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I. VAW M.YMU lilw m4 fttMUfcf. McHENRY, - - ILLINOIS - • ii^LLlij[ijLSgSgSMiiSi?irtBWp'^r"WBB3gBfiBg IIARBISOS; A Powerful 8pe«ch by the Indiana Senator, -Aa Honest Han't Utterance* u Com- pared with the Equivocation ' Senator Ben Harrison opened the Indiana •campaign for the Republicans by an able two-hours' speech at the Opera House, in Indianapolis, on the 80th ult Gov. Porter presided, and an immense audience was in Attendance. . Beginning with a touching and appropriate reference to the death of President Garfield, Senator Harrison passed to the considera­ tion of the constitutional amendments rela­ tive to the prohibition of the Uqnor traffic, fie said: I do not think I can recall any matter re­ lating to State affairs that has so powerfully moved the minds of our people as the pend­ ing question of the submission of the con­ stitutional amendments proposed by the last XecTslature to the vote of the people. Since «his issue was presented, my own position *ipon it has never been the subject of debate -even in my own mind The course which •our party should take has from the begin­ ning seemed to me too plain for any Repub­ lican to lose his way. Not that it was so ^plain that the Democratic leaders mivht not antes it; 1 was sure they would, and they jbave. A ten-rail fence on both sides would not sufficiently mark a road for them. The hand of a cunning workman is dearly revealed in the resolution in the Democratic platform relating to the prohibitory amend­ ment Two widely divergent views upon the subject of this amendment had shown them- «elves among Democrats. One large class, «mbracing those directly connected with the liquor traffic, demanded of the platform- makers a clear declaration against the sub­ mission of the amendments to a popular vote. "These were so near and noisy that the lead­ ing Democrats at Indianapolis who stood •with their hands to theit ears heard but one "voice. They said: " It is unanimous; we will Strangle the amendment in the Legislature," Under this banner they carried this township the April election, and, with increasing noise, said: " We shall sweep the State upon this issue." The Shelbyville Convention offered the next occasion for a restatement of the doc­ trine, and emphasis was then given it. The fsentinH said of the convention: "The platform if adopted has the right ring. It •clears the air of political malaria It silences doubt and invigorates the mind forces of the people." But political malaria went on to do its sad work among Democrats. It in­ fected the committee-room at the State Con­ tention and threw its members into an ague. But, when this tumult near at hand had Somewhat spent itself, like the clamor of the mob at Ephesus, voices from the rural districts began to be heard by these gentle­ men at Indianapolis. They were very calm voices, but very reasonable and very resolute. It was clear that the Shelbyville platform would divide the party. A large, conscien­ tious and determined body of Democrats scattered over the whole State, having no personal ends to subserve--moved by con­ victions, not passions--demanded a submis­ sion of the amendments to a popular vote, Some of these were open advocates of pro­ hibition ; others simply stood for what they -had been taught to be sound, old-fashioned Democratic doctrines--viz.: that the people are the source of all political power--the makers and masters of Legislatures; that a majority of the people, acting by methods prescribed to themselves, have the right to amend the constitution; a popular vote is the best test of the popviar wilt A. TWO-FACED IMAOK. And now, an so often before, the managers found themselves under the necessity of facing both ways on this question. The choice of Mr. Hendricks to manage this bus­ iness was a wise one. He had a wide and well-deserved reputation as a sKillful per­ former in such f eats, and the work produced in this instance will not impair, but rather increase, his reputation. Let us examine this skillful \tioc£ of dodg­ ing. They are in favor of submitting the amendment to a vote of the people--that lias a candid face, looking toward the sub­ mission Democrats. Mr. Hendricks' skillful composition, helped by hi3 graceful elocu­ tion, made that appear quite satisfactory to at least one prohibitionist hearer when he read it to the convention. It was a great' triumph of pen and tongue to deceive, though but for a moment, an earnest, hon- „ est woman. But now the other face of this political im­ age--that looking toward the Liquor-Deal­ ers' Association--is to be set up. The ap­ parently fair and honest declaration for sub­ mission is qualified as follows: "According to the provisions of the constitution for its own amendment." That is, we are in Savor of submitting it to a vote of the people if the next Legislature agrees to pass it on to the Seople. What a neat and yet transparent odge. If the next Legislature agrees to aiibmit the amendment to a popular vote, it is then of small consequence whether the Democratic party is in favor of or opposed to submission. The demand of the Liquor- Dealers' Association was that the amend­ ment be killed in the next Legislature--the demand of the submissionists was that the Xiegislature pass the amendment on to a pop­ ular vote. Which side of this question does this platform take ? If Mr. Hendricks were a member of the next Legislature and had sufficient respect for his own platform to make it the guide of his action as a legislator, would he feel himself bound to vote for or against the submission of the amendment to a popular vote? I fancy, if he governed his action strictly by the platform, lie would go into the lobby and do dare the vote. But there Is something more in the plat­ form upon this subject--"the people nave the right to oppose or favor the adoption of any or all the amendments at all stages of their consideration." Of course they have, but has the Democratic party no policy to announce? It has declared very plainly against the adoption of the amendment, but does it intend, as a party, to make that op­ position now, in the selection of members of The Legislature, and in that body, when as­ sembled, or not until the amendment is be­ fore the people to be voted on directly? "When does Mr. Hendricks intend to make liis opposition as a Democratic citizen? "When uoes his platform advise to make it? He oujrht to be able to explain his own work. Suppose some, simple-minded and confiding Democrat, who accepts patforms with un­ questioning faith, and who "believes in Mr. Hendricks, should ask him whether, accord­ ing to the platform; he ought to vote in the primary for a Legislative candidate who •would "vote