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2ED CLOUD.
NEBRASKA
All my foelinV in the sprinir
una so blame contrary
I ctu t think f anychms
. Unly me and ..ary :
ean.l ao V ail the time,
iloatid Van '" like & rfcytve
j.eei- u-dinsrin' on till Tin '
sick of ii and Mary'"
" ilo and Mary: Ef us tiro
'nlj mm-lo-r'ther
3'ls.y.n' like we -..- H, j0
. J." J'"" Avnl weather:"
All the nictit and all the day
1 keep vri-hiti' tlnttanav
Tiil I tn wttin" old and pray
Jest on -Me and Mary!"
"MthMy vit alonp the pike
iv-nee the v-.uier - lreezin".
Anil the ij-chunl s 1 ackaid-liko
I'loomm ounh s-ea-on:
Oiiij iieTl one hiuebird yit
INurj rohinnur tomtit:
V bat - the how and . hr of it?
s'jk-c: it's -Me and Alary!"
Me and Mary liked the birds
That i-s Mii-ysorto"
X.i5el 'em the:, an 1 afterward
W y 1 thought 1 orto.
And them hinl et Mary tood
ltisr.il iiere with me like -he should
They'd ! -iii.u . tln-iii birds would,
A.i for me aud Mary.
3!ird or cot. I'm hopin some
1 can sri: to iiorai :
T.f the mmi 1! onl come.
And tl.e 1 ord aliouin.
Guc.- to ninrry 1 11 turn in
Andiri' (l.mn to work asr n:
This h"ie IfNiit-rin won t win;
ot lor me and Mary!
For a rami that lo es like me.
And - atenrd to name it.
Til! t .me otn- r teller, he
J " .is tlie k it 1 -da 1 hnmMt !
X- et or drv. or eioud or suni
Winter K'-ine. or e-t tj-un
Out- i i wort, fur me or none.
o ii. ire "Me and MuryV
J. tj. in fj, in IinttaumntUr Journal.
31Y FAIR ROAD COjIFAMOX.
At Pcrote, v. hero we halU'd for a re
lav and retre-hmt-ut. all my fellovv
paoserigcrs took leave of me, vety
--olemuly a tiring me that, it assai eil
by the ladrouc- or robber-, it would be
much better for me to take matters
qu etly.and .-u.ier my-elf to be genteelly
plundered than to run the ri-JT ot hav
ing ni. th oat cut lor rc-'sanee. as I
had somewhat boldly proclaimed it ws
my in em -on of doing. 1 thanked t-iem
for their aiivi e. :.nd replied that I
would take the matter into-erious con
sideration. At 1 -rote. I repeat, all who had been
mv companion- in mi Vera ruz took
' leave of me. this be ng the end of their
journey in that d re tion but there wis
'-lie new pa-se:iger here to go forward,
wlntin, to my agreeable "jurpri-e. lfotmd
to be a beaut iml young lady, some
twenty year- of :ie.
."enorita I aula, a- I subsequent! v a--
-- I
et'rtamed her name to be, was indeed
one of tiio-e rare beautie seldom met
with except in work- of li'tion tall,
ra-efu!. with a profu-ion of long,
o.aek hair--tin. clear, melting dark
eye feature- :i jierfeet :i- ever ctiine
frm the hands ot the .-culptor. and
"with an an mat ion the mo-t fa-einating
vaiy uz in expression wit'i every
eljauijiiig nit id ot the intellectual pos
st' r. A glance at her bewitch ng
dark eye.-showed me that she was one
who wa- naturally of a social disposi
tion :.nd a? we rattled away from the
irloomy town. I to k thehbem of open
ing a couvcr ation.
"They tell me." said I, "that the
route between here and Mexico is a very
tiangerou- one to travel."
"l'here i- little to nar." he repl'ed.
with a sweet -mile and in a melodious
tone. Vexcept lroiu the pro cs-ional
tooikt-. ami they seldom harm auyotie
ho make- uo re-i-tanee."
"It i-eems .-trance to me." I re'oined.
"that you Mexicans .-hould t-nke -uch
tilings a-, a matter of coar.-e, and deem
re-irance a ierv impolite to of tteat
iuir iie knight- of the nad. .nsiead of
ljoldly a erting your right- and abat
ing the evil b a manly pirit oi resi-t-ance.
For nnelf, 1 must consider it
the most cowardly of proceedings for
anv re-pectabie party to et our pre
jiated to tmietly g.atifi the cupid ty
of tiie ludro-u -, and unprepared to treat
them to their ju-st de-ert.
