcincml
rightly, killed by a Kafir’s dog. Pprhap.s t
most remarkable characteristic of* the
■■■ bringing
directly down upon it after along leap,
tame mongoose, although not given tq wn
ing very far from his owner’s dwelling, .„
extremely active and restless in it* habit? th
it is difficult to know nt ahy time where
look for him.—Boston Advortiser.
Eatino Snakes.—Bloch, who keeps n s
pent show at Keuille fair, together with 1
family, have just paid dearly for their r
searches in. the culinary art and hanker'
alter a new edible. On Friday lost, to thegi
, * “ xriuwy 1U1SI, io Uiegr<
chagrin of the family, one of their largest :i
best specimens, n venomous serpent fre
Brazil, died. As it was a pet with everyor
on account of its docility nnd retirod mimic,
tbe question of the kind of burial it dc
came on the tapis. Several suggestions
made and the choice fell on a Parses burial
human being taking the place of the vultur.
however. In consequence, *Mine. Bloch cut u
and prepared a portion of tne defunct serpi
a la sauce tarture, and the party, which *
eluded two neighboring showmen, sat d-»
breakfast on SundLy morning. The ch_...
result of the meal came out about three hou 1
ufterwards, nnd the whole party had to go
bed, suffering from violeut colic. Dr.-. Did
and Lnnjuin were sent for, and with the *
of a strong emetic and other effergetic n
cincs, the suffers were brought round, in
more-serpent-for-me dispositions, ’
The show remained closed on Saturday.
Galignnni’s Messenger.
anything left, you can harolit to
"The old general began to swell.up like an
adder, as he docs when unusually aroused,and
he said thnt he wouldn’t have anything to do
with the property.
" ‘But,' sir,’ said tho woman. ‘I will not
touch it until you are paid.’
'* ‘How many children hove you got?’ ho
said, turning a wny to hid* his euiotionT
“ ‘Four, sir,’ said she, ‘ami all i
, , iny property
in this world I turn over to you to repay you
for your service.*
" ‘Tut, tut,’ said General Butler, who was
striving to keep down tho tears, ‘keep jour
property nnd use it to bring up your i
I won’t touch it.’ k
But what about your fee?’ she asked.
“ ‘Why,’ said tho general. ‘I’ll tnko that
out of the first s&oundrel that comes along.’.
"The poor woman’s features relaxed, and
she burst into tears. Gcnoral Butler moved
about uneasily and turned his faco to tho wall.
It was tbe.only timo I over saw him embar
rassed.”-cNeW York Sun.:
innocent-looking young man
canines. ‘‘What kind would you advise me to
get?”
"Depends on what you wont him for,” was
the answer. "If you want a sporting dog you
wontbne kind, another kind torn wutcu dog
and another kind for ‘ *
Pi —
Tea/.:©. 1 deny tbc pillion. But unv . » M om»u—
one devoted to the politic art of cookery—patted
me oil the shoulder.
We thank the Irl*h-American who hints that
wo ladles are considered so useful,'
need uo man to teach ua love and duty to our
Arams, Me.. October 4, MM.—My Dear 8!r: I
spoke to you a short tfrno ago about a point of in
terest to your railroad compauy that occurred at
the last session of cougroiis. It was on the last night
of the region when the bill rent wing the Und
grant to the state of Arkamum for the Little Rook
romt was reached by Julian, ol Indi um, chalrtnnu
of the public lands committee, and by right on-
“Wed to the floor, attempting to put in the hill
i »nu ndment to tho F n-uiout Kl Paso scheme,
mhcmepropnbly well known to Mr. Caldwell.
' thin, and the lobby in the Fro-
had the thing all .set up.
d Julian a amendment was likely to prevail if
uikhttoa vote* Hoot and tho other mom tors
whi* were doing tneir tost for
‘ “ * * mod to to
become an alien. Well, he la a know-nothing'.
WOtlld do ODVthltiff for mv lim' * * *
abundance
abundant e of my heart would have spoken too,
hut that T feared what ^has happened—:a shot
country’s inffid-
against tho party essential to my
puu!cute. Every A meric
characterizes trait party.
