Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 January 1889 — Page 3

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JASPKKINDIAXA. BLACKSMITH AND DAISY. JIimm k UIte afce MMltod ws, A ad plucking mi Uajr bad, Mm pttitwrdlkKHagklicrlaakaiof lwwWw At IK Waalilal etinikM hoed. TteM akaklay Ik dw I row H kuy matf, Mm llftU It fi l her Up. An wkmpetrd kt mm witk a fteaek M iw As lfc bloom m IU fracraat tF. """I n, I Je" aad kcr rotr fttsw bli A tke brw tron Oil vml mmmIh I lm?' but a rtronir brow a kaad Wh UMlm kr MaiUaa; moutk. Tarvujrh the wave of ker suaujr kaJr; ' Tkty !ne, Uuy lovi smmhc Ik U-W Tfciaujrk Um kxks of the wWr X JP"TJtc kr w iaatr w kerM awmy Kiw uw tfatneruwr airtfc krt, Aad tkc nmk aaaitk tMitod m It yty tor In tfce efa H kt opm rU A itwafffc t r CMWt th kmelleat pla In the lofita wkt k aartjr UMka4; It w ltl thrown UM aauOM wUl It wt Till iu ta( were alt aare4 s:ki. Ul weal kH ttk rlkt tKt-wttt, TKea wa a aearrr elan; I.ouwr. aed mwlwr. louder suit, M fc t4 tk tune he anir. 11 wawH" k cr lec a ka fonUiy trtod: - Motr hawr tkU tatliiix viit be. "Wkeay, lowr, leading our w ioitieA4 v ait la - jr darila-, for me! Tlurourk ike litfku a4 akadows I forty year I you witU wriakteit brow; Ah. bwUer far! tkeask yor face appear Xota prave aaii nwMr tt-.oarhitul tfean aoir. I t.M to ike window. and aoftljr tar, , White unite la ynr low nik-clMrtr. J ycr wodtt knktr. yuiir sw-wkte cap. Aa4 yoar kaki f mr cray kalr. A rjhpf wloO. an J tkc aiy lay 'Mitt th dart tm the swltky Itome, 2Cv.t 10 w:coie Ike f l-eyr4 Uajr. Or ik mx wf tk Mackbinl 2tat :kr MackoMii'k llfVtl tM (al4 tfeg. Sxtnt: "UUlIlkmfctlkttk4. TIe mot rcatavoa tkwr l tk IkM. ea4 kr att Sack rHfoa of prfwet hllM." srmm GLENWIE WAS. ,Ecw H Was Made Prisoner by a Pretty Confederate Miss. 'Tw ilowa in Louisiana, not many year.-t to ifiJOl from a old Mmjf. that iHsveral o if. pxnki of us , wk-kvd Yankwii were poU.nl in a smell town jk fur enousrh from Now Or Ivan and other imHrUuiV immiiU to be of no Mrt?ie coiwwqtieiieo for U own sk; yet. bcin on a direct route from the eeemy's Ii to tho Miiwistipi river, wa imporUtn an wit po-t. The war vw almost over, end tfa enemy knew it, and we keeir thy aaor it, to we were not fc rijfiiaiit ! we wurht have been had we Vaen tatioael in front of Lee's army. The uulive were loyally Southern, every man of them, iwrhi I should say every woman, for th; only men left in Uivtii were the few who had peed their thr) eore year.-s and ten, one lhykian and one preaeher. Uut the nativee did not allow m to feel uncumfortable. The doctor disagreed radii-ally with ns on. prineiote nnd cur! Grant Mttcntly. but He took pcoFe?fional and even friendly interest in each of us a had mora malaria than our retfimeninl reon ewil4 manage. The preacher jfar m a sermon that r !tninkd us of Sundays at home, and the old men would smoke and chat with tts nil day lonjf, o Ionic m we did not Mr what we believed about the future of military event. As for the women. blea them! they were exactly like the majority of women everywhere else, very tenacious of their opinion so far art the war was concerned, but otherwise hospitable, gracious) and charming. They didn't mean to jrfve u the entree of local society, but wmehow we got there all theatne. We did it o quietly that none of theam knew how it began or who beiran it, awl I don't believe that lifter the nit twenty-four hours any of them took the paina to inquire. We purchased enough supplies to set busU tMMhoominf. allowed no maraudinir, wore clean clothing, and were on our Ijood behavior every way. President Lincoln havinjc specially ordered, IhrottKh General Itaaks. that IxMilsiana mtMt be "conciliated' , (whatever that miht mean). The oonMqttenee was that we officers soon knew every body worth know in jr. ami were entertained with as much courtesy and self-iwesession a if the native coffee had not been "burned rye or some other substitute, atnd the tablecloths had not long before been turned into lint or bandaged for Southern hospitals. We found inoffensive ways of introducing real Java, white sugar. Oolong tea and other dining-room pecialtiea dear to the feminine heart, and we unloaded counties novels and newspapers into ager hand. More important than all e!e. I believe we could talk. So cuuki they, hut for soma reason women's talk with women did not seem to hive been entirely satisfying. "We talked so industriously and to sueh etHid effect, that any chance vieitor who might have dropped into town in the middle of our first week would have thought from appearance that we were lifelong aoiuainUvmv. The women never let us forget that they were Southerners to the heart's core, jmd that we were merely Lincoln fclieltara MAM, they were women; they dM net l Hiete ee any one appear earekkw of drew, mi foon there was not a uniform etmt with a loe-e hang ing butum. To hare a Southern woman, whether maid, wife, idow or gray-haired grandmother. Wring aewile and thrtrnd and tighten a but

