Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 29, Number 13, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 December 1886 — Page 7

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THC OHOWS OHPtWTWAl. 1U Irises 444M tf all UW years -Oe the nwrrow Um ChriUiaa Mb would oelhHi fntbe NMMrry beans, to the boasts m drear.

The Mfcwreki tn the YllUee with body was

Asa wiw tradling CbetoMMa greens made full While W) mm that the enrols should ell be The eSSnee for the hut time there.

k tardy organ-boy IhmI not come;

(uauuu I uuJ t llUl U'UUl (Ul

'uL u liitU. JIhw lutlbhl ill bla uliuui

'!TWj eheh began, sad at Ant the boy Wh Wny keeping the organ right, While tMr awl sweat rww tb word f Jay, "ffl1 f tl,Mt t'1 UhrhHttMMI

tit the boy, KM used U tbfl work he grew, Mm) Uhw to listen, and mora awl mw The airange. sweet lUHste thrilled klm through, As nothing bd ever done beforu, . JittkliW the tears In hi gray eyes Mart; fie tlHlt(ht Of hlftlHOt herHHU Hltlf Mt boete, Jo Mr, mihI the longing slled-lib) heart XitHt hhm Climtiiuw Juy to then might eotus.

He forgot the argsn. and nil nrotiml, As one br the bright tear dropped; .Alone with hie Uhiuxhu himI the Heavenly sound, . , ' When suddenly the music gtoiuwd. The wind In the pt had given out: KouihI tb orgsu glmimi the wipruHo fair, To nitd bow the trouble 6ie nXmnt, Awl efce iww m 4d, quaint picture there, I'M tears 1m bla startled eye still bright, Ituutdy Hwnkenwl from that sweet iell, lie fttood. while down the high window tight

llli iwtl llttl tone went right to bw heart; The ehlblreH t Utnst chmiW tm fHlt uf Joy. Ih(11hk blw kltMliy h monwnt "iwrt. All h" sorrowful tUry nhe drew fraw ti boy. Imh the lg went o till the iy grew The dusky church-light din thew go; And the little fellow wns toW to welt On th briHMi church tep kh iHiuntbolovr. A moment then the nofweno onrnt down, In her eye h ewect mihI mrry light, TkrHwi wtmethlng Into hit hmid o brown. The Choir".. CbristiHHii," e Mid, "Goodsight" " Melokl. Oh. bow fnthls r1r1 hfnrt Itert, As Mil the bright dolUrs be Torn hint lay. M'ittgs of the wind htui the little tt As they peU nlong on tbelr hoinewRrd wny. A myrt ChrlctniM indeed he hl. While Ike gentle mother smiled again. And swnethiH. too. mode the oholr gd A LAJND-SLIP CUKE. JLn Meotrlfylnir Bomitnoe of "th InYRlid, Oornr."

Whore the pine trees ilrooj) over the eide of the cliff, and ipor a If longinsr to itltinire into the Jovelv stretch of

"sen before them, is tin.v nook that evea in Dwemlr is regttlur sum UHp. Mid i known to everyone i Dryton the InvtlItl!, Corner. It is h Jwl littlo oorner, for here comes thosw who hnvu but a short time to roiHHin HtHong the living. whihUkeir norvoless lingers olntclt nervously Hi the warm rtijjs thnt re wntppwl round thoir knees, ami who Urga eyes ever out to sea. Most of the invalids have reltive who come and sit by them, anxiously noticing each chango

in the wmu, or waicning esun toi the first iyns of the disappearance of the sun, when they will hurry away thoir charge before the atr has time to chill in the very least Hut, iwrhajw. the hardest cases of all arn the bola'ed invalUls, who somehow or othor seom left to die alone; poor old maids or bachelors who cling to an empty existence in the strangust manner, doubtless writing for bettr days in the way wc allrieT ami poor, sick and wellare apt to do. Fortunately, these cases are few and far between, ami are so piteous that some one or other is t rally remiv to rive their sympathy to the solitary invalid; and ofien the Invalids' Corner is the scone of romances that sometimes end in a happier manner than otto might expect from their end stirroundinjrs-

llut Francis l'rlestiy reutrnmi invalid from India, and condemned, as he termed it, to six months solitary ooniinmnont on his back in a warmer spot than London-cared for nothing save Ills own discomfort At first ho had rebelled openly against his doctors fiat, and said hu would rather die than go to Drayton. Hut on Dr. Parky ns saving that in that case he must get another medical man to attend him, for he would not, lie gave in, and consented to try the proposed remedy. It would, Dr. Tarkyng assured him, if he could only learn, patience and quiet waiting, end in making him quite well. Hut patience was notknown to Francis Priestly. All through lite he had suffered from his own precipitancy he had invariably been in a hurry. Long ago he had been engaged to the pretty daughter of the rector of the parish where his father's park was situated. But she could not leave hor father until her next sister was ready to take hor place at the head of the big, motherless household j and Francis, accusing her of not loving him, had daUied away to join his regiment, loavinir Edith broken-hearted. He had

uMn. Uih itrutlv.

