Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 29, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 15 October 1886 — Page 7
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WEEKLY COURIER. O. SOAXX, IHblllMr.
JASPER-
JKUlAXA.
THE WEIGHT OF A WORD.
ever thought of the weight of a
Rave y
worn
Mt fall ill it heart UkO UM MMMTOf WW. that jdadHeHa UM SrlNf-UH Of HMMMOCy M4
Ami yrmA wttk oedar Mm banner
...in. a a. -
mrlAIMM WW IMW M eeemfr t Trulk.
tw wk4wh IbeharveMlH H0 of I he brain Lite dowdruae that fail oa ih wttow sC Or th!uLwlvls me Ireoa aad Jesirera tba fruit And lhs tik a worm at tW Hfeteea root? I mw a farnw ai break of dar Hoihk his nti mil iBaryfMl war: An wwy (mm wlik a droaabt era, ImwourHaed Mm worker wad hurried by. fvTkeei) Kd blade of tbe faithful boo
L weeds mh-uu- up hu4 their faathsrs
loaiml Over tbe boW. a4 tbe roe waa tort. A sailor leunobed a aa anrr bar WIhhi she heavens entombed the rase of day; The wind aroas a beaut la pain. a it J akook or taa btttowa his eilow asane. foe storm beat J own aa K urted tba etoed, Am tbe waves baM up a drlaplH rtniudBut. harkl o'er the waters that MrlWly raved Cmm a word of obese, a4 k was-ssesd. . iuiwmhI with a sow of God
jiui in hU iiHrt Ilka h gem la a etod. Uii 11 m ware framed to preaouRoe
thOUffht, And tne music of n thin It Htajrie wrought; feeble at nrst wai the happy trfli. Low was the echo that Kiwwerfd the hill. But a Jealous t riead spoke near his Mdo, And ou his Upa the sweet sea- f fed.
bar war foroayh the
Bushes for milt, it seemed to Mr, be distance are d suae rive when m have to work your way. At luat, be, waitiag, rave a halloo which sounded absurdly loud, whoa right on tbe beekof H tba omuImn parted, al a radiant wood-nymph, to Ins sura, la a becoming (MMitiKie of buf lawn, tb aoft, Umim iraiMriH of which aba b4 eaairht Hp to pruteot tbw from the brambl, revealing Uierelty Ut atiff eotbroi4erei
rumea of an Immaculate K)rl. ana fauHkNM f?t bod in nt Freneh
walking booU. nut her eheek were
fluabed. bar ya rcra dautlinif, nnd
cloud of shining hair r rated lightly on her white forehead, llor wide bat.
push ml far bnek on her bead by some aabey branch, aervod na a frame to a
bewitching faea.
Sbo beheld a tall young man in Hunt
er' u buckkin, leaning on a nrte. JIw
urown eyea were a ana witw usual, from their waarinoas, Hirhan. His face waa elearly eot, and a dark Btuataeha adorned kts firm Hp.
bnr more than a moment tV raaoa
into oacU other's ovaa. then lauirhed
and bowed. After thanking br enthufiaetieally, he aaid: " I had no idea
nWr had not known a duaan boor
fora, bad proved anek a jolly eowrndo for the fow nonra o( tbeir aotinalntanoa that tbay honaathr ragrottod but depart Br-r. And tboagh they wMild hav diaelaimed indignantly, and with trot, any auggaation that they bad aunVrad ennui tore hia appvarance, still they
began to look forward to the po-wbki
he wommi com agam.
So M tnrnmg a nago Jt :
onkni HlMaaboek to kia norvonaajrswnwkm baaaw kkt pole bnd ami I MMkWwiy abow aymptoma of falling
beodloog Into Um atraam. no oaosr it with the mental ejacoUUJon: "It
MtiMt be a br one to pull Wut WMt
j ami atmfarhtway hk book was forgot.
ton. lb lifted Ute polo amt caremuj
kesran to draw in the line, a, tno
OtMOOftATIO AUTHORITIES.
iws IM4 hr taa UMa of Mm
CtHSarvkw Ma
The opposition of th Xtw York to aril-Mervioa reform leada it into forgalfulnesa of oartain pledge made by the Uemoeratio parr in rafcrenoa to iMincinlea. It daaUnate Proti
I LCZ LZ i. ThuM. tle adranrinr to the odg of bia nook deal CUrvoland'a adbereaoa to tkU ra-
danco, of eoorae. Bnt. tlnmgk not by to mm nfc game. form aa an attempted reversal of anv means tottiah people, thoy wore An axclaiuation of pain greeted am j. ayatem of poliUof.
