Pike County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 22, Petersburg, Pike County, 9 October 1884 — Page 4

m DEMOCRAT. r« • - "c“ W» dole, not ill-content IIihI hts heart still moved by human woe: poor mail to his ivtghbor simply lent scanty saving* ho could scarce forego. mote>88g<1 *a<* **k®d to know no other s wife all night. with pity brave, ^neighbors dying child was bending nt.ter deeming it was much she gave. Sod forgive us that we dare to ask Of costless gifts and fruitless sighs! On the sigh that shuns the unweloome dole that lacks the salt of sacrifice 1 gilded palm the erushing weight can lift: o soothing sigh the maddening -woe can a®-- Tw’ove that gives its wealth to every gift: * r IU the poor mau fare without thi " —Tht Spectator. TREE WORSHIP. Kf Traditions and Superstitions or the Pasti Trees That Give Life and Trees Thai Kill — Sentiments Cnnnected with the Cypress. It is not the purpose to speak in this article of that part of the Pagan thcoiogy which transforms every bush and tree into some god, goddess, nymph, faun, satyr or hamadryad, nor to refer *°, the ayrnboliti or sacred character 'which the Urpcks and Romans attribut-edto-eertain trees that their priesthood r.ad consecrated to the Jj®pdhad consecrated to the deitiestp^j myrtle, for instance, to Venus, thi olive to Mercury, the laurel to Apollo It is the intent to simply mention thi worship offered to trees by certaii hjjbUacs anil tribes on account of the ^g^Teal or imaginary properties. “T1 ancient people of India,” says Quinti Curtins, “had a profound veneratioi for certa;n tre§s, before which the; ^rere in the habit of kneeling in the atti tude of devotion, and the most terribl punishment awaited the sacrilegiou transgressor who dared injure one o them. There are two kinds of tree in Persia that are worshipped to thi day. The one is the diraken-i- fusel, o tree that surpasses the rest, tho othe the dir-dar, or theJtrce of the genii The tree believers decorate these tree with strips of precious stuffs. The ai —- » g ha 3 cient Persians had a particular venen tion for the barrom, a gigantic trt over whioh the snn, as they believe* kept wr,U'h in an especial manner. 1 ----«•« umt uu % tseptional respect for the cypress. Wh Xerxes bedecked a plane-tree with ori he Oiientals have always had an e men is as he passed* it on his march ha (Was not, as has been related, throuj an insensate passion for the tree, bi through religious feeling.

it xne vuigours, as people of northern Oilmen, worshipped the cypresM&nd the birch. The ceremonies of thiWite had their origin in a legend relating to the "establishment of their kingdom. One day, according to the legend, there suddenly arose out of the ground, at the confluence of the two principal rivers, two marvelous trees that gave forth melodious sounds as they rose into the air. When they had grown large and were covered with leaves they opened from top to bottom, and there stepped forth from them five children, one of whom became the King of the Ouigours. When these children had grown upthey approached the trees with great respect, and the trees spoke to them, giving ^hem good advice and wished them a * long life and great renown. Thenceforth the .Ouigours, seeing in the cypress and the birch the cradles of their first king and lawgivers, rendered to these trees the homage we offer to the real God. 'Beside these trees, which superstition nas elevated to divinity, may be placed certain other productions of the vegetable realm, which ignorance and prejudice have, at different periods, made the object of wonder, or the awe of races-of men. Of this number is the upas tree, that grows oh. the island of Java. Travelers relate that this tree ''exhales a poison so virulent that all other vegetation near is destroyed. Not # bush nor a blade of grass is to be found Sn the valley where the upas grows. ■The surrounding mountains are sterile rocks, and the place has neither birds, quadrupeds nor reptiles. Dr. Horshfield states that the upas, which is found in Macassar, as well as Java, flourishes in a dense forest, out also states that arrows dipped in the sap of the upas inflict deadly wounds. A story was told at one time concerning the Sicilian manna tree, which was that upon a certain occasion when the . King of Naples was about to wall in the gardens of GCnotria—which produce the best manna of Calabria—and subject the product to taxation, the manna suddenly dried up and did not appear again until the tax was abandoned. The bread tree has also given rise to singular stories. Rumphius, the Dutch traveler, once affirmed' that the i variety known as the Jaquier helesoE* ‘Us yields fruit so large that a man not lift one of the products. The t is really about twice the size of a man's list. It grows for eight months; then it is in condition to pluck. It is cut in slices and broiled on hot coals, or baked in an oven. When it commences to blacken with the heat, the burned part is scraped off, and beneath it is round a white mealy pulp, as tender as the crumb gf fresh bread, and greatly resembling in flavor a good wheaten loaf. 4

' me i.auis entertained a peculiar veneration for the mistletoe. In the Gallio language gui or mistletoe .signified .plant, and in the symbolic phraseology with which the Drnids only were familiar the word chic meaning oak, or the tree of all others, stood for force, power and authority. The oak misjjetoe was gathered every year in the moDth of December by the high priest of the Druids, or by the Queen of the female Druids, with a golden siekle, and was received in the skirts of » white tnnic. In Germany it was also believed that no one whp had a sprig of mistletoe about his person conld be wounded, but he was certain to strike those at whom he aimed his own arrows. However, the Germans never rendered worship to the oak as the Druids did in their mysterious forests. William de Mapdeville, a traveler of the thirteenth century, gives a description ot the Dry Tree. Some theologians say that this tree grows not far from the grave of■ Lot, and has been there since the beginning of the world, and until the death of Christ was covered with green leaves. The moment Jesus breathed his last all its leaves fell, and its trunk and branches withered, without the tree itself dying. De Mandeville states that some proph- , ecies say a Prince of the West shall win the land of promise by the aid of the Christians, and there will be a Mass performed under the Dry Tree, and then the tree will become green again and bear leaves. By this miracle many Jews and many Saracens will be converted to the Christian faith. For this reason the tree is held in great veneration and carefully and affectionately tended. The people of the middle ages believed it only necessary to have a piece of the Dry Tree about their persons in order to be saved from 'all the maladies that afflict the human race.

