Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1887 — Page 6

THE REPUBLICAN POSITION.

Speech of George J! Langsdale. Editor of the Greencastle Ihunner. • tatforv the Tippecanoe Club, at Indianapolis. Aug. 29. 18S7. Gentlemen of I’m Tippecanoe Clubs The suggestion which led to the orgaiflzarion of this club was evidently good seed sown in good ground. Organisation is the agt3*gat»on-of-r»d»vtdHalß r and creates a force. It.is the power of an army, of governments, of political parties, churches and corporations. It is the many in one. Not “always used forth® best purposes, t.he great tragedies of the world are due to it, Too often it has enable*! the few to oppress the many; too often it has represented evil rather than good. But no such charge can be brought against the Tippecanoe Club. Founded on the principles upon which free governments are baaed, it seeks only to promote the welfare of all. Livingin the present, it reaches back to the shadowy past, to the days when these elementary principles were fresh and vigorous, and there was a universal patriotic chiaenship, untainted by the thought of treason. As yon performed your duties as citizens, then, faithfully and patriotically, so yon have continued through all the years of trial and uncertainty until now. He who dot s thei right thing At the right time and in the right way is truly great. When I meet him I have an involuntary feeling Of admiration, and unconsciously make a mental obeisance. It is thus, gentlemen, that I stand before yon to-day. To have voted for Gen. Harrison for President in 1840, and to have steadily pursued the same course since, in peace and in war. indicates a knowledge and wisdom, and a determination to maintain the best interests of your country, which impels me . to salute you as political fathers. Remembering the recent past, the present teems to be “strangely out of joint.’’ Onlv twenty-five years ago lhe Union and the Government were preserved by the sacrifice of many lives and much treasure, and the endurance of great privations and suffering. To day. that Government is in the hands of those who then assailed it, ami these ex-rebels, and those who sympathized with them, assume, now, to teach political duty to the men who then vanquished them. Had we listened to them heretofore, and accepted their guidance, the American Union would, to-dav, be a thing of the past; upon this continent would exist a government founded upon slavery’, in which honest labor would be degraded by placing it upon the st me level with that of slaves, while an overbearing and intolerant aristocracy would lord it over the masses, and deny them freedom of opinion and of political action. At the same time it would be in alliance, offensive and defensive, with England, the bully of the world, ending, in aTTpreßSbiTHytin" the estamisliment of a monarchy upon the North American continent. Could we have escaped the contaminating influence of such a neighbor? Hardly. I? would’ have been the beginning of woes of which.we now have little conception. There would have been further dissolution; ceaseless strife and war between the sections; no liquidation of the public debt; the destruction of public and private property; the death of thousands; embarrassment, suffering and ruin on every hand, and the desolation of the people, until, finally, Liberty, outraged beyond all endurance, would take flight from our shores forever! Shall we accept the political guidance of such men? I protest. I protest in the name of the men who “marched to the music of the Union”to suppress the rebellion in which these men were engaged, and who lost their lives in maintaining the Government—of the men who came not home again. I protest in the name of those who endured the horrors of Andersonville; in the name of those who returned stricken with disease; in the name of those who were dis abled by wounds. I protest in the name of their dependent families. I protest in the name of an outraged ’TOuntryt’laceratbd aiid to’h by ah iniquitous civil war, instigated and conducted by them until thev were overwhelmed by the valor of those who remained loyal in the face of their treason. The men of the South seceded from the Union and attempted to set up a -government of their own in obedience to the doctrine 'of State’s Rights, in which they had so long been carefully nurtured They believed that loyalty to the State Was paramount to t hat due to a central government, to which they 2_concede*Lonly limited -antnoritv. - But their sympathizers in the North had nO such.excuse. They were no: only untrue to the Nation, but to their’own State. You know how it was in Indiana. While our loyal jnen were being mustered into companies and regiments and sent to the front, many of their neighbors were endeavoring to inaugurate a rebellion in their rear. Knights of the Golden Circle and Sons of Liberty were organized all over the State. Camps of instruction and Observation were formed, and companies of their mounted men dragged the Stars and Stripes through the dirt of the highways. Union soldiers, at home on furlough, were attacked, and others were encouraged to desert. The release of rebel prisoners in onr midst was planned. A large force of armed men, under Democratic leaders. gathered at the State capital, and civil-war w*b only prevented then and throughout the rebellion by the constant presence of a force of Union soldiers, which would, otherwise, have been on duty in the field where they were so sorely needed. Efforts to support and maintain our forces were interfered with and retarded in every possible way. The Democratic party,*in convention as sembled, pronounced the war for the Union a failure, and thus prolonged it j No leader of that parry rejoiced- ar s Union victory,or mourned over a Union defeat, and no word of condemnation of traitors ever escaped his lips. Ills sympathy,his assistance, was alt for the rebel iion. If we refuse the leadership of Southern men, who were'' disloyal to the Nation, what shall we say of these who were drsloyal also to their State? Surely, audacity could go no dnrther than that they should to be intrmted with the care of public affairs —that they should assume the attitude of our political mentors! And, since the strange mutability which sometimes takes place in human affairs has given them the control of the State to a great extent, neecbwe be sutprlsed at. the result? Go to our State Treasury. Empty!

