COST OF UOYERNMKNT.
A Fw Items in the Grnorat Appropriation
Itill Which Give Some Idea f National
txpne.
Washing-tow, May 30. People who
think it docs not cost anything to run a
groat Government like this, even on a basis
tt "economy and reform," should read an
appropriation bill or two and be undeceived.
The House Appropriations Committee is
struggling to make a record hi the way of
economy, yet its appropriation bills, con
sidered in detail or aggregate, are astonish
ing. Take the Legislative, Executive and
Judicial bill, as reported, for instance. It
shows that the salaries of Congressmen,
taking both branches into the account, are
ever two millions of dollar per year. At
least the bill appropriates this sum for sal
aries of members, $380,000 being for salaries
of Senators, and S 1,695.000 for members of
the House Formilcago the appropriation is
143,000 andsalarics of officers and employes
of House and Senate almost three-quarters
f a million. For the botanic garden, which
furnishes the members free bouquets, $21,
700 is appropriated. The sum allowed for
the civil service commission and its travel
ing expenses.is S27,300. The Department
of State is quito moderate in its demands,
the estimates being but $131,000. Tha
Treasury Department makes up for this
lack of enterprise on the part of the State
Department by calling for 59,243,000 to run
Its business and gets $9,130,064. The Wat
Department, which is largely run by army
officers, whose pay is provided for by the
Army bill, only costs in this bill $2,009,000,
whilo Mr. Chandler's Navy Department,
with cliaracteristic modesty, only wants
$362,000, and is cut down to $280,000. The
Interior Department's estimate is $4,123,
785; the sum allowed in thLs-bill S3,817,7T9.
There are sonio curious features in the
l)ill. For instance, it allows the Chaplain
of the Senate but $900 per year, and
jiays the messengers to tho committee
rooms $1,440 per year, or one-half moru for
legs than for praying ability. To ths
telegraph operator in the Senate it pays but
$900 per year, thus giving to skilled labor
tout little to run with legs only. For rc
lortiug the debates in the Senate it allows
$25,000, all of which Ls paid to one man.
Of course, liti must pay something of it out
for help, but he is said to make about one
half of it "clean net cash." For reporting
the House debates it allows $26,000. but di
vides it among Ave men, the "chief' getting
$6,000, the others $5,000 each. Out of this
they pay their assistants, who write the re
lorts at "dictation" from theso steno
ifrraphers, taking it first in short hand, and
then writing it out on foolscap paper in
tiroad lines so that the member, if he desires
to revise it, may have plenty of room between
the lines for correction. For "page" boys,
whose duty it is to be at the House
and Senate and run at the call of members,
on the most trifling duties, too, as a rule,
(ho bill allows $15,000, paying them $2.50
per day. Under the head of "executive," it
gives to tlto President's assistants the fol
lowing: Private Secretary, S3,250 per year;
two executive clerks, $2,000 each; steno
grapher, $1,800; six clerks at salaries aver
aging about $1,400 each; three ushers, who
gut in all $3,600; live messengers at $1,200
each; ono steward at $1,800 per year; two
doorkeepers at $1,200 each; one watchman,
$900; one fireman, $364. There is also a
"contingent" ftiud of $S,00& for miscella
neous expenses, while tho "sundry civil"
bill makes allowances for the exense of
furnishing and keeping up the White Uoum
from kitchen to ofhee and bed-room.
A TUNNEL DISASTER.
A Tunnel Glrc Way In
ing and Wounding i
reniuylraiila. Kill
i Number of Men.
LiGOMKU, Pa., May SO. Knupp's tun
mel, on the South Pennsylvania road, was
the scene of a terrible accident, by which
-nine men were instantly killed and eleven
others seriously injured, with slight hopes
of their recovery. A large force of men
were engaged in excavating in the tunnel
alxv.it nine feet from the main en
trance, when the heavy scafTqlding gave way
with the above appalling results. It is iiu
;iossiulo at present to learn the names of -tho
. victims, but it Ls said they were principally
Italians. The bodies have all been recov
orcd, and tho Coroner's inquest will be held.
Great excitement prevails at tho scene of
fjie disaster. The underground work
.of tho tunnel was just, begun and
they had not made much progna
-when the accident occurred. The cov
erings were limestone and the roof timbered
over as tho work progressed. It was
thought to be secure, but tho rocky sides
and coverings split and came down with
audi forco as to crush the heavy timbers
Mid precipitate a huge mass of earth on tho
unfortunate men below. All available force
was put to work at once digging out
tho crushed remains of tho victims.
