Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1892 — Page 5

THE VALLEY OF THE GETTYSBURG

BY JAMES S. SULLIVAN.

One dusk, long summers gone, the whitecheeked moon Beheld this valley reel with war. But now, Where yon still hamlet’s windows redly glow At eve, the housewives gossip, or else croon Soft lullabies. Through the long afternoon The children gambol in the vale below, The lustrous lilies at their moorings blow, The mowers move with scythes in merry tune. Chime faintly far from out the white church spire Those evening bells; slow move the creaking wains Down purple glens ablaze with sunset fire, And low-necked kine trudge home through thick-leafed lanes. 6 Sweet vale, the only sword now there that’s seen Is the moon’s scimiter in skies serene. Marlboro, Mass.

A GOVERNMENT CLERK.

BY GAILLARD HUNT.

Henry Hamilton is a natural product of the peculiar conditions of Washington life. Although he is a Government clerk he is not of the plain, plodding type that one sees and hears so little of after the hour when the deparments close; on the contrary, his real life begins at four o’clock in {he afternoon. There are few more popular men in Washington. Wellmannered, cultivated, good-looking, of exceptionally good antecedents, he is wglcome in every drawing room wortk entering. That he is poor and has no prospects in life fuo {acts which nobody <sare§ about; that he is, perliaps ; throwing a life away that might liave had some achievements in another sphere is not nearly so important in the circle in which he moves as the evident fact that he is a most invitable man. Besides all this he is a born leader—of the german. Last year, early in the season, he led the german at the Japanese Legation, and it was there that Marie Forrest first made her appearance in society in Washington. Hamilton had known and admired her two years before, just before she went to Europe, and when she had not yet made her debut; and he chose to make it his business to see that her first Washington party was a success. He introduced all the men to her; and he bade the younger ones, his imitators and slaves, take her out and give her favors. She had a “perfectly lovely timeand she went home with her arms full of favors, and gave the leader a sweet bow and smile as she left. As for him, he saw himself in the glass as he entered his room after the party. His face was heated, and he looked tired; his collar tottered to its fall, and his coat was covered with tinsel decorations, as though he was a much honored foreign prince, and, although he was so popular and had been much petted at the german, I do not envy him his thoughts as he sat in solitude. He is one of the class of men who, at the time of life when they should study a profession, accept the tempting offer of a Government clerkship. When he became a clerk the spirit of enjo3ment was strong in him, his gifts were brilliant in society, and the holiday city of Washington offered him a 'fine field for pleasure; the Government paid him a salary sufficient for his needs, and, almost before he knew it, he found himself too old to begin life over again. The taint which falls upon a Government employe fastened upon him, and he became weak and dependent as Government clerks usually are. As he grew older his life became more and more a miserable and futile effort at self-forgetfulness—by a persistent mingling in society. As the season in Washington began about the time of the ball at the Japanese Legation, it was only natural that Hamilton and Miss Forrest should be thrown together pretty constantly, and their meetings were manifestly agreeable to both. She was a girl not altogether frivolous, and she had enthusiasm beyond anticipations of future parties or recollections of past ones. She awoke in him a desire to show her his best side, and he was a man of more than usual information and intelligence, for his hours at his office were not infrequently spent in reading and in labors which were of no value to the Government, but were most improving to him. It was inevitable that Miss Forrest should see in him a superiority to his contemporaries. She found him a trifler, it is true, often cynical, sometimes even bitter and misanthropical, but he had a charming, frank boyishness of nature and a generosity of heart which caused most people to like him and some even to love him. As for Miss Forrest, I think she must have been naturally a flirt; for she took to it as a bird does to flying, with slight " fluttering and very little preliminary training. There was little Polonisi, the Secretary of the Italian Legation; Major Lockwood, a gallant officer in the pay corps of the Army; Jones and Smith, young fellows, clerks in the State Department ; old Count de la Rose, an impoverished French nobleman, attache of the Legation. All were her constant attendants and formed her bodyguard, sometimes on duty together and sometimes by turns. Major Lockwood was the persistent. He came of an old and distinguished family. He was not without intellect; but he expended it ail in the perfection of his gentility. Although he clothed his handsome person in sober tints, there was, nevertheless, an appearance of much thought in his trousers, and his cravats snowed considerable power of mental concentration. He -was not a bad fellow, however; and Miss Forest liked him, because he was good looking and a fine specimen of a “swell.” It is not infrequently the case, too, that a person with a stupendously good opinion of himself succeeds in communicating a part of this opinion to others. There was such a voluminous self-esteem emanating from Major Lockwood that most people concluded it must have its origin in some spark of genuine merit.