silK-. nl.iMi.li wifi iliHt, lnitl made him

miserable for six years, and had iinally oloiied, leaving with him four babies, and a ruined life. Hut she dfed of fever only a mouth after, and he had sent the children home to his wife's parents, and now was quite alone in f tin wntt1

fuH iltiu 1wfnrn hfi WHS

Ill; ho had always more friends than he could count; and, what with one thing and another, time had never hung heavily on his hands. Hut now it was really terrible. And, perhaps, the worst part of his illness was the way in

wuten an trie pasi eigne years neemm to pass in procession lwiore him, re Tteatlar. ah thev Hlml before his wak

ing or Mleeping vision: "Yon have lea-sill irlit IdV 11 MJhe wiuiwul wau Irtejnutf.

If yoa had only waited for the gifts we had for yos, ym womM hars beea hapy, yroawerows end well; hut yoM

iw yoet, sad new yen see tue

tfttSIHHM. Us hud not n fester, and kit father Mtd motker were both deed. Tke famliy pi see was his brother's now; and kb aister-ln-law, always rnllg Unt UsiuluiHsl u vitUHtfna luVilUieMt Met Mil

i maer kanties. anxMes to fall uwia

auy stray i rumlw that fell from her table, was not likely to welcome tt invalid, who might want month and months of nursing, possibly only to die la the end. A icootl servant did all be

omild for Major Priestly; but a servant is not ittueh when that is all one ha to rely upon for sympathy, conversation and any thing else that is wanted to while away the long, weary days and i I if his of Illness. It was now Decem

ber. At Drayton, where the eye rests contentedly on miles of blue-green Mr trees, whose only difference iu winter is an added shade of dusk: in the distance, there was nothing to remind any one that Christmas was not mm than a fortnight off. Yet so it wsi, and Major Priestly felt more melancholy than ever, and looked back re-

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gretmlly to past unrtsimaees ac ins manor Christmosos when he and KdlOt k4 been all and all to each other; they had spent their time in decorating the church, hanging Christmas trees with ornament for the Sunday-school children, and in keeping peace between all those who came forward to help them. As Major Priestly romombered the date lying in his long chair facing the

that literally gleamed like a ttirnHiose under a cloudless sky, with the Isle of Wight rising like a snowy cloud just on the left of the horizon, and the o'linus glittering redly in the sunshine the view seemed to fade, and he saw

instead Priestly church ana tne neaps of prickly evergreens, and could smell the "various mingled odor of damp, crushed leaves and holly berries that was always oonnentod in his mind with Christmas. Cotild he not well recollect, too, how he and Edith had spent hours on their knees, sticking gorgeous red and blue and gold letters on snuares of card-board, that, when compleled. should form a text to go round . . ... ti

the ugly, uarK-nrown gsueneer h smiled to himself as he remembered how the letters would curl up in a sticky festoon on the ends of his iinaare- hnw nronkod thev ?Ot. and llOW.

iinally. when it was really done and duly arranged in heaps in the aisle ready for erection, the old clerk took advantage of their temporary absence at luncheon to prepare a surprise for them; had put up the text jus as the

letters came, anynow, ana uy wie umu they hwl returned had completed sentences that would have defied the cleverest hand at solving "buried sentences" that ever won a prize in any secietv journal of the present day.

