Bloomington Courier, Volume 14, Number 9, Bloomington, Monroe County, 24 December 1887 — Page 2

THE COURIER

BLOOMINGTON,

H. FEUTTTS-

. IN MAN A

Over 500 biii8 and petitions were introduced in tbe Senate on fh first real working day ol the session- Good. Now bow shall we prevent the passage o a teeth of thi?

Th year 18S? will be memoraWo for the nil caber of rfeh boo iters sent to the penitentiary. Arl yet Jake Sharpe, the prince of tbe ang stil waves o'er be land of the tree and home o! the brave.

The Tndianapoii Journal baa named tfee followtsp as a desirable Republican ticket for Indianians; For President, en. Ben. Har?ispn; for Vice-President, Sen. Hawley, of Connecticut; for Governor, Albert G. Porter; for Lieutenant Governor, Col, tvohertsfto. Ijjdiaxapous has bad an experience in new. newspaper enterprises during the year, all of which wenc-np the flume. If tbe government wants to get rid of the surplus why not start a daily paper in Indianapolis. So far such ven tures have required more "surplus than was at command.

Swjjtan, the slugger, is a bigger man than "phi" Buffalo BiU The Prince of "Wales will soon present the slugger a gold' watch, and all England bows down and worships him. On this aide of the water Sullivan is not regarded; as a model1 calling for adulation, notwithstanding bis capacity to strike from tbe shoulder.

Xmtix cards are being circulated all over the country by "the Provisional Committee" in New York in behalf of the American party. It reads as follows: "America for Americans. The ' platform of principles adopted by the American party in convention at Philadelphia, Sept 16 and 17, 1887, covers, in brief, the following points: 1. , Restriction (regulation) of v immigration. 3. Extension of the time required for naturalization to fourteen years. The protection and promotion of the American free school system. 4. Amerisan lands for American settlers. 5. Mo public funds for sectarian uses. If you indorse the above and are willing to act with the American party for the furtherance of its principles, sign your name and address below and forward.,

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r EXCHANGE SlfmCIS. r li a dog; cannot reason,, what makes him hate a tramp? ... The Bar, Parker is a pretty big man, but small countries fit him the best. "Held by the . enemy" the ulster whiah we are unable to redeem. . Evidence is the only thing a stingy man can give without repining. December comes in like a silent partner in a plumbing establishment. AH heirs are interesting but the most interesting is the million heir, v London mobs want to act on the square, but the police won't let them. Good intentions will not help a man on his -way if he takes the wrong road. Boulangar has been arested. Can it be that be was whistling his own march. The majority of people are moat generous when they have nothing to give. Some years ago writing' -story books for a living was regarded as a novel industry. Every woman is in the wrong until

she cries, and then she is in the right

-instantly. . ;

Some men dat am de ahMtec ts ob dair

own fawchunea -ereck mighty crasy

fcuildin's.

Oppor tunities -. are like vacant

lets They most be imoroved to be

i profitable. 'v

Texas Strangsc Men are too much inclined to accept a pretty woman at

her face value. ; '

'Harpers Bazar: There is a big difference between getting on well in life

-and getting well on in life.

Texas Sittings: No matter how prompt actors may be at rehearsal there

if always one man who is prom pter.

Texas Sittings: Base ball is as old as

the world, as is proven by the first line

in Genesis: "In the big inning." etc

Tahnage awl the Gas. - Brooklyn Eagle. ,

x oegan tne ministry by writing out

my sermons with great care and taking

my manuscript into the pulpit and

wmnning myself strictly to it. But

coming out of a theological seminary with but little preparation in the way

- of sermon material j I found the prepar

ation of two sermons and a lecture

week a complete physical exhaustion, so

1 retracted from that habit and used no

notes at alL My firstxperience in this

new departure was marked and unnsual. It was in my village church at

Belleville, N. 3. binding that I must

r atop the exhaustive work of preparation

I resolved on a certain Sunday night to

extemporize. The church had ordinarily been lighted by lamps, as there was no gas in the village, but the trustees had built a gas-house in therear of the church, and the new mode of lighting the edifice was to be tested the very night I had decided to begin my extemporaneous speaking; The church was thronged with people who had come to see the new mode of lighting. I bad abont ten minutes of my sermon in manuscript and put it down on the Bible, intending when the manuscript gave out to launch put on the great sea of extemporaneousness. Although it

w uiiKUL iu waa a very not one

for me, and the thermometer seemed to

w ouwut up fcu aegreeSr at a very

alow rate I went on with my sermon.

j&mpioyers are quietly snggesting

among themselves the possibility of a

reduction in the price of labor next Spring. The influences which favor

this possibility are not very apparent, and yet there is a feeling that organized labor may find it more difficult' to keep the high standard next year than they have this year. Much incompetent or inferior labor has been paid the highest wages this year, and' this evil has been borne with as much grace as possible. ; ' Killed in jDriying Natl.

Detroit News, AugostGunthier made a fatal error, yesterday, in the Hancock Chemical Works when he drove a nail into a board that had been saturated with nitroglycerine. There wasn-t much of the staff, but there was enough . The first time. he missad the nail he hit the boaid, and an explosion followed that entirely destroyed the board and mortally wounded Mr. Gunthier.

RHMTON.

Innocent Athletic Amusements Should Not he Discouraged. Mir tlx and Btuto Ought to Abound in IviBry Home Many Ways ot Making; tlio Domestic Circle Happy--"-ClxviHitn Charity Should Hovar Ov All.

R9VV Dr. Talmage preached at the Brooklyn Tabernacle last Sunday. Subjects, "Recreations Good and Bad." Texts, i. Corinthians, eh. 7,y. 31: "They that use this world, are not abusmsit;" and Judges, ch. 18, v. 25: "And it came to pass, wben their hearts were merry, that they said Gall for Samson that he may make us sport. And they called tor damson out of the. prisoners: and he made them sport." Br. Talmage saidl We are entering upon, the gayest season of the year Tbe winter opens 'before us the jates oi a thousand amusements, some of them good and some bad. One of my texts will show you that amusements may be destructive; my oher text. will show you that amusements may be under the Divine blessing and direction. J? This morning, in the name of the filing of heaven and earth, I serve a writ of ejectment upon all the sinful and .polluted --who have squatted on the domain of earthly pleasure as though it belonged to them, while I claim in behalf of the good and -the -pure and the true, the eternal inheritance which God has given them. ....