n. To sic in a parlor, tete-a-tete with a pretty girl who is not averse to being made love to is dangerous; to walk with her when she is addicted to perfect hats is still more so; but to ride horseback with her when the air is balmy and the blood is warm with the delightful exercise is apt to be fatal. Through the generosity of a rich aunt, Hamilton was the fortunate possessor of a fine horse; and when the weather permitted and Miss Forrest was willing, the two used to take long rides in the beautiful country around Washington. On these occasions they would cast all conventionalities to the winds; sometimes singing together, , laughing from very exuberance of spirits, like a couple of children, happy in the sunshine and the sympathy of each other’s company. “Mr. Hamilton,” said the lady, on one

of these rides, “do you really think that your horse can beat Major Lockwood’s?” “I don’t know anything about it;" he replied bluntly; “I only know that I do adore you.” “What!” she said, half laughing, but thoroughly pleased. “What do you say, Mr. Hamilton?” “I think I am in love with you.” She clicked to her horse and dashed along the road. He kept at her side, her horse was no match for his; but it was impossible to manage the horse and pursue the subject of conversation. “It is a great advantage of a horseback conversation,” she said, pleasantly, “that you can interrupt it so nicely.” “The interruption is not without consequences. What was I saying, Miss Forrest, when you started off so suddenly?” “I am sure I don’t remember,” she answered. “I was saying that I thought my nag could beat Lockwood’s, and that I would be supremely happy if you would wear violet and white when we have our race next week.” . In truth, Hamilton was not yet fully in earnest. He was so accustomed to being a trifler that he seldom was in earnest. But Miss Forrest was becoming more of a flirt every day, and it was interesting to observe what would be the result of this encounter of Greek with Greek.

Everybody who was invited went out to see the race between Hamilton and Lockwood. Both men looked like ruffians in their jockey costumes, but the ladies said they were picturesque. Conspicuous on the judge’s stand with several favored individuals was Marie Forrest, and she wore upon her breast two ribbon bows—one of violet and blue ana tke other of crimson, Lockwood and Ham\)t;on saw each other’s colors with considerable chagrin. The steepleckdfe course at Ivy City is, I suppose, no worse than most courses; but it is a villainous run, nevertheless, and bears the imprint of the combined ingenuity of the surgeon and undertaker. It was more good fortune than anything else that prevented an accident befalling Hamilton or Lockwood in‘their race; but it was owing entirely to the superiority of his horse that Hamilton won bv half a length. As he rode up to the stand to catch the judge’s eye and receive the gesture assuring him of his victory, he remarked that Marie had taken his colors from her breast and held them in the air in triumph. Covered with dirt, the perspiration streaming down his face, panting and ready to fall with exhaustion and excitement, he stood upon the weighing scales a few moments later. Among the throng around him, again he noticed Miss Forrest; and he was pleased to see that Lockwood’s colors had been removed and were no longer to be seen. At a reception the evening after the race, Hamilton saw Miss Forrest again. “I told you I could beat that fellow,” he said.

“Oh, it was glorious!” said the girl; “dear Suzette acquitted herself grandly. Do you know, when you rose for the water leap together, my heart stopped beating, I was so frightened.” “For which of us did it cease to beat, Miss Forest? I noticed with much pleasure your impartial wearing of colors. ” He spoke a little scornfully.' Was the trifler getting serious. She laughed. “I knew you would notice it; but Major LockwoiSd was in a fury. He was almost rude, and said he believed I was trifling with you. He is a funny man, Major Lockwood—what do you think of him?” “I think if you trifled with him, it would do him good.” “But I must not trifle with you, is that it? Mr. Henry Hamilton is not to be ranked with men of such inferiority as officers of the pay corps of the army. ” Hamilton winced a little. “You are severe,” he said. “It is true I am only a Government clerk; but then, you see, I don’t take any credit to myself because of my occupation. ” “And why are you only a Government clerk?” she said, her manner changing suddenly. ‘ ‘Really, your are worthy of a better career than that. Why don’t you do something? You are clever enough. You are very different from the other men I see.”