"Kery tr: veler. .-euor."' she replied,
"should, bclote 'etttng out. count the
co-t oi in.- otftiey: an.l. a-of course, it
i- natural he should value his life high
ly, it seems to mo natunil that he
should pay a certain Mini for po-iiive
sa ety, ttitlier than jmt that life in
jeopardy. For instance, in traveling
fiom era Cru. to Mexico, if lie will
first reckon tnat so much is tiie fare by
the ddigencia, and that .-o much will be
rerpiiied for eu'enainuieut on tiie way,
and -o much for the contingency you
speak of, he will then have the exact
co-t between the two po.nts: and if he
w.ll look at the whole as the sum total
f his ,urue he will not seem to bu
rob ed by any one parti, more than
another."
"That,' 1 replied, "may be, I believe
is, tiie Mexican mode of doing bus.ness.
but does not tally with the preconceived
ideas ol foreigners.
"lint even one." replied the fair
speaker, "should conform to the cus
toms of the country he visits.."
"Aud do you, theu, go prepared for
this highway robbery, and hate you no
lear in thus journeying by yourself?
"Well, senor, what can 1 do? I am,
as you perce ve, an unprotected lady,
who, lor certain reasons am re ,uired to
make the journey between Ferote and
the Capital some two or three time,- a
year, aud you certainly could not ex
pect me to go prepared to resist an
sinned band. As to fear, I w 11 not
deny I have my share of that, but. so
'far.I have never met with am" rough
treatment, and of course 1 trust ti the
sa:nt.- that nry fortune will ever be as
jircpltiotis.'
"And have you rcal'y been robbed on
your journey back and forth?" I in
quired. "1 think 1 have paid my share to the
Imirom for my transit through their
country." she laughed.
"And you expect to continue a repeti
tion o. the -ame for the rcstof v our life?"
"Who knows?" 'lie replied. "At
ea-t I nope t be nlwavs prepared.'
"And vo.ir fellow traveler-.' said I.
i
Uiave von never -ecu anv disposed to
p.n; t! w . iiTtt-f.l i."J"
'" n r. -i-nor. an American and an
Stigl:-iini:.ii who were in the -ame dili
getici.t w.th me l.red upon the robbers,
till.bg one and wounding two."'
"Ann uia tuc roube s lite back?''
i es. hut lied immedia ely, and fort
unately injured none of our party?'
"As I should haveexp cted," returned
I- "You were not roubed ou that occa-
i cirm I en iii.-i..a.3''
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"e were not. senor, but the two
foreigners sub-e uentlv paid dearlv lor
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their resistance, for in ournevinr ha k
and forth 1 oth were killed, separately
and at different times, near the same
spot, l ou see these crosses bv the sidt
of the roal, enor?"
"1 have ob-erved them frequently,
but here they Mem to be much more
numerous " r replied, looking forth
irom the velfclc,
"1'ach stands on the spot where
s'une one has met a violent death,''' she
rejoined: "and, a we go along, I will
call our a'tention to tho-ewh.ch mark
the places where the foreigners met
theirs."
Do von know.
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1 1. " that I am
resolved to emulate their example, let i
the con-e jU-nccs be what they may?"
"Holy saints defend us!" she ex-j
claimed: "ou are not in earnest, '
senor.-" J
" eriou-ly so, 1 assure you." !
"You would only bring certain death I
upon us both."' !
" Say, rather, I should lighten the I
expenses of tin journey for your i
knig'it- of the road understand retreat j
a- well as ad" ance and you yourself
have acknowledged that firm resistance !
put tlr-.n to llijrht for once,"
" Hut tliere were number? opposed
to them, senor r.nd 'ou are only one
Iiti:. fortunately, 1 have a couple
of revolvers, which, in two rood hand-,
anrmnt to some ten or a doen shots,
anil my friend- have repeatedly told
me. i am not a bad nvirkman."
" All. Santa Maria! vou will think
better of till-. euor?- the very idea of
rc-:-tatice tcrrilie- me!''
" Iml not the idea of robbery?"
"llecau-e 1 have never lutot with
vio once,"
We continued to converse in a simi
lar -train for some tine longer- rav
I lair companion graduallv clianiujr the
suojeet. and seeming inucli interested
in mv-elf. I learned that her family
name was Valerde, that she was tin
married, that her father anil brother
were officers in the army, and so forth,
. and m on: aud in return 1 gave her my
I own name, stated something of my
history, bu- ne-s aud pro-pects, and,
altogether, becime more eotumuniea-
live than 1 would advise any friend to
be with any stranger of either sc.x in a
I strange country.
j As we continued our journey, lhe
J conver-atiou gradually changing from
; one thing to another. Seuorita Paula
; suddenly brought it back to the point
! where it fir-t opened.
j "We are coming upon a dangerous
i part of the road." she said: "are you
I st.H rc-olved to defend vourself if as-
liluiU"
j " U ith your penni-sion, enoriia'"
- I do not think it advi-able." she rs
I plied; "bin st II. if -uch is your iuten
i tion. I think it no more than right that
you should give me a change to take a
part in mv defense, Mtiee my risk of
, danger will be as gr at as your- "
i "Aid have yoiireally the nerve, aft-
VA ..II. IW Ul IL lilt lllA&. A III1I.I111.U.
