Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1884 — Page 6

UY THE DEEP, SAD SEA. BY ALMA B. M'KEE. Down by the deep, sad sea Tbe featn-capp'd waves now lash the shore, Bearing a sweet, fond dirgo to me Of my sailor-boy of yore. The soft wind kisses my tear-wet cheek, ■With my wind-tossed hsir plays hide and seek, ■While I mourn for the sailor-lad, dear to me, Down by the deep, sad sea. ©own 'neath the deep, blue sea He hath gone to sleep-to rest for aye! He hears “not, heeds not, storms of woe. Or billows rough with spray. The coral reefs around him rise; The seaweeds pillow his golden head; The blue eyes are closed forever to me— Down by the deep, sad sea. Down by the deep, sad sea A heart is breaking, by fond hopes crushed. The sad sea murmurs a requiem sweet In sympathy the winds are hushed. Hope on, fond heart! In the vista of years. When the earth and sea shall give up their dead, Thy sailor-boy will awake to thee In heaven, from his tomb ’neath the sea.

MARGARET.

BY LILY M. CUBBY.

He might have been very comfortable, sitting there by the window; the gunlightbad slipped away, leaving only a mild reflection, and the sea breeze eame swelling up with a pleasant, salty odor. He might have bden very comfortable but for one thing, a twingegiving conscience. The afternoon light fired the great diamond of his fingerring, and so diverted his thoughts for a moment; then they returned to the subject of his uneasiness. If only he had not come to this place! And yet how pleasant it had been, here on the peaceful New England coast, in the old sea-captain’s house. How thoroughly he had enjoyed the bay, the sailing, the fishing with line and reel! How many splendid bluefish he had landed! Margaret, too—ah! Margaret! His conscience was at him again. He stood up restlessly and looked at himself in the glass. He was growing stronger every day; the long illness, from which he had come here to recuperate, was a shadow of the past. His friends, which was to say his mother and Elinor, would be delighted at the transformation. It was Elinor’s last letter that had brought him to his senses, reminded him of his obligations, namely to get away from this place at once and join his mother and his betrothed at a fashionable summer resort. He took his straw hat and went down into the piazza. Margaret was sitting there, slim and pretty in her white afternoon dress. It seemed to him she flushed at his approach; and he felt still guiltier. He sat down on the steps at her feet, and sighed faintly. She stopped the motion of her rock-ing-choir and asked: “What’s the matter ?” "“Nothing; only I feel sad at going •way.” “Going away ?” she repeated slowly. “Are you going away sooner than—than you thought?” “I’m afraid I shall have to. I’ve received a letter—l’ve heard from my another, and really think I must go tomorrow. ” Margaret began to rock again, not speaking for some moments. Then she said quietly: “We shall miss you very much another and L” “You have both been very good to me.” “Perhaps we shall hear from you sometimes,” she suggested. “You won’t forget us, quite.” There was always a plaintive note in her voice, a voice that one might more easily be enamored of than of its posessor. For she was not a beauty, this Margaret. She was too brown, too •gile, too sparrow-like. “Indeed, I shall never forget you,” he answered, soberly. “I have written much about you to my mother and Miss Hastings.” “Miss Hastings ?” “Yes.” For the moment he fairly hated himself; but he was determined •to brave it out. “Miss Elinor Hastings. ’We are to be married in the autumn. ” Then neither spoke. Glancing up into her face presently, he found it passive, a trifle pale, perhaps, besides. "Maybe it was only his fancy; maybe <ahe did not care for him. He hoped so. Then he rose uneasily. “I am going to row out to the ‘Ledge,’ ” he said. But Margaret did not offer to accompany him. And so he turned away and left her there. “It is done,” he said to himself. ■“Well, I hope she doesn’t mind. Poor .little girl! How fond one might be of .her! One thing, I’ll never board again ■with a widow and a young lady daugh- • -ter. I only hope she won’t think me itoo contemptible. I haven’t meant to -flirt—onlv a few soft speeches, a pressure of the hand at times—wrong, of course. ”