“Well,” he said, lazily, “perhaps I shall some day; but, really, what does it matter? I am alone in the world, and my indolence hurts no one but mvself.” He was leaning back on the divan, luxuriating amid a soft nest of sofa pillows, and she was bending forward slightly with her head turned toward him. “Mr. Hamilton,” she said, “suppose there were some one whom your indolence and wasted life hurt seriously, and who would be very, very glad if you would exert yourself and show the world what you really are; suppose there were such a one—a woman—would you rouse yourself?” He started up. “Yes, oh, yes; may I hope that you will tell me there is suck a person?” “Who knows?” she said: “perhaps I may.” She turned her face away from him ag she spoke, and immediately Lockwood and her other vassals came dutifully about her; and Hamilton, yielding up his place, went home to think. When he called at her house the next evening he saw only Mrs. Forrest, her daughter being indisposed; but before he left the maid handed him a little

bunch of violets which, she said, Miss Marie bad charged her to deliver to him. m. The rivalry between Hamilton and Lockwood was beginning to excite interest. If she could, Miss Forrest saw them separately; but Vhen it was unavoidable that she should see them at the same time, she kept them on tolerably good terms. It was a great convenience to her that the paymaster had more leisure than the clerk; she could spend an hour or two with the former early in the afternoon, and later she could meet Hamilton. As for him, what had begun as a mere liking had ripened into an infatuation, and was now fast mellow ing into a genuine passion. To the friends who watched him closely a certain brooding somberness of character became evident. Receptions and balls and dinners—his world, in fact—he appeared to enjoy only if Marie were there; and, indeed, he was never voluntarily out of her presence. He was incapable of sustained energy; but he was evidently seriously in love with her. And thus this Rttle drama went on. Lent came and it still continued, and the balmy days of spring were upon us, and no one could guess what the closing act would be. It was on a beautiful warm day early in April that Mrs. Forrest gave a picnic at the Great Falls on the Potomac; and that she was a woman of resources was evidenced by the success she was able to make of an all-day excursion. She carried plenty of servants with her and the arrangements for luncheon were quite complete. When time appeared to pass slowly, a new salad, or a delicious invention in sandwiches wai sure to be forth-

coming. But perhaps the pleasantest sight of the day was to see Hamilton and Lockwood smiling good-humoredly at each other. They were thus employed when Miss Forrest passed by on her way to a further investigation of the rocks, and they followed her. It was an edifying sight to see. First went Marie jumping from rock to rock as lightly as a chamois, the water dashing and boiling around her, for she soon got well out toward the middle of the stream; next came Lockwood, striding heavily along, his arms outstretched to balance himself, rather ridiculous and out of place, and looking anything but, happy. Behind him Hamilton skipped along, pretty gracefully, for he was of slender build and. light on his feet from much dancing, but serious as though his life depended upon each step. Marie soon paused for an instant between two uneven rocks. Her position was really a dangerous one; a slip might send her into the water, and the torrent was running swift. She looked behind her for an instant, and laughed to see the two hearty cavaliers making toward her; then, lightly as a gazelle, she bounded on. But when Lockwoad reached the rock which she had just vacated, he crouched there helplessly, holding on to the rugged surface with his hands and knees—a ludicrous picture of a paymaster in distress. In an instant Hamilton had leaped past him, and stood upon the further rock by Marie’s side. There was just room for the two. Even if Lockwood had been able to make the leap, he saw that it could not be done now. With great straining of muscle, and not without some splashing, he made his way back to the rest of the party, and awkwardly attempted to laugh the matter off. The conversation between Hamilton and Marie on the rock was carried on at a disadvanSMj because of the thundering roar of 5 waters. “Isn’t this glorious?” shrieked Marie. “What’s become of Lockwood? Ha! ha 1” howled Hamilton.