to submit the amendment to the people, or for one who would not, how could lie answer him and leave the man's faith in platforms and party leaders unshaken? A two-faced image may be set up, and those who look from opposite points of observa­ tion inav each see a face that pleases them and render their wprship. But the priests of such a god are in constant peril. Some curious worshiper mav change his point of observation. And if the god leads a crusade, one face must move backward The two- liorse act in the circus is an interesting exhi­ bition of the balancing power of the rider, .out you havo noticed that he always gets off where he got on--he never goes anywhere. The Democratic party on this" platform may have the support, but it cannot have v ithe respect either of the liquor men or the submission Democrats. THE REPUBLICANS 8PKAX PLAUFLT. The position of the Republican party on the question of submission is in no doubt The resolution on that subject needs no «tudy or analysis to get at its meaning. It is a plain, blunt declaration in favor of sub­ mitting the amendments to a popular vote. It goes upon the ground that if a majority of / the qualified voters of the State desire to' in­ corporate these amendments--one or all-- Into the constitution, they have the right to do so, and that it is neither wise nor safe for any political party to shrink or evade a fair test of the popular will upon these ques­ tions. And there is no fair lest, except the popular vote, in which each elector speaks for himself. A representative chosen by a majority of one cannot express upon this question the divided will of his constituency, .and upon the diverse qnestkau presented by the several amendments it iF»ractically im­ possible that he should even ^ccurately re­ cord (he will of those by whose votes he waa aot A HTJ been nronoaad If the las* to* md 'af ' ~ Bwafce aad "cm oonid not have with- . in the State [ooae who voted ^ In the tor* the 48,000 VO4«B who petitioned for this •rawirtimtnt woe of no oat polMcal party-- • Inn number of them were Dcnocrata-- nAah tint the aboald not lto afntfe obeofparty They expressed the opinion that a mafortty of uw people favoreatheamendmenCaad asked their wpraaentattrea to bring fee question to tke teat of a popular tote. It was also clear from the beginning very many Republicans were opposed td prohibi­ tion, kmtmtr those thus opposed were and are to-day men of influence and character who uiatui I** be the friends of temperance, are in no way connected with the liquor traffic, and who have no personal ends or ambitions to promote. There were and are prohibitionists in the Democratic party- enough of them to make the Shelbyville platform an impossibility at the State Con­ vention. Enough of them in the State Con­ vention to make it neoessary for Mr. Hen­ dricks to say, "I move the previous question," and so cut off debate. The Republican party has wisely declined to make prohibition or anti-prohibition a partv test We have said, let the strength of this issue which divides both parties be fairly tested at a popular election. Who will deny to a majtirity of the legal electors of this State the right to set their will in the constitution, however much it may contravene his views or how­ ever unfavorably it may affect his personal interests ? That much-abused word "sumptuary" is made to do duty as a: scarecrow, and u all the more efficient that many of those who use and hear it do not know what it moans. The argument of those who would put the traffic in liquors upon the same basis as that of ticftir, is answered by years of restrictive legislation of the liquor traffic in all the States and by judicial decisions without number. That the traffic has such relations to crime, pauperism and taxes as to make it a legitimate subject for the exercise of thrt police power of the State is allowed even by those who favor a license system. The de­ gree and the manner of the restraint that shall be Imposed open the onlv ground of debate, ana the majority of the'people iu«*t umpire that discussion. , IJQUOB ASSOCIATIONS. In my opinion more has been done for pro­ hibition in the last few months bv the 111- tem]tered and ill-judged action of some of the associations of liquor men than by the direct advoeates of prohibition. The sug­ gestion that money in large sums, levied from the makers and sellers of liquors, is to be used in our elections, and that all per­ sons connected with that traffic are to be united in one political party, is not likely to cool the "fanaticism" of temperanc^ re­ formers. If the Liquor-dealers' Convention at Terre Haute succeeds in taking all its members into the Democratic party, may it still not be possible that they have not strengthened those business interests for which they propose to desert their former political associates? May it not be that they would have occupied stronger ground if they had recognized the American principle of the right of the majority to rule, and had not broken friendship witii those who, though not liquor-dealerR, are not prohibi­ tionists? When the amendments are sub­ mitted would have been a good time to have made the fight against prohibition. There are obvious reasons, I think, why all fair-minded people would prefer that this question should go directly to the people rather than to a Legislature. UQUOB-D BALERS AGAIN. There are indications that some light Is breaking in; that the disposition to defy public sentiment and public law is not so strong as it waa The Western Distillers' Association at its meeting at Chicago re­ cently, among other things, resolved, "That we are opposed to arraying ourselves as a body against either of the great political parties, but leave each member full liberty to cast his ballot according to his best judg­ ment and in conformity with the dictates of his conscience." The meeting of the Indiana Liquor-Dealers' Association at Terre Haute on Aug. 14, how­ ever, marched to the whistle of Mr. English. They resolved " That at the election in November next we shall support the Democratic party. "That we invite all liberty-loving people of the State of Indiana to join us in our efforts to defeat the enemy of liberty." From the conjunction of these resolutions I suppose "the enemy of liberty" here re­ ferred to must be the Republican party. What a prosecutor, and what a charge! A liquor-dealers' association arraigning the Republican party as the enemy of liberty J tion hfltida nnh? emy of liberty," over the protest and Over the armed resistance of Democrats, are lifted in amazement. Such accusations will have no power over the minds of those whose political relations are intended to be affected by them. Those adopted citizens of our country