" If I had the means, senor."
"1 have two ni-toh," -aid I: "if vou
t will accept of one of them, it is at yo:r
' service."
" You are very kind, senor but can
j J fire it?"
' " With eisp. t-cnorita:" and producing
one of my revolver-. 1 exp.aiued to her
i the manner in which it was to be u-ed
I " And thi-, you say, will shoot some
half a dozen times?"
j "I think it safe to calculate that fiv
' charges out ot the six will explode,
seuorita."
j A v cry formidable weapon, indeed!" '
'she replied: "and with such I can al
most laticy we are safe. You have an
other, you -av, like this?"
( I produced it. j
" What a beautiful invention!" she
observed, reacniug over an J taking it
:rom my hand. Tncn extending her
hands, one of the revolvers in each, she
continued: "Armed like this, one
ni ght almost count h xuself -ate again -t
1 a host! You sav thi is fired iii this
manner?' she proceeded, cocking one
oi the weapon- as she spoke, and point
ing it toward the road.
, " Have a care, senorita, or you will
t di barge it!"
J The words were scarcely uttered.
1 when her linger pressed the trigger, and
one ot the barrels was exploded w.th a
sharp report, A minute after, aud
while I was gently chiding her, we
heard a Iovid, i.uick tramp of lior-es.
and several sharp, rapid exclamations.
The next moment our conveyance w.i
stopped -ud leuly. and we saw ourselves
surrounded by some eight ortenmouut-
ed men, one of whom, in n loud voice,
' exclaimed:
j " Yield you prisoners, or die!"
J " Quick senonta.' said 1, extend
ing my hand; "quick! in Heaven's
' name giv e me one of those weapoi t,
j for now i- the time for dec sive action "
J " av ." she replied, putting the weap
ons behinu her, "vou will be too hastv.
.Let them suppos
we yield let tdem
1 open the door.
"Oh. no! it will then be too late!"
As 1 spoke the door was suddenly
; thrown open and three or four swarthy,
I heaviiv-beanled men presented them-
selves to my view.
1 " Quick, senorita, for the love of God!"
I cried, grasping at her arm
Hold!" she exclaimed, instantly pre
senting one of my own revovers to mv
head. " Resistance is Useless you are
our prisoner!''
"Gracious Heaven!" exclaimed I,
perfectly astounded. " Ow prisoner,
d d you say? It is not possible that one
so fair aud lovely as yourself is in any
, manner connected with these buti-
Iditti"
"It is even so, senor," she replied, j
( with oneot her most bewitching smiles:
still keeping one of my own weapons
turned against myself and significantly
pointing the other to the door. "You
I will obfige us by stepping lorth and
i giving yourself into tlie ca-e of these
good gentlemen, who will so- that you
are treated a- a brave man should "be,
but who will trouble you meantime for
any little change and valuables you
may nave to sjinre.
I There seemed to be no help for it
' the beautitul senorita t'anla Valorde
i wa- a spy and accora dice o tjie ln
I drone. She ha 1 entered the dili'renria
erote for no other purpose than to
a-cjrt.iin tiie exact condition of thingc
inside and be able to signalize her asso
c:ate as she passed along, so that tney
might know exactly in what manner h
conduct themselves and make t:teu
work sure without r:&k. Uv a smipiu
I stratagem sh" had obtained isy arm?
u-a at the point where she knew the
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vvouiit ne mane; auu ncr ms
of the pistol, as if by accident.
i sirn to show tuem that all was
j charge
j wa- th
secure.
"I acknowledge mvself conquered by
being outwitted:" said L, bowing to la
seuorita.
Then turning to the robbers, who had
now collected ia a body in front of the
door of the diligencia. I continued:
"bent.emen, will j-ou permit me to
alight and make you some valuable
presents? In the language of your
country, 'all I have is yours.' '
The leader of the party bowed po
litely in return and said, with a grim
smih-:
"Si, senor, we shall be most happy to
receive anything wnichsodi-tinguished
a traveler mav have to be-tovv.'''
With this I quietly stepped from the
vehicle, aud one quick, searching glance
put me in possession of the whole slate
of allairs.
