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sw "! Itff V ( s t w i ! f I i I I r i f I THE GOLDEN CALF. Dr Talmago Freaohos Against the Idolatry of Money. reopte Mnk H Ofwt or Horn Kind nfl Many or Them Wonlilp the Golden Uod-The I.e or Money Denounced. Tlio subject of discourse chosen by Itcv. Dr, Talmago for his first sermon after tho national election, was ono pe culiarly appropriate to tho money mak ing nplrlt of tho times. It was "Tho Golden Calf," tho text selected being Exodus xxxIL 20: "And ho took the calf which thoy had made and burnt it In tho Arc, and ground it to powder and trowed it upon tho water and made tho children of Israel drink of it," Pooplo will havu u Ood of noma kind, and thoy prefer ono of their own male - tng. Hero, eomot tho Israelite!), break ing oft their golden earrings, tho men as well an tho women, for in thoso tlmos thoro wcro masculine as well as fcmlnluo decorations Whcrodid thoy get these beautiful' gold earrings, coin ing up as thoy did from tho desert? O, thoy "borrowed" them of tho Egyptlons when thoy loft Egypt These cnrrlngs aro piled up Into a pyramid of glitter ing beauty. "Any more earrings to bring?" nays Aaron. None. Flro Is kludlcd; the onrrings are melted and poured into n mold, not an caglo or n war charger, but of a calf; tho gold cools off; tho mold is taken away, nnd tho idol Is sot upon its four legs. An altar is built in front of tho shining calf. Then tho pcoplo throw up their arms, nnd gyrate, nnd shriek, and dance mightily, nnd worship. Mosea has been six weeks on Mount SInul, nnd ho comes back and hears tho howling and sees tho dancing of these golden calf fanatics, nnd ho loses his patience, and ho takes tho two plates of slono on which were written tho Ten Commandments and flings them oo hard against u rock that they split nil to pieces. When a man gets mod ho is very apt to break till tho Ten Commandments! MosciTrushcsinnndho takes this calf god and throws it into a not lire, until it is molted all out of fihupo, uiul then pulverizes it not by tho modern applianco of nltro-murlatlo add, but by tho ancient applianco of utter, or by tho old fashioned flic Ho makes for tho people a most nauseating draught Ho takes this pulverized gol den calf and throws it in tho only brook which is accessible, and tho people uro compelled to drink of thnt brook or not drink at all. Hut they did not drink all tho glittering stuff thrown on tho anrfacc. Somo of it Howb on down tho urfaco of tho brook to tho river, and thou flows on down the river to tho sea, and tho sea takes it up nnd bears It to tho mouth of all tho rivers, nnd when the tides sot back, tho remains of this gold en calf aro carried up into tho Hudson and tho Thames and the Clyde and the Tiber, and men go out and thoy skim tho glittering surface and they bring it .ashore and they make another golden calf; and California and Australia break off their golden earrings to augment the pile, and in tho fires of financial ex clteinont and Htrugglo all these things are melted together, and whllo wo tand looking and wondering whnt will come of it, lol we And that tho golden calf of Israclitlsh workshlp has become tthe golden calf of European and Amerl tcan worship. I Bhall describe to you tho god spoken of in tho text, his temple, his altar of sacrifice, tho music that is made In his temple, and then tho final breaking up of tho whole congregation of idolater. Put asldo this curtain and you seo the Koldon calf of modern idolatry. It is not Uko other idols, mado out of sticks or stono, but it has an car so sensitive that it can hear tho whispers on Wall .street, and Third streot nnd State street rand the footfalls in tho bank of En rhind, and the flutter of n Frenchman's Jicart on tho bourse. It has an cyo so keen that it can seo tho rust on tho farm of Michigan wheat and tho Insect lathe Maryland peach orchard, and the trampled grain under the hoof of tho Russian war charger. It is so mighty that it swings any way it will tho world'B shipping. It has Its foot on all the merchantmen and tho steamers. It tartcd tho American civil war, nnd un der God stopped it, and it decided tho Tarko-Russlnn contest Ono broker in September, 18C0, In Now York shouted: "Ono hundred aud sixty for a million!" and tho wholo continent shivered. This tfoldon calf of tho text has ita right ront foot In Now York, its loft front oot in Chicago, 1U right back foot in -Charleston,' 1U loft back foot in New Orleans, and when It shakos itself It