St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 48, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 June 1892 — Page 2

CROWDED THE HALL. big attendance at the convention. °“ Crede »«“^ Submit ’a Ml- ' ‘ “ B P° r ‘-H*»TlHon Men Become Greatly Exclted-The u Mkt That Failed -Platform Bead by Foraker. Wednesday’s Proceedings. Minneapolis Dispatch: It was close to noon and the hall was crowded to its utmost capacity when Chairman I assett called the Republican Rational Convention to order, Wednesday. The proceedings were opened by prayer by Bishop Whipple, of Minneapolis. Hon. E. C. Loekwood, of Idaho, presented the report of the Committee on Organization. A wild scene took place when the committee reported Governor M illiam McKinley, of Ohio, for permanent Chairman. Hon. Samuel Lessen1 o WIL THE RIVAL GONFALONS. den of Connecticut, ex-Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, and General William Mahone of Virginia were appointed a committee to escort Governor McKinley to the chair, A magnificent reception was given the Governor when he stepped upon the platform. Temporary Chairman Fassett retired I amid great applause and there were pro- i longed and renewed cheers and waving | of banners, after which Governor Me- I Kinley began as follows: “Gentlemen of the convention:” Here J he was interrupted by cries of three ; cheers for McKinley. The vast audience arose and shoot the building with cheers for Ohio’s Governor. After the applause had subsided, Mr. McKinley proceeded with his address. The speech was greeted with prolong- ' ed cheering. At its close there were j repeated cries of “Douglas,” and the ! venerable ex-slave came forward and bowed his thanks. After Governor McKinley’s speech, Mr. Bingham of Pennsylvania submitted the report of the Huies Committee making the rules of the Fifty-first (the Reed) Congress the rules of the eonvc - tion, with necessary modification. T..e report was adopted. The Committee on Resolutions were also given further time in which to report. The roll of States for nominations for National Committeemen was then called. The chairman then announced that the next business .was the naming of candidates fo^rtwAPi’csidential nomination. There mZ excited buzz, and Senator Cullom jiynped to his feet and asked S^Tf-State.' e read to name My D^tor.” ... * . iii. i hfto man McKinley gracefully accepted the correction ami ^withdrew his announc mient. On motion of Mr. De Young, of California, the convention adjourned until Thursday morning at 11 o’clock. There were cries of “No” as the motion to adjourn was made, and the vote in its favor was small; but the Chairman put it quickly and quickly declared it carried. Thursday’s Ses lon. me convention was called to order at - 11:22 o’clock Thursday morning, but as ■ the Committee on Credentials was not | yet ready to report the convention ad- > journed, alter a session of a quarter of ! an hour, until 8 o’clock in the evening, i Pennsylvania and Ohio were notably in favor of adjournment, while Wiscon- j sin, Missouri and several of the strongly i Harrison States were opposed. An Illi- j nois delegate introduced a resolution j providing that all Grand Army men shall be admitted to standing room in ; the house and permitted to occupy all ! seats remaining vacant thirty minutes j after the beginning of each session. This resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules and Order of Business. The convention was called to order in the evening shortly after 8 o’clock, and j continued in session until 1:30 o’clock | Friday morning. Almost all the time | was occupied in a heated debate over I the majority and minority reports of the i Credentials Committee. A test vote i taken at midn’ght indicated a majority of the delegates to be in favor of Harrison. The vote was on the adoption of the report of the Committee on Credentials, but was generally looked upon as a fair test of the strength of the opposition. The result of the ballot was enough to start the President’s shouters afresh. They had previously held a caucus and claimed to have the pledges of enough votes to secure Mr. Harrison’s nomination. Every available space in the great and splendid convention hall seemed to have been filled up at the preceding session, but it was for the night session to test the capacity of this great hall, i and it was packed almost to suffocation. I Thq announcement of the Committee on Credentials that a minority report would be submitted caused considerable excitement and there was painful suspense, while the two reports were being orally submitted, as to what would follow. The majority report recommended that twelve Harrison delegates in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana be seated in place of the same number of Blaine men given places on ihe temporary roll, and the minority recommended that the twelve Blaine men on the temporary roll be placed on the permanent roll. " The report of the committee also covered contests in Texas, Kentucky, Maryland, South Carolina and North Carolina and District of .Columbia, but there was no political significance in these contests and the report was unanimous on these eases. The majority report sustained the National Committee as to 23 votes and reverse ! the National Committee as to 17 votes. 1