“What?” yelled the lady. “I can’t hear a word you say,” bellowed the man. But I dare it was a satisfaction to him to be near her. I hope so, at any rate; for it was the only satisfaction he received from her that day. For some capricious reason or other she chose to snub him vigorously on the homeward journey; and he was forced to attach himself to a girl who was engaged and spoke to him very little, merely remarking, truthfully enough, that the gentle movement of the boat on the placid canal was “very restful.” The snubbing administered on this day was not the first that Hamilton had experienced from Miss Forrest, but it was the most keenly felt; and he resolved that he would stay away from her in future, and he actually did not see her for five whole days, nor had he any reason for supposing that he would meet her when he went out to tea on Sunday night. But she was there more radiant than ever, and the glance that she shot across the table at him was charged with beseeching sadness. Fortunately, the guests were numerous enough to make general conversation after supper unnecessary. “I have not seen you for a long time, Mr. Hamilton,” said Marie, when lie took his stand beside her.

“Yes,” he said, gloomily; “five whole days—an eternity, in fact.” “I am sorry. I wished to see you, I I have becopie accustomed to seeing you. ” She looked up at him for an instant softly. “Shall we ride together to-morrow?” He was afraid to say anything more. In the revulsion of his feelings, he wanted to go down on his knees and grovel before her—to do anything such was his adoration of her. “Yes,” she said, in a low, caressing voice, ‘ ‘if you care to go with me. ” What did he remember of his snubbing now? He had the side the next day, and everything was heavenly; but on the following day, as he was about to walk up the Forrests’ steps to pay the visit which he knew was expected of him, he saw Major Lockwood coming out with such a smile of happiness upon his countenance that Hamilton changed his mind and walked away. Yet it was entirely an accident. Miss Forrest had calculated correctly, but, unfortunately, her parlor clock was fifteen minutes slow, and Lockwood had, as a consequence, overstayed his time. When Hamilton saw her at a party in the evening she asked him why he had not come. “I was afraid you might be fatigued from the visit that Major Lockwood had been paying you,” he answered shortly. “Oh, no; Major Lockwood doesn’t fatigue me. There are others Who do, though —with their suspicion* " She was vexed because her plans had miscarried. Henry Hamilton bowed to her and left. But Marie Forrest rejected Major Lockwood when he proposed, which he did the day before she went to New York on her way to Newport.

Hamilton heard, early last winter, that the Forrests would spend the season in New York, but it was not without a pang that he received the news later that Miss Forrest was engaged to Maturin Delano. He did not know Delano, save by reputation, as a man of large estates and small intellect. He was certainly not as interesting to Marie as Hamilton had been, but he was obliging and goodnatured, and she liked him very well. When the list of people in Washington whom she intended asking to her wedding was made out, Delano, in looking it over, asked: “Who is Henry Hamilton, whose name you have at the head of the list, Marie?” “I knew him quite well in Washington,” she answered “He is only a Government clerk. ”-*-[lndependent.

Ammonia in Fire Extinction.

The usefulness of carbonic acid water in extinguishing fire has often been referred to, and not long ago a pharmacist, who happened to have a lively incipient fire on his hands, used his soda fountain for this purpose with most satisfactory results. An equally successful application of the vapor of ammonia under similar conditions is now reported to have been made by a French pharmacist. A vessel of gasoline had become ignited, nnd the flames resisted all efforts to subdue them until a bottle of ammonia water was thrown into the apartment. It was thus broken, the vapor of ammonia was liberated and the flames were instantly extinguished. It is suggested that this application of ammonia should be fully investigated.—[St. Louis Globe-Demo-crat.

WHAT SHE WANTED WITH IT.

Wife—l want a new dress, George. Husband (curtly)—And what do you want with a new dress? Wife (pleasantly)—l want to wear it, George. Did you think I wanted it to wave in the atmosphere to scare the hawks away from tne chickens?—[Detroit Free Press.

A COSTLY PRESIDENT.

