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FALL OF BABYLON.
'Bormon by Dr. Talmnno on Political
Corruption.
"ThU Orcitt Itepul.lto Wnrnoil ARitltut the
l'nto of thn Ancient C'lty Corruption
In Anterlcnn l'olltlcn Llcon-tluuitii-
ltobukcd.
In a ncrmon preached at Brooklyn the
Sunday previous to the general election
titer. T. DcWltt Tnlmngo discoursed on
tho tendency to corruption In politics,
'taking his text from Revelnttons xvllL,
10: "Alas, alnt. that great city llab
ylon, that mighty cltyl for In one hour
'is thy judgment come." Ho said:
Modern scientists arc doing n splen
did work In excavating the tomb of n
dead empire holding In its arms a dead
city, mother and child of tho same name
llabylon. Tho ancient mound invites
ithe spades and shovels and crowbars
while the unwashed natives look on in
surprise. These scientists find yellow
fbrlcks still Impressed with tho name of
Nebuchadnezzar, nnd they go down into
tho sarcophagus of a monarchy burled
inoro than two thousand ycurs ago.
May tho explorations of itawllnson and
iljaynrd and Chevalier and Opperto and
iLoftus and Chcsncy be eclipsed by tho
(present arcluuologlcal uncovering.
lint Is it possible this is all that re
mains of llabylon? a city oneo five
limes larger than London nnd twelvo
times larger than New York? Walls
three hundred and seventy-three feet
lilgh and nlncty-threo feet thick.
"Twenty-five burnished gates on each
:slde, with streets running elenr through
to corresponding gates on tho other
side. Six hundred and twenty-ilvo
squares. Mora pomp and wealth and
splendor and slu than could bo found
In any live modern cities combined. A
city of palaces and temples. A city
having within it a garden on an arti
ficial lilll four hundred feet high, tho
sides of the mountain terraced. All
this built to keep the king's wife, Amy
lis, from becoming homesick for tho
mountainous region lu which she had
spent her girlhood. Tho waters of tho
Euphrates spouted up to irrigate this
great altitude into fruits and flowers
nnd urborescenco unimaginable. A great
river running from north to south
dear through tho city, bridges over It,
tunnels under It, boats on It.
A city of bazaars and of market places,
unrivalled for aromatlcs and unguents
nnd high mettled horses with grooms
by their side, and thyme wood, and
African evergreen, and Egyptian linen,
nnd all styles of costly textile fubrlc,
ond rarest purples extracted from shell
fish on tho Mediterranean coast, nnd
rarest scarlets taken from brilliant in
sects in Spain, and ivories brought from
successful elephants in India,' nnd dia
monds whoso flash was a rcparteo to
the sun. Fortress within fortress, em
battlement rising abovo ctnbattloment
Great capital of the ages. Hut one night,
while honest citizens wero asleep, but
oil thesnloons of saturnalia wero In full
"blast, nnd at tho king's castle they had
filled tho tankards for tho tenth time,
and reeling and guffawing nhd hic
coughing around tho state table wero
the rulers of tho land, Gen. Cyrus or
dered tho besieging army to take shov
cls.nnd spades, and they diverted tho
river from its usual channel Into an
other direction so that tho forsaken bod
of tho river becamo tho path on which
tho besieging army entered. When tho
morning dawned tho conquerors were
Inside tho outside trenches. llabylon
had fnllon.nnd hence the sublime thren
ody of tho text: "Alas, alas that great
city llabylon, that mighty elty.for in ono
hour has that judgment come." lintdo
nations die? O, yes, there is great mor
tality among monarchies and republics.
They nro llko Individuals in tho fact
that they are born, they havo a middle
life, thev have n decease, they havo a
cradlo and a grave. Sorao of them aro
assassinated, some destroyed by their
own hand. Let me call the roll of some .
of tho dead civilizations nnd sorao of
the dead cities and let some ono answer
for them.
Egyptian civilization, stand up.