Hitherto, Christian pliilanthropiste, clerical and lay, have busied themselves in denouncing sinfnl recreations; but I feel w have no right to stand before men and women in whose hearts ; there is a desire for recreation amounting to a positive, necessity, denouncing this and that and the other thing, when we do not propose to give them something better. God helping me this morning, and with reference to my last account, I shall enter upon a sphere no . usual in sermonizing, but a subject whick I think ought to be presented at this time. I propose now to lay before yon some of the recreations which are not only innocent, but positively helpful and advantageous. .... In the tot place, I commend, among indoor recreations, music, vocal and instrumental. Among the, first thing created was the bird, so that the earth might have musie at tbe start. This world, which began with so sweet a serenade, is finally to be demolished amid the ringing blast of the archarigeVs trumpet, so that, as there was music at the start there shall be music at the close. While l. this art heavenly has as often been dragged into the uses of superstition and dissipation, we all know it may be the means of high moral culture. Oh, it is. a gran d thing to have our children brought up amid the sound of cultured voices and amid the sound of musical instruments. There is in this art an indescribable fascination for the household. Let all those families who have the means to afford it have flute or harp or piano or organ. As Boon as the hand- is large enough to compass the keys, teach it how to pick out the melody. Let all our young men try this heavenly art upon their nature. Those wbo have gone into it fully have found in it illimitable recreation and amusement. Dark days, stormy nights, seasons of sickness, business disasters will, do little toward depressing the soul which can gallop on oyer musical keys or soar in jubilant lay. It will cure pain. It will rest fatigue. It will quell passion, It will revive heaUh. It will reclaim dissipation. Jt4will strengthen the immortal soul. . r J am glad to know that in our great cities there is hardly a night in .which there are not concerts wb ere, with the best musical instruments, and the sweetest voices, people may find entertainment. Patronize such entertainments when they are afforded you. Buy season tickets, if you can, for the Philharmonic and the Handel and Hay den societies. Feel that the $1.50 or $2 that

you spend for the purpose of hearing an artist play or sing is a profitable investment. Let your Stein way Halls and youT Academies of Music roar with the acclamation of appreciative audiences assembled at the concert or the oratorio. fctill further; I commend, as worthy of their support, the gymnasium. This institution is gaining in favor every year, and I know of nothing more free from dissipation, or more calculated to recuperate the physical and mental energies. .While there are a good many people who have employed this institution, there is a vast number who are ignorant of its excellences. There are men-with cramped chests and weak sides . and despondent spirits,, who, through the gymnasium, might be roused up to exuberance and exhilaration of life. There are many Christian people depondent from year to year who might through such an institution, be benefitted in their spiritual relations. There are Christian people who Beem to think that it is a good sign to be poorly; and because Richard Baxter and Robert Hall were invalids, they think that by the same sickliness they may come to the same grandeur of character. I want to tell the Christian people of my congregation that God will hold you responsible for your invalidism if it is your fault, and when through right exercise and prudence you might be athletic and well. The effect of the body upon the soul you acknowledge. Put a man of mild dispo sition upon the animal diet of which the Indian partakes, and in a little while his blood will change its chemical pro portions. It will become like unto the blood oi the lion or tiger, or the bear, while his disposition will change and become fierce, cruel and nnralAnHno

The body has a powerful effect upon the soul.

Jrnysicai development which TYiftr1u

shows itself in fabulous hf ting, or in perilous rope-walking, or in in pugilistic encounter, excites onlv our en-

tempt; but we confess to. great admiration for the man who has a great sonl in

an athletic bodv. every nervo. m-nar,

and bone of which is consecrated to right

uses, oq, il seems to me outrageous that men, through ,. neglect, should allnw

their physical health to go down beyond

repair.

Still further: I commend to von ftWn

class of parlor games and recreations. There is a way of making our homes a hundred-fold more attractive than they

are now. Those parent can not expect to keep their children away from outside dissipations unless they make the

uoinsue circie ongnter than anv thi

iAiw wju uuu uuwiae oi it. uo not,then, sit in your home snrly; and unsympathetic, and with a half-condemnatory look because of the sportfulness of your children; You were young once yourself; let your children be young. Because your eyes are dim and your ankles are stiff do not denounce Bportfulness in those , upon whose eyes there is the first luster and in whose foot there is the bounding joy Of robust health. I thank God that in , , our drawing-rooms" and

in our parlors there are mnumerablA

games and sports which have not upon

them the least taint of miauitv. Lio-hf.

up all your homes with innocent hilari

ties. Do not set down with the rheu

matism, wondering how the children

can goon so. leather thank God that

their- hearts are so light, and their laughter is so free, and that their chaakR

are so ruddy, and that their expectations

are so Ziidiant. ?, Carry , then, into your homes, not only the innocent sports and games which are the inventions of our own day, but the games which come down with the sportfulness of all the past ages chess and charades and tableaux and battledore, saiisthenics and lawn-tennis, and all those amusements which the young people of our homes know so well how to contrive. Then there will be the

parlor social ties-gkoups of people as

sembled in your homes, with wit and mimicry and joviality, filling the room with joy from the door to the mantel, and from the carpet to the ceiling. Oh, is there any exhilaration like a score of genial souls in one room, each one adding a contribution of his 'own individual merriment to the aggregation of general hilarity? I rejoico in the popularization of outdoor sports. I hail the, croquet ground and the fisherman s rod and the sportsman's gun. In our cities life is so unhealthy and unnatural that when the census-taker represents a city as haying four hundred thousands inhabitants, there are only t wo hundred thousand, since i t takes at least two men to amount to one man j so depleting and unhervmg and exhaustiug is this metropolitan life. We want more fresh air, more sunlight, more of the abandon of field sports.: I cry out for it in behalf of the Church of God as well as in behalf of secular interests, j wish that this winter our ponds and our rivers and our Capitohne Grounds might be all aquake with the heel and the shout of the swift skater. I wish that, when the warm weather comes the graceful oar might dip, jthe stream, and the evening-tide be resonant with the boatman's songr the brijght prow splitting the crystalline billow. We shall have the funooth and grassy lawn, and we will call, out people of ' all occupations and professions and fesk them to joi n in the ball-player's sport You will come back from these outdoor exercises and recreations, with strength in your arm and color in your chejek, and a flash in your eye and courage j in your heart. . ... . ! You go out to-morrow morning and yon see a case of real destitution by the wayside. You give him two cents. The blind man hears the pennies rattle in his hat and he says. "Thank you, sir; God bless you!" You pass down the street, trying to look indifferent, bat you feel from the very depth of your soul a profound satisfaction that you made that man happy. You go on still further and find a poor boy with a wheelbarrow, trying to get it up on the curbstone. He fails in the attempt. You say, "Stand back, my lad; let me try." You push it up on the curbstone for him and pass on. He wonders who that well-dressed man was that helped him. You did a kindness to the bo , but you did a great joy to your own soul. You will not get over it ell pthe week., . On the street tomorrow morning you will see a sick man passing along. VAh," you say, "what can I do to make this man happy? He certainly does hot want money: he is not poor, but he is sick." Give him one of those twentyfive hundred cheerful looks that you have gathered up for, the whole year. Look joy and hopefulness into his soul. It will thrill him through and there will be a reaction upon your own soul. Was it all sacrifice when the missionaries wanted tobring the Gospel to the negroes at the Barbadoes, and, being denied the privilege, sold themselves into slavery, standing side by side, and lying side by side down in the very ditch of suffering, , in order that they might bring those men up to life and God and heaven? Oh, there is a