The sccno is described as heartrend
ing as one after another of
tho mangled bodies were brought out and
laidon the bank. Six men were killed out
right, and two havo since died. Five others
were seriously injured. The men killed
were all foreigners, with one exception.
Their names could not be learned, as the
tunnel is tweuty miles from any railroad.
A Juryman StojB a Suit for Divorce by
Proving tb. t l'lalatifl" a BigamBt.
ATT.ANTA, Ga., May 29. A peculiar casn
was tried here that of Lucy Pitts vs.
Oeorgc W. Pitts. The wife complained of
the husband's neglect, failure to support,
etc The case was presented ex parte and
submitted to a jury. After some consider
ation it was announced to the Court that the
jury could not agree. One of the jurymen
remarked to tho Court: 'That womau
don't need any divorce, She has been mar
ried again for two years." This sensational
declaration resulted in Juror John Hoffman
fceing sworn in the case. He testified that
Cicorgo Pitts married Lucy Martin in
Griffin, Tex., six years ago, and that after
keeping her hereeome six months she left
him because he insisted upon taking her to
disreputable places. She returned to hci
home, and about two years ago she remar
ried. She camo back to Atlanta and told
Wr. Hoffman she was married again, anj
lie learned that her statement was true.
Tills evidence ujisct the divorce case, aifd
fjiicy will probably be looked after by the
State officers. What use she had for a
formal divorce at this stage of tho proceed
lugs is a decided conundrum.
.
Bough on the Conductor.
Memphis, Tknn., May 30. Harry Ryan.
Dave A. Ramsey and Otey Figures, three
well-known conductors on the Memphis &
Charleston Railroad, were discharged by
Superintendent R. B. Pcgram, for passing
two clerks in the employ of Aaron Allen,
the Memphis agent of the railroad, to Uunts
ville, Ala., and return. The baggage
auastcr, who permitted one of them to rid
rin his car, anil the two clerks were also dis
charged. Ramsey and Ryan have been
connected with the road twenty-five years.
2'igurc3 had been employed In his present
jiosition for ten years. Tho young men
were bill clerks and were well known to
the conductors as being in the employ of tin
com any.
THE UKOW15Q CROPS,
Report from Various 1'arta of the Coun
try Show the Growing Crop to 1 iu a
Prosperous Condition The Prospective
Wheat Crop will Defy all Gambling
Corner."
Waterloo, Ia., May 27. Crop reporta
received from points in Northern low a show
very flattering prospects. There has been
considerable rain during the past week,
which has had a good effect Winnebago
County reports a splendid outlook for all
kinds of crops. Franklin County reports
better prospects than for many years, and
fanners are greatly encouraged. Butler
County reports the prospects excellent
Fruit of every kind promises an enormous
yield. Harding County reports the corn
all planted and some of it iu shap! for culti
vating. A severe storm of wind and rain
passed over that county last week. In
Hlackhawk County corn is all planted, ami
a good proportion of it is ud.
THE NOimiWKST.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 27. S. IL Sea
mans, Secretary of the National Millers'
Association, has prepared for the ue of
the members of the association a repoit on
tne present condition and out-look of tha
wheat crop as compared with the same
time in 18S3, compiled from replies to
three thousand circular inquiries seut to the
milling fraternity and others. The conclu
sion reached by the report is that the pre
ent out-look is very promising, taken as a
whole, with indications that the yield for
1S84 will approximate that for 18S2 should
no unforeseen misfortune happen to the
growtli between now and harvest.
Palmyra, Wis., 3Iay 27. Wheat and
other small grains in this section are look
ing well. Small fruits, especially grapes,
do not promise a large yield. It is thought
fully two-thirds of the grape blossoms iu all
of the large vineyards were destroyed by
the frosts.
Fakoo, Dak., May 27. Reports from all
sections of the Red River Valley indicate
that the grain has been much helped by the
recent three days' rain, which was general.
The rain has now ceased. CroiiS are doing
well.
ILLINOIS.
Makine, III., May 27. An examination
of most of the wheat fields iu the eastern
half of Madison Count' shows the condition
of the crop to be very discouraging. About
one field iu ten promises, with favorable
weather, a fair yield, while the remainder is
fully one-half cheat, and is now, in the ma
jority of cases, being plowed under to ho
planted in corn. The acreage of corn will
be very large. Planting will not be finislied
before the 1st of June. Prospects for a
large com crop, excepting the lateness of
the season, are piomising. Grass and
meadows have made a luxuriant giowth.
This section will have fruits of all kinds iu
great abundance.
Caiu.invii.le. III.. May 27. The
weather for the past two weeks has been
good for growing, crop. Wheat is looking
firm and corn is being planted. The spring
has Been backward, but prosjects are good
for a bountiful yield of fill staple cereals.