M hen Chairman Cogswell moved that the majority report be adopted he was loudly cheered by the Harrison delegates, and when Chauncey I. Filley, of Missouri, moved to substitute the minority report therefor, the applause which followed from the Blaiho delegates told the galleries that the longex^ eoted fight between the Blaine and Harrison forces was on. The roll call on the adoption of the minority report of the committee on credentials proceeded. When Texas had been reached in the call of the roll the electric lights in the vast hall began to wane for a few seconds. Had it not been for the faint glimmer of a few s uffering gas lights encircling the ro< u the convention would have been n total darkness. This caused an immediate cessation of the proceedings, and the band in the gallery played “We won’t go home until morning,” while a messenger was hurriedly' dispatched to the plant of the electric company to call for lights. After waiting several minutes for lights Mr. Miller of New York addressed the convention trying to secure an adjournment, but without success. At tlvs point the electric current was again turned on, and after the applause caused by the additional light had subsided, the convention proceeded with business. At the conclus’on of the roll call, Chairman McKinley said: “On this vote for the substitute of the majority report in Alabama, the nays are 4234 and the yeas are 463, and the motion is lost.” Motion to adjourn failed to carry, and the rail was called on the adoption of the majority report on delegates-at-large from Alabama, Pennsylvania having demanded it, and New York and Colorado seconded the demand. The vote resultrd 476 yeas and 365.1 nays. A mighty yell greeted the announcement of Ahe Harrison victory. Canes, hats, handkerchiefs, anyth’ng that could be grabbed, were swung wildly in triumph, while the dome seemed to tremble with the terrific roars of applause. An attempt to adjourn the convention at this interesting juncture failed. The hour proposed was 10 o’clock in the I morning, but it was decided by a subI stantial majority to proceed with the I business of the Convention without de- | lay. Mr. Depew, the leader of the Har- | risen forces, was asked if he was satisfled with the test. “Yes,” he replied smiling, “and we will be twenty-five votes strong on the main question.” Gov. Foraker asked the unanimous consent of the convention to the reading of the platform as prepared by the committee on resolutions. The platform was read and adopted, notwithstanding ; a plea from Hiscock to give the advoi cates of irrigation of arid lands in the West a chance to be heard. The conCHAIRMAN M*KINEEY. v <.»/ >ti t»n , th o n n* Hou mod until 11 o’clock face of the ocean in the fairest wealbcr and when no wind is blowing. There are few perils of the sea more to be dreaded than such a wave. Fortunately they are very rare, yet more than once a ship has encountered one. Only a short time ago the Etruria was met by a wave of this kind, which rolled upon her like a wall of water, and, breaking against her sides, swept the deck with irresistible force, killing one sailor and sei riously injuring others. A smaller and less stanch vessel might have been overwhelmed and । sent to the bottom by the blow. The | cause of these singular waves is be--1 lieved to be some disturbance of a [ volcanic nature at the bottom of the | sea. Volcanoes exist in the ocean as I well as on land—in fact, nearly all ! the volcanoes known are on or near I the sea coast. It is easy to see that an upheaval at the sea bottom may start a billow at the surface of the water when we remember that huge waves have been sent across the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco by volcanic shakings of the earth on the j borders of Asia. j The world under water is not only I three times as extensive as that i which is covered only with air but it i possesses many of the same great i natural phenomena on a scale that is perhaps proportionately vast but of whose existence we are made aware only by such indications as the volcanic ocean waves that ships occasionally encounter. Uis Reluctance fxp’a n’d. A well-known artist, who hitherto has been a great enthusiast for the propagation of “art among the masses,” sends us. says the London Telegraph, the following story, which leads him to take a rather gloomy view of the situation. For the puri pose of a picture on which lie was ! engaged he required a well-kept doni key as a model, and commissioned a friend to hire such an animal. A costermonger was found possessed of one in every way suitable, and was told that an artist would be glad to paint the “moke.” The owner looked annoyed, cten angry, at the request. Later he called at the gentleman’s house, and said: “1 understand you want to paint my donkey?” “Yes,” replied the artist: “I shall be very pleased if you will allow me.” “Why,” continued the coster, “ain’t he a good enough color already?” From a painter's point of view, th) question was unanswerable, and set the art'st pondering on the gn at work that still remains to be done in the art education of the pe< pie. Spices .smell best w^en bruised.— I Bosratzky.