The tide was out and the skiff clung to the sand. He pushed off slowly •into deeper water. He had been out to the “Ledge” a number of times ere this, but always Margaret went with him to remind him when they must leave the rocks. Today he must remember for . himself; there was no plaintive voice to warn him: “The rocks are covered at high 'Water.” Margaret sat looking after him as he ■went down the road. “The end of it all,” she said to herself in a hopeless way. “The end of it •111” And when he was out of sight, she went into the house and up to her own chamber, Where she threw herself down by the bed and buried her face in hands. She did not sob or shed a tear; she •only knelt there and suffered. “I might have known!” she moaned. •I might have known! What am I that Jie should care for me? Oh, Richard, Bichard!” Meanwhile Richard Lester found it cather pleasant out upon the “Ledge. ” tMow, that the “murder was out,” he could breathe more easily. He fastened the rope of his boat around a rock, •nd went up higher. He sat down where the sun had dried away the •dampness, and contemplated. He pre- [ «Qined he should be happy as Elinor’s : husband. Elinot was consideredWandaome;.she was wealthy, refined, accom>li*hed; she dressed in excellent taste

and moved in the best society. His motMr worshiped her. She, Elinor, was twenty-three years old; six years his junior. Poor little Margaret could not be over eighteen, he supposed. Poor little brown bird I Then his thoughts took a wider range. He forgot where he was; he grew utterly oblivious to the fading sunlight or the water rising slowly about the rocks. The lapping, limpid, lingering water, musical and incessant. There was no Margaret present to remind him. “ The rocks are covered at high water. ” Margaret had been kneeling by her bed for a long, long time—Lours, perhaps—when she heard her mother calling. “Coming directly,” she answered, and went down to the sitting-room. There were no tear-marks on her face; only a new pallor. “Where is Mr. Lester, Margaret?” “I don’t know, mother. Is it near supper-time?” “Yes; it is getting late. I thought surely you would know where he was. ” The words hurt Margaret, innocently as they had been spoken; but she only replied quietly: “He went away a long while ago. He was going out to the ‘ Ledge.’” “Then he has returned before this; the tide is coming in.” Margaret felt a sudden, inexplicable fear. She could not tell why she should feel thus. She turned and went out of the house, and off in the direction of the beach. Perhaps it was habit; she had grown accustomed to think of him as in need of looking after. Richard Lester had finally come to his senses. He remembered now that the tide was coming in, and that he must return. Rowing would be eagy and delightful. He arose, rubbed Ins eyes, and made his way down to the boat. But, to his unspeakable astonishment and discomfiture, the boat was gone.

“Gone!” he said to himself, in a faint,’confused tone. “W’hat shall I do?” He looked off shoreward, and fancied he saw his empty skiff tossing, drifting lightly on the waters that had wooed it. He kept on looking until his eyes were dim. There was no one to see or hear him. And still the water rising about the rocks. He had not tried to sWim since his illness. It was a long distance, and he had never been a very strong swimmer. He still looked landward, but no help came. And still the water rose about the rocks! He buried his face in his hands. “A punishment!” he groaned. “A just punishment for my actions!” Then he wished that he could only see Margaret once more and ask her to forgive him. Perhaps she had cared; perhaps she would be sorry. He would never see ler again, or any other living creature. For he could never reach the land. He would wait until the last moment, then attempt to swim it. But he had no uope. It was getting on toward dusk and the water still rose, and would continue to rise until the rocks were covered. He tried to think, to be calm; he wondered if Elinor would grieve terribly. His mother—something choked him as he thought of his mother. “O, heaven! I must reach land!” he cried, with a sob. Then—then, what was that? The sound of oars ? He turned swiftly, uncovering his face. A boat! Thank God! A boat was creeping steadily against the tide, and something white glimmered through the twilight. And all at once he felt that it must be she. “Margaret!” he cried out her name, as if it were his dearest hope. And then her clear, sweet voice rang back to him. “Yes, it’s I. I must pull carefully just here”. And slowly she drew close to the “ledge.” “Now,” she said. And he dropped lightly into the boat. “You have saved me,” he said, and his voice shook perceptibly. “You could not have managed to swim it,” she answered. “I suppose not. But I should have tried.” t She shivered. “Thank heaven, I remembered where you were, ” she said. He took the oars from her hands. “1 will pull ashore,” he said.

In silence she gave him her seat and took the tiller rope. She was thankful for the growing dusk which hid her pallor. “Margaret, I owe you my lite.” She was looking out as if for the point at which to steer the boat. “I am glad I knew,” she said. He waited a little; then he spoke awkwardly: “What can I do to repay you ?” “O, hush,” she cried, half impatiently. “It was nothing!” “It was life or death to me,” he said in a serious voice. “I meant my coming out was nothing,” she explained in quick confusion. “I thought of you,” he went on, “and of my mother.” " ’■ “And of Miss Hastings,” she suggested, without sign of emotion. “My mother would have missed me the most,” he returned. “Elinor would have cared, I suppose; but she is still young, and young people recover from such things.” “Do they ?” asked Margaret, sharply. “I do not think I could, if—if any one I cared for were lost. ” She puzzled him now. Perhaps he had been utterly mistaken, perhaps she had a lover whom she loved. “There is some one, then, that you care for, dear child,” he said softly. She started. “Yes,” she said, as if she defied him. Her answer gave him a vast relief. “I am so glad,” he said, earnestly. “I would like to plan the happiest future for you. I suppose I shall be happy myself. My mother is well suited, and Miss Hastings is very amiable.” They were getting close to the landing, and Margaret Seemed wholly occupied with the boat. He rested his oars and spoke with a sudden impulse: “Tell me, are you happy in this love of yours?” “Very happy!” she cried, laughing