Uuiiana, 111., May 27. Com planting
in Champaign County is nearly completed.
The weather has been very fine and the
ground is iu good condition. The home
grown seed is coming up well. The wheat
crop improves with the favorable weather.
Fruit promises an abundant yisld.
OTJIKK POINTS.
Toronto, Ont., May 27. Reports re
ceived from over six hundred correspond
ents show that the condition of fall wlieat
iu the province is much more satisfactory
than it was in May of last year. Yet it is
not uniformly good, and there are some dis
tricts in which the outlook is somewhat
gloomy. This Ls notably the case iu the ex
freino ends of the province westward of
the meridian of London and eastward of the
meridian of Kingston. For the large middle
district the accounts are on the whole favor
able, and the weather of this mouth has
caused a marked improvement to take place
everywhere. Complete returns of the acre
age under crop have not yet been received,
but as far as they have been obtained they
indicate an area tweuty per cent less than
hist year.
Little Rock. Aric, May 27. Reports
from the cotton districts announce that the
present outlook for an average yield is prom
isinc An increase in many counties will
npla e the portion of the crop destroyed by
the overflow. The recent rains here de
layed farm work and the crop will be back
w rd three weeks. The stands are now
above the ground, and the general outlook is
favorable.
BnKoi:i. Inp., May 27. Tho prospect
for a good wheat crop is very flatteriinr iu
this county. The fanners say that there has
not been such w heat in Lawrence County iu
ten years.
MOTHER-IN-LAW, SOT BRIDE.
A Yontu; Georgian MnU' Tnr t th"
M ker, but .Mantes the DaigUtrr '"
lrau- i.uttirr OutuuteU.
Duplin, Ga., May 27. The arrest of
Charles Monroe at the instance of Mrs.
Clarke, of DoJge County, on the charge of
assault aud battery, has developed a
romance in which a daughter's attractions
won away the allegiance of her mother's
betrothed. Monroe had been a visitor to
the Clarko resilience and was engaged to
marry the widow, while his interest in Lula,
the daughter, was of that fatherly charac
ter such as to make the old lady rejoice
when she thought how happy they would
all be in the future. This dream
of happiness was suddenly dispelled
when the announcement was made
that Charley and Lula liad de
parted for Eastman, where they hoped
to dispense with the elder lady's presence.
Mrs. Clarke was infuriated, aud, hastily
procuring a horse and buggy, made hot pur
suit of the guilty couple. The chase lasted
through the night, and the next morning tha
irate womau reached the place half an hour
af er the clopimr pair, and just in time to
stop Charley, who was starting to the Ordin
al y's office to procure a marriage license A
warrant was sworn out against Monroe,
charging him with assault and battery.
When the Sheriff was about to take him to
jail Lula begged to be allowed to go witli
him. She declared she would follow hei
Jover through all adversity. Friends came
o the rescue, and signing Monroe's bond for
future appearance, he was released. Some
friends managed to separate mother and
daughter long enough for the young couple
to get together again, when the marriage
took place, which made Mrs. Clark a mother-in-law
instead of a wife.
Constitutional Amendment.
Senator Ingalls has reported to the Senate
from the Committee on Judiciary, a substi
tute for the joint resolution introduced by
Senator Jackson, proposing an amendment
to the Constitution in relation to the terms
of office of President and Vice-President.
The amendment to the Constitution pro
vided for iu Mr. Ingalls' substitute is as fol
lows: Artk-Ie 2. Executive power shall be vested
in tho President of the United States of Amer
ica. The President and Vice-President here
after elected shall hold their oiliee for a term
of eix roars, but thn President shall not bo
re-eli(lb!e. nor shall the Vice-President be eli
gible to the oflice of President If be shall ex
ercise the same in a case of a V4caacJ
therein.
The Chief Mourns.
Watterson, the wild grasshopper-eating
Modoc of the late Confederacy, is
an his way toward civilization, but ho
has not got much farther than to ex
change tho breach-clout for the good.
:ai!oring and tho scalping-knifc for
rhetorical slander. Editing a country
paper in the little village of Louisville,
which has a populatfon about equal to
Dms of the wards of Chicago, Philadel
phia or New York, lie reminds ono of
the blacksmiths of the petty hamlet
intn whieh onn of thu knirhts of Ar
thur's Round Table rode, and who were
so intent upon their
ir hammering that
they could not look up from their horse-
nans even to see iioro. -me uuiii
sion made upon the knight's mind was
that tney were a set of boorish curs,
who mistook "tho rabble of their small
burg for the roar of the great world.