HARRISON THE MAN. RENOMINATED BY THE REPUBLICANS. REID IN SECOND PLACE. MAMED BY ACCLAMATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT. Delegates Lived Up to Their Instruo Hons—McKinley I’olls a Large Vote— Reid Complimented—The News Received by the President and Mr. Blaine. Friday’s Work. Minneapolis dispatch: A sharp tap of the gavel at 11:35 on Friday morning checked the hum of ten thousand voices in the great con- ! vention hall, and a moment later Chairman McKinley ordered the aislescleared and some sort of order established. “The regular order,” resumed the Chairman, “is the presentation or candidates for President of the United ; States.” Cheers followed this announce- j ment. It was decided that the roll of States J should be called and when Colorado was | reached Senator Wolcott, of the Silver j

BENJAMIN HARRISON.

State, arose. Instantly the Blaine men burst into wild and enthusiastic cheers, and all doubt as to the presentation of the ntune of .Tames G. Blaine was now remo-gfl. Wolcott mad® a rattling »i> and ; ' 7 SWobVoT our Countrv YiU lie “will be." Wolcott sp ke for only ten minutes, and as he lett the platform he was fol- | lowed by a storm of applause, which cuntinued for at least ten minutes,while J many delegates sprang to their feet and’ shouted “Blaine, Blaine.” When Indiana was reached Col. I I “Dick” Thompson arose to nominate j : Harrison. The name of Harrison proj voked enthusiasm that was a revelaj tion. It looked as if every delegate i arose to his feet and waved a fan or a । handkerchief, and the noise continued I for a full ten minutes and was taken up j i JACOB WHITELAW REID. f every time it gave evidence of giving 1 out. • i The speeches having been concluded, i Mr. Sewell, of New Jersey, moved that ' the convention proct e l to the real busi- j ness of the session. His motion for beginning the ballot was carried without serious opposition.. A call of the States was ordered amid great excitement. Tennessee, when reached, came in for him with 17 votes, and the Harrison men ■ began to cheer. Quiet was restored i with some difficulty. A few moments afterward Texas gave her vote to Harri- . son, which secured the nomination for . the gentleman who now occupies the Presidential chair. The uproar began, and the scenes 1 which had attended the mention of - Blaine’s and Harrison’s names during " the nominating speeches, were repeated, ; ! with material shortening of the time j occupied. The band struck up “When [ the Clouds Roll By,” and a big picture I of President Harrison was lowerd from l the gallery in the rear of the platform; ’ below the picture was the inscrintion: “The Union Veteran League’s Candij date.” While the tumult was still on, Chair- [ man McKinley relinquished the chair to ’ Elliot F. Shepard, of New York, and i ! made his way to the floor, where, after 1 . several vain efforts to be heard in the confusion, he finally succeeded inattract- ' j ing the attention of the convention and 1 < I addressed the chair as follows: I ! Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Conven- . tion: I move that the rules be suspended and 1 i that Benjamin Harrison be nominated for President of the United States by acclamation. The motion was seconded by many j , delegates, amid cries of “No,” “No,” and ' much confusion. The Chair recognized

