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m -"i??m i) w U t t ts- Fi i $ m jt u t r i w 5 r THE SID CLOUD CHIEF. 4. G. KOSkEB, Paijilsi'sr. " 0ED CLOUD. ' - . XKBII.XSKA. IX JAPAX. iii .lapan The curious man Can Ami out a woman's a?e by a plan She ha, over there OJ arranging her hair. As only a .!aianci lady can. - loop or two more, A liaiij)in less By 8lgn like these is tho truth betrayed; so that looking: her o'er It i eay to pnes-5 Whether she be a wife, widow, or maid. Tis a tylo 'Tuould be worth while For u- to import trom that Eastern Isle; Though many a maid, I am much at raid, AVouId such a fashion utoncc revile. If a li.iir-pin more Would ettle a doubt, The American feminine, I'll envesre. To be safe on that score Would Icav thoe out That v ere most likely to tell her age. No. "Twontdo, s That is true; And he w lio is anxious to Interview Tne leinalc --ex. And tlieir temper ex By the mipu lent question: "How old are you?" If he would know The truth eiact The prying, -pying, curious man lie laid better go. When liN trunks are packed. And spend the ret of hi, day in Japan. I -Hariier'3 Weekly. MADE OE MAEEED. nv .n.siK itoiierrim.. Author of "One- of 1 hrcc." "Probation," T7ift HVHfieMa." Etc, f CHAP'ITR VI I r. Co.vriNi;rn. have not decrcd such happi- IV", .-.- "i said Philip, and the answer was another smile. Then it was over 1 he glory and the dream. The train stopped; there was noise. tii-le, shouting, talking. They joined heir friends went out of the station in Vo the busy street and the lamplight. Then eatne that prosaic vehicle, the ninibus. in which Philip contrived to be seated next to Angela. Half way home, he heaid her voiee in a low lone: Philip" Don't moc. Look as if we weie talking about nothing in par ticular. 1 want to tell you something." r " Yes; I can hear. 'What is it?" . "1 don't want you to speak about u hat we have been talking about to night. You know, there is nothing set led, .nothing decided. It would make aie so I don't know what I could not -land it, if it were looked upon as a tail acotiipli.'' (j " I will do just as you like, and not mention it to any one, unless you wish it: but Gra e you would not mind Grace knowing it "-" "No, no. Indeed Grace must know .t. It can not be helped. But make her promise that it goes no further. You can make her promise anything, ou know.' 44 1 will. You may trust to me." . mi mm "Oh, dear! How tired I am. and how stupid it has been!" ejaculated Angela. Hinging herself on the couch. 44 Turn up the gas, Mabelle, and let mc see it my dress is damaged. It really , was much too good for such an expedi- Xtion :i this.'" A Mabelle complied with the behest in silence. Angela stood up again, and carefully examined her dress all round. "Not" m bad as I feared. Luckily Philip and 1 had a first-class compart ment all Jo o'irselves, and " 'J'hilt'p and you? You speak very familiarly ot him, Angela." - "Do I? I must be careful, and I hope lie will be careful, too; he is rather rash and blundering. Did I not tell you he was going to propose to mc? I never was dece.ved yet 'n a thing like that, and I was not to-night. He did pro pose: and to hear hiiii it might have been a matter of li e and death." 44 lie proposed And you, Angela, what dil 3 on -ay?" 44 1 said 1 would think about it." "OhiJSlMabelle's hands were clasped with a nervous tightness together; her syes were ti . ed apprehensively on her sifter. "You know, Angela, he is not like the men we used to meet" I should think not, indeed! The men we used to meet were not r,uitc so qauch and abrupt in their manners as ' Philip Massey, and" " Hut n-)t one had a warmer heart; there was not one of all our friends who was as good as he is," said Mabelle, desperately. "2otell me the truth!" she added", with almo-t a sob of sup pressed emotion. "You don't mean that ou are onlv amusing yourself with him. Angela? "You would not be so ruel, and so so base! 44 Pshaw! How excited you get! ion are almost as bad as him'-elt. X will tell vou the simple truth, child. I hate this'life we are leading as I never hated anything before, and as I can never hate nm-thing again: and I would do almost :m thing to get out of it any thing not downright wicked, you know. As for warm hearts, and that, they are often a great bore. Philip Massey is not the man I would have chosen for mv husband had I had any choice -m-cif me, but he is desperately in love with rue, pou-fellow!" (with a sweeter smile than ever,) "and I can make him do exactly as I please Ity judicious mana-emenU 1 have yromte d noth iiir,3?n5jmlKT that; and I intend to proniisf nothing until 1 know what his position K 'ir-'l what his prospects are. i'hen I shall decide: and if what he of fers nw i much better than this, I will take it. if not "' If not. vou will tell him candidly l th-iuvou do" not care lor him, and can not mar-n-mV' said her sister, breath- 1-sly. &QI course you will say that, dear Angela, won't ou?' OlDvesI suppose so. But 1 m '"rcdbf'wnsidering what I will do; and e .,.,.., iiv. milfli too voting to noddle witiuclf thjugs, audhadmuch ! t - V lhinkmr ubout vour lessons. r. .