who have voted and fought with»us from Kansas to Appomattox will not be per­ suaded that the Republican party has be­ come the "enemy of liberty," because it in­ sists that the people of Indiana have a right to amend the constitution if a majority so desir;, and that a popular vote is the only fair wav to settle that question. The "en­ emy of liberty" never consents to submit his appeal to a popular vote and to abide the result. You may Mil him by that infallible sign. The charge that the Republican State plat­ form declares in favor of prohibition is un­ true, whoever makes it In demaifaing that the amendments «b*ll be "agreed to" and submitted by the next Legislature to a vote of the people, we have only demanded that which is a constitutional prerequisite to a popular vote upon them, and in the language of the constitution. It is expressly declared that the issue is not a party one, and is not to be made one. The right of private judgment upon the question is left wholly unimpaired The most violent anti-prohibitionist and anti-suffragist In the State can stand upon that platform*: pro? vided, only, he is willing to h^viLafSopular vote on the questions, ana to let the majority rule. HEDUCTION OF TAXATION. Both political parties Jn this State have given to the neopje platform declarations'in favor of a reduction of taxation and of pub­ lic economy. Let us see which party has be­ hind its platform a record of endeavor in those directions. The Republican party, up to the time it lost control of the House of Representatives, the body m which all revenue laws must origin­ ate, had abolished all internal-revenue taxes, except a list, of less than a dozen articles. In December, 1875. the Democratic party obtained control of the House of Represent­ atives. This control was retained until the meeting of the present Congress, in /Decem­ ber, ISS'1, when the Republicans catne into power. For six years--including the whole of the Forty-fourth, Fortj-tifth and Forty- sixth.. Congresses--the power to originate bills to reduce taxation was in Democratic hands. In March, 1879, at the beginning of the Forty-sixth Congress, the Democrats ob­ tained a majority i«i the Senate, so that for two years prior to December, 1881, that party had a majority in both houses. If it be true, as we are told in the Demo­ cratic platform, that an onerous and unjust rem of taxation "has been drawing into treasury large sums that should have been left in the pockets of the people," the Democratic partv has been responsible for that condition of affairs for the last six years. The entire revenue system has been in Dem­ ocratic control, and by this resolution they confess that they have perpetrated an unjust and unnecessal / system of taxation. They have turned over to the Republican party the work of tax-reform not only unfinished, but untouched. The Democratic platform charges that the Republican party is responsible for delaying tax-reform. Mr. Voorhees says it is a "false pretense" that he is weary of." And vet the Slatform indorses Mr. Voorhees, and I be-eve that Mr. Voorhees, moved, no doubt, by the touching reference to his friendship for the soldier, has indorsed the platform. It is undoubtedly true that the public rev­ enues are excessive. The surplus last year, which was applied to the reduction of the public debt, was almost $150,000,000. This great excess of revenue tends to extravagant and even wasteful appropriations. A smaller income will not only suggest but enforce economy. TBI TABOT comnssioir. Promptly on regaining control of Congress the '.Republicans set about the work of a re­ vision of the tariff. It was believed that the work could be more safely and intelligently done by constituting a commission of ex­ perts to consider the subject, hear evidence and report to the next session of Congress their conclusions. This plan was proposed in the last. Congress by Senator Eaton, a Democrat, and was supported in this Con- frrwc i,v nriiiv D"*iiocnt«. nmona' whom was lir. Voorhees. He not only voted for the bill, but defended it in an elaborate speech. I shall not enter into any defense of that measure here. It cannot be made an issue of this campaign, much as Mr. McDonald would like to make it so. for Mr. Voorhees nqqptted it, and the convention has in- jJjf̂ d him as a 'faithful representative." The report of the commission must, under and w# mayhope before the session doy« to see a law enacted that, while wisely protecting our home Interests, shall correct evils and anomalies ta the present tariff system. Mr. Voorhees being the Judge, the Republican* in one sessionhave done ^^^^^•Jfenue-reform than the Democrats *£ . INTEENAL-REVESU* TAXES. Our interaal revenue is now derived from a very few sources--the tax on distilled spir­ its, on tobacco, on the capital, deposits and circulation of banks, and the stsmp tax on 1 ba2£ cbcck:;> matches, proprietary medicines, • <**!. These are all fliat are left i oi a tax list which the necessities of war had •attended to almost all property and everv wade. The Republican party, which had been compelled by the stress of war to im­ pose these taxes, had, as the credit and the Government, would allow, lifted the hand of the tix-«mtherer from one and other till the brief Bit I have given above is all that remains. The fact that toes® are left implies that, in the opinion of congress, the subjects upon which thev are imposed were the least favored, car the" best able to bear a tax, of all those which have been thesnbject of internal taxation. But, tne questsnow is. Shall we continue to exact taxes we do not need, and thus per­ petuate the evil of an overfull treasury t The Democrats say they favor a reduction of taxation. I assert that but for Democratic opposition the tax burdens of the people would have been reduced at least $30,0(10.000 annually at the last session of Congress. Even Mr. McDonald does not assume that we have yet reached a position where we may abolish the internal-revonue system j IJut may we not reduce the internal-revenue taresncw, and, if they are to bo reduced. Which of them shall be'dropped? Shall we ' aboU8h the tax on whisky and keep it on j banks? or take it from tobacco and keep it I on patent medicines? None of those sub­ jects of taxation are favored subjects, but if i we reduce revenue we mus?t exempt some • of them In my opinion, whiskv and to­ bacco should be the last on the'list from which the hand of the tax-gatherer is lifted. These articles are luxuries, and by that I do not mean that they are good. I dodge that question--but they are not necessary; one may well do without them They yield a large revenue at a few points, which, if the tax is not excessive, can easily be