shakes tho world. O, this Is a mighty godi-tho golden calf of tho world's worship. But evory God must havo its temple, -and this golden calf of tho text Is no ex ceptlon. Its tcmplo is vaster than St. Paul's of tho English, and St Fetor's of tho Italian, and tho Alhambra of the Spaniards, and tho Parthenon of tho Orcelts, and tho Taj Mahal of tho II In doos, and all tho other cathedrals put together. Its pillars aro grooved and fluted with gold, and its floors aro tes sainted gold, and Its vaults ar crowded heaps of gold, and Its spires nd domes are boarlug gold, and Its organ pipes are resounding gold, and lU pedals aro tramping gold, and its stops pulled out ro flashing gold, whllo standing at tho Stead of the temple, ns tho presiding -deity, aro tho hoofs and shoulders aud yes and ears aud nostrils of tho calf of ,-ffold. Further, every god must have not only its temple, but its altar of sacri fice, and this goldon calf of tho text Is no excoptlou. Its altar Is not mado out -of stono as other altars, but out of counting room desks and flro proof afcs,'and it is a broad, a long, a high altar. The victims sacrificed ou it uro innumerable. What does this god caro about tlfo groans and struggles of tho victims beforo It? With cold, metallic cyo it looks on nnd yet lots them suffer. O Heaven and earth, what an altarl what a sacrifice of body, mind and oull Tho physical hoalthof a great multitude is tlung on thin i.aorlflelal Altar. They eunnot Bleep, and thoy take chloral and morphine and intox icants Somo of them struggle in a nightmare of stocks, and at ono o'clock in tho morning suddenly rlso up shout ing: "A thousand shares of railroad stock ono hundred and eighty and a hnlfl toko it!" until tho whole fotnlly is offrlghtcncd, and the specujators fall back on their pillows and sleep until they nro awakened again by a "corner" or a sudden "rise" in something else. Their nerves gone, tholr digestion gone, their brain gone, thoy dlo. Tho clergy man comes in and reads tho funeral nenfice: "Blessed aro tho dead who dlo in tho Lord." Mistake. They did not "dlo in tho Lord;" tho goldon calf kicked literal Tho troublo is, when men sacrifice themselves on this altar suggested in the text they not only sacrifice them selves, but they Bacriflco their families. If a man by an ill courso is determined to go to perdition I suppose you will hr,ro to let htm go; but ho puts hLs wlfo nnd children in an equipage that is tho amazement of tho nvonucs, and tho driver lashes tho horses Into two whirl winds, nnd tho spokes flash In tho sun, und tho goldon headgear of tho harness gleams until black calamity takes tho btts of the horsos and stops them und shouts to tho luxurious occupants of tho equipage: "Got out!" They get out They get down. That husband nnd father flung his family so hard they never irot un ncaln. Thoro wns the mark on them for life tho mirk of a split hoof tho death-dealing hoof of tho golden calf. Solomon oll'orcd in ono sacrifice, on ono occasion, 22,000 oxen nnd 12'J,000 sheep; but that was a tamo sacrlllco compiredwlth tho inultltudo of men who nro sacrificing themselves on this ultar of tho golden calf, and sacrificing their families with them. Tho soldiers of Oen. Havelock, in India, walked lit erally ankln deep In tho blood of tho "houso of massacre," where 'J00 women und children had been slain by tho Se poys; but tho blood around about this altar of tho golden calf flows up to tho knee, flows to tho glrdlo, flows to tho shoulder, flows to tho lip Groat God of Heaven and earth, hnvo mcrcyl Tho golden calf hau none. Still tho degrading worship goes on, and the devotees kneel nnd kiss tlm dust, nnd count their golden beads, aud cross themselves with tho blood of their own sacrlllco. Tho music rolls on under tho arches; it is mado of clinking silver and clinking gdld, und tho rat tling spoclo of tho banks and brokers' shops nnd tho voices of all tho ex changes. The soprano of the worship Is carried by tho timid voices of men who linvn Just begun to speculate; while tho deep b.iss rolls out from thoso who for ten years of iniquity havo been doubly damned. Chorus of voices re joicing over what thoy havo made. Chorus of voices walling over what thoy havo last This teraplo of which I spenk stands open day and night and thoro Is tho gltttorlng god with his four foot on broken hearts, and there is tho smoking altar of sacrlllco, new victims every moment on It and thero aro the kneeling devotees, and tho doxology of tho worship