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f|fr|§enrg |ftratiealrY HcHENBY, J. VAN SLYKE. T«TAI PHHUEM. ILLINOIS. THE American Israelite, the leading Jewish paper of the country, is stirring Hp the Jewish merchants for keeping 3pen their places of business on Satur-ay, which is their holy Sabbath. The Merchants say they do one-half of all |beir business on that very day. JUDOE WILLIAM T. CROW, living near Carnesville, Georgia, was married to Hiss Elizabeth Blackwell, in 1826, and If they live until the 26th of next Feb­ ruary they will celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of their wedding-day. They liave six children and forty-seven grandchildren living. One daughter 4ied during childhood, and two sons flSeep in soldiers' graves. All the child­ ren live within a mile and a-half of the Old homestead. I/. S':' m THE German Government is having • shaft sank at Sohlodebach for the fmrpose of discovering the rate at Which heat increases from the circum­ ference toward the center of the earth. The diamond drill has already pene- ' trated our planet's bowels a mile *nd a half, the deepest boring in the world. Some people amagine this question will meet with a practical so­ lution in the "hereafter/' and are in ho hurry to learn the intensity of internal fires. ;T; SENATOR COLQUITT has furnished the Jjirsb instance in the history of Georgia where father and son represented the $tate in the Senate of the United States. Such occurrences are very rare. There are only, three on record. They are those of Senators Bayard, |Pon Cameron, and Colquitt. The Bayards have represented Delaware in the Senate without interruption for 'three generations. Don Cameron took Ilia father's seat. There were thirty fears between Walter T. Colquitt sod lis son in the Senate. , THE Hagerstown (Md.) Mail relates that as a fast train stopped at Point qf flocks the engineer was found stunned And almost lifeless, suffering appa­ rently from a blow in tbe head. A-dead chicken was found lying in the cab. The only explanation that could be - given was was that the chicken at­ tempted to fly across the track while the train was running-at a high speed And came in collision with the driver's , head. The latest news was that the Unfortunate man had recovered con­ sciousness, but that his recovery was by no means assured. LORD SYI>XEY, who has several times Ibeen Lord Steward and Lord Cham­ berlain, will shortly attain bis 80th birthday, and the past and present members of the royal household are fubscribing for a gift which it is pro­ posed to offer to him. He has always been very popular, and being a con­ summate man of business, he is a most Efficient official. He has been much concerned in the management of the Queen's money matters since the death £f the Prince Consort, and he regularly audits her Majesty's private accounts. He is to receive "a mark of favor" from Jhe Queen on his birthday. GFN. BI CKNER seems to have had a iderical staff, and his military family lias furnished the Episcopal Church fWith three Bishops--Gallagher, of • JK.entr.cky, who was a Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant Gen­ eral, is now Bishop of Louisiana; El­ liott, another Kentuckian, Captain and rAid-de-Canip, is Bishop of Texas; Har­ ris, of Georgia, Ade-de-Camp, who is a Bishop of the Michigan Diocese, was first promoted to this high dignity in Jhe church. Another clergyman who ? Bame from the same strange training- school is Shoup, a West Point gradu­ ate, who left the old army and went . South. He is now a D. D. m • THE Duke of Cambridge has left Hiondon for his annual visit to Ham­ burg, for relief of gout, and questions Are asked if the people are to pay in ' future for hia trips. Two hundred dol­ lars were charged, in the last estimate, for his conveyance from Dover to Ca­ lais. He draws $60,000 a year out of the public pocket, and a first-class pas­ sage from Dover to Calais is only $5; but his Grace of Cambridge preferred that the public should pay. There is a feeling growing ttp against the out­ rageous demands of these serene high­ nesses, and others who have descended like locusts on the land, because they Ire the Queen's cousins, uncles, and aunts. , THE death is reported of Moro Phil­ lips, one of the most prominent capi- C talists and manufacturers of Philadel­ phia, whose wealth is estimated at $10,000,000. He was a Pole bv birth, but left Warsaw, his native town, when ^uitejjyoung, on account of his partici­ pation an insurrection, and came to this country. He landed in Boston, * where he changed his name from Char- lotsky Moro to Phillips. He afterwards bought large tracts of land in Texas, and a home in Galveston* He owned the Lafayette Hotel, in Philadelphia, the Columbia Hotel, Lebanon Springs, a copper mine in Michigan, and a phos­ phate mine in Canada. He was about 75 years of age. "WHAT is the origin of the sign fcr the American dollar?" was the question propounded at a London din­ ner not long ago. The American Con­ sul did not know; neither did anyone else. Au extensive research resulted In this theory: The American dollar . Js taken from the Spanish dollar, and «4|he sign is to be found, of course, in the associations of the Spanish dollar. On the reverse side of the Spanish dollar is a presentation of the pillars of Hercules, and round each pillar is a scroll, with the inscription, "Plus ultra." This device, in the course of time, has Regenerated into the sign which stands at present for American as well as Spanish dollars--f. The scroll around the pillars