Examine the records of your own county: Yon find the tally sheets of an important election changed so as to seat the defeated candidates,and those guilty of the felony walk your streets, to-day, as honored men of their party, and ; recognized as its leaders. Nay, more! Their party Ins rallied with great unanimity to their defense and made their crime it® own# thus becoming responsible for it. Gri to your Insane, Asylum: You find the inmates fed on food unfit for the beast* of the field, while those piTbttcly exposed as guilty of the outrage continue to enjoy th® fruits of their contracts. Go to Vour Southern Prison: You find a state of affairs so horrible that no man can defend it, and after the public clamor led to what was bdlieved to lie a reform, t he’present Warden is now placed under arrest and fined by a neighboring magistrate for permitting an SBO,(XX) Democratic public defaulter, under his charge as a convict, tq go at large and drive and walk about the streets of Jeffersonville in the garb of a free man. Go to the Soldiers’ Orphans’ I Home: You find that, while under a strictly Democratic management, under a law enacted by a Democratic legislature, there children of the men who gave their lives for their country were kept under the same roof with idiots,and that a condition existed so revolting as to meet with universal condemnation. Go to the benevolent institutions: You find—except at the House of Refuge, which is an honorable exception—that partisanship is the chief consideration, and not fitness, in selecting those who are to have charge of the poor unfortunates, while others having the special and technical training requisite to a proper discharge of their duties, are compelled to give place to thoee more obedient to party requirements Go to the State Senate: You find the legally-elected presiding officer of that body deprived ofris seat, with the doors shut against himself and his friends, and guarded by men whose previous service to the state had been rendered in the garb of theconvict. Go to the cor-ner-stone of the State House; examine its contents: You will fail to find one single memento or trophv of the war for the Union or of the Union soldier. Examine the addresses made when that stone was laid: You find no mention of our heroic epoch, nor of the men who made it. But why enumerate? Wherever we turn it is the same story, contrasting painfully with the conduct of officials who take pride in public duties honestly performed, in devotion to the principles of justice and humanity, and in obe dence to law. Let us hope that the reaction is at hand, and that the former class will soon give place to the latter. How is it in the Nation? In the White House sits a usurper, who, through the forbearance of a majority of the people, has been enabled to accomplish a peaceful revolution and place the Government of the country largely in the hands of those who once attempted to destroy it, and who continue to rejoice in their deeds. By intimidation and fraud forty votes, rightfully belonging to the Republicans, were counted in the Hlectoral College and in Congress for the Democratic party, giving them the Presidency aiid the control'of the Lower House. It is a usurpation unparalleled in our history, and WO can not continue as a free people if such methods are allowed to prevail unrebuked. It destroys the very foundation upon which freedom is built. In a government of the people there must be no intimidation or bribing of the voter; the ballot must be honestly and freely cast, and counted as cast, and whatever the result, it mmt be faithfully obeyed. The right of the majority to peacefully rule is the palladium of our liberties. So long as it is permitted to do so the country is safe, It is an anchor mooring us in a quiet harbor, where the storms invoked by factions and sections can not avail, and making us secure from the breakers of civil war. If an error is made in to day’s election, or a wrong perpetrated, it can be corrected by the same means at the first opportunity after discovery. Un der such a rule, honestly and faithfully observed, no man, no party, no interest, no section, could suffer permanent injury or injustice. It would mean the perpetuation of the American 'Republic, and the continued prosperity and happiness of our people. It would give every man, of whatever race or color, an equal chance. It would mean the best development of our race and of the varied resources of our country, making ultimate America the standard for all nations—the Queen of the. Earth. But the other eourse, that of fraud, intimidation and usurpation, dr an appeal to arms, promises only the direst disasters, and ending in our destruction as a nation. Can it be that this is what makes such 8 course so popular with our opponents? The masses of tha; party would suffer’, it is true, in such a calamity; but their leaders, seeking and caring only for public plunder, and grown reckless under a long course of unscrupulous political conduct, might hope to further profit by the misfortunes which they would have been instrumental in bringing about. This may be the explanation of’that for which it is otherwise difficult to account. It may be but a continuation of the-infamous conspiracy, which first became known in 1860, for the overthrow of the American Union and the esta ibshment of numerous confederacies upon its ruins; not, however, until the conspirators have first plundered and bankrupted the National treasure. Those who study current events closely know that the men of the South are concealing their purpose. The recent rebel flag episode proves this. When Mr. Cleveland issued his order for their return to the men who had borne them in rebellion, they, more astute than he, instantly saw the mistake and rectified it as far as they could by publicly disclaiming all desire for" the emblems of their unsuccessful treason. But were they in earnest? —Did they not secretly tin their hearts indorse and applaud MreClev land? It Would seem so, from the fact that his popularity has been greater with them since tnat event than before Nor is it too much to say that concealment of thereal object in view is a Deinoeratic characteristic, everywhere. It is so there; it is so here. Give them possession of every department of the -Government. by removing the Republican Senate from their path, and the Democratic tiger, now purring so softly, would Spring upon the Nation with a voracious and ravenous appetite which could not be appeased until- the last morsel of public plunder had been devoured. Free trade would be established,and our present prosperity, the result of Republican wisdom and policy, j-'i... ... <"... ■ .