ten. while the wearer tood awkwardly in front of her. was k reallaui that lAMiUiana wm not the e. ily Prty the war who wm. Sielng "c nciliHUd." Every regiment had HHt' ,w jre raily a yimnjyr IaeuUnaa t. wbuee ability, appearance and splrlk' 1,0 f" jtelled hU comrade t uronennefe htm the newer of the ok. Our X WiUOIennle. 'lite native approvfed our choice of their own aeeord, and we aoeepted their dictum without a bit ef jealmtsy, fearing only that the yenmyter might caium some fruitle heartache. Hut he didn't. He wan ortkw crf thi lirt picket line wo threw out. and w impreied wa he with the defensive potwibilide of the plaee, tluO. we were glnd to have him relieve u

of rioute reapontdWlity by Uking charge of the flight earthwork!) It teemed adrlaable to erect lie spent full half of every day outaide the lineH, hMdcing for additional joints of vantage, and at no enemy had been in the vkrinitv for weeks, he never cared for a guard. Time iasd so delightfully for a fortnight that there was little but roll call and picket duty to remind us that we were xoldier. hvery thing was tx pleas-ant to laftf so one day a rattle of tautketry warned u that thore was trouble on th picket line. Ily the thwJ our lmgles had recalled us from our hiMpitalde longinif-p:a3e. and hurried us to-arl the front, a soldier witu a tx-oken arm came in and rejH)rtC4l that wMnc cavalrv had tried to force their way ink) town by the western road, and. being repulsed, had dismounted, and were dienjfreeiug, in the umw! mil itary manner, with the pickets, who had fallen back to Glennie's breastwork. lHes Glennie for the breastworks! exclaimed our Major in command, after he had shouted: " Double quick, march!" ' The reeistaneo made by our entire force seemed to disgust the enemy, for in a couple of hours they ceased firing. A opeelal roll call showed that none of our men had been killed, and only two or three wounrted, init a t'nutain anoroached the Major and said that Lieutenant Glenniewas raise inc. He hi gone nearly a mile to the front, to a little elevation whore he had thought a howitzer might adi vaiitajfeouly be posted, gone two or three hours before the enemy ap peared. "Captured, then. of course. groane! the Major. Confound it. gentlemen, for the good of the service I'd rather have boon captured myself. Meet of us felt the bailie way, ami we were too dismal for the remainder of the day even to rejoice at having re pulsed tbo enemy. J he entire force went out a skirmishers for a mile or two, asking questions at every planta tion house and cabin, but no one eoulu tell whether or no the enemy, as they galloped away.had a Union officer with them. We felt m ugly at mir loss that wo feared to face the natives when we returned to town. What would they think of us, as soldiers, when they learned that the officer whom we all cheerfully acknowledged was the xblet-t soldier among ns had fallen into the enemy's hands? The Major wa so amazed that he actually bit off the mouthpiece of his pipe-stem in a lit of anrer: but this severe action did not return to us the newer of the reg intent. Jot before sunet a sentry on the road startled all of us. as we lay be hind the works, by shouting: "Officer of the guard! Flag of truce coming!1 We all sprang upon the parapet, and saw emerging from the forest, nearly half a mile away, a horse, a rider and tinv white raff. The Major raised his glaseee, peered through them moment, dropped them and exclaimed: 4'Well. I've heard that the Confed eracy had robbed the cradle and the grave, but I didn't imagine they'd been recruiting Amaaons. That flag is car ried by a woman! Tli en all of us wished we had places. The rider advanced slowly until wo could see that she was not armed; then that she had, a good seat