The diligencia had been stopped in a
wild, irloomy place, aud the driver was
sittiUjr card sslv on his box, taking
even thing a
mirht also be
a matter ot course, ne
an accomplice of the rob-
I hers
or he mignt not; nut, m Cither
ca-e. there was little hope of a-iS.stance
fnim him for anv attempt of the k.nd
would certainly bring upon him a
severe punishment, sooner or later. 1
i glanced up aud down tiie road, where
' it wound between dark, overshadowing
trees, but discovered nothing to give
me any hope. The robbers, some eight
or teniu number, and all well arnn d,
were collected around m part i.f them
mounted, and the others standing on
their feet, holding their mustangs by
the bridle. Look.ng upon my ca-e as a
desperate one. so far as being plundered
was concerned. I still retained my pres
ence of mind, and did not vvnolly
dc-pair. True, I ha I been outwifn-d
and disarmed, and now sto id singly be
tween numbers, but the idea of Oid.ng
taino'y to this outrage was repugnant
to my" ven nature, and I resolved to
put any favorable opportunity for de
lense and retaliation to the sti onge.-t
test.
" Will you accept this purse?' said I.
producing one that held several gold
coins, and handing it to the chief of the
' ladrones.
"Thank
kind!" he
hand, with
you. senor. you are ver"
said, as he took it in his
a polite bow, and chiuked
the money.
"This diamond pin may prove ac
ceptable to your friend?" I added, as I
quietly removed it from tlie bosom of
my slurt. and handed t to the gentic
jnu.i on the left, who received it in the
same polite manner. "Tmsdiamond'ring
1 trust you will retain as a keepsake!"
I continued, drawing the jewe.from my
linger aud pre-entiug it to a third. "I
beg your pardon, senore!" J pur-ued.
glanc ng at the Senorita Paula, who,
with my pistol- st 11 in her possession,
.v : s quietlv standing vv'thin the d.li-
g. n'
in g-
:a. regarding the whole proceetl
with one of her -vveete-t snide-:
"I must not forget this beautiful lady!
I ha .v here,"' I w nt on. at the -ame time
produ "ing the article, "a very beauti
lui gold snuff-box et, as you perceive,
with diamonds will your lad vship hon
or me by accepting tfrsa-aslight token
of my regard lor the pleasure a .orded
me bv vour company and conversa
tion?' "You are a very gallant gentleman,
senor!", -he laughe I, taking the two re
volvers in ne lair hand and present
ing the other.
l reached the box toward her. but
my hand trembled a little and, just as
the pre-ent wa- about to touch her
lingers, it -lipped and fell between us.
I "A thousand pardons. enorita. for
my awkwardness ' I said, as I bent
down to pick it up.
Now wa- the all-important moment
of life aud death! All w re in a mea
ure o!l their guard- and one quick, fur
t.ve glance.shovved ni" that the girl -till
held my vveap nscr.'eV lyiu one hand,
w.th the other remaining extended oi
the pri.e. I l.fted l.ie box carefully;
but. n- I raised myself, I gave a wifd.
startling yell: and as the -enorita
started back. I, with the quickness of
lightning, seized both weapons and
wrenched them from her.
To wheel and commence firing upon
the party, wa- now only the work oi
moment! The fi-st shot, fortunately,
stretched out the chief the second took
dfect on the one nearest to h.m: and
by the time the third had been sent on
its mi-sion. there arose one simultane
ous yell of dismay, and the astounded
robbers "b :gan to scatter in every direc
tion. I had no disposition to follow
' them, however; another minute they
might rally and turn upon me; and.
springing forward. I grasped the reins
of a freed mustang, and vaulted into
the saddle. One more glance around
me, showed me the Senorita Paula upon
the body of the chief, her laughter
changed to grief, aud some of the scat
tered cowards bringing their weapons
to liear upon me.
' Adios, senorita and senores!" said
I. bitterlv: "he laughs best who laughs
last!'
, The next moment I was dashing away
down the road, the half-rallied robbers
j pour ng after me a vol.ey, but fortu
nately not to clung their "mark. They
would donbtle-s have followed me in
hot pur-uit, but for the wholesome dread
they had of my still 'und.scharged
weapon.
As it wa-, I escaped and entered the
town of Puebla in triumph: where, it is
almost needless to add. a narration of
my exp oit made me a hero and a Hod
lor the time.
Here I sold my captured mustang
and trappings for enough to indemnity
me for what I had disposed of in the
way of presents; and the next day saw
me an insde passenger of the same dili
gene a en route for Mexico, where I ar
rived in safety, without any further
event worthy of notg.