transferred to England, the firm ally of the Democratic party sd long as that, party can be used tq prevent or break down American supremacy. There is scarcely a doubt but that the Supreme Court would be reorganized with the view of having an agree*! case submitted to it and the Constitutional Amendments declared null and void on the ground that they had been adopted under coercion, tor upon some other pretext. This wpuld enable the masters of liberated slaves tn obtain payment for their “property.” It would also return the blacks to slavery; hut it is not probable that the. “owners” would go to the extent of taking pos session, as no race, once free, has ever been re-enslaved. But, in either ease, the payment for the slaves or the reenslavement of the blacks, the North would be aroused once more, as it was when Fort Sumter was fired upon. The Democratic party would be supremely happy if civil war should ensue from such a conflict, with Republicans in the attitude of rebels, and thus the sharer with them of their own past action in being the rebel party. To achieve this they would be willing to bring any calamity upon’ tlte country. But the effort will be vain Repubcans have the capacity to uncover and expose the Democratic conspiracy, and when this is done the majority of the people hav® the sense and the patriotism to apply the corrective in a peaceful way Republicans are so well grounded in obedience to law and the constituted -authorities that they will never engage in rebellion; but. relying upon the justice of their cause, will appeal with

confidence to their fellow-citizens fora redress of all wrongs. Such an appeal has not failed in the past, nor will it in the future. Dur people are patient and long suffering. They are disposed to take the charitable view of public men and measures; but, when the outrage becomes clearly manifest, and heroic treatment can no longer be avoided, they act with promptness and vigor and valor in suppressing the wrong. The American heart is yet sound, and a blow at the Government or the liberties of the people will cause an armed host to spring into being in every loyal State, as was the case in 1861, anti the public foe will be overthrown at any cost. No. Republicans will never—precipitate a civil war upon their country; the Democracy will remain as the only party of rebellion. What has the Democratic usurpation in the National Government brought us? For the first time the man who sent a substitute to the war occupies the Executive chair, with private detectives guarding him at home and abroad; a President w’ho refused to attend the funeral of the Vice President here, because he feared his personal safety might be endangered. For the first time we have a President who is afraid to meet with Union soldiers—with the men who fought under the flag of his country and carried it to victory over its foes. For the first’ time we have a President who speaks in terms of derision or condemnation of any number of such soldiers. For the first time we have a President who exercises the prerogatives qf a King, with an air that “the King can do no wrong,” and who renders himself inaccessible to the people, except on .State occasions, after the manner of royalty. For the first time we have a President involved in a real estate ring in the District of Columbia, consisting of his own appointees to office, and who are permi.tted, in the face of public exposure, to continue the use of the public moneys in a way that wittbe irrost beTre- - ficial to Rim and to them. For the first time we have a President who, like a despot, requires personal allegiance to himself, rather than to his parry, under the