The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, January 11, 1884, Image 3
""" - "" "' ' ,3P -x 'PMr. ?.; -" 31- jT 2w; ... i i i .- Sf- .'' ". --"" '"5- . - 1151 1 iiimiiiii";Mif I'wuaaJfcB i r UBE.'-,ilWWJii K?ramMaHHBlH THE BEDJJLODD CHIEF. A. C. HOSMER, Publisher. BED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. THE SCIlOOL-JLUur.? STORY. A Jro-ty t-liii: was in the air Hon plainly I remember li-.o bright aiitutnnal fins hail paled. v.. litre and there an ember; iiH ky looked hard, tin- hill; were bare. Anil nu-re were tokens even-where - nat it liu.1 come November. I locked the ti-ne-worn school-housedoor. T he vil :!zc -at of learnm?. V7"V ,! e Ml'th. wo l trodden path 3I v homoward fooU-tcps turning; 31 y bean ii troubled ijue-tion bore. And m my mind, as o:t before, A vex ins1 thought was burning-. - Why is it up hill nil the way:-" Thus ran my meditations: J he lesins , had gone wrong that day. And I had lo-t my patience. Is there n way to molten care. And :rak.- it i-mk-r to ln;ar MfoV -orrow.- a:ul vexations?" Across m v pathway, through thc wood. I A fa !-n tree was l Uisi On tlii- there pat two little girls. Ami on ot them wa- erving. I hear her sob: "And iri could, 1 d jret my lessons uwful pood. lint whuff, the use ol trying?" And then the little hooded head Mink on the other's hntildcr. he lsttle weeper sought the arms J hat o; ened to in J old her. Acain-t 'hi-young heart, kind and true, Mil- not-t e.l el.,sr. and neither knew J hat 1 v.asa beholder. And then T heard ah: ne'er was known Mich judgment without malice. ?.ir iieen!ier council ei er heanl In si-na'c, hou-e or palae! " I should have laile 1 there. I am sure: Don't U discouraged: try once more. And 1 will help you, Alice." - And 1 will help you." This is how To -often care ami grieving: Life i- mad-easier to boar ISy helping and by givinc Here was the answer I had sought. And I, the li-acher. being taught The-ecitit ot true living. If "1 1. 1 I he p vou" were thr rulo. How changed beyond all measure IiH' would I eeome: Kach heavy load Would be a golden treure: 1'ain and vc..tion I o forsrot; Hope woul i j-r va'l i-i every lot. And Hie !winly plca-ure. Treasure Trove XADE Oil MABBED. y JKSIE FOTIIKHCII.T., AvUior of "One ' Thrrr." Trtitfit on," "TAg TlWICe'd-.- El: riiAiTni: iv. roN-TiNcr.n. Hi -tnule tloun the -tree! with his object In iev, and gradually gained on n figure ii' knew iho figure of one of the girl- Grace had been talking about the girl from next door, who went to the II jrh School. To-day she was drc rd in :t long gray ulster cloak. 1'liil.p becked his pace". He found an unaemniii.tble pleasure in walking be hind hir a- Mie stepped qtfckly for ward, her garments well rai-ed from tin ground, ami displaying what seemed to Philip the cry neav-t and most com pact pair of rough-weather" boots he had ever -ecu. together wi'li the merest -uspkion of a da'nty ankie, which mati hed The re-t of her llsxim figure. She was walking cry rapidly, when a book .-lipped from under her arm and fell to the ground, while she uncon sciously pir-ued her way, the suimd of the fall .-eing drowned by the rattle of a parsing earl. Philip stooped, picked up the book, and ent mpiated It with a strange sen sation of plea.-ure. It was, indeed, more of a 'find" than might have been epe;-tcd. for it was one of her lesson book-: and at a school where over three hundred girls da'Iy as-embled. it is nat ural and necs nrytlrit each one should have her name legibly inscrbed on her property. YV1 a 1'hilip saw. therefore, on ph-kmg uj) the book, was a small volume covered with shiny black calico or linen, on wi eh was pasted a white label, with rkford II gli School for Girl-" j rine-1 on it, anil below, the fol lowing ins: jst on: "Name. Mabcllc Kaina: nurnb-r of form, upper fifth. This w.i- no" a 1. Above the wiiite la belasav."d yellow one. on which was ittecrbed. in red letters. "Poison. It was such a iabc! as chemists put upon litti bottle- containing dangerous drugs. i'jui'p .ias-ey. waiKing quickly on ward, oon ma.-tcred each and all of the.-e details, and implanted the name Ma' elle Fairfax, which was certainly -cay enough to remember, firmly on his mind. Then, with a few long strides, he overtook the girl, and raising his hat, said: -Pardon me. but you have just dropped thi.- book. "Oh," said .