! What became of the robbers and theii
beautiful a'-compliee I never learned,
but the leson taught me on that our-
i n y I have never forgotten; and durinq
the remainder of my stay in that coun
try no pretty woman ever had he hon
or of being my business confidante, oi
oi getting pos-pssion ot mv tnistv anc
unfiling revolvers. Clarence Mowbray
Why a Man Should Ee a Kcpnblican.
Gratitude is not the basis of the "Re
publican party's claim for sup ort. Past
services, no matter how glorious, are
not su i -ient reason for unfaltering al
legiance to the nominees and principles
of t e party vvhu-h has performed those
serv ce-. Previous good conduct is in
deed the strongest" foundation upon
which to build credit and confidence,
but it is not everything re ,uired. The
merchant who asks for a heavy loan, or
the man who desires to have confided
to him great responsibilities or trusts of
any kind, must u t only be able to point
to a good record in "the past, but he
must make it manifest that he can sc
ouit himself equally well of new de
mands that may be made upon him.
If. for instance, another war were to
break out. it would not besuilic'eat that
Generals Grant, Sherman and Sheridan
had won brilliant victories in the past.
We would want some assurance that
their power- were equal to the new
emergence-.
Leaving the question of advanced
years out of the question, it might be
possible that in the new conflict' the.r
svmpath es might not be in the right
direction, or the art of war might have
outgrown the.r metho Is.
So it is not all-sufficient that the Re
publican party has fought heroic and
successful battle- for the right in the
past. that every great is-ue found it
on the s d approved by tiie wise judg-
HIATUS .11111 lutr i-r iri.f'lIT1f. III MI.'ITIL'lllll
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""" ni.ii. ii u.uuuu .oi.iiiuii limy lur
that side. Glorious as were itsvfetories
for Xat'onal unitv. National honor.
r. ' ',";" ' -" ? a"" S" sov
f....,I 1 ' i . l . ..
eminent ol all kind-, these do not con
stitute any claim whatever for the per
petual alleglanc-' of even tho-e who
most warmly upheld it in tho-e great
struggles.
Its pa-t record is chiefly valuable not
as a mortgage on the country's grati
tude, but as a demonstration beyond a
doubt that it is the most rel:able"and fit
engine with which to accomplish any
good wo k in the future. It i- becau-e
it show by a ho-t of tests that no mat
ter how unexpected or gra.e the i-sue
presented, the Republican p-irty will in
fallibly take the course dictafd by wi
dow and ustice, and make that course
prevail against all the ev.l elements
that can be arrayed against it.
This is not be au-e of anv greatness
of leadership. The Republican party
hri-: nlvvnvs 1 iin
renter than its lead-
ers. It was for t ed
. .
in the first pla e
for men who cared
onlv for principles.
and nothiug for men. oroffic.-s. or party
spoils. It brought into it- ranks aull
has held them there ever since all in the
country who preferred p-inciile and
ab-tract right above everyth ng else.
Likewise, it has driven into the ranks
of its op onents all those inclined to
chicani'ry. denianogism. and absolute
corrupt -on n political thought and ac
tion. 1 doe,- not militate against the
truth of thi- -tatement that long pos-es-sion
of power has brought many un
worthy men into the party who have
loo fre .uent'y scandalized it by their
rascalities. Th-s must be expected
from anv human organisation. But
what makes the Republ can party pre
eminent above all others in the history
ol the country, is it.- power of purifying
it-elf. Unl k"e any other that the'Na
tion has ever known, the Republican
party has never had a man or an or
ganization of men in it that :t feared to
bring to tr.al and condemn for wrong
doing. It 1
i:c- never hesitated, even
when loss
of power was certain, to e-
pose and punish unwortm men. no mat
ter how powerful nor what their serv
ices to the party had been.
It has not waited for its opponents to
find out and evoose its bad men it has
done it itself. The Credit Mobilier in
vestiga ion and the Star-route exposure
are simply unprecedent d in the annals
of party managem ut either in England
or in this country.
Would the Democratic party have ex
posed Dors y. fiad he belonged to it,
and brought him to the (loots of the
penitentiary whence he only escaped by
Iribingt ury? Impossible. Did any
other party ever drive such an iuques
as the (. redit Mobilier investigation r-l-ntles-ry
through it- highest ranks,
with utter disregard as to whom it
.- otild in 'lire or de-trov?