penalty of being classed with the opposition. For the first time since the war, Northern men are humiliated at the White House, and the National capital guarded by the men who slaughtered those who till the graves of the Union dead. The enumeration becomes painful, and is disheartening to those who sacrificed so much in what they believed to be a patriotic and a holy cause—the suppression of the rebellion. Examine the list of foreign appointments made by the present Administration; read their biographies, and you will discover that nearly all the important positions, as well as rhe minor, are tilled by persons who were in some way connected with the confederacy. If. foreigners judge us by what they see. they must conclude that the rebellion was a’success. After having done so rnUch to inculcate a love of country and to in.-pi re valor, w.i have at tne head of our Government a men who" knows nothing of the sentiment of patriotism; who does not “ompreheiid that the flag represents power and giorv and dominion and nationality;: who fai Istp. p rbfect our fishermen upon the high seas; who rewards ex-rebels rather than Union soldiers, and whose legend “tell the truth,” has become a cover for the most stupendous lying, even its author seeming to regard it as “wore honored in the breach than in the observance,” it being evident to a l by this time that his “civil-service reform” is a pretense and a fraud, devoid of truth or honest intent. Not having the intellectuality to comprehend the dignity and importance of the position which his party has usurped for him, he occupies his time, w-iieu on duty, in performing the work of a clerk, and imagines, if he ever imagines anything, that he is doing more than any of bis predecessors to earn his salary. For the first time in a quarter of a aentury we have a Democratic President! The one merit which this Democratic President can claim, is, that he has not disturbed the methods matured by twenty-five years of Republican rule for lhe management of public affairs.No better evidence could be given of the caoacity of our party to g vern. All the adverse criticism of previous years vanishes before this one fact. At every step Republicans had met with the determined opposition of Sir. Cleveland’s party;theirjnetiicdsand policy had been condemned in the newspapers, on the stump and in Congress; but, as “imitation is the sincerest tLitterv, I so the action of the Democratic Administration, now, is an indorsement of all that nad been done relating to the details of the Government by the Republicans. But, contrary to. the expectation 'of Democrats, Mr. Cleveland has failed to distribute the surplus in the treasury among the people. He has ruthlessly ignored the aching void in every Dem- ; ocratic breast. And, contrary' to the wishes of Republicans, he and his party managershave largely increased that .surplus until it has become a public

danger, which was not the case when he assumed office. Every measure pioposed by Republican members of Congress for the reduction of that surplus I has been voted down by the Democrats, i who, in the face of public opinion and the public needs, allow millions to accumulate, month after month, which ought to be in circulation among the people, a procedure that is in the interest of New York capitalists, who, under this Administration,dominate the . Treasury Department. Mr. Cleveland’s opposition to the silver dollar has the] same motive. In the interest of the capitalist he would restrict the country to the single gold standard, thus decreasing the value of every species of Eroperty, except that o! the mortgages tld by creditors against the debtor class.