"Dead!" answer tho ruins of Karnak
aud Luxor, and from seventy pyramids
On tho cast side of the Nile thcro comes
up a great chorus, crying: t'Dcad!
deadl" Assyrian emplro, stand up and
answer. "Deadl" cry tho charred ruins
of Nineveh. After 000 years of magnifi
cent opportunity, dead Israolltlsh
kingdom, stund up. After 250 years of
divine Interposition and of miraculous
vicissitude and of heroic behavior and
of appalling depravity, dead. Phoenicia,
stand up and answer. After inventing
tho alphabet and giving it to tho world,
ond sending out her merchaut caravans
in one direction to coutrul Asia, and
sending out her navigators to tho At
lantic ocean in unotnor direction, ucno.
Pillars of Hercules and rocks on which
the Tyrlan flshermon dried their nets,
nil answer: "Dead Plifonleia." Athens,
after Fhldlas, after DcmosUioncs,
after Miltlndes, dead. Sparta, after
Leonldas, tiftcr Euryblades, after Sala
mls. uftcr Thermopylae, deud. Roman
empire, stand up nnd auswer. Empire
onco bounded by tho Ilritlsh channel on
tho north, by tho Euphrates on the cost,
by tho great Sahara dosort in Africa on
tho south, by tho Atlantic ocean on tho
west. Homo of three great civiliza
tions, owning all tho then discovered
world that was worth owning, Roman
emplro, answer. Gibbon In his "Rise
nnd Fall of tho Roman Empire," says
"Deadl" and tho forsaken scats of tho
ruined Coliseum, nnd tho skeleton of
tho ncqueduetj, nnd tho miasma of tho
Campagna, and the fragments of tho
marble baths, and the useless piers of
tho Brldgo Triumphalls, and tho Mam
ertlno prison, holding no more apos
tolio prisouers, and tho Bllont Forum,
nnd Uaslllca of Constuntlno, nnd tho
arch of Titus, and tho Pantheon coma
in with, great chorus, crying: "Dead,
dead!" After Horace, after Virgil,
f tor Tacitus, after Cleoro, dead. After
iWbHr mi tho bridge, and Clnoln-
natus, tho farmer oligarch, after Pom
pcy, after Sclolo, after Casslus, after
Constantino, after Ciusar, dead. The
war eagle of Rome hpw so high it was
blinded by tho sun ond camo whirling
down through too heavens, and .the
owl of desolation and darkness built Its
nest In tho forsaken eyrie. Mexican
empire, dead. French empire, dead.
You see, my friends, it Is no unusual
thing for a government to perish, nnd
in the same necrology of dend nations,
and In the same graveyard of expired
governments will go the United States
of America unless there be somo potent
volco to call n halt, and unless God in
his mercy Interferes and through n pur
ified ballot box and a widespread pub
lic Christian sentiment tho catnstropho
bo averted. This nation is about to go
to tho ballot box to exercise tho right
of suffrage, nnd I propose to sot before
you the evils that threaten t6 destroy
the American government, nnd to an
nihilate American institutions, and If
God will help mo I will show you be
fore I get through tho mode In which
each and every ono may do something
to arrest that appalling calamity.
And I shall plow up the whole field.
Tho first ovil that threatons tho anni
hilation of our American institutions is
the fact that political bribery, which was
once considered n crime, has by many
come to bo considered a tolcrablo vir
tue. Thcro Is n legitimate uso of money
in elections, in tho printing of political
tracts, and in tho hiring of public halls,
and lu the obtaining of campaign ora
tory: but Is there any homuuculus who
supposes that this vast amouut of
money now being raised by the polit
ical parties Is going In a legitimate di
rection? Tho vast majority of It will
go to buy votes.
There used to bo bribery, but it held
Its head In shame. It was under the
utmost secrecy that many years ago a
railroad company bought up tho Wis
consin legislature nnd many other pub
lic officials In that state. Tho governor
of tho state at that tlmo received J50,
000 for his signature. His private sec
retary received $5,000. Thirteen mem
bers of the senate received $175,000
among them In bonds. Sixty members
of tho other house received from 15,000
to $10,000 each. Tho lloutonant-gov-ernor
received $10,003. Tho clerks of
tho house received from $5,000 to $10,000
each. Tho bank comptroller received
$10,00i". Two hundred nnd fifty thous
and dollars were divided among the
lobbyists. You see, tho ,rallroad com
pany was very generous, llut all that
was hidden, and only through tho se
verest scrutiny on the part of a legisla
tive committee was this Iniquity dis
played. Now, political brlbjry defies
you. dares you and is arrogant.