-he, coming toa full stop, and, in strictly feminine fashion, search ing through the books she held, in or " der to make sure that the one he held out to her was not amongst them, "so I have! I am much obliged to you. I was in -itch a hurry thus morning that I had no time to -trap them up." She held her hand out for it, but Philip, remarking: "It is quite wet and dirty with having fallen on the pave ment.' drew torth his handkerchief and wiped it. Oh,' said jlabelle Fairfax, smiling, what a pitv to spoil vour handker chief." -Not at all. If you are going to school " "Yes. I am." Perhaps you will allow me to carry your books lor you; I am going as far as Carlton Koad." "You are very kind. I don't like to trouble you," .said she: and Philip. -in'.J'ug. took her bundle ot books, and they walked side by side to Carlton Road. "May I ask why you label your French Grammar 'Poison?' ' he inquired The girl laughed. "It wa- not I who did it,' said she, "but one of the other girls. Her French verbs seemed to afflict her very much, and she said they were worse than poison. I don't know where she got the labels. I'm sun-, but she appears to re o'ce in 'hem very much more than if 'he had m:istcred the verbs, without calling them poison."" She laughed again, and Philip noticed in her voice and speech the same refine ment as 'ha' which had struck him in hersSst-r; while in her manner there was 'i distinct .on. a pousn and a per- feel absence of a-Tectation, a fresh giri-i-hwess. which were charming. "Then you don't think so badly of French verbs yourselt?' he said. "1 - -20. 1 think the French they give us here is baby French. I can do all the lessons we have except the arithmetic." 'You find the arithmetic pretty stiff? "I find it impossible to bend'it at all so as to suit nryweak intellect. Those dreadful sums" about express trains starting off at so many miles an hour, and other ones having to go after them and overtake them in a given time. Dreadful t" Philip laughed! 'Those arc simple enough. Perhaps you are not fond of arithmetic" "I am utterly without the capacity to do it," said Mabel'.e, resignedly. ""But Angela says 1 must stuily that more man anything else if 1 want to get my certificate. and I suppose I must man- age that, whatever happens." "Angela," repeated Philip, pro nouncing the name lingeringly, for tho sake of uttering it, Angela and Ma belle Fairfax. It was no' frkford name, any more than they (he was quite cer tain) .were lrkfordpeople. " Sy sister. I mean. You are the gentleman who lives next door to us. And is that lady your si?ter the one with the dark "eyes, who is so hand some?' " Ye, that i my sister Grace," said Philip, .-ecretly feeling extremely gratified tJ:at he and Grace had been objects of notice and speculation to at least one Miss Fairfax possibly to the other, too. " 1 thought she was. Sometimes she goes to college at the same time that I go to -chool. Oh!' continued Mabellc, as they caught sight of an omnibus, which Philip m-ide no attempt to take, " how I .should like to ride on the top of an omnibus'.' "Would you? You can not think it is a'plea-aut mode of conveyance.' ' I suppose not. But I have never even been inside one." (This admis sion spoke volumes to Philip.) "An gela thinks they are dreadful, but she is obliged to ro in them sometimes, when her pupils .live quite out of town." " Pupils?' echoed Philip, iutcrrog at.vely. " Yes. She teaches music to a great many girls at th" High School, and she lias other pupils out of town. Jt is when --he goes to them that she has to ride in tho omnibus. "I m'p.' -aid Philip, jjreativ th'sirinir to ask several questions, but feeling, i with instinctive delicacy, that to do so j would b. to take a mean advantage of her. She had I et rayed the fact that tliey w ere poor. lie womu have given much to know if they had always been so. "Is it your sister whom 1 have often heard playing anil singing?' he in quired, venturing on that question as a safe one. "Yes. Dees she not play wvll, and sing, ton? Only she says that giving lessons is enough to take all the music I out of OIK I don't know: I think if one has mcsSc drive it out.' in one, nothing will They had now got into Carlton Koad. and ju.-t as Philip was wondering how many school-girls were in the habit of having such thoughts, and so express ing them, she turned to him. saying: "Thank you for earn ing ray books, but I will not trouble you any longer." He put them into her hand, feeling that though he was a stalwart young man of six-and twenty, and she a little fcchool-girl of some iifteen or sixteen rears, he had received his dismissal in a most decided shape. Mabellc, with j a gracious smile anil a digmhed vet cordial little bow, wished him srood- morning and continued her way to i school. I He watched her until she had disap- I peared within its gates, and then he lianed a hansom, ami while he drove to town he sat staring at his wet nm biella. wondering and conjecturing mightily as to the past, present and future of his neighbors. "Angela Fairfax!" he repeated to himselr. "And .