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T. A. HAVRON, Publisher.
CURRENT TOPICS.
Tnu Thistle is for salo for $50,000.
A Chinaman is running for office in
Baltimore.*
A xnw Dakota town has 117 Inhabitants
and live saloons.
Thr average cost 0 r English railroads is
(212,000 per mile.
Bombat grain conveyed the cholera
germs to Messina.
Rbpoktkd that Queen Victoria contem
plates a visit to India.
Ox* New York daily pays t 2 apiece for
really good little jokes.
Levy, the cornet player, will soon storm
the land with a cornet troupe.
A span is ten and seven-eighths inches.
A hand (horse measure) is four inches
Loud Tennyson is said to have an aver
sion to writing or giving his autograph.
The commercial failures for 1887 prom
fall belllnd lh ose of any year since
PiiEAsJrrs have overrun Willamette
valley, Cal., and arc destroying the grain
crop.
6iox on an Indiana Judge’s office: “Come
early and secure a divorce before the
fqsli.”
Banana trees have been acclimated in
Butte County, Cal., and are now in lull
bearing.
TnitKS is only one lady principal in
Brooklyn and that ungallant city has asked
her to resign.
Mexican bandits are making money by
capturing Texas ranchmen and holding
them for ransom.
A larger amount of money is paid to
Olno soldiers than to those of any other
Btato in the Union.
Mns. Elms an American woman is phy
sician to the QiAon of Corea, and has a
salary of 115,000 a year.
A 1 exas newspaper claims to have re
ceived in payment of a subscription “the
Oldest hen on record.”
Ihk cost to the principals in a suit over
a rooster, in the Bergen County (N. J.)
courts, has reached *SOO.
The Chinese of San Francisco recently
imported a god one hundred and seventy
feet high, when in position.
Sams Jones and Small intend tohold a re
ligious revival iu Washington during the
Coming session of Congress.
The cottonseed oil production of this
country is worth *8,0*),000 a year. It is
chiefly used as an adulterant.
Scientists say that the stature of the
human race Is increasing at the rate of
One inch in a thousand years.
"Inc whites were to blame” for the re
cent so-called Uto outbreak. This is the
official verdict of General Crook.
Kxapp is rather a smalltown in North
ern Wisconsin, but it will have a tobog
gan slide a mile long in operation next
Winter.
Three are only about 600 periodicals of
Dll kinds published in the Russian Empire,
of which 300 are in other languages than
Russian.
England will make preparations for
celebrating next year the 300th anniver
sary of the destruction of the Spanish
Armada.
Miss Oloff Keaeii, a native Esquimaux
from Greenland, has beon lecturing in Chi
cago. She is thirty years 013 and only forty
Inches high.
An Eau Claire saloon-keeper sent*looin
gold to New York, for which he was to re
ceive WOO in paper money. He got a box
of sawdust.
Tennesseeans will still bo allowed the
privilege of taking their drinks in day
light and in open sight. It was a close
Shave, however.
i The Marquis of Ailesbury, an English
peer only twenty-four years old, has been
caught cheating on a race-course and
lolled off the turf.
The building of a yacht at Glasgow is
announced, to come over and take back
the America’s cup. Why not build two
for fear one won’t do it.
The strange contrast between the Brit
ish Government’s treatment of Ireland
and India deopens the general indignation
among the English masses.
The English were surprised and morti
fied at the defeat of the yacht Thistle. This
tvas not the first time they were defeated
by the American Volunteer.
TnERE are now more than 328,000 miles
of railroad in operation in the world, of
which 142,000 miles are in the United
Btates and 126,000 in Europe.
A negro at the Boyco (La.) telegraph
office the other day sent the following dis
patch to an absent friend: ‘‘Come home
your wifes dyin fast as she can.”
Successful tests having been made the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company willnex
winter heat all their passenger cars by
means of steam from the engine.
A citizen of Detroit, who has lived a
law-abiding, God-fearing life for many
years, has just made the discovery that
ho is an Italian nobleman in disguise.
The (jueen of England and Empress of
Jndia rules oyor more Mohammedans than
the Sultan of Turkey and twice as many
pay allegiance to the Shah of Persia.