collected. DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION. Every possfble effort was made by the Re­ publicans in the Senate to pass a btil for the reduction of internal-revenue taxation. The Democrats successfully resisted, and the tax-gatherer still goes" his rounds. Some forty amendments, covering the whole range of our tariff, were proposed from the Demo­ cratic side of the Chamber, and one Demo­ cratic Senator advised us that fort*" more were to follow. They would enteritain no proposition to limit debate, and refused to fix any time when they would consent to come to a vote on the bill and pending amendment®. It was quite plainly intimated by some of them that they wanted to keep the bill on the calendar until next session, as the basis of a general tariff bill, for fear the House would not send another bill to the Senate No pretense of lack of time can excuse this Democratic opposition to tax reduction. If their pretended seal had been real, ten days' time would have been amply sufficient "to perfect and pass the bill. If there is gath­ ered this year 130,000,000 of money from the people that is not needed for the public use the responsibility is upon the Democratic party. Shortly before adjournment, Mr. Morrill, In charge of the bill, proposed that the Sen­ ate should agree to'take the bill as It came from the House, with the tobaooo reduction of the Senate added, and pass it, taking off everything else. The proposition was re­ jected by the Democratic Senators--notwith­ standing they had themselves proposed practically the same reductions in the last Congress, except tobacco, and that was added on the motion of a Democrat, and largely by Democratic votes. They would not pass a Tax-Reduction bill, every im­ portant feature of which was supported by the recommendations of Democratic com­ mittees. Fellow-citizens, Mr. McDonald has not located the fraud properly--not the Tax- Reduction bill, but the Democratic platform Is a sham and a fraud. MB. VOORHEES' pbsrnoN STATED FOB HIM. If I am capable of understanding Mr. Voor­ hees' position, it is this: I am in favor of abolishing all the taxes on banks, but not now. I am in favor of abolishing the tax on patent medicines, but not now. I am in favor of abolishing the tax on perfumery, including the balm of a thousand flowers, but not now. I want the report of the Tariff Commission, which I voted for, first, and tj)pn J wgnt tim* t:0 rUvijvCt of internal and customs duties together, and then I will be ready to consider the subject of reducing taxes, and to name one article from which I would remove the tax. It was perhaps in a line with these views that Mr. Voorhees afterward voted with Mr. Bayard and six others, all Democrats, against taking the tax off matches. If there is any article of wide and prime necessity to all who are not a light unto themselves, it is matches, yet Mr. Voorhees, after professing an anxiety to release the necessaries of life from taxes, voted to continue this needless and oppressive tax, POLYGAMY, BANKS, FINANCES, ETC. I do not intend now to enter upon any de­ tailed review of the work of thQ last Con­ gress. The session was a very protracted one, and a good deal of legislation of an important and permanent character was enacted. By the Edmunds Polygamy bill the first hard blow has been struck against an institution that we characterized more than twenty years ago as one of the "twin relics of bar­ barism " The Republican party throttled the other twin in a fight that rocked the country. The surviving one must go--not in violence nor blood, but under the pressure of law. We have created no religious test; wc war against no man's faith, but have de­ termined that polygamy shall no longer hide its hideous face under the cloak of religion; shall no longer sit in the council of the na­ tion or hold any public place of trust in the Territories. Every amendment offered, either in the Henate'or House, that tended to diminish the efficiency of the bill came from a Democrat, and was" supported only by Democrats, and on the final passage of the bill in the House forty-two Democrats voted against it The bill to extend the charters of the na­ tional banks, which also became a law, will. I believe, be generally accepted as a wise ana useful measure. According to the report of the Comptroller of the Currency, nearly 1C0 charters expired from April 1,1883, to Jan. 1, 1883. The closing of these banks could not but have exerted a most unfavorable effect upon the business of the country. New banks could, of course, have been organized under existing law, but the disastrous effect of the locking up of money and itonds and of the sudden calling in of • loans, could not have been avoided except by extendihg the char­ ters. The bill also contained some provisions not directly connected with banking of great in­ terest and value It authorizes the Secre­ tary of the Treasury to receive the 'M i per cent, bonds of the Government, and to issue a 8 per cent bond instead. The new bonds are to be payable at the pleasure of the Gov­ ernment, arid may be taken up whenever we have the money to pay them, the only con­ dition being that we will not pay one of the 3 per cents, as long as there is a bond bearing a higher rate of interest which we have the right to pay, and that the first S per cent issued shall be the last paid Fellow-citizens, the Republican management of the tinaniies of this country can have no better eulogy! A struggle at the door of the treasury as to who shall get the first '•> per cent bond, and the key to this wonder is in the fact that the first bond issued will be the last paid. When the Democrats last managed our na­ tional finances there was also a scuttle about the door of the treasury. But the exciting' question then was who shall be paid first, for it was not certain that the cash would hold out If the causes of the delay of the public business were sought out, it would be found that a large amount of valuable time ,was lost on account of the filibustering opposi­ tion of Democrats to the prompt settlement ; tEg^ontested-election cases in the House. The work of the committee having that sub- iect/in charge was enormous, and v»im most diligently and faithfully done under the guidance of Mr. Calkins, of this State. But the Democrats in the House, including the members from Indiana, used all their ob­ structive tactics to keep in their saats mem- 1 bers from th^ South wbos6 ©Icction cflrtifi~ ! cates were based upon frauds, practiced ' with a security and openness that almost ! disdained hiding and altogether fore- I swore shame. If you hear any Democratic ' member say Congress'did nothing, ask him | how often he helped to break a quorum when questions of the highest