Mr. Cleveland has sought to create a division in the ranks of the Grand Army of the. Republic, hoping to secure a part of their votes at the next election. !By the arts of the demagogue he tries to put the Union veteran upon the ‘defensive before the country for which this same veteran hrs marched and suffered and fought, and does it as a means of continuing his own political power, oblivious of the fact that he has no right to criticise, nor to condemn, these men, the laichet of whose shoes he is unworthy to unloose. The record of the most humble private injthe ranks of the Union army is bright and shining compared with that of President Cleveland. His Administration has rendered the South still more solid, at least for Cleveland, while every agency at his command is used to divide the North. With the South behind him, the votes of only two Northern States, Indiana and New York, are required to elect him, and he will neglect the use of no means within his reach to secure these. Democratic orators, money and corrupiionists will be concentrated upon these two States, and it will be a fearful struggle between them and the friends of good government. I Concluded next week.]

RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Cudworth: Things are sullen and will be as they are, whatever we think them or wrish them to be. Mrs. Whitney: We must rest in the rims God puts us in. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call .to-day hia own: He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy work,for I have lived to-day. —Dryden. “In outskirts of Thy kingdom vast. Father, the humblest spot give me; Set me the lowliest task thoii ha.st ;' --- Let me repentant work f or Thee. —Helen Hunt Jackson. The late Rev. Dr. Raffles, of Liverpool, England, found the original manuscript of Bishop Heber’s hymn. “From Greeland’s Icy Mountains,” on the file of the printer for thg society for the propagation of the gospSlT The hymn was written at Wrexham, to be used in a service in behalf of the society. Why Idly seek from outward things, The sngwerinwar.l silenoe brings; W'hy stretch beyond our proper inhere •And age, for that whieh lies so near? Why climb the far-off hills with pain, A nearer view of Heaven to gain? Yoji may be nearer to Christ than you think. Those men who went stumbling along the ro§d to Emmaus, weeping and mourning that their Christ was gone; poured into his very ear the tale of their bereavement. They told him of their trouble—-that they had lost Christ; and there he was talking with them. In the midst of their victory, and they did not know it. New York Evangelist: Everyday religion is the foundation o f the thoroughness, which is another word for truthfulness or honesty. Workmen that slight their work, whether they make shirts for a living or sermons, build houses or ships,-raise flocks or families, will be some day or other found out. We want clQthe.s..t.ha.t. will not rip, vessels that will not leak, and bridges that will not break down. So we want characters that will stand temptation, and not snap asunder under the sudden pressures of life. Presbyterian: “It is unfortunately the habit of many people, and it is a habit that was formed in youth, to finish oniy that part of their work that is in sight. The part that is not seen is -left with rough edges, or long stitches, or, if possibles work is only done that is seen. Years,-centuries ago, in Greece, there live 1 a .sculptor . whose work teaches us a lesson. A sculptor was employed to erect a statue in one of the Grecian temples, and on Reing asked why he carved the back part, which was to be set into the wall, with as much pains as the fruit, he replied, “The gods see it.” Andrew Fuller: When in any writing I have occasion to insert these passages “God willing,” “God lending me life,” etc., I observe that I can scarce hold'my hand from encircling these words in a parenthesis, as if they were not essential io the sentence, but may as well be left out as put in. V. hereas, indeed, they are not only of the commission at large, but so of the quorum, that without them all the rest is nothing; wherefore, hereafwr—l will write these w ords fully and fairly without I any inclosure about them. Let critics | censure it for bad grammar, I am sure ■ it is good divinity.

' L.E ROY EST MORT. And shall I weep that Love’s po more. And magnify his reign? . Sure never mortal man before 'a Would have his grief again. Farewell the long continued ache, - The-days Ti-dream, the nights itware; I will rejoice and merry make, And never more complain. King Loveds dead and gone for aye Who ruled with might and main, For with a bitter word one day, I found my tyrants slain. And he'in Eteathenness was bred Nor isof.any creed, and dead Can never riae again.

TRADE AND LABOR.