wildly. “I would not change places with any one on earth!” “I am so glad,” he said once more. “I—l was afraid—you won’t be angry, Margaret? I want to tell you the truth, I think so much of you, dear child. I was afraid you might think I was trying to—to trifle with you myself. God knows I had no thought of it. You won’t be angry, Margaret?” “No,” she said, softly. “I am not angry. I never thought of you as — a trifler.” “And we shall always be friends?” “Always!” The old pathetic ring was in her voice. They landed then and walked slowly homeward. At the gate he paused, and with a sudden motion, drew from his finger the diamond that had sparkled there. “Wear this for my sake?” he cried, “dear Margaret.” She snatched her hand away with a sharp cry: “No, O no! Not that!” But he, insisting, slipped it on. Then she broke away from him and ran in, up to her own room. “He does not dream!” she sobbed, flinging herself down as once before that day. “Thank heaven, he does not dream! And I love him. O, I love him! But he will be happy; that is the most I care. O yes, he will be happy!” *

The Duke of Wellington’s Experiment.

In a ground-floor of one of the large public buildings of London a man sat writing at a table covered with papers. He was a short, strongly built figure, with a prominent nose, and a face hard and massive as a granite statue, wearing the set look peculiar to men who have surmounted great difficulties and confronted great perils. Few, indeed, had had more practice in both than this man, for he was no other than the Duke of Wellington, and his crowning victory at Waterloo was but a few years old. There was the tinkle of a bell outside, and then a murmur of voices in the ante-room; but the Duke never raised his head from his writing, even when his Secretary entered and said: “If it please your Grace, that man with the bullet-proof breastplate has called again, and wishes very much to see your Grace for a moment,” TheCDuke’s face darkened, as well it might, for the man in question was the most pertinacious bore he had ever encountered. The bullet-proof cuirass was his own invention, and he never lost a chance of declaring that the safety of the whole British army depended upon its instant adoption of this “unparalled discovery,” which he carried about with him, and exhibited at all times and in all places. Had this been all he would soon have been disposed of; but, unluckily, he had contrived to interest in his invention one or two of the Duke’s personal friends, and to get from them letters of recommendation which even Wellington could not easily disregard. Something must clearly be done, however; for although the fellow had hitherto been kept at bay, he was evidently determined to give the Duke no peace till the matter had been fully gone into. For a moment Wellington looked so grim that the Secretary began to hope for the order which he would gladly have obeyed, viz., to kick the inventor into the street forthwith. But the next instant the iron face cleared again, and over it played the very ghost of a-smile, like a gleam of winter sunshine upon a precipice. “Show him in,” said he, briefly. The observant secretary noted both the tone and smile that accompanied it; and he inwardly decided that it would have been better,for that inventor if he had not insisted on seeing the Duke. In came the great discoverer—a tall, slouching, shabby, slightly red-nosed man, with a would-be jaunty air, wfeich gave way a little, however, before the “Iron Duke’s” pqpetrating glance. “I am glad to think that your Grace appreciates the merits of my invention,” said he, in a patronizing tone. “They are, indeed, too important to be undervalued by any great commander. Your Grace can not fail to rememher the havoc made by your gallant troops at Waterloo among the French cuirassiers, whose breastplates were not bulletproof; whereas, if ” “Have you got the thing with you ?” interrupted Wellington. The inventor unwrapped a very-showy looking cuirass of polished steel, and was just beginning a long lecture upon its merits, when the Duke cut him short by asking. “Are you quite sure it is bulletproof?” “Quite sure, your Grace.” “Put it on, then, and go and stand in that corner.” The other wonderingly obeyed. “Mr. Temple,” shouted Wellington to his secretary, “tell the sentry outside ■to load with ball cartride, and come in here to test this cuirass. Quick, now!” But quick though the secretary was, the inventor was quicker still. The moment he realized that he had been set up there on purpose to be fired at, and to be shot dead on the spot if his cuirass turned out to be not bulletproof after all, he leaped headlong through the open window with a yell worthy of a Blackfoot Indian, and darting like a rocket across the court-yard, vanished through the outer gateway; nor did the Duke of W ellington, from that day forth, ever see or hear of him again.— David Ker, in Editor’s Drawer, Harper’s Magazine.

