Ligonier Banner., Volume 24, Number 12, Ligonier, Noble County, 4 July 1889 — Page 6

THE FOURTH IN J 776. o e {@) BE Fourth in old Stlav; e Pyl enteen seventy-six i /{./' ; What a stupid, mo-~ ) i notonous day, ((é\( Enlivened by none .of b/ " : our civilized tricks, Qe G " Our exciting, effective f A % ( 3 display! 71t,“ Pk BN\ No happenings de7‘\ > structive to eye, \\\e AN .~ tooth &F iimb, '( \(7 ,-,-/// O\ No @Qeadly discharge pé O W to appal AN\ I\ pal, - \:M Vs . .No telegraph record, A R with interest grim, 4 I o\ RS No general havoo at e A ‘,a‘h} : all, v HrteT— : TS-Y 5 Nosplendid excursions 2 ik in fine-looking craft That gaily up Death’s river sail: ‘No thirsty news-lover to drink at a draught A hundred collisions by rail. No rickety platforms a-going plump down . And breaking stout bones by the score; No accidents met with in country or town— Such a Fourth of July! What a borel JULIA H. THAYER.

MR. SHARP. - | 1 How He Was Outwitted by Innocent Miss Talkative. | {Written for This Paper.] Lo ' >\ HE sunrose bright t . and clear on the . morning’ of .Julyl Zolll \| ﬂ Svi 7SO | b Mr. George \) 7, i Jamison was‘ £ l {’)&” iz . awakéned long| A" j ere his regular| & '{'~"§§§ | time by the boom- | 2 ' NOW)A ing of cannons : W@, . - and anvils. Soon 188 M) oo be vokehe N. YR - arose, dressed as V/ /;{ };3%’ himself and be-§ ‘@:’z /" ’».] 3 gan to pace the ;r”{,‘ ( =¥~ floor of hisroom. | XU 7 V “Confound- it:!” | " Lt he exclaimed.| “Why is it people must make fools of them- | selves in this way? What is the use of try-| ing to immortalize a day that is sure to be | remembered any way? For my part I wish the Fourth of July —” : { ' He was interrupted by a knock:on hisi door, and on answering it he found a maid | bearing a square envelope. ’ 1 “When did this come?” he asked, with-| out opening it. Lot ‘‘Yesterday, sir,” answered the maid. ; On breaking the seal Mr. Jamison glanced | at the oontents of the envelope and sank| backimachair = ¢ ‘

© Miss Talkative, the Ilandlady of Mr.| .Jamison, sat in her cozy parler knitting. | She was of a curious turn, and ever since| Mr. Jamison had become an inmate of her| ‘house,nearly ayear before,she had wished to know more about him, but Mr. Jamison was| -of a nature that would not brook any ques- | ‘tions, and Miss Talkative had been obliged | to wonder in silence at his® peculiarities. | ‘Bhe finally became convinced that he 'wasf pining away from the effects of some un-il fortunate love affair, and on the day before I‘ the . Fourth decided to test him. 8o she “ wrote as follows: E‘

“George, I would like to see you at ©once.”

She thought if her estimate of him had‘% ‘been correct she would be sure to discover| it in the conversation which must ensué on! Mr. Jamison receiving the note. She vyas} -one of the most gentle ladies on earth, and| was consequently terrified when she saw! ‘the result of her experiment. She had in-| tended to simply try him. and thought that/| ‘possibly her note might be the means of| -effecting a reconciliation between two lov-| ing but estranged hearts. -So on the| ‘morning of the Fourth. she sat waiting re | ‘sults, when Mr. Jamison's voice was heard, angrily summoning her. | “I suppose I must go up to him,” said the[ landlady to the maid. i et “‘He's getting louder every minute,” said| ‘the girl, and Miss Talkative hurried upwstairs to her boarder’'s room. She foundi that person strangely agitated, with a look| -of mingled wonder and anger on his face,| and she saw the unlucky envelope upon the| floor. Miss Talkative presented herself‘; ‘'with a face as pale as her boarder’s, and| felt as though she had committed some| crime, . {