represents tbe two serpents sent by Juno to destroy Hercules injbis cradle. JEANNE BUNK, Marchandon's (the French murderer's) mistress, is being overwhelmed with offers from parties eager to turn her notoriety to account. Two hundred photographers, hailing from all parts of the glebo, wafiit the monopoly of the sale of hit photograph; for a considerable consideration. An Amorican showman offets lie* a-prini*. donna's salary for the right of exhibit­ ing her in the States. The manager of one of the Paris theatres has offered her a lucrative engagement. The pro­ prietor of a St. Petersburg cafe bids 12,000 rubles per annum for her to act , as cashier in his establishment, Otm individual, a Pole, even goes so far as to offer her marriage. "You will make an excellent housekeeper, I feel sure," he says. "I'll answer for you; for me vour past will be a guarantee of the future. I love you!" n,•/ MERLY, the noted Frendr baritone; lately deceased, allowed politics to ruin his c areer as an artist. In the reign of Napoleon III. he was a great favorite at 1 the opera. One evening, soon after he began his engagement there, the Em­ peror and Empress came to hear him. The piece was "Guillaume Tell," and everything went well up to the famous phrase: "L'independence on la mort!" Merly advanced as near as he could get to the Imperial bcx, and thundered out the words at its occupants, shaking his fist in their direction at the same time. The hoiiBe was stupefied. The^Emperor repaid the insult with a contemptuous smile and a shrug of the shoulders. Merly refuted to make the apology which the director insisted on the next day; and his connection with the opera, and with it the prospect of rising to the summit of his profession, came to ah un­ timely end. THE legend of a lost mine has given to Bald Mountain, in Placer county, Colorado, a fascinating interest for prospectors. The tradition is that early in the '50's three men disappeared from an immigrant party coming over the old Gap trail. Search for them was without avail, and they were re­ ported dead. Where or how. they hibernated no one knows, but the fol­ lowing spring, ragged, shoeless, and totally demoralized, they filed into Michigan Bluff. Their blankets had been converted into sacks, and with them they brought dust to the amount of $10,000 or $15,000. Sjpendfing but a single night within the confines of civilization, and giving no information as to the location of their large claim, they w. re followed on their return trip, and a few weeks later their murdered bodies were found in one of the dreary canyons that scars the face of the deso­ late peak. Since then many a man has sought this lost mine, but apparently its immunity is as certain as that of the treasure of Capi Kidd. LYME PASHKOLL atkneutfogs "itf the Figaro the approachiag restoration of the Empire of Tamerlane under ' the scepter of the White Czar; and she ex­ plains that this empire must include, as a matter of course--for otherwise it would not be Tamerlane^ Empire-- Delhi on the Ganges. In the first in­ stance, however, the White Czar will be satisfied with all the territory lying between Afghanistan and the frontiers of China; and it will not be fintil aftefr war with England that he "• will take possession of Delhi on the Ganges. The coronation of the White Czar as Emperor of Central Asia is to be cele­ brated at Samarkand, and the Emir of Bokhara (who,equally with the chief of the neighboring Khanate?, dislikes the idea of being formally and finally ef­ faced), is to give up for the Occasion Tamerlane's insignia of powet---that is to say, his helmet, bis saber, and his shield. The Emperor o! China is be­ ing called on to cede the new Empire all outlying territories in which the bulk of the inhabitants are Mohamme­ dans; and before long the wprjd will see united beneath the same august ruler the greatest Christian Empire and the greatest Mohammedan Empire f : --= ' ;4KI-'if + A Brave Girl's Ride. |nf The plucky child held her whip be­ tween her teeth, shut tight as when one is nerved for the very worst and last. Her hat had been swept from her pretty head in the mad rush her frightened and uncontrollable steed was making. Firmly «lie gripped the reins, sitting in her saddle with splen­ did streugtli and poi«e. The animal had lost its head, but not the brave lit­ tle horsewoman that stuck resolutely to his back in this fearful ride. About Thirty-ninth street the startled hors9 broke away, heading up the boulevard. At Thirty-iiftli street it turned and gained Cottage Grove avenue in .a trice. L p this thoroughfare it rushed, see-sawed from side to side between the car tracks.by the stout-hearted and intelligent rider, who, perhaps; was rushing to a terrible death. Turning into Thirty-first, back came the- un­ checked brute down the boulevard--a fearful pace and a dangerous road. Over obstruction after obstruction the horse leaped, clearing blocks almost as with a bound. HundreJs were specta­ tors, but none at hand that could save. The girl's companion had been dis­ tanced despite the speed to which he had urged liis h rse. L>o\?n the boule­ vard the headstrong course* jplnnged again, a park policeman spurring hotiv iu pursuit to the re-cue. First break­ ing a rein held by the courageous girl in his efforts to bring the runaway to stop, the officer finally forced the child's steed to a fence, and brought him to earth. Then, and not till then, did the brave little heart yield to the terrific strain of that mad ride, and fell back limp and pale and helpless. Hard