Will not gregarioua to any axtont. mlort to tmn hta H. and inore onn jy- mks: Wbaro dooa ba Tt..i. .tiui inaiiiu.Li wr ikrnK. I rxk iw the brook hi WbeW bia eaten. , iT" , ' v .a-.
ably dim to their fondneaa for travel- lie gaaed in eonranthm at tbe aigkt U?M Tu( Kwer to thia kJ
. - . ,
always boen abw to gratify that fond- ing over roy bare foot, which bora
neaa. Amy, m laot, count nanny n"iw ime . - told which waa iter own country. She black mm-book. Hb$ affort to draw
was aa familiar with Mattee ami Uer- m mm lino ntnai nave -77-7
many aa America, and Scotland she pain, amt called tort tM moan wnien um Lived. Rut ainee thev bad smote on bw ear. Her bead was bent.
diaeovered the redwooda of California, aba wac intdrad by their grandeur to quite a strong patriotiam. for, though
ooemofKMitan bred, aoe waa aiiiomw
born.
The next Sunday John THertwood
eouhl hardly eononer bia deaire to vbdt
nia new irwwiK iw. am iwould be better taMe to let one Sunday
nl wvinnallinar a VIU1H to eOHle to I Wi
I tliAuvht iL waa a bov 1 elatMe between bia vwiu. He wa not
and her kanda were busy trying to draw out the ugly barb. "This mnat be another Lorelei.' be thought, "and these wood are surely haunted. I'll be earrmd off ky a pixie next." lie hardly knew how to offer hia servtaetM be wa evidently Hnobeerved, it waa awkwanl to break the silence.
tae
A woman paused where a chandelier n..utv In the durktteM its lolOHed se
Wesrr ami footsore from Journer'RKlomr.
aae hsd strayed URaweres from the right to
the w route. Anrela were beek'nlair bar baok from the
den. " B :i and Its uemons were beek'nlRK her ta:
Xke tone of km urehla, like one who forgivse,
wore mw.
and In Heaven, Mot sweet Ther are tittle, yet asJckty
Irew her baok. Words! Words!
and wave; Thar reneue h iMtkm. an emnlre save
Tlier close up the gap in fresh bloedlae;
That sickness and sorrow hare aevered apart.
They rail on the pata. ae a rar or lae unn. Where the shadows of dtath hty so hea
They IlKhten the earth over our blessed dead.
a worn iimi wni eomiwt, uhi ii b rui '
aaid.
A FORTUNATE AMLER.
f a It
who nnawereu me. and iuur exieu
to sou a barefoot bov. with eheeks of
tan.' imdoad of ' he heMtatod.
You will see no areloot boya
around here." she aaid, hastily.
'There is too great a fear of ratu
snakes."
I have not aeon any."
Mav be not. for they are not fear
fully prevalent, or I 4ouWnot be here.
Hut once in a wane you come crini
ugly fellow. I always go armed my-
--.-re , 1 . 1 . r . . .
eel!, sne sata, aucuy, prouuem a
tinv. sllrer-mounted na.-k from the
dantha of a oaiacHMii pocket. It
1 I . . I tM I- 1.
waa mil a eunitxse 01 tne naN n
caurht. for she plunged it back impa
tientiy, aa 11 ne reeoHteu tne itnpuue
of faiiulmritv.
If you will follow we," she said.
shortly
With all nv hart. I love the
wood, but betran to feel Ishould never
ptl out of this. I have been wanderinr about, seekiug a path which I could
follow anywhere lor six mortal nours.
It'seasv enouenwnen you Know
the way."
"Ah, but every one hurt a dryad."
Hut of course it wa only fair that he
I'll , naw.M - . 1 -
UICV UJU mK NNK iw mm vtsiuiQ viwn
three weeks. But in that week, Mr. Deeart received a tolerram that de
manded hU immediate presence in
Kew York. And m a few daya thh
family, always prepapjdfor euch emer-
Sencie, were on tneir eaKwaru way. Ir. Deeart, aa politenea-j demanded.
wrote a note of explanation and apology to Mr. Weetwood, who- addre; heintended to transcribe from the San
FrancLuio directory, ilia intention
were rood, but when they had left iw but bus dryad ot a year ago.