rolls on, whllo Death stands with moldy and skeleton arm beating tlmo for tho chorus "Morel Morel More!" Somo peoplo aro very much surprised at tho actions of folk on tho stock ox change. Indeed, It Is a Bcono some times that paralyzes description and Is beyond tho Imagination of ono who has never looked in. What snapping of flngor and thumb, and wild gesticula tion, and raving llko hyonos, and stamping llko buffaloes, nnd swaying to aud fro, and running ono upon an other, and deafening uproar, until tho president of tho exchange strikes with hts mallet four or flvo times, crying "Order! Ordorl" and tho astonished spectator goes out into tho fresh air feeling that ho has escaped from pan domonlum. What docs it all mean? I will toll you what it means. Tho dev otees of every heathen tcmplo cut themselves to pieces and yell and gyrate. This vociferation nnd gyration of the stock exchange Is all appropriate. This is tho worship of tho golden calf. But my .text suggests that this wor ship must bo broken up, as the behavior of Moses in my text indicated There are thoso who Bay that this golden calf spoken of In my text was hollow, nnd merely plated with gold; otherwise, they say, Moses could not havo carried it I do not know that; but somehow, per haps by tho asststanco of his f rlonds, ho takes up this goldon calf, which Is an open Insult to God nnd man, and throws it into tho flro, nnd it is melted, and then it comes out and is cooloiloff, and by somo chemical appliance, or by an old-fashioned file, it Is pulvcrlxed, aud it a thrown Into tho brook, and, as a punishment tho pcoplo nro eompolled to drink tho nauseating stuff. So my hearers, you may de pend upou It that God will burn and ho will grind to pieces tho golden calf of modern Idolatry aud ho will compel tho pooplo In their agony to drink It If not beforo, It will bo so on tho last day. I know not whero tho tiro will begin, whothor at tho "Battery" or Central park, whothor at Brooklyn or Bushwlok, whether ut Shorodltch, Lon don or West End; but it will bo a vory hot blaze. All tha securities of tho United suites and Great Britain will curl up in tho first blast, All tho money safes nnd depositing vaults will molt under tho first touch. Tho sea will burn llko tinder and tho shipping will bo abandoned forever. Tho melted gold in tho broker's window will burst through tho molted window glass and into tho street; but thu flying population will not stop to Hcoop It up. Tho cry of "fire" from the mountain will bo answered by tho cry of "flro" from the plain. Tho con flagration will burn out from tho conti nent toward tho sea, and then burn in from tho sea toward tho land. New York nnd London with ono cut of tho red scythe of destruction will go dowu. Twenty-five thousuud miles of confla gration! The earth will wrap itself round nnd round in shroud of flame, and llu down to p.rlslu What thon wU become of your golden calf? Who thou so poor as to worship U? Melted, or between tho upper aud tho nether pilllBtone of falling mountains ground to powder. Dagon down. Moloch down. Juggernaut dowa Golden cai down. But, my frlonds, overy day is a dav of judgment and God Is all tho time grinding to pieces tho goldon calf. Merchant of Brooklyn and New York nnd London, what is tho characteristic of this tlmo in which wo live? "Bad," you say. Professional men, what is the characteristic of tho times In which we live? "Bad," you hay. Though I should be in a minority of one, I ven ture tho opinion that theso arc tho best times wo havo had for reason that Ood is teaching tho world, as never beforo, that old-fashioned honesty is tho only thing that will stand. Wo havo learned ns never before that forgeries will not pay; that tho spending of 150,000 on country scats and a palatial city rcstdeucc, when thero uro only fUO.OOO Income, will not pay; thnt tho appropriation of trust funds to our own private speculation will not pay. Wo had a great national tumor, in tho shape of fictitious pros perity. Wo called it national enlarge ment; instead of calling it enlargement, wo might better have culled It a swell ing., It has been a tumor, and God Is cutting it out has cut it out. ami im nation will irot well nnd will eomnlmnlr to tho principles of our fathers and grandfathers when twice three mako six instead of Hixty, and when tho ap-1 pies nt tho bottom of tho barrel wcro I just as good as tho upples on the top of tho barrel, and u silk handkerchief was tint half Cnttmi. nml n nvin wl... ...