This is the kind of egotistical inflation
which afflicts people who, like Watter
son, put so much vigor and heat into
their hammering that they haven't time
to learn anything new.
What Watterson is laboring to do is
to carry the States of Kentucky
ami
Texas lor the Democratic party, lie
lias some sort of ill-defined impression
that if the Democratic pintforni is not
brought down to the standard of polit-
ical economy held by Daniel Boone,
the James brothers, Kit Carson, Peck's
bait uov, and tne late uonieucracy
there will be an uprising in the blue-
grass region which will sweep the great
Mate of Kentucky out of the Demo
cratic party, and will lead to the forma-'
tion of a new party to be made up of i
fence -cutters, moonshiners kiiklux,
golden circles, roustabouts, overseers, J
and free-traders. Laboring under "this
fear, it is natural that Ciiicf Watterson
should whoop with unusual vigor when
ho sees the elements of civilization.
progress and safety triumph within tho
ranks of the Democratic party. j " references as s re'ormer. I his is
Watterson hates a factory or a roll- j the party that asks to be given the ruling-mill
as Piute or Texan cattle- ing power over the Nation. This is tha
herder objects to a fence. What he de-1 party which seeks to make t le laws
mauds for the imperial Stato of Ken- J which govern the material prosperity
tucky is the proud privilege of raising i of liftv-six millions of people. A hous'o
horses for export to the markets of the divided among itself, which aims to
world, there to be sold to such foreign J siiow the Arner.can people consistency
peoples as can afford to ride on horse- and good faith in promise and perforni
back. He hopes never to see the mice. The record shows that the Dem
mountains of Kentucky fretted by a ocratie party can not be relied upon,
miner's shaft nor her blue skies and" It has no system sae that of abusing
pure air polluted by the smoke of the ' the party which has brought prosperity
iron furnace or made resonant with the and happiness to the country: no belief
jar of tho power-loom. Hence, when a i that its bodv will .subscribe to a a
minority of the Democratic party vote
to resume and continue those magnifi
cent industries by which, according to
Gladstone, America is now "passing ,
England with the stride of a giant." '
Chief Watterson betakes him in his
irrief to a warm aud sunny layer of dirt
in front of his rude wigwam and there.
Indian-like, smokes the pipe of humilia
tion, and savagely bites in two the fleas
of his chagrin. For Watterson is a
great brave, a very remarkaole chief,
with a great big jaw. Mournfully lie
smokes, and says: "Randall much
traitor: Eaton bisr coward; Converse
heap bad; no good Injuns left now but
Watterson, Jell" Davis anil Hurd." So,
one by one the aborigines disappear
from the land, partly by whisky, but
frnm thn fntw! npflir Kt- iirliict-,- Kitt
largely through sadness. Chiciigo Inter
Ocean.
The Democratic Cat-Fight.
The defeat of the Morrison Tariff bill
a ianu um
-1, !.. ,t ., , ,
will no doubt inflame the quarrel and
increase me spin, in me ucmocrauc par
ty. That the free traders areangrv be
yond measure is certain. That they
are ready, in tiieir lirst burst of passion,
to t'ing prudence to the winds, aud de
stroy any chance for party reconcilia
tion, even if they thereby "make certain
the loss of the 1'residuntial election, is
pretty evident. The Free I'm. already
leads offin violent and insulfng denunci
ation. It abuses "one-fifth ol the Dem
ocrats" in Congress, who represent
more than one-fifth of the whole Demo
cratic party, as "recreants." "traitor
ous deserters, "boltin
and it says that "the slougiiin
"one-fifth of the Democrat
leave the party cleaner and stronger."
It denounces Randall by name, and
speaks of Converse's motion as "this
signal act of party treachery." It wants
thirty-nine Democratic Congressmen
and their followers rea 1 out of the par
ty. It says that "they are of no use to
the party, but clog its "feet and impede
iLs progress." It advises them to join
the Republicans, which would make a
Republican victory in the Presidential
election sure beyond speculation or
doubt, and which would also give the
Republicans a majority iu the present
Congress.
This is the foolishness of passionate
anger, to e sure; but this
have a permanent etlect.
aouse will
Democrats
who are not free traders will not be
won to free trade by thi3 angry abuse.
The Democratic party can noc carry
elections by "sloughing off" "one fifth
of the Democrats," nor by indulging in
a violent quarrel in its own ranks, and
attempting to kick over some of its here
tofore most honored and influential
leaders, who represent their party in
those States upon whose vote the fate of
the l'resideutal election will turn. Never
theless the Free. Press will not be at all
lonely in this foll From one end of
the country to the other Democratic
party organs will display the same
frantic blundering. Tnere are no
epithets, no forms of abuse, which they
will not apply to "one-lif t!i of the Demo
crats." And this one fifth will talk
back. A raging cat-tight will be a
spectacle of harmonious and attractive
peace compared with the mad quarrel
which will prevail this vear in the
Democratic part. The ail vice of the
Free fress to the Free traders in Con
gress to keep it up, and renew the at
tack in the other ways, is not needed;
that is most probably just what the free
traders will be foolish enough to do.