-he gave music lessons, and he has that little darling of a sis ter What a sweet, bright," dignified little lady she is! Such a lady, too!" thought Philip, raising his eyebrows. "By George! She 111111 be a contrast to some of her school-fellows!"' Lost in reflections upon this subject, he arrived at the office. CH.Y1TEK v. AXIjELA. " There br angels, and some be of liirht, and si.nie be of darkness." "Come, Philip, aren't you ready?" It was the voice of Grace whichbroke in upon his reverie one evening early in June, and suddenly rousing himself 'and looking up. he beheld his sister in a be coming gown of gray, with crimson knots scattered about it; she was draw ing on a pair of gloves, and was evi dently armed for conquest. " Ready? What's the matter? Where are you going?" he asked, -tarting, as he closed the book over wh'ch he ap peared to have been dreaming. "What a memory you have! Or rather, what a memory you want! Have you forgotten that 'there is a sort of party at the Berghauses' this Satur day evening, and we promised a week ago to be there? There will be dancing, too; and I do love dancing. Therefore come, sir!" Philip roused himself and got ready as rapidly as might be, less because he wished to go than because he would not disappoint the fresh and exuectant Grace, whose appetite for dances anil festivit'es of every description was still on the increase, and, as Philip saw, still very far from being surfeited. When he was ready they "went out. found a cab at the corner of the street, and drove to Carlton Grove The so-called "carpet-dances." or " Saturday dances," at that house were very pleasant affairs, and justly cele brated throughout the whole circle of thc Berghauses' friends and acquaint ance. "Carpet-dance" was a mis nomer; no invitations were sent out. but it was a generally understood thing that on Saturday evenings throughout the year the house was open to all friends who chose to come to it: and if suffi cient guests arrived there was dancing, not on a carpet, but in a large room built as a billiard-room, but which the B'jrghaup family had from time im me morial given up to the more social en tertainment. Thekla Uerghaus held strong views on the subject of billiards, which she considered very appropriate In a bachelor establishment, or in one where there were many men: but where the womankind predominate d, to be eschewed, as unfair "and t3rannical tn them and their interests. It makes brothers horridly selfish," she was wont to say. "They go shot ting themselves up" with their elaret and cigars, and are always asking what they call a fellow or two' to spend the evening; but it is to spend it with them behind the billiard-room doors, while we languish in the drawing-room with novels and fanevwork."' Hermann, being of a peaceful dispo - ; sition, had never quarreled with this arrangement, and assuredly the friends who came to those Saturday o.ven'ngs were not disposed to do so. Some twelve or fourteen guests were already assembled when Philip and his sister arrived, and the dancinjr had be- i gun. Grace was quickh engaged, and was soon blissiully lost in the mazes of a walu: while Fliilip stood by the door. seeing no other ladv disenjraired, and feelinjr, for some reason, averse to dancing. Thekla IJerghaus came up to him, looking "as fresh as morn, as fair as May," in her clear white dress, blue ribbons and shining hair. "Miss Berghaus! I thought you were dancing." "Xo, I have been settling the elders and some friends of their own age to a rubber. Hesides," added Thekla, mag nanimously, i' I make it a rule, as the eldest girl," never to begin dancing the first thing. I think it is due to my guests to see them fairly started." "Most laudable! But, as everv ladv but yourself is dancing already, don't 4l-1 1.1 T . you tiiinK you count rive me lust the end of this waltz?" "3No, Mr. Massey. I do not,' Thekla, composedly, as she sat said down and pointed to a chair at her side, "lou don t usually condescend, to act a part, but vou are doing so when you ask nic to dance with vou now You don't want to dun-e in the least." "Ah. my dear Miss Berghaus, don't you think it would be rather terrible if every one at a dauee " Were to come forward with such quibbling objections as those I have just rai-ed? Of coure, it would be dreadful! But I always fancied that to you I could speak "more plainly. I thought you did not like shams." - 1 do not." said Philip, earnestly, iml I was only jesting when I spoke so. lou have been such a goon friend to me. Miss Berghaus, and you are so good to Grace " "Oh, nonsense! 