YarK ajia win lar osi on me auh.k, 1 ever itrxiie m"'
. . . . I IT L. AB.
wa-i nsL eaavinz "Allow me. nnea
she suddenly ne, witliout having extraeteil the book, and attempted the feat of walking on her heel. Then raiaing ber eye, she aaw htm belpleM ami guilty before ber. "Vorr she eried, faintly, and let her skirts d-p quickly over her feet, whereat the former became aa wet a the latter.
"You!" be cried in rapture; for it was she! no stranre pixk nor Lorelei,
go. "tan you asked in deep
The Beat
"Catch" of Man's Life.
a Toun summer
"No, I'm especially engaged for the bill-side (as Grimm a pe ... :.. .1'. .n.,jti-" aim mLt I dreamed the whole thinr.
airily acknowledging hie meaning. It .was iat . tsqamm -
"Whenrm at home," she continued, lowing yearoeiorerfoau r. v
I .i.;,,v;n n,s.vuv.n rvonlUlfar. aallI for I able to take his annual acs:Kn irum
They were summering m the Santn r,I,rH ,.it u. Anr nu,, biteiaees earea. But the days grew so
of well, every thing in general.
he discovered the still unaildree-ed contrition, "let me taite mh note in one of his many pockets- wretched book." It is unnecessary to dwell on the dis- She offered no resistance as be lifted .niu.i..t Tuirnriiw i.f Mr. UVt- her ib on a mossy lor. and then deftly,
wood, when in hieh spirits he set out and as really as poible, cut out the
nn the wooilland path, only to find a I barb. Of
- . a .
deserted house at tne end ot iu lie reeated tbe vWt at odd intervals dur-
inr tne rest OI uie summer ami jbm. . ... . . i. .:,
but always wun me same reuii, u
he finally gave up la despair, ana
came near to believmg that he had never been lost in the redwoods, but
had fallen asleep on an enchanted
Grimm a people uoi ami
I ... I , I l-l
. ratHnnr nnwKiui vnAi lull .hhh.
iug the mlmira- "'.XT! -J JL , " .1 T.v "
? If a bumbling f n ,WWf!n,w? lr"' luranof vellow kow-' R kimlf.
fm I 41 MsrrkAAtika1 tsfl laa tMaZ-kr nil UaA lUtMl IT
Cruz mountoins, the most delightful place in the most delightful State in
the Union. The days wore lonjr, but
full of the interest that extended ram
ble and svlvau discoveries confer. A
line stream, in which one could wade or bathe to heart's content, kept up it
ceaseless conversation, like the hum of
near and far voice. How beautiful in
the oarly morning was the light falling on tbe ranks of giant redwoods; and aurely there never was a bluer, purer skv than that bent above it all! Atnv Desart. book in hand, sauntered
down a leafy path, on which faint rays of litrht from the far sky sifted down
through the redwoods1 odorous branches, glinted on their scarred trunks, and fell like silver arrows into the rich
shade of the forest. The book she car
ried was a pretext. The day was for
dreaming, and what printed page could
charm the eve. when uiere were a
thousand distractions temntinr the
curiosity and chalienr
tion of a healthy nature &m. a vasrrant bird, a cl
violets or a broad "golden back" were
Motirh to sneak to a poetic soul or
charm an artist's eye, who could tire of watching the grander beauties of a redwood forest, or weary of the sudden
rlimnses tlirouirh opened boiu-hi of
the sublime bine mountains? So a
book was miite a tweless thine to Miss
Amv Desart. but at tbe same time her
habitual companion.
She was aroused from her lazy droaminsr by a loud halloo. Indeed,
she was not immediately aroused, for the hallooing had been going on for Stiite a respectable length of time beore her drowsy consciousness stirred to the effect of something unusual; for hallooinsr. save for owli, was by no
means common in those silent depths.
Once aroused from her summery stupor, she listened with crowine interests.
The calls continued at intervals, paus
ing, seemingly in expectation or hope of some reply. Miss Desart concluded.
as site heard no responsible imnoo irom any other jmrt of the forest, that the call was from some one lout in the wilderness. As soott as her half somnolent brain hail formed this conclusion, her voice took up the idea, and when another desperate and far away shout eame to her ear, she answered with a musical call from her vigorous young lungs, at the same time going in the evident direction of the sound. She was heard, for a responsive call came in slightly louder tones, so she knew that, whoever it was, he was approaching her voice. Making a trumpet of her hands, she oned: Lost?" The answer oame quite distinctly, evidently trumpted la the same manner: "Yes." She lost all her languor. Here was something of lively interest to occupy her time. "Who are you?" she called. "John Westwood," came the answer. 4Of San Francisco," he continued.