privilege were ! before the House. If he should sing to the kev note" of the platform upon the subject of corruption in Indiana elections, ask him what about Chalmers? and if his answer is not satisfactory, ask him who introduced the "barl" and'"mule buying" into Indiana; " i, ask hlmif he sympa-andif be party, n - n our own, V do not that tar elorm would tie intro- thises With the charge that Mr. English was too economical of his "shekels" In the lasl campaign ' . ..... . ttiu Aim BASSO? Wfa. On the subject of increased aoprovriations at the last session of Congies*, Oeu Harri­ son said: ' The next item ef linmaw is to the Rive# and Harbor bill which carries ,1«0,075 mors than the same bill did last y«ar, I voted' piss, tbe objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding* Mr. foorhees voted for the b(Q on both occasions. I spen d no time here in justifying mv vote. I have seen no oooaaton to rejrret it dace. Bul; I ask again if iiie extravagance which they charge upon us is located bv Mr. HmHrinVj or Mr. McDonald in this Mil, do thev dare Sublicly to include in their condemnation tie Democratic Senator from Indiana who voted for it* Mr. Hendricks knew all the facts when he reported in the convention ft resolution "approving* Mr. Voorhees. WU1 he think it fair in this campaign to condemn Republicans who voted as Mr Voorhees did? Possibly the resolution aj)proving Mr. Voorhees' course is to be understood i .i the same sense as Mr. Hendricks' approv al" of the Baxter bill when he was G< eruwr of 7n DIAAV ./>-// CTVTL-fflESViCli &EFOBM. // ' , / •• I want to assure you to-night thact I an/an advocate of civil-service reform. ]Jy brier experience at Washington has led mo often to utter the wish with an. emphasis which I do not often use, that I might forever lie re­ lieved of any connection v 'th the distribu­ tion of public patronage, J. covet for myself the free and unpurchased support of wy fel­ low-citizens, and long to be wile to sji' e mv time and energy eoielr to those pp )lic affairs that legitimately relf.to to the hoi orable trust which you tanve committed to ne. It is easy for theorists to make suggestions upon this subject whic'a, in their ( pinion, would cure all existing evihi I assure vou it is more difficult to frame a law tint shall be safe aiul practical in its* application. I know that several Rej iblic ir fjonatwE gave much thought and eftidy to fthis jw«tion during the last sessfoI beif ave !h'» next session will witness ft? t ewacs-nent Df a law which, If itdoefc not ssumiaate, Tviri n,t least; auspiciously begin t' I j reform. That; there are sincere advocates at this reform in the Democratic deny. But tl dueed by that part-: fl they wer (o come now in the control She Federal pntronage, I do not think an sensible raan believes. In some of the Stni 3 find in the S enate of the United States tr > Democratic >arty to­ day controls the pr Tdnage. Need [ say that in the appointment made there vri> find no suggestion of civi] efrf> c reform. Mr. McDonald i*i Ills recent- sjH»ech said that he entertained t, strong feeling of dis­ like to the Republican party. But as for his party, I will give tea good reasons why I uon'r like it to every one, good or bad, that he can present against mine. A man who has preserved bis affection for tt e Demo­ cratic party- for forty y ears mu <t ha ve a very fickle taste. He has not liked the snme thing two consecutive year*, unless his affection stopjjed with the nirma and ij Tore 1 all tliat it covered. The old Turk who man ied seven consecutive Nancys* could as w<>11 < laim that he had lived with ca; wi£e. True, he might have ignored the giavey&rd and sti r, "J. have been true to Nancy " When Mr. HcTlonald first placed hin affe< R ion upoa the I ><em x-rat- ic party it was a fr« t -soil party, ai I In sym­ pathized with the i1 nnand tliat il w <api tol» should removed ;o free soil. When the wvvmd N'anev came m it was a pro-slavery partv, but hfs affocfron did not w&vcvr-- he st uck to the name. . will not go over all the familiar and mournful changes. I co ild fol­ low it through more m umbers than t have used In my illustrative, The latest ui teranoe of his party on ths tariff question -a con­ cession to* Mr, Vcoriees' new departure-- cannot be pleasing to Mr. McDonald but it is in a Democratic platform--tbe name is still there. If Mr. McDonald and Mr. Voor­ hees are both satisfied with the tariff plank It is because it is like the amendment decla­ ration--another jugg? a * \ The course of the democratic paHy has A been characterized In ; bifts and exjH^lients. This criticism has Dem cratic authority. It ; is confessed to-dav in o sr State by hu idreds : Of Democrats, who at 'lbute their <\>ntM,ant j defeats to the fact tl it the leaders never i make two tights on the -r.nie line. Our c e- ] feat in Indiana in 1880 says Mr. Voorhees, i was caused by our "tarfIV-for-reve nue only",! plank, and forthwith the ,iTound it-, changed, j 'We can get votes and a campaign fund from the liquor men," says a. self-constituted j leader at Indianapolis* "if we will make a ; platform to please them," and forthwith the j negotiation is consummated. Democratic j blunders have come to be >ne of the certain j factors oi the uncertain sea „ oi JHMIUCS. Given one blind well in H fo ty-ifcre pasture^ 1 and it is a safe bet that the e'd horse will be | In it within ten minutes after he is turned I loose. And yet these leaders, who have led j their party only to defeat, abate none of their confidence as guides. " They are losing nothing, either, of their well-earned reputation as "public scolds. I Since 18*50 they have sat in the cage to which i Sublic opinion consigned them, chattering j ke enraged parrots, whde the work of sav- I ing and regenerating a constitution am' a > country which they had torn was yoing on j outside; or, to change the figure, they are ! discredited witnesses who for twent" years 1 have been annually approaching the great i inquest of the country with their accusa­ tions, and instead of beinsr accepted in the witness-box have been put in the dock. I can excuse much to that blind attach­ ment w&ieh, having become a habit, contin­ ues after the object has lost all resemblance to that which first won our regard. But what reason shall young men give for yield­ ing their allegiance now to the Democratic party':' The morale of a retreating army may be preserved if the leader is bold enough to"assault now and then, persistent enough to light twice on the same field, and true enough always to show the same flag, and give the one battle-cry. I can under­ stand how brave men can be recruited on the morrow after defeat for an army like that Disaster is a good background on which