1700, and only wren la 1800. The weeping willow and somber yew are jffleraaicaTly associated with the scenery of the ehnrohyard, and quite as naturally, although through habit merely, do we connect the laurel and the Vine wreath with thoughts of triumph and festivity. Religion, in all ages and all climes, has found powerful auxiliaries and exquisite symbols in the garden and the grove.—itotott Herald. The Funny Man’s Friends, ** I declarel” exclaimed the Oyster, “1 don’t like It one bit. Every one knows, or ought to know, that I have returned to society after my summer seclusion; and yet, if you’ll believe me, there are at least a s ore of newspariers which havn’t mentioned my name!” “Beg your pardor,” replied the Ice Cream, coolly, “but haven’t you your* self to blame for it? Persons who shut themselves out of society four months every year mU3t expect to be forgotten. Now I—I understand and npjjireciate my duty to myself as Well as to society, and 1 keep in the current the year round. And What is the Coasequehce? Why, I’m invited everywhere and am everywhere the universal favorite, But you—”, ‘‘Oh, I sha’n’t want for friends, ‘interrupted the Oyster. “You’ll find me a dangerous rival, I dare say, before winter is over.” “Not at all,” replied the Ice Cream, more frigialy than before. “What; do yon know of society? Save a few lovesick ones and the old covies at the parish fair, your friends are almost entirely confined to the habitues of sample rooms. For my part—’ ’ There is no knowing to what extremes the controversy Detween those two might not have gone, had not the Chicago Girl’s Foot interposed. “I don't see what good there is in quarreling over such a thing as popularity,” remarked the Foot. “Goodness knows I’ve had enough of it; and, let me tell you. I’m heartily sick of it. I sometimes wish that I might never see my name mentioned again as long as I live. When I have read my name twenty or thirty times in a single day, I feel so small—” “That must be a novel sensation, indeed!” cried the Plumber, with a is,ugh. “But speaking of popularity,” he continued, “1 tell you what it is. mates, it pays. Lcok at me! Ain’t I a living proof of it?” and he jingled the loose money in his trousers pocket. “I don’t put out any Stuff for advertising. I get all that for nothing. Everybody knows me and everybody has to employ me— leastways, if they do once. I’ve got them forever after. And, wbat’s more, they don’t dare to grumble at my bill; they expect it ’ll be big—the papers have prepared them to get a big bill— and I haven’t the heart to disappoint >T So in

“Them’s my sentiments,” chimed in the Ice Dealer, who sat smoking in the corner. “And that reminds me,” he added, taking out his notebook and jotting something down, “that I must git them noosepaper fellers to say somethin’ or other about the scarcity of ice on ’cmmt of the unseasonable hot weather.^ There tras a pause in the conversation for a minute or two. It was broken by the Banana Skin, who remarked somewhat irrelevantly: “Business has been awfully dull with me lately. That Peach fellow has broken into my; trade fearfully. My commissions haven't amounted to anything the last two or three months, arid the doctors say if I don’t give them more work they’ill close the contract and go into partnership with the Toy Pistol. I ain’t afraid, though. They can’t get along without me, and they know it.” “What's that?” Who's talking about me?” exclaimed the Toy Pistol, hearing his name mentioned. “I was only saying that you and the doctors were getting quite friendly,” said the Banana Skin, quite deferentially; for he stood in wholesome awe of the Toy Pistol, who was a snappy fellow and very apt to go off at halfcock. “Doctors be Mowed”’ exclaimed the Toy Pistol, contemptuously. “A fellow has no use for doctors when I’ve got through with him. Pm a dead shot every time, I am. No,” he continued, in a milder strain, “1 don’t mind own’ng up that 1 make a good thing out of the undertaking profession. My commissions thus far have been something handsome,, something handsome.” And a smile of satisfaction played mound his muzzle. “By the way.” whispered the Dude, “what eweature is that over there? Awfully vulgar-looking person, don’t yer know. She dtmlt belong to our set. Wonder who could, have admitted her!” “Oh, that,” replied tile Stovepipe, crooking his elbow disdainfully, “is that upstart, Mother Hubbard, who has forced her way into our circle. It is disgusting the airs these interlopers do put on! ‘ I’ve been before the public these ten years, and it’s pretty tough if I’ve got to stand aside just to sioot her convenience.” “Let’s not recognize her,” said th« Vassar Girl in a low tone to her next neighbor, the Chewing Gum. tirho had been in everybody’s mouth for several seasons, and was a particular friend of the Vassar GirL "Recognize her! The fright! Pm sure I shan’t, replied the Chewing Gum. “I can’t bear her.” At this moment the Mother-in-Lan

came in. Instantly every tongue was stilled and every eye lighted? up with adoration of the oldest anthmost honored member of the select, circle. The Mother-in-Law surveyed the/Listemng group for a moment, and-thmi said: “My dear friends, why do you waste yonr time here? The funny men of the press are looking everywhere for you, and unless you go to them, they will be unable to write any of their deiir, inimitable paragraphs. Come! Away at once They separated, and it is to be supposed that they went immediately to the newspaper offices, for the next day they were all mentioned by the funny men as aforetime. Oyster, Ice Cream, Chicago Girl’s Foot, Plumber, Banana Skin, Peach, Toy Pistol, Dude, Stovepipe, Vassar Girl, Chewing Gum, and last, but by no manner of means least, Mother-in-Law—each and all had their rightful and immemorial place, and their happiness would have been complete, but for the presence of that upstart and interloper, the Mother Hubbard. She had come to stay.—Boston Transcript. A Pepnlar Brand. Man with busiuess air drives up to the gate and calls the farmer. “How are you, sir? I want to buy a large quantity of first-rate fodder.” “I’ve got plenty of it.” “Bright and well cured?” “Yes, sir.” "Never been rained on, eh?” “Never has been damaged.” “Well, I’ll take all you’ve got. send after it to-morrow.” “He must own a big lively stable in. town,” says the farmer when the man drives away. “Oh, no,” replies a bystander. “He is'tho manufacturer of a popular brand of smoking tobacco."—Arkansaw Trav. slier. I’ll —Arabella: “Oh, Bridget! a mown, a mouse! Come and catch it, quick!” Bridget: “Sure, mum, there’s no hurry. If this one gets away I can catch more for yer, mum.”—Harper’s United States now furnishes of the imW’s supply of gold

