Nebraska Newspapers

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i A St oy of the Inner Visicn of the
W1hlandersrCommonly Called
i the Second Sight.
t By GEORGE MACDONALD ,
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cI-IAPLLR IL-Con ( tlluled , )
4 I had not noticed till now , that the
storm had risen to a very ecstasy or
fury.
fury.They
They say , likewlse. that the ladys
hnle bs still glowing , for , every time
they see her , it is longer than before ;
an(1 that now such is its length an(1
the dealing speed of the houlee , that
It floats and streams out behlll(1 like
one of those curved clouds , like a corn-
et's tall , far up in the sky ; only the
thud is white , and the hair dark a ;
night. And they say it will go o.l .
growing till the Last Day , when the
hots ( ' will falter and her hair will
gather in ; and the horse will fall , and
the hair will twist , and ovine , and
wreathe itself like a mist of threals
ahOut him , an(1 biud ] tins to everything
but her. Then the body will rise all
witlihh it , face to face with him , nu-
inltlted by a fiend who , twining h1
arms around him , will drag hills down
to the bottomless pit.
"Ile need not think to take me in ,
wizard as he is , with his disguise. I
taut see through them all. Duncan.
my dear , whew. you suspect anything
do not be too increlulous. 't'his human
demon is , of course , a wizard still , anti
knows how to make himself , as well
as : uhything he touches , take quite a
dillerent appearance from the real on ;
only every appearance must bear some
resemblance , however , distant , to the
the natural form. What lie is after ,
now , of course. I cannot tell ; but you
must keep a bold heart , and a tirnm and
wary foot , as you go home to-night. "
I showed some surprise. I do not
doubt ; and , perhaIs , some fear as well ;
but I only said : "How do you know
this , Margaret ? "
"I can hardly tell you. " she replied :
"but I do know him. I think he hates
me. Often , of a wild night , when there
is moonlight enough by fits , I see him
I
tearing around this little valley , just
on the top edge-all round ; the lady's
hair and the horse's mane and tail (1rit-
iug far behind , and mingling , vaporous ,
with the snowy clouds. About lie goes ,
hi wild careering gallop , now lost : : s
the moon goes in , then visible far
round when she loops out amour-ua .
airy , pale-gray specter , which few
eye ; but mine could see ; for , as far
as I am aware , no one of the family
but nmyself has ever possessed time
double gift of seeing and hearing both.
In this case I hear no sound , except
now and then a clank from the broken
' shoe. But I did not mean to tell you
that I had ever seen him. I am not a
bit afraid of him. He cannot do more
than he may. His power is limited ;
else ill enough would he work , the nibs-
creant"
"But , " said I , "what has all this , tcr-
riblo as it is , to do with the fright you
took at my telling you that I had heard
the sound of the broken shoe ? Surely
you are not afraid of only a storm ? '
"No , my boy ; I fear no storm. But
the fact is , that the sound is seldom
heard , and never , as far as I know , by
any of the blood of that wicked mllaih ,
without betokening sonic ill to one of
the family , and most probably to the
, one who hears it-but I am not quite
sure about that. Only sonic evil it
does 1portend , although a bon" tauti '
lnay elapse before it shows itself ; anti I
' have a hope it may mean sonic one el& ,
than you. "
"Do not wish that , " I replied , 'I
1 iiow no one better able to bear it
than I am ; and I hope , whatever it tuay
he , that I only shall have to meet it.
It must surely be something serious to
be so foretold ; it can hardly be con
nectei with my ( lisapPOiutnent in b1 '
ing compelled to he a pedagogue instead -
stead of a soldier. "
"Do not trouble yourself about that , ,
Duncan , replied she. A soldier you
must be. The same day you told mime
of time clamik of the broken horseshoe. I
saw you return wounled from battle.
and fall fainting from your horse in
the street of a great city-only fainting -
ing , thank God ! But I have particular
reasons for being uneasy at your hearing -
ing that boding sound. Can you tell
me the day and hoar of your birth ? "
"No"I replied. "It seems very odd
when I think of it , but I really do not
tknow even the day. "
"Nor anyone else , which is stranger
still ? " she answered.