HARRISONISM a very expensive INSTITUTION. rhe Present Administration Has Annually Cost the People Nearly One Dollar par Head More than Did the Administration of Mr. Cleveland. The Costliest President. The Harrison administration is the oostliest the oountry has ever had, according to the St. Louis Republic. It has cost the people of the country $7 a head, or $35 a family, annually, as against an average annual cost of only $6.12 for Cleveland and $6.43 for the Garfleld-Arthur administration. Even When compared with the Garfleld-Arthur administration, whloh was by no means as economical as It might have been, the cost of Harrison appears in its true light as unprecedented. Here are official figures giving the total average annual expenditure, including sinking fund and postal service, and the average expenditure per capita under two Republican administrations; , .. Per Capita. Per Year. Garfleld-Arthur *6.43 *349,611,000 Harrison 7,01 449,463,1u3 Here Is an inorease for Harrison over the last preceding Republican administration amounting to 58 cents per capita per year, or a round $100,000,000 a year. We give the figures of inorease for

“WE SEE THE FARMER LISTENING TO A DELUSIVE STORY THAT FILLS HIS MIND WITH VISIONS OF ADVANTAGE WHILE HIS POCKET ts BEINO BOBBED BY THE STEALTHY HAND OF HIGH PROTECTION.”—Grover Cleveland, July 20, 1892.-Chicago Herald.

every head of population because some Republicans endeavor to evade responsibility for Harrison’s extravagance by saying “this is a growing country." The figures per capita show that his expenditures have increased much above the increase in population. He has made an increase of 9 per cent, over the per capita expenditures and of oyer 30 per cent, over the total expenditures of the Garfield-Arthur administration. That Is, he costs, the people 9 per cent, a head more than Garfield and Arthur cost them, and In the total per year this increase' makes $100,000,000, or nearly a third of the total sum expended annually by Garfield and Arthur. We have made this comparison of two Republican administrations that Republicans may the better understand how costly are Harrison’s inoompetency and radicalism. Here is a similar comparison for three administrations: Per Capita. Per Year. Garfleld-Arthur *6.43 *349,611,000 Cleveland 6.15 363,634,000 Harrison..... 7.01 449,463,000 The reader will see here a great increase In Harrison’s average annual expenditures over those of both the Cleveland and the Garfleld-Arthur administrations. He will notice also that while Arthur’s per capita expenditure is considerably above Cleveland’s, Harrison’s Is mueh higher than Arthur’s. The plea that the increase of Harrison’s total is due to Increase of population being thus disposed of, no defense remains for Harrison. Hfe stands confessed on his record the costliest as well as the smallest President the oountry ever had.

The Issue Is, Shall Trade Be Free?

John Bidwell. the prohibition oand date for President, in his letter of acceptance, states three objections to protectionism. First, tariffs “do not seem adequately, if at all, to proteot labor. * * * There is no tariff on labor. ” Second, tariffs “bear unequally—that is to say, that under them the rich pay comparatively nothing and the masses nearly all the revenue so derived to support the Government.’’ They are directed at consumption. The poor man with a large family pays more than the rich man with no family. Third, tariffs “are blinding and deceptive. * • * There is not a man in the United States who can tell what he pays toward the support of the National Government." Besides people do not know what they pay, and imagine they pay very little; they tolerate reckless and extravagant expenditure, as they would not do if they knew exactly what they were paying.” These are all substantial and very grave objections to the existing tariff, but they do not go down anywhere near the root of the real question now before the American people. The question as to the best mode of raising revenue for the purposes of the Government is now pending. The question is not, Shall we have a tariff to raise needed revenue? but, Shall we have a tariff to take from the people $600,000,000, more or less, for the enrichment of favored classes? This great question of privilege, as opposed to right and justice, is the first question to be met and settled. The Democratic doctrine isthattaxes should be levied for no other purpose than to raUe revenue, and that a tariff levied to seize the property of the citizen, and

bestow It upon favored individuals to build up their private fortunes, is none the less robbery because It is under the form of law. The first business in hand is to apply this great doctrine of American law—a doctrine, as Gen. Black says, older than Amerioan law and eternally true—to the formation of our revenue system. Once that dootrlne is aocepted and established as the guide in all our tax legislation, it will be time to consider methods of raising revenue. To talk now as if It were merely a question as to one or another mode of raiding revenue is to ignore and obsoure the Issue. The question Is whether the tariff for robbery only shall be abolished once for all. The question ie, Shall we have free trade—absolutely free—with all parts of the world? The Democratic party says we must That settled, wo can then consider how to raise what revenue is needed without restraining any man of (he liberty to buy and sell uutaxed In any market in the world. Until then the issue must not be obscured.—Chicago Herald.

