Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1895 — PVLSE of the PRESS [ARTICLE]

PVLSE of the PRESS

The Dead Btambnloff. A generation hence Bulgaria will honot Stambuloff as a national martyr.—Buffalo Press. He was a strong man and used strong measures, which gave his enemies their opportunity.—New York Herald. A thousand Stambuloffs should take the place of the one foully murdered by Russian sympathizers.—Philadelphia Ledger. The assassination of the exponent of a popular cause, however, will not suffice to suppress the aspirations of a nation.— Philadelphia Record. There is little reason to hope that the murder of Stambnloff will heal the feud and reconcile the courts of St. Petersburg and Sofia.—New York Tribune. AN e presume that if he had not interfered with Russian plans in regard to Macedonia he might be alive to-day.— Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. He (Stambuloff) seemed the one strong nian in a nation of weaUKngs, and he commanded not only obedience at home, but respect abroad.—New York Snn. The assassination of Stambuloff, the Bulgarian Minister, was clearly the re- , as wicked a conspiracy as the political history of Europe has known.— Memphis Commercial Appeal. NN hether by connivance of the Prince or by friends of Panitza, or by one of half a dozen other possible causes, Stambuloff is dead, and with his death, it is hardly to be doubted, dies the hope of Bulgarian independence for many years to come.— Syracuse Post. Modern life has had no more striking example of the essential vulgarity and brutality of undemocratic power and usurpation than this startling tragedy of Southwestern Europe. Stambuloff was slnin without doubt, if not by the direct orders of the Russian Czar, certainly then in pursuance of a policy which was hatched in the brains that serve him.— New York Journal.

Grover’s Girls. Grover nlways was partial to girls.— Pittsburg Press. Time wears on, still Grover sees nothing but bloomers in store.—Pittsburg Leader. Baby McKee has one more chance of becoming Grover’s son-in-law.—Hoxawot-tamie Herald. Presidents have to meet with disappointments just like the common run of mortals.—Jackson NYhig. That sign of “Boy Wanted” which was hung out at Gray Gables is still out.— Grand Rapids Herald. In course of time Uncle Sam may look for a President among the President’s daughters.—Boston Herald. President Cleveland sings it this way: “There’s just one more girl in this world for me.”—New York World. Although a son failed to arrive, Mr. • Cleveland has the satisfaction of greeting another new woman.—lndianapolis Journal. There is another dimpled darling in the Presidential houshold. Ruth becomes a sister every two years now. —Augusta Chronicle. If this thing of girl babies being born to President and Mrs. Cleveland keeps np, the ratio will soon be more than 16 to I.—■ Ohio State Journal. We feel it a duty to caution Mr. Cleveland against the free coinage of girls as a thing likely to destroy the parity of the sexes.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Girls are much more valuable than boys, especially at this time, when the new woman is taking possession of the earth. —Memphis Commercial-Appeal. As there is no politics in this the entire country, without regard to sex, age, or condition, sends its most hearty congratulations and good wishes. The White House has a trio of charming children.— Elgin News. While ex-President Harrison is discouraging matrimony by declaring that women on the bicycle repel the admiration of the male sex, President Cleveland is promoting matrimony by proving that marriage is not a failure. —Bloomington Bulletin.

The Endeavor Convention. Only fourteen years of history and 2,500,000 members! That is a marvelous record and a marvelous promise for the future. —Courier-Journal. The success of the great convention is a fine commentary on the safety, speed and comfort of the American railway system.—Philadelphia Ledger. The record of this organization is most gratifying. It stand as a refutation of the ideas advanced by cynics and others that the world is growing worse.—Kansas City Times. The Christian Endeavor meetings furnish conclusive evidence that the institutions of Christianity are maintained with their old fervor and that men’s lives are vitalized by a living faith. —Chicago Tribune. These earnest, self-denying young men and women gathered together to advance the spiritual kingdom of righteousness preach to the’world a sermon far more effective than the most polished effort of the mere pulpit orator.—New York Tribune. In the face of three great armies like the Sunday school children, the Society of Christian Endeavor and the Young Men’s Christian Association, the spectator may well ask himself what there is to the talk of a decay of the religious spirit.— Buffalo Express. The churches are rapidly finding out that if they want to retain their hold on the young people of the land they must put forward something more than the ethical and moral attractions of religion. They must appeal to the social side of human nature. It is the development of this sentiment which accounts in a large measure for the growth of the Christian Endeavor societies.—Brooklyn Eagle.

Expulsion of Modjeska. Mme. Modjeska, in view of her expulsion, will add to the list of her American admirers by her vigorous denunciation of the government which hns so long dominated Poland. —Chicago Tribune. Modjeska, the actress, is barred out of Russia for making a patriotic speech at the Chicago World’s Fair. She will no doubt find compensation in a more abundant harvest of shekels in America.—Minneapolis Tribune. So Mme. Modjeska has been expelled from Russia on account of a speech in favor of the Poles, which she made a long time ago in Chicago. It seems that Russia not only intends to punish free speech in Russia, but whenever there is a possible opportunity she proposes to punish free speech in America.—Boston Globe.