Tho
. I .RHMI
vantages It Incorporated for citizens
and strangers are It* attractions. Our willing cap-
live* grace no Roman festival, but one held oyer
tbo length and breadth of the laud—that temple
of the suii which shells Its equal rays on nil alike;
and another Olympiad I* at imnd, like th.it wiifoh
gfi le ug ago for three-fourths of a century gave our
r.stltutlon so many magnificent exponents.
People have had time to forget that we have ^
constitution when they say matter* arc mixed.
Our Inti rests arc Increasing am! need a demo
cratic platimm, naturally supporting the law aud
the will of the i*eople, and not of the autocrat.
Truth ac ts according to principles. Like Corde-
M?lfi»h purposes; but in season flnlf
hopes. Delia T. s. Parnell,
irons! *“•
Ironsides, N. J., August 31, is&i. •
senate was hostile to tho Fremont scheme,
aud If the Arkansas bill had gone back to tiro
with Julian’s amendment tbe whole tiling
the table and slept the sleep
i earth he could do under the rule*,
*ald, it was vital to Ms constitu
ents that the bill should pans. I told hint Gist
Jiilinu’s amendment was entirely out of order !».*•
-t permaue. But he had not sufficient boa-
AtvoBMNu to tho New York World the Widow
Butler stele or managed to make lit crooked way*,
while lu command at New Orleans, th© enormous
sum of t2.Cto.ou.
Til* people of Davenport, I«wa. have been vie-
Utilized to a Urge extent by a mad*louo swindler.
It Kim* that*certain Dr. Leo ilarrfvzu made h(s
appearance In Davenport with fiftoen uudstoiiea
which to claimed would « ui . ail ilScucs of the
Lin'd. T to uuusual nurulicr of tusdsfoitc* lu the
doctor's |o*Kvfot: would hate put most people
c»u their guard, but tto D-tree(sorters saw uothhig
strange lu it. They donHtb *- bilevel that the
glil.-tom.ucd doctor hod a mad«tnuc factory same-
where. For several weeks the Imposter weede.1 a
wide row. lie took a greenhorn into partner-
ship and by this stroke of bml-
nesa scooped fl.aco. He mvlral a
fee of ^3(0from a female patient and borrow-*!
her gold watrh and ^iafn. He got In debt to the
tradesmen to tbe tunc of feCO and then he skipped,
mad)torn* and all. As the heartless swindler may
ap|«or In other sections of the country, this para
graph will introduce kins properly.
the turnout scheme, and would probably make
Ihp i olnt. J sent iny page Uercmi Lorau. au J
-nee nude the point. I could not
tin «
posset! without objection. At that
tell him that, without knowing it, l did him a
groat favor. Fincervly yours,
«— ... . JAWEsG.Bl.AtNK
>\. F istiKK, Jr., No. 24 India street. Ua-ton.
It U most unfortunate for General Logan at this
time that Mr. Blaine was able to manipulate him,
in ht* unsuspecting ignorance, to the defeat of
Julian. With this explanatlou of the dfcgrar-*fal
Inuftu-sr, over the sign-manual of Jimcs U. Blaiue
— the voters of this country should, in kindness
for General Logan, relieve him of auy copartner
ship with the plumed knight of Fisher and Mulll-
gcti.
Mr Blolnc has another ttulucky trait, which Is . . ...
Very apparent in this last entitle. HU desire to ! the’ uniting drrV until you navi rivetedh
show himself ‘ *
Slnvo Bale nt Saratoga.
Saratoga correspondence Troy Times.
I leant on seemingly exec!lent authority thu on
Monday a colored girl bclouglng to a Cuban fam
ily stopping at a hotel here, noted for It? specialty
of Cuban patron*, was sold in tho regular custom
ary manner for the sum of 11,200. The bill of sale
was drawn in tho usual way, save that it wu* dated
Havt.ua. Cuba, June&M, lSSl-lnstcsd ofkaratoja,
N. Y., August 26, ISM—the day of the exchange
of property* ar.d price. Tbe Mil of sale
drawn by a Spanish or Cuban attorney—
a guest ut the same hotel with the high
contracting parlies. The colored girl Is About
twenty years of age, very light colored, and very
ectoely to look upon. She was a nurse in the
family of her recent owners, and in that ctutucliy
a not dog.”