. . . . . - ...
ev r, since '
the heginnuig ol time, l e great mass.
the controll.ug element of the Repub
lican party, cares onlv to have justice
and right prevail, and is simply relent-les-
in demanding t iat theie shall pre
vail. Whoever thinks and icsires other
wise has no place in the party, and
sooner or later goes into the Democracy
wh -re he belongs
This is why the Repnbli -an party has
the first chom to the'votc of every'raan
who wishes the country well. It is his
duty to vote for it, becau-e it i the only
e t cent politiea' agent for the ad ance
ment of his ideas, and becau-e he can rely
upon it, without any pro ession of priu
eiples. or protestations of purity, to da,
in whatever emergency may arise,
whatever is absolutely the best thing
that can be done, where its opponents
are equally sure of doing the worst
thing. He knows that it will invaria
bly unmask and bring to punishment
its unworthy members, and oppose a
wall of granite against the malign work
of the wicked aud perk erse men who by
the law of their perversity and
wickedness have found their appro
priate place in the Democratic party,
and who stand ready to espouse any
selfish or corrupt thing that may me
nace the prosperity and well-being of
the country. lolcilo Made.
The Sit nation.
This anomalous quiet on the eve of a
Presidential campaign does not s'gnify
that Republicans are unconcerned.
They are thinking. The hopeful feat
ure of the day is that the ma-.es are be
ginning to lie more trustful of their
tenders. Not beiore in twenty years
have they felt more confide n c. notonly
in conc entious leadership but al.-o in
its an. uries of success. The question
as to who shall be nominated at Chicago
is in mind, but the masses of the pany
arc not troubled over it. They feci tli-it
there are a thousand men in the land '
any one of whom could with honor and
satisfaction till the Piesidcnt's chair.
The personality of the conte-t is not a
disturbing eleni nt. for the la th abides
that whoever the nominee may be i e
will be worthy of co-dial support. It is
well for the party that such a feeling of
confidence prevails. It should be en
couraged and intensified. The hold that
Abraham Lincoln had on the popqlar
heart came from the sagacity he dis
played in consulting public, opinion.
This was oue of the great elements of
Pre dent Garfield's strength. The wis
dom o the mirtyred Presidents should
leach a lesson to the men of prominence
in politics to-diy. Whatever of warmth
of feeimg there may be on the part of
some toward President Arthur. Senator
Edmunds. Mr. Blaiue, General Logan
or General Sherman, there is no occasion
for insisting w.th rancorous zeal on the
nominatioirof any one of them. Tlie
demand of the great body of liepubl'can
voters, an 1 we can say "their expecta
tion, too. is that delegates shall be sent
to Chicago so conservative, so thought
ful and so sincere that they will prefer
to go untrammeled by instructions and
mi-led by no recommendations. Meet
ing thus.it will be the duty of the dele
gates from such great States as New
York. Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio
to confer w th each other and with the
delegates from other State- that will be
pre-umably Republican, and ascertain
the ruling sentiment of t! c people. Tiie
result of such a fre and o n confer
ence would be to suggest the name of
some acceptable Republican to head
the party's ticket. The man to nomi
nate is the man who can cany the
Mat s we have named. Upon their
safety- success depends. The conven
tion of ISM must be a common sense
convention if it would nominate a sttc-ce-sful
t ckot. The action of th" Re
publican National (. ouimittee and of
i !"-
I . r-. . .
tno Mtte Committee, in leaving
the
choice of delegates in the hands ot the
respective t digression!1 districts, was
. ,c 1'iuoi.l
recognition of the voice
of the people. Itls a still, small voice
this year, but it i- potential for good
and must be obeyed. Give lis common
sense delegates to Chicago and all will
be well. Aiuaiiy Evcmihj Journal.
Pemocrac s .lumpiiig-Jac'c.
The hist man accorded an insight into
Governor Tilden's ho ise was one o' the
Baltimore Sun's "mo-t trusted corre
pondents," and the report he sends
out i- at once assuring to Democrats
and Republican-alike. Mr. Tiidea lias
none of the charade istie.-of age. His
voice may be "a trifle more leeble," it
is true, but that signifies -noth ng. His
hearing is acute. su the correspondent
-ays, though for some rea-on .Johu l'ig
elow. w o was present, had frequent
occasi us to reply when the great man
ot Gra mercy Park faile 1 to understand
the miestiou asked. It was so k.nd in
I'igelow to explain that Mr. Tilden had
been so cruelly misreprep-ented in
pr'tit. sometimes, perhap-. unintention
ally, that he was determined to "au
thori.e" no more interviews. Ihis is
characteristic of all great men
possessed of their facul ies.
Thev alwa s remain silent while
some one el-e duties the situation for
them alwavs. Imagine Mr. Tilden's
delicate tact in Hatty ing the correspon
dent by asking him what the Demo
cratic majority in the House would
probably do. The correspondent does
not say so. but he certainly must have
imparted the desired information.
When informed that he was the onlv
man ih.st the Democratic pary could
relv on to lead them to vi -to-y next
November, Mr. Tilden leaned o er
close to the reporter's ear, and said,
very slowly and distiu try: "I do not
want tiie nonunat on. aud cannot take
it." Were tliere any quest on of Mr.