The Republican faith in the capacity of
the Democratic leaders to blunder just
at the right time and in the right way
to injure their own chances th- worst
has been again signally justified, and
will no doubt cont nue" to be justified
during the rest of the season. "Whom
the gods would destroy they first make
mad;" and they never made anybody
madder than the free trade Democrats
now arc. Detroit Post and Tribune.
4
At a ycarlv meeting of Friends in
Philadelphia it was ascertained through
epistles that "in no instance was there
a report of any Friend being engaged
in the manufacture or sale of intoxi
cants." Philadelphia Record.
i
The Agony Over.
The agonv is over. Tho "horizon
tal reduction" Taritl bill has assumed
a horizontal position, and the Demo
cratic car of Juggernaut, with its glar
ing "reform" placards, has merci
lessly crushed it into the dust. Tho
much-heralded, and lomlly-proclaimcd
promises of tho Democratic party have
vanished in thin air," leaving be
hind a turgid cloud of rhetoric that
mocks from the printed page the faith
ful who fondly hoped ami believed that
those promises were to be fulfilled.
The people had been told that the tariff
was excessive, that it was a burden
upon the people, and that the Repub
lican party was responsible. The
Demoenijyasked for their suffrages
telling them that with the re-cstablish-ment
of Democratic rule all the trouble
that surrounded them would be done
away with: that Pandora's box would
again be closed, with not one evil left
free to pursue its machinations.
With the ba'ance of power in tho
House of Representatives in their hands
came the opportunity which the Demo-
! crats had asked for, and the people
waited patiently for the result. The
horiontil Reduction bill was man
ufactured and set up as tho entering
w-edge of the "reform" wlrch was to
gladden the hearts of the people. Week
J after week was spent in preparing and
m-esentinsr
it to the 1 louse, and wave
alter wave of oratorv moistened, nay,
deluged the dry and unproductive soil
in which it grew. Then came the final
moment when the Messing in embryo
was to emerge, full-fledged, and cast
the benilicent shadow of its wings over
the people. Alas! The very partv that
had made all these promises of reform
crushed at one blow the measure on
which its profes-ions were based.
This is the paty that asks for the suf-
, frages of the people, under spurious
whole, no plat'orm the planks of which
are not intended merely as subterfuges
to gain power, no shibboleth but tho
vail for the oflices. Hold! They have
a figurehead. It is the ancient sajre of
t Cramcrey 1'ark, Cipher Sammy,
' its shibboleth is " re orm:" it :
and
floats
over the batlle-tie'd at Washington and
with one despairing crv. " I can not
run, I can not make tin nice:'1 (aside)
"and the watchword is too thin,"
vanishes into the luxurious library at
Gray stone.
The Democracy do not know what
thev want. The partv can not be de-
ponded on. It has produced unneces
sary agitation for political purpo-es.
! It has bv the introduction f tiie taritl
' innclTnn uncnttlfvl Itnctnoj i"it!w.iit ,!r
ing anv good. Industries remain in a
state of suspension till the question of
tariff is settled. Expectations havo
been ar-- ue I wliioh have not been ful
filled. It is sare to predict that tho
..! in , 1,.. ,-i. i i.
I'VWirit; 111 llllt'lliuui lilt; ll.I U 1.1111111b
. h' h the m .n of the I)cniocrtic
party. They will be slow to cast their
votes for an organisation which has
proved false to the promises which se
cured the elect:on of its ma only in the
House of Representatives. It is to be
asumed tha. the destinies of the coun
try will not be placed in its hands this
year. Bit rl: ngton 11a wk eye.
The Copiah Report.
Pcrcons who are :n the habit of ask
iug where Conre-s get- authority to
investigate ;o.it"eal murders in Missis-
Democrats;" sippi are referred to the" report of thenia
irliing off" of jonty of the Senate Committee on Priv
Jrats," "will ' ileges and Elections in the Copiah af-
i fair for an answer.
The fiv-i eminent
lawyers who sigu this report have no
difficulty in finding constitutional au
thority .or inquiring into the method of
conducting elections in the South, nor
do thev hesitate to po"nt out the reme
dy which the Constitution provides.