-,. .. I five-dollar coat paid for was more lion- orcd than ii man who wore a fifty-dollar co.it not paid for. The golden calf of our day, llko tho one of tho text, Is very apt to bo mado out of borrowed gold. These Israelites of tho text borrowed tho earrings of tho Egyptians and thon melted them Into n god. That is tho wav the irolden culf Is mado nowadays. A great many Housekeepers, not navlnir for tho nrU. clcs thoy got, borrow of tho grocer nnd tho baker aud tho butcher and tho drr goods seller. Then tho retailer borrows of tho wholesalo dealer. Then tho wholesale dealer borrows of tho capital ist, aud wo borrow, und borrow, und borrow until tho community Is divided Into two classes, thoso who borrow und thoso who are borrowed of; nnd after awhllo tho capitalist wants his money and rushes upon tho wholo salo dealer, and tho wholesale dealer wants his money nnd rushes upon tho rotallcr, and tho retailer wants his money and rushes upon tho customer, nnd we nil go down together. There is many n man in this day who rides In a carriage and owes tho blacksmith for tlio tire, nnd tho wheelwright for tho wheel, nnd tho trimmer for tho curtain, and tho driver for unpaid wages, und tho harness maker for tho bridle, and tho furrier for the robe, whllo from the tip of tho carriage tongue clear back to tho tip of tho shawl fluttering out of tho back of tho vehicle, everything is paid for by notes that have been thrco times renewed. It Is this temptation to borrow, and borrow, and borrow, that keeps the pcoplo everlastingly praying to the golden calf for help, and just at the minute they expect tho help tho golden calf treads on them. Tho judgments of God, Uko Moses In tho text will ruBh In and break up this worship; and I say, let tho work go on till every man ohnll learn to speak truth with ills neighbor, and thoso who mako engagements shall feel themselves bound to keep them, and a man who will not repent of bin busi ness Iniquity, but goes on wishing to satiate his cannibal uppctito by devour ing wjdows' houses, shall by tho law of the land bo compelled to exchange his manlson for Sing Sing. Let tho golden calf perish! But, my frlonds. If wo havo mndo this world our god, when wo como to dlo we will see our Idol demolished. How much of this world nro you going to take with you into tho next? Will you havo two pockets ono in each sldo of your shroud? Will you cushion your coflln with bonds and mortgages and certificates of stock? Ah! no. The ferryboat that crosses this Jordan takes no baggage nothing heavier than n spirit You may, perhaps, tako 1500 with you two or three miles, In the shapo of funeral trappings, to Green wood, but you will havo to leave them there. It would not bo Bafo for you to lie down thero with a gold watch or u diamond ring; it would bo a temp tation to tho plllugers. Ah, my friends! If wo havo made this world our god, when wo dlo wo will seo our idol grouud to Month by our pillow, and wo will havo to drink It in bitter regrota for tho wasted opportunities of a lifetime. Soon wo will bo gone. O! this is a fleet ing world, it Is a dying world. A man who had worshipped it all hln days, In hts dying moment dohcrlbcd hliubolf when ho said: "Fool! fool! fool!" I want you to chango temples, and to give up tho worship of this unsatisfy ing nnd cruel god for tho servlco of tho Lord Jesus Christ Hero Is tho God that will never crumble. Hero aro banks that will never breale Hero is an altar on which thoro has boon one sacrifice onco for nil. Hero is a God who will comfort you when you aro in trouble, nnd sootbo you when you nro sick, and save you when you die. When your parents havo breathed their last, nnd tho old, wrinkled and trembling hands can no more bo put upon your head for a blessing, II will bo to you father and mother both, glvlug you tho dofonso of tho ono and tho comfort of tho othor; and when your children go away from you, tho sweet darlings, you will not kiss them good-by for ovor. Ho only wants to hold them for you a little while. Ho will give them back to you again, aud Ho will havo them all waiting for you at the gates of eternal welcome 01 what n God Ho Is! Ho will allov you to como ho close this incrning that you can put your urms around HlsnocU, whllo Ho In response will put Ills nrms around your neck, nnd all tho windows of Heaven will bo hoisted tc let tho redeemed look out and seo the spectacle of u rejoicing father nnd a re turned prodigal locked In glorious em brace. Quit worshiping tho golden (ulf, undbow