by they cared for her, while along the boulevard hundreds were wondering what became of the child and the steed in their terrible flight--CAiVag» Tribune. _ The Most Elegant Thing. There is a false culture which multi­ plies wants, and would enslave the soul to furniture, dress and display. > mer- son says: "What can be eo elegant as to have few wants and serin® them eae'a •elf f"--Cleveland Leader. REX1K1SCEXCES PUBLIC »* BEX: LESLEY ,2* *Gea. Jackson was known among the loldiers who had served under him as 'Old Hickory," a sobriquet given him luring the Creek War. His brigade was making a forced march, withont baggage or tents, to surprise the In- ijans in one of their villages, and wero tor several days and nights exposed to the peltings of a March storm, the rain freezing as it felL Gen. Jackson got a severe cold, but did not complain, as be tried to sleep in a nmddy bottom among his half-dozen soldiers. CapL Allen and his brother John cut down a stout hickory tree, peeled off the bark 9nd made a covering for the General, who was with difficulty persuaded to crawl into it. The next morning a Iruuken citizen entered the camp, and seeing the tent kicked it over. As Jackson crawled from the ruins the toper cried: "Hello, Old Hickory; come out of your bark and jine us in a irink!" Thenceforth tbe General was known in camp as "Old Hickory," and when he was talked of as a Presidential candidate, the nickname was adopted by his supporters. The "liberty tee*" of the Revolution was revived in the "hickory tree," planted at every country eroas-roads and village by the enthusi­ astic Democrats, while they sang: Freemen, cheer the hickory troe, Long its boughs have sheltered thee. James Green, of Missouri, was, be­ fore the war, one of the leading men in the United States Senate, and he saved the South in the debate on the Le- compton question. He was the only man who, by common consent, got the upper hand of Douglas in that memora­ ble discussion, and but for him the Southerners would have made a poor showing just then. There seemed to be a bright future opeping for him, but, like too many others similarly situ­ ated, he thought no man could rise in the world of politics without passing a gcod deal of time in the bar-rooms of Washington. Six years later he was often to be seen on Pennsylvania ave­ nue in a state of beastly intoxication, his clothes covered with mud, and with his once intelligent features swollen and disfigured. C<M. Fletcher Webster used occasion­ ally to visit Washington early in 1ISH2, when his regiment, the Twelfth Massa­ chusetts, was encamped on the Poto­ mac, and he was always welcomed by his father's old frienus. He had inher­ ited his father's fascinating power of conversation, and there was a chival­ rous grandeur about his contempt for the Bostonians who had mortgages on his farm that was refreshing. Those who served under the Colonel tell how much better than bugle or band was his "Close up, boys!" Tumbling through deep mu>t holes in the darkness, wad­ ing through creeks into the swamp, crowding through thickets into the forests, "Close up, boys!" sounded out slear and musical, never failing to start the echo of a cheer when the good cheer itself was quite marched out The men were proud of him. He was indis­ pensable to the commissary when the beef was over-salt, shoes over-worn, or olankets lost. Hi* charity covered a multitude of cold and aching places. He had a way of looking out for them quite home-like. He rarely took disci­ pline into his hands, but his rebuke was more. severe than courts-martial were elsewhere. No one marched them JO slowly, spoke to them so kindly, or met them so cordially; yet none was more respected. Mr. Blaine, after he was no longer Speaker, was the leader of the Repub­ lican minority in the House, and was implicitly followed.. He was well de­ scribed, at that time, as looking sur­ charged with tremendous nervous en­ ergy, BO irresistibly impelling him that tbe steam-brakes Couldn't slow him down to 300 revolutions per min­ ute. When there was nothing to work it off it seemed to effervesce in boyish exuberance of spirits, as he darted hither and thither across the hall, up and down the aisles or through the lobby with incessant activity. His habitual air Was that of a m»n intent upon overtaking to-morrow, and driv­ ing ahead oj such tremendous speed t^at nobody would oe surprised if he L^fd i| Physically, he was » splendid type Of manhood; of commanding stat­ ure, straight as a Maine pine, broad- shouldered and of stalwart, muscular frame, a trifle stout, but with step quick as a boy's, and every movement as free and supple 'as that of a trained athlete. He had a full, high forehead; large, keen, observant eyes; nos9 sligiitly aquiline and of the sort that added to the look of push-aheadative- uess that was imprinted on his every feature. His short, oropped baard, which half concealed bis lower face, gave him an air of military precision. In speech he was rapid, but distinct in utterance and clear cut in expression; made no attempt at rhetorical graces, but was forcible, pungent, and at times stirringly eloquent, while always terse and pointed and marvelously quick at repartee, and when most intense was most master of himself and thoroughly self-poised. He did not seek occasion to speak, but as often as he took the door letter-writing and conversation ceased, and everybody listened. He was regarded as the Congressional can­ didate for the coming nomination at Cincinnati, and his Republican asso­ ciates in the House