-ire vou going I 4lU - ? It is not bed- ti., et " I am" tired, good night," said Ma . as she rscapt-.l from the room. 3. in g -.. .!! in i-fiicct upon uie-ut-si, :".. . i U- O ..;!. in in nnr nor ponuuesi. '""' . , - . ..i.-i,. 44 , lalujllo; -covering ner ia.o i :,.d-e!oU.os. wept as if her heart d break, and as if no length of :. eonld fiver quench the source of her 'e . . l , ,:4l. A i iH. - u . XVM - - I . . i 1 - 'r 1 11 in ' 11 ..-... - . "P""PJ - ..-.. ft. - mmmgmMfmaSttaKS' ' r," - " "- "--'- ""'Vii .M ,.., CHAPTER IX. GKICE OS TnE SITUATION. It was a week later, and affairs were in much the same position as on the day of the picnic They had neither ad vanced Jior receded. "Emotion had been keen, uo doubt, and its current strong, but it had pursued an even way, j.s yet arrested neither by rocks nor rapids. Philip had told Grace what had passed between him and Angela, including the vow of secrecy. 44 Has she not given an final answer?" asked his sister, sharplv. " No; is it likely?" " " The most likely thing in tho world, I should have supposed. " How can she know, or decide any thing, upon so short a notice?" "Anything! She ought to be able to,, say whether she loves you or not, and whether she intends to marry you or not." 44 You forget, Grace, that until I told'her she had no idea of anything of the kind. It took her by surprise.' It xvas on the tip of Grace's tongue to say: " How can you talk or believe such nonsense?" but she restrained her lips. Philip went on to plead with his sister to be kind to his sweetheart. " 1 don't understand you," he said. "You seem jealous, or as if you disliked her, or something; it is so "unlike you; and I should have thought that a girl in her helpless and friendless position would naturally appeal to your kindest feelings, fatherless, motherless and brothcrless as she is."' "I should not think about her in an way if you had not chosen to fall in love with her. When it comes to your wanting to mam her, I naturally begin to criticise her, and tho more I see of her the more I feel that she is not half good enough for vou, and docs not ap preciate 3611." "That is nonsense and worse than nonsense," said he. gravely, almost se verely, "and I must beg ot you not to sa anything of the kind again." So the discussion went on, Grace holding out at first, and saying many bit ter things, a line of argument she main tained so long as Philip continued cold and severe; but as soon as he tried the weapons of tenderness and persuasion, a ki-s and a whisper of entreat, melt ing into tears, and abjectly promising to do anything he liked'rather than grieve him. "Only, Philip," she said, putting her arm round his neck, and speaking in a whisper, " 1 know some one else worth ten thousand Miss Fairfaxes so good, and with such a true heart, and I had so hoped she would be the wife whom you would choose.' 44 Don't, Grace! You don't know xvhat you are saying. You will say sometliing disloyal to some friend if 3011 don't take care," ho said, hastily, but Grace saw a deep flush across his face, and wondered if he had guessed. If he would onlv have seen in their ,-r.!t. lirrlit lf -I 1 1 HiH-ilTl "wMrtC rkf ' fllMSU& U"IIU . ,.. .it,... .. v. Thekla Berghaus and Angela Fairfax, how happy she would have been! But brothers, she reilected, were proverbi ally perverse in such matters. Nevertheless, she braced herself to make the best of it, and to do the will of this mistaken man, since she loved him tenderly, and desired his happi ness. She was therefore portentously amiable to Angela; called upon her, sat with her, invited her to spend the even ing with them, and always ended by finding that there was apparently no single topic which she and Miss Fairfax could discuss with mutual satisfaction: so in despair she at last turned to Ma belle, auil petted and made much of her, wondering what made her so thin and dejected. In private, she had con fided the awful secret to