Missls-ippi has seven representatives
in Congress; if only her white popula
tion were included .n the basis of repre
sentation, she would have but three.
Her political power in the House of
Representatives is more than doubled
by reason of the enfranchisement of her
colored population. If these people
are not permitted to vote, then thev
ougni not to no counteu in tne appor-
tionment ot Representative, lhe argu
ment of the Committee upon this point
is unanswerable, and they maintain that
it is not a merely discretionary matter
with Congress to reduce the representa
tion, as provided for in the fourteenth
amendment, but that it is a. solemn duty.
The enumeration of colored people
I as part of the voting population gives
.1 . t- i e ... ." i.IT? l
uie oouui iuiLy-iuur auumoir.u mem
bers of Congress and forty-four addi
tional Electoral votes. The vote in the
House on the tar IT question abundantly
illustrat-s how the political power de
rived from the enfranchisement of the
negroes
is used. Where would Mr.
Morrison have
been without the South
ern Democrats who represent Republic
an Districts? The report of the com
mittee very pertinently suggests that
these added votes "would have Leen
sufficient to hate changed tie whole
course of our history in the pat. and
are not unlikely to determine it in the
future."
The Committee report tho facts con
cerning the Copiah County murder sub
stantially as heretofore published. They
find that" a conspiracy existed in that
county to prevent the Republican;: from
voting, and the murder of Matthews
was committed in pursuance of that
conspiracy. Although t.iese crimes
were lommittnl at a State election, the
effect of them is to int midate oter
and keep them awav from the polls
when members of Congress and Presi
dential Electors are chosen. The gen
eral conclusion arrived at by the Com
mittee is that the Democrats of j.he
South can not be permitted to double
their political potver by fravd or force.
National Republican.
m m
Thi! Masons of Philadelphia have
the only building in the country tint is
given up entirely to Masonic uses.
Philadelphia 1'rtss.
Temperance Reading
THE SIGN-BOARD.
I will paint you u sign, ruin-scl'or.
And hnn:r it over your door:
A truer and better i;o-bour.l
Than ever you saw before.
1 will paint with the skill of a master.
And muny shall muse to see.
This wonderlul piwre or paintiny
So lite the reality.
I will paint yourself, rum-seller.
As you wait for the fair ytuitiir Njv.
Pressed in the inoriiitr-' of manhood,
A mother"- pri 'miii I joy.
He has no thought of topplnir.
Hut you irreet him with a imle.
And you sut-ns so blithe and friendly.
That he pause- to ehat awhile.
I will paint you a t.iirn. rum-seller;
I will paint you nsyon stand.
AVitti a fiuiminc jrlnss of li;;uor
Extended in your h.nd:
He wavers but you urf him:
"Drink. ple.ljr me just thUono
And he takes the jrhi and drains it.
And the hellish work is done.
And next I will paint a drunkard:
Oilly u ear ha- tlown.
And into that loathsome ereaturo
TlM! fair j Qiinjr Ioy has jrrowji.
Ttie work was sure and rapid.
And I'll paint him he iis.
In a torpid drunken -lumber.
Under the wintry skies.
I will paint the form of a mother.
Ashoknt'e!-:it her dar'isir's sido,
Ili-r beautiful boy that was dearer.
Than all the world be-ide.
I will paint the shape of u coll.n.
Labeled with one word: Lost!
I will paint all this, rim-seller.
Aud will paint it tree of cost.
The -In and the shame and the sorrow,
Theeriaie and the want anil the w.;o.
That islKirn th'-re in yur workshop.
No Iiund run paint, yoi: !utoiv:
llut I'll p.nnt you a siirn. runi-vllor.
And m.i'iy !lia I puiiBi to view
This wonderful swinsintr siKU-board
So terribly, fearfully true.
PALLIATIVES.
There is in the city of New York nn
Institution known as the "Christian
Home," which, at great expense, re
ceives from fifty to sixty men, druuk
ards who go thither to he cured of the
appetite tor rum. It is full all the
time, some of the inmates going out
radically cured, others to relapse into
the habit. It is an excellent institution,
founded by philanthropic men, and has
accomplished some good.
Every city in the country has these
reformatories, maintained by the victims
of rum, aud the private contributions of
good men and women
The public has prov
ivided reformatories
j Houses of Corrce-
likewise. her are
tion for the young victims of rum. the
children of drunken parents, who in
herit not. only the appetite for liquor,
but a!-o the thousand vices of which
rum is the parent, in tnese are held
for restraint and reformation probably
lbout one in ten thousaud of those wuo
need the discipline. There are peni
tentiaries for those wir-m rum has
driven into crime, there are insane
aylums for those whose minds rum has
destroyed, and asylums for the idiots
that rum is. in nine cases out of ten,
answerable for.