In Days of Old.

In days of old, when knights were bold and stole for a living, a serenade was a romantic little open-air concert, at which a gentleman dressed up like a ’fire-proof safe twankled a long-necked guitar under the windows of his love and told her all about it in eight lines and a chorus. It was a very pretty, romantic, poetic sort of a thing, although its starlit beauty was liable to be marred now and then by the entrance of a burglar with a lance and battle-ax, with which he picked the lock of the fire-proof casting and perforated a large hole in the person of the lovelorn knight, and married the girl himself. In either case the young lady was married and so didn’t have to waste her wedding toggery.—Bob Burdette.

PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS.

Got. Cleveland Visits Buffalo. Is Given a Royal Welcome, and Makes a Speech. The Republican Candidate Greeted by Large Crowds at Hamilton and Cincinnati CLE V ELAND* i Cordial Reception at Hl* Home. [Associated Press telegram from Buffalo.] Gov. Cleveland returned to bis home In this city to-day, and was received with an immense pnblic demonstration. At Utica and Syracuse, where he made no speeches, he was enthusiastically cheered. At the latter place he received a telegram signed E. Prentiss Bailey, saying: “Your time to Utica was immense (the trains having pulled in at that place fifteen minutes ahead of time). You are making bigger time toward Washington. Burn this.” A few hours before he reached Rochester, twenty-seven cars of representatives of Democratic campaign organizations went ahead to join In the Buffalo demonstration. Thence to Batavia, where the demonstration was equally enthusiastic. On reaching Buffalo he was welcomed by crowds, in spite of the drizzling jain. The streets were hung with Chinese lanterns and transparencies, and presented altogether a most brilliant appearance. The Governor witnessed the passing of the procession, which took two hours and ten minutes In passing the Genesee House, and it is estimated that there were fully fifteen thousand people in line. At about i o'clock the Governor, on stepping on the platform in the square opposite the Genesee House, was received with wild and tumultuous cheering for fully five minutes. He was introduced by Mr. Henry Martin, President of the Manufacturers and Traders’ Bank, in a happily framed speech, in the course of which he remarked that in the campaign no reputable man had been able to point to one solitary official act of his administration and pronounce it subject to just criticism; that not one reputable man had been heard to say that in any one single official act he had made the interests of party or of self superior to the public good, or for one instant forgotten that his office was a sacred and solemn trust to be administered for the best interests of the whole people. In response to this greeting, Gov. Cleveland spoke as follows: "Fellow-citizens, I can hardly tell the people of Buffalo how I reioice to night, and how grateful I am for this demonstration of the confidence and esteem of my friends and fellowcitizens. I have resided among you, and in this city, where all my success in private life has been achieved, for nearly thirty years. Tonight I come to you, after the longest absence that has occurred in all that time, and yet within the few weeks that have passed since I saw you last-an event has happened of supreme importance to me, and that places me within the nation's gaze. The honor it has brought to me I ask my fellow-townsmen to share, while I acknowledge with grateful heart all that they in the past have donef or me. But two short years ago you stood steadily by my side in every effort, of mine, as the Chief Executive of our city, to advance its interest and welfare. Whatever I was able to accomplish of value in this community was largely due to your strong and intelligent support. Nor can I ever forget the generous indorsement you gave my candidacy for the high office which I now hold in the State, and I assure you that in its administration I have received no greater encouragement than the approval of my friends at home. What I have seen and heard to-night has touched me deeply. It tells me that my neighbors are still my friends, and assures me that I have not been altogether unsuccessful in my efforts to deserve their confidence and attachment. In years to come I shall deem myself not farwrong if I still retain their good opinions, and if surrounding cares and perplexities bring but anxiety and vexation, I shall find solace and comfort in the memory of the days spent hero and in recalling the kindness of my Buffalo friends. But otljer friends are here to-night, and to all who tender me their kindly welcome 1 extend a heartfelt greeting as citizens with me of the greatest Commonwealth in the sisterhood of States, and one immensely interested in the general weal. Because I love my State and her people, I cannot r frain from reminding you that she should be in the van of everv movement which promises a safer and better administration of the General Government, so closely related to her prosperity anti greatness. And let me leave you with the thought that vour safety lies in impressing upon' the endeavor of those interested with the guardianship of your rights and interests, a pure, patriotic, and exacting popular sentiment. The character of the Government can hardly rise higher than the source from wjbich it springs; and the integrity and faithfulness of public servants are not apt to be greater than the people demand.” Gov. Cleveland having finished his address the grand procession passed in review before him and his guests to Niagara Square, where they disappeared. As column after column passed the cheers were loud and long. Afterward an informal reception was tendered to the Governor.