1 like ("race so much; and :is for being good to her it ' is not the right expres-ion; she hardly requires people to ue good to ner. How handsome she looks to-night!" The danco was over. Philip offered Thekla his arm, and Miggested they should take a turn in the garden. "Oh. with pleasure,' said she, as they came out into the square hall. "By the way, Mr. Massey. tw friends of mine are coming to-night w'th whom 1 1 want to make Grace acquainted, tor tiiey nvo next dot r to 3011. and tliey aro 1 oil, there they are!' She withdrew her hand from his arm. and .went t.) meet two figures descend ing the stair-case. Philip "too J bel w in the hall and watched. Th figures were tall and slight. ne dark and one fair. As they came down-stairs and st"od speakinr to Thekla. th" young man almost rubbed lis eyes in astonishment aud doubt. Could it was ityes, that was most certainly the br ght 1 air and sweet lace i.f Mabclle Fairfax, and that other his eyes Ucw quickly toward her yes. he instantly recognized the strange and beautiful face: the pale, creamy-white complex ion; the long, velvet soft, almond- shaped eyes, with their fringe of curved lashes; the low, white forehead, with 1 the dusky hairrippl.ngin natural waves across it. How beautiful she was! In stead of moving, he stood roc ted in his place, watching them with a grave, earnest intentness. They did not ap pear to see him: Thekla was talking rapidly. ' S'n rl ilvou have come! I began to think vou were r going to fail us, and I should have been so disappointed, be cause Miss Massey is here. :.nd " Philip, still looking at the group of girls, encountered most distinctly at this moment a slow, seemingly casual glance from the beautiful eye's before spoken of. Heavens! he thought, what ecs they were! That look set hi- heart beating, and all he was conscious of was the eager hope that Thekla would remember that ("race had a brother and introduce h:m. Thekla did so at this moment. "Miss Massey, you know, of whom I spoke to you: she lives next door to yon, with her brother, anil is a jrat friend of mine." (Three days' ac quaintance with a congenial spirit suf ficed to turn any of Thekla's favorites into a ijrcat friend.) "And I want you to know her. Meanwhile, let me intro duce her brother." Thc whole trio turned, and another of those slow, fascinating regards was be stowed upon Philip. " Mr. Massey, Miss Fairfax, Miss Ma bellc Fairfax, old friends of ours, who have iust come to live in Irkford.' Philip bowed profoundly, slowly, pro longing the salutation in part because he suddenly felt himself tongue-tied. Mabellc said nothing, but l.er cheek dimpled, and there was a smile in her eyes. Miss Fairfax did speak, saying: " I have seen, both Mr. Massey and his sister "o past our lodgings several times." "Well, let us go and find his sister," said Thekla. "Shall we go into the drawing-room, or oh, Mrs. Lee!" She advanced to receive a batch of fresh arrivals, and Philip found himself alone with the Misses Fairfax. "Have you lost an- more books since I last saw' j-ou?" was thc only thing Philip could think of as an opening re mark "1, no!" said Mabellc, laughing. "It was Mr. Massey, Angela, who carried my books for me that day don't you remember?"' i4I think " began Angela, when Louise, the younge-t daughter of the house of Brghaus came " rushing m and claimed Ma1 elle with much jub'lii tiou as her own. They vanished, and Thekla was still receiving new arrivals. "Shall I take you into the drawing room?" asked Philip, offering his arm to Miss Fairfax. A smile, melancholy, Lut very sweet, crossed her face, as "she said, raising her eyes in an appealing manner which led one to think "ilow beautiful!' and how helpless."' "Thanks, if you do not mind." The answ.T, 'after the appealing look, might have struck a cavalier as sotot what tame, but Philip onh saw th.