Senator pendleton the nd Ite Ueto Hard Ttmu aad Race FrejaBte.i Kte. OOMhtMS, Ohk, September 27.—The fbllovrtagistfull text of Senator Pendleton's addte«a at the grand mtaa meeting at Coluubna yetterd ty: lam reioieed at thia meat gathering of tine people. I am rejoiced that The clubs of the Bute, honoring themselves by the names of our can didates at the call of the Central du b here, have taken on themselves the work of auid llairy organization, and come In this Imposing array to re port progress, to take cou nsel, to Inspire each other with fresh ardor $nd courage, and still greater confidence tin struggle which lies before ut. the s Within a Week t have read two tttteranosa from men deservedly high in the councils and Confidence of the Republican party of Ohio. I read t hem with regret. In different positions, they are bo th active in political warfare; and in the heat of their distempered zeal, they have forgot ted what was due themselves, I will not nay to the Democratic party which divides, at least equally, tho voters of Ohio add the Union. One of those gent U'm ?n said, in a speech which he thought worthy of pifbliciitlon i “I nay to you with entire frankness that I think it is a misfortune to tho country that the Democratic party Is entirely unfit to govern it. The other said I n fid editorial: “The Democratic party of .this country and the Tory party of Great Britain, ill close accord and correspondence, are the same in sympathies, in purposes and methods,” and more than insinuated a treasonable collusion to sacrifice our country’s interests to British protects. 1 think 1 see my honorable friend, the orator, roll his eyes in anguish at the thought that the Democratic party Is so “totally unfit.” He would so love to abdicate power and positions himself, and put you Democrats in his stead if you were only "lit.” I can see my triend, the editor, rejoicing in great glee that printers' ink is blaok and can not blush, however monstrous the story it is made to tell. I attribute to blind partisanship in great affright, what is beneath contempt as a stalemeat of fact or as an argument. What is the Democratic party which these men so slander* It is the party of the Constitution. It believes the highest duty as the greatest safetyls obedience to its mandates. It believes the powers of the Federal Government are all granted, and those not granted arc reserved to the States and the people. It believes in simplicity, economy, purity of administration. It believes in an “indissoluble union of indestructible States." It believes principles endure, while policies should change with each new phase of varying conditions. It believes administration is never perfect, but can always be improved, always be reformed, fit believes in the people, their wisdom, their honesty, their devotion to tho common weal—jncator than that of any one man—and therefore it beliovcs in constant recurrence to the people, that parties and poUcies and administrations may have a new inspiration of vigpr, courage and loftier aiut. When Washington retired from the Presidency, and party spirit assumed activity, the Democratic party, already organized, came into the field. Jefferson’s inaugural proclaimed the cieed of the Democracy triumphant, The vital truths of that creed advanced by succeeding generations, even, as increasing vigilance fed the vestal fires, inspire its life and action to-day. It is the party of Jefferson, and Madison, and Monroe, and Jackson, and Polk: it leave to us Louisiana, and Florida, and Texas, and New Mexico, and California: a hundred years ago, laying aside kingcraft on the one side, and mere confederation on the other. It made this Constitution, and for sixty years so administered it that In the Government during all that time there was no law higher than the Constitution itself. It is the party which in storm and tempests and wintry blasts has stood like the ocean rook, unmoved and immovable, whl e around its base all other pari,ics, the things of a day, the boasted Republican part]' included, have surged and with I) ivnv-nn and Innnnelnnt met Ion

like waves which obey the fitful bidding .if the fickle moon. The spray may have covered It to the sides; the waters may have washed its summit, Dut every pause of the storm has shown its light unquenched, pointing out with undiminished luster the rocks of da nger and the channels of safety. Its history of sixty year? of glorious administration, in peace, in war, in prosperity, in distress, in protecting the rights of every citisen abroad, in carrying our tlag and upholding its honor in every land, in building up American shirping, in developing American commerce, in fulfilling every National promise to the world, and in every party promise to the people, has Justified its fame. Its history is more glorious still. During twonty-flvo years of exclusion from power, by the bigotry, intolerance, hypocrisy of the leaders of the Republican party, its members were excluded from the smallest share in plaeos of honor and emolument; yet animated solely by love of principle, courageous only because of its convictions in the sturdiness of itsmanhood.it has at all times, against any odds, in the face of any result, battled for the right. It has shown itself worthy of its ancient lineage, worthy of its great founders, worthy of that still higher destiny which the near future is about to open to it. Its adherence to principles has given it perennial youth and unabated vigor with which to press onward for a better development of the Government and administration. And this Republican party, what is it? It is a thing of yesterday. It was born in 188ft. It first drew breath in the throes of the revolution. Its leaders thrived on the abuse and excesses whieh flagrant was tolerated. They would not have it a constitutional parly, for every hour of its existence they cited a higher law for every wrong they wished to do. They have masqueraded as the friends of freedom, of emancipation. It is time to strip the mask. The Crittenden resolutions, voted for by every Republican member of Congress, declared that not the email eipation of the slaves, but the Sreservation of the Union, was the object of re war. Mr. Lincoln, half way along in his administration, declared that war was waged to restore the Union as it was, and we know it was part slave and part free. Mr. Lioeoln, when the preachers urged the proclamation of emancipation, replied that it would have no greater legal or physical effect than the Pope's bull against the cornet . These leaders encouraged enmities and hatreds and suspicion among their fellowcitizens of the North. They prostituted the idea and the words of love and loyalty to country by making them synonymous with support of their party. They plunged the country into enormous unnecessary debt, disordered the financial and economic systems, and have never oeased to claim the credit to themselves that the benefactions of heaven and the tremendous energy of the people, through unparalleled suffering, ha ve in twenty years restored specie payments and paid off a great portion of the public debt. These modest leaden arrogate to themselves all the credit for every good which happens to the country during a Republican administration—tho shining sun, the falling rains, the abundant crops, the healthful season. And my worthy colleague (Senator Sherman) went further than I have elsewhere noticed. He said at Ashland in laudation of the great feats off the Republican party s “The excess of taxes is so lightly borne that no considerable portion of the people complain of them, and no general demand Is made for the repeal of any of them. Indeed, it is a marvelous feature of our condition that to repeal taxes Is more unpopular than to retain them, and se me of these taxes are themselves a means of prosperity, and not a burthen complained of by any,” Wonderful, indeed 1 Liston, ye miners in the Hocking! Hear! ye men and women who with gaunt lace hang around the fuundries which are closed and the furnaces which arc cold. Hearken 1 ye capitalists whose unused plants are vieldinir no interest, and mu milm,