thrill in the joy of doing good! It is the

moBt magnificent recreation to which a man ever puts his hand or his head or

his heart.

But our hour for adjourning has al

reaay come, ana the last hour ot onr life will soon be here, and from that

hour we will review this day's proceedings. It wiil be a solemn hour. If from our death-pillow we have to look back and 6ee a life spent in sinful amuse

ment, there, will be a dart that wil

strike through our soul sharper than the

dagger with which "Virginius" slew his

child. The memory of the past, wil

make us quake like "Macbeth." j The iniquities and rioting through which we

nave passed will come upon us, weird

and skeleton as "Meg Merrilies " Death

the "Shylock," will demand and ! take

the remaining pound of flesh and the

mainmg drop of blood; and. upon our

iasc opportunity tor repentance and our

last chance for heaven the curtain wil forever drop.

THE CONVICT'S CHRISTMAS BVK.

Volatile Oils in Medicine,

Much attention has of late been di

rected to the subj ect of pure terebene as

a medicinal agent, terbenes being

i i '. ' "

group oi ciienucai Buoscances, the gen

eric names for the volatile oils or hydro

carbons, isomeric or polymeric, with oi

of tnrnentine. Nearly all the terebenes

are liquid at the ordinary temperatures

and most of them are lighter than water,

Natural terebenes, treated with acids

especially strong sulphuric acid, gener

ally undergo an alteration of molecular

arrangement, without change of chem

ical constitution the odor being for the

most part greatly altered. A terebene

often yields several isomeric modifica

tions by treatment with various acids, or by repeated distillation with the same

acid; the substance known as pure tere

bene is made by the action of concen

trated sulphuric acid on the oil of tur

pentine. The pare terebene used in

the treatment of bronchitis, may be made by any one, and is not subject to

any patent rights.

- - ... The Gnns

Johnnie Composition .

Gooses are the biggest birds known to

the human eye, and the he one is

gdnaer: ine gander is the monark of

the air, but the rooster can lick him,

cms the rooster he is'brave like General

Solmon, but the jrander isn't fighty, more

like preachers. The goos is a sailor, but not a wicked one like Jake Brily,

wich chews tobako, and swears, and

eyry thing, and it has got lethers be

tween its toes icr to wolk the woiter

nek a thing of life. Ducks thay are

sailors too, but the swon has got a long

neck like a giraft, and wen it has got a

sore throte it is mighty sick. The little

gooses iB goslums and is green. My sister, she see a gozlum and she ast Uacle Ned wot made it green, and he said, Uncle Ned did, that it was cos it wasent ripe. Then Billy, he spoke up and said wen it was ripe it would be picked. And I will tell you a story.

He Had the iiawh id. Buffalo Courltr. "Did se have a rawhide when she assaulted you?" asked his honor of a meek gentleman who accused his wife of assault with hitent to kill. "No, your honor," said the poor man, feeling of

himself tenderly, "I'm the one that had

tne rawhide; in fact, your honor, I have

still," THE CHRISTMAS DINNER.

The term was doiae; my penalty was past ; I saw the outside of tho walls at las. Wben I left that istoite punishment of sin; 'Twas 'most as hard as when I first went .in . It seemed at once as though the swift-voiced aii Told slanderous tales about mo everywhere; As if the ground itself was shrinking back For fear 'twould prct tho Cain's mark of my traelc Women would edge away, with shrewd she-guesses. As if my veryglanco would spoil their dressss; Men looked me over with close, careless gaze. And understood my downcast, jail-bred ways; My bunds wereso grim-hardened and defiled, I wouldu't have had the cheek to peta child j If I had spoken to a dog that day; . He would hare dipped his nose and walked away. And so I wan dered iu jail of doubt, " Whence neither heaven nor earth would lt me out". Tho world itself seemed to me orery bit Ae hard a prison as the ono I'd quit