Unless thU diabolism ceases in this
country, llartholdl's statue on lledloo's
Island, with uplifted torch to light
other nations Into the harbor, had bet
ter be changed and tho torch dropped
as n symbol of universal incendiarism.
Unless this purchaso and salo of suf
frage shall cease, the American govern
ment will expire, and you might as well
bo getting ready tho monument for an
other dead nation, and let my text in
scribe upon It theso words: "Alasl
alas! for llabylon, that great city, that
mighty city, for lu ono hour is thy judg
ment come." My friends, if you havo
not noticed that political bribery is one
of tho ghastly crime's of this day, you
have not kept your eyes open.
Another evil threatening the destruc
tion of American institutions is the
solidifying of the sections against each
other. A solid north, a solid south. If
this goes on wo Bhall, after a while,
have a solid, cast against a.soiidwcst,
we shall iiuve solid middle states
against solid northern states, we Bhall
have a solid New York against a solid
Pennsylvania, and a solid Ohio against
a solid Kentucky. It Is twenty-seven
years since the war closed, nnd yet at
every presidential election tho old- an
tagonism is aroused. When Garfield
died, nnd all the states gathered around
his casket in sympathy and in tears,
and as hearty telegrams of condolence
came from New Orleans and from
Charleston as from Boston and Chicago,
I said to mvself: "I think sectionalism
is dead." ilut. alasl no. The difficulty
will never bo ended until each state of
tho nation is split up into two or three
great political parties. ThU country
cannot exist unless it exists as one
body, tho national capital tho heart,
sending out through all the arteries of
communication warmth and life to the
very extremities. This nation cannot
exist unless it exists as one family. .
Another evil threatening the destruc
tion of our American institutions is the
low state of public morals.
What killed llabylon of my text?
What killed Phoenicia? What killed
Rome? Their own dopravlty, and the
fraud and tho drunkenness and the
lechery which havo destroyed other na
tions will destroy ours unless a merci
ful God prevent To show you the low
state of public morals I havo to call
your attention to the fact that many
men nominated for offices In different
states at different times aro entirely
unfit for tho positions lor which they
have been nominated.
I havo to tell you what you know al
ready, that American politics have
sunken to such a low depth that there
is nothing beneath. What wo Bee in
somo directions wo see in nearly nil di
rections. The peculation nnd tho
knavery hurled to tho surfaco by the
explosion of banks nnd business firms
aro only spcclmons of great Cotopaxls
and Strcmbolls of wickedness that boll
and roar and surge beneath, but have
not yet regurgitated to tho surface.
When tho heaven descended democratic
party enacted tho Tweed rascality it
seemed to eclipse everything; but after
awhile tho heaven descended republican
party outwitted Pandemonium with
tho Star route infamy.
My friends, wo havo In this country
people who say the marriage institution
amounts to nothing. They scoff at it
Wo havo polite parlors in our day who
aro not good enough to bo scavengers
in Sodom! I went over to San Francis
co ten or fifteen years ago that beau
tiful city, that queen of tho Pacific,
May tho blessing of God corao down up
on her great churches and her noble
men nnd women! When I got into tho
citv of San Francisco, tho mayor of tho
city and the president of tho board of
health callcu on me ana insisteu mat i
go aud seo tho Chinese quarter, no
doubt so thnt on my returu to tho At-
lantlc coast I might tell. what dreadful
people tho Chlneso ore. llut on tuo last
night of my stay n Fan Franolsoo be
foro thousands of people In their grant
opera house, I said: "Would yon Ilka mo
to tell you just what I think plainly and
honestly?" They said: "Yes, yes, yesl"
I said: "Do you think you can stand 11
all?" Thev said: "Yes, yes, yesl"
"Then," I said, "my opinion Is that tho
curso of San Francisco U not your Chi
nese quarter, but your millionaire liber
tines!" And two of them sat right before mo
Felix nnd Drusllla. And so It Is hi
nil tho cities. I never swear, but when
I bco a man ro unwhtnt of justice,
laughing over his shamo nnd calling
his damnable deeds gallantry and pec
cadillo, I urn tempted to hurl red hot
anathema and to concludo that If, ac
cording' to some people's theology, there
is no hell, thcro ought to bet
There Is enough out-and-out licen
tiousness In American cities to-day to
bring down upon them the wrath of
thnt God who, on tho 24th of August,
70, burled Herculaneum and Pompeii so
deep In ashes thnt tho eighteen hun
dred nnd thirteen subsequent years
Imvo not been able to complete tho ex
humation. There nro In somo of the
American cities to-day whole bloaks of
houses which tho authorities know to
bo infamous, and yet by purchaso they
aro silenced, by hush money, so that
such places nro ns much under tho de
fense of government as public libraries
nnd asylums of mercy. Theso ulcer
on tho body politic bleed and gangrene
away tho lifo of tho nation, nnd
public nuthorlty in many or tuo cities
look the other way. You cannot
cure such wounds ns theso with a silken
bandage. You will havo to euro them
by putting deep In tho lancet of moral
surgery and burning them out with tho
caustic of holy wrath and with most
decisive amputation cutting off tho
scabrous nnd putrefying ubomlnutionB.