Unhesitatingly she plunged into the undergrowth and trackless way of the woods, her stuide the voice, winch kept
up a, rather one-sided conversationif
that o 11 be called a conversation. as
he only answered occasionally toshow him that she was coming. She had 110 foar of beinr lit hirlf. for she had.
time and again, roara?d in the deepest nnd wildest part of the forest, which
wiMiuM 01 landmarks for her. 'Out hnnting-and-lost-my-way,"
mm srowiy and detaohedly to her
tars.
hhe stopped and said to herself: "I've a mind to leave kirn to hi fate.
Ihe idea of desecratinr this sacred
place with a shot-gun!" However, she proceeded to the ret
mm, determining to rive Mr. John
Weetwood a eauetKj picoe of her mind
Was once she had discovered him. (It la safe to say here, ia parenthesis, that forgot her cruel i a ton t km wag fee -mea aae eame up to him.) int p&ked
We're nomad."
I'm mot happy. Miss Desart," he beean in the still manner some iieople
adont when acknowledsrinr an intro
duction, "to Had in you an-anrel un
awares," he concluded with regained
ease. "And and. he went on mv-
chievouslv. "1 think 1 was bitten by a
rattlesnake some time utts morning.
She turned in alarm and met his
eves, in wmch ne oouhi not remreea a
twinkle.
Why. vou said you badn t seen
- -
anv."
I didn't see one, out 1 m sure 1
ntut have heard a good maay, ami
one could easily bite me and I not pay
much attention to it, you know, in my
nenlexitv."
-.1 , , , . e , f t . .
sne reraruea aim careiuiiy, ien sure
that he was a gentleman, and saw be
sides the mischief 111 his eyes a great
exhaustion.
I came off at lour tin morning.
warm
that be determined to break
a . m ...
away from tne not pavement am. ceaseless noise of the city, for a week
in the mountains, isut where? lhere
were mountains north of him, mount
ains east of him, mountain south of him. He had only to choose. The mountains to the north were tbe Marin Countv branch of the Coast range, of which'Tamalpais ia the most prominent feature. But Tamalpais is visible from the citv, so they wouldn't do. The same fault attached to the mountain to the east, that rise from tht arid
San Joaquin plains. Mount Diablo was lnd MtMkf .1 . is, 1 :ur..u! I
ineir great laiiare. mu hw majesty was plainly visible from the city. To tbe south were the Santa Crux mountains, ia whose depths his short-lived romance of a year ago was enacted. It is not strange that ignoring the charms of Mendocino redwoods which necessitated a day or two of steamboat travel, and steeling his
heart ajrainst Donner lake and the
barb. Of course it was painful, but two or three little gasps were all the sign she gave, and they eut him to the heart, lie tore up his handkerchief for a strip to wrap arouad the little bleeding toe. 'And now," he said, as gayly as he felt to be eoasfetent with a bad conscience, 'fishermen always carry their catch home, 1 believe, and you ean not
walk."
She Yielded to this arrangement, say- . . . . . . V t I . -... .J
mg: it isa t iar a nau juei started out to wade up stream for ferns." So Paul-ami-Virginia-wise, carefully over tbe stones and up the road he bore hia sweet burden, to the door of Hepsvlam, where many explanations
were the order ot tne uay. jur. issari. gave him the long deferred letter, and they all forptve him for capturing Amy so cruelly. But at his wedding, some months la'ter. he confided to his friends at large that it was the finest catch be had ever made; ami none who saw his lovely bride questioned the $tatemHt And Amy declares no one ean ever sav that she angled fer a husband." A". L. CurntrikH, in Otwr-
POST-OrFrOC MAWAOCMCMT.