The steamer Santiago, which arrived at
Posti n a few days ago from Hull, had on
board the large bronze statue of Washing
ton, which is destined for Philadelphia.
A lilt of the species Victoria regia
Which is blossoming in a Rochester con
servatory has a blossom about eighteen
Inches across, the bud of which was a foot
In diameter.
The bones of a mastodon have been un
earthed at Mooresville, Mo. Four of the
teeth weighed twelve pounds each, and
•H'e said to bo larger than any of those in
the Smithsonian Institution.
One of the recent graduates of the Wo
man’s Medical College in New York was a
Chinese girl, Kin Yamei. She stood at the
head of her class, and is a thorough
scholar, able to read and write in live lan
guages
A recent German letter says: “One of
the most original specimens of German
journalism is the weekly sheet about to
hppear in Lorrach, Baden, under the title
Tht Mother-in-Law , every subscriber to
which, male or female, way also be a coa-
Wlbutor,”
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY GA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1887.
HALLWAY SLAUGHTER.
mft
A Passenger Train Run into From
the Roar,
Wrecking Several Conches am i Setting
them on Fire—The Loss of Life Placed
as High as Twenty-five.
Kouts, Ixi>., Oct. 11.—A frightful rail
road disaster oocurrod five milos east of
Boon drove and two miles west o£ Kouts
this morning on the Chicago and Atlantic
railway, entailing a loss of life that will
closely approximate twenty-five persons.
The regular passenger train that left Chi
cago at 7:45 last evening, pulled by engine
No. 2<l, and in ehatjgS Of Conductor Barky,
was side-trackecr at Boon Grove from
about 10:30 to 11:80 to let a Wabash
passenger train pass, the Q]hicago and At
lantic being fuliA»t|ve-.hours lute, after
which the Chicaf* and Atlantic train
pulled out jnd. stopped _at « water taak
about two miles west of hero to take wa
ter, when a through fast freight, heavily
loaded, dashed into the rear of, the pas
songer with terrific force, telescop
ing the entire train, and spreading
terror and death among the passen
gers. The train consisted of one Pull
man sleeper, two day coaches and a bag
gage-car. The freight engine, which was
in charge of John Dorsey, of Hunthigtos,
Ind., crashed with great force into the
reap end t>f the sleeper, throwing the oc
cupants out of their berths and spreading
terror among them, but, strange to say,
not a single occupant of I ho sleeper.suffer
ed to any extent beyond slight
and bruises. As near us can be learned
there were about forty passengers in the
two day-coaches. Many of them
were pinned and wedged to
the tlcor by broken timbers. The stoves
were hurled dowi£ and like a flash the
flames started. In a few moments the
whole train seemed to be euvelopcd in
flames. This, in connection with the fact
that a score or more were appealing for
assistance before the terrible flames de
stroyed them, presented a picture that
was heart-rending in the‘extreme. The
scene as described by some of the unfor
tunate* passengers was simply appalling
and beggars description.
CIRCULATING THE SURPLUS.
Secretary FnirchildV Latest Plan to Sup
ply tlie Demand for Money.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 11.—The most
striking feature of the financial situation
at present is tho effort of the Treasury De
partment to increase the amounts of pub
lic money held by the depository banks.
Secretary Fairchild jhas- increased tho
amount which cat Le hold by poo hank
from »»00,000 vu *I,OUU,UOU, anu has in
creased tho percentage of funds which
banks can hold upon bonds deposited. It
is estimated that at least $.5,000,000 of the
Treasury surplus will be promptly put
’into circulation in this way in New York
( City alone, several of the largo banks pro
posing to increase their deposits. Tho
Treasury net gold fund was increased to
$1,500,000 during the current month, and
the gold certificate circulation decreased
by $i,000,000.
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Young Pirates.
Elmira, N. Y., Oct. 11.—A series of in
cendiary fires and burglaries in this city
was brought to an end this morning by
the arrest of nine young men who had
banded together for the purposes of burg
lary and arson. The culprits had an iron
clad agreement, which called for the
death of the member divulging any of tho
association’s secrets. The first youth ar
rested made a confession, implicating his
associates. A large amount of stolen
property was recovered, and the police
say the evidence against tho youtg men
is conclusive.
The Texas Dick Turpin Captured.