this day beforo Jj lm in whosu presence wp mimt all appear when tho world has turned to ashes nd the scorched parchment of tho sky shall bo rolled together like a historic scroll. A FEW MONTHS HENCE. Ilcsr the whizzing of tha tut AdlM'nuil What a world of misery It's working with its whacks! How It Mantles, stashex, slashes Through tho omcoholdors' necks, While tho fish-born aro u-illnnlng And old (J rover stands grinning At the ghastly, headless wrecks! Hear tho chopping, chopping, chopping, As tho heads krep dropping, dropping, And wo Kntbctcd up In ghoulish tie.) and car ried uR In Racks! Tls tho ax. ox, nx.ax, ux, sx, nt, Somo other man U wielding Adlal's sx. , Chicago Tribune. STiLL FOR PROTECTION1. Ilic IU-publlcan I'urty Itetnnliin Hteailrt Wlmt the IlBtnocrals Want. High democratic authority attributes tho republican Waterloo to popular dissatisfaction with tho doctrines of protection and tho result Is loudly ac claimed as a substantial victory for freo trade. Ono prominent democratic organ declares it to bo "a revolution," "political emancipation for the grcnt agricultural and producing classes," "the end of wnr taxes," which menns tho ond of protection to American In- .....,. ,, , ....wi.iii.-i mum me popular vcr- " n upclslon y the pcoplo that ' . ,.,cre s',n11 uo no '"rther exaction of I . ,muu ,or Particular industries from v.......,? jui iiuriiuiunr industries from the general pocket nnd thu democracy, in good time, will glvu effect to that "llio overthrow of the protective tariff." "tlm iinwn. full of the plutocracy," "the end of un . couatltiitloiuil taxes," nro conspicuous , "inon'' tIio I'xpressions with which tho nemocrais mill tlio ir v ctnre. A..,.r,..,i lug to theso declarations their party Is about to usher In a ueworderof things. Old "abuses" uro to bo corrected, tho "bunion of oppression" is to bo re moved. Tho stnto rights doctrines of Calhoun are to prevail in regard to the constitutional power of the government to protect industry, and to tax fetuto banks. Eminent democrats insist that tho victory was won upon these issues and that the promised "reforms" will follow in due time. It will soon be within the power of the democracy to carry out their pledgos. They will have tho president senate and house of representatives. They will have the power and tho right to reduce customs duties to a freo trudo basis. If they be lieve what they havo proclaimed with such persistent emphasis, they will do it. If their uccchsion to power is not marked by tlio cnnctment of their principles into laws they will prove their victory to have been won purely upon fraudulent pretenses und that thoy lack tho honesty and courage to give the country what thoy contend is ior us uesi interests. Whatever use the national democracy may mako of Its power tho republican party wl'l romain true to tho doctrines of protection to American industries and to tho present national bunking system as long ns tho outstanding gov ernment bonds will permit of Its con tinuance. Tho flag of protection will remain unfurled at tho head of tho re publican column, whero it was planted by tho patriotic founders of the great party. Wo do not believe tho people of tho United Stntcs want freo trade. If tho democracy entertain a different opinion let them Inaugurate un.era of freo trado and boo how tho people will take it The democrats elected will, In enter ing upon ofllce. swear to support tho constitution, and If they believe In tho declaration of their platform that pro tection Is unconstitutional they must remodel tho tariff system upon a freo trade basis. A failure to do so will pravo to tlio world that they nro afraid to live up to tho doctrines proclaimed with so much sound and fury. If they en.iet a free trado tariff In'w they can seek n vindication before tho people. It they allow protection to remuin in force they will havo only broken pledges to show for their possession of the government. During tho last quar ter of a century thoy havo railed against tho "protected plutocrats," the "robber barons of American indus try," tho "giguntlc fortunes umassed nt :ho expenso of oppressed labor," re sorting to nil tho wiles of tho dema gogue to array the working classes against their employers. At last thoy havo succeeded in achieving a sweep ing victory. But wo do not bcllovo that eveu a respectable minority of the men who voted with tho democrats in the northern und western states favor freo trado or the wildcat banking sys tem. Tho farmors' alliance