If you are made of anything but dirt,,... If you've a sotil that other souls can hurt, Turn to the right henceforth, whoever passes It's death to drop among the lawless classes I Men lose, wbo lose tho friendship of the law, A blessing from each breath of air they draw; They snow the advantage of a good sqtian faee. When then i 'j; has been disfigured by disgrace So I trudged round appropriately stow For one with no particular place to go . The houses scowled aiid stared as if to say, "You jail bird, wo are honest, walk away!" .., The factory seemed to scream when I oame mear 'Stand back! tinsentenced men are working here!" And virtue had tb' appeaTan.ee all the time Of trying hard to push me back to crime, It struck mesbrange, that stormy, snow-bleaohed day, . ,- . To watch the different people on the way, AU carrying bundles, of all sorts of sizes, As carefully as gold and silver prizes. Well dressed or poor, I eould not undersfaud Why each ou-3 hugged a bundle in his hand. I as ked mi old policeman what it meant; He looked m i over with eyes shrevvdlybent. While muttering in a voice that fairly froze, "It's cause to-morrow's Christmas, I suppose." And then the-, fact came crashing over me, How horribly alone a man can bot I don't orcteud what tortures yet may wait For souls that have not run their reokouings straight; It isn't for mortal ignorance to say What kind of night may follow any day ; There may be pal i for sin some time found out That sin on earth knows nothing yet about ; But 1 don't think there's any harbor known Worse for a wrecked soul than to be alone. Alone! there maybe never has occurred A word whose loom is gloomier than that word! You who can brightou up your Christmas joys With all affection's small but mighty toys, Who fancy that yor.r gifts of love be rash, And presents are not worth their price in cash, Thank 3od, with love and thrift no' more at war, That you've some one to spoud your money for! A dollar plays a very dingy part, Till magnetized by some one's grateful heart. So evening se,w me straggling up and down Within the guyly lighted, desolate town, A hungov sad heart-hermit all the while, My Toy h face begging for a friendly smile. Folks talkt:d with folks in new-made waTmtb and ghje, - , But no one h ad a word or look for me; Love flowed like water, but it eould not make The world forgive mo for my one mistake. An open ctmrch some look of welcome wore; I crept in soft, aud sat down near the door. I'd never seen 'niou'sst my uuhappy race So many happy children in one place; ...... I never knew how much a hymn could bring From heaven, until I heard those children sing, I never saw sneh sweet-breathed gales of glee As swept around that fruitful Christmas-tree. You who have tripped through childhood's morry days .. With passionate love protecting all your ways, Who did not see a Christmastime go by Without some preseut for your sparKling eye, Thank Sod, whose goodness gave 'such Joy its birth, ...... And scattered heaven-seeds iu the dust of earth! In stone paved grouud my thorny field was set; I never had a Christmas present yet And so I sat and saw them, and confess Felt all the unhappier for their happiness; And when a man gets into such a state. He's very proud or very desolate' Just then a. cry of fire amongst us came; The pretty Christmas tree was all aflame; And one sweet eh ild there In our startled gaze Was screaming with her white elothes all ablase. The crowd Beemed erazy-like. both old and young, , And very swift of speech, though slow of tongue. But one knew what t do. and not to say, And he a eonvict, just let loose that day. I fought li see one who deals in deadly strife - -I wrapped my life around that child's sweet liie; I choked the flames that choked her, with rich cloaks Stol'n from some fcood but very frightened folks; I gave the dear girl to her parents' sight, Unharmed by anything excepting fright; I tore the blazing blanches from tha tree; And fill w&s safe, and no one hurt but me. That nigh t, of which I asked for sleep in vain 1 That night, that tossea me round on prongs oi ... . psin, . . .. That stabbed me with fierce tortures through and through, ..... . Was utill the happiest that I ever kcew, I felt that I at last had earned a plaee Among my race, by suffering for my race; I felt the glorious facts wouldn't let me mfss

Another's thanks perhaps a child's sweet kiss

Thar, man's warm gratitude would find a plan To lift me up, and help me be a man. Next day they brought a lette to my bed, I opened It with tingling nerves and read: "You have upon my kindness certain claims For rescuing my young child from the flames;

Such deels deserve a hand unstained by crime;

I trust you will reform while yet there's time. The blackest sinner may find mercy still, (Enclosed please find a thousand dollar bill )

Our paths, of course, on different roads must lie.

Don't follow me for any more. Good-by." Iorched the dirty rag till it was black; Enclosed it in a rag and sent it back. That very night I cracked a tradesman's door,

Stole with my blistered hands ten thousand

Which next day I took special pains to send

To my good, distant, wealthy, high-toned friend,

And wro te upon it, in a steady hand, In words I hoped ho wouldn't misunderstand; "Money :is cheap, as I have shown you here, But gratitude and sympathy are dear.

These rags are'stolen have been may often be

I trust the one wasn't that you sent to me. Hoping your pride and you are reconciled

From th black, sinful rescuer of your child.

I crept to court-a crushed, triumphant worm

Confessed the theft, and took another term.

My life closed, aud began ; and I am back

Among the rogues that walk the broad-gauged

track,

I toil 'mid every sort of sin that's known ;

I walk rough roads but do not walk Alone.

Will Carleton in Harper's Magazine.

'naff Nan,

NAN'S CAPITAL.

Hebel my stomach, fret me If you will, O'erloaded with your usual Christmas fill. Anguish, remorse, repentance all are vain, Sincere as is my grief, the aches remain To warn me th.it tho fool's reward is pain. Great guns! Has my digestion ceased to work? Or did some poison in the viands lurk? ., Of Christmas dinners this shall be the last ; So sure as this dire Mncss shall have passed .Each Christmas day I'll colebrate with fast.

FROM MA OIA ON EARTH. But one little stocking! There used to be two Hung up for the Christmas treasures; I dropped in a tear as I filled it anew Too sad are the Ch ristmas pleasures.

Oh sainted, Oh sweet Mother Mary! For motherhood's blessing and dearth, Put a gift in the stocking in Heaveu Andeay it's from Mamma ou'eartb, Madge Morris in 8t. Louis.Mazlne,

'Nan, Nan, I say! Whar is that gal?

Wuz they ever eich a pe$ky . good fer

nothm' as it is!"

Uomuf, mammy;" and Nan's long

egs wriggled down the trunk of the tree

where she was perched. Christmas in

these parts did not mean a thick, soft, white covering for earth and a whizzing

blinding hurry in the air. It did not

mean much of anything to Nan,and she

hvd been trying, in her dull wayr tc

penetrate its mystery. Leaning against

the tree,ahe dug her toes into theground apparently deaf to her mother's scolding. Very pretty she was, with the light filtering through the leaves and bnjhtening the yellow of her hair; very pretty and wretchedly vacant. MMaoimy, do Christmas gifts come to the likes of we? Does they ever come to we-unB?" La! child, what you talkin' 'bout

now? We-uns never seed ChristmaB.

It'a for the rich what don't need it; gif s

to them what haa; toil and hunger to

thorn what hasn't," said the woman bit

terly. "Capital thet's ease an' comfort

an' plenty. Labor theL's toil 'Uhout

-'-but, al child, you don't undorstanV to herself; "iSakee! she don't understan' nothin'. Pore witless thing kin only dream an' wonder 'bout bar betters." "An mammy, whar Christmas is does they have pretty clothes an heaps to eat an' every thng?,,, "Sho! child, they bean't no Christmas. Some 'lows it were the day the Lord were borned, but I don'fe b'leve it," said the woman, doggedly. "He would make it pore folks' day ef that was so." "I'd like a heap to go whar Christmas is;" ,said the girl, wistfully. "'Pears like we uns is mighty pore an' low-down.