As tho Romans wero uftcr the Celts,
nnd ns the Stannous wero after the
llrltons, so there aro evils after this na
tion which will attend Its obsequies
unless wo first attend theirs.
Superstition tells of a marine reptile,
tho ccphuloptera, which enfolded und
crushed a shin of war. but It is no su
perstition when I toll you that tho his
tory of many of tho dead nations pro
claims to us the fact that our ship of
stato is In danger of being crushed by
the cophaloptera of national depravity.
Where is tho Hercules to slay this
hydra? Is it not time to speak by pen,
by tongue, by ballot box, by tho rolling
of tlio prison door, by hnnginau's
halter, by earnest prayer, by Slnaltle
detonation?
I wont to put all of tho matter before
you, so that every honest man nnd
woman will know just how matters
stand, and what they ought to do if
they vote, nnd what they ought to do if
they pray. This nation is not going to
perish. Alexander, when ho heard of
the wealth of the Indies, divided Mace
donia among his soldiers. Somo ouo
asked him what ho had kept for himself
und ho replied: "I nm keeping hope!"
And that jewel I keep bright and shin
ing in my soul whatever elso I
shall surrender. Hope thou In God.
He will set back theso oceanic
tides of moral devastation. Do
you know what Is tho prize for
which contention is, mado to-day? It is
the prize of this continent Never
since, according to John Milton, when
"Satan was hurled headlong flaming
from the cthcrlnl skies In hideous ruin
and combustion down," have tho pow
ers of darkness been so determined to
win this continent as they aro now.
What a jewel it Is a jewel carved In
relief, tho cainco of this plan J. On
ono side of us tho Atlantic ocean, divid
ing us from tho worn out governments
of Europe. On the other side the Pacific
ocean, dividing us from the superstitions
of Asia. On the north of us tho Arctic
sea, which is tho gynaslum in which tho
explorers and navigutors develop their
courage. A continent 10,500 miles lotg,
17,000,000 squaro miles, and all pf it but
about one-seventh capable of rich culti
vation. One hundred millions qf popu
lation on this contlnont of North and
South America 100,000,000, and room
for many hundred millions more. All
flora and all fauna, all metals, and all
precious woods, and all grains and all
fruits. Tho Appalachian range the
backbone and the rivers the ganglia car
rying lifo all through and out to the
extremities. Isthmus of Darlcn, tho
narrow waist of a giant continent,
all to bo under ono government,
and all free and nil Christians
and the sccno of Christ's personal reign
on earth, if, according to the expecta
tion of many good pcoplo, He ehall at
last Bet up His throne in this world.
Who shall have thlshcmlsphors? Christ
or Satan? Who Bhall havo the shore of
her inland soas, tho sliver of her Neva
das, the gold of her Colorados, tho tel
escopes of hor observatories, the brain
of her universities, tho wheat of her
prairies, tho rice of her snvannntiB, tho
two great ocean beaches the ono
reaching from Ratlin's bay to Terra del
Fuego, and tho other roru Iiehrlng
straits to Capo Horn and all tho moral,
and temporal, and spiritual, and ever
lasting interests of a population vast
beyond all computation saved by Him
with whom a thousand years are as ono
day? Who shall havo tho hemisphere?