and labor agitations havo unsettled political opinions and wenkened tho Influences thnt bound mon to their parties. The democratic party Is a political omnium gntherum. All tho cranks. Isms and factions And a common meeting place within Its ranks. Its platforms aro as broad ns economic herosies of a vote catching character can mnko thorn. It favors protection, national banks nnd n gold standnrd la one section; freo trado, bimetallism and wildcat cur rency In another. What It will do with tho power now Intrusted to it, oven its foremost leaders can do no more than Biirmlso. But whatever policy tho de mocracy may pursue tho republican party will stand unflinchingly by its colors in support of protection to American industry, a sound ond sooure system of finances, a fair, froo ballot, nnd un honest count for ovory citlzon in tho land. Cleveland Leader. OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. AVlillcluw lttild's l'nprr un tlio ltriult l(pliilhllltlo of tlm llemoaritcjr. Mr. Clevelntid hns been elected, und by an Impressive majority of tho states and of tho popular vote. This result wus all tho mom impressive because it wus.iv surprise to the politicians of both parties. Putting aside tho claims of enthusiastic partisans, thero was a general bollof among well-informed politicians that the republican ticket would bo successful. Whatever may be thought as to tho wisdom of tho people's action thero Is no doubt of whnt It means. Mr. Cleveland will tako otllco. with a democratic majority in both houses of congi ess to support him. In one Eonso this Is not to be re gretted. It hns been n favorite demo cratic argument during this campaign that iuusmuch as nothing boriously hurtful to tho interests of tho country resulted from Mr. Cleveland's former administration, nothing harmful need bo anticipated an tho result of his suc cess now, Tho answer to this sugges tion was that durlutr Mr. Cleveland's former term a republican senate stood between him and his nartv nnd the practical carrying out of their policies, compelling him to administer tho gov ernment upon tho line's luld down by republican statesmen, and In substan tial, If not willing, accord with repub lican principles. But Mr. Cleveland's election hns been brought nbout this tlmo by ma jorities so decisive, and It Is coincident With tllC Choice Of SO larirO n dcmO. crutlc majority In tho houso of renre- scntatlves as to leave no room to doubt " .. . , ... .,..... that thero Is a reactionary sentlmont among the people against tho meas ures which republican statesmen havo devised ns progressive and prolific of groat public advautsges. If, us repub licans havo generally anticipated, tho election of Cleveland nssures also tha election of a working democratic ma- Jority in tho senato ns well ns in tho house, wo Blinll expect tho democrats to show that they havo tho courage of the r alleged convictions They havo Bum, wmi an me cmmiusis i mi comes of the deliberate rejection In their na tional convention of a counter nnd an tagonistic proposition, that tariff duties so adjusted as to protect American In dustry ns well as to raise revenue aro unconstitutional, and on this proposi tion they have wou. They have said, too, that they propose to enable tho various states, each under such regu lations us It may see fit to Impose, to issuo paper money. It was certainly not thp fault of tho republicans if any voter ailed to understand that theso were tho uses to which Mr. Cleveland and his paity would put their power, If power was given to them. It bus been given, aud with it is imposed a responsibility. Tho peoplo will expect a result. The democratic party has a habit of running away from responsibility. This wiis powerfully Illustrated by tho way It old not do tho things it had said It would do In tho last congress. A party of opposition is generally a party oi hiireiis unu patclies, und when sud denly converted into u party of admin istration is palsied with self-distrust and fettered with fuction. This lias been particularly true of tho democ racy, but as u preparation for tho work now intrusted to it its leaders havo had tho experience of four years of execu tive control and of several terms of au thority in ono branch or another of the congress. There will now bo no excuso for their failure to adopt a clearly understood programme, to put that programme into actual operation, and to stand up nnd be judged on tho merits of work actually performed. N. Y. Tribune. OPINION OF