"How does that happen , nurse ? "
"We were in terrible anxiety about
your mother at the time. So ill was
she , after you were just born , in a
strange , unaccountable way , that } ou
lay almost neglected for more than
an hour. In the very act of giving
birth to you , she seemed to the rest
around her to be out of her mind. So
, wildly did she talk ; but I knew better.
I knew that she was fighting some evil
power ; and what power it was. I knew ,
full well ; for twice during her pains.
I heard the click of time horseshoe. But
-no one could help her. After her de
livery , she lay as if in a trance , neither
dead nor at rest , but as if frozen to ice ,
and conscious of it all file while. Once
.more I heard the terrible sound of iron ; I
and , at the moment your mother start-
e(1 from her trance. screaming , 'My
child ! my child ! ' We suddenly became )
: tware that no one had attended to the
,
- 'child , and rushed to time place where
Ire lay wrapped in a blanket. Uneov-
ering him , we found ] lint black in the
face , and spotted with ( lark spots upon v
the throat. I thought lie was dead ; I
but. , with great and almost hopeless .
; pains , we succeeded iii making hint t
breathe , and he gradually recovered.
But his mother continued dreadfully
exhausted. It seemed as if she had
spent her life for her child's defense
and birth. That was you , Duncan , my
dear.
"I was in constant attendance 111)011 1
Use : . About a week after your birth , as t
near as 1 can guess , just in the gloaming -
ing , I heard yet araill time awful thumb : 1
-only once. Nothing followed till
about midnight. Your ntothe steer , :
and you lay asleep beside her. I sat .
by the bedside. A horror fell upon r
sue suddenly ; though I neither sa w 111)1'
heard anything. Your mother r tarte'l
( from her sleep with a cry wlitli sound1 1
,
ed as if it came from far away , out of
: t dream , and did not belong to th s
world. My blood curdled with fear. ; ,
She sat Ui ) fn bed , with wide. starbim : t
:
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A
eyes , and half-open , rigid lips , and ,
feeble as she was , thrust her hands
straight out before her with great
force , her hands open and lifted up ,
with the palms outward. The whole
action was of one violently repelling
another. She began to talk wildly as
she hind done before , you were born ,
but , though I seemed to hear and understand -
derstand it all the time , I could not rib-
call a word of It afterward. It was
as if I had listened to it when half
asleep. I attempted to soothe her , put-
tin ; rmiy arms around her , butsheseem-
ed quite unconscious of my presence ,
:111(1 111,1 arms seemed powerless Upon
the fixed muscles of hers. Not that I
tried to constrain her , for I knew that
a battle was going on of some kind or
other , and my Interference might do
awful mischief. I only tried to comfort
and encourage her. All the time I was
in a state of indescribable cold and suffering -
fering , whether more bodily or mental
I could not tell. But at length I heard
yet again the clink of the shoe. A sudden -
den peace seemed to fall upon my minder
-or was it a warm , odorous wind that
filicd the room ? Your mother dropped
her arms , and turned feebly toward her
baby. She saw that he slept a blessed
sleep. She smiled like a glorified spirit -
it , and fell back exhausted on the pbl-
low. I went to the other side of the
1 00111 to get a cordial. When I returned -
turned to the bedside I saw at once
that she was dead. Her face smiled
still , with an expression of the uttermost -
most bliSS. "
Nurse erased. trembling as overcome
by the recollection ; and I was too much
moved and awed to speak. At length : .
resuming the conversation she sail :
"You see it is no wonder , Duncan , lily
( lear , if after all this I 5110111(1 find , when
I wanted to fix the date of your birth ,
that I could not determine time day or
the hour [ then it took place. All vas
confusion ill my poor brain. But it wis
strange that no one else could , any
11101 0 hhall I. Olle carried y011 across
the room to lay you down , for I assisted -
sisted at your birth , I hlppened ; to
look up to the window. Then I saw
what I did not forget , although I did
riot think of it again till many days
after-a bright star was shining on the
very tip of the thin crescent moon.