remaps tne uiougnt o meum u vb had somewhat obsctjred Major Priestly's generally acute senses, but he could have "declared that he heard Edilh's voice distinctly as he awoke from his half-dreamy state to recognise Drayton, and heard her say: "l'he other side of the chine will do bt,lHgald: tlwn we shall not lw in the way

oi uini poor genvinn. Involuntarily he closed his eyes once more, and lay very cjuiet. Then he mutt I ml thnm Minim, and saw OH his

right hand the fair, oval face, and waves of brown, soft hair that he could never forget while life lasted, a belonging to fiii lost love. Older a little; yes. certainly; but otherwise the Kdith of eight years ago sat there unohaused. The old. old feeling aurged over his breast, and he knew in a moment that the love he had felt for her :as only asleep, and had risen, stronger than ever, from its repose, to assert Its empire over him once more. He watched her carefully, noted the calm, sweet countenance it rested him to look at, saw how her dextrous Hngers arranged her companion chair and rugs in the warmest place, fronting the very prettiest part of the view. And Maior Priestly thought testily how

he had vainly tried to get Stokes to pnt his chair in a position that would enable him just to catch that reflection of the sunon the gleaming sand-banks; and had as vainly told him that us rn.r fnnlil til! n on' him. and leave his

feet exposed to the air, if it were not tucked under them properly. It did not take many hours to make him profoundly abhor Kdith' a .w.MiiiunwiH Hu could not make out

in the least, who he could be. None of the brothers' names would return to his mind; but he felt certain, had

ono boon named iiugaui. ue must nave

remembered stien an uncommon wiuonien. Then the idea 'Hashed intohw mind, remaining there obstinately:

Kdith was married, ami mis long, uilookinff invalid washer htisbnnd. In

the meantime, Edith had been gazing attentively at Major Priestly, and had begun to think in her turn that she was dreaming. Since her lover's marriage . I , " 1 .1 f I...., Clin I, u.l

sno nau never iiriu ui ! an illness on leSrning his ierfidy, that

Jett Iter wghk ior monms, aw that no one hiwl cared to mention hw

name before her. She knew ho had

children, but no mention of lus wile's ..Ir.i.amuiit unit stilvwintinnt dfintb had

ever reached her ears, and she believed

him to be happy, well ami prosperous, tflvnnl tlmiiMand miles from the quiet,

pine-olad sliores of Drayton

When she recognised him, nor ursi Smnulse was to rise from her sent and

ito any where, no matter in what di-

reclion, so tnai it icu uer inmi oi -MiH.lUti! nresence. Hut in a few min

utes pride came to her aid, ami, turn

Uw mkm kM mumI i makM the

er heate at home Into emer AjmL aeordinf te the number tent pesesd them ia a sertaia time, ebialn answers to their qu4ioiM respecting their future? DM he recollect how, the very night before their quarrel, he and she hud gone to the cliffs beyond the ntanor. and, when he hud declared he would let the Usher boats uVckie their future for him, and the odd number had answered "Yes" to his inquiry as

to whether she was to go with him Ui India or not, a late boat had crossed the long path of moonlight that led from the sea te the sky, and answered Kb" a.r. tlui VMftr uiouiettt in which he

was elaepinr her in his arm, overjoyed

at even the mere idea of her giving an

ing to her companion, she o tiered in a low voice to continue reading to him. Hut Dugald declined Iter otter; ho would

rather sit quiouy aim uiiiin, imw"" He felt mueh stronger already, and tliis delleious air gave him new life. If Kdith would like, why should she

not see where the deep red cmne to tne left led? Then she could come back to him and tell bin all the ways of the place. "In a few days, perhaps by Christmas," he milled, hopefully, "I shall tie able so go with you and verify your description. Hut now leave mo, If you like, dear Kdith, and I will tell yon all that happens in your absence." Hut Edith said she felt timl, and could hot walk that morning, and she sat quietly looking out at the brownsailed nshlng bears, as they glided out, one by one, past the send banks, into the open sea, in quest of Msh. Nd Mater Prieeny remember, u she did,

her duties at home to go with him?

Kay, he eould not remember, as she did, every sail on the Uny veseel as they gleamed for a moment like a sheet of silver, and then passed away into shadow. Xor could he recollect the scent of the seaweed and the sound of the ehoir in the ehureh as they practised their carols, wildly careless of tune and Urns as they took advantage of the choir mistress' absence. If so, he eould never have left her as he had done. The eijtlit years had not altered Kdith

one whit. White sue was sun at uoiiie, the sister who was to have succeeded her iu her duties had married, and it was Laura's husband with whom Kdith Was sitting in the Invalids' Corner, tHkinir Laura's nlaoe for the present, as

l.Hiira'a ball'. was n!v about a fort

night okl. How could Kdith know t.hut Vri. Priestlv was dead, and that

tbo Ma ior1 s loneliness was due to the

..,t nf Uia lutitiv a widnwur? How

could Major Priestly know that Kdith's

heart was still ins, anu urns one woru from him would suflioe to make her stretch out her hands to him, and take back the troth he had broken so many years ago? As the quick days went on, bringing Christmas nearer. Kdith longed to speak. Major Priestly lay

there so lonely so very, very loneiy. No one ever sat by him. No one ever nu'ma urwl aaV'ml hilll hoW he WSS.