Thekla, from whom, indeed, she could with difficult have concealed it, and Grace, in her chagrin, could hardly be exported to de ny herself the c.xqu'sito luxury of open ing out in private to her friend tho thoughts which elsewhere she was obliged to keep locked within her own breast. "Mark mv words." she said, at what she and Thekla called an "afternoon opportunity,"' "it will end in disaster. Philip is bewitched, Thekla bewitched as Merlin was with Vivien only Vivien had brains and iltc h:s none, "i on may see it by tlifflfery glance of hiscyea.an.l hear it in tnOTrubbish lie condescends to talk with her. Or els. he sits staring at her, and she looks at him now and then, and smiles. How I detest that smile of hers! Sweet it mav be, but it is as utterly imbecile as a smile can be. As if two human beings could S on living on looks and smiles! Do you know what they ought to be talking about, if there was any seriousness or possibility about the thing? Why, about ways and means, and his position, and their future prospects, and how she could help him. and how they arc to st;irr in lifn. And instead of that, when thev do talk, it is idiotic stuff about music and' sentimcut and singing. Pshaw!" She paced about Thekla's bedroom, in which these disclosures took place, while Thekla herself sat, her lips Vet, her fingers apparently engrossed with her embroidery. 44 It haunts me. and makes me wretched!' ever way I went on Grace. "Which look, I can see nothing but miser v. If she jilts him I believe he will break his something. He dear oltP fool! him " heart, or go mad, or i- such a fool such a And if she marries "For Heaven's sake' talk of some - thmr else! I can not bear I aui wearied of it! Wnat do 1 care?" said lhckla. sharply. And Grace, silenced in her tirade, and confirmed in her suspicions, fell to weeping. Despite her wretchedness she was able to face the prospect of going with Philip to'tlic ball which Mr. Starkie was to give in honor of Mr. Grey's approach- j mg marriage. -ii uie superior cierKS of the establishment were invited, and "place, without losing-an hour. From many other guests as well, and each of Y jou will rejairt; to me. If ou the aforesaid clerks was allowed to take hear, -or find out -anything giving, tin two ladies. Philip was taking Grace , least clew toliiswhereal'Ciitsxvire.!Tlie and Angela, though to that dav the hit- ter had never said to him: "I love ypu. and 1 will be your wife when we 'can reasonably think of marriage." No. i such commonplace anil pros.iic words had lalien from her lovely lips. Hints, x ague half promises, half concessions. .oot ing words, and long, mysterious glances had alone been vouchsafed, but they were enotuh to keep Philip fever ishly in love, and still wandering in his Fool's Paradise. Some of Mr. Berghaus' family were I also -oin-, and it had been arranged that they should all start at the same time, and so arrive nearly together .at Mr. Starkie's place, which waft in an Irkford suburb, Jive miles away. Angela's lips had been,oponcd to utter a few-words onvtbe 'subject" of dress'. Being in half mourning, she said, she could not venture on anything but black and white, and being so poor, her dress must be simple, and must be made at home. Miss Fairfax made a- great point of the "home made" incident. And so it was made at home, and chiefly by the ingenious fingers of Mabelle. It was simple, no doubt: but there is costly simplicity as well as cheap and tawdry splendor, and as Grace Massey ob served. 4 'Dozens, of yards of black tulle, and unlimited water-lilies and leaves in long sprays, of the very best make, can not bc'got for absolutely nothing, you know; nor black satin fans with ivory sticks but Philip gave her that: nor long Brussels lace mittens but she said those belonged to her. grandmother, and I am sure, 'for any thing I care, they may have been worn by Noah's wife, "before the Flood." The great day of the festivities at last dawned: it is to be hoped that poor Mr. Grey feit happier on the occasion than did some of those who were bidden to the festivities in honor of his marriage. CHAPTER X I'AREWBT.T. T 'Liebuhen, ade! 4 r SchxidenUiutwphl".' "I suppose the governor won't be here to-d.y," said one of' his fellow clerks to Philip on that eventful morn- ing. "Ho's off to Grev's wedding." "I suppose so. Shall ou be there to- night?" "Yes; I'm going with my sister, and "mv brother, and the girl I'm engaged to?' "Are vou en-raged? I didn't know. Who is the lady?" 44 Miss Wainwright Lucy Wain wright." said Philip's fellow-clerk, with a proud and happy smile. 