were, with a few exceptions, his earnest supporters. Mr. Blaine was noted for the court­ esy with which he treated journalists, often taking his pen and dashing off in terse Anglo-Saxon a paragraph con­ taining the information which they asked for. It was the general opinion in the reporter's gallery that nature had intended him for a managing editor, and that lie had missed his vocation whsahe became a politician. «;i =•; * ' . J Brussels Carpets. The carpets which bear the above name are not all made in Brussels. They are manufactured both in this country and in England. In regard to their introduction in the last-mentioned country the following tradition is pre­ served in Kidderminster: During 1730 and 1735, John Broom traveled through fontnay and Brussels, studying the stitch which was then known as the Brussels stitch. In Brussels, particu­ larly. weavers were at that time mak­ ing a carpet named after the town--the l>rus^els carpet. Broom studied with much earnestness the mystery of the manufacture, and finally made the ac­ quaintance in Tournay of a weaver un­ derstanding the secret. He and this weaver immediately repaired to Eng­ land, and near Mount Skipet, Kidder­ minster, they, put up the first Brussels loom, 1741). They operated with abso­ lute secrecy, but in time their modus operandi was exposed. Broom and his Belgian workman labored night and day, and, it being known where their operations were conducted, some finterprising fellow climbed to the win­ dow, and night after night, from his perilous perch outside, he studied the operations of the mechanism within, until he was able-to carry away in his mind a model of the Brussels loom. Then a second firm and several others Soon came into the field, and in 1753 Kidderminster was doing considerable in the way of Brussels. To-day, we are told, there is hardly anything else y but Brussels made in Kidderminster, and, odd as it may seem, there is scarcely a yard of the original Kidder­ minster carpet produced there. _/ ' I.incolnlann. In the senatorial contest between Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Douglas, when mmmwmmm they spoke at Freeport, Illinois, Mr. Douglas appeared in an elegant ba­ rouche drawn by four white horses, and was received with great applause. But when Mr. Lincoln came up in a "prairie schooner," viz., an oid-fasli- ioned canvas-covered pioneer wagon, the enthusiasm of the vast throng was unbounded. When travelling about the quiet country towns on his law business it was his custom, at the tavern or board­ ing-house where he stopped, after tea to get a candle and go to his room and read awhile. He was no loafer. At a public meeting in a grove, a long shambling figure was seen sitting on the fence and whittling thought-' •fully, clothed in the slightest summer attire. After others had spoken, "Lin­ coln ! Lincoln!" was called, and the whittler, pocketing his knife, and slip­ ping from the feuce, made a character­ istic speech. This was before his great prominence. At the same place, when the lady who en'.ertained him and some others at dinner made some apology, he said he guessed it was better than they would have got at home, anyhow. To Bishop Simpson, after u lectnre on American progress, in which he did not speak of petroleum, Mr. Lincoln said, as the? came out, "You did not 'strike ile.'" The sheets and clothes stained with the blood of Lincoln were literally torn in strips, as Antony said of C:isar, and preserved as mementos. The assassin­ ation of C:vsar, and of William of Or­ ange were brought vividly to the minds of those who were in Washington. Only.a day or two before the assas­ sination, the Morning Chronicle, the Washington organ of the administra­ tion, said that a single life was seldom indispensable to a country, but that just then that of Abraham Lincoln seemed to be so. It seemed to be so, indeed. Yet he served his country by his death as by his life. Not only did his death at once prevent what might have been the dangerous consequences of a frenzy of exultation, but it taught us the most important of truths, that no man, however great end able and patriotic and devoted and beloved, is indispensa­ ble to the welfare of the country. There are extreme exigencies in which the natural cry is, "Oh, for an hour of Dundee!" But in the great develop­ ment of liberty no one man is essential. As Charles Sumner said in beginning his eulogy upon Lincoln, "In the Prov­ idence of Goid there are no accidents. Editor's Easy Chair, in Harper's Magazine. Too Many Critics. The man who is continually dull­ ing upon the defects of his neighbors is sure to be unpopular and to have his own frailties mercilessly exposed for public inspection. It is a charming pursuit, this business dissecting one's acquaintances, and ^requires a good deal of strength of jf* yacter to resist the impulse iu thiQKnrection. Still the man who wants W win the confi­ dence and maitain the good will of others will oschew criticism, except upon those rare occasions when it be­ comes an imperative duty. After all, there are so many sharp critics in the world,why should we join the number? Would it not be better to enroll our­ selves in the much less numerous army whose members have sworn allegiance to that divine charity which "tl.inketh no evil," and who speak to each other of the good qualities of their neighbors rather than of their defects. He who with loving hands hides a scar from the eyes of the curious may stand as high with the Great Father as he w ho tears open every human wound. Per­ haps he stands even higher.