Low we'se pore white trash, suire 'nuff. But we doesn't koerf does, e mammy?' "Wush yer pap 'ud come," answered the woman, heedless of the questions. "Wush he didn't hev nothin' to do with them air strikin' fellers," She walsed to tne rickety tjate and stood gazing anxiously down the road, shielding her eyes from the light of the December sun. The little shan ty stood a few miles from the little town where the husband had worked and whence he had gone home on Saturday nights with the meal and bacon; bait since the labor troubles had begun he had allied himself with the striker making one of the many whispering of wrongs, man's injustice. For two days he had not been home and the woman although ficcustomed to being alone had become worried, "Nanl yo' throw yer. bunnit on yer head, an' jest rna dlown to whar the train passes, an' see i! yo1 cap. see yer pap," she Baid turning toward the girl, He's uncommon late. Like's not them air other fellers what he's cavortin' 'round with, has had the bottle. Yo' know yer pap's mighty hefty 'bout til tin'

the bottle. Lord knows he's toy 'bout ev'ry thing else! Hurry,

most train time, Sun's slidin' past the door." The girl started stupidly as if n.u fully comprehending, then swinging her bonnet by the string, dragged slowly alone,-turning before she reached the road to ask: "Will Christmas com to we una, mammy?" . But mammy was not there to answer or chide, so Nan pursued her way, turning over and over, in her poor stupid brainj the why's and the Wherefores of this world's doings. She wa3 twisting this way and that the meaning of the words "capital" and "labor," which had dropped from her mother's lips. To the woman the one represented the oppressor, the other the oppressed, and in some manner a glimmer oi this meaning had lighted the almost hopeless vacuity of Nan's mind. , "Oap'tal Thet's Christmas' 'gif's an' things," she whispered to herself, "Labor Thet's, thet's we uns. Labor is what daddy talks 'bout when pennies is aca'ce. Cap'tal is what mammy mumbles 'bout when meal as sca'ce. Cap'tal owns the railroad and the keers, pap says. Pap ort to know I reckon. Then counting ou her rlngerci, one, two, three, four; ease, plenty, comfort, whatever they be, an' Cimstaias, thet's what cap'tal gits, and a great big nothin' is what labor gits." So, reaching her own simple conclusions, Nan came in sight of the railway. Up and down she looked for signs of dad bub the six feet of rags and &ood nature was nowhere to be seen. . Something gelse met Nan's" eyes. Something which, even to her stupidity, spoke. It must have been instinct which told her that the brush and rails on the track meant death and disaster. She started forward quickly then drew back as the evil in her whispered, "Gapital owns the keers, Nan." A moment she wavered, then as the dietanfc whistle

of the train came faintly from the hollow, she rushed forward, and laying hold with her strong arms strove to lift the timbers. E rideu tiy, on traged labor had down its work well. Pull and tug as she might, the heavy rail i refused to budge. Closer came the whistle of the train. Now she could heaj the rumble and roar! Now she could see the smoke as it flew around the bend! Now she flew down the track -like a mad thing, swinging her bonnet and lifting her weak voice against the roar of the engine. "Track's kiveredi track's kivered! yo'll be kilt, shore!" On it came, fast toward the figure on the track, now motionless with fear and horror. Down the roadwav a tall man came bounding, shouting at tbe top of his voice, "Nan! Nan! fer God's. sake, git offen the track." Nan got off; but not until the engine lifted her with cruel force and hurled her, bruised and broken, to one side. But three feet away lay the timber un disturbed, and the pitying men gathered

about, glanced reverently from the wood to Nan, knowing why she lay there. With the grayness overspreading her facs, she lay looking into the face of the man bent oyer "her. "Yo' done thot, Nan," he gasped. "Yo'.yo' saved 'era. Oh, God I an' I

pnt it thar! I hated them an' f killed yo', my pore hurt baby!"

Nan only siniied, and, taking his

roughened hand, whispered, "I'se goin' where Cnristmas is, daddy. Somepin kindo toll3 me Chrisuma3 is waitin' fer we'uns. Somepin feindo whispers, 'Nan,

yo an' labor's quits; yo're goin ' where

there's heap o' cap'tal. An' tellarn

ujy a fi.uu w Jtis cne aay tne lom were

borned, arter all, cos it's pore trashes

day, shore nuff.";

:-1 Christmas gi f. , dadd v j "

Regulating: a hasy Son.

New York Coninwrctil Advertiser.

According to the terms of Horatio G.

Onderdonk's will, his executors, or at

least one of them, will have to get up

early every day in the week except

Sunday. One of the conditions by which a son of Mr. Ordendonk inherits

a fortune is that he han his hroalrfnat

before o'clock every morning except

Sunday, and that he does not go fishinc

or hunting on that day. Tho executors

will probably take turne watching

him.

Striving- to Ploase, Old Lady (sharply, to boy in drug

store) I ve been waitin' for some time to be waited ou, boy. :

Boy (meekly ) Yes'um; wot kin I do

fer you?

Old Lady 1 want a two-cent stamp. Boy (anxious to please) Yes'uuu

Will yon hav it. licked?

M. Ole.moitcouu who to-day practical-

nftei th

peoi le.

ind&nant protests

uerifltti

itsi ldustry, its commerce an

aid not

apor.

nil

John AtIn open-

Republican

lomimon on

ma.ni wp.

A mass meetinc undeisP?ces ol

d A in Chick-

eriiig Hall Friday nig

kin son, of Michigan,

ing the meeting he s

narfev WOnltl aaain a

the seas, and it wonif a PW? to

protect the marine tf woum UttV the Nation sUppl fW f hi,ynftW fiaml forPer :m8fcltU-

tions. Those now itbere --l uM therS Wre

r? luu ninny ui tutr

not toomanyof the180-00'

r rk I .

eaaee the Demi want me to..

they want dorjali bo avoided by th ose wno deBiPerance- The Be"

publican partmit!h0W?or

its strenifhhl .lUempcrauc s-rengin

i& measured ri nwinber o i OOOB

The Presidents message, has given

v wii of his nartv; The

difilcultv hator been that wc

never knew I we had a Democrat

on a questioifbe speaker said the mugwumps ien up their time to

ucensinc thehblicans ana excusing

tfie DemocnXCny in" J4MBr

btata iriinte in to think th-it a round

olock like W n 08 my a

uare civijce hole- He was against

leffisli of "G iamocrais on

s, and he was against

Great Britain in this

av

general pris any favory

country.