44 Oh, I once met her somewhere. She is a charming girl. I congratulate 3ou.' "Thanks! Who are 3ou bringing?' "M3 sister, and tho lady a friend of my sister's Miss Fairfax." 44 Perhaps I ni, congratulate you, too, eh?" suggested, his iritndlodking at him with a smile. 442so," was all Philip said; but he had caue to remember the conversation. The day wore on, under the auspices of Mr. Day, the head clerk, and this .un fortunate gentleman had ample cause to wish the hours of work might be cur tailed. It had transpired that he also was to grace the hall, and manv were the benevolent incpiiries as to -what he intended to do, and whom he thought of bringing with him. Mrs. Day so much was elicited from him was to accompany him, ami this fact once known nothing short of a full descrip tion of 'Mrs. Day's proposed costume would satisfy the insubordinate ouths supposed to be under Mr. Day's control. Truth compels the biographer of Philip Massey. at this jieriod of his life, to ad mit that he took a foremost part in persecuting the unfortunate Mr. Da3, presuming, it is to be feared, upon that excellent person's known partiality to him. fle had just extracted from the head clerk the admission that his con sort's head-dress would be glorious with a white marabou feather, with gold tips, when an irreverent sprit suddenly called out: I say, here's tho governor's car riage. He's coming, after alL ' ' "Gentlemen, I entreatyou " cried poor Mr. Day. ' " What a lark, if-lhe-old boy has for gotten to take off his wedding favor Cay, we'll make him lend it to you, if he has. He likes conferring favors on you, 3ou know." Groans saluted this frightful attempt at a joke, which groans were quickly hushed into a discreet silence as Mr. Starkie's foot was heard, then his voice in Mr Dav's office, calling to him. The head clerk bustled away, and some subdued laughter and jokingwent on at the expense of Mrs. Day's mara bou feather. Philip Massey, who felf himself in an oddly Joyous and excited mood, had just announced thatho would waltz with Mrs. Dayere cock-crow of tho. fnllowinc- dav. or perish in the ef- fort. He was laughing at the prospect, ' and looking up, :f -light flush upon his handsome, resolute lace, and a gleam 0 . . . m his dark eyes, when the door ot the olhce was openeu. aim uie page uoy who waited upon Mr. Starkie inquired: ' Is Mr. Massey here?" " He i-," replied Philip. 44 Mr. Starkie wants to speak to you at once, please.' Philip rose, a little surprised at the unusual summons, and in a few mo ments found himself standing in Mr. ! Starkie's priva ate room, alone with that ! gentleman. " You sent for me. sir?" " Ah, Massey yes. I want you." ; In his hand he held a telegram, as ! once before when he had wanted Philip he had held a letter. There were signs' of grave disturbance on his face. Philip stood waitimr in silence while Mr. Starkie read the telegram again, and then, turning to him, said: "Bywell you remember making in quiries for me about Bywell?" "Perfectly well, sir." "Bvwell has turned out much worse than" 1 expected. He has made off 1 with a lot ot our money, andVeft.thc i bridse. nearly finished, :wl all his ! work-people, to any fate that may j oycrtake them in fact thcre'sTthe d ' ens to"pay, and t'At's all abontMt." sjthe dick- "Yes, sir." Is that all you have to say about it?" "I don't know of anything else, at the niomeuL" t v 44 Ha, ha! Well, what you have to do is to set off at once, in Bvwell's rest st I shall put into the hands of the po lice, but the main thing is to Fend a sub stitute for him. Do xou understand?" 44 That I am to set off at cncc for " said Philip, deliberately. 44 Just so." "And remain until your contract is performed and then come home?" "Exactly." 44 About tiow long shall I be out?" " Perhaps six months, perhaps eight. It might be a year." "It mightbe a year," repeated Philip, passing his hand over nis urow . Itnihrht. I don't sav it will. Well you don't wish to shirk" it, do3ou?" Far from it. I am ready to go im mediately, but excuse my putting such a 'question, sir. It is not from greedi ness, or graspingness, I assure you, but because it is a matter of something like life and death to me. If I succeed to your satisfaction, and return safe and sound, will my position shall I " 44 Will your position be improved? It all depends upon how 3011 conduct 3-ourself. If very well, it will be im proved veiy considerably. I can not saj more." "Thank you, sir. I felt sure it was so. T onl