to throw up a picture of faith and courage. But what of an army that lights for nega­ tions-whose battle-cry is "I dislike thi !UJ- publican party!" Whon a soldier talis with that cry on his Hps does he leave any inspira­ tion to' the comrade who touched elbows with him? What of an army that never takes the offensive--never seizes an outpost of principle, and lays its dead about it; | never tights twice on the same field--is ai- j ways patching the flag to incoqjorate the : colors of some guerrilla band, whose help is ; obtained at the expense of principle? Well, I can understand how some whose ; names were on the original muster-roll may j continue to obey the order to fall back by sheer force of habit But what a. hard time I the recruiting sergeant must have! He must ! begin his work very far in the rear, or he I Will find himself on the out]K>st before he has j persuaded his man. And then there is an- : other danger--the flag under which the en- \ listment was made may not be uu when he j reaches camp. Fellow-citizens, I do not defend all the ; Bractices of those who have represented the j epubliean party in public places. Some of j them have unquestionably been evil. That j most of these hiul Democratic precedent may J be reason why they should talk mow char- ; itably, but is "no reason why we should ex- j cuse or perpetuate them. But I do affirm j that the Republican party has always been ! the promoter of loyalty, liberty and ! social order, and that the coun- | try has given an irrevocable verdict j of approval to all those great principles and j achievements which brought it into exist- | enee and have characterized its history. Yes ! --even the belated approval of the 'Demo* orotic party is written upon them. >liW£'S M8M38, Tho Ix-Secrotary Open* tilt , in a 3pM*fe«t Portland. H*e Beoerti tfa Bnty as follow*: "And, hoary-headed slan­ derer as he is, may the Lord fowpye him as I sincerely do this day." When torn read this he said to the Rev. Joseph J. Bullock, who married Breckinridge's niece: "Joe, if the Lord forgives old Bob Wickliffe as Bob Breckinridge does, we*'* he catch hell!" ILLINOIS CROPS. Ex-Seciftor Bialne delivered • political address A Portland, Me, on the evening of the 28t'i ul'i, in the presence of a large and enthu siastic audience. The speech was de­ vote . ch'efly to State politics. In alluding to jhe contest between tbe Governor of Marine and the State Council he said: My particular personal excuse for t'Ato issue publicly with the Governor is that be says he is doing precisely with the Coun­ cil of Maine what the late lamented Presi­ dent did with the Senate of the United State*; that is, as President Garfield had.a great issue with the Senate, so he has one Witt the CouncU. Now, to begin with. Pres­ ident Garfield never had an issue with the Senate of the United States; there never was anydifference between them; each respected th< power of the other; each kept within its oym power. What the President of the United States objected to was that a Senator <»f the United States outside of the Senate should be a dictator of appointments in his State. To make the analogy worth anything Gov. Plaisted would have to present these seven Executive Councilors, each demanding that appointees in his Councillor district be­ longed to him. Then we would have a par­ cel, case. But the President of the United states never made & nomination to the Sen- ufce that he did not accompany it with an understanding, and when were grew up a dispute about one nominated, he accompa­ nied It with the repeated declaration that the Senate had just ai clear a right to con­ firm oi reject as he had to nominate; that each was absolute within his own sphere. What the President asked was in a certain nomination which became of great interest throughout the country ; what the President asked was that the Senate would either con­ firm it or reject it It was demanded that It should be withdrawn. The President refused to do this, and said: "The nomination is before you, Senators; deal with it in your discretion. I have no right to ask you to confirm it; I have no right to ask you to reject it; but I have the right to ask you that you will do one or the other, because the constitution gives me the right to ask that. Where analogy varies is that Ctov. Plaisted wanted to strike a grand heroic position, and parade himself as the shadow Of the late President Garfield. President Garfield nominated William E. Chandler, raresent Secretary of the Navy, for Solicitor General--the second office in* the Law De­ partment of the Government, next in rank to that of Attortiey General--and, after a contest in the Seriate, the nomination of Chandler was defeated. What does the Pres­ ident say inasmuch as Gov. Plaisted has put himself on a parallel line ¥ Did he turn around and say to the Senate, " Well, vou re­ jected Chandler, and I will not pay Pliillips a dollar y You can't force upon me a Solicitor General." If he had been playing Plaisted, he would have said, " You nave got to take Chandler for Solicitor General or there shall not be another paid so long as I am Presi­ dent. n Mr. Blaine eulogized the Republican party as follows: This country to-night, from ocean to ocean, from lake to smlf, presents a degree of prosperity wide spread, more general, more firmly based an<ffounded than ever be­ fore in its" history. Now, I do not say that legislation has brought about all th.it, but legislation has aided it, and it certainly has not hindered it If you wait for the law to grow crops, or to spin cotton, or to forge iron and steel, you waft for a long time; but if you feel that the law is behind you and above you and around you, protecting and encour­ aging you, you raise .crops and spin cotton and forge the steel with a good deal of more assurance of good prices and fair market, and all that the law could do, and aill that a wise administration of law has been able to effect can be claimed by the Republican party without title of dividing the honor witn any other party of the country. • For twentv-one years past last March the destiny of the United States of America, in so far as tliat destiny can lie controlled by a political party, has been in the keeping of the Republican party of the United States, and if there be a greater chapter of history written in the annals ot human kind I would like for Gov. Plaisted, or any other gentle­ man supporting him, to be kind enough to •>oint it out. If there l>e any chapter of his­ tory in which human progress has been so it pid, in which human rights have been guaranteed so firmly and enlarged so grand­ ly a* within tliat period, I am ignorant of where to look for it or where to find it; and now, at the epd of these