--Mtloona Tribune. MTIC FlMANCIEftfNG. Why tit* People Will Cer­ tainly Repudiate the Gkra- , 7 land Administration. - Secretary Manning and Treasurer Jor- \ AMI Playing a Mane that E«»1 riches Monopolists. ̂ The Discouragement of Slang. There have been several societies started for_ the suppression of slang. There is one in Cleveland. The list of expressions not allowed in con versa t. on by this club is as follows: You are .an­ other; Gilly; Crank; Gosh; Just bo >s; Cheese it; Monkeying; You can't; Nasty thing; You are crazy; You tramp; You poor thing; You nuisance; You are a slouch; Such gall; Don't mention it; What a nerve; I« should smile; I should remark; I should snicker; I should titter; I should mur mur; I should giggle; I don't have to; Hardly ever; Give us a rest; Pretty nearly; You make me tired: You make me weary; Snide; Slouch; Allee samee; Bet your life; Give it up; Great heavens; Oh, mercy; Cheese the racket; Too too; Chalk it down; Too thin; l>ats; Not much; Chestnuts; La la; Ah there, stay there; Tata; Jim Dandy; Just great; Proper caper; Say nothing; Sure; What a picnic. The fines paid I y the members for tbe vio­ lation of its rules go to the associated charities of the city. Brave Pasteur. As an instance of the dangers which Pasteur encounters in his researches on rabies, we may quote the following: "A veterinary surgeon telegraphed to him: 'Attack at its height in poodle and bulldog. Come.' The two dogs wer^ rabid to the last degree. The bull­ dog especially, an enormous creature, liowled and foamed in its cage. Two "vouths threw a cord with a slip- loop over the dog, as a lasso is thrown. The animal was caught and drawn to the edge of the cage. There they managed to get hold of bim, and to se­ cure his jaws; and the dog, choking with fury, his eyes bloodshot, and his body convulsed with a violent spasm. wa*» extended upon a table and held, while Pastenr, leaning over his foam­ ing head, at the distance of a finger's length, sucked up into a narrow tube some drops of the saliva. * * Wit­ nessing this fomnbable tete-a-t$te, 1 thought Pasteur grander than 1 had eve? thought him before." - ^ . C'hurcli-(ioiiig in the South. Tbe Catholic Churches are well at­ tended after the people have atten deJ market and visited the grocery. With one or two exception", the Protestant Churches are sparsely attended, and the churches are ant quated, and so are the sermons. The most thriving churches iu the South are the colored churches, and in them I have heard tome of the most earnest and practical sermons. It was not all about "Dem Golden * Slippers" or "Swftig Low, Sweet Chariot," but real practical mor­ ality -- Corr&pon4mt Chronicle 1: * < [Washington special to Indianapolis Journal.] "Sooner or later this administration will be repudiated by the great masses of the people on account of its finan­ cial policy," said a well known writer on financial topics, addressing your correspondent tnis morning. 'T am a Democrat of twenty years' standing," continued he, "but the acts of those people over there," pointing toward the Treasury Department, "are more than I can stand. Here the Democratic party has been denouncing the national banking system and howling against bond-holders and coupon-clippers for upward of twenty-four years, crying down monopoly and all that sort of rot, and in less than six months it has done more for this class than the Republican party did during its entire reign. This demagogy would have been shown up by tl£ Republican and honest press ^generally if it had been understood." I wanted to know what he meant,and the gentleman, who is one of the best- posted on finance in the country, said: _ "Why, you observed that Treasurer Jordan recently decided that there was really only about $25,000,000 surplus in the Treasury, did you not? Well, there is over $140,000,000, aud he very well knew it. He threw out in his statement $100,000,000, which he desig­ nated a sacred fund for the redemption of the legal tenders ? He claimed the Government had no right to use that money. That act was in the direct in­ terest of the national banks. It has' been a rule, if not a law, in the depart­ ment for many years that when the re­ serve or surplus runs over $1-10,000,000 a bond call shall be made for $10,000,000 or over. You see by this decision of Jordan, which is approved by the Sec­ retary, that it will be impossible to make a bond call for two or three vears. This creates a stability and a rise in the bond market. Seven-tenths of the threes are held by national bankers to secure circulation, or rather they own them and have deposited them as se­ curity. Well, this decision has given them a rise of three aud one-half per cent. This decision is a guarantee to national bankers, also, that they will not be disturbed by having their se­ curity bonds called during this admin­ istration. What better do they want ?" "Do you think this was done at the instance of the national banks?" was asked. "Undoubtedly it was. Treasurer Jor­ dan paid a visit to New York soon after rendering the decision, and he received the plaudits of the national bankers, and millionaires, and monopolists, and was given a great banquet at Del- monico's." "Does this impair the interest of com­ mon people?" "It does; and in this way: The one hundred millions set aside by this de­ cision Will now lie idle for au indefinite time. It might just as well be used in calling in bouds, which would save, at the lowest calculation, three millions a year to the people. Certainly, as the public