ItXSPUBtilC'AN MKBIIUNG. Kepi esentnfivc of il RepnltilieaDi Clubs of the Country Jtttjei In New York Res oln'ionn Adopted and t!ie Bnslueaii TrJi unacted. Di-legates to the number 3t,600 representing the various tSepdblican clubs of the country, n:et in Chickerirg hail, New Yorki'hursdy and Friday, together with hundreds of prominent men of the party. Daniel I. Regan, of Ohio, was mad1? temporary chairman and Hon. Win. M. Evarie permanent chairman. At the reading of the names of tho different ciub3 pretence wad found for cbotring their nsmes when suggestive.

There were 313 club names to read, and the cheering was almost continuous as the following names wore repeated: John Sherman, U. 8. Grant, Cfharles Sumner, John A, Logan, Ben. Wade, Abraham Lincoln and James 0. Blaine. The last name was greeted wit h tremendous cheering, bu i it was noticed that some delegates did not j oin in it. The Ohio delegation was silent and motionless. Senator Evarte, on taking the chair, congratulated the convention on its organization, and said tha$ its Work would not interiere with any of the established organisations of the party. It would, like the "grand old party," never acknowledge that there could be chosen fa candidate ereatfr than the

party. The Democrats - always pride themselvs that they nominate men greater than their party, but that illusion has about been dispelled. The ele ction of the m an who at present 111 is the chief executive office of the Nation has caused this, and the Democratic soothing syrup has shown that it is totall 3r devoid of &ny medicak properties. The-Republican party r;ever has bad

any candidate with principles hostile to

the country's best interesta. Those

deluded citiaens who think so, mistake

our principles and their duty. The

clubs or leagues that will be organized now will prove the organs,

agents and channels for enforcing

the sound political purposes from wliich

the Republican party never shrinks or

fears. Thus the suffrage of this country will be formed and permeated with Republican principles. The speaker than referred to the suppression of the negro voto in the fiouth. Mr. Evarts then Went into the mess-? age of Cleveland. He thought that the Democrats might try to explain it a way if possible Jater on, and when they can

not do that will retract. But we must hold them to it . We have the right to that message. The laboring class who reads that message will see through the phrases in which it disguished their real position toward them. Some people th'.nk that the Republican Senate will prevent the President frcan doing wrong. A nice way, that, for people to elect a President, believing that the opposite party will keep him straight. A draft for a constitution for a National organization to be known as the "ReJpublican Leag ue of ' the United States?' was presented. A President, three Vice Presidents an el a Secretary and Treasurer are to be the officers. A draft for a constitution for a State League was also presented. The latter are to hold annual conventions, but are not to express any preference for any candidate before any political convention. Any club having twenty members, and dulyorv ginized, is entitled to memberslup in Slate Leagues. A convention of the League during the year 1888 is also pro vided for. i The committee on perm anentforganiza tion reported a Vice-President for each Btate and nine aecretariea Hon. A. G. Porter was the Vice-President for Indiana, J. L. Wheat for Kentucky, W. W.; Tracy for Illinois, and N. M. Lyjin for Ohio. ' The committee on resolutions submitted a very lengthy report. We give the resolutions below: First We emphatically reuiie tio abandon the policy ot home protection, ou vhich om unexampled national progress and prosperity are founded.

Seconds-Tile oflect of the Gsniocratis polieyn which all

industries to EogUnd, and robbini? our vrorkist martyrdom. His reading was fre-

1 KofShSlSVS interrupted by applauee.

tug uui nviiiiuiuiaveu ua;ni in tae payment foreigu debta incurred for imported merolia

aise. ana oy aamanmr the eunre system of i

wt iiijwii;; ;i lit iue unxno oi an AJCeriCen bor, and of all Jiraeriean en terpriHe. Third- We nxjogniae iu the megjag of head ot tho Deaioern tie partr a tender to country of the choice betvoen supporting laborers and tb 3 indnptrias of 6!r?at Britain

Europe generally, on i he one hand, Hnd. on

mo supjjwii, ui iu laoonii men an dustrial enternnses of AraeriCB. Wo m

fully decline the former, which he reeomm 8nd will stand by our people when wit el President. - - .

Fourth -T-6 principle of wrtectin iJbt

fouuded upon the interest of Ry one sect ifr any one class ol' individuals, but upon the prests of the entire countrv. Its supreme obi Is to render America indepe ndent; of Eiircf to reuderthe Uui':ed States entirety self-smitaps; to keep our money at home arid give c&oyment to -our own Avorking peopla, to sutjnte home competition for foreign, to build upFs and villages, to encourage agricilture hauce the vnine of farr&s. rc provide Sne markets fo- the farmer, to adapt, our maMctures to our domestic want, io promofhe peniug of rapid aud cheap ororauiUee between tbe States and Territories, to; pen mines and develop all the vast ivsourceiipour country so richly blessed o:f Cod in alttf't is iieededso make a people great, ontenffmd happy. ,. . . . ... - . -If FifthWhile the Repnblfcan party hlfQjnce the war, repeatedly eutdown ta.i:ition gi has uniformlv when in nower.lfcent the surw with-

Philadelphia Record. . ? : ; ,

Yicktburg capitalists are about build

ing a 250A 00 cotton mill, and anoth

. -.. ".- t -r... 1. Jill " JPJ ' i:

IS to !Ja irm.i c at rort viioauo, iM.ias. ; v,

Tn , orta'fu localities auriculturifite

1 V- n'H.nM.V 111 ill. ill lilUUl, UClUITO-

speak of

of i is to gewk socha tticalempiojr;

merit, '. 'JVI-'j' T.. ti.A t.tinliTO' indtnsTTf as-Titthsr b

i j i.

vana, discussed the' 1Sfltie a:iiaccei1

Hon. Boswell 0. Micrngan, was

intrndueed to talkPWance

said that the' gicari party had never been on thfc shie in any

qu;stion, and.it 80 On the liquor

question. He be in locai muu.

"If a man belief tompenince, n mwht be asked. he Ilofc in

thMhird party?!" 11 yen why. Fiist, I would i the Prohibition

nartv because ev te would si mply ne

helping the DeW- For another

. .kin lm- T3Mtf rfe

renson, l wouaci-" r.i no nn . tr.tnks

000. and of clothing f 2.390,000.