to decay. Give attention I ye farmers whose wheat and corn scarce bear transportations. “Taxes ai-e-n means of prosperity, and therefore it is more popular—popular, d'ye hear— to retain them than to repeal them” 11! Does not an assertion like that tempt one to say of these leaders, that under their (guidance “the Republican party, so far as principle Is concerned, is a reminiscence, in practice it is an organization for enriching those wtlio conduct its machinery.” This party has been in possession of power tvrenty-four years. Should it be kept longer in power? The ic expen ditures of the Government reaoh an enormous sum, I have not the exact figures before me—but several hundred million dollars. Notwithstanding this immense extravagant outlay, we have a system of taxation which (rave to the Government in 1883 a surplus of $134,000,000, in 1884 a su rplus of $1)5,000,000, and next year, according go Treasury estimates will yield a surplus of $100,000,OGO. Need 1 say more to point out an abuse which needs a thorough reform? It would be blatter, mors economical, more conducive to honest administration to borrow for a deficiency, than to have this excessive surplus to tempt the Government to lavish wasteful expenditures, the officers to corrupt practices, the people i» careless disregard ol National economies. This surplus is collected by a gif(antic robtery of the people. It will be spent n corruption. The well being of the Republic depends on the frugality and honesty of its administration. The administration must be the re Rax of the people. These sturdy qualities of Government and people can not co-exist wit h taxation whioh is oonhsoation, and expenditure whioh is proRigaoy. This surplus equals one-third of the entire revenue. It is equal to ten dollars on every Voter in the land. The Democratic party is pledged to the reduction of this surplus. Blvery line of its platform, every tradition of its history, every act and word of its candidates. every declaration of all its leading men oonttrm this pledge. I see no such pledge, or promise, or desire on the pait of the Republican purty. The platform scarcely alludes to it. Mr. Blaine passes It by in a line. The whole argument is In favor of high t axation. Mr. Blaine, from the hour when he spoke to the committee announcing his nomination, in every publio utterance. Ills letter of acceptance, his short addresses, his Speech on the evening of the Maine election, has illustrated and enforced the argument. Every Republican of high or low degree in'everv State, at every meeting, down to tbs smallest gathering last night In Ohio, has vexed the weary air with the assertion that high tariff taxation is the very foundation of prosperity. The timid call it by different names; they gloss it over with various pretenses; they (doss it over with high-sounding ph -ases: but from first Ko last the argument is in favor of high taxed. Even my staid. Judicious colleague avers thst no one oomplilns; that high taxes are a “source of prosperity,’' and to popular that the people are greedily crying for mors. Mr. Blaine in bis letter to Mr. Smith, of Philadelphia in November, 1388, demands a continuance of the internal revenue system eM,,y“* Everyth) ng. anything to increase and to expand the surplus! Nothing to prevent Ita accumulation, and let It remain In the pockets

There ia no free-trade party,_ individual free traders in the country._ are no enemies of American labor; no enemies of American manufacturers. We must have a tariff for revenue, and it should be so laid as to do the most good, and the least harm to all interests. The present tariff is the product of the competing and combining and compromising selfighness of private interests seeking bounties at the expense of the people. Mr. Sherman, in his speech before the wool growers in this city, explained the combination between the wool goods manufacturers and the growers of oheap wool on the extensive grazing fields of the Southwest. He might have shown similar combinations, with equal ease, in almost every case where a duty Three rules, and three onlv are necessary guides in this branch of reform. First—To reduce the expenses of the Federal Government to the lowest possible point consistent with its fair administration. Socond—Tos ___so adjust taxation that every dollar collected from the people shall go into the public Treasury. Third—That in the application of these two rules care shall be taken as to time and changes to protect existing interests, and the labor of our country. Can any sane, unselfish man object to either? Their application will complete the work. The Supreme Court of the United States said “to lay with one hand the power of the Government on the property of the citizen and with the other to bestow it on the favored individuals to aid private enterprises, td build up private fortunes, IS none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms. Nor is it taxation. There can be no tax which is not laid for a public purpose.” The Democratic party teaches thus: “The Democracy pledges itself to purify the administration from corruption, to restore economy, to revive respect for law, and to reduce taxation to the lowest limit consistent with due regard to the preservation of the faith of the Nation to its creditors and pensioners. "Knowing full well, however, that legislation affecting the occupations of the people should be cautious and conservative in method, notin advance of public opinion, but responsive to its demands, the Democratic party is pledged to revise the tariff in a spirit of fairness to all interests. “But in making reduction in taxes, it is not proposed to injure any domestic industries, but rather to promote their healthy growth. From the foundation of this Govennent taxes collected at the Custom House have been the chief source of Federal revenue. Such they must continue to be. Moreover, mauy industries have come to rely upon legislation for successful continuance, so that any change of law must be at every step regardful of the labor and capital thus involved. The process of reform must be subject in its execution to this plain dictate of justioe. “All taxation shall be limited to the requirements of economical government. The necessary reduction in taxation can and must be effected without depriving American laborof the ability to compete successfully with for- •, and without imposing lower rates eign labor, ■ _|__M of duty than will be ample to cover any increased cost of production which may exist in consequence of the higher rate of wages prevailing in this country. “Sufficient revenue to pay all the expenses of the Federal Government economically administered, including pensions, interest and principal of the public debt can be got under our present system of taxation from Custom House taxes on fewer imported articles, bearing heaviest on articles of luxury, and bearing lightest on articles of necessity. "We therefore denounce the abuse of the existing tariff, and, subject to the preceding limitations, we demand that Federal taxation shall be exclusively for public purposes and shall not exceed the needs of the Government economically administered.” I read side by side, in a very able newspaper, two strong articles. The one asserted that the business failures, the scarcity of employ'ue to ment, the suffering of laborers were due i the low and falling prices. ’The other asserted that a high protective tariff is a great blessing, because by reason of home competition, the prices of all products fall. Mark the con