“I wanted to ask about this letter. ‘When‘i and how did it come?” I

Miss Talkative was on the point of mak-| ‘ing a clean breast of it, and confessing that| she alone was responsible for the ;m!ucky' wmissive, but while she was hesitating, from[ awkwardness and diffidence, Mr. Jamison| sshattered her nerves by exclaiming: | “For heaven’s sake, woman, don't; stand} there and stare. Answer me. When did ‘this come?” o po L‘

‘“Yesterddy!” grsped Miss Talkative, in[ «desperation.. : e “Who brought it?” questioned Mr. Jami-1 ‘son, growing more and more axcited. , ‘‘A—a young lady,” answered Miss Talkative, hesitatingly. ?

-“What was sne like?” . - | “I can not tell. The fact is, I hardly—l| only—" j ! Sl “Was she tall and dark, and fashionably| dressed?” interrupted Mr. Jamison. ! ‘“Yes; I believe sO,” answered Miss Ta.lk-! ative, her curiosity once more gaining the| supremacy. ; ' i It must have been Alice. But how did! ehe know I was here?”’ muttered Mr. Jamison, evidently speaking to himself. | He put his hands into his pockets and| stood staring out the window, Igno_ring[ Miss Talkative’s presence. The landlady was recovering from her perturbation and was beginning to perceive that, after all, the letter had elucidated the mystery of| Mr. Jamison’s conduct. It was evident that some unluckly love affair was at "the} | bottom of his unhappiness. v - . “Miss Talkative,” he. said, suddenly,i ‘speaking more in his usual tone, though still laboring under strong “excitement,

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not at home, do not leave it, but bring it back with you. On no account give it to any one elge.” : i e “Is there an answer, sir?” inquired Miss Talkative, rather flustered by these instructions. :

‘‘Yes, there will probably be an answer. If the lady asks you any questions, tell her I was very angry on receiving the letter. Tell her I shall probably leave Chicagoin a few days,” and Mr. Jamison began pacing the floor moodily. 1t crossed Miss Talkative’smind thatif the letter related to her note she mightsave herself this long trip. Butbefore she had time to arrive at any conclusion Mr. Jamison interrupted her meditations by saying sharply: “‘Come, Miss Talkative, don’t waste valuable time. The sooner the letter is delivered the better I shall be pleased. It is of great importance remember.”’ Miss Talkative turned to retire, and soon a 8 his landlady stepped out the door Mr. Jamison commeénced to re-read a number of old letters which lay on her desk. While he perused them his face was a study. Anger, pain, fear, hope and jealousy passed over his features in rapid succession.

My dearest George,’” he said, unconsciously speaking aloud, and there was a bitter ring in his voice. ‘‘How she did deceive me! Oh! Alice, Iloved you and will always love you. Why were you so cruel?” Then, calming himself, he continued to read. When he came to the last letter.he paused for a moment and read it aloud: “GrorGE: I have dec:ived you long enough. I am going to marry Mr. Sharp, whom you despise so much. lam really gorry you love me, for it may pain you to learn that lam false. It seems what I intended for a flirtation has been serious on your part. Forgive me if you can, but it not remember me as a giddy flirt. ALICE. “P, B.—Do not write to me, for I shallnot read your letters. A On finishing this last Mr. Jamison sank down in achair and began to weep in silence. a * *®* % * * * *

" July 4, 1880. A small, elegant cottage in Englewood rang with the mirth of many guests. , It was the occasion of the marriage of the daughter of. the house, Alice, to Frank Sharp, a handsome, dashing young lawyer. The hands of the small silver clock on the nwntel,pointed to the hour of half-past nine when the prospective mother-in-law said to the bride: ' .“Alice, you had better go and dress. It is nearly ten, and the minister has arrived.” The young lady addressed was a tall, beautiful brunette, and at her mother’s words she moved to her room with a grace and dignity that proved she came of a good family. * '

Suddenly there was a ring at the dooxrbell, and Alice heard a lady’s voice inquir-