Colonel Clarkson, of lowa, who second-' ed the motion. Gov. McKinley resumed the chair and said: President Harrison having received a majority of all the votes cast, as the nominee of this convention, shall 1 it be made unanimous? Cries— “Yes,” “Yes.” The Chairman —Those in favor will say’ aye. ; The response was general, and without calling for the nays Chairman Me- I Kinley vaid; “It is a unanimous vote.’* [Cheering long and continued.] Mr. Depew then moved that the convention adjourn until 8 o’clock in the evening, and the motion prevailed. The concluding session of the convention began with these words by Gov. McKinley: “The order of business is the presentation of candidates for Vice 1 President of the United States. The secretary will call the roll of States and Territories.” i The secretary proceeded with the call of the roll until New York was reached, i when Senator O’Connor, of the Empire State, was recognized, and in a brief speech presented the name of Hon Whitelaw Reid, of New York. Governor Bulkely of Connecticut gave a hearty second to the nomination, and as there were no other names offered, Mr. John ; A. Hutchinson, of West Virginia, asked j that the nomination of Mr. Reid be made Iby acclamation. The motion was sec- j j onded. The Vote In Detail. i The following is the vote in detail as

; read by the Secretary at the cte^e of the balloting: 5? K S 4 » f ? s a 1 g a H m H 9 Txmnccticut. 12 « .... .I® 4 ' 7 .... Colorado.... 8 .... 8 j..’ ' Delaware... 6 4 1 i .jj] ..7 i Florida 8 8 jj.j | Georgia 26 26 jjjj j " 1 Idaho 6 .... 6 Illinois 48 34 14 jjjj > Indiana 30 30 jjj ] i lowa 26 2<» 5 i .... jjjj I Kansas 20 11 .... 9 । Keutuckv.... 26 22 2 1 . ..j ~ , I Louisiana... 16 8 8 1 Maine 12 .... 12 j... I Maryland.... 16 14 .... 2 I Mass... 30 18 1 11 .... ..[j [ Michigan.... 28 7 2 19 Minnesota.. 18 8 9 1 j.j Mississippi., is 13 a Missouri.... 34 2x 4 2 .... .j.j 1 Montana.... 6 5 1 I Nebraska,... 16 15 .... 1 Nevada 6 .... 6 N.H’mpsh're s 4 2 11 New Jersey. 20 18 2 New York .72 27 33 10 N. Carolina.. 22 18 2 2 N. Dakota... 6 2 4 Ohio 46 1 .... 45 Oregon s i .... 7 j Pe’nsylvan’a 64 19 3 42 Rh'de I-Pad. s 5 1 i 1 .... S. Carolina. .13 13 8 2 S. Dakota... 8 8 . Tennessee... 24 17 4 3 Texas 30 22 6 .... 2 .... Alaska 2 2 Arizona 2 11 I. Territory. 2 11 Oklahoma... 2 2 New Mexico 6 6 Utah 2 2 Dist. CTm’a 2 .... 2 Total.. . 904 535 182 182 4 1 Absent and not voting 2 Necessary to a choice. 453 Harrison’s plurality 82 The news was immediately telegraphed to Washington and to Boston, where Mr. Blaine is stopping. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Scene In I’resldt nt Harrison’s Room 00 Ri ception of the News. [Washington dispatch.’ The scene in the White House Friday 1 afternoon was a memorable one. The telegrapher’s office was crowded with a : distinguished party. Postmaster GenI eral Wanamaker sat at the corner of the desk with his tally-sheet prepared for half a dozen candidates. On a little table near the instruments Private Secre I ary Halford rested his tablet and pencil. Russell Harrison made himself at home on a desk behind the instruments. Three or more representatives of 1 newspapers were provided with seats, and as the news came in Mr. Halford read it aloud, then hastened to give the dispatches to the President. Mr. Tibbitts, the President’s stenographer, is also a telegrapher, and he heard the ticks which told of the nineteen votes for Harrison in the Pennsyl- ' vania delegation. “I do not propose to wait for that news to be typewritten,” and away he went to the President to tell him of an unexpected gain. It was a few minutes later when the operator reported “Harrison nominated.” Up jumped Halford and down came Russell Harrison from his perch on the desk. Miss Halford asked her father for the privilege of taking the good news to the ! President. Three minutes later, father and daughter hastened to give to the i victorious candidate the little printed slip which irrevocably settled the conI test. A TEASPOONFVL of salt dissolved in ; one-half glass of water is excellent to | allay nausea in sick headaches.

REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. AU the Usual Features Disposed Os Much as In Previous Years. The following is the platform as adopt- ( ed by the Republican National Conven- | tion at Minneapolis: The representatives of the Republicans of the United States assembled in general convention on the shores of the Mississippi River, | the everlasting bond of an indestructible re- I public, whose most glorious chapter of history is the record of the Republican party, congratulate their countrymen on the majestic I march of the nation under the banners inscribed with the principles of our platform of 1888, vindicated by victory at the polls and i prosperity In our fields, workshops and mines, । and make the following declaration of principles: Reaffirm Protection Doctrines. We reaffirm the American doctrine of protection. We call attention to its growth abroad. We maintain that the prosperous condltion of our country is largely due to the wise revenue legislation of the Republican Con- | gress. We believe that all articles which can- j not be produced in the United States, except luxuries, should be admitted free of duty, and that on all imports coming into competition with the products of American labor there should be levied duties equal to the difference between wages abroad and at home. We assert that the prices of manufactured articles i of general consumption have been reduced under the operations of the tariff act of 1890. We denounce the efforts of the Democratic majority of the House of Representatives to destroy our tariff laws by piecemeal, as is manifested by their attacks upon wool, lead and lead ores, the chief products of a number of States, and we ask the people for their judgment thereon. Success of Reciprocity. j We point to the success of the Republican I policy of reciprocity, under which our export trade has vastly increased and new and en- | larged markets have been opened for the prod- ; nets of our farms and workshops. We remind I the people of the bitter opposition of the DemI ocratic party to this practical business measi ure, and claim that, executed by a Repulican I administration, our present laws will eventI ually give us control of the trade of the world. On the Money Question. The American people from tradition and interest favor bimetalism, and the Republican I party demands the use of both gold and silver i as standard money, with such restrictions and ; under such provisions to be determined by the legislature as will secure the maintenance of

the parity of values of the two metals, so that j the purchasing and debt-paying power of the I dollar, whether of silver, gold or paper, shall be iat all times equal. The interests of the producers of the country, its farmers and its j workingmen, demand that every dollar, paper or coin, issued by the Government shall be as good as any other. We commend the wise and patriotic steps I already taken by our Government to secure an international conference to adopt such measures as will insure a parity of value between gold and silver for use as money throughout the 1 world. Free Ballot and Fair Count. ; We demand that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one free and un1 restricted ballot in all public elections, and that such ballot shall be counted and returned as cast; that such laws shall be enacted and I enforced as will secure to every citizen, be he rich or poor, native or foreign born, white or I black, this sovereign right, guaranteed by the , constitution. The free and honest popular 1 ballot, the just and equal representation of all I the people, as well as their just and equal protection under the laws, are the foundation of 1 our republican institutions, and the party will I never relent its efforts until the integrity of the ballot and the purity of elections shall be j fully guaranteed and protected in every State.