twentv-one years. In this blessed year of 1S83, we *flna an opposition made up of two or three parties. What do they propose to do? Nothing. The positive measures, the aggressive policies, the definition of the line, and the metes°and bounds of legislation have all (men taken and subscriljed by the Repub­ lican party, ivnd outside of it we havo hail objection and uaviland quibble and sia.iler, and all manner of dishonorable and mean critics, following, as camp-followers after a great procession that has gone ahead; but I challenge any gentleman to show that in the whole of the twenty-one years the Demo­ cratic party and its various side issues, like Greenback* and Labor, and other organiza­ tions, has ever proposed a measure that was able to be materialized in the form of a bill or resolve of the Congress of the United States for the advancement of any public good. Whatever may be said of the Republican party, and that a party could be in power twenty-one years an<l not make mistakes, jrould be absurd. That a party could have millions of people and not have a dishonest mail among them would be absurd, but, whatever may be said of the Republican party, there is*one thing that never can be trutnfully said It never can be said that if was not a brave party. It never can be said that it had a arop of coward's blood in its whole organization. Never. When that institution that represented five thousand million of dollars incased in the prejudices of two centuries and representing the labor element of fifteen States and i:i,O0o,iKio of people, stood in the way of the Union, the Republican party met it with the sword of justice, and never from that hour to this, never in any crisis that in these full twenty-one years of the Republican party's majority, never in one case has it been un­ willing or unable or afraid to take the re­ sponsibility, and, gentlemen, you prate of the South' and of the wrongs done to it Why. since Maine was a 8tat,e, aye, identically since Maine was a State, the date serves m'e Srecisely, coming in on the top of the great [issouri compromise--that first wide and deep agitation of the slavery question--nev-- er from that hour to this, ih the sixty-two years that have intervened, has the feeling between the North and South been as cordial and fraternal as H Is to-night. Never has the time l>een when in everv county and dis­ trict and settlement of the feouth tne veriest Abolitienist and blackest Republican and duskiest African could come and go under the guarantee of this great constitutional amendment which the Republican party en­ grafted on the organic law, and we nave held the faith. i'r*nqe Yield Total {'turned Per Acre Yield 1/.4 *««#«- in ' tin or*. Busheh.Riishi;!n. Tbe LK|WT ETCT RAINED--Over AO.OOO.OM Bnilwli of Winter WImt, Nearly ITO,- 000,000 Bushel;! of Oats, and N«nHjr 4,400,000 Tons or Hay. The State Department of Agriculture reports that the 1882 crop of winter wheat is the largest, with one exception (1880), harvested in the State, and amounts to over 50,000,000 bushels. The spring wheat will make the aggre­ gate yield a little over 52,000,000 bush­ els. The average yield is not far from eighteen and one-half bushels per acre, which is but little below that of 1879, when the largest average yield per acre was obtained. The area of the present crop--2,752,- 108 acres--has been exceeded but twfeo (1880 and 1881). The quality of wheat is much bettor than an average, and has seldom if ever graded more uniformly high throughout the State. The crop was saved in good condition,' and either threshed or stacked immedi­ ately after harvest. The 1882 crop will return the pro­ ducer more money than any crop har­ vested during the past fourteen years. I he following table shows tbe acreage as returned by the County Assessors, the yield per acre, and the total vield in bushels. , • ' -' V - fo t' STli S. • Adams.. »>,oo* Alexander............ 9,fios Bond 63,483 Boone u 1)85 Brown ; 22.G25 Bureau., 1,2.17 Caihoim. 18,866 Carroll 3,108 Cass .i...... 1.1,715 Champaign... 40,981. C h r i s t i a n 5 7 , 2 1 3 Clark 43,731 Clay 27,489 Clinton.....i 97,555 Coles... 22,'.XV» Cook.... ...V.'...* 215 Crawford 4.VWU C u m b e r l a n d . 2 $ 1 W He Kalb. 399 De Witt 10,593 I>ou<das.... 14,189 Ru Page, 399 Edgar. ...i... 55,952 Edwards 24,241 Ertnnirham 35,739 Fayette 47,233 Ford. 728 Franklin *21,5#4 •Fulton 27,680 Oallatin ....4. 37,538 Greene.; 50,242 Grundy 42 Hamilton 32,658 Hancock............. 23.319 Hardin *4,801 Henderson 3,712 Henry. 422 Iroquois......^.;..,.. 8,344 Jackson 51,802 J a s p e r . . . . . . . 3 1 , 2 0 0 Jefferson.. ....»* 51,150 Jersey 44,078 Jo Daviess 2,712 Jdhnson 2ft,815 Kane t81 Kankakee 2,592 Kendall 132 Knox 4,489 Lake 392 La Salle 2,088 Lawrence. 40,41:) Lee 1 101 Livingston....... 4... 1,037 Logan.... 31,275 Macon 33,729 Macoupin 64,776 Madison 127,469 Marion 49,050 Marshall 569 Mason........;...;..; *9,456 Massac 18.035 McPonougb 6,137 McIIenry .,.v.. 699 McLean....... 10,:H9 -•Ml. .. ,s Table Khmrfa* the Totals 'IteMrtMf'tw" Aoonl inaHon fa. - - : - -- In obadMN to* Auditor has just completed' of the State Board of _ ^ «ery important table shoving tkfe fcggrev fate assessments made by local Assessor* ih the several conn tie* for' tbe ^eahfe 1873, to 1882, inclusive, together with the increase or uscres?® assess* ment of each county for the year or the assessments for the years 1873 and 1881, respectively. Some snggestiv# portions of this table are given below j Counties. 13737 35,062,923(1 21,413,292* 16,211,4 3,436,442) 2,723,0U2| 2,139,0 3,iWS.300( £0HMR)SJ S,207,479' 5,683,389 6,268,331 1,307,428 5,8rt4,9Sl 7*30*,646; ' 22,:W1,596I 14.383.821! 4.»05.*lh 5,337.7121 i XSXiJ 8,472,637] j 5^92,2 • 1,764,4 130,547,04| 1.7x7,79# ' 1,163-,37§ 10,438.25* fcl<K.83* 4,186,241 5,744,92f Jackson. Ja*per ... Jefferson*... ! Jersey ; ! Jo I>avieM<; i Johnson.,,*, i Kane....']A. i Kankakee.... | Kendall , j Knox 1 Lake ! La Salle...:. Lawrence ;.-j Lee ; ' Livingston., i Losan.... I Macon.... | Macoupin ^ Madison.. ! Marion.,,i.. | Marshall....* ! Mason I Massac. J;.. j MeDonongh I McHenry.:.. | McLean.. ; Menard... | Mercer ... I Monroe.., Mont»om«*y Warren. ,L..f Washington Wayne..A'1..'. White Whit«9i<tt Will Williamson.. WinnebaM.. Woodford,., Total..; 3,152,14 l,3!Wi,24S 6^566,6*. 4,95* «,7.S7,333 10,446,891 Z,fH5,61? 128,336, 4,126,542 2,296,208 1,828,190 1,401,568' 17,$53,685 12,2*1,852; ,829,105 5,6Hl,684f 9,428,394 5.419,448 13,093,343 5.994.268! 3.485,615 7,200,826[ 3,187,138 2,331,695 4,357,395 8,749,019 7,326,483 4,001,98 8,017,490 4,258,679 1,282,188 1,300,345 56'2,8Sj4 f4,*79,«41 2,5SS,<*»> 3,314,21 6,273,024 1,253,602 11,947,854 591,344 <,6<J7,625 1,989,1 1.159,060 16,-i76,526| 1,067.908' 6,i)64,997f 2,401,36* *,S37,47f 3.4t»,S01 1,172,83* ll,r38,28t 1,580,571* 6,048.1V ">,163,31# 9,120,34*...' T4A,5I» 3,066,93* 2,29T,56S| 1,660,48$ 1.92(1,(06 2,174,52* KMC*! 