Ballinger, Tex., Oct. 11.—Sergeant J. A.
Brooks, of Companj r F. State Rangers,'
and Sheriff Formwell, of this county, re
turned this morning from Coleman, where
they arrested J. A. Newsome, charged
with being the lone highwayman who
several times robbed tho stage between
this place and San Angelo. Rev. J. H.
Sowely, of San Angelo, was one of tho
passengers on the stage at tho time of ono
robbery. Being in the city to-day, he
without any hesitation declared the pris
oner to be the identical lone highwayman.
Torpedoes Made Harmless.
Newport, R. 1., Oct. 11. —The torpedo
experiment to-day in which the United
States cruiser Atlanta defended herself
against the approach of twenty torpedo
boats, was interesting and instructive to
the many naval men who witnessed it.
By her powerful search light the Atlanta
detected every boat at a safe distance.
None got nearer than a hundred yards,
and most of them were signaled at half a
mile.
Minister Manning Dead.
New York. Oct. 11.—Judge Thomas C.
Manning, U. S. Minister to Mexico, died
at 9 o’clock this morning at the Fifth Ave
nue Hotel. He has been ill for about a
week, and took sick shortly after his ar
rival in the city to attend the meeting
of tho Peabody Educational Fund of
which he was one of the trustees. Tho
cause of his death was an obstruction of
the bowels.
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Prince imperial Worse.
Berlin, Oct. 11.—The latest reports re
garding tho condition of the Prince Impe
rial oro very disquieting. There is no
doubt t hat the cancerous growt h,destroyed
temporarily by the severe cauterization to
which Dr. Morell Mackenzie subjected his
patient, has now reappeared with greater
virulence than ever.
Dorn Will Stick.
London, Oct. 11.—The report that Dom
Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, is about to ab
dicate his throne, is denied by the Empe
ror biutself.
DEATH-DEALING ORDER.
Clear Evidence Against the Colored Masons
of Mississippi, Who ‘•Removod” Their
Enemies.
Greenwood, Miss., Oct. 10.—Prophet
Segur, Mike Brown, Robert Brown, Major
Maojohu Hinton, Robert Owen, Wash
Johnson and 'Wash Scott, the negro
Masons charged with the killing of Harry
Taylor and wife, after a hearing before
Justice Parker, have been, with the
exception of the last named, who
gave bond, committed to jail with
out the benefit of bond to await the
action of the grand jury, and have been
brought here for safe-keeping. Morton
Ford, who is also in |ail, wilt have a pre
liminary examination today, and probably
some others, not yet arrested. There is
clear widened against them, and there is
no doubt they will be convicted. During
the preliminary trial it was discovered
that a resolution to kill Mr.,Kernoy, a
while naan who had a light with one of
their whose #a m ho
had broken, was passed dur
ing one of their meetings, but the
time appointed for the deed had not yet
come. Two days were consumed in taking
testimony and many other negroes have
been implicated. There is no doubt that a
colored man, a member of the Dry Bayou
lodge of negro M asons, was killed by Harry
Taylor, and that both Harry Taylor and
his wife had disappeared, a body
answering to Taylor’s being found in
the river with marks of violence
upon it. The body had been weighted
down. The lodges in this county were
organised by a negro named Stringer,
who claims to be working under the
authority of the Grand Orient of France.
Their lodge was founded in 1883. Several
othe* lodges have been founded in this
section. The colored Masons are not recog
nized by the white Masons at all, and
their order is not under the author
ity of the old York Order of Masonry. It
is hard to say whether they have an obli
gation that teaches them to avenge, slay,
etc., or whether they construe the obliga
tions they take to suit themselves. The
white people of the county are determined
to break up their lodges, and to punish the
guilty members of this death-dealing or
der. The circuit court, when its meets,
will decide upon matters.
EXPRESS ROBBERY.
Tlie Work Done by an Kmjiloye of the
Company—Amount Missing Sail! to he
Large.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 10.—A heavy
robbery of the Pacific Express safe some
where between Little Rock and Northern
Texas,’ on the Irom Mountain road, oc
curred several days ago, but the facts
only developed in a quiet way to-day.