It will be observed that these institu-
tions are, all of them, provided to take
up men and women where rum has left
them. They are institutions for salvage
purposes, to save what is possible out
ot wrecks. Except in a few States
there are no provisions to restrain con
scienceless men fiom making drunk
ards, thieves, prostitutes, criminals,
idiots ami lunatics. All that law has
done, t hi's far, is to care for a out one
in ten thousand of the ictims of rum.
Rum is permitted to go on manufactur
ing these unfortunates, and the people
tax themselves, publicly and pi ivatuiy.
to care for hundreds out of them.llions
This is attempting to stay a torent
with a tea-spoon. It is attempt-ng to
pump out the overflowed lands of the
Mississippi with a sring instead of
mending the break in the levee.
Wi.ere theie is one reformatory to
care lor criminals, lunatics, idiots anil
paupers, tiiere are a thou-and rum and
beer shops manufacturing them. The
eily of loledo has one Hou-e of Cor
rection, one-jail and one infirmary to
care for lhe vicims of rum, and eight
hundred rum and . eer shops bu-y n ght
and day, week days and iiiidays. man
ufacture subjects "for them, fhiladel
phia has the sam-j proportion of re
formator cs; and forty miles of rum
and beer shops, were they put side by
sidefand tweuty feet front allowed fo"r
each. The county seats and country
v illages preserve about the same propor
tion. A boy is corrupted in a leer
shop: he is taken to a reformatory,
serves a time, comes out only to fall
into the same trap again, lai. .ing the
next time iu a jail, and the next in the
penitentiary.
Would it not be well to commence at
ttie otuer cnl of tins onsincssr' Intcad
o: trying to dip out the stream would '
. ....... -
it not be wed to try dn ing up the
source? If society has the right to re
strain the criminal has it not the right
to put its strong hand upon the crimi
nal maker? If the drunkard is danger
ous as a criminal, or expensive as a
pauper, has not the community the
right to prevent the manufacture of
drunkards?
There is no other way under tho sun.
So long as the breweries are commis
sioning their creatures to put bos in
training for the penitentiary or thepoor
house. so long will penitentiaries and
poor-houses be inadequate to the de
mand made upon them.
There is but little use in attempting
to reform the drunkard: the only way
to root out the giant evil is to prevent
the niak.ng of drunkards. There is
but little use in trying to patc.i up the
man or hoy who has the habit fixe.il:
the proper thing to do is to present
men and boys from getting the habit.
It is better to prevent the storm than to
paten the wreck. J he Christian
Home" in New York harbors tilty men
who are trying by its help to sate them-
selves. Thousands of beer-shops and
rum-mills in that city ae making thou
sands of drunkards a day. Sucn Lilli
putian remedies can not cure such
giant diseases. Toledo Made.
Alcohol and the RIood.
Science of to-day joins with Moses of
old in saying "the blood is the li e." It
is o in the sense that it feeds all the tis
sues; couve;s that prime re itilsite of all
animal life, the oxygen, from the lungs 1
to every particle ot the bodily structure;
receives the ilead matter pernetuatlv
being thrown oil" from the myriads of
li e elaborating cells, and transports it
bi the various organs wlrch e ect it
from the system: is the source of all
the vital heat, through the ehemii-.il
changes instantly taking nlace within '
it. So dependent is all life on this fluid
that, s lould the bloid fail, for an in
stant, to r-ach the brain, all conscious
ness wAflfcM at once cease, and for a
few seconds life would cease.
Now all alcohol taken into the stom
ach is absorbed by its veins and carried
straight to the right side of the heart,
thence through the lungs, and then back
to the left side of the heart, whence it
is borne to every organ and tissue of the
Lsvstcm. As it reaches the liver anil
kidneys some ot it is eliminated, our.
most of it continues in the circulating
fluid, disturbing the organic functions
and eilceting various harmful structural
changes, and becoming itself also chem
ically changed.
One of the constituents of the blood
is librine that element which caiisej
bloo'l when drawn from the body to co
agulate, or clot. Alcohol has an ex
ceedingly strong affinity for water;
hence, when in excess, it may either ab
stract the water from the librine. ami
thus cause it to coagulate in the body,
or, on the contrary, so fix the wuer
with the librine. as'to destroy its power
to coagulate. The blood of tho-e who
have died of alcoholic excess has been
found in these two opposite but unnatu
ral states.