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‘‘NO, YOU NEED SAY NOTHING, FRANK.’’

ing for Mrs. Sharp. Knowing she was the one wanted, the hride hastened to the outer door, where she found an elderly woman waiting whilé Frank Sharp read a letter. “Why, Frank, what are you doing?” she exciaimed. . *“That letter #& addressed to me.” P

*‘Oh, no, it is for my mother,” said the groom, with a faint smile. ‘I beg your pardon, sir,” said the elderly lady. ‘“‘The letter is meant for the young Mrs. Sharp; your wife, Imean.” *‘As yet lam plain Miss,” said Alice, taking the letter from the unwilling hand of Sharp. ‘‘Why, what ils this?” she said. ‘‘A note from Mr. Jamison. He says: ‘Oh, Alice, why do yon torture me by sending me such anote? Is it not enough that you have broken my heart,” without taunting me now? GEoRGE.” There is certainly some mistake here,” she continued, looking straight at Sharp. ‘‘He says I sent him a niote, which I did not, and he says I broke his heart; which is another mistake. He disappeared suddenly last year, leaving a note. for me saying he would deceive me no longer, as he was a married man.” And, rushing to her room, Alice put on her ‘bonnet. Returning to the parlor, she said to the assembled guests: “This wedding is postponed to three o’elock this afternoon.”

. ‘But, Alice,” objected her mother, ‘“‘every thing is ready now, and there is no reason for postponing it.” : “I am going out for awhile,” she said, and wentto the front door, leaving the minister and guests paralyzed with astonishment. o :

On reaching the door she found Sharp and Miss Talkative just where they had stood when she lett them. -

I am going back with you,” she said to Miss Talzative. ‘‘No, you need say nothing, Frank. lam going. I have told the company there would be no wedding till this afternooun, for I must see George.” " “Alice, listen to reason. There is no use in going. Jamison deceived you once, and who knows what he may want to do now?” said Sharp, pale and very excited. ‘ ‘‘Please lead the way,” said Alice to Miss Talkative, and the two entered the waiting cab.

“‘Number —, Washington boulevard,}’ said Miss Talkative to the cabman, and away they went. : : * * * % » * # George Jamison still sat in the same chair where he had rested himself when he reread that cruel, cruel letter. y He recalled all the happy days'he had spent in company with Alice. He recalled how, when he had asked her to be his wife, she had blushingly confessed thatshe loved him, and promised that on the last Fourth -of July she would be his pride. Then with an involuntary moan, he thought of Sharp, that man whom he had pronounced a wolf in sheep’s clotning. And finally he remembered how, the morning of July 1, he had received that little note which blighted all his hopes and drove him from Alice’s side. Just when he arrived at this point a voice which he recognized as that of Miss Talkative was heard below.

Bursting through his door he rushed | downstairs, but stopped ere he entered the parlor, for a voice which he had good cause : to remember reached him. ; + ‘‘SBhall we go to him?’ Alice was saying. *I thought I heard him in the hall,” gaid Mias Talkative's voice, and the owner immediately opened the door, and Alice saw her former lover with a pale face and haughty attitude. : L *Oh, Mr. Jamison!” ghe ecried. ‘‘What do youmean by shis?”’ and she thrust before him his note. i “What do Imean?” herepeated. ‘‘l mean just what I say. I[s it not enough to have one’s affections trifle@ with without one being twitted with it afterward?”’ : “I mever trified with your affections, What s the meaning of- this?” and she ‘thrust before him a crumpled note. . | 'He took it and read: ‘“Alice, I have decelved you long enough. I am now going %o leave, and you will probably never sce S s e “Whab e o akd, 9 & bowiidered isorbof way. . ol e 0 eatran through the-mall the day SRR se e T