Kvery morning his servant would arrange the rug ami chair in the same unsatisfactory manner, and after turning the newspaper for his master where only the advert! ements were visible, notwithstanding strict orders to the contrary, would disappear only to return with the midday letters. And turn in. when the sun went down, he

would come with the white pony that drew the chair back again to the hotel, where the Major spent long, sad evenings, thinking over the past.

Kvery word that JStilth spoge to ner companion, that he occasionally overheard, made him more than ever convinced that she was married. And, although at times Dugald Scott had tried to begin a conversation with him. when he was left alone, while Kdith sought for shells or tiny very late, or " ..... ... .. ...

very, very eany nowers, uisienn i Christmas were to be found in the chines, the angry state of mind would not allow him to avail himself of these advances, and he received them so coldly that even Dugald's good nature i wmilri not stand such constant rebuffs,

and he soon gave up trying to make the Major speak, Ursa Maior, Dugald

cslied him, and Edith would oiten wince at the description her brother-in-law gave of his sulky companion; and more than once she was going to take him into her confidence, simply as a means of stopping his heedless talk. Hut the remembrance of the way In which she had been jilted kept her silent, and there seemed small chance of the two lonely souls, who were longing to forgive and be forgiven, ever speaking to each other again, when quite a small thing occurred which intent have leen a tragedy, and only ended, as things ought to end, in marriage bells. The night before Christmas eve had been terrible. The great north wind had risen when the sun set angrily behind the "lovely range of hills to the right of the Invalids' Corner, and came sighing and moaning through

the pine trees that presently began to creak and groan like the masts of a shin at sea. Then a rasrged gray

cloud drifted by. and the ram came swirling down through the air; tho sea began to roar and lash the cliiis, now foaming at their feet, then rolling in with an angry howl that could bo heard all over tho town. And, in les time than it takes to tell i, the whole atmosphere seemed turned into a bat-tle-fieM, whore the wind ami the rain fought and strove together for mastery. The morning broke peacefully, the blue sky, flecked with puffs of white cloud-, looked like April; a late thrush sang lustily, and tho robins seemed as vocal as larks. There was

no one at all in the invalids' Corner when the Major's pony arrived there. The damp of the night before was ris-

ing from tne snore ami cuns, unuor the warm sunshine, and was drifting out to sea, where the fishing boats were dashing past under the frosh breeae, as if in a hurry to make up for lost time. When tho pony was unharnessed, the Maior's servant said:

"I must put you a bit further back, sir. These elifls are like powder, and give directly there's any rain, You might have a nasty fall; for see, sir, the pony's feet have gone right into tho mire at the edge." And so saying, lie pushed the chair back into tho pine trees, and left with tlx. twtttt. W hi h tbu Maior lav back.

much inclined to abuse every thing, from last night's rain and storm to today's sunshine, that seemed to keep every one Indoors. It was one of those days when every thing seems to go wrong at once; newspaiors were late, owing to Christmas; letters were dei im! mid thnm that had been de

livered were of such a contrary nature that they seamed to make every thing even worse than was necessary, l ie Major had not slept, owing to the storm: and In consequence of his sleepless night, felt so ill, that lie made up Ida mind he should never walk again, and might as well make his will; and liaye a world that had become useless to him, and where he felt he had little enjoyment in store for him. Then he naturally thought of Christmas, and that ggravtFhlm. A lonely Christmas always does aggravate us, somehow, We think regret fully k of the orewdee hearth at heme, and the many ether people whe art mimosed to be

enjoying thementre. Tjwf

a greet eapeetessesi s -v - vellensly delightful at Chrtsimae; whet, we never quite knew; bet we do enpert it every veer, and every year we feel just as dlsenpohited, re we have done ever since Ike death ef Urn any when the delight took form in the receipt of a new doll or top, and too much to cat. The Major had worked blmeelf inUi a state of savage despair over hhi different woes, and was almost weeping for sorrow for himself, when he suddenly saw Kdith coming toward him. i't wjikwl lii v albl sji the Maiot

termed poor Mr. Scott-was not with i...- .u wan wftlkHir very slowly.

with her mouth set In a determined manner that told any one who knew her that she had made up her mind tfl do a disagreeable duty, and that noth.