A saartaisa WM-m
ems M4 BM
Tbe lUpubllcaa aewsfapaw at IMo
am wateMng ekhwly tae Pin
aratk potmrte. aad taking- wfvry opportunity, and maklag maay mt
them, to Nad fault wtta m
eat by Democrats of tko
of the oouatrr. In maay
town it k vary aotieeabia. WmM
members of their owa party
noetmaators. these Jteimmicaa
paper bad very little if any fault to find, and were generally ready with
excuses for aay actual faults of error
or neaiigenoo, but now taey waeoa
eloselv ami eagerly setae upon tao mast error, and magnify IL Tbk may
he human, or rather Jtopumieaa panv nature, but at the same time it is neither fair nor jm. While taoro may be mora or less frictioa caused by the changes made ia pestmastors at over the eouatry, the fact remains taa the flrst eighteen months of this Democratic Administration shows a raw oral advanoe all along tbe lino ia the anVcieney of the mall serviee, while at the same time there has been a large saving ia expenses. Tbe official nguros show these facts. Another matter has had much to da with the eftlcienej- of the serviee. This was the election of President Cleveland. Before his election many Republican postmasters regarded themselves as perfectly independent of the people and the'patroas of their ofRe. So loaf as they were all right with the Republican Senators or their owa member of Congress, too many of. them regarded that they had a sure thinr on the oflteee they held, no matter kow oarelessor inefficient may have been their management of it. Tbe moment the election of Cleveland was assured there was a
decided change. Postmasters paid
much stricter attention to the
of their offices, and were much
very simple. In the Democratic platform on which he was eketod' "But."
argues our luminous eon temporary, "turn in sr to tbe National Denworattc
platform, we nnd the sum of the Dem
ocratic declaration regarding the re
form of tbe civil service to be for aa
hanaat Ciril-Servies reform.' If the
Democracy had intended, upon aseum
lag the control of the Government, as in 1884 they hoped to do, to make the eiril serviee aon-nartisan. as Mr. Cleve
land had proposed, aad to establish
permanent tenure of olllce, the inevitable result of auoh a system, it ean not
be suoDosed that they would have
failed to record their intention." Tbe
Democracy, ia that platform, offered to the venerable statesman, whose memorv is dear to his party, and alo
to the Kew York Sum, "tbe pledge of our devotion to the principles aad cause now inseparable in the history of this Republic from the labors and the name of Samuel J. llldau." Eight
Years before, that illustrious states
man was nominated and elected
on a Democratic platform which said
"Axpcrwace proves tuai imcmm economical conduct of the Governmental
business is not possible if its eivil servU ha sullied to ckanre at every elec
tion, be a prise fought for at the ballotbox, be a brief reward of party seal, instead of posts of honor assigned for nrovad 'joaiDeteaev. and held for fidel
ity in tlie nublic amnlov: that the dis- aennimodatin? and consider ia
Tum&inv of natroaaara should neither be I tnir treatment of tbe people. Their
a tax upon the time of all our public Democratic successor have preformed men, nor tbe instrument of their am- their whole duty, and have taken pride bition." in the promptness and eflieacy of the This, the Shh will acknowledge, is service, and their assistants aad clerks explicit enough and sound Democratic have for various reasons been spurred doctrine. (Ja this Mr. Tilden w on to increased aeal and energy m their elected, and on this the Democracy, work. ia 1834. renewed to him the pledge While tbe changes ia postmaster
ai tkair devotion to the principles and their assistants am, elerks nave
and the cause thev fought for in 1876.
. . Kd.a m -9 W 7. M. IT
Un tne aota 01 dune, inoz, senator fendletoa, whom the Sum must acknowledge to be very excellent Democratic authority, closed one of his most brilliant speeches in favor of Civil-Service reform with the words: "To-day, the Democratic party is putting itself at the head of that return; Civil-Service reform is writ on its escutcheon and emblazoned on its banner. By its
not been as general as is generally supposed thousands of Republican postmasters, elerks, etc, yet remaining ia the service it k a matter of congratm t latioa and honest pride that Democrat all over the country have shown thornselves capable of taking bold of too mail service and running it without a jar or break and with Increased oftcienev. At tbe commencement of tak
Administration many foolish Republie-
BERMUDA ISLANDS.
Thtr T9;rrM. MhKery, Trodae, aad Other ltM of Inter- t. The Bermudas are a group of small islands belonging to Great Britain, situated in the Atlantic Ocean, 5S0 miles southeast of Cape Hatters. The
-?" on
ailaAa Fmrf the dis-
six with a deer for breakfa!." You are staying at F asked. F was a village
line of tbe railway, about a mile
tant. " I have been ther for the last week, but intend to return to tbe city to-morrow. I suppose you can snow me the way to F ?" Oh, yes. You must have been very faint. We are nearly to the path; and Miss Desert's compliment, and will Mr. John Weatwood deign to partake of aa informal lunch at Hepsidam?" " Mr. John Weetwood accepts with dae informality, not to say that he jumps at the chance. But where and what in the name of the redwoods i Hepsidam?" " Hepstdam as the name signifies is 'a place in the wilderness,1 rented during the summer months to camperi
for a small stipend. We have been
down every summer for three years.