and a fine itg' ure. and Anally that she was young and pretty. Want; protection for her property, I suppose," growled the Major. "Those raiders are probably donning out the family s barn and smoke house, there being nobody at homo but women and children. What do thev sttmtoa a few infantry can do against nobody knows how many eav airy?" JCevertheles we went slowly out alone, to meet her, at which Glenn io' Captain exclaimed: This Isn't according to custom Who knows but she s a young man disguised, and will drop the Major with his pistol? Come on, boys!" Several of us followed hint. As w saw him twirling the ends of his mus taeheand timdnir his hat slightly to one side, we followed his example in these respects also. We overtook the Major just aJtbe rider halted, looked very pale, and said: "It wasa't hi fault, sir really it wasn't." "Whoe fault, madam?" ald the JIajor, raking his hat. ".Mr. Glennle's." M tho girl. "Oh! c onfound it! I mean so they got him. did they?"' '0h. no, hit. but lie wishes they had. And thoy would; have done, only-only-' "Well, madam?" "Only they were prevented." "Indeed? how was that?" "Why. yoa tt s4r, ho stopped at our heue. iut far a drink of water,

and while he was atandlng by the wall, the Hangers " "Hangers?" "Yes, sir; the Texas cavalry -they came across the hill jul then. He started to run this wav, but but " "Well?" The girl looked down a moment, oolored, raised her head and said rapIdly: "I told him he never would get titers alive- I said they were a hundred to one, md he'd surely be killed. I'm a tno .Southern woman, sir; my father is f'aplaia Grayson, of the artillery batnUion, feu I don't- believe murder is v:nr. So 1 mdrhim eonx; Into the house. He Iclivd he wouldn't, death wa nothing to duty. Jtut I mmWhim eHue in." Indeed? What arguments did you use. may l-ak?" Again tlie girl looked dem-n and colored deeply. Some of Ae younger eCfteer Jwgan to exchange winks.

"He declared he wouldn t, tkegfrt returned, " lMt i mal him. He struggled with all his mightfbut " I Iwg yom tMwdon for interrupt ing, said the .Major, mttng uie up. "but' ho escietl then? Yes, sir; but not a second too soon. I hadn't more than got him into the hogshead" 'Hogshead?" Yes, sir; a big sugar hogshead In the cellar, that we had meant to keep sweet potatoes inwhen two of the rangers came in the front door. They ld they'd seen a Yankee at the well and wanted him. I told them he had seen them and made a dash for his own Hues. He really did. you know, for a stet) or two, when when ' "When you warned hiiu of his danger? "Yes. sir. Well, they took my word when 1 told them who my father was and they went away." "Ah! Whero are the Hangers now?" "They went back, I don't know where, hours ago." " And caught him as they went? " "Oh, no, sir; they couldn't. Hut he wa in a dreadful excitement. Ho said he had no rigt to be outside the lines; he could be court-martialed for it and disgraced, and may bo shot, if, things went wrong in the fight. He went on so that I wouldn't listen to him, and I was afraid some of the Hangers miht cotnoliack and hear him, so I wouldn't stav and listen to him." "Hut whv didn't ho .return after thV retired? "Hecause ho couldn't, sir. I wouldn't let him. 1 didn't want him to Iks court-martialed and shot, and all of those dreadful things. 30 I thong It would bo only right to come and tell vou it wasn't his fault." "The enemy has been gone several hours," sakl the Major, turning with a suspicious look to ns. I'm afraift there's some ruse in this, alien ho turned again to the girl and sternly said: "Young woman, if your story is true lie snouui nave reiurneu v , , - . - 1... this time, lie knows he has nothing to fear, and there is nothing to pre vent him coining back, if he knows the enemv have disapiwarcd. ' Oh, ves. thore is. sir; there s a cover to the hogshead and a padloek beside." " Oh h h!" said the Mtijor, whh many innccuons. "lies your pris oner, is lie? Hut, heavens, madam, if he has been locked in a hogshead all this time he's probably suffocated Confound " 'Oh, no. Paul the girl, with an nssuring smtie. " 1 nero s a oig imnghole in the hogshead, and I know he has sense enough to breathe through it, because when I went down and whispered through it that the Hangars had gone home again, he "What did he say?" "Nothing he but I know 110 was alive and just like his old