Ik,

wm u r flues 4

mottl'afctiox

Aival.maijy wokinen mjieaw New Kidgmnil Middie States for

West and South to pickup-it few wee3

wors:.; :- . ' . ' s

x b ere ifa r " w,vuu inuo w v . s -

iasow. The Ytctona

He verament has j t?t or4er44,600onB.

of steel rails. ' ' -; v'v. 'IXxi ":,

The new -steel puddling inrnace m

England will make H5 tonBf imlfiteelf

per week with the labor orh f'

wording eight hoars per shut- r; ; r &

The annual consumption of wool mi

Italy ia 77 cents' worth per head; in Ge): many, $1; :.i Spain, 12.25; in France $3 75, and in the United 8

The value of the ItfMiier induetneB ot ;

Newark, . JM is over Wfa- y;

V.. '

3

9

atlon of iabor. ,

rm,.- Ai annnai coovuuuoh oi

JlUC ucj .-- . -.

hnr me Baltintore oil tne

ii rpiommittee on credentials

reoorted avor of seating all dele

sates wh? arrived, excep t delegates

a'afA. .warvev. of the District of

Golumbio were declared enemies

4- k wakf united labor, and. after

IAJ vf 7"-, -7- ' .: .- s. a heatedM'Wton, they Wre refused

sit in the can Vert ion.

' r-p

A.niong

tidmitted were representa

Uvea of Philadelphia eE;tral Labor

"ffnion f International Bootmen s

Union. New York; Journeymen

Protective Union, New

uuuruir ... .., - - .: - Vnrk- ral Labor Union., 8fe Louis;

Ohio Tyte' Amalgamated Association

New ptate Federation of intsnrna-

tional piture -worker8 Union; Ger-

,nan-rican i ypogrwp uwiu uuiuu, Bakerpion, Waiters' Union, GigarmakePaion, Journeymen Barbers' Nat'uf Union all of New York; Xypojnical Union, Ijidtanapplis; the Jgaraated Iron and S teel-work -ers' )ciati.on of Pennsylvania; the Q-larkers' Union, Pitteburg, and maruer :aDOr organia8,tion8v pient Gompera presented his aiisiufport, in which he tspoke of the

uerfy of legislation for theeguIation

oyment of women a.na cmiaren,

leavy displacement of labor by ery in the last few years, ana iff'"

nee on industrial depression; the

tv of regulating ho ars of labor,

e urgent need of organised efforts

tblrove the condition of the laboring

CA. He touched on the jealousy

tKniehts of Labor, arid said there

;w, .... .. -;i . . ... wio necessity for it; disclaimed , all aiathy or, love for anarchy, its method teachings; explained his letter to

Oglesby asking executive

ency for the condemned Anarchists

e assertion that not to hang the

h was to deprive anarchy of the fooci

spasmodic movementit

rindmill factories axet multipl vmg tm

Wofr Winrlmillfl ATA mftOfi tO WMMUV:

endues aridVcoal can do it l:

Foreign and American capitaiista are-?.

preparing to oeveiup r r-

w amor war uwuo , a ' :.-:-- -r.-r

iinnntv thp. finlf and Souin. A-uamac

The numn for the Cleveland water-.

werks has juBt been complete 4 T1

Mass., hroughthe cylirieer di.

which a tall m an can wauc x r treating the attention ofmaMniBtB;

curious visitors. ,.. K v '

rhe New England hardware eBblish-

ments will ran more steadily this winter

than last; also the paper rnius ana ine electric light eetolishnien witnin

out fully one-half raor wprs than m. tbe. past season. ..ys'.?rty-.J"'i$

tbe lumber man tifactureriand dealers of

the South are having quit a time.

ga eat deal Of new timber territory is be-

pat together as fast as poaaible. : y

It is proposed toconstruct a carwt

iitm Pulnth to a point on the Bedrriw

of-the-Ndrth, and to extend ateamboat: :

navigation 1,600 miles westward from Ikfe Winnipeg, where it; is possible tq: develop j-J.-Liverpoolis to he wppUed ly es voir from a vjftrti itM?! lant It will cost fljOOOpp An entire yiilaffA is to be amoved to give th

ifeeervoir epaee, four and l?alf mile :? v u w AnA.iinif mile wide; It ?ffillv:be ;

A ratlroaa campany nuuumg 9 - r'M.u rsfv tn Rirminsrhaml Ala. '

all it Amony. where railroad

amnlhv 1.000 handed

'Hint' ihiB a iiuiuiv"y.,r.Tsi.'T! - ' -- s

out. , -- There is scarcahr a textile null m5Neir

x?i.a t v.o Vina nnt mcreiwu JLW v -

XlUK'AUU immv " TTT

nnn fir in mnnTO nnwr. wju n"- - rsw

mnMnarv. .There is a tendency

...Hrffl nf intaiiBr sri aehemes f

are nndeV consideration lookiif fS-

combination oHginaft .e,wr

1

- .1

Wei

7r.

in snfo limits, tho Demooracv have show .them

staves iuuompetent for either du"iy ani e' fcisteutly rpfiisioe: any rouotlon of tae luiesa eouplod-with a destructive assault on 'drieau ind'istries. nrrt rpRnrttisthlp for th' ilCGn Jlation

of tbe existing surplus and all the dau&nt involves. We believe that only the respjnon of

Kcpuonoin su'iremacy pivra hmhoiub j, uuiiinar reduced taices. a revised tariff aijf i.rmited snrpluii, with the prcscr.mtion of L, policy whi' h alone stiver us from beeomiug com-

morcifU slaves 01 Europe. - Sixth The CDntinued refusal of thtffcmoeratic House of Re presentatives to ar mit rdtoriea hnviner a oonulation of hicra ehauictesio, intel-

irence. exceed ins in number that; r several

ly )o1(1b in bis hands the

ernment, was, not nnnv

Jf ranch gov years ago, a

much pay, grind an' crmmp an' manage practicing phyaictan iu Nevr York City, imth atWvesot tboKatj aud yieia'Uig only

States of the U ion, old and new. sh&J arouse

the indignation of -all true Amer'uaxf? m ho be livt in homo i tile and onstitutionwuirlts.