" Well, I want a dog that n truly would liko;
ffli * “
a fashionable dog, if there is zilch n thing. 1
"Oh, yea. Fushiou has a good deal to do
with the sales of dog*. Just now terriers aro
in style, such as the Scotch, Skye, Yorkshire,
Dandy Dimont, etc. Skye terrier* may yet
crowd out the pug* for Indies’ house and car
riage dof a. why it should bo so I don’t know,
but it Is certain that^ing* are not growing in
favor, though n great many of them nro to bo
seen, aud, ot a matterot course, they will soon
bring a much smaller prico than they did.
Doodles are good j>ot dog* when you get poo
dles, but nine-tenths of the dogs thnt go by tho
name of poodles are mongrels, usually a cross
with the spits. Tho setter is a favorito dog,
and geed Newfoundland dogs are always inde
nt.”
"I wont a dog thnt will bo ensy to train to
tricks.”
"Then don’t get a thoroughbred. They nro
too high strung nud uot patient enough to bo
trained very cosily.”
"How much meat doc* a dog require for n
•meal In wnrm weather?”
"Very little. At.this reason thoy should
have a* little raw meat os possible, and while
n dog should he fed regularly, it should not
have too much even oleooked meat. A stow is
a good way in which to prepare food for dogs.
They should not bo overfed at any time of
year, but the quantity td be given should In
regulated according to the kind of dog. Al
ways let your dogs have plenty of water and
os much exercise as you llke.”~Boston Globe.
The Oldest House in Massachusetts.-!
beg leave to correct n btatemout which n-f
penred in the Tribune of Juno 28 to the oflej
thut tho Fairbanks house in -Dedham, Mm?
ehueetts, built in 183fi, is probably tho old-?
house in America. Iu the yen* 1028 two :
by tho name of Barker started from Plyn
on a prospecting tour, and, fiudiug in
broke, Massachusetts, what thoy considered'
suitable snot, they remained there during tJj
winter, in tho following spring they built I
house about fifteen feet square, consisting ff
fiat stones laid in cloy. Ten years later J
addition was made to tho house, andtho Wm J
stiucture is still standing in good conditio!
Tho house has been occupied by Mr. Tel-1
Barker, n direct desccmUmt in tho sixth geil
oration from the original settlers. Mr. Bark!
diid last year, and the estate is now inpif
session of the heirs. When tho Antiquar ij
society shall begin it* research for historic
relies I trust they will not overlook the claii
of Plymouth county.—New York Tribune.
Tiie "Wanities” of Great Men.—The tail
rite stimulants of some of the great ones I
history aro as follows: Bonaparte mod snufl
Pope’s, strong coffee; Mrs. Slddons’, portd
Edimhul Kean’s, beef ten, cold brandy; W. I
Gladstone’s, an egg beaten up in sherry; Ml
Cntley’s. linseed ten and maderia. -Disrnl
vnuey s. iinseca ten ana mauena. -JJisran
was fond of champagne jelly. Schiller used I
sit over n table deeply impregnated with t|
champagne. L->r.l lfil
kiue and John Kemblo used opium. W$dcfi{
burne, the first Lord Ashburton, usod to jd.il
a blister on his chest when ho had to
great speech.—New Y’ork Dial.
iYc
I wl
Pi*
South f.bn Prohibition.—Rev. J. W. L
Rome, recently delivered an nddre?? at 0
taunua, in the course of which he sai l:
We aro very much obliged to Mr. Steari
and his co-work«rs for the temperance th
generato in New York. Wo take thorn <1 •
south and translate them into prohibit!
They ore taking form so permanent nu.1 uaj
vers a 1 in our section of the union, that th
is about to be a solid south in more sense? tb
one. Tho south is soon to be solid for ]•: -
bition. We want to see it solid on this lin
So solid that a man might travel f: > n l
Ohio river to tho gulf, aud from WUmingt _
North Carolina, to San Antouio, Texas, wit■ Jura
out being ablo to get a single drink of whiikl-lt b
Out of one hundred ana thirty-six r ~ : ~‘
in Georgia,ninety-seven of them have ji
Tut Habit* of the Froo.—Tho frog spend)
most of his timo in the water, when ho loaf*
ksn.ehouro. lie bus been a widower about tc_
years and 1ms uo ehildreu. It is mM He will to
married upon ht* return to Havaua In October.