Philadelphia Record. Ramie fibre for yarn is to be made at Pitta&urg. Scranton, Pa., will have 300 electric lights in operation by October. - The tanners of the United States will meet at Saratoga, on Sept. 7. A SIOO,OOO electric railway company has been organized in Detroit. Shoe manufacturers find machine lasting not so profitable as hand lasting. Alvan Clark, the Boston telescopemaker, was originally a calico engraver. Twenty cars have been ordered to run on the seven miles of electric railway in Omaha. the makers of base-ball goods have beef driven this season to their utmost capacity. The coal trade is very dull in West Virginia, and the miners are eating up their earnings. The pressed-ware and chimney factories of the country will all be running this week. There iS a great and increasing demand for small houses in Southern manufacturing cities. It has been estimated by electricians that it will cost only $126,000 per year to light Chicago. Southern cotton mills are adopting electricity, and find it cheaper and more serviceable than gas. Large purchases of coal lands are being made in Western Pennsylvania despite the natural-gas craze. Sixty Belgians have just arrived at the Tarentum, Pa., plate-glass works, where there is a strike. Boiler-makers are quite busy all over the country, and machine-shop labor is in active demand. American enginears will probably soon be called upon to lay out a railroad across Central America to the Pacific. On Sept. 1 the Gas Commissioners of New York will consider a number of propositions to light the city electrically. The coal operators of four Western States have formed an interstate coal association, with headquarters at St. Louis. The girls of Louisville 'are to have a partial business training, including book keeping, short hand writing and type writing. Clothing cutters expect to have all the work they can possibly do. There are very few apprentices coming along ro compete for employment. The Pittsburg window glass manufacturers will not resume work on Sept. 1, unless the workmen shall agree to accept the old rate of wages. The largest plate glass works in the world wriittroon be erected at Manorville, thirty miles east of- Pittsburg The sum of SIIO,OOO was paid for the site. The hardware manufacturers of the New England States have had the most successful season ever enjoyed, and enlargements are now in progress in every Sfate.~ ’ In Birmingham, Ala., $1,500,000 worth of bujldings are in course of erection. The buildings are rented before completed. Working-people live cheaply and comfortably. While the workingmen of New York and some other States are taking more or less interest in Labor politics, the political Labor movement in Pennsylvania as usual lags away behind. Printers are once more finding work more abundant. An equalization of wages will be attempted in several localities this fall, especially in Western cities. Job printers have a large amount of work in signt. An American, Hotchkiss, has made a world wide fame .on guns. Another American, Allen by name, and of New York, is out with a new process for casting guns of anv size up to 500 tons, which are equal to the best forged or “built up” guns. A Chicago man, Bidwell by name,has planned an electric railway, to run from the United States through British America and Alaska to Behring’s strait crossing a bridge into Asia, and thence connecting with the railway system of Russia. A new iron furnace is to be introduced wnich will cost only one-third as much to build as present furnaces cost, and whieh will be operated at one-tbird as much cost. The first furnace in Virginia will be built at once at Richmond. Tne principal iron centers South and , West are taking hold of it. It will offset the advantages of natural gas. The combination of rubber clothing manufacturers will result in an advance of 25 per cent, on the electric goods. The average sales of light fabrics amount to $3,000,000 per year. The combination imposes a penalty of SI,OOO for violating the rules. I Southern papers are still calling attention to the fact that throughout the whole South there are thousands of I openings for the establishment of industries, large and small. The labor unions might do a good service by gathering such information for the benefit of their membership.

The Honesty of Women.