"Oh , then. " said I , "it is possible to
determine the day and the very hour
when my birth took place. "
"See the good of book-learning ! " r '
plied she. " 1Yilen yon work it out , just
let mile kno , miry dear , that I may re-
nlelnber it. "
"That I will , "
Absorbed in the story I had heard , 1
took my way , as I thought , honlevvard.
r1'hc whole country was well known to
rile. I should have said , before that
night , that I could have gone home
blindfold. Whether the lightning be.
wildered me and made inc take a false
turn. I cannot tell ; for the hardest
tiling to understand , in intellect as well
as moral nhistakes , is-how we came
to go wrong. But after wandering for
sonic time plunged in meditation , and
with no warning whatever of time presence -
ence of inimical powers , a brillia it
lightning-flash showed me that at least
I was not near home. The light was
prolonged for a second or two by a
slight electric pulsation , and by that I
distinguished a wide space of bJick-
ness. on the ground in front of nle.1
Once more wrapped in the folds of a
thick darkness. I dared not hove. Stid-
denly it occurred to me what the blac ; ;
ness w as , and whither I had waudered.
It was a huge quarry of great depth.
bug disused , and half filled with wa-
ter. I knew the place perfectly. A few'
more steps would have carried me over
the brink. I stood still , waiting fir
the next flash , that I might be quite
sure of the way I was about to take
before I velltnre(1 to move.Vliile I
stood I fail ied I heard a single ho- !
low plunge in the black water far be
low. 1Vlieti the lightning came , I
mined. mind took my path in another di-
rection.
After for walking for some time '
across the heeath. I fell. The fall became -
came a roll , anal down a steep declivity
I went. over and over , arriving at the
bottom nuinjjuretl.
Anot11cr flash show ei me where 1
was-him the hollow valley , within a 1
couple of hundred yards from nurse's i
cottage. I lna'l ee my way towards it.
There was no light in it , except the ;
feeblest glow from the embers of her
peat fire. "She is in bed , " I said to t
myself ; "and I will not disturb her : "
Yet something' drew mile toward time Ut-
tle w im ioty. I looked in. At first i I
COuid sec nothing. At length as I kett
gazitlg. I sm v something indistinct in r
the darkness , like an outstretched hillt
nail forum.
B } this lime the storm had lulled. .
The had been . time
moon up.for some , 1
but hla(1 been quite conceale(1 by tern-
pestuous clouds. Now , however , these
had begtlll to break up ; and , while I
stood looking into the cottage. they
scattered away from the face of tue
moan , amid a faint , vapory gleans of her
light , entering the cottage through a
window opposite that at which I stood , i
fell directly on the face of my old
nurse , as she lay on her back , outstretched - f
stretched upon chairs , pale as death q
and with her eyes closed. The light e
fell nowhere but on her face. A stran-
c1 to her habits would have thouglit i
She was dead ; liut she had so nmuch of I
the a1)pearince sure had had1 on a former -
mer occasion , that I concluded at once
rhat she was in one of her trances. But
e
h often heard that
aving persons to i
mcbl a condition ought not to be dis- e
turned , : rid feeling quite sure she v
new best how to manage herself , I
c
ttlrnel , though reluctantly , and left t
the lone cottage behind me in the
right , with the deathlike woman lying ti
motionless iii the midst of it.
n
I found 111y way home without any v
farther difficulty , and went to bed ,
1 1
where I fell ,
soon asleep thoroughly 1
yenned more by the mental excitement n
had been experiencing than by the tv
tmnount of bodily exercise I had gone f
hrough , t
CHAPTER III.