Southern Outrages. j “We denounce the continued inhuman out- I ! rages perpetrated upon American citizens for ' political reasons in certain Southern States of the Union. Foreign Ro’atlons. “We favor the extension of our foreign com- j merce, the restoration of our mercantile I marine by home-built ships and the creation of । a navy for the protection of onr national interests and the honor of our tiag; the maintenance of the most friendly relations with all foreign I powers; entangling alliance with none, and the I protection of the rights of our fishermen. We 1 reaffirm our approval of the Monroe doctrine i and believe in the achievement of the manifest i destiny of the republic in its broadest sense, j We favor the enactment of more stringent I laws and relations for the restriction of criminal. pauper and contract immigration. “We favor efficient legislation by Congress 1 to protect the life and limb of employes of transportation companies engaged in carrying on interstate commerce, and recommend legislation by the respective States that will procrc c, in 1 champion of the oppres.-<-7il7TTT^ , ^’ l ^rAnr aigfiifyornialiliboa. irrespective of faith, color or nationality: it sympathizes with the cause of home rule in Ireland and protests against the persecution of the Jews in Russia. Popular Education. The ultimate reliance of free popular government is th" intelligence of the people and the maintenaaee of freedom among men. We ; therefore declare anew our devotion to liberty of thought and conscience, of speech anil press, and approve all agencies and instrumentalities which contribute to the education of the children of the land; but while insisting upon the fullest measure of religious liberty, we are opposed to any union of church and state. Opposition to Trusts. We reaffirm our opposition, declared in the - Republican platform of 1888, to all combinations of capital, organized in trusts or otherwise, to control arbitrarily the condition of ; trade among our citizens. We heartily indorse the action already taken upon this subject and ask for such further legislation as may be required to remedy any defects in existing laws and to render their enforcement more complete and effective. We approve the policy of extending to towns, villages, and rural communities the advantages of the free-delivery service now enjoyed by the larger cities of the country, and reaffirm the declaration contained in the Republican platform of l.sss pledging the reduc.ron of letter postage to one cent at the earliest possible moment consistent with the maintenance of the Postoffice Department and the highest class of postal service. We commend the spirit and evidence of re- ! form in the civil service and the wise and con- ! sistent enforcement by the Republican party of the laws regulating the same. The construction of the Nicaragua canal is of I the highest importance to the American peo- j pie, both as a measure of national defense and \ to build up and maintain American commerce, I and it should be controlled by the United j States Government. "lie favor the admission of the remaining ;

territories at the earliest practicable date, , having due regard to the interests of the peopie of the territories and of the United States. | All the Federal officers appointed for the terri- ' tories should be selected from bona-fide residents thereof, and the right of self-government should be accorded as far as practicable. “We favor cession, subject to the homestead laws, of the arid public lands to the States and Territories in which they lie, under such Congressional restrictions as to disposition, reclamation and occupancy by settlers as will secure the maximum benefit’s to the people." The World’s Columbian Exposition is a great national undertaking and Congress should promptly enact such reasonable legislation in aid thereof as will insure a discharging of the expense and obligations incident . thereto and the attainment of results commensurate with the dignity and progress of the nation. “We sympathize with all wise and legitimate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of intemperance and promate morality. “Ever mindful of the services and sacrifices of men who saved the life of the nation, we p .edge anew to the veteran soldiers of the republic a watchful care and recognition of their just claims upon a grateful people. Harrison’s Administration We commend the able, patriotic and thoroughly American administration of President Harrison. Under it the country has enjoyed ; remarkable prosperity, and the dignity and honor of the nation, at home and abroad, have been faithfully maintained, and we offer the record of pledges kept as a guaranty of faithful performance in the future. Mrs. Emma Perry, a pretty young widow, is a successful Western rancher, ami is apparently perfectly fearless. She rides ever the prairie accompanied j only by her dogs, and the bitterest weather does not prevent her superintending the rounding up of her cattle. Dr. Marion L. Woodward is one of . the women graduates of the Boston , Dental College. She graduated last summer, and is now in successful practice on Chandler street, Boston. She has had all the work she could do, without putting out her sign.

CHANPION MEAN MAN. Che Story of a Brute Who Did Not Deserve to Have A WHe. j She was a pale, quaint, quiet old I woman who did washing for a living. I One day she was paler than usual, ; and her hand trembled. Her n J' s " ' tress asked her the reason, says the i Chicago Times. She said: “I been thinkin’ of a lady I helped to nurse once—out in Colorado tuas. iShe was took bad suddent rn they sent fur me. The house was only kind of roofed in, an' the rainy season was on them. I set tubs to ketch the ! water, else it would have dripped on her. I’d heeard tell about her before I went there, an’ about him. too. “She was used to things tine back East. Her folks had warned her not to marry him. When she did, an found out her foolishness, she was too proud to make moan. He was a man o’ means, but stingy! Gieat Jerusalem! child, the good Lord couldn’t never have made him. He hadn t the print of decent lingers on him! “’Get a Doctor!’ says I, seeing how bad she was. “ ‘No,’ he answers cool, ’it’s useless expense. I've got a book here 11 do. “Himeby the hired girl come to ! the door. “ ‘What for dinner, sir?’she asked. “ ‘Graham bread and potato bails.’ ; he says. “ ‘But the children wants to know if they can have a bit o’ ham. Thores । two hams in the cellar’- “ ‘By no means Meat is not hy।g< me for children. But you kin cook : one slice —jus’ one thick slice —fur ' me.’