BLAINE.

His Toor Among the Buckeyes. Mr. Blaine, accompanied by Emery Storrs, ex-Senator Brace, ex-Gov. Foster, Senator Plumb, and others, left Toledo for Cincinnati on the morning of Tuesday, the 30th ult. The train stopped at Tiffin, where a large crowd had gathered about the depot, and the Republican candidate spoke as follows: “When I was a schoolboy in Sputhern Ohio, forty-three years ago, this portion of the country presented a very different appearance from what it presents to-day. Those forty-three years have been divided between Democratic rule and Republican rule, and I leave the voters of Northwestern Ohio to say under which there has been more rapid progress, not only in this section, but throughout the whole of this beautiful State, and, leaving you that subject to meditate upon, I leave you the whole controversy of 1884. I thank you for this magnificent reception. I see in the assemblageevidences of peace, plenty, and prosperity, such as are rarely equaled anywhere in the world and never surpassed. It is in your own hands to say whether we shall enter upon a series of doubtful and dangerous experiments." Speeches were also made by Messrs. Bruce and Storrs. At Kenton, the home of Gen. Robinson, Republican candidate for Secretary of State, Mr. Blaine was introduced to the crowd and said: “I am very glad to be welcomed in the home of Gen. Robinson, for the candidacy of Gen.' Robinson, indorsed by this vast assemblage, is an important prelude to the national election of 1884, and the candidacy of Gen. Robinson, if sustained by Ohio, goes far to settle that contest. You see, therefore, what your duty is, and it is fortunate for Ohio that the candidate selected to register her expression of ponular opinion is a man trusted in every civil station, and with an enviable record as a soldier. So that the candidate is as strong as the cause, and no candidate can be stronger than the Republican cause.” At Urbana, Where a large Republican meeting was in progress, Mr. Blaine was received with loud cheers, and made a brief political address, in which he said that the great wealth of the West was acquired under Republican rule, and was due to the influence of a wise financial system and the encouragement of a high protective tariff, and urging his hearers to vote the Republican ticket. At Springfield, where all the workshops had been closed to enable the workmen to see the cand date, Mr. Blaine spoke for a few minutes, confining his remarks solely to the tariff issue. It was late in the evening when the train reached Dayton, where a large crowd had gathered to welcome the Republican candidate. He was received with loud cheers, and spoke as follows: “This vast assemblage of people is far beyond the reach of the human voice. A man might just as well stand at the tip-end of Cape Race and address the Atlantic Ocean in a storm. But the effect of this grand spectacle is far beyond human expression, and speaks more eloquently than words for the Republican cause. When I left home I heard that Ohio lacked enthusiasm. If this be a lack of enthusiasm, I would like to see you genuinely stirred up. This is a campaign of businessmen, of the manufacturer, of the mechanic, of the farmer—n short, of every one who has a dollar to earn or a dollar to save. It is a campaign intended u give protection to American labor, a campaign for America and not tor any other country. I believe in that kind of a campaign. The voice of the State of Ohio cannot and will not be doubtful. In that belief I leave it to you. and b.d you a cordial adieu." Mr. Bl ine rest’d at Dayton during the night, and the following morning visited the Soldiers’ Home and made a brief talk. Then the journey by rail was resumed. The first stop was made at Hamilton, where Mr. Blaine was driven to a stand in front of the Court-House, from which he spoke as follows: Citizens of Ohio, it is now forty years since the question of a protective tariff engaged the attention of the American people as profoundly as it does to-day. It was in the contest between Mr. ('lav and Mr. Polk in 1844 that the great' national debate on the question took place,and the protective tariff was defeated.not by the popular vote, but by the bad faith of the party which