self." Thon the girl suddenly dropped her eyes again and colored deeply, while a very voting Lieutenant murmured: "Um!" " I see," drawled the aiajor. very slowly. " At-ton-tion! l'irst compa ny, denlov as skirmishers, rorward!" The trirl turned her hoivo's hoad quickly, looked backward, set her Hps flrmlv. and exclaimed: " You're not going to court-martial nd shoot him?" "Suppose I were," said tho Major, as the men began to filo from behind the "curtain'' that commanded tho road. " Then." said tho girl. "I'll gallop ahead at tho risk of my life, and let him oscane on my pony. Madam," said tho Major, lifting his hat, "I give you tho word of a soldier and gentleman that you shall bo his solo judge." Tho skirmish lino advanced and the officers of tho othor companies fol bwed the srirl and tho Major. Tho lntter should havo ordered us to remain with out own men, but ha didn't. We vmi1hm1 the house, more than a mllo outside tho limn, without annoyance nd whftn tho trirl had liglitocl a can dle, wo followed her and the Major to the collar. Tho. Major's Suggestion that tho srlrl should first whisper at the buntl-holo and see if thu captlvo was still alive was not acted upon In......1 k i.i ..iwwi.:t ahn tnrnod M W ii tiinniivoM " You've nothing to fear, Will." Will!" murmured the very young Lieutenant. Just then Glcnnle'a faco appeared above the edge Of the staves, and seemed somewhat dlscounirted at the grinning faces before him. Several pair of hands helped him out, ami as he stood before U3, with crystals ol light brown sugar glistening all over his uniform eoat thi Major remarked.:

You're a sweet-looking object!" MUm Grayson smiled a.i if sha thought si, too, You w, Major" iiegvra Glennle.

" Yes," said the Major, "I ourtaWdy do. I see, alo, that one or two tUIngs must lie done, far the good of theserv lee. Either our liaes must lie extend ed a mile or two farther into the coun try, or you m Hat persuade the lady's family to move to town." The family moved. Misa Grayson finally moving mU the way to Now Yorfe. The wedding present from the hridtweom' brother otttcoM Whh a miniature sugar liegsawad, in gold, with u rosebud for at padlock. John Jfabbcrtv-H, in On m u a tie. EVENING COSTUMES. Some of llw Moili'l rorfocteil t'B'ler the IWrvetloH tif Worth. Worth ran most clatovate Empire gowns oFgreenand rose, together with a sash of whito moire ribbon and a fall of white- lace around tho neck. Milliners' fold of satin, niado In tho old-fashioned way. are a revival of Worth's for trimming tulle gowns as well as for the- of heavier fabrics, rows or those stitf folds in clusters of four or rlvo being placed across the front and back breadths of tulle, in. one notable instance rose-colored folds crossing tho pale grcon tulle skirt. Tho sides of this skirt arc each cov ered by a lengthwise breadth of rose sntin brocaded aloitg one selvage with white llowors and green laurel leaves,. while other smaller lisjurcs, with tho characteristic primness of Empire, de signs, are scattered, about. lhe sel vage of this fabric in left in full view down the front edge- in tho way Paris modistes delight in. Green satin darker than the tullo skirt forms tho round bodice, which lace behind and is cut in square tabs along the back and sides of the waist, while tho moire ribbon sash crosses the front widoly at the waist line and hangs in two flat onds .... , to the toot. The iront 01 tins tow waist is turned back in short broad rovers ol tlio irrccn saiin 10 uisciosu other r-cvers of tho embroidered pink satin, while v.-hitu silk muslin is placed oft and full in tho mU10bof the front, supporting a jabot of Mechlin laco similar to that which turned down in a pleated frill all around the neck. The short sleeves havo also rovers at their tons holding tho laco, aim are very high in ettoct. Soft white silK Drocaucu in i-ouis XVI. lloworod stripes separated by old-rose or yellow atritKis of peau do soio orarmuro aro also tnado up in evening drosses, and they havo either a deml-traln or olso a very short full train of four straight breadth. Into Sicllicnno silk fronts placed Hat in the olc ru of theso rich brocades tire em broidered across tho foot in a festooned border, and the silk itself is cut out in graceful scullopi. Sometimes tho em broidery runs up thu front in stripe beginning quito wide between tho fes toons, and tapering narrow