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HILTON HALL. II
As my father accompanied me to the ti
door , where the gig which was to carry
ne over the first stage of my , journ.'y
rims in waiting a large t rget of lmh1 ,
veil studded with brass nails , which a
lad hung in the hall for time unknown t
-to lime. at least , fell on the floor with t
t (11111 bang. t1y fatiier started , but Si
11h1 nothing ; and , as it seemed to lime , ii
ather pressed my departure than t
othertvise I would have replaced the t
old piece of armor before I went , but g
IC would not allow mile to touch it , n
say ilig , with a grim smile : s
" 'Take that far an omen , my boy , that
our armor lutist be worn over the b
conscience , and not over the 'body. Be \
s
. -
a man , iiuncan , my boy. Fear nothing
and do your duty. "
A grasp of the hand was all time good
bye I could make , and I was goon rat-
thug away to meet the coach for Edinburgh -
inburgh and London.
I reached London in safety , and
slept at the house of an old friend of
my father , who treated me with great
kindness and seemed altogether to take
a liking to me. Before I left he held
out a hope of being able , some day or
other , to procure for me what I s )
flinch desired-a commission in the
army.
After spending a day or two with
lam and seeing something of London.
I climbed once more on the roof of the
coach ; and , late in the afternoon , was
sot down at the great gate of Hilton
Hall. I walked up the broad avenu : ,
through the final arch of which , as
though a huge Gothic window , I saw
the hall in tune distance. Everything ,
about me looked strange , rich and love-
ly. Accustomed to the scanty flowers
and diminutive wood of my own country -
try , what I now saw gave me a feeling
of majestic plenty , which I can recall
at will , but which I have never experienced -
rienced again. Behind the trees which
formed the avenue I saw a shrubbery ;
composed entirely of flowering plants ,
almost all unknown to me. Issuing
from the avenue , I found myself amid
open , wide , lawny spaces , In which
the flowerbeds lay like islands of color.
A statue on a pedestal , the only white
thing in the surrounding green , caught
my eye. I had scarcely seen any sculp
lure , and this , attracting my attention
by afavorite , contrast of color , retained
by its own beauty. It was a Dryad.
or sonic nymph of the woods , who had
just glided from the solitude of t11e
trees behind , and had sprung upon tha
pedestal to look wonderingly around
her.
her.At
At the same moment , from the base
of the pedestal rose a figure ill white.
graceful as the Dryad above , anti
neither ramming , nor appearing to walk
quickly , yet fleet as a , ghost , glided
past me at a few paces distance , and ,
keeping in a staiglmt line for the main
entrance of the hall , entered by it and
vanished.
I followed in the direction of the
mansion , which was large , and of sev-
erai styles and ages. One wing ap
geared especially ancient. It was neg
lecte(1 and out of repair , and had in consequence -
sequence a desolate , almost sepulchral
look ; an expression lmeightened by the
number of large cypresses which grev
along its line. I went up to the central
door and knocked. It was opened by a
grave , elderly butler , I passed under it ,
fiat arch , as if into the midst of the
waiting events of my story. For , as I
glanced around the hall , my consciousness -
ness was suddenly saturated , if I nmy
be allowed the expression with the
strange feeling known to everyo'le ,
and yet so strange-that I had seen it
before ; that , in fact , I knew it per-
fectly. But what was yet more strange
and far more uncommon , was that , although -
though the feeling with regard to the
hall faded and vanished instantly , and
although I could not in the least surmise -
mise the appearance of any of the regions -
gions into whichh I w as about to bs
ushered , I yet followed the butler with
a hind of hitleflnahle ereetatiori ref
3eeina soillething which I had seen before -
fore ; and every room or passage in
that hnausion affected me , on entering
it for the first time , with the same son-
cation of previous acquaintance which
i had experienced with regard to the
hall.
I was received by the housekeeper , a
little , prim , benevolent old lady , with
colorless fmicc and antique lmeaddre ; .
who led mime to the room prepared for
1110. To my surprise I found a large
vr0od fire burning on the hearth ; bur
the feeling of time place revealed at one
the necessity for it ; and I scareel '
needed to be informed that time roan.
which was upon the ground floor , unit
looked out upon a little , solitary , grass.
grow ii and ivy-lllantled court. had not
been siidef or years , and therefore required -
quired to be thus prepared for aim in-
mate. My bedroom was a few paces
tlowml a passage to the right.