debt is decreased the taxes are reduced and the masses are relieved of their load of taxation. There has been a decrease of the public debt every month under this administration, and not a single bond call has been made. The work of reducing the debt--and surely the work of relieving the country--is not fully carried out and cannot be felt until bonds are redeemed. This single act, in other words, simply gives the national banks at least two of the three millions every year, besides the in­ cidental and direct advantages." This very correct and comprehensive statement will not carry much consola­ tion to the good people who supported Mr. Cleveland under the belief that their burdens were to be decreased. The government already pays an annual interest of upwards of $50,000,000 on her debt. She has outstanding 6, 5, 4 and 3 per cent, bonds, aggregating about $1,200,000,000, and this truckling to the national banks does not give a hopeful outlook. It is said that Comp­ troller of the Currency Cannon is re­ tained in his position, and is to be re­ tained, simply because he is the national bankers' friend and servant. Mr. Larrabeee's Opening Iowa. Speech In During the active oanvass that pre­ ceded the nomination of Mr. Larrabee as the Republican candidate for Gover­ nor of Iowa no attacks whatever were made on him, and it was generally con­ ceded by Democrats as well as Repub­ licans that his record was invulnerable. After eighteen years' service in the State Senate there was not even a sus­ picion that he had ever been connected with any kind of legislative jobbery, nor could it be shown that during that long period of activity he was an advo­ cate or supporter of unwise measures. There was nothing in his record that called for explanations or apologies. Throughout bis public life he had been an honest, prudent, and diligent ser­ vant of the people. The only thing al­ leged against him was that he was not a brilliant "stump speaker" and could not tickle the ears of the groundlings with the sound and fury of electioneer­ ing oratory. It appears, however, from his speech of acceptance before the convention that he is able to talk sound sense in a very -instructive and forcible manner. This brief speech shows Mr. Larrabee to be a man of ripened judg­ ment and sound views--one whose ar­ guments ought to command the respect of all who are capable of understand­ ing them. Mr. Larrabee's brief speech was de­ voted mostly to State matters, but it left no doubt that ho is a sound Na­ tional Republican. He asked his hear­ ers whether they expected to strength­ en the nation or increase the prosperity of the people by an advocacy of the State-sovereignty heresies that have given rise to the worst evils ever known in the United States. Testing the Democratic party either by its tlieories or its acts, he was willing to submit the political conundrum whether it bad ever boen right in a single instance. said: •• "Has the Republican party ever been wrong upon one question? Can you name to me a single instance where the Republican party has been wrong? On the other hand, can you name a single instance where the Democratic party has been right? I pnt the question to you, my Democratic friends, as I see a few of you here to-day. Has thero been a question- for the last thirty years where the Democratic p-rty has been right regarding this great nation ? As | Hear no response I will propound the question and extend it back fifty years and ask yon to name a single question where the Democratic party has been right. Now, gentlemen, I ask yon to oonsider this. It is rather a hard conundrum, because I hear no re­ sponse, and I ask you to take the mat­ ter home with you." It would puzzle any Democrat to an­ swer this conundrum. The Demo­ cratic party never is but always to be right, and its advocates prophesy a brilliant future on the Bcore of an in­ consistent and dishonorable past. Throughout its history it has filled the part the bistorian assigned to the sec­ ond George, who was "always incon­ sistent and always wrong." The Re­ publican party as such has made no mistakes. Leading and influential men have been guilty of great blunders at times, but the acts were those of indi­ viduals, snd not of the party. The great measures inaugurated by the National Republican party stand so thoroughly justified that the enemies of that organization do not openly as­ sail them, but only seek to induce the people to abandon common sense and not attempt to judge the futnre by the past. Senator Larrabee's comparison really comprehends the entire logio of the present political situation. The question between the parties is one of character, and this can only be judged by the record. In regard to matters in his own State Mr. Larrabee takes the same position. He points to the result of thirty years of Republican rule, and asks the Demo­ crats where they expect to improve the record. He refuses to believe that the flourishing condition ef the State is the result of chance, and insists that "the prosperity and happiness of a people depend largely on the wisdom with which its government is administrated." The great issues arising for many years past have been solved to the satisfaction of the people through the agency of the Republican party. On the temperance question Mr. Larrabee frankly says he is wedded to no theory, but regards it simply as a matter of experiment to de­ termine what laws are best suited to the people and calculated to command popular approval. Mr. Larrabee may not be a great "stump speaker," but he is a man of clear-headed views, and no doubt the people of Iowa will be glad to hear from him frequently during the campaign.