The most important part of the blood
is the red globules. The micro-cope
has actually watched the disturbing ef
fect of alcohol on these globules ren
dering their smooth outline rough and
even star-like, sometimeswholly chang
ing their proper shape, and c-iusing
them to run together and adhere iu
rolls. The effect is to impair their
power to absorb gases, and also their
ability to pass through ttie minute arter
ies, thus, of course, clogging them.
Alcohol also dilates the "capillaries
unduly, and thus lessens their resist
ance to the action of the heart, causing
i the latter to be undulv i.t: evened.
Hence the heart may be made to do
one-third more work litt. aeh day. to
the height of one foot, twenty-fotir'tons
of blood extra. The heart, of course,
becomes jaded, weakened and ready to
break down, ami the catastrophe is
ha-tened by other structural changes
'flouted by'the alcohol. l'outlis' Com
panion. Compulsory Temperance Education.
The recent passage of a law in the
State of New l'ork making Temperance
t-'-.ueat on compulsory in the public
schools calls attention aga n to tins new
phasi of Temperance agitation. The
idea of giving a place .n the public,
schools to the regular teaching of the
effects of alcohol on the human system
i:5 tIl!" to .'he Woman's Christian Tem-
pcianee onion, aim ; urat Fupiwii
as an article of taitli hy iUrs. Mary XL.
Hunt, who has tho charge of its depart
ment ot Temperance instruction.
It was suggested bj the great success
which has att- nded the establisluuent
of Temperance schools under the super
vision of the Women's Christian Tem
perance Union in various cities and
towns. In the little town of Melrose a
school of six hundred children gathers
every month for instruction in the prin
ciples of Temperance. The pupils aro
taught the effects of alcohol on the
body, mind and soul, and are grounded
in the physiological and moral injuries
inflicted by an intemperate life. The
school is fortunate in beiug tble to se
cure the attendance of all casses, t.io
Irish Catholics as well as Americans.
Many other schools, while sBialler than
that in Melrose, gather large numbers
of children, and have fully proved the
pra-.-t'cability of both interesting and
instructing even the youngest iu the
fundamental principles of a temperate
1-fe. The question arises. Win can not
all children receive the same instruc
tion, and thus be forewarned before .ho
actual temptations to intemperance are
upon tiiem? Why should not the teach
ers n the public schools be required to
fit themselves to teach the simole prin
ciples of physiology and hygiene with
the special purpose of warring the
pupil against the harmful elects of
stimulants and narcotics?
Four States have answered that no
good reasons exist wliysucii instruction
should not be given. " It is noticeable
that the statute referring to the subject
includes not only alcoholic drinksbut
also st mulants and narcotics. 'plum
an-1 tobacco, as well as intoKicatiug
beverages, will find them-elves pin ed
under fire when these new ia.s are put
in operation.
It is never well to be sanguin-; of tho
result of any law; too many wjys ctisS
by wh eh their provisions can L'e made
ot no effect Rut so far as ma-.' h seen.
v v
t u any honest i
my honest o-iort is ma e on the nart
nF ... I '..
Ul M-"UUI committees ana teichers to
c:irO ""t the spirit of this law, the re-
mui win oe mat the people of theso
States will take a new lease of life.
The e'.ect of such a law in, a repre
sentative State like New York will bo
watched with much interest, and n the
meantime we hope that the question of
enacting a similar law in Massachusetts
will be thoroughly agitated and the
wishes of the people be made known to
the Legislature. We doub: not that
they would express their spproval of
this kind of Temperance wo k with no
uncertain sound. (Jolden Utile.
Temperance Items.
Goveknok Ro3inson of Massachu
setts, denounces "fashionable drink
ing" and hopes to see it abolished.
Tie Friend's Temperance Associa
tion, of Philadelphia. "has secured the
expulsion of all alcoholic liquors from
Fairmount Park.
I once knew an excellent doctor, and
who was also an excellent man, who
was -o overcome with the ha it of drink
ing that he could not qu't it! In those
d.iy.s mothers gave their children
"Paregoric." which w-.i mm,. -;ti.
whL-ky: and o ten a little toduv. This
. doctor had got in sueh a ha it of drink
ing wnisKy oetore he wa- grown that
he could not do without it -o he stid
He was told that he "could ' quit it,
and he ought to do it. "Oir" said he,
"I wish I could. Time has i een when
I was just only starting down this
dangerous road. Th-n I could have
stopped; but now it is too late. I know
uiat i am K lung my-clf. I know that
1 am quaffing ti7 very fires of hcl
know mere is a drunk.-mfs -rve
. I
mil
a drunkard s hell just before me. . lit I
can't quit it." He d ed of del num.
tremens. He died declaring the room
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was full of devils that had cotie to drag
him down to hell. The riht thin-- to
tin is nnf t 1 ,..,:.. .
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