Left alone I proceeded to make a
nore critical survey of the room. its
ook of ancient mystery was to inc in-
comnparably more attractive , than any
Doty of elegance or comfort could have
been. It was large and low , paneled
hrougliout in oak , black with age , and
wornm eaten in many parts-otherwise
entire. Both of the windows looker'
nto the court or yard before mention-
e(1. All the heavier furniture of 1110
0om was likewise of black oak , brit
he chairs amid couches were covered
w itbi faded tapestry and tarnished
gilding , apparently the supelamnuateu
nenbers of the general imouselmold of
Seats.
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
Catching a Glance.
Mr. Smalley , in the Fortnightly Review
view , gives an interesting explanation
of lime expression on Bismarek's face
n the last portrait of him , painted by
Lenbach , the great artist. This look is
till of power and purpose , afiame with
nger 1111(1 resolve , "iightnbng in the
ye amid time mouth hard as iron. "
So might he have looked thunder-
rig at : um obstinate majority in the
leichstag or trying to bend a hostile
nation to his purpose.
But this is not the explanation of his
xpression. Price Bismarck loves sing u
rig birds and hates time crows , their
nemies. One day he was walking
with Herr Lenbach in the woods , and
aught sight of a member of this de-
estable tribe.
His sudden glance of anger arrested
e attention of the artist , who , as soon
s he got home , transferred it to cau-
as. Thus it was not the affairs of
atioits which were responsible for the
ook ; not the obstinacy of his countrymen -
men nor the antagonism of time French
'hick will send the great chancellor's
eatures down to posterity clothed in
ragely.
It was simply the fact that he caught
fight of an insignificant bird who has
0 reverence for the sweet singers of
e feathered wbrld.
Seeing by Night.
Nocturnal creatures assume night t
ctirity for some other reason timan
hat they cannot see by day , or tlmat
hey see better by night. The bat
2s admirably in time brightest sun-
ght , as any one knows who has ever
eased one by poking a stick at it. It 1
rill open its nmouth and make an an-
ry grab at the stick when it is not
ear it by several inches. Prof. Belles
ay s it is the same with the owl. They
see perfectly in bright sunlight and
otter at night than most creatures.-
Icehan's Monthly. ,
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GRAND DPARTY.
THAT PREPOSTEROUS NICARAGUA -
GUA SCHEME.
Nothing Can Excuse a , : nn Who Votes
for It In the Present Condition of
Affalr3-This Is Not a Bauher'a Gov-
ernment-Car11slo "Sot In It. "
The Nicaragua Job.
Really , the Nicaragua canal jobbers
at Washington are losing some of
their fine artistic qualities inthe management -
agement of a boom. They should not
have sent out one day a report that
the British age'ressivo pollny at Blue-
fields was with a view to obtaining
future control of the canal territory ,
and permitted it to be followed next
morning by an announcement
that the Nicaragua canal bills
would be pushed earnestly this win-
ter. The juxtaposition of these two
accounts was too evident a disclosure
of their relation to the same fashion-
inghand. A few months ago we had
a dispatch telling us that agents had
embarked for England to dispose of
the priceless Nicaragua concession ,
and that America was about to lose it
forever ; followed by a gentle hint that
action at the comilmg session might
yet save to us this boon. Then we
had a cable message to the effect that
English capitalists were hungry for
the investment , with another suggestion -
tion that we could still head thom off.
And now'the Bluefields difficulty has
been "worked" by the same skilled
hands of the third house at Washington -
ton , which has the interest of the Nicaragua -
aragua scheme so close at heart.