--Chicago Tribune. WHITNEY'S WORKEBM* (Washington special.] Secretary Whitney's new system for filling the navy yards after an examina­ tion seems to be working to tbe great­ est satisfaction of those who are inter­ ested. It is reported that every man who has thus far been been engaged is an expert Democratic workman. In some instances the expertness of the newly employed does not mean that he knows anything about the work in the navy yards proper, but that he can work the "wards" for all vthey are worth. That Mr. Whitney should have descended to such small means for gaining political ends has been a great surprise to those who were disposed to look upon him with favor. He was un- ble, however, to resist the temptation to wield the power which was within his grasp, and the political campaigns this fall will, in consequence, be large­ ly run by the navy yard influence wherever there is a navy yard to have influence. Mullen's Return to Office. Mullen, the scamp who used his power as a Cincinnati police officer to disfranchise colored citizens by illegal­ ly imprisoning them until after the election, was pardoned out of jail in time for him to act as a delegate to the Ohio Democratic Convention, and vote for the renomination of Hoadly. Im­ mediately thereafter he was reappoint­ ed to his old place on the police force. Thus this scoundrel, who ought to be serving his term in jail, has been placed in a position to repeat the crime for which he himself ought to have been disfranchised for life. It is nothing new under the present order of things to find men appointed to office while the smell of the jails is still fresh upon them. Usually, how­ ever, they have been honored in ig­ norance ot their true character, and it is not yet customary to issue pardons ona day and commissions to office the next. Why, then, should there be such a marked exception in favor of this scoundrel Mullen ? According to every demand of justice he should re­ main with his head cropped and be clad for several years yet in the striped suit of a convict, but instead he is arrayed in a blue coat and struts the streets as a protege of Cleveland and Hoadly. No one has suggested any recompense for the 100 colored citizens who were deprived of their votes through this man's dastardly abuse of power, but they are permitted to see him released from the punishment which the courts tried in vain to inflict and again armed with authority to out­ rage the rights of law-abiding men. Such a spectacle as this suggests and will support only one conclusion. Returned at once to his place in the councils of the Democratic party, as Well as to his post on the police force, there would seem no reasonable doubt that Mullen is desired to continue his labors in disfranchising colored voters. Why should this not be the fact ? The success of the Democratic party rests on the suppression of the colored vote; and if it were not for the Mullens in the South Mr. ^Cleveland would not to­ day be President. Mullen, therefore, was in a position to ask something more "than a release from jail. In addition to this he demanded and secured an im­ mediate restoration to his place on the police force and prompt readmission to the official councils of the Democratic party. He had followed the only line of labor that made Democratic success possible, and the President's pardon appears to have been furnished him as an award of merit rather than a to­ ken of mercy. Mullen no doubt made a very close appeal, both to Hoadly and Cleve­ land. The suppression of the colored vote was the only thing that made Democratic success possible, and Mul­ len's plan for carrying it out had some points of merit. To arrest colored men by the hundred on trumped-up charges on the eve of an election and hold them in jail until the polls were closed was a method fully as effective as the shotgun and somewhat simpler than making false counts of the votes actually cast. It was not possible that the President was deceived in regard to this matter. Mullen's guilt was clear bevond dispute, and the conclusion reached by the President was that the punishment provided by law should not be inflicted on a Democrat who dis­ franchised colored Republican voters. Evidently an administration whose Ijower rests on crimes against the bal-ot cauuot be expected to punish out­ rages on the rights of colored citizens. ^-Chicago TrHwm ••-'•..r' ' f .1 • life ..*4 •'•ii ' E4Ward McDonald, a t oao nuncn e^|" Chicage, was drowned by the upsetting at a boat in Wolf Lake, Ind. --On a farm' near Monti cello, Sylvester Swartz shot and killed his father, Joel Swarts, whom he had mistaken hi the darkuess.fcva chickea-thief --Holly C. Clark^, 19 years old, of , Waukegan, accidentally shot and killed himself with a revolver which ha was ex*v amining and had borro%*d4o shoot a eat; --Believing that the pien were becoming wealthy too rapidly, the Rock Island Sail- road Company discharged four passengef conductors at Joliet, and it is fceUevedtiHi! other dismissals will also be made. ; --The report of the business done by * " '-4 the Chicago postoffice for the month d( ' August shows that the sale of postags ^ stamps amounted to over fl50,000. Ovejf V ^ 10,000,000 pieces of mail matter were dis- t i i b u t e d b y t h e 3 2 1 c a r r i e r s . ( ^ „ s • 5 ̂ --Charley E. Kirtland, a Chicago yotttl$ went to Bafi'alo something over a year «g» to accept a position with the Atlas Refining ' Company. He became a member of the Seventy-fourth New York Regiment, lo­ cated in Buffalo, and has jast been elected * corporal. For a boy of eighteen years thMk- i s q u i t e a n h o n o r . - ' s - --" Now, you young scamp," fetid Knlj|^^| senior, as he led his youngest out into ttji r ; wood-shed and 'prePar^d to give him <1- dressing down, " I'll teach you what iik what." " No, pa," replied the incorrigible* "you'll teach me which is switch." An& }"*' then the old man's hand fell powerless to *>v his side.