- magic of her eyes, and heard the pa thetic softness of her voice. They went into the drawing-room, which was half full of people. "Do vou know anv one here?" asked Ph'lip. Not a creature, except the Benr- ! hauses. I am a perfect stranger in Irk fA "And what do you think of it?" he inquired again. They were seated now on a s.ettee in a corner. Miss Fairfax shook her head, with the same melancholy, bewildering smile, and raisetl hen eyes again slowly as she said, with a sigh: "I do not like it. I must try to get accustomed to it, as it will most likely be my home for the rest of my life, and 1 have heard that it is not wise to quar rel with one's bread and butter or even with one's dry crusts,' he added in an undertone. "The rest of your life?" echoed Philip, immed ately deciding that she was engaged to sonic fellow whose busi ness was at Irkford. Why had he uot thought before ol such an obvious possibility? "Yes; the rest of my Hie. After mis fortune such as I have gone through, the merest shelter seems like a palace, and one clings to it. and fears to lose it." Philip looked at her with respectful sympathy on hearing the.-e mystic , words, his curiosity, his admiration and ! .? .if . A II- . i commiseration all on lire, lie was quite unconscious that he was irazinir at ; Miss Fairfax in a manner more intent , and prolonged than is usually thought i desirable upon a ten minutes acquaint- j ance. But how was it possible to help , it, with the tone? of that sweet and melancholy voice echoing in his ears I with that beautiful, pale face, those mysterious, dreamy eye-, and that pen sive, low white forehead constantly j turned toward him? Her voice, her .looks, her very proximity eercised a I strange, sudden, subtle fascination over 1 him. more like intoxication more like the effects of some potent drug--than j like the gradual drawing into intimacy, j friendship or love with so.ne ordinary, ' mortal wbm-in. uWhatever may have happened in the pat, J am sure yon are not doomed to live in Irkford all your life.' he .-ait!. though half an hour ago "doomed" would not have occurred to him as the most appropriate word with which to describe a resdence in Irkford. Again the strange, melancholy smile, slow shake of thehead, and raising cf the eyes. " It does not bear talking about." said she. "Have thev been dancing long?" ""Only one dance. I think. May I j hope for the idea ure of a dance. Miss ' Fairfax, if vou are not engaged?'" ran;:i, 11 uu aic iiwl i::iSa"uii7 I engaged! Who would be likelv to engage me?' ' - .. - .. .'.' .!. . .? - t T "-vny one miio goL ine cuauce, 1 should Hinnosc, said i'hilip. stoutly. , . , - ., , ,., .,. . . " But may I? I hope vou like dancing?' . " "-"-eure. l iw.-.wo no 7- ,u "c .'iT , " - Kih , ,, i iiL.i jtj.i x u.iti; Liu iji-ii twins-.. " iui picasurr, repeaieu.niss rs r- fa. with melancholy sweetnes-, a- her eyes wandered through the room. "Do yon know any of the people here?" she added. " Yes: most of them, either personal ly or by name." "Then tell me who is that man. with the roundish face, and hair just begin ning to turn gray, who is staud'ng at the other side of thc room looking at us? ' Philip looked, not particularly anx ious to observe any one or anything but ' herself. to be conti'nued. - Adoration of Money. The poor, honest man sees his richer brother courted and petted b- every body, while he is unnoticed. Therefore he resorts to low, petty means to ob tain wealth. The wealth" ac mired, no- I body cares how, every one suddenly re members h m and makes Inm the grand est of bows, while some, bolder, come up to him, press his hand in the warm est friendship and beg him to come and visit them he really must not be so strange. I should not be surprised, should his wealth be great, that, accord ing to Gliiue.se custom, thev claim cousinship with him simply because they were born in the same place. But . should thc reverse happen to 5-011. that'j is. 3-0U are rich to-day but suddenlylose , all vou possess oeoole seiuuir vou in thc street have only time to nod to vou: I business is so pressing they really have no time to stop and shake hands, sti 1 less to speak to you. This business grows -o important that tho next time j they do not see you. their minds are so occupied. And. of course, after that vou are entirely fore-otten. But what can you expect of strangers when relative's turn their back I upon you? I heard once a wealthy Senate, and definite issues for the peo aunt, when asked why she did not J Pe o consider will thus be made. It vis't her niece, who had a large family may as well be said that this is just and was in middling circumstances, what the Republicans desire. They be answer: "Well, you see, if I visit her b'eve their course has been wise and we will become necessaiily intimate, I right, and want the people to de and if she were in need 1 could not do 1 c""e between them and those who otherwise than help her. So I think it is -best to ctay away." There's a pro- lounti pmiosopny lor you Do not think "this fa'sitv is alone an- plicablo to .women, but; to