The Democratic party Is, above everything else, a people’s party. Logically and historically it is the people’s party. From the beginning of the Government until now it has fought for the rights of the many and ugatnst the aggressions of the few. Further than this it has always com-

WILL HE BELIEVE THAT STORY AGAIN?

manded the confidence of the people, and it has deserved this confidence. Every promise It has made when out of power It has fulfilled when In power. Since the war It has never controlled the Government, but It has been able In the House to check the extravagance of the Republicans and to protect the people from some of the outrages of aggregated wealth. For twenty years the Democrats have been in a majority in the country, yet in that time it, the Democratic party, has never onoe been able to pass a law without the consent of the Republicans. Grant was the last Republican President who was the choice of a majority of the people. At three Presidential elections since 1872 the Democrats have cast more votes than the Republicans, and in the fourth Gen. Garfield’s yote exceeded Gen. Hancock’s by only 3,834. Here is an interesting table for those who still believe that the President of the United States 1b named by a majority of the people. ililliiiiil « i:::::::::: P Bec*l ve( l the greatest popuB B ft;:: FP|: : far vote. Msfiigjri'i'i Nnmb ® r 1 : e °i ea remilSSeag s BgKKOSpKDafgri §.&! » 36 B. .* Received the seo®P 1 2 ~¥a • : ° n<l greatest popni*>ote. K-bervote, ss« I Plurality piilliiili sf§l §t - Tout vote. WiiliiPPi To-day the Democrats outnumber the Republicans by half a million votes and again the Republican leaders expeot to succeed by dividing their opponents.

The Porter census shows that the amount of the real estate mortgages filed in Illinois in nine years is nearly three times the total assessed value of all real estate, improved and unimproved, in the State as shown by the report of the State Board of Equalization (Republican) for 1892. At first glance this would seem to be the worst possible result of the Republican plutocratic policy, but it is not. j Kansas shows a worse. The Auditor of Kansas in his current report gives the ; total assessed value of all lands and i lots, improved and unimproved, In Kan- ! sas at $241,100,072, while the census gives the amount of mortgages filed in ! nine years as $402,699,640, with an 1 existing mortgage debt of $235,485,108, lop nearly the total assessed value. The ! census gives no statistics of foreclosure. I Every foreclosure is counted in as a settlement and put to the credit of the | plutocratic pollov as a lowering of the i total of existing mortgage Indebtedness.

The People’s Party.

Kansas Under the Plat cratic Policy.

But though there have been so many Kansas foreclosures thus credited, the private mortgage debt of Kansas still averages $lB7 per capita, as shown by the census. This excludes debt in open aocount, debt secured by chattel mortgages and the debt on the real estate of Kansas corporations. The State Auditor’s report gives figures from which, la connection with the census statistics, the following partial summary of Kansas indebtedness has been prepared: Farm and home mortgage debt $255,483,108 Kansas railroad indebtedness 358,260,650 County and town debt 37,118,877 State debt proper 810,00# Chattel mortgages (estimated* 73.000.000 -tor . , Total : $906,675,735 Total assessed value of all property In State, real and personal 348,159,90 Excess of debt over assessed va1ue.5568,215,791 Even taking out the figures of railroad and chattel mortgage indebtedness and omitting all meution of current unsecured debt, this burden is crushing. It is hard for the people of Kansas to sea their way out. Indeed, under the plutocratlo polloy, illustrated by the Harrison administration and the Reed Congress, there is no way out for them. If, however, they could get their right of way to European markots and get the full exchange value of their crop surplus, they might get free of debt in ten or fifteen years; even though if their entire State ana all the property In it were now sold at auction It would not bring them in sight of a quittance.