Tilden's acuteness of hear ng. this
would torover settle it. Men wh hear
well always do this way. Mr. Tilden
sa d he had thought of writing a letter
s'fct:";g his p sition. but Mr Bigelow,
for some reason or other, had forbidden
it, and that wa- not to be thought of.
When the correspondent rose to leave,
he formally expre-sed the hope that Mr.
T hlen would eupy good health and a
prolonged life. Tnen the manclois
face of the truly great man brightened,
as lie exclaimed. "1 do enjoy good
health," and with that "he raised and
let fall each arm" caeh arm, mind you
"struck out from both old shou.ders,
and followed this with a vigorous
s.amping of first one foot and then the
other." crying joyously: "Ho paraly
sis there''" Was ever more pitiful ex
hibition of helpless senility than th s
fmlefl vit!ifroil otil m-in mit-inrr n
TimMnnr-iift nf iiimci.ll in a-iT-tl.,-- t. .iva
i j a.aa.aar. juvia .lllia.jv.ia aa ..'.ail... I.VF ,UU-
vmce himself ami to try to deceive oth
ers into the belief that lie has lost none
c' bis mauly vigor? The feeble display
cf wan ng physical powers was only too
suggestive ot impaired mental acumen
to thus allow him to make "a circus of
hims-lf," and to act the clown for the
benefit of every sti oiling correspond
ent. What must the iriends of Mr.
Ti.den think of all this, and of the
urtiier statement, made .is remarka
ble exhbition ot his stiength, when it is
seriou ly stated that he actually walked
w.tii a firm step "the whole length of
the spacious library." The move nent
to nominate Tilden is a farce so far as
he is concerned; but the play is n farce
to the Democratic party. " Pushed to
desperate resources, it sees no way but
to again put up the man who :n 1876
corrupted the politics of this Nation ia
a way never attempted before or since.
The idea of putting up this maundering
old man, this leau and slippered Panta
loon, but lately so shrewd and un
scrupulous, would be ridiculous, but
for the fact that the DetuOv ratic party
hopes to break into power through the
desperate aud unscrupulous methods
pursued in the camnaign of 1876. Left
to hinise f now, Mr. Tilden doubtless
would prefer to continue to toast his
emaciated shins by his library fire. For
him there can no longer he any satis
faction in earthly ambition. But the
party must have h'im. His ancient cun
ning may not be what it once was. but
that matters little, for a John Bigelow
will be kept near him to direct his wan
dering wits and to say what lie shall
and shall not do. His name and fame,
whatever they may be worth, are mill
left, and his ia wy mul his method will
be as potent now as they were eight
years ago. Jndiunupolis Journal.
A man m Winsted. Conn., was
1OlTlfCC airif-tlirrli tn ..rl- t n wl.i-ilv.-l-
i x. .&ax.j v j i i v ii av rv a & iri.L,ii:i-i.nniiv
which he tmi.nl lvb.tr mi the. sircf on
t -- aiaviaa uv. ivilllU IJ lai" Ull
the 1st of April, and by so
other there was no string
ome mistake or
g attached to it
and it contained a sum of money.
JJosion hcra d.
The editor of a comic journal in
Madrid "ets eight vears for nokinir fun
at the Mng. Thi- is pu ling the oka ,
on the other fellow with a vengeance. I
Chicuijo Journal.
BrnUI Soldiers in Tonquliu
Mora disagreeable to notice than this
'anvvholcsome tippl ng is the conduct of
'he soldiers towards the townspeople
Hie Anamese have gained sufficient
confidence to come back to their houses.
3r to comeback aud build new houses
where the old ones have been swept
away, but they hav no love for their
sonquerors. It is no great wonder,
rhe first thing one sees in one of the
.oniimranvely narrow cross streets is a
tinge Turco swaggering down the mld
'Jlt! o' the way, tvviriing a vicious-looking
stick. The worten scuttle indoors;
the men squeeze themselves as near the
walls as they can; the children salaam
reverentially, and can hardly get out
lhe usual "Bon jonr capitaine" for ter
ror. A little further on we come upon
a couple of marine fusileers, one
if whom takes umbrage at the
animated tone in which an old
woman is conducting a bargain.