to the top Halo green satin fronts with scalloped foot have a Marie Antoinette design in crystal bends. A whito satin front breadth is wrought with festoons in silver, and tho shaped side breadths have a narrow border down them of the silver embroidery. Such fronts are used with a rich gray brocaded satin train of stripes,, only two in a breadth, separated by gros grain stripes. Wide folds of gray velvet edge tho stdo breadths their entire length. These velvet folds lengthwise on tho sides aro a feature or brocaded skirts, as yellow velvet folds used down theside breadths of a yellow brocaded satin train, while tho front breadth is of whito tullo crossed with yellow satin folds of tho narrow kind already noted as milliners1 folds. Oth er fronts of skirts are made of white lisse strewn all over with small embroidered flowers, and a narrow Em pire border on ono selvago. or clso tho llsso is wrought all over in long leaf designs dono in button-hole stitch. Other Hsso fronts aro narrow stripes wrought with a slender vino in colors alternat ing with narrow laco stripes. Whito undressed kid gloves are worn with these Empire gowns tied at tho top with ribbon around the arm, and tho light tan gloves aro also still used, while gray gloves nro necessary tortno many gray toueiies now worn 01 tunc, Slcllienno or brocade. "Jmo slippers usually match tho gloves, and aro either of Suede kid or elsoof tho mate rial of tho dress, with a square bucklo of brilliants. Tho hmpiro fan is 01 gnuae, with a border of ribbons paint ed in gay colors, or clso tho gay stripes aro lengthwise along the slendur slicks. Harper's Jiuzur. A Nine-Year-Old Girl Official. Tho city of Trenton can claim tho brightest and youngest city officer in the State. Miss Hattie Owons, very cuto and clover for a girl of nine, has been made second assistant city clerk, and can now 1)3 seen on duty at certain hours filing away in their proper order tho oilicial documents: of tho city clurk's office. When Colonel Owons, thu city clerk took possession of his now quarters the public documents appeared to lie considerably disarranged, and, on complaining, ho found a eheefful volunteer in the porwin Of his young uaugliior, .Miss HsiUlc, who U very smHll, but sharp and methodical, blio was assigned tho work of reasserting, anil is doing it Weil. She Is rather annoyed on account of being a girl and announces that, as second assistant clerk, she desires to bo called Harry," and as such slu Is salutod by all the city nmidals. Miss Harry Owons is a pretty girl of pleasant nddrees. tind with 'thu maunqr of one twice Uei' age. Trenton (X J,) IVmka

ALLISON ,U" Whr miwM Matt Cwww ,. ' " m la Avl lata the Trl-Kri tr , , the dlsotnwkm of the AllUnm Wll L 1 u,e Senate. . No measure was ever int rod need the Senate of the United Stat fmA , of iniquity. It reeks with the comiaunletie spirit of the rich. It is the boldest attempt yet made by organised Plutocracy to rob the tolling millions or America. There is not a line In it devised for the benefit of the " forgotten man," the Amerieaa consumer' When the progress of invention and tho advance of mechanical science have revolatloniaod an industry and havo re duced the eost of production immensely, as, for Instance, In tho manufacture of steel, theHopubllenns make a slight concession' that costs them nothing and enefits noone. To reduce tho tax on steel tails from $17 to ir.u neither lessens the revenue of tho Government nor reduces taxation nor hwsons the grip of Carnegie on the industries of. America. Httilding materials aro not reduced; in many instances there Is an advance l'ig-Iron is still to bo taxed $11,72, in order to protect rich capitalists who havo badlv located furnaces whero it costs lo to maku iron that In properly located f urnneoH can bo made for if is or Wool, now taxed ton cents, Is to bo taxed eleven cents, simply as an ex cuse to advance tho tax on every urti cle into which wool enters. Tho whole bill is a bill of conspira tors leagued against tho weltare of the Republic Popular clamor made it necessary to soom to yield something to the peo ple, but linancial necessities roquireu some compact with tho robber barons ef tho North and East. Foster's "fat-frying" circular brought few responses until Allison s substitute for tho Mills bill was Intcoducod into tho Softato. That hill was heralded by such