sistency oi me two propositions. In proof of the second, it was averred that woolen blankets of the same quality and make under a very high protective tariff were sold at half the price, and at a greater profit, than when the tariff was lower. It was averred that steel rails which, when the tariff was low. sold at *100 per ton, sold for *38 per ton when the duty was raised to *38 per ton. The argument is that the American manufacturers can not compete with foreign producers and make money when the product will bring *100, but can compete with home producers and make money when their produce will bring only *36. The argument is that miners of iron, miners of coal, makers of steel, forgemen, furnaeemen, laborers of all kinds are better paid, better clothed, better fed, their families are more comfortable, and capital yields a large interest, when the product of their labor is sold at *38 instead of *103. Tell that to the hungry men in the Hocking Valley to-day and they will mob you. The Republican party has had absolute legislative power for twenty-four years, with two short intervals. Their tariff and financial measures have been Carried according to their own sweet will. Banks, even National Banks, are failing. Merchants are becoming bankrupt, foundries are closed, factories are silent, miners arc striking, laborers are without employment, without living wages. In the midst of abundant harvests men and women and children are hungry. The home market does not keep up the price of wheat. Corn sells at twenty cents at the farm and eighty cents at Chicago. I read in one paper the other day, the following announcement: “In the Mahoning and Chenango Districts there are forty-six furnaces, and thirty-nine have stopped making iron. In the Ha'nging Rock District there are twenty-eight charcoal furnaces, and only eight will do anything at all, certainly not more than a small fraction of their capacity. In the Hocking Valley there are fourteen furnaces; only one, and the smallest, is running. In the Lake Superior region there are thirty-seven stacks, and only nine at work, and these to be reduced. In Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, eight thousand coal miners are out of employment. At Johnstown, the Cambria works, employing five thousand men, cut down the wages from tea to twenty per cent. “In New York the wholesale clothing house of Rindskoff A Co., well known to Cincinnati, has failed for a million. In Cincinnati the house of Buchman & Co. has failed also. “Dun reports the business disasters ten per cent, greater than last year.” And yet the coal and iron and woolen goods interests are protected by enormous duties. Do you see in this exhibit a good reason for continuing the Republican party in power? An attempt is made to group together by nationality our fellow citizens of foreign birth, and induce them to go altogether to the Republican party. Appeals are made to Irishmen, to Germans, to band together and to support en masse the Republican candidate, In the name of American citizenship I protest against this wickedness. I would not try in this fashion to bring them to our aid. I scout the idea that there is reason why they should in this fashion go f rom us. In 1864-5, when the immediate ancestors of the present Republican party were defaming men of foreign birth and of certain religious convictions, seeking to enlarge the terra before naturalization, parsing the command “Put none on guard to-night except Americans,” “No Irishmen need apply,” the Democratic party—the present, because it is one and the same and only Democratic party —stood firm in welcoming them to our shores, firm for our liberal naturalization laws, firm in the equality of naturalized with the na-tive-born citizen. Its whole history has proven it to be faithful to the utterances of the last platform. The Democratic nartv insists that it. is the

fluty or this Government to protect, -with equal fidelity and vigilance, the rights of its citizens, native anti naturalized, at home and abroad, and to the end that this protection may be assured. United States papers of naturalization, issued by courts of competent jurisdiction. must be respected by the Executive and Legislative departments of our own Government, and by all foreign powers. It is an imperative duty of this Government to efficiently protect ail the rights of persons and property of every American citizen in foreign lands, and demand and enforce the reparation of any invasion thereof. An American citizen is only responsible to his own Government for any act done in his own country, or under her nag, and can only be tried therefor on her own soil and according to her laws; and no power exists in this Government to expatriate an American oitizen to be tried in any foreign land for any such act. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM—CLEVELAND A REFORU^p. More than anything else the country needs administrative reform, and the Demoomtic party is the onty instrumentality. It has been out of power so long that it Is responsible for none of these abuses. It has no pet abuses to conceal—no erring brother to protect And it has a candidate whose name is synonymous with reform, and whose whole public life is an illustration of his devotion to pure administration. Actively, earnestly engaged in the duties of his profession, he has held but three offloes. and we have yet to hear that he did not well perform the duties of each. In each he reformed abuses, corrected wrongs. He made it his task to study closely the methods by which official duties were performed. Industrious, attentive, intelligent, he made himself thoroughly acquainted with the routine and machinery by which the trusts confided to him were to be performed. He did his own part well and required the same fidelity from all his subordinates. I have read with oare his public acts and utterances as Mayor of Buffalo and Governor of New York, and I find them luminous with intelligent appreciation of duty and courageous devotion to its demands. “Duty” seems to be the word uppermost in his thoughts. “Do it" teems to be his spontaneous action. No man can read, with a fair, impartial temper, bis messages as Mayor and Governor, his add resses on many occasions, his speech and letter of acceptance, without seeing that a deep sense of obligation to the people, of confident reliance on the people, of profound desire to serve well the people, is the touchstone of his Eubllc character, and the guide of his official fe. They are instinct with the idea that public offices are public trusts, created and to be administered for the benefit of the people, and that the same fidelity the chief exhibits in the personal discharge of his functions requires that “the selection and retention of subordinates in Government employment should depend upon ascertained fitness and the value of their work, and should be neither expected nor allowed to do questionable party service.” The man who wrote them has intelligence to fill any office, power to perform any duty, courage to confront and correct any wrong. Does any man doubt it? Head from his speech of acceptance; “The party and its representatives, which ask to be Intrusted at the hands of the people with the Seeping of all that concerns their welfare and safety, should only ask it with the full appreciation of the saoredness of the trust and with a firm resolve to administer it faitbfialy and well. “I am a Democrat because I believe that this truth lies at the foundation of true Democracy. I have kept the faith because I believe. If rightly and fairly administered and applied. Democratic doctrines and measures will in