<>on. Stevonsun's Open Ins Speech. The spoooh of Adlal E. Stevonson at Bloomington was an admirable presentation of the issues Involved in the present campaign. Without resort to the tricks and Insincerities that flften mark the de iverances of campaign speakers, particularly men of the characterof MoKinley, Reid, and Burrows, he appealed to the intelligence and common sense of his auditors. He relied upon the justice of the cause that he advocated to confirm the faith of Democrats and to overthrow the sophistries of Republicans.—Rochester Union and Advertiser. Now that the aetivlttes of the political campaign are being entered upon la all parts of the country, the forceful utterances of our standard bearers curry added interest and Importance. In Bloomington, the home of our party's candidate for the vice presidency, the campaign was opened on Suturday with much vigor. Mr. Stevenson delivered the main address of the day. The leading topics receiving his careful consideration and forcible treatment were the tariff and the force bill. —Buffalo Tlmea. The speech of Adlal E. Stevenson before the mammoth Democratic gathering at his home at Bloomington was a splendid campaign deliverance, and ite Influence for good will be deep and extensive. It was strong, dignified and convincing. By the attention and vigorous treatment he gave to the tariff ha covered with ridicule the Republican allegation that the Democratic party la disposed to evade or minimize this question for the benefit of any other.—Rochester Herald.

A. E. Stevenson struck the key note j of the campaign at Bloomington. Ho made an unanswerable argument against the ruinous polloy of the Republican party, and closely kept to the history of his country to prove his positions. The tariff has been raised from 19 per cent, to 60 per cent, under Republican rule. He showed from Republican authority that this Increase was in the nature of a tax. —Burlington Gazette. The prompt and effectual way La which the Democratic candidate for, Vice President rebuked an auditor who interrupted his reference to Mr. Blaine with a brutal remark regarding this em* lnent Republican is creditable to oui candidate, and it ought to be useful everywhere as an example Of the proper amenities of political discussion.—New York World. “The man who gave you an honest administration of the Government, who wrested from the grasp of those who had robbed you of your heritage eighty millions of acres and restored it to this public domain, whose principle In action is 'Public office Lb a public trust,* * is Mr. Stevenson’s superb tribute to his chief. —Boston Globe. The issues of the campaign were fully and clearly presented by the able speakers and the march to victory begun by the enlistment of active and persistent workers. A general imitation of this good example is all that is neoessary to success.—Harrisburg Patriot. A CABEFtTL microscopic test has not developed anything In Adiai Stevenson’* Jloomington speech to justify the Republican claim that the Democrats am peeking to evade the tariff Issue.— J I'ansas City Star.

THE LOSSES AT SEA.

is tt# Ehriy Btcwnssfcly Osfi. From 18M, the time whra transatlantic itcswdaap traffic was established, till 1878 there were 144 steamers of ail classes lost, says Prat Dyer in the Scottish Review. Of these twenty-four never reached she ports for which they sailed, itlieir fates being unknown; tea wera hunted at sea, eight were sunk in collisions, three were sunk by ice, and the others were stranded or lost front various causes. Many of these were email, but some were of considerable size tad their ‘loss earned much public feeling. Tbs first which disappeared was the President, which wadsever heard of after she sailed in (84L. A Cunnrd steamer, the Columbia, was wrecked by ruuning asbor* in 181$, but it is some whet remarkable that this was the only Atlantic steamer lost in thirteen years after tbs disappearance of the President, a fact which speaks volumes for the quality of the workmanship of the shipbuilders trad engineers and the skill and care of das navigator*. In 1854 the City of Gian gnw, with (80 souls on hoard, was mever seen nr heard of after she sailed, assd in the same year she Arctic of the Celliniline was sank by a collision and 5®2 persons perished, anil two years bier another of the same tine disnp|>eared with 188 persons on board. The Austria, of the^l&ancbttrg-American line, was burned at sea in 1858, with a loss of 171 livee. Home of the most striking losses ia the following yean were the City of Boston of (the Inman tine, which disappeared in 1870, with upward of 200 perrons on, board; the Atlantic of the While Star line, which ran ashore in 1878, causing the leas «f 560 lives; the Ville da Havre of the French line, which waa mink by .collision in the English channel 2:it persona drowned; the State of Florida, sunk by collision with a tailing ship, aud the Cunnrd liner Oregon, by the same cause with n coal schooner. Statistics -show a great decrease in the number <>( accidents and losses during what may lie called rihe modem period of pesmskipa, .ae'compared with the earlier, and especially wads the transition period from miking vessels to steamships. The record for tthe year 1800 was of the mod. satisfactory kind, tor, notwithstanding all the risks m waived, we Bnd that these were •nearly 2,000 trips made from New Turk alone to varans European ports **d that about 280,000 cabin JMWKc.agers wem carried, in addition to 873*000 emigrants, all without any accident. ft .is an interesting fact to note that In •the huge Jure of steamers the average safety of the nailer's life is high- The late Thomas Gray stated, for instonoq, that In (the Union line to the cape he found that uuly one puasenger had did in twenty yearn, and that four seamen diet! in throe years. In the lVmitattlar and (Mental only one seaman bad did in om year au the forty vessels of the line, and during three years not a single passeugsr hud been lost; the Inman line had lost mo ys—rngen out of a million, and only eleven seamen luul died in three ! years, and the Canard liners had no p»sI Kcngcra lost in three yean and only nice ' seaman dead.