Is it possible that any representatives -
tives of the people can be so unfaithful -
ful to their trust as to dare commit
this government to this wild and extravagant -
travagant scheme ? The St. Paul
Pioneer Press sees cause for alarm in
the fact that the iicaragua job has
obtained so large a hold upon the
press of different parts of the country ,
attacking it through alleged local interest -
terest and through the weakness of
the American imagination for big
projects We have been obliged to
borrow $100,000,000 during the last
year to pay ordinary expenses. There
is no immediate prospect that we will
be on a paying basis for some time to
come. Foe are now trying vainly
to adjust our affairs with the
Pacific railroads that trere subsidized
for private profit. Yet in this condition -
dition of the treasury , and with this
warning example before us , we are
asked to put fromn $7OOJO,000 upwards
in a similar scheme. And this preposterous -
posterous project , which is agitated
principally by a band of "promoters , "
who expect to sneak $7,000,000 or
$10,000,000 out of the boodle through
a purchase of the worthless posses-
IQIi of tie bpkrupt canal company ,
atualiy has its warm advocates and
defenders in both houses.
Nothing can excuse a man who
votes for the Nicaragua job in the
present condition of affairs. If this
country concludes thatit needs a canal 1
across the isthmus bad enough to build
and pay for it , we have not a word to
say. We do not believe that it doss ;
but if such a straight business proposition -
sition were offered and adopted , we
shoulu think it proper even if we believed -
lieved it to be an unwise expenditure.
But to go again , under any conditions
that may be framed , into the
business of giving the government's
guarantee to the bonds of a
private corporation is simply unpar-
donable. It ought to be an offense
against the lairs to srg est such a
thing. To play into the hands of the
speculators , who have managed the
Nicaragua company's affairs into bankruptcy -
ruptcy , and are now planning to get
some juicy picking from the remains ,
and to do all this when the treasury is
short of receipts and without resources -
sources , is little short of a crime. Time
Nicaragua business ought to get its
final black eye this , winter.
Feelln s L'eep'y ' Stirred.
Mr. Cleveland comes to the defense
of his pet pension bureau with perhaps -
haps the most ponderous sentence in
the message. lie says : 'lime accusation -
tion that an effort to detect pension
frauds is evidence of unfriendliness
toward our worthy veterans and a denial -
nial of their claims to the generosity
of the government , suggests an unfortunate - m
fortunate indifference to the commission -
sion of any offense which has for its
motive the securing of a pension amid
indicates a willingness to be blind to
the existence of mean and treacherous
crimes which play 111)011 demagogic
fears and make sport of the patriotic
impulses of a grateful people. " If '
the length of the period is any meas- C
re of the depths to which Mr. Cleveland -
land is stirred , it is to be presumed l
that some of the current criticisms of
his pension course have struck home.
-Detroit Tribune. t
Arid Lands to the State. t
The Transmississippi congress did a t
good thing when it adopted a resolution -
tion in favor of a grant "of the arid
lands to the several states in which
they age situated. It is along that
line that the true solution of the irrigation -
gation problem lies. To each state
iLould be left the regulation of the 1
distribution of water , , but that would
not be done if the reclamation of the
land should be intrusted to the national -
tional government. Congress would v
Insist upon enacting laws governing
the distribution of water if it incurred
the expense of building reservoir ;
and digging ditches. Congress would c
be incapable of legislating intelligently - i
ly concerning irrigation , for a great i
majority of its members never would
lave the requisite information concerning -
cerning irrigation methods and difTi-
mlties.-Denver Republican.
A Saving on SSeodr.
Secretary of Agriculture Morton
promises to save about $160,001 a l
ear to the government by discontinu- : :
. -
trig the ( listribution of seeds to
farmers. The Republicans will save
much more than that by distributing
to their' respective homes a lot of
Democratic "seeds" who draw salaries -
aries in the several departments without -
out rendering any compensating services -
vices therefor-Cincinnati Times-
Star.
Not a Banker's Govornment.
Mr. Cleveland has.used his facilitie3
for studying the temper of the American -
can people to little advantage if he believes -
lieves they will consent that the banking -
ing interests shall be put in charge of
the country's welfare. The Baltimore
plan is a dangerous proposition from
whatever standpoint it is considered.
Frith the sole power to create and destroy -
stroy money time banks would . very
soon virtually be time government.