.ﬁet ou told me you were going to St Louis,” answered Alice, with a faint ate tempt at a smile. B “Q, I am commencing to see light at last,” sald George. ‘‘The day I left, July 1, Ireceived t note from you telling me you had been playing with my love and thatyou were ﬂoing to marry Mr. Sharp.” “I never wrote it. How lucky I did not marry him!” exclaimed Alice, and in 2 moment more the two lovers were in each other’s arms. “Bua about the Iletter,” said Alice. “Whu'f did that come from?” “It 13 enough for me that it effected our reconc|liation. I care not who sent it,”’ answete({ (teorge. ‘ Miss | Talkative had stood by, a happy specta&or, but now her practical sense showed it3elf, and she said: : :

*“You have both been deceived, undoubtedly, by that man Sharp. Why should mot Mr, Jamison take his place in the ceremony this afgernoon?” This| led to more explanations,, and George almost fainted when he realized that Sharp had been so nearly successful.

But he did take Sharp’s place in the ceremony, and that gentleman has never been seen either George or Alice from thas dﬁy to | this. : r Miss | Talkative kept her .secret of the anony#ous letter, but never ceases to congratulate herself on her lucky curiosity. And every time the Fourth of July comes around My. and Mrs Jamison have a celebration at home. * F, C. GRaBAM. INDEPENDENCE-DAY POETRY.

An Idyl of the Fourth. Jimmy, hold the rocket tight, Hold her tight, : " ‘Hold her tight, : Till I try to strike a lignt, Strike a light, Strike a light. ¢ . |Oh, won'’t she make a fly - When I tough her off—my eye! Shooting ri;nt up to the sxy, 5 And so bright, { And so bright! Now I'm lighting the fusee, ; The fusee, The fusee, ; And you keep your eye on me, Eye on mig; o Eye on me. . There she goes! ha! * * e koo ok Kk ok Tk ok ok ok kK £ e e X E T, {*K K % ;'*¥ ¥ * i P. S..—The reader can fiil in the space occus pied by the asterisks according to his own ideas. |We have nothing further to say about the matter, except that the physicians give it as their opinion that the boys may pull through, but it was a narrow escape.— Boston Courier.

July—for you the songs are sung birds the leafy trees among; ith merry carolings they wake he meadows at the morning’s break, And through the day the lisping-breeze - Is woven with their tree-top glees. r you the prattling, pebbly brooks Are full of tales like story-books. For you afragrant incense burns Within the garden’s blossom-urns Which tempt the bees to hasten homse With honey for their honey-comb. | The river, like a looking-glass, flects the fleecy clouds that pass, . Until it makes us almost doubt ~ Iflearth and sky aren’t changed about. July—for you, in silence deep o The world seems fallen fasf asleep, Save on one glorious holiday, V&hen all our books we put away s And every little maid and man lls proud to be American! -Franilx Dempster Sherman, in St. Nicholas, | After the Fourth. The small boy of yester morn ‘Was strong and stout of limb; Danger he laughed to scorn; To-day what aileth him? : crutch doth him support; One arm is in a sBling; } lis*head is bandaged taut; - ]He may not play nor sing. - His face is scorched and black; He hath but half a nose; One ear hath jumped the track; Both eyes are on the close. ‘ .+, Filled to the very crown : ils suffering’s bitter cup; { Iﬁ; hurts him to sit down, It hurts him to stand up. : Still the unconquered lad, : Half speechless, whispers yet: ‘ Youdear old pop, I had : A bully Fourth, you bet!” - —New Haven Register. ' THE DESERTED VILLAGE. Reflections of a Desolate Man on the Lonely Street of an Ohio Town. “Gone!” The word came with g deep groan from the lips of the desolate man who stood on the lonely street and looked about him. The beams of the setting sun shone witk a yellow glow on a peaceful village nests ling in a lovely plain. The modest spires of the churches. glittered in an atmosphere free from smoke, and not a sound came t¢ the ear of the solitary man, whose brain was throbbing and whose heart was bursting with a sense of his strange and un. earthly isolation. ‘ .

“Under a sky of unsurpassed beauty,” he exclaimed, “in a land where even win ter in its most savage mood breathes mild: ly, in the favored garden spot of a greal State, amid fertile valleys and vine-clad hillsides whose vegetation isalready leaping into life in response to the creative energy of the vernal sunshine, can it be possible thatlhavelived to seesuch a scene as this?’

