Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1885 — Vice President Hendricks. [ARTICLE]

Vice President Hendricks.

Atlanta Constitution: As the -Constitution goes to press this morning a special cay enters the depot, bringing a man of whom it may be said there is nothing in the town too good for him. That he is Vice President eleet of the Republic gives less reason for the heartiness of his welcome than he is himself The very affection and enthusiasm that gather about tie man will lessen the formalitv of the reception of the official. Atlanta never lays much store by the pomp or circumstance that hangs about a guest—and not a bit when she is in love with the man himself. It is Tom HendricKS that she will welcome this morning—not the Vice President. t is the grand old Democratic hero who held the Western stronghold and led the Western hosts —who stood, environed all about by Republican ma jorities but unconquerable himself, beset by every resource of the enemy but entrenched in the love of his people— he it is that Atlanta takes to her heart to-day. She has always kept a warm place there for the great Indianian. During the tremendous struggle of last year, on which so

much was staked, it was his name that conjured the heart iest cheers, his ringing speeches that awoke the echoes, his superb and doubtless leadership that kindled enthusiasm the country over, and his power that filled even the darkest hour with hope. We may search in vain the annals of political strife for the equal of the fight he made in Indiana ill the late campaign. In brilliancy, in staunchness, in heroic purpose and achievement, in the inequality of resources, in every point that makes a struggle memorable, it is without parallel. No man could have made'that fight who did not hold the absolute love and confidence of his people, and the man who has this, after thirty years of active and conspicuous service, is worthy of all it implies. In the name of the people of Atlanta, and of the people of Georgia, we bid Mr. Hendricks welcome to the Cracker Citywelcome as the Vice President elect of the administration fiat is to bring the country back i) ways of honesty and peace —but more heartily welcome as the beloved and trusted Democratic leader who has fought the good fight and kept fie faith.

An Air-Flower.— One of the curiosities of the New Orleans Exposition is an. air-flower from the City of Mexico. 11 is two inches long and resembles a beetle with wings and horns. The wings are of light seazreen color, dotted with specks The horns are now white, and at the points very short. The body of the flower is a pale yellow and deep orange, and gives a slight hyacinth perfume. Including the broad, banana-shaped leaves, the entire plant looks as though molded in wax.—Galveston News.

Plain Truth as to Protection.—ls Congress enacts a law which gives a laborer in iron SI more than he could otherwise have earned, it can only do it by taking $1 from a laborer in some other pursuit. If a manufacturer is paid *25 for a suit of clothes under the tariff, which without the tariff could have been bought for Sl3, the man who earned »he £25 and bought the suit is robbed of sl2.

‘Khartoum away!’ howled the editor in a rage, when a hardened individual handed him severs 1 puns on Khartoum ‘C<lrt ’em away! The man who makes puns on such a subject is fit for treason, stratagem and spoils. Khartoum out!’— Norristown Herald.