men, also. ' And it such a trait lowers women in the estimation of the righteous, how much more despicable is it in the lords of creation. And the children brought up in this perfidious atmosphere, what kind of men will they make? What can we expect of the coming generation? For truly, as Joubert says, children have more need of models than of critics. But all are not hypocrites Many have this for theirniotto: .Vo sdu ation: 'tis the death or virtue: Who Hatters i of all mankind the lowest, t-nve. bo who courts theliattcry." Others still are too frank. And in closing I would recall to their minds what Tally rand says: "There are many vices which do not deprive us of fr.ends: there are many virtues which prevent us having any." Now. too much frankness is one of these virtues. Suit Francixco Ernminer. If your wife faints do not spoil her i , ure-s 1 iv uas'img a pircner 01 wa r over her. Loudly kiss thc back of your hand. Sha will immediately revive and want to know whom you were kissing. Do not tell her and she will not fainl any more. 1 TRE BAND OF LINCOLN: Look on this cost, and know the hand That bore a Nation in its hold; Frcm this mute witness understand What Lincoln was how large of mold Tho man whospedthewoodmnn'stcam. And deepest sunk tnen'.owman's share. And pushed tho la Ion raft astreani. Ol" fat i before him unaware. This was the hand that knew to swinjr The ux since thus would Freedom train Her son and made the lorest rinir. And drove the wedge, and toiled amain. Firm hand, that loftier office took, A conscious leader's will obeyed. And, when men sought his wonl and look. With bteudrast might the gathering swayed. No courier's toyinsr with n 6 word. No minstrel's. laid across a lute; A chiefs, uplifted to thetiom When all the king's of earth were mute! The hand of Annk. sinewed strong. The angers that on greatness clutch; Yet. lo! the marks their lines along Of one who strove and suflcrcd much. For here in mottled cora and vein I trace the varying chart of years: I know the troubled heart, the straiu, The weight of Atlas and the tears. Again I see the ptitfent brow That palm ercu lulu u as wont to press: And now 'ti furrowed deep, and now Made smooth with hope and tenderness. For something of a formless graco This molded outline playsabout; A pitying finme. beyond our traie. Breathes like a spirit, in and out Tho love that cast an aureole itound one who, longer to endure. Called mirth to ease his ceaseless dole. Yet kept his nobler purpose sure. Lo. a I gaze, the statured man. Built up irom yon largo hand, appears: A type thnt'Nnturc wills to pl.in But on co in all a peoplo's years. What better than this voicevss east To tell of such a one a hn. Since through its living -r.iblance pnssed The thought that bade . rate be tree! Fttmuiul Clarence. Stedman, in ..V. 1. Iwlc Vtndcni. With Its Mask Off. If is said at Washington that Demo cratic eyes begin to open. "We have elected a Speaker," said one Southern Democrat, "but we have lost the Presi dency." But that is a narrow view of the matter. Out of power for a time, the Democratic party had labored to make people forget its nature and pur pose. In the election of a Speaker it was compelled to show something of it self. The leal difficulty is that the party is offensive to a majority of the people, no matter which phase of itself it presents. Whatever it did was cer tain to remind men of much that the party would gladly have had forgotten. To prefer Kandallism was to bring to mind a long career of hollow professions and false promises, of trickery and evasion on questions of vital impor tance. Tho choice of Mr. Carlisle dis closed the South in full control, with its sleepless sectionalism, its unchanged nvnAMC ..,! iw,i;..fe ;t cnf,nrl ;. I ;.., .i. ....... .i "m' .' u.i . . , . 1 m:iim :i. hi iiilli iu. iirr i 11 li ii;ial .l Southern face and a Northern mask, mi ,i, ,i-i.,i i.. ,i t i.:.j 1 auu lwi; luaa iiu. lull" i.i:mi:u iu uiwu the utter insincerity of professions 1 made to please Northern voters. To vvear thc ,nast again would have been disgusting; to take it off was Bu? tho Wy --""I -odo or s offensive. party had to do one or the 1 ntlier Having chosen the more candid course, the Democratic party can gain nothing now by dallying. In'evcry part of the eountry the election of Mr. Car- lisle was hailed by those who want a 1 radical reconstruction of the tariff. If ! the party does nothing, with him as 1 Speaker" it will justify these people in . declaring it ineapable'or insincere. It 1 can hardly afford to offend them, as it I has already offended the