Seventh We condemn the hoUity of the

Democratic prty in the House c Kepiesentatives to all means for the advancement of broad popular ed"cation. aud dcnounjits arbitrary

'eonrlunt in thvavtme: every enoi to copsjaor

any measure for this purpose. ; I -

Eighth Rev! vint; no ous t issue ve iusi t, as a living question aud an indbpensle bulwark of

national security, upon a 1 fee. mpm amm ana a fair count, in 411 e States of trjJJnion. Ninth We charge the Democrat party with failint; 10 provide, out of tbeabudant resources of the Nation, tor the -upbuUdinjof a more effl-

olent navy for ihe protection ijir atnseiejg sea coast, for the restoratiou u5T?ur commercial

marine, so essential to tho traVT? 01 American

seamen, ana to tne exieimou .o ur Ainenunu trade, and we r.rge the necossi Jof prompt and energetic meas ires for these Important o nieces. Tenth Wo c'aargo the Dam f ratio administra.

tion with-"culpable weaknerfYn guarding Ammerican industries aud indivl .Uftt tightsi on the

high seas aud in foreign taagwune tne vessels

operty o: our citJKeni jwq-neen scizcu ana ed in 'foreign portjund information- of

whrtt thev wei-e iiistiv eiliuea to nimer our

treaties withhe.d from then or trade de indent 011 foreign iuterpretations,jana we demand a mom-, vifmrnns assertion a American st ft temau-

nhin. which shall restore tin rtispi'ct oneci accord

ed to the just demand of jf Iternblie.

Eleventh wo charge tnermoeratie iriT wun wintr recreant :o theKenut e and the piocUes

f the President proslilutiy; the civil service to

ourtfan purposes, we no rtnat tneso protessea friends of civil servictj rot ;m vrho actiept and

follow this faff il ss action n preferenca to the pnrty which placed the ct service law on the

itatutc pooks are tnomst; .'os untrue .0 ineir

rofessiona. We con.temjL.my luickward step in lis reform and alllhypoj? its adminisJ ra

ni 5 . - - , : ISvelfth Wo charge the femocratle admiusira

ion with trampling upon ho just claims 01 the

soldiers of the ltepnblicaif lof K-openingthe oeepted settlements of doVf-rahlc -sectional strife hv ordering the removal f the emblems of svioh strife from the .Mauo wboi? they quietly wied

Boys Pnblioly Flogged far TheftIn the town of . Washington, fifty

mies west of St. Lonis, three boys, John

Divorick and Gns ami -Eddie Scbcenjswt

were arratecj; a few day ago, for peHt larceny. They were tound guilty hut

the parents of the boys pleaded hard icr

them, and the Judge finally ordered- a

nominal fine imnoaedi nro vided the

families of the boy a would publicly rlc

the boys in tbe court-house Equare. The fathers agreel, and on Friday about one

thousand persons assembled on the square and sa w the fathers flog the boys sotindly. All the schools took a receee

ani; fchfl nhildren were invited to lie

present and profit by the moral ex

ample. The children were marshaled by their teachers. One of the culprits

stood the drubbing without a murmur

but the veils of the other pair could be

heard two blocks away. f : : .m Cy olo tn Ai. kansaB

A cyclone visited Armstrong Acader ay

Indian Territory, and f ort Washita aad Gretn, Arkansas, Saturday morning, causing great dtstruction of property

and loss of life. Half the houses in

Washita were ruined and the damage wai very heavy at Green. Seventeen houses and a store were carried away

bodilv. The damage 1 stock was yory

creafc. 80 far as reported, eight persons

were killed and many others injured. Che cyclone, as is usual, approached as

a havy black funnel-shaped cloud, a.nd

traveled at the rate of a mile a minute.

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Prohthltton Xieolsloua. . The Supreme Court of Eajaijas, Wedneday, handed down an opinion in whieh they oecided that any peruon

the lawful and bona tide possessor of in A

toxicating liquor may ase it as he sees fit; he can drink it himself or give it away, but he cannot, by any shift or device in selling or giving away, lawfully evade the provisions of the statute prohibiting the mann facture and sale of intoxicating liquor. - Vj Kgnt Men JStUed. n An engine and a srtow-plow on the Oaraquet Railway, Ne Brunswick; carying thirteen men, got off the bridge, Saturday, and went over into a . ttver carrying the men with them Eight Ci the men were pinned down, by- the wreck and were drowned. The otiiers 'esoaped by swiniQiing ashore. : , .

will

imajh rii xr4ifc Ireland in May4

tx..":"J ul vtXM 178.000 colored:

rnenenlisted;wi

whom 5tJ,Mv aiea ppwyi. . . tfjBen

The infant daughter of Frmcess

riband Prince nenry-01 n'f

wasciiristoedwitw Rivr. a bottle naving bnsecurei

4. -iSdk nWrnbea bvtheB8vvM;Oweri

The lareest electric light s ino wm

h lighthouse at Sidney, Austra ia.

It nas toe power AW)Y.r,s

can be seen at sea nisy

America's: largest lightea poweris at San Jose, 04. She (to George, -who istoking -out for a rideand whose horse hhaUcedf

Hnn't be annoy ed, Georg

HonoA fl&d he wilt move on

He-Patience, my dear? ; WhyV paying W:"rhour. . ... -V:- - a WmoypS fMass.1 : woman

ttAtittoned the Probate Court

o ; her iinsband to grant

her ample support fier expenses M l

but she is hungering fergog

ta.m.' .vai mAmro n bovkv uuow. . . -o?-

iAoi ftvr TneWhatisiheniatterr

a -iaxr -Krtiit mv- future robe mja 'w

my past life gets away .vi

mo inn iniiii soe -j. . ..T.:-i;'.,j

Aha no pnnniiV HPnOMH,"' - ri .

seen f

once hunted her np, pxprn .MAf a nuarte oi a "ntuiry, and

Thftre are in New York -no less tnan

firms that receive 2,oW letter ny nnaf

taM nnn tints uiiu .t- -7- ..

ai erf fM sl davr the number;

frequently riwgfj

A write 1 rt aav ohnnt ' bftihinar childrem In

Antbonv UomstosK wui soon insist

upon it that only dretseijl baef shall appear in tbe marlcet. "

an otherwise excellent hofc womenandin almost every home in

the iano, tne aurnorriuiu mm

nfv in ih mornin k. another; ameri

in the evening.

soious of its

5

Heav alnv con-

tvntmenfe f rom i having ail the strengiM