wished to hear it froni 3-ourself. And now, I am ready an3-moment" So he was, perfectly ready. There are few pleasanter things than to see a man, 3oung, strong, honest and honor able, rcad3 to do what he is told, intel ligently, not servilely, about to enter upon an expedition of much responsi bility, and not without considerable risk, at a moment's notice; not dis mayed, but not over-confident; self-possessed, but modest, and not under the impression that ho was going to do something surpassing everything that anx one else had ever done before. A conversation took place between Philip and his chief not long, but con centratedin which Mr. Starkie ex plained his position, and Philip took it in, receiving also instructions and cre dentials. There was an 'express from Irkford to London at eight o'clock. It was then nearly live. He had three hours in which to purchase what was absolutely necessary for his sudden ex pedition, go home, take leave of his sister, "and your friends," as Mr. Starkie remarked, in a general way write to absent or distant friends, pack up his belongings, and oe at the station in time for the London express. He left the room, a'tcr shaking hands with Mr. Starkie, with the brief words: 44 Yon may depend on me, sir, to do the best I have it in me to do for you." " That is enough," was the reply, and Philip found himself again in the outer office, which he had left scarce a quar ter of an hour before, at the page's sum mons. The rest of them were still seated there, and one or two looked up as Philip came in. 44 Well, Massey, what did he want? 'Anything about to-night? Hid he ask you to bring some connc songs -" A stifled burst of laughter greeted this suggestion. Comic songs were not Mr. Masey's strong point. He answered nothing to their suggestions, but said: "What bosh!" Good-bye, all of you! I'm off to make acquaintance with the heathen Chinee." What!" came in large capitals from all parts of the room; out Philip had no time to explain. He shook hands with a few friends, and hurried away with a general good-b3e to the others. A hasty visit to a large outfitting shop, where he explained his needs, and received a promise that what he wanted should be packed and sent to meet his train to London, and then, in a dream, a strange, unnatural trance, lie got into u hansom and was driven to Lawrence street. to be continued. Kilkenny Cats. The story has been so long current that it has become a proverb " as quar relsome as the Kilkenny cats two 01 the cats in which city are asserted to have fought so long and so furiously that naught was found of them but two tails. The correct version of this say ing is this: During the rebellion which occurred in Ireland in 171)8, Kilkenny was garrisoned by a regiment of Hes sian soldiers, whose custom it was to tie together, in one of the barrack-rooms, two cats by their respective tails, and then throwthem face to face across a rliue generally used for drying clothes. The cats naturally became intimated and scratched eachotherintheabdomen until death ensued to one or both of them. The officers were made acquainted with the barbarous acts of cruelty, and re solved to put an end to them. For this purpose an officer was or dered to inspect each barrack rooni daily and report its state. The soldiers, determined not to Ipse the daily torture o! the cats, generally employed one of their comrades to watch the ap proach of their officer. On one occa sion he neglected his duty, and the of ficer was heard ascending the stairs while the cats were undergoing their customary torture. One of the tioopers; scied a sword from the arm-rack, and with a single blow divided the tails ol the cats. The cats escaped through the open windows of the room, which was entered instantly afterward by the offi cer, who innuircd what was the cause the two bleeding cats' tails being sus pended on the line, and was told in re ply that " two cats had been fighting in the room; that it xvas found impossible to separate them, and they fought sc desperately that they hail devoured each other up, with tho exception of their two tails."' Irish Nation. The Hintloo Idea of Marriage. A Hindoo has curious ideas as to the married state. Here is a husband's creed: " A man, both day and night, must keep his wife so much in subjec tion that she by no means be mistress of her own actions. If the wife have her own free will, notwithstanding she is of a superior caste, she xvillgo amiss. A woman shall never go out of her house without the consent of her hus band, and