friends of the i present tariff. Nor can it afford to give business men new reason lor believing that it is not competent for the details of legislative duty. That reproach has cost the Democrats very much already: they can judge what chance they would have in commercial or manufacturing regions, if, after months of anxiety and apprehension, and consequent embar rassment of industries, they should prove unable to propose any practical modification of the tariff. If that is to be the end, it would have been infinite ly wiser and safer for them to elect Mr. ftandall and cork up the whole question for two years more. By electing Mr. Carlisle, they have declared their in tention to do something; now it re mains to sec whether they have the ca pacity even to propose anything. llie same ditliculty arises with regard to other questions. The Democrats have been berating Republicans incess antly because the interests of the peo ple, it is alleged, have not been regard ed in legislation about railroads, banks, currency. coinage and other matters. Mr. Carlisle has been elected because his opinions on those subjects have been made known by his acts and votes. If there has been any sincerity in these complaints of Democrats, they will now proceed to frame measures embodying their ideas. The Republic ans will probably stop such measures, "I by them regarded dangerous, in the accuse them of " monopoly," or iavontism, or subserviency to corpora tions, or disregard of popular interests. Tliey challenge the Democratic party to show wherein it would have change. If it fails it will show that it is insincere or incapable. If its members of Congress have not the practical capacity to frame a measure, what' will he the use of elect ing another Democratic House? If thev have no beliefs or purposes which they dare to embody in practical measures Deiore a rresiuenuai election, wnat I reason will the people have for trusting luemr It is the old story. To sit on the bank and snarl is much easier than to pull 1 the boat up stream. But this country uoes not, want. 10 oegovernea dv a party merely because it can snarl. It wants a party in power that can pull the boat. -N. 1'. Tribune. A few weeks ago Frank Bosler, of Carlisle, Pa.,- aged fourteen years, smoked a pack of cigarettes in one day. He became ill, vomitinw frequently. ,an(".i:is died frora nicotine poisoning. Pittsburgh Post. A coon club In New Hampshire, aner naving Deen organizea ten years, has recently captured it3 first coon. 2oslqst. . - . Reason of the Solid South. The Southern Democrats are getting' impatient. Some of them can't wait. The smallest prospect of a restoration j of the old Southern regime holds out to them the promise ot ricn rewards lor their constancy these many years in keeping the South solidly together by means of fraud and violence. They have sacrificed in the meantime such proportion of the political loaves and lishes as they might have acquired by dividing into'parties in the South as in the North. They have been lying in wait for bigger game. It is not the of fices, and patronage, and the perquis ites alone they demand. They want restitution. "VVar was waged upon ,them. They lost their slaves. Theii .houses, aud crops, and business were destroyed. They claim reimbursement for these losses. This is what they ex pect from Democratic victory, and thev will be satisfied with nothing else. If these statements were made a cathedra they might furnish warrant for the charge of needlessly raising the "bloody shirt. The effort will be made "again, as it has been made so often in the past, to gain sympa tlry on the ground of misrepresenta tion aud persecution. But, as a matter of fact, the South itself furnishes the evidence of its intentions. It was but a few weeks ago that the project for going before the Court of Claims to demand paj-ment for liberated slaves was started 'in Texas. Payment was to be demanded on the broad grounds that Texas slaves were protected by thc arti cles of annexation. The idea spread like a contagion. Jn Georgia the doc trine is set up that slavery was nevei legally abolished, and that the masteri are entitled to compensation for everj negro emancipated. This has receiveo the indorsement of a prominent mem ber of the State Legislature of Georgia who is also a candidate for Congress in the Eighth District named H. H. Carlton, of Athens. Ga. That he is nol a harebrained, reckless fellow, is suffi ciently proved by the circumstance that the Augn'ta" Constitutionalist, s journal of high standing, which is dis posed to conceal rathertnan to ventilate