jour nals as the Chicago Tribune as bil to reduce taxes, but tho manufacturers and monopolists, tho sugar trust and the steel rail trust, knew better than this. They were tariff exports, and understood the effect of every line of the bill. It was tho bond by whioli these highwaymen were to be authorized to pillage tho people under the guise of protection for four years longer, and when tho Republican loaders finally committed themselves to thebllU "fat" flowed freely. These facts must be driven homo to the minds of the people. It is a matter ol profound importance, which Is not to be estimated In dollars and cents. Gigantic as tho robbery is, the uSo to which money is put in corrupting the verv sources of sovcrnincnt is a sub ject of even more serious interest. Money has silenced every advocate of tariff reform in the .Republican party. Senator Allison has sold his birthright for a mess of pottage, and wo are to bo draiftred at tho wheels of tho triumphal chariots of tho money power, llio worK no is uoing 110 nas been chosen to do. because once he i.ti. t..,. stood as the "Son of the Morning," pleading for the rights of his people, but, like Lucifer, ho has fallen, never to rise again. Let tho Democrats now orgnnlzo to carry on tho work begun so well during tho past year. It will not do to rest awhile, and wait for our foes to blunder upon defeat. From this time on wo must push tho lighting, learning from Beauregard at Hull Hun and Meade at Gettysburg, and not glvo tho onomy tlmo for rest and recuperation. The people ure with us, our popular majority being 100,000, but to do the work to which we have set our hands wo need to overwhelm tho friends of Plutocracy at every point. In the dobate In the House, tromondous effect was produced on the public mind, which was widened and deepened as tho campaign proceeded. That otlect must not grow dim. Democrats should organize In every school district in America, and this organization Bhould bo carried downevou to blocks of five. While tho Republicans are quarreling over tho distribution of offices, let Democrats set thomsolvos to tho work of education, and before the next yoar closes let them put in the hands of every voter docuinonts exposing the Infamous character of tho war tariff. The National Association of Demo cratic chilis, or, to uso tho old Jeffer son phraso. Democratic societies, should bo perfected and extended. Chauncey i. black, lork, fa., Is tho president of tho National organization, and societies in all sections of tho country shotild placo thomsolvos n communication with him. lhoro was never a more propitious time for a movement all along tho lino. If Democrats who bollovo In the principles of tho party will enter on tho camnnlcn now: if in every Stnto and every district Democratic societies aro organized at once; if the distinction between lhe principles and practices of tho two parties aro made plain as every public measure comes under dlsqusslon, the complexion of the next House can bo determined lieforo tho now Congress meets, und the results of the election of 1892 amy be determined in advance. In that contest the. people must decide between Democracy and Plutocracy, and tho differences: between the two should lie tntulo so plain that no fool need err therein. L&ufowtte CouricrJ&HrHul. Senator Hlair and Senator Rid dteberger aro two awful examples of mental and physical lutempwance.'-

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HARRISON'S DILEMMA. The rrealiloMt'KtMt and the IHaittltl Me Wilt Nave to Meet. In his letter of acceptance Ilarrkoa recognized and pledged himself to resist the spoils appetite of his party. "I know," he said, "the practical difficulties attending the attempt to