“ ‘David,’ begged her weak voice from the bed, ‘kin I have a cupof tear’ “‘Certainly not!’ he replies prompt “ Twould affect vour heart.' “ ‘Coffee, then?’ “ ‘No, indeed! In your nervous condition! I am surpiised Idella! 1 ‘-Everything as the same way. There wasn’t nothin' he thought mightn’t injure her but crackers an’ water. The children couldn t haye but one helpin’ at meals. Ihat wasn't a big one. But his plate was piled while a bit would goon it. lust day she was up I made some rolls. ' Mighty nice rolls they was, too. She et one. Then the baby cried. She I went.to tend to it. When she comes i back she took up another roll. ' “ ‘Dron that!’ he says. “ -Why?’ ,

“He was after swallerin’seven himself in about the time you’d be sayin’ Jack Robinson “‘Y’ou’ve been away from the I table three minutes an’ a half. Do you want to begin eatin’again? You'd ruin your digestion.’ •‘•But —I'm hungry, David! An’ they're so good ’ “ -Did you hear me?’ “She looked as if she was goin’ to crv. But she put the roll back. “ ‘Dried corn an’ crackers for । dinner,’ he says. ‘I can’t be back in time. I'll take my frugal bite downtown.’ ••I followed him to the door.’ “‘She ain’t strong. An' a-nursing that big l 1 by. What for her?’ I •• -What's wholesome for the rest,’ j JdUL 11 She pHQ U OIL U va, j some chicken broth—— ’ - *’** ■ “He looked at me awful mad. “ -D'ye think I’m Vanderbilt?’ he asks. “The letter my grandson brought me over just now? Yes, ’twas from my niece, who lives out there. She's dead—the sweet, starved little creature! An' the children—mostly the baby—(l'm suddin’ the clothes i clean, mam)—don’ mind me—is what I am thinkin' about!” fiard Reading. A disappointed aspirant to literary honors asserts that even in the best publishing houses manuscripts offered for inspection are not- read, unless the authors are well known. This is pure nonsense. How is a publisher to pursue his trade without reading and—occasionally, at all events—accepting manuscripts? As for the well-known authors, the day must dawn on which they cease to write, and if newer writers are neglected meanwhile, there will be nothing left to publish. The truth of the matter is that rejected contributors can never acquiesce in the justice of their re : tion: they always attribute it to prejudice, or want of appreciation,

or neglect. Moreover, their worn has not had a fair chance, they think, ; unless it is read ‘-from title-page to closing-line.” It never strikes them that it is useless for the publishers to wade further than the ordinary reader will wade, yet he is a pretty good judge of the limit of the public patience. Some writers are conscious that they are a little slow in developing the interest of their book. “You will find,” they say, “my twenty-first chapter a particularly striking one.'j But how is one to get through the twenty preceding chapters? If the first chapter is hard reading it may not unreasonably be taken as a sample of the whole, for it generally contains the unexperienced writer's best work, written before the flash of inspiration has died out and left him in the twilight of his own crude fancies. In the East. Servants, or slaves, in the East, pay the most profound respect to those whom they serve. From their inferiority, they dare not speak in their master’s presence. Every command is given them iiFsilence, and the sign is always expressive, and well understood. In Egypt and in Persia the like custom prevails. Pococke says, that at a visit in Egypt everything is done with the greatest decency and the most profund silence, theslavasor servants standing at the bottom of the room, with their hands joined before them, watching with the utmost attention every motion of their master, who commands them by signs.