the Bourbon radicalism of its section, lends its columns to Mr. Carlton to pre sent his case. His proposition, in brief, is to bring about reconciliation between the North and South by setting aside thc surplus revenues of the Government to pay for thc emancipated slaves. He is going to run for Congress on this platform. In the course of the inter view with this gentleman printed in th Constitutionalist occurs the following passage: "Jt seems to me n mot opportune time, foi tlie Government Trca-ury is in a most health and plethoric condition. Let the restitutio! be made, and then reconciliation, true anc genuine, will be spi'edy and complete!" "You really, then, think there is a chance tc get nay for oar slaves'-" "O yes. I do. This returning sense of justic is inevitable if wo c.mtiuuc as a Union, tindei the same Constitution and same Government The people of the North will soon see it to b to their bo-t. interest, and to the best interesl of the whole country, to consent to this actol Justice on the part of the General Govern ment. The Government is amply able to dc so, and it is n just and legitimate direction U give to a portion of -the large surplus now It the public Treasury. I have long thought this would ultimately be done, and have foi several years advised our people to make anc keep a register of their former slaves." " If the proposition were put' forward by Uncle Remus, or Qill Arp, or tht Texas Siftings man, or any of the pro fessional humorists of the South, it might be enjoyed as a comical conceit As a suggestion for disposing of the surplus revenues of tlie Government the proposed payment for four or fivt millions of slaves set free as a wai measure is very good. It is equally funny to contend that "the direct road to perfect reconciliation between thi sections" is to saddle upon the tax payers of the North a burden which wo'nld double tho National debt in ordei to give a bountiful gratuity to thcKebe" ex-slaveholders of the South as a re ward for their attempt to destroy tht Union. This idea is a great improve ment upon "the old tlag and an appro priation," considered purely as a hu morous thought But unfortunately it is intended au sericui. Mr. Carlton is just as much in earnest about it as the Texas lawyer. The suggestion is re ceived seriously by even man at the South who formerly owned human flesh and has been unswerving in his allegi ance to the Democratic party. To the Southern rebel mind it is the logical outcome of a Democratic President and Cabinet, a Democratic Congress, a Democratic Court of Claims and a re constructed Democratic Supreme Court. What has been the use of making the long and stubborn Bourbon fight tc keep the South "solid" if there is be nc tangible reward for all this fidelity? There will be plenty of Carltons in Con gress when the Government shall have passed completely into the control o the Democrats." Not a single rebo family in the South which ever owned slaves will be at a loss to produce theii "register." Quick work can then be made of the Government surplus foi many a long year. The difference ol opinion betwee'n those who want ,to re duce the tariff taxes and those who want to repeal the internal revenue taxes will be buried. All the Southern members will unite upon the simpler and more expeditious method of wiping out the ' surplus by reimbursing the slave-owners t and rewarding the Southern people for their patriotic but ineffectual efforts to destroy the Government Chicago Trib une. In Logan County, Ky., John Cal vert set a steel-trap" to catch a large owl that was frequenting his hennery. On going to look after his trap the next morning he was surprised to find it gone. A few uights afterward he was aroused from sleep by a noise on the house-top, and taking down his gun he crept out to see what was .the origin of the noise. Outlined in the moonlight, he discovered a huge bird, which he promptly shot Upon securing his game, he found it to be his enemy the owl with the missing trap clamped on to its leg. Louisville Courier-Journal, It seems that tho idea of construct ing the long-thought-of canal which is to connect the Baltic and the "North Sea has at length assumed definite shape. Bismarck has reconsidered his former objections, and a bill for powers neces sary to execute the works will be Jaid before the Reichstag during the coming session- The cost of making the cutting through Holstein is estimated at between $30,000, (JOU and $35,000,000. ft - 4 7" v- :- ! iVJ in.', ;-- ii iimBgw -w I'" murr- M3MMr!3rirJfcj' " J ' 1""l"t"""l ET '.' . 3 -V.-" 'rflllM i