ipply the Civil-Service rules to all apL tlutinenU and removals. It will. "ever, be my sincere purpose, if eleetc d, to advance the reform." Titt. wiui more to the same effect, 1. 1- , . . .. wa said In 'nunrseineni 01 a piauorm pledged h ot t0 ,nRjf PpolntmeU and removu ls un I'1" Ifi'ounus, and tho India rml,,is Journal is now warning Re. "V'T u,ey mtat 'cordially reeogi u " wMiuon on the subject. "Th, expressions," it savsy "construed together, show the extent to which the IfcroibHtmii party is pledged not only to .n observance of the Civil-Serviee law, n tne idea and principles on whk'h It rest, viz.; to give stability and emeioney to the eivll servicer by progressive aliolltlon ef the spoils system and a, substitution of a higher rule of ac tion." This language appears m a paper which upheld Dudleys frauds and which spooks for the beneliciary or them. No ene therefore need take It for more than It Is wortlt. Whatever Harrison's intentions may bo, there aro- eertam facts ho must recognize and bgoverned by. One of these is that tho Democratic Administration lias faithfully enforced the .'endleton law; that the civil sorvico as far as the law extends is now both non-partisan and efficient. The Demo cratic party favored tho system tor all offices which do not require Democratic principles for their proper administration. Tlte- Republican politicians now demand that theso offices shall be vacated to mtiko room for them. They want to see every man who has served under a Democratic Administration turned out. without any regard whntover to his politics. That is their idea of non-partisanship, and "a progressive abolition of the spoils system." They want tho offices. There aro many reasons why they should not havo them. The CivilService law and tho precedents established under it by President Clovcland aro strong reasons, and they must havo some weight with Harrison, but his knowledge of the character of the politicians who are applying to him for office ought to havo tnoro weight. Ho has seen. them at work in Indiana and other States. Ho knows that as a rule they are both dishonest and indecent, entirely unfit for any office or trust. Doubtless ho would prefer not to appoint them. Ho has some family pride and some regard for the names of honored, ancestors who are disgraced by his present associations with the Quays, the Dudleys, theHlaines and tho Fords. Ho has sense enough to know that ho can not reward tho fine-workers from the public treasury and pretend that he is moved to do U by high-minded patriotism. Ho lias been shaking hands with the tough element of his party at a great sacrifice of his own feelings, and ho would like now, no doubt, to put on his gloves again. Hut ho knows just as well that theso short-haired gentry handled tho "blocks of live" that elected him; ho knows they have an uncontrollable appetito. and that if he does not surrender to them ho will havo no chance for ronominatlon. As soon lis ho is sworn in he will havo tho mob around him, and It will laugh at his pledges. It will be an in teresting situation. fit. Leuts JUpublic SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Rutherford 11. Hayos, of Ohio, has called on the Prosidont-olect. Wo know now where tho next Administration will purchase its fresh eggs and spring poultry. Detroit Free Vrm. It is no bad scheme that of taking the entire Cabinet from Indiana. It would make Mr, Harrison so popular in his own State that ho might carry It In '92 without the uso- of high-tariff boodle. Lo uis ville Courier-Jo u ra. Is it worth while to attempt to onforce or iraprovo tho laws concerning bribery when exceptional contributions to tho corruption fund of the Republican party this year aro made flio basis for recommendations to place In the Cabinet? Albany Argus. Thero is a proposition on foot th secure a foreign appointment for Murat Halstead. No ono objects to this. We will all willingly sign a potiton to that offect. The only question is: Which, point on tho globe is the farthost from the United States? Omaha Herald. Senator Chandler announce that he will press his resolution to Investigate Southern elections, and hopes to havo his commlttoo In working order in a few days. Could not the Senator llnd plenty of material for his mill to grind on without traveling so far? Indiana and Now York are not far off, and great chunks of evidence as to bribery and corruption are lying around loose in those regions, if the newspapers aro to be believed. Macon Telegraph. The nail manufacturers of the Schuylkill valley having helped to secure a perpetuation of their tariff bounties by threatening their workmen with la-t'g work and lower wages if "Democratic free trade' should prevail, now propose to cut down the hours of labor, and to reduce tho pay correspondingly, as a part ot the regular policy of "restricting production" in order to maintain prices. Tho work-Inz-inen are getting their education on this question in a dear school, but it will lie complete before '92. A. 1". H'orW. ,(