--Chicago Rambler. 1 v -V --Judge Lambert Tree has' sent to the! Mayor of Chicago a check for $700, with a letter suggesting that $100 be used for . . .the purchase A a die and that the inter- est of the balance be Bpent annually fojr * 7^ a gold medal to be awarded to the police- ; ' , man or fireman who shall have done the ' jv most heroic act in the protection of and property. --In trying a lot of Salvation Army peo^^y; pie the other day for a breach of the peaces Justice Kersten, of Chicago, said: "It seemai > to mee that the actions of these Salvation# " ' ista resemble a monkey Bhow more than anything else. From my own experienca t* , ^ 'would say we hive more arrests caused bjr the Salvation Army than by all the sa­ loons on the North Side. They gathifr" vjreat crowds on the streets." 4 * --A good deal of a sensation has be^||^ | < aiiBed on and along the line of the CUlk ^ ^ zugo, Bock Island and Pacific Railroad, WK .v cently, by the discharge of several of the conductors of passouger traits. Being asked the reason, Mr. St. John, the Oe|*> oral Passenger Agent of the company, rW plied t'jat "there are good and sufBcieat reasons for dropping them, and the mitt knew full well why they were discharged!?^*; --A sensation has bden caused at St. Joseph by the sudden and mysteriodt deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Peabofy aud MisB Belle Hasty, a young woman living in their family. A son of the Pea* " bedys, to whom Miss Hasty was betrothed, was also taken violently ill, but has re* covered. It is suspected that the deaths* were caused by poison, administered If the young woman on account, of the op­ position of Mr. and Mis. PeabadSgto h£| contemplated marriage with their son. 1--The people of St. .Louis are loyally uniting to make their State Fair a grand success. Chicago business men can leam a good lesson, and do their best to aid the State authorities to make the fair of 18jBB the best in its history. The show promises to to be of unusual excellence. The do* of the people of the city is to assure the managers of the fair of their interest and sympathy by attending themselves, and l$y giving half-holidays to their employes, an#, encourage their attendance.--l/Wer Ocean. --Governor Oglesby appointed tbe fo|*.« lowing as members of the Revenue Con}* mission: The Hon. Miiton Hay, Repute • lican, Sangamon County; the Hon. Hocatjo 0. Burchard, Republican, Freeport; Franks, P. Crandoa, Republican, Evanston; Mo|f?,,\ shall Field, Democrat, Chicago; Andre^ D. Duff, Democrat, Carbondale; W don Gale, Republican, Galesburg; E. Green, Republican, Mount Carmel; Charles S. Waller, Democrat, Chicago; Charles A. Ewing, Democrat, Decatur: William 6. Wilson, Democrat, Robinson; Charles W. Thomas, Republican, Belleville; Benjarntl Warren, Jr., La Harpe, Hancock County," Democrat. 1 r --The second annual reunion of the old settlers of Macon and adjoining eountiil was held at the Decatur fair-ground|| where there were from 4,000 to 6,000 peo-1" i pie present. The principal address WM delivered by the Hon James Matheny, of Springfield, who was born in St. Clair County in 1818. Among the notables crir the platform was "Uncle Johnny" Hanklf • who came to Macon County in 1828, and hi 1830 split the famous rails with Abraham * Lincoln. The two built a flatboat and went down the Sangamon, Illinois, and • Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. These \ was a basket picnic at noon, and then came general speeches by the old settlers. These were many in the crowd who went to thai section before 1820. Elder John W. was made President, and J. R. Gorin Seo* retary. 'v --To very many people in this city ot widely differing ranks in life, and to sa many people around aud far away from Chi. cago, the announcement of the death dfe Frank Clynes will come with the force ofjk personal sorrow. 2 he kind, generous* genial, and large-hearted Frank has been ' known in this city ever since the fire, anii it is perfectly safe to say that no man evefM 1 k n e w h i m t h a t d i d n o t m a k e h i m a f r i e n d . ^ ; Engaged in an occupation which drewvari*' I ous kinds of people around him, he wap> * v somehow never specially identified with |fe I? when one met him or thought of him. Ns one ever heurd him say an uukind word eir,'v> another, and no one can tell of an act off £ his life that was not meant, to do good t» ' somebody. He was always too generous J ': man to be a successful one, and so he die# * poor, for he lived not {or himself, but f<*. j others. How many and of what various?! kinds of men can- bear witness to this, %; would take long to telL His remains are being carried to their last testing place t©«,4 „ i day by a group of sorrowing friends, Hu -A there are others here aud for from here w h o w i l l f o l l o w i t w i t h t h e i r t e a r s a n d w i t h ' " 4 their ^blessings on his gende memory. > Pmoe to his dnst--Chicago Journal. - --St W. Dnrant editor of the Ckr**Mfy • • v;#f • •14 '•'".'ijK IfJSl . M ' 3'fa " ; • ikij.s,..