You and I will docldo that or help to
decldo it, by conscientious vote, by ear
nest prayer, by maintenance of Chris
tian institutions, by support of great
philanthropies, by putting body, mind
and soul on tho right sldo of nil moral,
religious and national movements.
Ahl it will not be long bofore it will
not mako any difference to you or to
me what becomes of this continent, so
far as earthly comfort is concerned All
wo will want of it will bo seven feet by
three and that will take in the largest,
and there will be room and to spare.
That is all of this country wo will need
very soon, tho youngest of us. But wo
have an anxiety about tho wollfare and
tho happiness of tho generations that
are coming on, and it will bo a grand
thing If, whon tlio aruhangol's trumpot
sounds, we find that our sepulchcr, llko
tho ono I Joseph of Arhnathca provided
for Christ, is in tho midst of a garden.
Ily that tlmo this country will bo all
naradise or all Drv Tortmus. Eternal
God, to Thee wo commit tho destiny ol
j this people.
PRESS OPINIONS.
What IttnuMlcan tfournnt-. Sny of S lt-
ult- ol tin' t'.lrutlon,
UKMOCItATS WIN.
Tho democrats have carried the coun
try. All tho doubtful states nt the
north havo declared In their favor, and
they have held their own In ull the ox
slave states. Tliey have carried New
York by a larger plurality than that
state gave to any party before in n
presidential year since 1872, when
Grant swept it by MJ.OOO. Their lend
In Indiana apparently Is greater than
was that of tho republicans In 1888,
which was 'J,!H3. They have also car
ried Illinois, with seven or eight of tho
electoral votes of Michigan. The re
publicans have lost In tho went, In ad
dition to these states, the states" of
Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Wydinlug
nnd Nevada, which have been won by
weaver.
Tho house of representatives has also
gone democratic, and tho senate proba
bly Is keeping It company. Republican
reverses have been sustained In several
states which elect legislatures that are
to ehooso successors to republican sen
ators whoso terms ond on March 4 next.
In the present Rcnato tho republicans
have forty-seven members; the demo
crats thirty-nine and the farmers' al
liance two. Thus tho republicans havo
a plurality of only eight and n majority
of but six in that body. Considerably
over hall of tho twenty-nine senators
whoso terms expire next March are re
publicans. If tho democrats win four
of theso republican seats without
losing any of their own tho senrtle will
bo tied ns between the republicans
and democrats, with Stevenson's oust
ing vote In their favor. Ab tho repub
licans are gaining nowhere, but losing
In many places, tho democrats are like
ly to liavo tnc next senate.
The democrats, therefore, will bo In
undisputed control of nil branches of
the government for tho first half of
Cleveland's now term at least. Their
majority In tho house will not le so
great as It is in the present body, but It
will bo great enough to give them a do
cldod preponderance on nil questions
on which partisan lines nro drawn.
Tliey will thus be entirely re
sponsible for all the legislation
of tho two yenrs beginning with
March, 181)::. Often in tho past
eighteen years control bus been
divided owing to n luck of partisan
harmony between tho two branches of
congress or between ono or both and
the executive, and for this reason each
party has been enabled to Bhlrk re
sponsibility for legislation In some de
gree. With the democrats for the next
two years, however, tho situation will
lo different They will have complete
and undisputed sway In all departments
of the government, ond tho people will
bo nble to hold them to a rigid ac
countability for the management of Its
affairs. St Louis Globe-Democrat
SILVER 1'I.KWJF.S.
The democrats havo won on their
silver pledges, and a party in which the
free silver south occupies so command
ing a position, o party which has prac
tically been out of power for thirty
years, and docs not know how to rule,
a party which has not shown at any
time in Its history tho capacity to deal
with financial or economic subjects,
will now bo called on to settle tho sil
ver question, while tho republicans
wntch the performance critically.