•Hire the happiness. contentment and prospe# ttjr of the people. If, in the contest upon which we now enter, we steadfastly hold to the underlying principles of our party creed, and at all times keep in Yiew the people's good, we shall be strong, because we are true to our- . selves and because the plain and independent voters of the land will seek by their suffrages to compass their release from party tyranny where there should be submission to the popular will, and their protection from party corruption where there should be devotion to, the people’s interest. “These thoughts lend a consecration to onr cause, and we go forth, not merely to gain a partisan advantage, but pledged to give to those who trust us the utmost benefits of a pure and honest administration of National affairs. No higher purpose or motive can stimulate ns to supreme effort or urge us ta continuous and earnest labor." Wolselej’s Boatmen. A great deal of interest 'has lately been taken here in the arrangements for the dispatch of the contingent of Canadian boatmen who are intended to aid Lord Wolseley in his upward course on the Nile. The selection of Canadians for the difficult task of piloting England’s soldiers on their way to the relief of Gordon, was a graceful compliment by Wolseley to the men who rendered him, during the earlier days of his career, such excellent service in the Bed Biver expedition, and though the proposal met with some objections at first it will donbtless be found before, the close of the expedition, if appearances go for anything, that the men will not disappoint 'Wolscley’sexpectations.A finer looking body of men Could hardly be found. The contingent numbers about 500 men all told, incinding detachments from Quebec. Ottawa, Winnipeg. Three Bivers and Canghnnwaga, an Indian village near Montreal. Major Denison, an old officer and a resident of Toronto, is in command. The Ocean King, an iron vessel of 2,000 tons, was engaged by the Canadian Government for the transportation of the men, and left to-day for Quebec, having on board the Ottawa, Winnipeg and Indian contingents, with Lord Melgund, who represents the Government, in charge. The vessel will arrive at Quebec on Monday morning, where the other detachments will bo taken on board and, and, after being inspected by the Governor General, the vessel will sail for Sydney, Cape Breton, where the supply of coal will bo obtained. The Ocean King will then make direct for Gibraltar and Alexandria, arriving at the latter place about the middle of October. The men, who have been engaged all their Jives on the Canadian rivers and lakes, will be stationed in detachments in the most difficult passages of the Nile to assist the flotilla in its upward progress. For this work each man will receive forty dollars a month, besides provisions, of which a large supply has been forwarded by the Government. They are also provided with a complete kit, suitable to the climate and the work in which they are to be engaged.—Montreal Cor. N. Y. Times.

Always Late. Halt the value of anything to be done consists in doing it promptly. And yet a large class of persons are always more or less unpunctual and late. Their work is always in advance of them, and so it is with their appointments and engagements. They are late, very likely, in rising in the morning, and also in going to bed at night; Tate at their meals; lato At the counting-house or office; late at their appointments with others. Their letters are sent to the postoffice just as the mail is closed. They arrive at the wharf just as the steamboat is leaving it. They come into the station just as the train is going out. They do not entirely forget or omit the engagement or duty, but they are always behind time, and so are generally in haste, or rather in a hurry, as if they had been born a little too late, and forever were trying to catch up with tnedost time. They waste time for themselves and waste it for others, and fail of the comfort and influence and success which they might have found in systematic and habitual punctuality. A good old lady, who was asked why she was so early in her seat in church, is said to have replied that it was her religion not to disturb the religion of others. And if it were with all a part, both of courtesy and duty, not to say of religion, never to be unpunctual, they would save time for, as well as annoyance to others, and aid themselves to success and influence in a thousand ways, -baptist Weekly. Excellent Rules. The following rules are so excellent that they will bear re-reading at least once a month. They will supply enough “honeyed sweetness” to make any life pleasant and respected: Be faithful to your sense of right and wrong. Be reserved in disputes; you don’t know everything, so ao not talk as if you were infallible. Be brave in the battle for right. Be just to yourself and others. Bediscreet and circumspect in public. Be hearty in your recognitions and salutations. Be gentle and affectionate at home. Be willing to listen as well as to talk. Be a teacher of noble truths to your household.

juc uui a iujj uui a 11 • fie a hero of integrity to friends and servants. fie willing to do your share of the work of life. Be willing that others should obtain a share of honors and attentions. Be a wise counselor iq your circle fie broad and tolerant; all wisdom is not in your brain; exploded errors have not their dogmatists. Be not quick to take offense; often none is intended; people are not always thinking of you. Be a follower of the Golden Rule; it is not only the highest mobility, but is a fruitful source of genuine etiquette, and is withal but simple justice; you owe as much to others as they owe to you.—Cleveland Leader. A Great Drouth. Richard A. Proctor says that the age of the earth is placed by some at 500,000,000 years, and still others of later time, among them the Duke of Any 11, place it at 10,000,000 years. Noue place it lower than 10,000,000, knowing what processes have been gone through. The earth inugt have become old. Newton surmised, although he could give no reason for it, that the earth would at one time become perfectly dry. Since then it has been found that Newton was correct. As the earth keeps cooling it will become porous, and great cavities will be formed in the interior which will take in the water. It is estimated that this process is now in progress so far that the water diminishes at the rate of the thickness of a sheet of writing paper a year. At this rate in 9,000,000 years the water ■will have sunk a mile, and in 15,000,000 years every trace of water will have disappeared from the face of the globe. —Two years ago the husband and son of Mrs. Laura Melliek, of Staten Island, were sent to an insane asylum. Recently Mm. Melliek herself, with her daughter Dora and her son John were also adjudged lunatic, and the whole family is now in the retreat.—N. T. Herald. —A recent earthquake opened a spring of water where no sign of water bad previously existed in a garden at Lower Lake, Cal.—San Francisco Call —it is stated that 15,000 mules: are sold in Atlanta every year, at a cost fa round numbers of about *2,000,000.