ing wouitl oeter ner irom wow she Intended. How sweet site looked as she came through the straight, red-

stemmed pine trees, uirowKH " the blue ky gleamed, and the white clouds seemed to play hide-and-seek Then she eamo out of the pines, and

along the edge of the emis. in one mahuhi tha tuwnn had Ahanffed. Iiei

foot slipped on the grassy pme needlei

Mown down uy utu wrn m.n tin list It ttfi Is uiul diMjittred on the

edge of the cliff that all at ones gave

way, ami, criimoiiug nae jhwu sand, turned to go in an avalanche uOor bur Tim Maior forirot his ill

ness, forgot every thing, save that he Kiflili. mui that she was dead;

and, jumping up from the couch that for live months he had never left exrlAMf. tfl llM I'M rriml to his sofa or bed,

.ImIimI fnrwiitil atonee to rescue hit

darling's remains, or perish in the at tiinittl

if Iim Ik-,. to a hundred he will nevei

format ih mnmioit of afroitv he snent

tu.fr.ra l.u fnaillMl tlH UlMCe Where

irUllfl g ss vir.w"w" j

Kdith had disappeared, and could look . .. i - 1. ...... ..I. ... Vv.m

over anu see wncm m r.. m.'u.j ni-iml u'l.nl Iim had Hvetr snoken to her.

every syllable of reproach he hail poured out on her devoted head, came back to him, and he could almost have shrieked aloud to Heaven for help,

when he suddenly saw kdith s face ns ! ,vr tbu nlin'tj. He stood motion

luc. tl.. ti Wh rualu'il forward, and with

mit mi. word, draw her hands in his.

and dragged her forcibly up to a level with him. Then he looked over: no

harm was done. The soft red earth had crumbled a little, and slid a short .liatmifut ilnwii awards the aca. but in

so gentle a decline that a child coirid not have been hurt in the least, and all Kdith had had to do was to turn,

and, with small detriment to any tiling save her garments, climb back

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snesemenessnsjsaMBsjsjjBj qhoulwh am.

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'Thank God for the landslip!" said

the Major, alter tne nrsi explanations wir. nvor and Kdith bavin? heard all

his story and told hers in return, had consented to take up agrtin her twisted lif. and mskfi the best of

whiit iru laft them both. "Jf it' had

not been for seeing you go over the cliff, I should never have spoken to

.rMi vm vnii wonkllM aakl Kdith.

as she shyly took his hand in hers; iifnr T r.nufil not jitand tin idea of it

being Christmas, and you all alone and sad. And, when I was coming toward

nn r was irnintr ttlnwlv in order to

make up mv mind exactly what to call

you. Frank seemed tieau io me; ajor Priestly was not my old friend, and Francis'seemcd as if I wanted to be severeRml 1 ditl not 1 only wanted to make you happy, and see the rmiks I knew so well return. I forgot every thing, Frank, except that I loved you, and that you were in trouble." And, lifting up her face to his, she gave him the first kiss she had given him for eight long, weary years. Then suddenly down hi the valley the bells began to ring, and the sound eame on the breeae through the pine trees in a measured cadence. "Good-bye to the Invalids' Cornel for me." said the Major. "That u?vtiliiu! iWtrir would have keot tne

another month on my back, but you can see for yourself how well I am. Ami liiiW.il. whtn that wretched

invalid eame out to sit in the sunshine

When the mist had disappeared, axH u.l Kdith. as usual, readv

to read to him, he was electrilied to

see her walking to meet him, leaning lovingly on the arm of the other habitue of the Invalids' Corner. Arjj&y. ANCIENT "CASTLES.

$m mt the 1M e, ef Travel Hs mMatle Upper HvhH. n fin, im .1 u h lain aid a onnosite is the

old castle of Hohenschwangau, the . , . It . 1rt

liome ox a long line oi oavanan rvinjf iVi tlx. loft in tli snlomlid castle ol

v,i SfhwanstfiliK crowiiinir a rocky

iwak ami snowing its grav oiuunw faintly against the barj wlntish side of ilia mountain FttlktiiiMtein. Iwsritie its

ruined castle like a crown turret behind the village of Hohenschwangau a little to the right, and as a backil nf mil Din nine and hemlock

..nvnntil litllj rilMUII SMll marre rradtl-

ally into the baro mountains of the Tyrol, whose highest summits are whit., wild Mir tir.t snnWM. It was mv

privilego to pass a night at the Hotel .lu I. VfuU. an atilMrire over the tiost-

oriioe. In front were groujietl half a dozen diligences, almost exact copies f fb inn. lu whlnli T had arrived.