ABOUND THE HOUBE.

A snggtsfiau comes from abroad that the fi i|i isat gwaiimi thrulri fnrtr —-* rose geiaufoua beloved by uur gzaud■rothere bmpu flies away, A —derate sized geranium shrub is said to he so disegmeahte to flare that they mold its TunghboAmui, aud two of these pberis ia a room will daw them out altogether. Twu Fur Pm*.— One of the mate aggravating Brings to a person of good Renee, says the editor of the household departmental the Tribune, is the method which people employ ia deaßug with flies, ft— tmr, useful scaveograa, and il they would fosit their Inroads to placet where thfla needed, they wwtedde good sarefca. Unfortunately, however, when they sum come in force thro often pnnrademe mote cleanly homes. Due at the moat oaecemful methods in 4mßng with flies is to hang up some herb m plant which is offensive to them, and net offensive to the residents of the !buu>%. Sweet clover, which grows plentifully by the roadside, nod has a faint, pheasant odor, unobjectionable to any one not afflicted with hay fever, has the reputation of befog abhorred by flies. A few sprays of this plant hung in the parlor, or « cluster of the sweet, white Ussd-Hk* heads as a boqueton the centre--tattlq. w3B do more work in ridding the tooth of flies than a dozes flytraps. There foexnosiderable doubt whether any trap wfearik contains —fosses, sugar or any ouch ana terial does not draw in more flics tthra 3t kills, besides befog a disgusting and as cleanly way of meeting this nuisance. There ia no hope of dealing • suexxrafnlly with flies unless scrupulous chraafl ness is the rale of the bouse. The men tinacityof flies has been celebrated fcj IloTner, and sa Englishman, taking -offvantage of this trait, has just invented a curious kind of window pane, which m s successful means of driving flies out <sf the room, es well as preventing their to 1 gress. It is well known that flies ehmk upward, from the bottom of the pane to the top. This summer window pane hast the top cut off about an inch, ae that when the fly crawls up he naturally gees outdoors, la order to prevent the fogneas of flies by the same plan a omall pieoewf pane coming down from the top ouedapo this open space, but does* not touch the pane below, leaving jute roomier the fly to crawl up and out. To come in he must crawl down the pane, wuieh a fly seldom or never does. It is not intended that the permanent, window pane should be arranged in thin way, but that a window frame watheanca of this kind should be substituted for summer use.

A Man of Nerve.

W. B. Harbdr of California, with a camera, has photographed a man tiimnfi 'Jacob Myers, as he stood upon one loot. on the top of a limbless tree 196 leak high and fourteen inches in diameter at the top. Mr. Myers, it is claimed, performed the wonderful feat of dancing a jig on the top of the tree. M Mew people,” says Mr. Myers, “ like to go up aa nigh, but I have never yet seen a place too high for me. It is no trick at all for me in these great red woods to climb a tree, cnt off the top and stand on it. 1 have stead an the extreme end of aa electric tower in Tipton, lowa. The tower wan 159 feet high and I stood on a one-inch rod with one foot. 4>f this yoa can get proof from Tipton. I was a stranger there, but you can find that ‘f did so by askmg the people of Tipton. ” —[New York Dispatch.

To Subdue a Peacock.

If yon wish to take (he conceit out dt a peacock pull out his tail feathers, aad as toon as be finds the glory of his plumage gone be becomes the hs ablest, meet subdued aad ashamed looking bird that ever walked the earth. —[San Francisco Chronicle.