shall pay proper respect tc her husband's father, the spiritual guide and her guests, and shall not eat until she has served them with victuals (if it is medicine, she ma take it be fore they cat): a woman shall never go to a stranger's house, and shall not stand at the door and must never look out.of the twindowi It- a jyomanjtol-7 lowing her own inclinations, goes whithersoever- she chooses, and doe not regard the words of her master, such a woman shall be turned away. It a man goes on a journe3, his wife shall not divert herselt by play, nor see any public show, nor laugh, nor dress her self with jewels or line clothes, nor see dancing, nor hoar music, nor sit at the window, nor ride out, nor behold any thing choice or rare; but shall fallen well the house-door and remain prh ate; and shall not eat any dainty victuals, and shall not xiew herself in a mirror; she shall not exercise herself in any agreeable emploHieut during the ab sence of her husband." r- -t. '- -..T...i Tiie Civil Service Bill. A few days ago occurred the first an-niver-ary of the passage of the first act of the National Legislature having ns its purpo-;u the inauguration of a reform in the Civil Service of the Nation. It is a rrmsrkable -fact that the day pawed without note or comment on the part of the Democratic jour nals of this country, although eight een months ago their columns were crammed with editorials demand ing that the Republican party be ex pelled from power because it did not reform the" Civil Service. It is now very apparent to the public, and pain fully so to the Democratic brethren, that the reform in the Civil Service which they meant was not so much tho retention of ellicent help and the eleva tion of the service, as the removal of Republican office-holders to make place for Democrats. The Republican party is the only political organization known to the history of the United States which ever made any effort to reform the ad ministiation of the Civil Service, which had been debauched by it3 Democratic predecessors and bequeathed to it at a time of great National distress and ex citement. Ever since 1829, when President Jackson lemoved over seven hundred office-holders to giye emphasis to his original Democratic doctrine that "to the victors belong the spoils," that maxim was the Shibboleth of the Dem ocratic party. Such Was the condition of the public mind, educated to accept and perpetuate this doctrine, when the Republican party in 1861 came in pos session of the machinery of Govern ment. Certainly the doctrine accom plished one good result as it insured at that time the removal, more or less gradually, of a great many corrupt Democratic office-holders and their re placement by efficient, honorable and patriotic Republicans, the effect of the change being visible in a most marked manner in the financial record of the country since that date, as com pared with the same showing for the previous period, the percentage of losses under Republican Administra tions being vastly less than had ever been known under Demo cratic regime. After nearly twenty-tivo years of hungry waiting outside, tho Democratic party, despairing of gain ing admission to the confidence of tho people and the control of the Govern ment by an open advocacy of its known views, complained that the Re publicans were administering the af fairs of the Government upon the old Jacksonian doctrine. In order to give emphasis to the hypocritical demand of the Democrats for a Civil-Service Re form, which was intended merely to catch the public ear, win public ap- Iriausc and aid In Democratic success, iut which it was never intended by the Democrats to enforce as a measure of public policy, Mr. Pendleton introduced his famous bill before Congress to reform the Civil Service, and much to his surprise and the disgust of the Democratic party in general, a Repub lican Congress accepted the movement in good faith, and passed the bill and put it into actual operation. And now a vcar later on the anniversary of tho birth of this prodigy so loudly clamored for by the Democratic throats, its birth day is allowed by the Democratic breth ren to pass in solemn silence and with out an indication of their approval of a measure adopted at their request, orig inated by one of their own number, adopted by a Republican Congress and enforced by a Republican Executive. We are sorry for our Democratic friends, sorry that they are not satisfied with having what they asked for, and caii offer them but one consoling reflec tion. The