.. „ ______ Harper s iiazar. Women are being employed more and more as book-keepers and cashiers, and one avowed ground of this employmentis that they are more honest than men. Unquestionably they are so up to this time, and it is ptobable that they will havesomepermanenUad vahtageni;Ttiat way. Their normal instincts are some-

what higher and thei? lemptations less on the side of perilous indulgences. But it has been pointed ouu m6re than once by the more cautions Jriends of women that a good deal of the present mo?al advantage of that Aex in matters of honesty comes simply from inexperience. They have hitherto had so littlfl td do with the handling of money that they regard it with more reverence than men; the bare thought of an irregularity alarms them; the conscience is wholly fresh and sensitive; *tlu?y can not conceive how a person can wrong anothetoutlof a dime and live. Moreover they overrate the difficulties and perils consequent upno wrong doings. A young book-keeper told me once that whenever her accounts failed to balance if it were only by a single cent, felt as if a policeman were just coming in at the door. It is as we find to be the case with lending money—any prudent person would rather lend it to a woman than to a man, because he that the chance of payment is greater. In the present state of society a debt of $5 seems a tremendous affair to a women and a very small affair to a man; but let that woman borrow and repay a few times and the fine edge of sensibility begins t« wear off, precisely as it does with a man, but more slowly.

Another Scare in London.

The criticism of Lord Randolph Churchill that the defenses of the ports of the kingdom are entirely inadequate to the maintenance of public safety in time of war, have created a profound sensation and a consequent feeling of insecurity among persons holding more or less pessimistic views. At the great review a few days since England made a display of 327 iron clads and other well armed ships of war. These ships cost the government some $200,000,000. And yet Lord Churchill insists that the ships belonging to the royal navy are inadequate to the defense of London, Liverpool and other English cities. { According to Churchill the great iron clads are only good for a show on a pleasant day. They are so top-heavy that they will all roll overboard during a gale at sea. These ships are covered with iron planks twenty feet long, three inches wide and thirty-five inchesthick; hence their liability to founder during a ga ]e - \ If Lord Churchill can be believed one torpedo boat, such as Cant. Ericsson, of New York, will build for SIOO 000,could destroy the best iron-clad in Europe in fifteen minutes. In the navy maneuvering in the channel recently a Nordenfeldt gnu aboard the Curfew burst, seriously injuring several seamen. One of the guns of the Black Prince also burst, injuring three seamen. Such guns, combined with the useless ironclads of Great Britain, well justify the attack which Lord Churchill has made on the inefficiency of the British navy.

Now You See It and Now You Don’t.

Chicago Tribune.:—. - - • In an Illinois city within fifty miles from Chicago there is a hotel where the service at table is notoriously bad. It can be improved by the use of tips to waiters, and guests of the house know it. A drummer was telling the other night how he got a satisfactory dinner at the hotel. There is something familiar about the story, but it good enough to tell. The drummer sm down ar the table and managed to get. a wai;-.-r. ‘‘Pete,” said he, tan mg a bi g silver dollar from his pocket, and nutting it under a goblet turned upCde down, "do you see that?” “Yes, sah,” said Pete, affably. “I sees it. “Well, now, you hurry around and get me just as good a dinner as you know how, and don’t keep me waiting.” Better service than the drummer bad could not be desired". The meat was just what he asked for, the vegetables fresh and daintily set before him, the courses followed each other in rapid succession, and when the guest had finished he was satisfied. “Pete,” said he as he laid bis napkin beside his plate, “do you see that, dollar?” “Yes, sah,” said Pete, with expectation in his eyes. “Well, Pete,” remarked the drummer 'as he removed the goblet, “take a good ook at it, for you'll never see it again.” Then the drummer put the coin into his pocket and strolled out of the room, while Pete kicked his chair so far under the table that it tooka requisition on the Governor of the adjoining State to get it back. , .

THE DIMPLiE ON HER CHEEK. Within a neat of rases, Half hidden from the sight! Until a smile discloses Its loveliness aright, Behold the work of Cupid, Who wrought it in a freak, ’The witching little dimple— The dimple on her cheek! ■■;' \' ' > . ' The Sirens' lays and glances To lure the sailor nigh; - -v- Th e jH>rilousTomance® Of fabled Lorelei. And all the spelts of Circe j Are rest of charm and weak, ..j-- Beside the dainty dimple - Thb .limplri.un har . Were ihc-sc the golden nges Of knights end ».roube<lour>. Who olden 'pages With tourneys and amours 1 What lances would he broaeu— WhOEt stor lutts would speak. ~ Tn fibnor oi the dimple— The dimple on her cheek'. .. _ ’ .-. A'-