The robbed safe was one with a combina
tion known -onlv to sfr-eS fjt. wv’vfxrefe
stations. A lew days ago, on reaching
Texarkana with his run, the messenger
in charge of this had his way-bills
checked ”0. K.” He said he had to go to
Dallas and see the superintendent about
some claim. 11c went, returned, then went
to St. Louis, and thence over to Illinois.
Down in Texas a couple of days later the
discovery was made of the robbery. The
amount is not exactly known, but it is
estimated at from S3O,OCX) to 8-10,000. The
agent here'could not tell, but knew the sutn
was large. The name of the messenger
whose absence caused suspicion to rest on
him is J. B. Owens, one of the oldest, most
trusted messengers in the service, and
who recently delivered $150,000 safely.
Since the discovery of the robbery detec
tives have been searchingjfor Owens, but
thus far without success. The theory is
that if he robbed the safe he was in col
lusion with some agent or clerk who knew
the combination, which is carefully kept
from messengers, and which it is be
lieved he could mot have obtained other
wise.
Fatal Soda Fountain Explosion.
Pittsburgh,'Pa.,Oct. 10.—Louis Sorrocco,
an Italian, was instantly killed this after
noon by the explosion of a soda fountain.
He was employed at Louis Celia’s soda wa
ter manufactory, on Grant street, and was
engaged in charging the fountain with gas
when the explosion occurred. Ceila was
standing beside him and was knocked
down, but not seriously injured. The
building, a one-story structure, was badly
damaged.
Printers Successful.
New York, Oct. 10.—The printers were
generally successful in to-day’s demand
for an advance from forty to forty-three
cents per thousand ems for composition
and forty cents per hour for overtime. The
only large employers refusing the conces
sion are Devinnc & Co. and Trow & Co.
The men at Dcvinnc & Co.’s remain at
v.-ork pending arbitration. Trow & Co.’s
men are out.
Jewelry Store Wrecked with Dynamite-
Cleveland, 0., Oct. 10.—The jewc'ry
store of Cahill & Kemble, New Lisbon, 0.,
was wrecked by an explosion at an early
hour this morning, the doors being torn
and the entire building ruined. The ex
plosion is believed to have been caused by
dynamite in the hands of burglars. Tho
stock is so badly damaged that it is diffi
cult to tell what, if auy thing, has been
stolen.
Dom Pedro to Abdicate.
Baden-Baden, Oct. 10.—It is stated that
the Emperor of Brazil has announced his
intention of abdicating his throne owing
to his health being impaired..
Sympathy for Anarchists Refused.
Minneapolis, Oct. 10. —In the K. of I,
convention a resolution, expressing
sympathy with the Chicago Anarchists
and pledging every endeavor to secure a
commutation of the death sentence, was
ruled out of order by Mr. Powdcrly, and
he was sustained on appeal by a vote of
151 to 52.
The Triple Alliance.
Berlin, Oct. 10.—.Tiie alliance of Italy,
Germany and Austria has been renewed
for five years, Italy reserving the right to
maintain absolute neutrality ip the event
of a Frauco-Germau war,
A DEN OF THIEVE 3
Run aa a Club-Room by a Gang of
Youthful Burglars.
No JL«ss Titan Twenty-live Burglaries Laid
to Their Account.
Boston, Mass., Oct. 9— To run club
rooms on the proceeds of burglaries is the
latest exploits of Boston youths. Five
lads, averaging fifteen years of age, are
behind the bars because of their jovial
tnstis, and another is in Montreal from
fear q/ arrest. They had fitted up in an
elaborate style a frout room in a house
on Tabor street, at the Highlands, and
had named their organization “The
Tabor Club.” It appears to have been
well supplied with cash; also with cigars.