succeeded in the election, and I bee to call your attention,the attention of a large manufacturing population, to the fact that the policy of protecting American ind stry has never been defeated in the United States by the popular vote. A contrary policy has been forced on the people at different times through the bad faith of their representatives, bnt never. I repeat, by the popular vote upon a deliberate appeal to the people jn their primary capacity. It therefore would seem to be the duty of the people of the United States, if by a majority they believe in the policy of protection, to see to it that the party is sustained which can be trusted to uphold it Yes, but said a gentleman to me yesterday, “ Protection does not always secure abundant prosperity; there are a great many idle men now in the country." Well, grant it; there has never yet been a policy devised by the art of man that will insure through all times and seasons a continuous flow of prosperity. But the question is whether over a given series of years there has not been a larger degree of prosperity to the people under the policy of protection than under the policy of tree trade. The question is to be gauged and tested, not by the experience of a single year, but by the experience of a series of years. We have had a protective tariff now for more than two decades, and I ask you whether there has ever been another period in which the United States has made such progress as during the last twenty years. But it is true now and then there will come a little lull and a little reaction in business. There will come a little lull and a little reaction even in the laws of nature. You had a great drought in Ohio this year, but you do not on that account avow that you will have no more rains On the contrary, you are the more firmly persuaded that rain is the only element that will restore the fertility to your soil, verdure to your fields, and richness to your crops. So in this little slough, this little dullness in the business of the country, the one great element that can be relied on to restore prosperity is the protective tariff. The question, then, is for Ohio to decide. On the fourteenth day of this month you will have an opportunity to tell the people of the United States whether yon believe in that doctrine. If you do, you will secure not only its continuance, but its permanent triumph. But if, on the other hand, you should falter and fall back, it might produce disaster elsewhere. The responsibility is on you. Is your courage equal to your responsibility? FYes," “yes.”] Is your confidence equal to your courage? Fit is," “it is."] Then I have nothing more to say except to bid you good-by. Mr. Blaine's reception at Cincinnati was enthusiastic. As soon as he appeared people cheered and yelled, and pressed around him so that it was impossible to keep an avenue open by which he and his party could reach their carriages. Mr. Hanna, of the Republican State Committee, and Judge Foraker escorted Mr. Blaine, and they had to struggle out through the cheering crowd. Once in the carriage, Mr. Blaine was driven slowly along Fourth street. The sidewalks were fully occupied all the way. A great many windows were decorated, and every window and door-way was crowded with spectators. The carriage was driven to the Burnet House, where, in response to calls for a speech, Mr. Blaine appeared on the balcony and said: "I thank you and all the good people of Cincinnati for this cordial, hearty and magnificent reception." In the evening Mr. Blaine was escorted by the reception committee to the Exposition Building, which was already crowded. For a while Mr. Blaine held an Informal reception in the Commissioners’ office, where some gentlemen and many ladies were presented to him. Then he was escorted to the stage, and, upon being introduced, was greeted with an outburst of applause from all parts of the great hall. Mr. Blaine made a brief address of a non-political character. Senator Sherman, Judge Foraker, and Congressman Follett also made remarks. After the speaking Mr. Blaine was given a complimentary dinner by the Commissioners of the Exposition. The occasion was, of course, entirely non-political, and there was no speaking at the dinner, at which several locally distinguished Democrats were present Mr. Blaine spent Thursday, the 2d Inst., in Cincinnati, receiving many callers during the day. He received Republican delegations from Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky. Louisiana, West Virginia, and Tennessee, who requested him to visit their States. He consented to go to Indians, Illinois, and West Virginia, and expressed regret that he could not visit other States named. During the day he visited the Chamber of Commerce, where he was loudly cheered, and made a short speech. In the evening there was an immense parade of Republican marching clubs, which was reviewed by Messrs. Blaine and Logan, who were stationed on a piazza of the Burnett House. Mr. Blaine left Cincinnati on the morning of Friday, the 3d inst., for Columbus, where the Republicans had prearranged another big demonstration, many thousands of uniformed torch-bearers appearing in the parade.

OTHER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.

St. John and Butler at Indianapolis. [lndianapolis dispatdh.] The city Is filled with strangers to-night, the attraction, besides the State fair, being the presence of Gen. Butler, the Greenback candidate for the Presidency, and Gov. St John, the Prohibition candidate. The latter arrived from Carlisle, Ind., early this morning, and this afternoon visited the State fair, where he addressed an immense crowd briefly on agricultural topics and in exchanging greetings with his old neighbors, fOr he was formerly a resident of Indiana. He and his wife and dauehter held an informal reception in the woman's department, and to-night Gov. St. John spoke on political subjects in Circle Park to a crowd of about 16,000. Gen. Butler arrived here from Terre Haute at 6:30 o’clock this evening, and to-night in the Court House yard he addressed a large crowd. N. A. Plympton, of Worcester, Mass., manager of rhe Butler canvass, joined the party here. They go this week to Michigan, and will enter into a thorough canvass of the State, traveling and speaking from a special car. Butler will return te Massachusetts to make several speeches before the election.

