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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
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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
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, ......... , 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.
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