When the members visited the theater in
a br iy they had plenty of money to buy a
box ,/f they desired. They also had plenty
of *aonoy for supper afterward. The
“club-room” always contained plenty of
cigars. A b:g box in the coiner had lots
of change in it at all hours. This bore the
inscription in small letters, “For mem
bers only.” Only in one instance dur
ing ‘he club’s existence did the box get
empty, according to the police. ■ This wan
several weeks ago, when one member
sus|<eoted another of taking the last cent
to secure a bunch of matches. Two guns
were hung on one side of the wall. There
was a big hitting bag in the center. The
library opposite the main door was
quite extensive. Among the volumos it
contained the following half-dime novels:
“Deadwood Dick’s Device,” “Silver Mask,”
“The Man of Mystery,” “Kit Hare
foot, or Old Powderfacc,” “Corporal Can
non, the Man of Forty Deeds,” “Pier De
tective, or Phi’s Big Skirmish.” The mem
bers of the “club” are believed to have
coniniitted, either alone or two or throe
at a time, no less titan twenty-five breaks
in Roxbury and vicinity during the past
few weeks. The “club” flourished, yes
feasted on money stolen from stores
and shops. None of the boys
can say they were “driven to
steal,” as their parents in every instance
them from want. Besides cash they
arediecused of having stolen a diamond,
revolvers, lead pipe, sugar and divers
othe* things. The president of the “club’’
is charged with ten discovered breaks
Tiie police believe only a part of their ras
cality lias yet been discovered.
Improvement in the Parachute.
Galesburg, 111., Oct. 9.—A very success
ful descent from a height of one thousand
feet was made here yesterday by Ned
Hathway, an aeronaut, in thirty seconds.
The ascent was made by means of a
hoi Kir balloon. The. parachute is of
a tC™ pattern, and twenty-eight feet
Tf 4 r> n n
panuea condition, and the rope by which
it is fastened is loosened by a simple pull
on another attached to a lever. The de
scent was a magnificent sight, the para
chute looking like a -jßige inverted rose.
Hathaway struck lightly,
and remained stanWng. It is that
the new parachute obviates the chief de
feet of the old styles, and lessens much
the danger of descent.
9 Economical and Effective.
Mo., Oct. 9.—A number of
burglaries have recently occurred in this
town, and a few days ago four negroes
were arreted as the perpetrators of
the Friday night rumors of
taking the prisoners out of the jail and
whipang them caused Officer Coiner to
attentat to remove them to the county jail,
but o 3 the way he was met by a dozen
armed men, who took the prisoners away
from him and drove them some distance
out of town, where they were all severely
whipped and ordered to leave the locality.
They have not been heard from since.
Why the Indians Rebel.
Tucson, Akiz., Oct. 9.—The U. S. grand
jury, in session here, has discovered that
organized cattle thieves have been steal
ing cattle from the Indians on the Ban
Carlos Reservation during the past year.
Several very prominent citizens are impli
cated. The white men who stole the cattle
changed tho Indian brands into their own,
which had been purposely made to closely
resemble them. It is row thought that
much of the Indian trouble is exactly due
to this cattle stealing.
Mine Accident.
Madisonville, Ky., Oct. 9.—A frightful
mine explosion occurred at Rcncicke’s
mine, near this place, last evening, just as
the day force was preparing to come out
for the “night shift.” One man was kill
ed outright and fifteen were injured, three
seriously. The cause of the explosion
was an accumulation of the dust of bitu
minous coal, supplemented by several
simultaneous blasts, which were fired, as
usual, when each shift leaves tho mines.
In Behalf of the Anarchists.
London, Oct. 9.—The London Radical
Clubs are making arrangements \o hold a
general meeting to urge another trial of
the Chicago Anarchists, and to consider
the advisability of sending a delegation to
America to speak in behalf of the con
demned men. Several Radical Ciubs, at
meetiugs to-day, adopted resolutions con
demning tho sentences.
Lottery Tickets Seized.
St. Thomas, Ont., Oct. 9.—Louisiana lot
tery tickets for this place were seized by
tho customs officers here.
She Caused a Sensation In Church.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 9.—Rev. \Y r . A.
Candler, in his sermon, denounced thea
ters. Emma Abbott, the singer, was
among tho congregation, and at the con
clusion of the services, arose and defended
herself and her profession, causing a de
cided sensation.
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Women Want fo Vole.
New York, Oct. 9.—The Ladies’ Suffrage
Committee, having been informed
many women desire to register and vote,
have announced that all who call at their
cadquarters will be inforpied how tq
proceed according to law.
BOURBON AND STALWART.
W'liy Republican Tricksters and Oilice-
Grabburs Hatu Honest Voters.