The banks are institutions organized
for private gain. In their place they
are not only a great convenience but
they are a necessity.
This does not argue , however , that
the interests of the general public and
the very government itself should be
delegated to them. Should they be
given authority to expand and contract -
tract the currency of the country at
will time only interest they would
naturally look to would be that of the
earning power of money in the money
market. The people's interest lies in
the earning power of commodities
which are taken in exchange for
money. 1
The tendency of recent events has
been to centralize power in the money
dealers , but time time is not yet ripe
for the delivery of our freedom to any
set of money makers , and through
them to Wall street and still beyond
that to the gold monopolists ot Eng-
land. 't'hat is what the adoption of
time Baltimore plan would amount to.
Mr. Cleveland would not only give
the banks time power contemplated by
the national bankers' convention , but
he would take away the responsibility
of the general government altogether.
In short , lie would put the money
world against all other interests and
lot each side take care of itself , with
the weapons all on 0110 side. lie
would make the banks mutually protective -
tective , so far as the currency of each
was concerned , but in reality his plan
would leave the depositor as the only
real guarantor of the bank's solvency.
Time depositor is compelled to take
enough chances now. lie will not go
into this new partnership if he can
help himself.
In truth , there is no feature of the
plan that will commend it to the favorable -
vorable consideration of any other
class than those engaged in money
dealing.-Kansas City Journal.
Amo lea in Chlna.
England takes care of her subjects ,
no matter how humble , no matter
where they may be. And the man
who seeks the protection of the Eng
lish flag , whether citizen or alien ,
finds security tinder its folds so long
as lie shows himself worthy of such
succor. With1 a blush of shame we
must confess that the United States
has never exercised her power to defend -
fend the rights of her citizens in other
lands , and as for time hcople of other
countries who have sought protection
under the American thug , they haveas
a rule , relied upon a weak if not a
broken reed. We are very plucky at
home , but abroad we lack spirit.
Dlr. Julian Ralph , writing to liar-
per's Weekly from Shanghai , repeats
the story of two Japanese students
who , hounded down by the Chinese ,
were deluded into seeking protection
under the flag of an American consul-
general , Mr. Jernigan , at Shanghai.
To the credit of our consul let it be
said , he tried to sate these poor
youths. 1-Ie telegraphed our minister
at Pekin , and would have appealed to
Mr. Gresham had diplomatic etiquette
permitted it. But Washington heard
of it , and Greshamn telegraphed the
consul-general to surrender at once
the young men who had sought the
protection of our flag.
The Japanese students were surrendered -
rendered and subjected for three ( lays
to time most horrible tortures , till
death put an end to their sufferings.
England would have sent her whole
fleet to Chinese waters rather than
surrender these men to the savage
and worse than brutal enemy. Once
the American was a power in time
Orient. Now he is being despised.
sir. Cleveland has much to answer
for , but not time least grime of his
cowardly administration is his be-
coning a party to the murder of these
two young men.-New York Adver- 1
tiser' .
Doubly I mpossible.
A Boston paper characterizes as
'foolish" the charge that Secretary
arlisle is using the patronage of his
department with a view to advancing
xis presidential chances. The Boston
paper is right. Mr. Carlisle is well e
aware that no Democrat can be elected
o the presidency nett time , and if
such a thing were possible he knows
hat his failure as the head of the
reasury department would put him
out of the race.
Ctits and Democrats.
Scientists are trying to ascertain b1 1
practical experiments and by photographs -
graphs how it is that a cat invariably
ights on its felt. The Democratic f
party is anxiously awaiting the result
of the investigation so that it may
profit by it. 'l'ime last time it fell it
vas with a dull ; sickening th-d.
Drover's I acne.
It looks now as though Grover
Cleveland would rumble down time
enturies as the only man that ever
nsisted upon being president and sec-
etary of the treasury at the same ,
time. The effort does not amount to f
greatness , but is regarded as a fairly
good imitation of it.
r
mjo mikes it.
Mr , Andrew Carnegie thinks the 1
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n the case of Mr. Andrew Carnegie ,
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