It Is not Kvncrallr known that slave:
have teen brought t> Saratogi by
Uirtr owner* for nearly a hundred
Moetol them were, ol course, brought by
seutberners of our nwn unmitry lu-foru th-
It wa/ raid In tbe«c days that it \va* not uuum.il
forafsiully oran individual to tnnsfer a Slav,
here, the documentary portion of the traimetfor
tolfor c?-mrally deferred until home was reached
UsuaLy the i-a/e was one of ntoney-raJsin^. f-iouzh
5 side
. - it was merely
te acquire a se rvant, and n wtlltugnes
other side to sell the one wanted. The sale Of a
slave In J-arutofii in iwq is. however, an i-xtr.nr-
dli.ary tnaticr. 3Jr». Harriet Beecher-Stowe might-
i material fora greater ba>k than
Not Mind llrstUug.
R. J. Burdette.
Tho i-osi rol the human eye is ln-leed wonder
ful. It* Iuilueuco oil all aniuttli, and even on
mm, can It-demonstrat'd 1>yasinslcex,^.-: lifur.
Msndlcforc a sod* fountalu lu a pop.itor drug
store some warm day. Say to the rforii that you
wcuM like a glass of cold, refredtiug soil water.
The clerk will say:
‘Veitalnly: what syrup, *!r?"
New, do li'-i answer him. Do cot say a word.
Rit> ain \a rtVctlr untet an«! fix your gur * steodllr
U|?cn tbc wnitiug dirk until you have riveted hu
attention. Thin, still remaining perfectly silent.
icached the commonest prudenev or aagacitjr.
\\ he never Iwfore wes a run to short-silhtcJ as to j
■ in -
the
> to draw the corners of the\i b farthest from
together, and holdin* them
In swift pursuit of Clthy lucre, be thus
unmarked himself and to use the word*
rof the Ft. Louis Gloto-Democrat.
Huotedby Harpers' Weekly of August i toil:
Is sn unclean man. and the people wllk not hare
him. He stands tclf-eouTieted ot prostituting the
high offices he has held to buildup a private for-
_ - mfod: thru release
Uy rc^'.ore the ey.* t-» Its
t will to magical. The
speaking will yield to the power of
pur gaze, ar.d flavor your soda with . Well.
I don't know what be will flavor it with, but it
will be Jwt what ion wanted.
Feme (tuple etui this "ntfnd reading.'* bat it U
... : UiLid.
ut It is merely the power of the huso s
under n atone, but he can hop across tho cotm^
pond dries up in a
try tvhen his native pond dries up in a styl-
thut would discount nn American camol
making for nu oasi*. When he finds nnothcr
ptol o| water In* stays there nnd makes him
self comfortable. Occasionally he will stop
nnd spend some time inn liioistlocality, winre
there is nothing but ooze or damp loaves. H-j
lias four non-pnlmntcd lingers, n rudimentary,
thumb, und enormous extensor muscles iu Bis
hied legs. lie live* upon bugs, nud lm* been
known to swallow small bird*, but, like other
amphibia and unlike tho ward politician, he
enn not drink. Ilia tongue is fastened to the
lower jaw nt tbc tip instead of at tho base, aud
ho slings it out after a cricket or June bug like
n lasso. The encyclopedia states that the frog
is peculiar for the' presence of occipital’ con
dyles and the development of the transverse
precedes of the sacrum, but most people do
not believe this. IIfo greatest peculiarity lies
in the feet that there is nothiu? to cat on his
'tom s except the muscles ol* hi* legs-
The number of frogs sent north during the
spring nnd summer is enormous. From the
tributnrics of the Chesapeake bay alone thejfrog
crop averages $100,000 n year. Iu tho salt
marshes of the south they grow larger thau
they do elsewhere, but tile meat is coarser and
not so edible. Frog* are ns prolific oi her
rings. Millions of little black tadpoles iufest
every tnudpuddle. The knowing lish e*te»m
them very highly aa food, but the tadpole who
escapes consumption for three weeks drops his
IM v«w*gMI, UlllUfcjr -»C veil Ol mum II1YC
bition. We have deliberately come
conclusion thnt prohibition is both pMii'jj
and practicable. And wo have also come L
the conclusion that we lmd better destroy t|
liquor traffic whilo W'c have tho power toll •
and before it destroys oflr poople, Th-
those in our stato who*, n few years ago.