Missouri Democrats are not likely to
trouble themselves to be offended at the
charges of “Bourbonism” preferred
against them by a Republican organ
printed in this city. They do not hold
it the fault of a cur that he is currish,
ind when he snarls at his betters it
need not provoke them beyond a smile.
If there ever was any reproach in
“Bourbonism,” the application of the
epithet to such honest and sturdy Dem
ocrats as those of this State has re
moved it and made it a title of honor.
Missouri is full of Bourbon Democrats.
They have made it a great State; filled
it with school-houses and churches;
driven out ignorance; checked intoler
ance; subdued Republicanism.
One characteristic of the Democrat
is his ability not to steal himself rich
when he has the opportunity. This
brings him into great contempt with
Republicans who expect to steal, who
have already stolen, or who are enjoy
ing the usufruct of the theft of others.
In the days of the French monarchy,
when breaking the Decalogue was a
necessity of fashion, there was
yet one reservation, there re
mained yet one crime, unpardon
able in the eyes of men. It was
said then that “a gentleman never
steals.” But Stalwart Republicanism
has changed all that. The pudgy fin
gers of the Stalwart which have
clutched money won at the expense of
a felon’s stripes, wield a pen which
glorifies the successful thief and makes
honesty a mark of weak-mindedness.
There have been Stalwart Republicans
not a few in Missouri, and the State is
unfortunately not yet free from them,
though several left it after serving
their sentences. The belief that it is a
mark of superior intelligence to steal
from the Government has always been
one of the Stalwart’s most prominent
characteristics, but as he has not
always been able to show himself su
perior to the dogged Bourbonism
which insists that thieves must be pun
ished, it is natural that he should not
only despise the Bourbon, but hate him
heartily. This hate and contempt is
shared by the classes of
Stalwarts—those who have stolen al
ready and those who expect to steal
when they get the opportunity. In the
i'>fv Stalwart, who has embraced his
opportunities, it makes itsefr apparent
in labored sneers. Among the “one
gallused” Stalwarts of the swamps and
hills, who have only such poor oppor
tunity as is afforded by the chance to
“squat” on land which does not be
long to them, it shows itself in Bald
knob leagues which assault Bourbonism
with buckshot. Nevertheless, Bourbon
Democracy holds the State, and the
State thrives as the doors of the peni
tentiary close on one Stalwart after
another.
Though forced to maintain a peni
tentiary for knaves, the Bourbon Dem
ocrat believes in liberty for all who are
tit for it. His chief aim is to remain
free himself and to leave others as free
as lie is. When stalwart Republican
ism. with no conscience of its own, at
tempts to take charge of the con
sciences of others, it is Bourbonism
that thwarts it- When the Republican
stalwart undertakes to subvert the free
institutions of the Bourbons of a cent
ury ago, it is the Bourbon of to-day
who foils him. When the stalwart
clamors for a military dictatorship to
shield knaves from the punishment of
knavery, it is the Bourbon sentiment
of the country which crushes him. It
is the Bourbon who meets him at every
turn, and for all his cunning, for ail his
thousand shifts, the Bourbon who beats
him at every turn. This enrages him
the more because he can not under
stand it, feelings himself, as he does,
to all that has
not the characteristics of involution and
duplicity. It is useless to try to ex
plain it to him, or to attempt to make
him see that there are ways higher and
nobler than his ways. He counts
nothing worth that does not pay, and
having no other standard than his own
he can apply no other. To present
others to him is idle, for he returns to
his Stalwartism as the dog returns to
his vomit. The country will never be
free from him, for while the world
lasts there will be a supply of knaves
and tricksters to keep Stalwartism
alive. And it is a comforting belief
that while tho Stalwart is in the world
the Bourbon will also remain to put
him to confusion.
When every thing in Rome was for
sale there remained the Bourbon
Metullns, whose virtue money could
not buy. When Republican Stalwart
ism offered every thing at auction in
the United States, Bourbonism alone
could neither be bought nor sold. It
saved this country. It will preserve it.
— St. Louis Republican.
soldier or citizen, whose soul is so
twisted out of shape that he can’t en
dure the painful necessity of looking
into the face of a Democratic Chief
Magistrate let him hide his head in an
ash barrel as tlie proeessioi? goes by.