USEFUL AM) SUGOESTIT& —Ten acres paid for and well tilled is better than a mortgaged fifty acres. —Keep cherry and peach, pits, which are to be plauted, in a damp cellar til) spring. Then crack and plant. ^ —The steam engine and thrasher are in the fields destroying the poetry of the harvest, bat shelling wheat at the rate of three thousand bushels a day.— San Francisco Bulletin. —Let the farmers of the West, in laying their ble, look to the creation bl reservoirs, each in his vicinity, elsewise their .children’s children mil inherit a desert.—Current. j —Science is doing mnch for agriculture, and it is important that farmer) should be able, intelligently, to aval themselves of all the advantages thus offered.—Albany Journal. —The average weight of cattle now slaughtered is a third" more than it wat half a century ago. It is certainly made fit for food in a little more that half the time than was then required.— Cincinnati Times. —Raisin Cookies: Two eggs, ow cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of butter, one cupful chopped raisins, onehalf cupful of milk, one teaspQonful ol cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful oi soda, spice.—The Household. —When one has had a fever, and th< hair is falling off, take a teacup of sa_:e, steep in a quart of soft water, strait it off into a tight bottle. Sponge tin head with the tea frequently, wetting the roots of the hair.—Toledo Blade. —Agricultural asylums, it is said, art to be established in Fran e for the benefit of worn-out farm laborers. Ta« plan contemplates the payment of a small sum weekly, for which the labor er will have a right to food and shelter, at a certain age, with an opportunity to add to his income by moderate work.— If. Y. Examiner. —Preserved Tomatoes: To seven pounds of tomatoes add one pint of vinegar, three and a half pounds of sugar, one ounce each of cloves, allspice and cinnamon. Scald and peel the tomatoes, which should be folly ripe, and drain them. Let, tie vinegar, sugar and ipc<k boil fur five minutes, then put the tomatoes into the kettle and boil for half an hour. Take out the tomatoes with a skimmer and boil down the sirup _till_ thick and pour over them. Keep in jars closely covered.—N. K Tribune.

—BlKsing fruit trees from the seed is a business adapted to farmer boys. A quarter of an acre of ground devoted to tree raising will afford any one who properly cares for them considerable revenue. Upon such a piece of land in good condition, from four to five thou sand trees could be raised, wh’ch, ill grafted when two years old, in five or six years from the time of sowing the seed would be worth at least from twen ty to twenty-live cents each, making the whole worth from eight to ten hundred dollars—almost enough to bnv a farm. Any boy can learn to graft, anti bud, and do his own grafting.—Troi Times. Dissemination of Seeds. Mr. Waldo F. Brown, who has mad» the various ways in whicli the seeds oi different plants are distributed a subject of study, cites, in the Rational ^cktnan, several examples which may nelp to draw attention to the interest of the matter: “First comes the very large class which arc provided with down which carries the seed, like the dandelion, garden lettu e. the thistle, the iron•weed, the sycamore tree, and a host oi others belonging to this class. The maple and some other tree seeds" have another way of traveling on the wind. They are provided with wings which are almost as perfect as those of a bee, and by this means are carried to a great distance when a high wind blows. Some of them have one long and one short wing, which gives them a rotary motion. . Still another class of seeds arc contained in round balls, which the wind rolls along, scattering the seed as they go. One of the best examples oi this is the common white clover. As the head ripens a part of the flowerets turn down, sothat it is almost as round as a marble, and when ripe the stem breaks off close up to the head, and the wind rolls it along until it meets wit h some obstruction. , i “ It is wonderful to notice how mauy ways there are in which animals disperse seeds. First of all come those plants which are so valuable to the ‘animal’ man that he sows the seeds of them. Then the pats and fruits are scattered by birds and squirrels. Many seeds are so protected that they may be eaten, and will pass through the ftoma'h and bowels without damage, and will grow in the voidings. By far the larger class ofc* animla-disjiersed seeds are carried by hooks or thorns by which they attach themselves, and 1 wish readers to examine some of the plants which I name: the burdock, Spanish needle, cockle bur, and the different varieties of beggar’s lice, are all ‘stick-tights’ and yet all attach themselves differently, and most of them so securely that they may be carried for months before they lose theii hold.

vme ot the most curious or the ani-mal-dispersed plants is the martynia. The seed pod is about four inches long, about an in h and a half in diameter and runs out to a sharp point. As the pod ripens it splits in the middle, and one of the points curls each wav and downward, and when hardened the seed pod is provided with two hooks so sharp that they will attach thomselves to h bootleg. The seeds are held in* layers by a paper-like substance, so that all do not scatter at once, and so seeds from a single pod may be scattered all over a farm. The self-dispersed seeds are those which have the power of throwing their seeds to quite a distance by the bursting of the pod. The best examples of this class with which I am acquainted are the balsam, pansy, pholx-Drummondi and euphorbias. Any .of these will expel their seeds with such force as to throw them several feet. “Among'the water-dispersed plants we shall bnd a great variety, and many which are carried by wind and then by water, or like the sycamore may first be carried by water and then by wind, for this tree usually grows along the borders of streams and the balls are floated down the current,and are lodged and become dry, and when they finally come to pieces are provided with a down, which carries the seed. The grasses, clover and many weeds are floated away whenever a heavy rain falls, and may finally lodge and grow hundreds cf miles from tne spot whore they ripened. The wonderful vitality of seeds—under circumstances which it would seem would either cause them to grow or to rot—is worthy of not ice. A part of the seeds of plants will grow the first year, others not till the "second, third or even a long period after. “In; proof of this I p anted a single hill of martynia in my garden and allowed it to ripen its seed, and for eight years after it proved a troublesome weed—although! never allowed a plant to stand until it blossomed. It is wonderful how provision is made for the protection of young plants and how wisely- seeds are sown. For example, the blackberry and raspberry come up very small and delicate find can not endure the sun. But the birds drop the Seeds along the hedges and they find a mellow soil well shaded in which to germinate, and gain a foothold until they pan endure sun and frost. The more closely we study the habits of plants the greater will be our admiration of^the infinite wisdom which has provided for the reproduction of even the weeds.”