With a kick of his loot he scatters
her tray and little nile of cash over the
length and breadth of the street, and
his companions laugh boisterously at.
the poor creature's misery. Even the
officers, as they stroll along, relieve
their ennui by playful cuts of the cane
on the buttocks of passers-by. Tho
Anamese is a cringing. pititr.I crature at
the best of times, but he has still a lit
tle sel -respect, and he scowls as much
as he dares under such treatment. It
is not wouderiul, therefore, that when
he finds a solitary European lie proceeds
to wreak his vengeance upon him and
wipes out a score"of long pent-up griev
ances. The ToCqu nesc is a very differ
ent man from the timid inhabitants of
Cochin C hina. and will require many
vcarsanda strong m litary occupation
beiore the country is brought to au
thing like a peaceable state. Cor. Lon
don Times. .
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Disturbances at the North Foltv
Congress has pra 'tieally decided to
send out an expedition to relieva
Lieutenant Grecly and his party, and
bring them back to their own country.
Old sea captains say that in al! proba
bility an e.xpeditic u could now reach
the 'North Pole. There h-ve already
been disturbances in that region of a
very unusual character. Icebergs rare
ly make their appearance in the North
Atlantic beiore Juue or July- in May
they are very rare: but this year t icy
made their appearance early in Feb
ruarv, and ves-els were d'stro.ved by
them oir the banks of Newfoundland
during that mont'i. The recent heavy
fog and rainy weather have been attrib
uted to the presence of these icebergs
in mid-ocean at this unusual seas n of
tfie year. The earthquake volcanic
eruption last summer at Java may have
I ". " an uu-V-!-0'ue . " - .
' "'u , - ' WK"r "-' V'c m,?c I""-"
of ice. driving the bergs far out at sea.
j Volcanic eruptions and ho sprin s of
i water are as liable to make their ap
' pearance in the frig d as in the torrid
zone. There is abundant evidence of
continuous volcan c action as far north
as Iceland. Should these guesses of the
sea captains prove true, perhaps tho
road may be opened this summer to
: some po nt nearer the Pole than has ever
been reache I. It is a curious fact that wo
' know more about the Polar region of
the planet Mars than we do about that
of our own earth. With a very ordinary
modern telescope the amateur astron
omer can distinctly see the extent ot the
:ce ocean which surrounds the poles o
Mars. But we will never be ai le to ex
plain our poles fully tint 1 some motor
is invented wh.ch will enable us to nav
igate the air. JJcmorcst's Monthly.
Alarm Among the Emperors.
All accounts agree that the Czar of
Russia and the Emperor of Austria an
in a constant state of bodily fear of as
sassination. The killing of the head of
the spy system in Ru-sia, by the Nihi
lists, ha- made the Czar halt crazy. Ho
does not know whom to trust. Some
thing must be done to give the Russian
people the rights of frei speech and
the press. In Austria the work.ng pei
ple have revolted against the police,
and have killed several of the most ob
noxious officers. The workmen claim
that the police will not allow them to
meet or state their grievanc s. and in
vent imaginary crimes to have innocent
men punishedr How much wiser wo
are in this country in allowing the ut
most freedom of speech and of tho
press! The very people who have
pro ed dangerous in Europe do no harm
in this country. Her' John Most was
considered so incendiary a person in
i ngland that his paper, the Frei'ivt,
was seized and he was imprisoned. This
same anarchist hits been in the United
States for over a year, making in::am
niatory speeches and calling on the
working people to kill the capitalists,
but no one heeds him. When the Fed
eral Republic of Europe is established
we wid hear no more of Nihilist or in
cendiary Socialists. The poor of Eu
rope are not treated justly by the
powers that be, and hence, the danger.
BcmorcsCs Monthly.
Who Osman Dignia Is.
Osman Digma's whole relation to the
revolt and the amalgamation in him oi
religious, political anil me-cantile as
pirations are hard to comprehend. A
broker and trader, and principally a
slave-trader in Suakini and Jeddah. ho
received a financial blow. when, soma
six years ago, a Br'tish cruiser captured
two slave-dhows full of victims, on the
way to Jeddah. Osman Digma's trade
then tell from bad to worse, his house
property in Suakini wa-: all mortgaged,
and he became hopelessly involved. Be
ing of no great distinction by birth, his
seiection by the Mehdt to lead a relig
ious rebelbon in these parts is not in
accordance vith the structure of Arab
society aud fi elinc, and is attributed to
the accident that Osman Ligma, in one
of his iiieurs.ons far south for slaves,
met the Mehdi, who formed a high es
timate of h s ability and of I1.3 influ
ence, ac.-uired through successful trad
ing. If this history be trustworthy, pas
sions for other objects than holiness are
tlie key-note of Osman Digma's chara
acter and motives, and it Is against all
probability t ;at he will cast Ins goods
and Irs po-ition into the broken bal
ance of battle. He is no ignorant lu
natic, and he can not h as If bel eve
'' myths which he multiplies in order
:" control his followers. iaii't Cot,
London Times.
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