But here we are.
He stepped out on the path ami
stood beside her. How fragant and
eool the woods were. The broad.
leafy path made one sigh with pity for
those who were bound to treau me
stiflinr streets of the city. They soon
reached the cottage, which wa not far .a . a. a .1 V.
from where thev struck tne pat-n. it
was an idyllic repast that awaited them.' Mrs. Desart was as lovely ami
cordial as her daughter, aad Mr.
Desart was full of bonhommie and unconcealed delight, at meetiag any one
so recently Irom tae city.
I wish I had had the good lack to
lose myself in this vicinity a week ago," said Weetwood, regretfully, as lie was taking his departure, consider
ably later 111 tm$ afternoon.
"Well, you can iind vour way here eaxily now. and we shall be glad to see
you at any time, said patenaminas
cordially.
"lhank you lor your kiadnee. wk
mv vacation ends to-morrow," he
siirbed.
Thev all HMned mm on his walk
hotelward, to make sure of hk takinr
the ritrht turas and ancles which were
to take him to F , ami it wemed to him that Amv was eten more beauti
ful in the tender twilight than before.
Thevtmrted from him as warmly as
from an old friend, with cordial hand
shakes all around, and Mr. Depart told
him to run down anv Sunday when he
wanted a breath of the redwoodsan
invitation cordially seconded by Mr.
Desart, and shyly by Amy. TbeysUnW
aad watched him till he reached
bend ia the road, whore he turned ami
waved hk handkerchief, at which
three handkerchiefs fluttered in re-
Mtoflte. then the bead in the road hid
him from jdrht. They turned back on
th path with rather a lonesome feel
ing, for thk bright young fellow, whom
. . . . .1
mum u liirHiMi ii i ton a corii reel, xmu
snowy Sierras (whiea were ratner far eighteen miles in length and six m
va into tc "'""V I greatest weatu. x ne group contains
sees tne oracin raimnwiu im m wc Santa Cruz range. F was only a
few hours distant from tae citv, anu
nearly 400 islets, most of them being mere' points of rooks, and not more
et the place was a wild, untrodden
wilderness a wilderness posemg the great advantage of accessibility. One bad only to strike out from the station at F ia any direction to
lose himself as be had once proved George's, Ireland,
in a virj-in ana pnmevmt loreeu ll.rkl's. The isiaw
than twelve of them are inhabited.
Tbe area of their entire surface k not more than 12,000 acres. Bermuda, the large island, k sixteen miles long and about, one and a half miles in
width. Tbe other principal if lands are:
eland. Somerset anu islands are. nearly stir-
had no hope of meeting hiouou- rounded with hidden coral reefs, makacquaintaiices again. If they had ;B approach to them difficult, but
there are several rooa aaroors.
He
lam
been down at all, be felt sure they had nown before that. He assured him
self that be would not have wished to
meet them, for they had treated him
babbtly. It was a most contradictory
mpulse, then, that drew him the very
hr.t day of his arrival past the red- ! wood cabin. If he had hoped for any a . t t AP.f
siirn ot an win- o-Mie-wiep inswis
however, he was uisappotnieu. io sign of life was about the place, aad he avoided it in hk future rambles. The
arge streams that flowed through the
forest were famous for trout, and to trout-nVhing he devoted himself, as offering fewer opportunities forgetting
lot than hunting tae wary ueer. so with rod and line, a plentiful supply of
light literature, and a sportsman's lunch basket well filled, he would start out for the da v. He wax iwjHirtial in
hk choice of streams and often angled
in tne one mat nowea near iM-pmam.
He choose that one to-day, and made
his way an the stream for a long dis
tance by lea pin g from stone to stone, or by walking the mighty length of the
rod wood trees that lay. as tttey aau fallen, in and across "the stream in eVerv direction, and by wading with
hi water-defying boot m the beautiful
smooth stretches of water.