JA illU VMItt T amiv.a ---

They connected russen with vanmis towns near the frontier. On one side

ilm main nnttmnaa which jravo ac

cess to a stable in the rear was tho

luwi.oilioii. ami on the other the telo

vmnh ntXfrt. Thn nmnlovuS of both

were uniformed. After watching for awhile three or four stalwart men delicalely manipulated the newly-nrrhed mail, which consisted of three or four letters and half a doneti newspaiiers. 1 ascended to the dining-room, which served also as a beer saloon and com

mon sittiiifir-room. It was niV first

exnerienoe of a country inn In Ba

varia. It was a fair sample of its

1aa larva. Inw.caMlH vml aMarU

ment, ornamsMted with cheap portraits of the King of Havaria and the Knijieror of Germany, with a few other inexpensive, oommon-nlace' engravings. There were two or three long

shle a glass cupboard adorned witk beer mugs so placed aa to show the

gayiy-eevereti ptetnres on tee eevers. B. - , 1.. iU1 .iM iL 1 1

.1 nm sraeewt were nvnaBVfm ut is t u

lege, with hers and there a priest. Cwr, 9m Frm$tm gsVsnfst.

umj m.mA faivMaa. manner in

Which Mr. Blaine following tpfmfient of the Kew York T' has tried to misrepresent the wp and nature of the Mveettgetfou mw thM Karlhei civil service has had on

good effeot It has called attention U? the essential features of the reformed aerries both in England and in tide eountrr. and has led to better underatwdltig of the diflerences between th t wo. sad eeoeciallr of the nraodoal

nature of our own system. The u hangs that have been brought about in the two countries have bad some ilu tn MUHHinn Uttt thav have also

Ml vm - j I varied with the causes that produced

them. In both eases tne principle ot admission by open competition and ui a sWsUas 1 1ft s n f nrnhatton Was adopted:

but in England the evil to be remedied was favoritism, partly based on

the pretensions ot answcra riiallv snrlnsnnir from

the use of otHces to purchase votes I.. iiHitaiHanfc whila in this eoun-

tm. tiia avll vu eiiieflv nartisau

favoritism combined with a certain

amount of chicanery on tne par cm t. ,lakifaini nf natmnasre. The

difneultles in whleh the English system

is involved do not ariee at all from the competitive principle, though there

II ff "3 irvvn wwwwr.- I 1 ' - - but largely from tlie aristocratie bias

that nas surnveu ri wUinii iiaa tantlad to form a sort of

hierarchy in the service. This in turn

lias been rendered more innexiuie anu imniiiRiufKihU bv the svstem of pen

sions dependont chiefly on length of 9 1 :l. t . ,.:il u ,ut nf tka

VMiriui. i.lan. These elements have

combined to make the English service

u...uaihii!a with tliH innidenU 31 rod

tUV(lwinnv ' . - - - . . .

tape, timidity, rigidity and iecK ox as . a 1 . . u

go" natural 10 ourenucraej. Tl thu nfhr hand, tha difficulties to

tlia raformed oortion of our

service k exposed -and It must be re

membered that it is still a very smau ft.n im nf ntiita another character.

iruiHvii -j... Thev spring from the innate tendency . t T . unutAAU In u .1 AMUIIM.

OI WW AlSPrnnin ill nr.. in mij """r tion to depend upon its own resources.

iuir uvula in a ii ii wi.ri'L uniar. miu

todeiMMid on ingenuity, energy and decision to meet emergencies as they ari The Auieriean svstem reauires.

therefore, precisely the opposite treat- . . . t . Ill 191. Tau ilaaa

Mien t to me Anglian, xi. ie utvtn. and uniform rules, finnly and fairly enforced, with constant and vigilant

supervision anu me greawsai. ewwuwn-

yz in . tiu I I " " There is no danger of bureaucracy here.

The men employed in puunc wora u

not tend mat way; we swirce vi regulation, namely, the legislation of Conl- . .... a 1.1 a n nMmlt

fTeSS. IS iamj Taunuin vu t, and Iinally the American people

would not suner n in a aerriwc wtci

which tliey have ultimate, though in

direct, control. xne wmawn icinta used by the two races indicate the

wide difference in their temper in . . seas Ira at a

these matters. ine Aoguimnian

MMiMl "KIAICS '

it 9Caaaaaaa. ehpeee Vastae, ahat yeaeS mt Mts asdsaaiiar In 0)m lata on ajaesMirieai leasissiwsnt sf Mm s

fffnwli " (ha Amaraaan "kieks.

nnd the oftl co-holders with ns are al-

wavs so intimately connected with the general public, are so much part of it and in sympathy with it. that there hi

irr.