Belva to Take the Stump.

[Washington telegram.] Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood announces that she will shortly start out on a campaign tow:, and deliver speeches at Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Cleveland, and. several other large cities. “My speeches," said Mrs. Lockwood in conversation to-night, “will not be political harangues in the ordinary sense of the term. I shall speak on the subject of good government and equal rights for woman before the law and at the ballot-box. I do not think that I will say anything that will be a desecration of the Sabbath day. I expect to speak in Baltimore next Monday, and will probably spend the rest of that week in Philadelphia and New York. Igo to Cleveland under the auspices of Mr. Gus Hartz, the manager of the Opera House. It will be more of a lecturing than a campaign tour, although I suppose I would not make the trip if I was not a candidate. I expect to reach Cleveland Saturday evening. I have received invitations to visit nearly all the large cities, and I will probably go to Chicago, Indianapolis. and Cincinnati week after next.*

An Attempt to Assassinate St. John.

[Dispateh from Sullivan, Ind.] Some villain fired into the car in which Gov. St. John sat on his way from Carlisle to Terre Haute last night. The ball passed through the window on the opposite side, making a clean hole and lodging in the side on which St. John sat, ana a little in front of him. The train was just slowing np south of Sullivan when the shot was fired, it being exactly 8 o’clock. The Governor took the matter coolly and no disturbance was made, and many on the train were not aware of the occurrence. There is no clue to the motive or identity of the person who fired the shot.

CLIPPINGS.

A negro in Panola, Fla., is the father of thirty children. Anna Dickinson is at her mother's home at West Pittston, Pa. The increase of t'he Mormon Church exceeds 2,000 annually. In Paris 30,000 women are engaged in the manufacture of artificial flowers. The Celestial Empire states that the King of Siam has 263 children, and is under 30 years of age. New York Custom House officials found 800 artificial eyes concealed in the bustle off a lady voyager. An English school girl lately died from the effects of being bitten on the arm by one of her companions. The Cathedral at Moscow, built to commemorate the departure of Napoleon’s army, cost $12,500,000, and will accommodate 10,000 worshipers. The husband of a woman who arrived at Saratoga in Jnly with sixty-four different costumes failed last week and offered 13 cents on the dollar. A bank-note company in New York has received an order to engrave and print bonds to the value of $100,000,000 for the Peruvian Government

JOHN P. ST. JOHN.

The Prohibition Candidate’s Letter Accepting the Nomination for President. If We Wsnt an Honest, Sober Government, We Must Have an Honest, Sober People.” —, _ _ . _ Olathb, Kan., Sept 26. The Hon. Samuel Dickie, Chairman of Committee, etc. Mv Deab 8m: In formally accepting the nomination for President tendered me by the National Prohibition Convention at Pittsburg, ■* 3 ’I take the opportunity to state that while the honor was neither sought nor desired by me. yet it is greatly appieciated, bestowed as it was by a convention composed of delegates who, in point of moral worth and mental ability, were fully equal, if not superior, to any political convention that ever assembled In this country. The war for the Union is over; the rebellion has been crushed; African slavery abolished; old issues have passed away, and “JTtth them should go old prejudices and sectional strife. To-day the products of the North and the South float in friendly relations in the same channels, under the same flag, every section ot our country acknowledging allegiance to the same Government. There never was a tone when our people could better afford to, and when it was ™? r ? Important that they should, stop and think, than now. With manufactories shutting down, banks breaking, merchants failing in business, securities unsettled. Western wheat selling at the home market for 40 cents per bushel, and hundreds ot thousands of industrious mechanics and laboring men who are willing to work but can get nothing to do, it seems to me that the time has come for the people, who are the source of all political power, to call a halt, and stop and think, tor there must be a reason for this condition of things. The little time and space the old parties can spare after dealing out the full measure of personal abuse and vilification that each seems to think the other merits, is mainly devoted to a discussion of the tariff question, ignoring all matters that relate to the moral elevation of the people. I am of the opinion that the manufacturer who, by reason of the depressed condition of business, has been compelled to make an assignment for the benefit of his creditors, will not find relief in the agitation of that question now, nor will the average farmer become very enthusiastic over its discussion, with his wheat not worth as much in the bin as it cost him to produce it. The amount received by the Government for dffcies on imports is less than $200,000,000 annually. There are about 175,000 retail dealers in intoxicating liquors in the United States, each of whom pays to our Government $25, in consideration of which sum they are permitted to carry business for the term of twelve months. When we add to this the amount paid by distillers, brewers, and wholesale liquor dealors, we find that the interest of the Government in the manufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquors is about $80,000,000 annually. This traffic, sanctioned as it is by the laws of our country, costs the people at a low estimate, a thousand million dollars a year, not to speak of the destroyed homes, debauched manhood, poverty, heartache, crime, and corruption it produces. This disgraceful business should be suppressed, and the enormous sum of money that under the present system is thrown away, saved to the people, and thus a protection would be given to the industries of this country that would enable us successfully to throw our doors wide open to the competition of the world. The Republican and Democratic parties favor a continuance of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, while the Prohibition party demands that the same shall be forever suppressed. Thus an Issue Is presented to the people in which is involved the protection of every home in the land. It is not a mere local issue, either, but it is a national, as well as a practical question, upon which a large, and respectable body ot citizens—against whose convictions party discipline is powerless—have decided to vote, and they will not be found halting between two opinions in this matter, but will work and pray and vote against this great evil until it is driven from our land, never to return. The Government Is simply the reflex of the individuals composing it. If we want an honest, sober Government we must have an honest, sober people. But we can never have an honest, sober people so long as the Government sanctions that which makes its citizens dishonest, drunken, and corrupt. The declaration of principles, which I heartily indorse, as set forth in the platform of the Prohibition party, is entitled to the thoughtful consideration and earnest support of all good citizens without regard to locality or former political affiliation. Our country needs an administration that will rise above mere partisan considerations, and in the selection of public officials make honesty, sobriety, and efficiency, and not service to party, the test. It should b« conducted, not in the interest of any particular section, party, race, or color, but in the interest of the whole people. To accomplish this ah good citizens should promptly step to the front and be counted for the right. This is no timfi for dodging. Moral cowardice will never win, and surely never deserve a victory. Then let us look to God for His guidance, and fearlessly and faithfully do our whole duty, never doubting that He will take care of the results. Very truly your friend, John P. St. John.