THE PRESS. taTMon are often grcnter In defeat than In victory, and President Harrison is an example. Toledo Blade. CSTThls is a groat day for tho mug wump. Ho looks upon tho result as his own work and he claims every thing. Albany Jouruul. E2TIt was German hostility to tho re publican atttltudcon the school question which curried Illinois for Cleveland. This "victory" may have an Unpleas ant heritage. Boston Journal. EFTho peoplo of tho United States scorn to think they wuut moro of Grovcr Cleveland. The people of tho United States have exhibited surpris ingly poor taste. KuDsas City Jour nal. tSTOno of tho gentlomen who will not bo attorney general under tho Cleveland reglmu is Hon. Wuyno Mac Veagh. Tammany says that ull now converts must remain on probation for at least four years. Minneapolis Trib une. CSyStrnngc as it may seem to demo crats, thero is u largor probability of breaking tho solid south during tho next four years than thero has ever been. Tho republican party will carry Bcveral southern states In 1800. Min neapolis Journal. ESTNow look out for thoso wonder ful markets of tho world. Every farm mortgage will bo paid off whilo Grovcr Cleveland is president What great things we have the pleasure of waiting for; pray to heaven wo may not con tinue waiting. Iowa State Beglstor. tW"Mr. Cleveland's bargain with tho Tammany gang tho orgnnized evil nnd ignorance of tho city of New York seems to have worked successfully. But it is gratifying to know thut they will all live to despiso each other more thoroughly than they do at this time. N. Y. Advertiser. dTThe republicans havo probably lost the scnute as well as the presi dency. Thus tho democrats will find themselves In complete control of tho executive and lcgislntivo branches of tho government simultaneously for tho flrit tlmo slnco ante-bellum davs. SL Louis Globe-Democrat t5T"Tho democratic party Is tho party of tho masses," may do for talk in tho north, but tho democrats should bo careful tc confine it to this .section or thoy will offend tho aristocratic clusscs of tho south who do not believe in universal suffrage, and in this way justify their frauds ut tho polls. Chi cngo Inter Ocean. JSTEvery republican paper in tho country is In favor of tho extra session v,! wiHiiiuon, iim uumocrats aro now beginning to back water on thu rnnm.i of thu McKlnley law. Aro thoy cow- urds beforo their victory is a week old? mii,y iub mis lariir rouuery (7) go on for nnothcr year when it can bo re pealed in March? Iowa State Regis- C-Rollglous and race prejudices ' were appealed to. The remib Ileim. iv r. wcro industriously charged with being tho enemies of tho foreign born und with harboring the purpose of sup pressing their church schools and tholr language, By such acts tens of thou sands of foreign-born citizens in Illi nois and Wisconsin woro induced to vote against the nartv. Burlington Uuwkcyo. MRS. KSMITH SCARED. flotnnthlnir Ilnppam to Indicate llnrglnr.T. Mrs. Ksmith is not n superstitious woman, nor is she hysterical except about burglars. Anything but burglars! I know not what others may say, but as for Mrs. Ksmith give her burglars and glvo her death. Sho wont down to her favorite grocery perhaps I should say grocer kept by a tall, good naturcd Methodist with the genuine Methodist sympathy for women. At tho grocery sho talked a long whllo with her favor ite Methodist and nt last went away without buying anything. When sho was passing into her garden gate on her return she happened to think that sho I wrnt ilmvn ti, llm irrrvnpv fnr mnlAn. ' Him Mii!ip! n llt.tln nil , i,.w ci,i i -:" "."" . "v " "! "Well, there!" and returned to tho gro cery. Sho bought a box of parlor matches nnd nf tern few happy moments with the grocer went home, Sho placed tho matches on tho window sill whom sho kept a hanging plant When her kind husband came homo to dinner lie . ,.... ..i t,. .,1..., ,.