The warm expressions ef

admiration for the hue President Arthur whieh have appeared fat Democratic and KepeUiean newspaper alike, or have fallen from the hps el preachers and statesmen, without re

gard te politics, testify to Ute brosst, aileron, kindly spirit that tills the Amariean heart nt the nreeenee el eWeth. There m not a public man around whese bier words might net be dropped or memories evoked that would jar on the hearts ef the mourner. There to uoi even a personal friend er relative at whose death

some unpleasant remiaiseenoe mice not be recalled from the paC But, by common oonsent, all such unptoesoat a. I S A I .1

thoughts ate oanumeu. oo m niAuniins?. and onlv the virtue and

noble qualities of the deceased are re- . . .... i . . ji.j

mem be red. w iten uenenu urraa and from every Democratic paper

throughout the lead eame the most

touching ana ueautuui tnuuiee, whm the Nation was in mourning and the South seemed to be as deeply affected

as the Norm, uiu any ot uioax pivr recall the days of reconstruction and.

the saturnalia oi pecuiauon m r aaington during the Presidential Administrations of the great soldier? No; they spoke only of that part of hie

career mat win anine wiw ""'

iahed luster on the pages of nietery, ui,nn thM Shanhards. Helknaos. Bab-

oocks and Kobeeons will be forgotten.

In the same manner ww mnny grana, and ennobling traits of President Arthur's character have been put forward

in bold reitei, as tney ueeerreu, mi hu allitalnna war Made to MV 1HliMeHl

episoiles which might disturb the bar-

mony oi srrici. aw hjim.uh New York Tribute, a paper to whose blind, stupid partisanship nothing ie

sacred, to proiane vne oeeastoa, m w i nt Praaidant Arthur, and dese

crate the sanctity of the espeeial day of mourniug, by a fling at President

Cleveland and tue iemocrawe piij over the remains of the lamented Ke-

publieaa leader, it would seem as u w inrm 's-houlish ?lee" was nartie-

ularly atlapted to this case. The eloquent tribute paid by President Cleve

land to tne memory oi wie uecwwu m uta aiimirahU nrociHmation is easrerlr

aeised by the ghoulish Tribune for the

purpose oi iMiimn v,iwm. to distort the expression "he performed the duties of his office with dignity and ability," so as to make a certificate of character for the Republican party in general and to cloak the rascalities ot Republican officials for years past It has the hardihood to say the folio wing: But since Utts Is the truth, what were rret. dent Cleveland's supporters telling whea they ateerted. in 1SS4. that Um public service was honeycombed with fraud and rouoa tram

when they declared that rrtniWem Artaar auSeml the Oovernant t0 be robaejl fey tecretary Chandler Tn the co-dut of the

navy weparvmaai. mw , ""i"1'?, la the eondnct of the interior lJpriaMHrt7 Were they telling the truth when they charged that the reaury Uepartnwnt wMad-lBla-tered for the toeneit of bankers aad rhh eee rat on. aad that the people were swindle out of million through its maasmaF Were they telling the truth whea they aejrated .v... .u. n.l Aiknr ilAiuirtmaaita at. VkaMi.

ington were crowded with worth bw lHMtsloaT . m A I m u.-aiua aJBLaalaa lm tl, SI 1

no nmbabilitv. ami hardly a possibil

ity, of their becoming a class" apart Moreover, the qualities our officers have shown, even under the depraved nnd demoralising intiuence of the spoils svstem can, under projer regulation, "be made extremely valuable, and this without the slightest danger of their usurping privileges not belonging to them, or assuming an offensive bearing. This needs, as we have said, a more perfect and harmonious system, with fair and uniform 'rules carefully applied by means of adequate insectkn nnd authoritative central control. It is noteworthy that the course of the Civil-Service Commission has been steadily in thb) direction, and more

markedly so since tne Auminisirawon of Mr. Cleveland came in than at any time before. The present commission

has steauuy aavaaccu in i giai tin. iiMttiMi iaHMed tmon it and the

powers conferred by the law. It has v... ......I. ii I ltd Snwaatiaratinna. Vi'lil ntnar

watch on the examinations, guarded

more jealously its own rights, oowt oi Initiative and of judgment on appeal, nnd has striven to inspire the whole body of officer with whom it deals with a common understanding of and a com m oa respect for Uie viutprinoinles ef the reform. if. Y. 2Y.