George's Isle, the military station of the colony, commands the entrance of the onlv passage for large vessels, which
k defended by strong nattenos. i ne climate of tbe islands is peculiarly delightful, the thermometer ranging from, to 66 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter season and from 3 to 96 degrees Fahrenheit in the beat of summer, and the air fe moist at all times. The soil Is fertile, and vegetation remains green through the entire year. Tbe , chief productions of the klands are arrowroot, coffee, cotton, garden vegetables, and fruit A ftne quality of rum is also made and exported. Cedar trees grow abundantly, and their wood is exported ami also used in tne manufacture of tbe small, swift veaoek with whofe aid tbe klandcrs visit one another for business or pleasure. The fisheries of the inlands are very valuable. There are
no fresh-water streams or wells on the
klands. but ram-water, causm in
ckterm, k ued for all purposes. The only large towns are Hamilton, situated on Bermuda, and St. George, on the kl of the same name. The Bermuda Islands were discovered in 1522. by Jean Bermwdea, a Spaniard, who was wrecked on them. Sir George Homers was also w reeked here m 1609
strength, and. in order to perfect it, J n$ sneered and proclaimed that Dem
the Democratic party win. sooner or later, come into power. When that time does some, when we take possession of thk Government, when we shall put ia the high places of power our worthiest and best, the President of the United States, the Chief of the State,
under the people, the source aad fountain of honor and power in the country, will bo able to say to allasVanArtereld
said, im response to V anclatre, who w as thanking him for his promotion: Supremacy of stent, the sole nteaas And broad bhrbwr to power. nerttorMus4.r adminietor d. White all Its iastrumeale. from Irstlo hut. ebooa for thok aptness to these end Waleh virtue meditates.' " If. this is not sufficient to convince the Sun that Civil-Service reform k a Democratic institution to whieh the party is nledred. perhaps our esteemed
contemporary will hearken to the I words of our grandest statesman. In Mr. Tilden's letter accepting the nom
ination, in 1876, written m Mis city, oa the 31st of July of that year, he says: "The convention justly affirm? that reform is aeeossary in the civil
service, necessary to its unification, necessary to its economy and efficiency, necessary in order that toe ordinary employment of public business mar not bo a priae fought for at the ballot box, a brief reward of party seal, instead of posts of honor assigned for proved competency and held for fidelity in tbe publk employ. Two evils infest the official service of the Federal Government One k the prevalent and demoralizing motion that tbe public service exists not for the business and benefit of the whole people, but for the interest of the officeholders, who are, in truth, but tbe servants of the people. The other evil is the organization of the official class
into a body of political mercenaries.
ocrats were not capable of managing the intricate affairs of the Post-offioa Department That matter has now bee fully tested. Tbe nail service k better to-tfay than it was when the Democrats took hold of it D Moint Lfitr. An Anti-Btaino Combination. The overwhelming sueeeas aehmra by Senator Edmunds ia tbe eketioa of ... . .
a Legislature maoe up atmost aaaai mously of that gentleman's friend, aad, therefore, assuring hk re-election to the Senate of the United States for another term of years, has already had the effect of crystal liaing certain elements opposed to a renomiaatioa of Blaine in 1888. The fight against Edmunds by the Blaine managera ia Vermont rallied all the opposing strength whkh could be mustered. After such an iadorsement as Mr. Edmunds received be will take an open and advanced stand against the Main candidate. Between Edmunds and Coakling there exist tbe closest political and personal relations. In to contest over the formation of tbe Elo. toral tribunal to couat Hayes iato the Presidential office. Edrauads exerted, every effort to make Coakling a member of that body. Coakling had atroused the distrust of his party by hk apathy after tbe doubtful result of the contest became established, and increased that feeling later by the announcement that one of tbe Oregon electors belonged to Tilden. The support of Mr. ConkKajg oa that occasion by Mr. Edmund came very near breaking up the Senatorial eaucus. It was only through the influence of Senator Simon Cameron
and a few others that aa open raptors in tbe partv wa avoided aad FroKar-
berot too
huvsaa'a eeleetton as a
tribunal was accomalbih. VMiiU-
governing the caucuses and dtetatinr 1 pAw Times.
the nominations of their own party.