Civil-service bill and its op eration will make very little difference to them, as in any event there would be no opportunity for the advent of Demo cratic statesmen in 1885. If the coun try has gained anything by the reforms inaugurated in the Civil Service it has not been at the expense of the Democ racy, for the Democracy had nothing, even in expectancy, to lose. Burlington Jfawkeye. Justifying the Bloodshed. A writer in the News, of this city, who has traveled extensively in the South in the last few years, with good opportunities of observations, admits the general slaughter of negroes, but justifies it 113 saying that iho"Almighty could no, doubt have made a white race that would submit to be governed by negroes, but He never has. This may be' true; and the problem which per plexes the people of the South may be solved only at the end ot decades ot blood and violence. But does it follow that that particular portion of the white race should be put at the head of the National Government? It may be that under our form of Government the Na tion has no right to inquire into the methods of any particular State, and rapine and blood may prevail without National interference, unless it be in Japan, or India, or Ireland. Bnt should it bo a pas-sport to power in the Nation, that the vhito race keep the colored people under subjection by shot guns and ropes? But that "writer wholly overlooks an important factor in this matter of shooting. It is not negroes only that are maltreated. It is not even 'carpet-baggers," as they call all immigrants who dare to speak and vote against these men, but native-born citizens, white men, men who have never voted any other than the Demo cratic ticket; men who have heretofore gone with the multitude on negro "huntings," but who, for cause, have chosen to break away from them and encourage others to do the same, and true men, born and educated on the soil, who have never been murderers, are shot as relentlessly as the negroes themselves, whenever they choose to break away from that typo of Democ racy which is in fraternal relations with what they are pleased to call the "Na tional Democracy that Democracy which is now in the majority in tho House of Representatives, wholly through these shot-gun methods, and which is plotting fo elect a President of their own faith and order, through this Democratic machicry. Who, in the light of past events, does notlay the responsibility of this alarm ing state of affairs largely at the door of the Democratic party? There would have been np war but lor the encour agement the rebels received from the Democratic party in the North. That .-I T-wajgaaAftafi-?4. T77 party boasted of its povTf r in the solid South made solid by this same species of terrorism. A Republican was not allowed to livo in any Southern Stato then, as now. In the Indiana House o! Representatives, in IS61, Horace Heff ren declared that if any attempt was made to coerce the South it should be done over his dead body a threat that he attempted to make good in his con nection with the Knights of tho Golden Circle, and for which he was honored by the Democratic party of Indiana to the very day of his death. Evety step taken by the Government was opposed by the Democratic party until, at its National Convention in 1864, it declared the war a failure and proposed terms of surrender to the rebels. But for such encouragement Fort Sumter would never have been fired upon. Lon after that, and throughout the wholo course of the war. the backbone of the rebellion was in Democratic sympathy at the North. Just so to-day. If the bloody methods now used in the South did not find friends in the Democratic party in the North, they would cease immediately. It is wholly for the purpose of carrying a solid South for the Democratic candi date that they exist at all, and it is be cause by such a vote the Democratic party hopes to win that these things arc encouraged by the party here. Bo it so. H tho Almighty has in reserve soma phial of wrath not yet poured out, this combination may have a temporary success; but we can conceive of no Na tional sin yet unatoued for that should call down upon this Nation such a calamity as the restoration of the Dem ocratic party to power, with these bloody wretches the controlling spirits of the party. Indianapolis Journal. The Virginia Republicans. After a defeat which xvas compassed by duplicity and force and in the midst of more desperate obstacles than have ever before confronted a political party in this country, the