PRESS ITEMS.

The solemn silence ef the ftlalna orfftunvAr the rhetorical bean-

ties of Senator Edmunds' delayed let- . mi

ter gives ue pain, i gey seem te ee, a it were, struck dumb with H. OineiH-

tuUi JfttfMtr er.

Senator Lotran made the state

ment that Blaine is running the politics of the whole country. Blaine may i .1 . 1 a .1...

be running tee ponucs, eui in jmofiio are running the eouatry. Ckmimd rittin lht4r.

Hlalna Are-ana are so active in

aaai-nkiiiB- nut raaaoas whv American

sliipbulhiers should not compete for

contracts ior navai veseeia uni tne skeptical might conclude tliey would rather let the work go to foreign labor

than nave a uemoerauu uiaiaiBua-

tion earn the credit of giving remu

nerative employment to American

skill and energy. Their hearts beat Warmlv for the American workman, but their souls' eyes are set upon the

will-o'-the-whmof ths success ot niaine

M a KspuiNiean eanuraaHi i 1000.

Th iiiiimHtton that Mr. Hlalne

la ntanairiair" or nan manaare the M-

lithal labor movement In this city, or

in noeion, m equally oeuvwinx an unjust to the earmwt and independent men who are its inspiration. Tho ...... .i . t. i ..

ueorga movement wan mougnw oui, and well under way before Mr. Blaine heard of it, and if similar rojeehi a aa a t.. t. t 4.1-.. 24

Hall be orgnniseu in ovner cmee iw will I ibuu liv and fur the dissatisfied

workinirmen, and not in the interest

of the Maine demagogue, jno uouik he seed in the movement a possible advantage te himself and his party, but a . . !. lLi.i

ie can not isarueneeH iwwvpainwaa, i Jf. ft Wsrhf,

er of party or tools of oorrupt oakhds; that

the rascals filled public places, aaa na hm rlgbU awl iatereets ef the people were not rf Mreedr It come to this, that they were i lying, or ahM president Cleveland has uttered eephaienlary words which he knew to be untrue. According to the Tribune's code of ethics, no expression of esteem for the dead is permissible without being attended with a plain, unvarnished statement of the shortcomings of every one officially connected with the person te whese memory the expression is offered as a tribute. Pursuing this theory, it would have been necessary for President Cleveland, on the occasion of the

death of General Grant, to hare qualified his remarks by allusions to the eerpet-beg governments of tee South during the days of reconstruction, te Rabcock, Belknap and Robeson, to the Credit Mobilier and District of Columbia frauds, and other subjects of like unpleasant nature. What would tho American peoole have thought of the application of the Tribunes theory? Such a despicable attempt en the part of the Tribum to whitewash the rascals of Hs party nt the grave of an illustrious eitisen mint nauaa A feeline Of dkH?Ust and

contempt in the breast of every American. What President Cleveland's supporters asserted in 1884 has been found not only true, but only a faint estimate of to real condition of affairs. The opening of the books has opened . m a, ? a . . ... . 1 a it. .

the eyes ot .tne American peopie 10 uw shameless character of Republican government The books shewed that when ths present Administration went into power there were nearly $10,000,000 deficiencies due the Government under Republican rule, that millions were squandered in the Navy Department without giving the country a navy, that the public domain was wasted on corporations and favorites, that the treasury wae being drained by all sorts of rascals, from deputy marshals to colossal rings, and that the Pension Office was made an electioneering bureau. The shameful story has been told before In those columns how the public service, under Republican administration, was honeycombed with fraud ad rotten from end to end.

Hut because President uieveianu paid a graceful tribute to the memory of his i mm ml isle predecessor, the Tnbune woutd have it that he testified te the purity of the entire Republican party. Afhat must the friends of President Arthur, and, Indeed, all fairminded peoole. think of this exhibition of "ghoulish glee" on the part of Mr. Blaine's organ? Perhaps the Tribum forgets the savage and brutal attacks it made on the dead President at the time of the Garfield tragedy, when N classed him with Guitcau. The American people do not forget them. II may endeavor to use the kindly weree ot President Cleveland to remove seme of the tattoo marks from its "perpetual candidate for the Presidency,"

since It has distorted them to exonerate Chandler, Teller and other Republican ex-offioials from the oaafeyes proved aga net them. We shall see, Albany Irgm, a!! Mahaa. tt ash users. WMM

Ie rt with Jen ShemsuV. friaade,-