We have had enough of vaporing OS
this subject.—A> Y. Herald, ’
VOL. IV.-NO. 31.
GENUINE GENEROSITY.
General Grant’s Views and Those of the
Republican Readers of To-Day.
If Colonel Grant’s name is worth
any thing in the New York State cam
paign it is because it carries the sug
gestion that the son may possess some
of the virtues of the father. The most
conspicuous virtues of General Grant
were his broad patriotism and gener
osity. The heart of tike whole country
went out to him when, in his last days
at Mt. McGregor, ho rejoiced that soc
tional strife was passed and that the
Union was fully restored. Is the Re
publican party acting in accordance
with General Grant’s principles? Does
it cherish the charity for aii which he
taught almost with his last breath? If
Colonel Grant were put forward as the
exponent of these noble principles, and
if they had a place in the platform on
which lie stands, his candidacy would
mean something. But the party whose
candidate lie has become is doing all it
can to keep alive sectional animosity
in this country. Its acknowledged
leaders are continually controvert
ing the noblest words of his dead fath
er. General Grant said the South was
loyal to the Union and that a complete
reconciliation of the sections had
come to pass. The Republican lend
ers of to-day speak of the South as i!
its highest ambition was to wreck
the Union. The Republican leaders
are teaching the people of the North
to hate the South, and are doing all
they can to rekindle in the South
those sectional prejudices which such
men as General Grant did so much to
destroy. The son of the man whoso
generosity shone out at Appomattox
brigh er than the glory of his con
quest, whose mind grew broader and
whose heart kinder continually until
his death—the son of the man who
thanked God that he had been spared
to see the people of this country lay
ing aside their old animosities, is no fit
candidate for the Republican party il
he has any thing of his father’s nature.
Does Colonel Grant believe that his
father was right, or does he indorse the
sectional principles of the Republican
party? He must be on one side or the
other. General Grant was very differ
ent from the men who now control the
Republican party. —Atlanta Constitu
tion.
DRIFT~OF* OPINION.
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Icon of finance. He M'fis rather the
Bazaine of business. —Missouri Repub
lican.
Fred Grant is said to be the
equal of liis father in the single regard
that he can make very short speeches.
—Chicago Herald.
The wife of one Grover Cleveland
is a very sweet and sensible little wom
an, but no correspondent can make cap<
ital by telling lies about her. Cincin
nati Enquirer.
The United States, under a Dem
ocratic Administration, in the lastyeal
paid in pensions one-third more than
all the pension-paying Governments
on earth.— Alta California.
Senator Evarts will establish a
country home near Washington, and
has bought one thousand acres of land
for that purpose. It will be fenced in
with one of his sentences. —Pittsburgh
Post.
• The people arc getting tired of
the controversy whether Mrs. Cleve
land snubbed Governor Foraker ol
not. They don’t think she did it, and
don’t blame her much if she did.—
Washington Star.
that Foraker has stirred up poor, lone
some old John Sherman is being lost
sight of and his feeble fluttering of the
bloody shirt fails to excite remark—.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A good many Union flags ar*
being sent North by their “rebel” cap
tors, and not a single Foraker, Tuttle
or Fairchild has arisen in the South to
protest. The war appears to be ovet
in that section. —Chicago Times.
Without any issue to go before
the people with, the Republican party
of the United States is in about the
same shape as a boy in a rowboat with
out oars and ten miles from land.
They may get there, but jt will take a
very long time. —Little Rock Gazette.
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A Hint to Foraker.
If Governor Foraker will pardon us
for frankly stating a most obvious
truth, we should like to remark, in lan
guage which is plain, that the ob
trusiveness upon the public attention
of his private griefs and personal lacer
ations are becoming a trifle, or, for tho
matter of that, a good deal tiresome.
When he first went about, up and
down, over and through the land,
whining and whimpering because, as
he tearfully said, a lady, whose husband
he had in sundry and several public
places most grossly abused, in the lan
guage of Billingsgate, his countrymen
tried to be sorry for him; but they can
not be sorry for him for ever, and they
would be rather pleased if he would
bind up his wounds and not stand for
ever at the street corners of the coun
try tearing them open and begging
every body to see how sore and bloody
they a ye, Inquirer (Rep.),