He paused a moment to kick a wandering and lonesome-looking dog that was sniffing about him in an abjectly inquisitive and apologetic manner, and again his voice rang plaintively out amid the weird soli tude: b

““Where are they all? Where are my friends, my neighbors, the companions of my youth? What mysterious calamity has swept over this once happy place as with the besom of—you here again, you miserable hound? Getout!”

He drew his hand tremblingly across his pallid brow, and once more his voice smote the air: , o

“They are not here! They are gone| Great snakes! Of course they’re gonel| Where are ye, friends of my childhood? @ familiar faces that filled the horizon of hope in my maturer years and framed the radiant vision that my ambition bodied forth, where the Dickens and Tom Walker doyou hang out now?” - . With these words he took a fresh chew of tobacco, pulled his hat down over his eyes, ave one farewell glance up and down the geserted dnd voiceless street, turned his back on the home of his childhood, and departed forever.

He was the only human being in that beautiful Southern Ohio town that had not gone to Washington with a petition for an office —Chicago Tribune.

A Valve for Electricity,

A device which may be of considerable value is described by M. Neyreneuf in the Journal de Physique as an electric valve, by means of which the current can be sent in one direction but not in the other. With a voltameter constructed of two aluminium electrodes, dilute acid as electrolyte,and an alternating current, he found that pure hydrogen was evolved at both electrodes, but on making up an arrangement with one electrode of aluminium and one of mercury, using distilled water as electrolyte, the current was found to pass in one direction only.

‘ . 4 \ e % ‘ . It Hurt His Feelings, | ~ Kansas Tramp -Mister, could you ao a little something to assist & poor man? =~ Stranger—You don’t look as though you .were unable to work. You ought to bs _ashamed of yourself to go around this way. You are a disgrace to humanity, Why. ~don’t you go down to the river and takes bath and try toearn aliving? - . K. T. (pathetically)—Take a bath. Ain’t it enouigh to bave fo drisk the stuff.~Men. Shsnbdreveler o 00l 00

~ HARRISON'S HYPOCRISY. Harrison the President Condemned by : Harrison the Senator. - The following example of the “:deadly parallel” will repay attention: [Special Dispatch to] Ido lift up a hearty the Globe-Demgocrat.] |prayer that we may First Assistant Post-|pever have a President master-General Clark-{Who will not either purson still continues his{sue, and compel his work of decapitating/Cabinet advisers to fourth-class - postmas-pursue, the civil-serv-ters of the Democraticlice policy pure and variety and substitut-{simple and upon a just ing to; them Repub-|basis, allowing men licans. ° During th e|accused to be heard, week just closedjand deciding against changes were made in|/them only upon compe--1,012 offices. The high-|tent proof and fairly—est number of changes|either have that kind made in one week was/of a civil service, or, 1,016. The latter num-{for God's sake, let us ber broke the record,jhave that other frank which. breaking oc-jand bold, if brutal, curred about the mid-jmethod of turning men dle of May. The past/and women out simply week gave the record|for: political opimnion. a close call, although{Let us have one or the Mr. Clarkson made no|other. ‘ special effort. Since [ . the incoming of the : present administration over 11,00 Democramci postmasters of the ¢ fourth class have re-! tired from office either voluntarily or involun- . tarily. . ? The quotation on the left hand speaks for itself and needs no explanation. That on the right is from a speech delivered in the United States Senate on Xlarch 26, 1886, by Benjamin Harrison, Senator from Indiana. It might have been supposed that becoming President, Mr. Harrison, in departing from his pledges in a way so brutal thatin a single grade of asingle department of the service he has forcedout over 11,000 experienced men in less than four months, would have adopted his own alternative and so would have been frank and bold in his brutality. The country does not need to be told that hypocrisy has been as marked a feature of his administrative methods as the brutality he himself has defined. In the process of forcing out these thousands of tried public servants, every method known to partisan greed and rancor has been employed. Where résignations have not been forthcoming on demand, the threat of charges has been held over the heads of incumbents, and they have been given to understand that the nature of such charges is an administration secret.