- i,...,.i t.t . ny soaked the matches, though ho did not observe It ut tho time, I Lllto ln thu Aay when tll0 watcr on the match box and tho plant had dried i, Mrs. Kamlth took out somo of tho matches nnd filled various ornamcntul mutch safes in her kitchen and bed rooms. Still later jn the day she wont over to Mrs. Bjoncs'to borrow a cup of lard and remained there talking over an hour. Sho did not intend to stay so long but Mrs. BJoncs wns telling about a fight between her Irish washerwoman and Mrs. Vullundighum's l'ollsh wash woman. By tho way, just a wonl about that fight It almost ended in n murder. The dispute uroso ovor the ttsoof a line. One word of genuine Irish brought on another of genuine Polish until tho two were swearing at each other with great vehemence, but each lu a language tho other could not understand. At length tho Polish woman resorted to English und said in accents showing intense dis gust: "Irish!" The Irish woman was horror-stricken aud fell back in dismay. "How tho divil," sho said to a bystander, "did she know 01 be Irish." Then she went back at the Pole and tried to get a handful of hair. Tho Pole In turn tried to stab her in tho fuco with a clothespin and then tlio employers of tho two Inter fered and Hopped tlio quarrel. But tho Irish washerwoman could not got over that "Irish!" and half an hour later soaped the stairs up and down which tlio Polo had to climb when hanging out clothes. Tho plot was dis covered and a murder prevented. Tills was tho story Mrs. Ksmith could hardly retain in her memory till her husband got home. Thon sho told him und continued to repent portions of it till llmo to light tho lamps or gas. Then she got a match and tried to use it but sho found it was toakeil Sho tried one from each ond overy matchsafc. All soaked! llobber! She know it Thoy had got Into her house and soaked all her matches so that when they arrived in tho dead of the night sho could not lhrht a llcht Tlio moro sho thought of It tho mofj sho was certain of it Her husband laughed and asked her why tho thieves had not done their stealing while in tho house soaking tho matches. "Mobbo they did tako something or were scared off and aro coming back to night to get tho rest," replied Mrs. K. Mrs. Ksmith was norvous all the evening and sho did not sleep a wink that night Next morning her nusband happened to think, as sho was telling hint where sho put tho box of matches, that ho had soaked thorn whon ho wa tered the plant "Ho told her so and does not havo to watcr plants any more. Peck's Sun. THE MEMORIAL FLAME. A l'rettr anil Ancient Custom of the Jew. Isli Famine. At tho homo of a well-known Jew was rccontly seen a tiny flaino burning In a handsomo goblet Examination showed tho goblet to be half filled with watcr, on the top of which floated about an Inch of pure olive oil. A miniature float of corks, fastened on either sldo of a metallic ring, rested upon tho oil. On tho ring was placed a wax taper, passing through a small circle of thin wood, so that tho lower ond of tho thread dipped through tho ring Into theollvo oil. Tlio upper ond of tho taper was lighted as above mentioned. Tlio oil drawn up through the wax-covered taper served to keop it alight for sovcral hour,s. "Wo burn this," said tho lady of tho liou'C, "in memory of one of our dead. hen the taper burns nearly out wo will substitute another, so that the flame, Uko the vestal fire, novor goes out We light tho taper .when our rola tives dies and lot it burn n year, tho last ouo being allowed to burn out "Wo attend to thoso lights with great care, thus kooplng alive tho memory of our loved ono. It Is an old custom of ours, and ono seldom now observed, homo burn it only for u week, whilo others burn It for a month. Our fumlly i tlilrinifiu I. 41... .... I., .i, f. .. -r , ......... , Hill uuuiuui iu uu us purity, nlways koonlnjr tho llnmu all fni-o. ullvo for a year." ankoo Blade. A Timely I.aam Tlirou-. "Tlio prettiest throw of tho lasso I oyer saw was down in Nuw Mexico last summer," said a western cattleman. "I had gone out to look at a bunch of cattle I thought of buying, and was standing in front of tho owner's houso discussing tho proposed trado. A two-year-old child was playing nbout tho lawn, when suddenly it nln,.,i u. hands und cried out as thnncrh t,i,.i,i.. hited. I turned my head and saw. to my horror, that it was nmiiKlnr iDi with a monster rattlesnako that waa just coiled o Btrike. Tho siu.ko wan shooting its forked tongue out, almost Into tho face of tlm iii,i .,i o - At mv",!!!"? Pleased the little ono. svhffX ?" W ...tt ?I?M? wboy flash it went whlz.lng through tho air and u losed around the neck of tlio ser- ueni justas it urow its head back for the fatal stroke. Tlio father of tho child nodded his head, remarked that it was ii capital throw, and leiumedonr discussion with imperturbable gravity. Your Mexican is nothing if not stoical. It is tho result of his Indian blood." nt Louis Globe-Democrat. 4t M5. iW m w &&&?Stf JU. ik &Mrifiz i"sgiV'"'Mrir51 & - iil... ..' .U. ..f . ii H.O ''''rt'.m awrfvt' "'Wj&W; -4t :.lLX .1, T