Electrifying AidauLst The latest application of electricity is an invention tnade in the interest of lion-tamers, which contests of an apparatus of great power, shaped like a stick, about three feet and a half in length. M.,Kauspaeh, the inventor, is a lion-tamer himself, who has keen “a good deal worried” during a long and successful profe sionat career. He has already experimented with it upon the denizens of the cages in his menagerie, and reiates the m 'erent effects upon the brutes. Three of h's lions receiving the shock immediately showed signs of ihe greatest terror, ’lhey were -eized with trembling and growled ht'ully. The tiger was more quickly subdued, became stupefied and crouched in a corner of the cage. Bruin was more refractor? to electricity, which seemed scarcely to affect him. He would growl and show his teeth, and was subdued after repeated discharges. The most, astonishing e sets, however, were perceptible iu the boa constrictor. On receiving the discharge, the specimen from Cayenne, nearly twenty feet in length, became at once paralyzed and remained motionless for six hours afterward. When he recovered, he showed signs of numbness. —Pall Mall G'a ;*<e. —It is not, perhaps, creditable to the Christianity of New Yorkers that the one refuge of discharged- convicts in this (New York) city was started by a. man who had spent thirty-fiye years’ in prisons in all parts of the world. What ought to have been done over and over again, perhaps, by Christian people was done by a supposed outcast. It is as if the compassionate spirit of Christ toward the crim'nai classes had been learned, not out of prison, but in it.— The Churchman. —A chair is in use on a Newport lawn which registers the weight of any one sitting in it, without the sitter's knowledge, It is said that several ladies have been sincerely vexed at this stratagem.—N. Y. Herald. American women ore said to be the most clever, active and energetic to be found; and well they need to be, considering ^the enormous demands made upon them by modern sehcois, housekeeping aud society. Mrs. Lydia E. Finkham, in preparing bpr celebrated Vegetable Compound, Bad in mind all these countless demands on a woman's strength, and her well known remedy proves every day its perfect adaptation to woman’s special needs.

The girl with bangs generally makes a noise in the world—at least it annoys a good many to look upon her.—Yonkers Gazette. _ Mrs. Harriet Cummings,of Cincinnati,O., writes: “Early last winter my daughter was attacked with a severe cold, which settled on her lungs. She continued to get worse, and finally raised blood from her lungs. We called in a family physician, but he failed to do her good. A friend, who had been cured by Dr. Wm. Hai.t.’s Balsam for the Lungs, advised me to give it a trial. She began to improve, and by the Use of three bottles was entirely cured.” “Buchu-Paifta.” Quick, complete cure, an annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases. $1. Should a mustard plaster bs classed amoug drawing materials?—Oil City Derrick. Skinny Men. “Wells1 Health Renewer’*restores health & vigor,cures Dyspepsia, Impotence. JL A Justice’s pantaloons can hardly be called breaches of the peace.—.Boston Bulletin. Catarrhal Throat affections.haoklng,irritating Coughs,Colds cured by “Hough on Coughs’’ 35c The boat builder is apt to have his designs thwarted.—Yonkers Gazette. “Rough on Rats-’’ Clears out rats, mice, flies. roaches,bed-bugs,ants,Termin,chipsnunkg. 15a The question of the hour—What time o’ day is it?—Boston Courier. 'f ill; 51AUKE1S. i ox # 65 6 75 5 3) » »>:, i> 41 ’ as 35* 51* st in ou © 13 IK) a w tw & 34 a’ i« a IT 50 ‘ D H 7* NEW YORK. Oe'ober 6.18S4. CATTLE—Exports...{ 6 40 7 00 OOTTON-MiddUmr...’.... WX S^AWfirU?odtoC'hoice. 3 O') a 6 75 ’.- *W£'« '»Mi CORN—No. 3.> . ,,., irf B4 OAT^Western Mixed.... 33 a Si PORK—New Mess.. .... <& 17 00 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling....... BEE VES—Exports....“ 6 5o a Pair to Good.. 4 35 a ,r,.Common to Select_ 4 35 a to Choice....... 3 65 a {L/ll’C R—A-XX to choice. 3 50 a WHEAT—No. S Winter. __ No. 3 “ . 73W® CORN—N<y©Mixed. .. 51c© kye-.no. 3.a!*! TOBACCO—Logs. .. 6 00 _ . „ Medium Leaf.. 9 01) 5£J:nPholce Timothy........ 1: 50 BUTTER—Choice Dairy. 33 EGGS—Choice... PORK—New Mess ...._ 16 75 „ BACON—Clear Bib. 11*© LARD—Prune Steam. 7 *© __ CHICAGO. CATTLE—Exports.. 6 60 "OGS—Gcod to choice........ 5 00 SHEEP—Good to eho.ee. 3 50 TLOUK—Winter... 3 50 Spring. 3 50 WHEAT—No. S Spring. 70 _ No. 3 Bed...,... CORN—No. 3. 6S!ia oats—No. r......... a PORK—Now Mess. 16 35 a 16 60 ! KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers, i.. .. 5 00 @ HOGS—Sales at....... 4 55 a WHEAT—No. 3.,5. 597»® CORN—No.S mixed.a OATS—No. 3... 3315® NEW’ ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grades. 3 85 a CORN—White.. IS a OATS—Choice Western. © HAY—Choice.... 16 60 @ 17 00 PORK—Mess....,... ©17 35 BACON—Clear Rib... It © 1JM COTTON—Middling........ @ 9* LOUIS V JLLLK. WHEAT—No. 3 Red, New. 75 ® 79 CORN—No. 3 Mixed... ® 66 OATS—Mixed Western. © 39 PORK—Mess_~... a 18 00 BACON—Clear Rib. © 11 COTTON —Middling. © 9* a « © 7 75 5 85 4 00 4 60 5 50 TV* 8IM 59* 36* 6 25 5 35 44 X 34* 4 35 - 65 36

CaMn'i Liquid Beef Tonic Should be taken by the weak, worn and dyspeptic. Golden's, no other. SUIT, "nature’s sweet restorer,” is the best grindstone we know of to brighten one’s ideas.—Kentucky State Journal. w “Rough on itch" oureshumors.eniptions.rinw worm.tetleTfSalt rheum.irosted feeLchilblaina Tn timid boy trill tri-cycle before he ▼entures to bicycle. “Rough on Toothache." Ask for it. Instant relfef. quick cure. 15c. Druggists. / False hair does not antedate false pride.—Pretzel’s Weekly. Public speakers and singers use- Pise's Cure for hoarseness and weak longs. . Possessed only in imagination, a guinea r-thing.—r becomes a far-thing.—Yonkers Gasffte.

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