Republicans of Vir ginia have proved themselves true tc their principles and loyal to the cause of human liberty, for if any issue is in peril in that State it is that of liberty. The Republican State Committee, de serted by its Chairman, xvho either has gone over to tho enemy or has fallen by the wayside, has issued a ringing mani festo to the party, and made an appeal to voters to rally once more for th struggle of 1884, with an earnestnesi and'enthusiasm of courage which goes to show that while Bourbon bulldozing and the shotgun policy may have won a victory, the ranks of the opposition are stillunbroken and ready for another trial at the polls. The address of the Stato Committee contains a succinct history of the strug- fle between Bourbonism on the one and and Mahoneism on the other; or, to state it in its true color, between re actionary conservatism relying upon force and the progressive, liberty-loving people. It shows how one method after the other failed. Bribery, cor ruption, appeal to race prejudices, pur chasing of votes, ostracism and bull dozing were tried one after the othei without effect, and then the Misssissippi shotgun policy xvas adopted, with what result is clearly shown in the address. " A change of nine thousand voters would have given us the State," says the address. " Whc doubts that these unparalleled (in Vir ginia) tactics swept more than twice that number off their feet above tht Blue Ridge alone?" The greatest gaina made by the Bourbons were in the vicin ity of Danville. The massacre of ne groes had done its work. The shot-gun accomplished its purpose of terrifying the negroes. In Pittsylvania County and Danville 2,100 registered colored voters did not vote at all. The massa cre was also utilized xvith good effect in remote parts of the State. "Dodg ers" were printed containing inflam matory accounts of a negro uprising at Danville and xvcre mailed to various places in the more inaccessiblo south western counties, where they were de livered the morning of election-day. The ignorance and credulity of the whites in these remote counties are well-known. The accounts were re ceived too late to be contradicted, and xvere implicitly believed and had their effect. They were made to believe that there was a negro uprising in a State xvhich has 206,000 whites and only 128,- 000'colored men. They know now that instead of a negro uprising it xvas a negro massacre that no white men xvere . killed or in danger, that seven colored j men xvcre slaughtered and others were injured for political reasons. The Bourbons had no other xvay of maintain ing their ascendency except by the shot gun. They utilized it and carried the election, and, as they now suppose, they have made Virginia solid for 1884 ana added her to the Solid South by the Southern method. The tactics of Grant Parish, Hamburg and Hazelhurst have answered once in Virginia, but it is doubtful whether they win answer again in a State whose xvhite population is twice as numerous as the colored. The shot-gun defeated Mahone, but it did not exterminate his party, nor did it wipe out the Republic ans." It has only roused them to fresh efforts and confirmed them in the de termination to join hands with the Re adjusters on their platform of "Nation alism, human rights, liberty, peace, manhood and Republican Govern ment," xvhich are the cardinal points of the Republican party', and to make common cause "with the Mahoneites against 4 'proscription, and bigotry of caste, class, and race prejudice." In the extreme Southern States xvhere the colored, men arc the large majority of the party it is possible to disfranchise them by force or destroy their majori ties at the polls by fraud and trickery, but it xvili not work a second timo In a State xvhere there are large- numbers o whites arrayed against Bourbonism. The Danville massacre scheme has been sufficiently ventilated to be understood, and the Bourbons will not dare to at tempt it a second time. The Republic-. an Committee has done well to issue its appeal thus early in the campaign, and to send it forth not in an apologetic or complaining manner, but xvith the ring of the trumpet in it, summoning the party once more to the combat and de clarfng. that "the Bourbons must bo taught that it is full time the shot-gun and pistol should be eliminated from American politics, and peaceful meth ods should alone be resorted to in car rying elections." Chicago Tribune .. . $ . A ytr&3! m m X f n m til i I j. 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