The New York Evening Post has done good service in exposing this method, especially in the case of Mrs. Mary L. Ciay, of Huntsville, Ala. She was postmistress there, and her resignation was demanded. She asked to know the nature of the charges against her. The answer was anotice of her removal. The Administration claims to have the report of a special agent on charges showing her unfitness. When application was made at the Post-Office Department for information corfterning these charges it was flatly refused, with no other information than that the contents of such papers would not be divulged in any case.. . : ;

The best comment on such a policy for use in this connection is that of the speech from which we have already quoted. It is,”’ said Senator Harrison, *‘‘a policy imaungurated by this Administration, a policy that is without precedent, and that will be without imitation—a policy of stimulating and receiving secret charges against the reputation of men, ay, as I shall show" presently, not only against the reputation of men, but against the reputation of women; of denying to the accused any access to or knowiedge of the charges, and of acting upon those charges in the dark.” v :

Now, what is Harrison the President as he is judged out of the mouth ot Harrison the Senator? Was Harrison the President pursuing ‘‘a civil-serv-ice policy pure and simple” in turning out over 11,000 fourth-class postmasters between March 4 and June 15? Was he “frank and bold, if brutal,” in having charges filed by a special agent against Postmistress Mary L. Clay and refusing to reveal the nature of the accusation or the names of the accusers? Is not Harrison the President condemned by Harrison the Senator as a canting humbug?—St. Louis Republie.

HON. CALVIN S. BRICE.

The Right Man in the Right Place — Democratic Devotion to Principle.

The action of the Democratic National Committee in electing Colonel Calvin S. Brice as chairman and successor of the lamented William H. ‘Barnum is - a cheering evidence of the unshaken loyalty of the leaders of the party to principle, as well as a deserved tribute to a faithful worker and capable organizer. The position of Colonel Brice on the question which rallied the Democracy to their colors in the last campaign is unequivocal. He is known as an ardent advocate of tariff reform,.aand “his election as chairmax(/of “the National Committee is an unmistakable evidence that the party has not the slightest intention of taking one step backward from the impregnable position assumed during the Presiden‘tial campaign. The advice and predictions of ’traitors have come to naught. The party is immovable on the subject of lower taxesand no discriminations, and it will be found as loyal to popular principles in the next campaign as it was in the last. Any ~recession from the bold, uncomprom ising, popular position on the most important of National questions, assumed by the party last year, would be political suicide. The principle of tariff ~ reform ' demonstrated its strength, even when imperfectly _understood in 'many quarters, by a popular majority of 100,000 throughout the country. Only through the ~employment of the vilest agencies were its enemies enabled to secure a majority in the electoral college. It is bound to triumph in the next struggle, forthe people are being daily more and more beneficent purposes. < . UﬁiWFW%thohwmﬁ i el Pl el e il Union veterans, for his war record id one to be proud of; all true Democrats, for his unshaken loyalty to Der%i% Solittasl et By hle bßiTiat and. i B pluction satsint railh dlb tatc s o T R S i ol e PR TR e A Y E R

by the party. The Democracy are united on tariff reform, and under its flag they will be led to victory in the next contest. The campaign of education on the subject is constantly going on. Reduction of wages, increase of business failures, multiplication of trusts and restriction of industries and production are the results of the return of the Republicans to power. The boasted protection to American labor has been shown in its true colors, and the American working-man has had ample opportunity to study the differ~ence between the principles of the two parties on this vital question. Colonel Brice is just the man to secure harmonious action and preserve intact the prestige of the party. His zeal, singleminded devotion to Democratic interests, rare judgment and unconquerable spirit, gave a strong impetus to the conduct of last year's campaign. The same qualities, brought to bear under brighter auspices on the next contest, with a tidal wave of public sentiment behind the party, must lead to victory and the emancipation of American industry.—Albany (N. Y.) Argus.