Further oa, Mr. Tilden recommends "the patient, careful organization of a better civil service system under the tests, wherever practicable, of proved competency and fidelity." Is it fair, then, for the Sn to characterize Mr. Cleveland's Civil-Service reform policy as belonging rather to the Republican
The builders of Republican plat
forms at tbe North have thk year omitted two planks which ia other times were regarded as an essential part of tbe structure. Indeed, to ex
hume an expression which ba now passed into ancient history, we might call them tbe very "mad-silk" of the
At lt be reached a place he iudred
favorable alike for angling and for on his way to irginia. lie continued reading. It w a redwood trunk. .oft J hk journey after repairing hi yes;!,
with mo-y growms nw among migniy
iKiwlders; and from thk shelter hh line could play mi a smooth ebbly pool
that promised lots of trout Here he
em-cont-fd himself comfortably, batted
hk hook. Hung hi- line out into the
stream, propped the pole up near at
hand (which mav not be a cienUhc
and the glowing description which he gave of the islands induced a colony from Virginia to emigrate thither in 1611. The groupwas nrst callwl Somen, Island, bit later the name was changed in honor of it first dtwoverer. In 161 1 a colony from England settled on the klnnds under a charter from
mg . - KenuUicm itelMoal edUic. We refer
piauorm man so use u-stocnuvr ib i - - ,i j .i t.i rj tk- T-:ut ahoubl to tbe "negro raoaiutton, Md taa
niew with alarm" plank, which bar
Sun's hatred of tbe President should
not load it to tbe extreme of falsifying
the records of tbe Democratic party.
4fMMjr Arqns.
wav to h. but was quite in the way James 1., and in 1 M0 a regular govern-
of a laxv voung man), atretehed him- meat was etaMfehcd there. During
self at full length oa hk broad divaa, the civil war many persons of position cboe themost codversatioual novel hk wealth took refuge on the islands, pockt bore and was soon deep in its and the colony became large and prospages?. neroits. The government of the BerBehind him rose an aiolutelv per- bum! consists of a Governor and Connpendkutar cliff, many feet m height, dl apiH,into4l hy the Crown, and an ailott n from top to bottom with waving semblyofM members elected by the m. at I l a. 'I't- so. u ask I .a t C Aaa aa aat.il aaa M
five finger" feras. They were of fucn i i-ie- iwpiii-iH, , 1 s
TO If!
dene ami larre rrowth that no imrtjon
of the rocky wall was visible, ami down through the tops of the redwoods, hundreds of feet above and over the living f;rren curtain, the sun seat hk f Ickerng rays. Tbe trout were wary and gave h'im plenty of time to got interetod in hk book, which, being a lively WMMtr novel, caused him soon to forget tbe sayaoe of tbe doakoa si the
the censwi taken in 1861. k
habitants, of whom about 6,000 are white people. There was a penal colony ostaldkbed bar early in tbe century, but it was given up In 1862. There are a number et schools and churches on tbe Mauds and the white person? resident hr are possessed of mnch wealth aad refiaemaht CmVuy Jitter
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. It k said that Hon Willi -.m E. Chandler k among the New Hampshire politicians who think Mr. Blaine should be laid on the shelf. ifefe
Trtmteripi. The people are with G rover Cleveland because be k just, fearless
and mindful of the obligations ot his
office, and because be has risea above the level of a mere politician. Wash
ington 7W. Political assessments are a wrong to the individual. It k uajust to compel a public servant to surrender a percentage of his salary under the same sort of moral compulsion that k employed by a highwayman. They are a wrong to the pabMc If tbe salaries of officeholders are large enough to warrant a ten per sat. deduction for party expeasos
heretofore played seen a promimm
part in the compilation of pni when "our friends, the enemy,'
wont to air their political faith. M would seem from these omissions that the Northern Republicans are no longer in such awful dread of the bold, bad Confederate brigadier?, to whom they ascribe the fall purpose of doing many awful things to the Government and the country, when ta Democrat gained the political ascendancy. W (-V. C) A'ruv. Tbe Washington 0fi4l ya Blaine owns a tenth of the "Small Hopes" silver mine ia Colorado, whisk, k paving on million dollars a year. The tattooed man was let in on the ground boot by Kerens, the St. Louie star route contractor, along with Steva Hiking and Plumb, the model Senator from Kansas. There was nothing fioatiar about ia Washington white
Blaine was ther that be did not secure a piece of it, no matter what the eest
they should be reduced and the whol was to hkracter. Thk pwtty bodv of taxpayers be riven tbe benefit w ill underatowl by -those who saw him of tL satfng. It unjust to the enter Wash jingtoa ia th jfeJ people, for whose eeual serviee the the war KhNMimly KJS office are maintained ami who con- pocket and Wav the Pj2 fiw.i. aatiallv fr their sunuort to year after a million aire, although am
t. titkak i the DMMT whieh thev Wines was that of oee-hBl sr a
pay employed to keef aay party fewer. X F. rfsrhi.