After the 4th of March the govern
ment will bctin tho hands of democrats
und nil tho responsibilities will bo on
their shoulders. A democratic presi
dent and secretary of the treasury .will
havo to Bee to it that sixty-five
cent silver bullion Is kept at a
parity with ono hundred cent
gold,, and that thcro will not bo a sud
den demand for the last-named metal
which will exhaust tho government's
stock of gold and causo tho silver cur
rency to drop to its commercial value,
and give tho country a dollar whose
purchasing value will bo less than two
thirds its face. Should that happen
there would be a 6udden revulsion of
feeling on tho part of hundreds of
thousands of those who voted for Cleve
land, and they would begin asking
themselves what they had gained by
exchanging a party which bad given
them currency at par with gold for
fourteen yenrs for one which broke
down the moment it came Into power.
Chicago Tribune.
Ct.KVKLAND's DIT.KMMA.
The election of Cleveland places him
and tho democratie partyin" on embar
rassing dilemma. The party , which
supports him is pledged by Its platform
to repeal tho McKinley bill and to
enact a tariff for revenuo only. It
will not do this, because it dare not do
it if it could, nnd would not do it if it
dure. Ilut during the next four, years
it will have to face Its broken pledges
with all that section of the party that
were fooled Into bollovlng them sin-
' cere. It will make, of course, a noisy
jjuruuu in rvumiu)C iaj iuvi&u biiu mint.
If it shall undcrtako to do so with any
tariff scheme which seeks to subvert
the protection which tho McKinley bill
affords to American industries, tho at
tempt will only have the effect of dem
onstrating tho valuo and importance of
that measure, and will urouso n popu
lar feeling In defense of thnt policy
which could be awakened so effectual
ly In no other way. It Is easy enough
to deal In generalities of denunciation.
Hut a tariff measure is necessarily a
matter of specific detail, and the mo
ment the democratic party Is forced to
abandon its ground of negative criti
cism and frame an actual tariff policy
upon the lines its leaders have been
urging; tho moment, In other words, It
begins Its threatened assault upon the
American industries that havo been or
nro being built up under tho republic
an protective policy, that moment
will seal its doom with tho pcoplo of
this country. St. Paul Pioneer Press.
I'llKSIDKNT JIAltlUBOX.
Whatever moy havo been tho result
of this election, llenjninln Harrison,
tho president of the United States,
r.onit out of tho contest in honor and
tn growing esteem on the part of cltl-
zens. Irrespective
of their political uf
filiations. lie embraces in his char
acter the solid virtues that mark
men
und gentlemen. Ills career in
its public rspects had won him
distinction nt homo nnd abroad; while
In the relations of private lifo ho has
displayed that eumestness nnd sinceri
ty which Inspire confidence mid pro
mote admiration. The republican party
ma n tr mistuhu In elevating Kcnjamln
Harrison to tho presidency, ns shown by
his triumphant administration, soon to
close the most eventful and Important
of any since tho war aud republicans
mado no mtstuko lu naming him as
their standard bearer lu the recent
contest. Aside from tho personal as
pects of his recent overshadowing be
reavement, It was extremely unfortun
ate, politically considered, in thnt It re
moved from tho enmpalgn during the
critical weeks Immediately preceding
the election the splendid personality of
the president.
His utterances have never failed to
inspire that solid enthusiasm and confi
dence which find expression in practical
support nnd lu votes. The future his
torian cannot well mult reference to
the sad death In thn white houso as nn
active, potent factor In tho result
The noble manner In which President
Harrison has conducted himself during
these trying weeks und months,
preserving his balance nnd self
control, neither allowing the public
service to suffer, nor yet unmind
ful of the duty at his home,
malting no unseemly effort for honors
which lie deemed the province of tho
people to confer nil this attests nnow
tho splendid manhood of lleiijamlu
Harrison, whoso public career must
ever redound to tho credit of the re
publican party.
President Harrison grows dally In
the regard of the American people.
History will rank him on the list of
America's' greatest statesmen. N. Y.
Mall aud Express.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Wit Is, better for a party or a candi
date to have deserved success and en
countered failure than to have achieved
victory nnd deserved ilefenl. Itostou
Advertiser.
tWRopubllcans will generally take
their medicine without a grimace. The
heroic stuff of which they are built
will assert itself on top In 181)0. Min
neapolis Journal.