the argument that the timo had uot c >:u-?
prohibition. The timo for prohibition
always come when thero is a whisky pliop t
prohibit. And it is not well for n stnto to w j
till the whisky traffic has corrupted
pit* and brought desolation into her h
fore she moves in this direction.
ku |
Itl.i-
keys and brought tlieinl . -
eluded they would have some fan. Till
©ought the turkeys, and forced enough whi
down their throats to make them all dru
The old lady, looking out the window, ;
teeing the turkeys keeled over in tho yn
suppo.-cd they had all suddenly died with
cholera. ‘‘Come, girls,” she said, "we v
pick them and save the feathers.'” About tfl
time the turkeys were picked they got sob f
Feeing the peculiar plight they uvjv in,^tb|
began to douce mound iu the yard "Quit,*qu|
..Ml! •** tvli. llWI.A ..1.1 la.lv avail * ' * ft
tail, which is only a temporary affair anyhow,
grows four ample legs and-cocs out to to a
“blcodv” himself until he is shot or hooked to
-| a I
quitwhin khe old lady exclaimed, "Yil
why did you not say quit before you got.
tbo leathers picked off of you.” We thi
we had better suy Quit to tho whisky bu lin
before it strijm us ot bur morality, our m»u
and cur homes.
* Prohibition is doing wonders for the v. i
Under ita influenoe trade is improving. Mail
pcoplo used to think that prohibition wot
damage trade, but it does uot. A man •
west was making a speech against prohibit
"Whet will you do, my fellow country!
with all the corn you raise iiv. Illinois it
sale nud manufacture of w W*kjr I* pro ,
Bed? A person in the audience nrau* a I
said, "Sir, we will raise more pork an-1 * 1
bell.” In Georgia we are building :
school houses and shops-and factories,
producing fewer paupers and criminals i
lunatics.
One of the moat wq^derful effect* o 1 ^ u
kitfou is that when it coucs iuto oiitiratiou
eicty begins to improve at the bolfo.-it, ji
whire it ought to begin. Poor men togin
once to carry their wages home to their
lira, ur.d to clothe their children totter,
through the whisky traffic and th* a
whisky that wicked men keepthetusel
iffice. When prohibition beco.uc* % foci
class of men have to step down.
I
Islaa
south Africa Pet.—The band**! inoug».?a
of south Africa when domesticated become* a
most amusing little household favorite. The
govs© is in size rather larger thau a guinea
and is of n grizzly cojor, with u tinge of
chismit, n number of black line. i*r;»*dng tlu
hack. The eyes arc peculiarly brilliant. A
tame mongoose will allow himself to he fruljr
handled, merely giving vent to _ ”
tiring fcund, apparently i
faction; shmifd he become ;
be will utU-r a sharp scn n... ....... ....
banded wngoese i* reputed to 6* a great
dt strover of snakes, ft statement which ! nave
ftlwfivs doubted. That this animal >*cca«iim*!-
ly kills and devours a small snake is probable,
but I rcstftislr do not believe that suites ore
add chat*
dicattve of satis-
rovoked. however,
A Day at Coney Island.
From the Nt w York Sun.
lie bad teen at Coney ]
struggling to get bis boc
"I never (blc) go
to bis wife, "and look (
l-cuse cf fto, 'tbout being (hie) flilc i wi:.. v
der." ".
-Ft’Ileil with what?*’ she asked:
“Wonder "
‘•Wonder! That’s a brand of whiskey I
beaidof." H
American English.
Fir m tbe Chicago News.
One signing herself "A Loving Moth?r" wr|
for Information a* to the best locality la the
try in nbfoh fo rear a son. We must plead iglj
ancemtLls point. We have yet to learn i
children are "reared" anywhere on thfseotttiuf]
In New Ecglarid thev are ^‘brought
south tb^r are “rai«ed."
••grow up." We bare never ftesvd of on V n
child hnvint been reared anywhere x e;>:
Seaside novel.