IRISH REPUBLICANS.

National Convention at Cincinnati. A National Convention of Irish Republicans was held in Cincinnati last week, about 2.i0 delegates, 100 of whom were from Ohio, being in attendance. A. L. Morrison, of New Mexico, called the convention to order and made a brief address, saying its object was to use every effort to elect Blaine and Logan and give notice to all parties in this country that it is dangerous to have any alliance with the .British press or British Government. AL. Morrison was made Chairman and J. J. Geghan, of Ohio, Secretary. The report of the Committee on Resolutions was adopted. The resolutions ratify the nomination of Blaine and Logan; declare unalterable opposition to the free trade doctrines of the Democratic narty; say the American people are competent to control their domestic affairs, and need no lessons from a government from which they had wrested their liberty with arms, and against whose cruisers they had to fight during the late rebellion; declare in favor of the Monroe doctrine, and that an attempt by any European power to seize, fortify, or control the Panama Canal, or any other waterway across this continent, should be resisted to the utmost by every republic on the American continent. They further say the nomination of Cleveland was made against the interest of the Irish and other industrial classes, and in an insulting manner. A committee was appointed to convey the resolutions to J. G. Blaine.

GOV. HENDRICKS.

The Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate at Louisville. Ex-Gov. Hendricks visited the city of Louisville, Ky., on the invitation of the Exposition managers, and was given a cordial reception. In the evening, says a dispatch from that city, “he was escorted to the Exposition Building, where, in spite of tne fact that rain was falling in top-ents, he was enthusiastically received by 20,000 people, who gave him a Kentucky welcome. As he entered the building, Gilmore’s band played ‘Hall to the Chief,’ changing later to familiar national airs. The distinguished visitor was happily introduced by Col. Bennett H. Young, President of the Exposition. Mr. Hendricks theu made a timely and appropriate address for the occasion. He was simply a visitor and guest of the Exposition, and the subject of politics was not mentioned in his short speech. He left the building amid tremendous cheering, and returned to his hotel.”

CHIPS.

Enterprising sporting men of Leadville are about to open “a gambling-house for ladies in the carbonate camp. ” The increase in the population of Paris since 1876 has been 251,122. The total population is now 2,239,928. Thomas Bailey Aldrich and William Winter, the well-known dramatic critic, were born the same day in October, 1836. An air-tight lifeboat was recently sent safely through the Niagara whirlpool, but was totally wrecked before reaching Queenstown, several miles below the falls. Hugo Barthol, a Hamburg clerk, has just completed the longest bicycle journey on record. In ten weeks and five days he covered 2,850 German miles, including several long stretches across mountain ranges. ‘ J '* The police of New Yorkwre sons > H placed under electric vnrwi’Wuq