CdBLot all worklngmen take note of
their wages and comforts on the second
Tuesday of 1MIJ so ns to compare with
the same datu of 1M)0. It may be lu
terestlng and will do no harm. Chi
cugo Inter Ocean.
t35?"In 181)0 thn republicans will sweep
everything. Tho free sliver and wild
cat currency programme of llm west
ern nnd southern cuds of thu democ
racy will be antagonized by the caMern
end nnd by Cleveland aud the party
w 111 bo split for tho time being. Thus
1800 will be u great year for tho repub
licans. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
tarWhcn democrats shall have "re
formed" the tariff to n practically free
trade basis If that day shall ever come
worklngmen who in tills year of
grace 181K! deserted tho republican
party to join the ranks of tho free
traders will have an opportunity to
mourn a reduction of wages which will
be necessary to enable America to com
pete with foreign manufactures. Chi
cago Journal.
tSTTho great cities of New York
and Chicugo have elected the demo
cratie president without much appar
ent change elsewhere, except In com
munlllcs subject to the same great in
flux of population. The republican
pnrty has, by the operation of tho pro
tective tariff, built up tho cities ut tho
cost of the rural districts, mid the cities
huvo requited It by flinging it out of
power. Detroit Evening News.
HTThere Is nothing now to prevent
tho democrats from complying with
the wishes of the trades unions. Cleve
land can call au extra session and by
next July a pungent tariff "reform"
bill can bo enacted, and the, country
cun have tho benefit thereof. And
then the workmen will find out
whether their employers can continue
to pay them high wuges while they get
goods at foreign prices, u hero is no
other way of convincing them they
have been fooled and voted against
their own interests. Experience is a
dear school, but many people novcr
learn In uny other. Chicago Tribune.
tJTTho republican party of the na
tion is defeated but it is not destroyed.
It Is a party of principles, not of make
shifts. It can afford to wait for the
certain vindication which must como
when tho people have had a full exhi
bition of tho lack of business capacity
on tho purt of tho democracy. That
party's lease of uncontrolled power
cannot bo long unless the people of
thu north submit to tho introduction
of tho election methods which havo
rendered tho niimo of southern democ
racy a hissing nnd a reproach to every
honest man. Toledo lilade.
CcPWhnt tho republican party needs
to do Is to organize at onco for the
campaign of 1800 on strictly republican
lines, which have always been populur
lines. New blood must bo Infused Into
the management of the party, llefore
four years of democratie rulo have
pasied, tho country will bo porfectly
ready to restore republican supremacy,
provided tho party is in touch with tho
greut heart of tho people, us it used to
be, und is ready to lead them to even
greater hoights of liberty nnd prosper
ity than they havo enjoyed through nil
the years sinco the closo of the war un
der republican administration. Minne
apolis Journal.
t3"It is needless to say that the result
will be a great disappointment to repub
licans, because they have confidently
relied upon the assurances of long-experienced
leuders in different Btutes,
whose knowledge of tho people's
wishes has rarely been defective. It
had been hoped that the splendid re-
suits uttalncd under President Harri-
bon's administration Jiod placed be -
vond doubt the maintenance of tho re-
publican policy for years to come. A
result in doubt Is therefore most disap
pointing and it it proves that a demo-
j emtio president and n democratic con-
- ' gross huvo been elected the consc-,
quences to the business and Industries
of the country will not be such as to
insure tho party a long lease of power.
N. Y. Tribune.
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STOCK ITEMS.
Too much fat with growing pigs wilt
check tho growth of bono and muscle.
Tho hog pens should not glvo off of
fenslve odors any moro than tho stables
for the other stock.
Growing pigs should not bo given
wholly fattening ration; feed somo
thing for bono and muscle.
It Is only in exceptional cases that 11
will pay to keep tho brood sow penned
up, glvo hor n good range.
The slops from tho house should never
bo niado to take tho plncoof pure water
for tho hogs, rather glvo both.
The start that a pig guts In tho first
three months of lis life has muoh to do
with Its thrift and future profit
To keep young pigs thrifty end grow
ing nil winter they must havo'o warm",
clean, dry IhhI ns well ns good feed.
Good wool brings the best price, nnd
It does not cost ono cent moro to raise
good wool than It does that which is
never saleable at good prices.
To mako the best mutton the animal
should be mado to grow as rnpldly und
mature ns young an posstblo aud al
ways bo kept In n prlmo condition.