PROTECTED COAL MINERS. Men, Willing to Work Hard, Unable to Earn Enough to Support Themselves.

The operation of protecting the infant industry of mining coal in Illinois has now reached the stage of starvation at the Braidwood district, at Streator, Spring Valley, LaSalle, Peru, Oglesby, Roanoke, Minonk and Morris. Unless the charitable of Chicago shall give, the men who, for years, have dug the fuel of Chicago must starve as a reward of their labor.

In a time of regular seasons, of succeeding harvests, of copious rains, of gentle winds, of general health—without National ills—the farmer of Dakota or Nebraska has suffered because his supply oi food was inadequate, and the hard-working -miner starves because he can get no bread. First and foremost, therefore, we have the stupendous crime of governmental intervention in the ordinary business affairs of private citizens. It has turned out that the Government in 1888 collected 75 cents a. ton on about $3,000,000 of foreign imported soft coal, while the Illinois miner, if we reckon all the robberies of his employer, received not over 85 cents a ton for digging screened fuel. § .

Protected against the better soft coal of Nova Scotia, the American capitalist has proceeded to fr{ the fat out of our people. As more capitalists have scented the gain in that form of business, the domestic competition has increased, and every cent of diminution in price has first come out of the wages paid to miners. Once $2.80 was offered for a ton .of unscreened ccal. To secure the present result, practices have been instituted that shame humanity as far as greed can shame it.

As protection does not protect, the mine-owners are now engaged in eating each other. During this contest the miners, on one reason or other, must starve, or be fed by the philanthropic. This is the lesson at hand, and this is the exigency. Unless those who have bread shall give of it, about 11,000 miners with their families, in Illinois alone, must starve. These 11,000 miners voted for protection, because their wages of 55 cents were paid with that understanding, and as the voter’s ballot is marked by a number, as in Chicago, it would be a fatal mistake to attempt to vote for escape from a false system. : Wherever in America protection has established an infant industry there has followed the truck system, the slave system, the company government and the de-Americanization of that rogion. The Americans have fled and foreigners have come in. When Americans have been seen in the blasted district it has been on the call of the Governor for militia to effect a lower scale of wages. As at Johnstown, Pencoyd, Brazil, Hocking—everywhere—the friend of man has looked on the scene, and has wished that manufactures and mining had not come into the world to make the drama entirely hateful. @ While the workers have silently metamorphosed —from Americans to Irish, to English, to Germans, to Itali%ns, to Magyars, to Huns, to Scythians—the great American millionaire has passed away and the billionaire corporation has taken his place. At last men, contemplating the work of protection, elose their mouths and grow afraid. Now let them give, in order to save these worthy miners from death, for of late the labor problem has-got to that stage where the strike and the militia can no longer be used to confuse the promptings of charity or ta conceal certain hypocrisies of our civilization.—Chicago Herald.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

——Strained relations are bad enough, but President Harrison begins to wish that his relatives could be restrained, just a little.—N. Y. World. -—>Selling cheap and buying dear never made any man rich, and the American farmer is the only person who seems to think otherwise.—Louisville Courier-Journal. L

—--It becomes plainer every day that Harrison has no originality, no mind of his own except a mind to be obstinate with those who he fears will show superior to him by contrast.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. N

' ——New Hampshire has decided to send Bill Chandler kack to the United States Senate. That queer old com. ‘monwealth may now put on a tall, ~conical paper cap and go and sit on the three-légged stool in the corner.— Chicago News. 0 ——So long as one man can get rich at the expense of his fellows, there will be found the man to make the attempt. - And, like Carnegie, he will work himself into a fine frenzy with the believing that he is a blessing to the fellow-creatures he is de‘gpoiling.—Chicago Herald. SEI A ——lnstead of jeering at the dis.. ‘appointment of the political ambitiong -of young Thurman in Ohio, would it ‘not be well for the Republican organs to roflect upon the incident as eviy {dence that the Democratic party’s attiﬁ W&@;ﬁwmm@h g#&«f’i?

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