Sheep raising Is divided Into several
branches and Is subject to many condi
tions on account of tho difference .In
climate und the distance from market.
No one could rensonnbly expect an
animal to bo profitable that Is allowed
to pick n living from thn refuse of the
farm and yet ninny expect this of the
hogs.
Hogs should novcr bo ullowcd to run
where there Is stagnant water, as such
wallows aro apt to begot cholera. Hogs
need plenty of water, but st should, be
pitro and fresh.
A large amount of feed can easily be
fed to cattle without tho stock showing
uny decided Improvement, heiico It Is
qultu nu Item to know how to food to
tho lest advantage.
Tho future feeding qualities of the
steer nro shaped, to a great extent, the
first month of tho animal's life, und un
less it Is started right' It will uovor
make n good animal.
Tho farmer who has his cows como la
this fall will rccolvo a Just reward 'for
his business foresight by getting a high
prico for butter this winter providing
tho butter Is well made.
It Is rarely a good plan to soil the
younger or yearling animals ns long as
there are older stock that can be sold
to nn ndvuntugo and that will not be
growing into more money. ,.
It is easier to-kpup a cow to her regu
lar flow of milk with a little feed
than it Is to bring' her back to.it after
sho has shrunk off It with a good deal
of feed This Is nti instance where"an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure."
FARM NOTES.
With stone fruits rather $han other
kinds, potash is an essential element of
plant food in their growth. '
Unlcachcd ashes make an excellent
fertilizer for strawberries and bono dust
can bo used to a good advantage; with
raspberries. ,
Whonever tho ground freezes the nee
cssary mulching should be done and the
extra covering bo given the fruit and
vcgc.table.plls. rt
From now on a good feed qf whole
corn given at night will add materially '
to the comfort of the fowls and will help
to keep them warm. i , (
Carcass is a good point to be regarded
even In the fine wool ahcep, for on its
form and constitution depends' uthe
health of tho animal. , , , t
Some one says that coal tar placed In
the drinking water Is u sure euro for
running nostrils, that so often afflict
poultry nt this Benson.
All kinds of fruit trees, nnd especially
peach trees, should bo headed low and
all branches that grow out long and
slim should be cut back.
Tho dally useof fruit helps materially
to mako the people independent of .the
doctor, but tho cheapest and best fruit
is that grown on tho farm. ' f '
When the fruit and vegetables ars
stored In the cellar, good cure should
be taken to afford good ventilation un
til cold, freezing weather sets In. ,
To bo certain of a good supply of eggs
In winter the pullets should bo at least
nine or ten months old aud then be
well fed and comfortably sheltered T
To keep up a good nnpply of small
fruits It is nearly alwayn lest to plant
two or three varieties of each kind' so
that one will follow another in ripen
ing.
It in a mistake to think that peach
trees will do bent on a thin soil; it the
trees aro to mako a vigorous growth
and bear good fruit the soil must be
reasonably rich.
If plants aro growing In comparative
ly small pote or boxes they will bo
greatly benefitted If wntered occasion
ally with a weak solution, of guano or
sulphate of ammonia.
To make house plants grow and
flower In winter It is essential to glvo
them good care. The plants should be
not out In a good rich soll,(and then
liquid manure, uramunln, bono dust or
other fertilizers of this kind can be
used as needed during tlio winter.,
Then see that plenty of water Is given.
To procure eggs In wintr the fowls
mnst be kept warm, must not .be over
fed, must be made to exercise, mus be
guarded against disease and must be of
somo breed possessing the qualities de
sired. Tho main essential Is warmth,
for no matter how well tho fowls, ma
I be fed thoy will not lay if tho, poultry
house is damp, cold una uncoratorwuua.
tinut '
Tho protection necessary to "keep rab
bits from injuring tho trees 'sliould b
applied ns soon as possible,
When eggs alone are wanted there is
' no necessity for keeping roosters; the
hens will lay fully" as well without
them.
Chickens that havo not grown ton
fair slzo by this tlmo often got '.stunted
as soon us cold weather approaches;
such need good attention.
Tho noxt two months Is the usual
time for marketing tho' tnrkoys.. It
they are of the best quality always
dress then; if not, send them alive ""
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