16,015,638 5,7L«,3W 14^ft!U«6i 15,801,64.1 11,957,216; 2,098,685 2,769,759 5,937,61)1 . 9.8*0,284 918,821 27,231,458 6,287,8471 22.828,6301 6,010,142 40,648,524 2,157,50B| 15.1)23,638! 20,478,010 ; lS,«W,5Sii 18,364,897 5vHl,13«1 12,436,775i ,16,436,491 6,9.17,011' 4*590,757 18,419,S ,5>78l,966i 28,886,9991 it 1,783.510! %£$ • 18,224.4*01 9,059,896 «,**i,747 8,487,561 4,2H4,803 t;783,2#0! 15<Wtt,2l5 ll>,93V>Cli }, SRV in, <*?•.' 9.438, 3tVV»7,88p 21,900,3071 10,2">,4«4 5,660,401 8*313,2* 8,083. BW 54.5W 8,155,300 Morgan., • il 14,000,299! 11,7W.1^SJ Moultrie... ,033,760 02le 1H.517.001 Peoria...... 37,136,949 I'errr....U'. 2,821,785 Piatt ,«S,2ff3 Pike... 17,949. 001,292 ope.; i.. nlaski....,. 1,166,31. 3,«17,042 Putnam Ramloluh. W4,7t* Richlami. 5,205,838; Iioek Island, 11.054,1 Valine.. l,52f,,<«9 Saniramon... 33,688,771 Schuyler „ 5,«2<M»6) Scott 2,937,729 Shelby.. } 13,538,888 Stark.. 8,l}54,353' 2i),l.->8..l67i St, Clair brephensm Tazewell... L n ton. Vermillion... Wabash. " CPMrtai* i:«.802,.->3S *076,141*: 3,930,5 4,»fc4iM* W L<M<*j04t 4,198,7.H» . "6..VM.9-J .2,404, 6,9 88,Mi 3.8H-,,!UT, 2,685,53*^ 18.6:*., If4' 17,187^541 15,196JS1 2,218,178; 2,021,991 5,m,5Wf* 778,6*5* l,803,5ill ., -«4f39,7«n *419.4Tl»( 4.«*5**'< 3,468,4671 9,4l8.':>i8' 5,*69,6*31 10,215,392! 1,.*£5,275' wXffi • 4,198,548 2,799,27(1, 10,?>8,<)56 il, -- 1,702,4,77 11,391,315 ULMUMt 14,201.fi:! "i 1*.07.M*0 ,>,136,5^1 - - 4,440,813 2,134,179 15,456,384 21,308,7161 1,953,755 23,088,137 W,493, ISlj JUDMt* T ......... How to Save the Crops. Rainy weather during harvesting has always been the dread of the fanner. Untimely summer rains have doneliteral- ly incalculable damage since agriculture was first practiced as an art. Mr. li. Neilson, of llalewood, near Liverpool, has invented a method, which, it is suid, will save the grain and grass crops no matter how wet the weather. It is tiie heating of the stack which causes the mischief, and this he prevents by a sim- Ele device. The stack is made so as to save a large hollow space in the center, the lower end of which is connected with the outer air by a pipe. The end of this tube iB connected with an exhaust pan, which draws out the bot air and reduces the temperature of the stack. A ther- i mometer is used to gauge the tempera- ' ture. Mr. Neilson's invention will, it is believed, save the fanning class millions of money every year. IN - general, mankind, since the im­ provement of cookery, eat about twice as much as nature requires.--Franklin. Breckinridge and Marshall. A humorous anecdote is related of the brilliant but erratic Thomas F. Marshall, once a member of Congress, and who as an orator was the foremost Kentucluan of his time. Lienor seemed to curdle his milk of human kindness, and his best friends were sure to get the sourest part of it. Walking down Pennsylvania avenue in Washington one day, half tipsy, he met his old friend, Dr. Breck­ inridge, who had recently published an elaljorate work on theology. "Well," said Tom, familiarly addressing the rev­ erend doctor, who, justly or unjustly, was reported to be of a somewhat cap­ tious disposition, "I have read your book, ' God Objectively Considered,' and I am glad to find you have no objection to God?" "As one of His vicegerents on earth, I can tell you,'Mr. Marshall, that He has a very great objection to you," retorted Dr. Breckinridge, and went on his way. Marshall used to re­ late the bluff retort he received from his theological friend with great relish. Dr. Breckinridge once assailed the Ven­ erable Ivobgrt Wickliffe in JUI extremely bitter speech, winding up substantially Mercer." Monroe Montgomery.... Monran ; Moultrie Odle Peoria...... ...v...... Pe»ry................ Piatt Pike............ Tope..; Pulaski Putnam Randolph.;';......... Hichland. Rock Island.......... Saline.,... Bannamon Schuyler........ Scott. ShelbV Stark... St. Clair .... Stephenson..... Tazewell. Union Vermillion...... Wabash , __ _ , Warren 1 1,547 29 30,940 Washington 95,043 » 1,806,817 Waynfe 41,681 1® • 781,939 White. *T,549 IT 808,328 Whiteside 728 20 ,14,560 Will..... M 81,680 W i l l i a m s o n . . . 3 4 , 0 3 3 M M 6 . 6 2 T Winnebago . 1,260 33 38,980 Woodford.... IW..;... 4,095 Si 85.993 Total C;;^;«»,7a2,l0e - Si 0MSt,529 . - >U" T •• •Estimates. , » Moam. '• tM-"' ' The oat crop of*1882 of 99,275,380 bushels is the largest ever produced in the SMtoi and exceeds by 21,274,380 bushels the largest crop (1875) hereto­ fore produced in the State. The oat area of 2,460,655 acres just .harvested is the largest ever seeded, and the average yield per acre of forty bush­ els has not beeu nearly approached for over twenty years. \ - The quality is generally good, and the complaints of low-gii&de oats are the exception. A large portion of the crop has been thrashed, and the amount damaged by rain l>efore stacking or thrashing is quite limited. The crop is remarkable, both as to extent of yieid and good quality. The acreage of this crop as returned .by Assessors in 1882 more nearly »p-' prmohes the full extent of .this' crop tlwvn heretofore. .• HAY. The area of meadows, returned by As­ sessors for 1882," of 2,629,333 acreti is the largest heretofore reported. The hay crop was generally saved in good condition. The quality is not up to a full average, being rather coarse, owing to the excessive rains during the spring, which induced a rank growth. The total yield of 4,389,186 tons of hay cut this season is 345,219 tons more than the largest previous crop (1878). '1 he returns of area of all crops by Assessors are much more complete than in the past, which largely aocounts tor the increased area of meadows as com­ pared withlate^ears;___i___>> CONTRAST: "How beautiful it is this moving. Cicely, my dear," said • her intimate as she called for her to take a morning walk, "youH wear your new spring suit to-day, of course." "No, indeed." "But I've got on mine." " That's just the reason. Don't you sup­ pose I know the power of contrast ? I shall wear my new suit alongside of a rusty winter suit when I do wear it." "Then I shall have the advantage thia time," was the reply. Somehow it had never seemed in that light to Cicely, and rather than give her friend such an obnoxions opportunity she donned the suit and the two sailed up the street like Greek -goddesses modified bv modern fashioii. 1 tl,210,lW,8G3 Bv .rp0Lxr sary to state, to alpcontrt for WftV * cent, of increase of 1882 oaw'ISPi •fe'{* the counties of Bureau, flnjanrij ilfci--nft pin, Madison, and Popo^,that Board added per cents, as follow^ «T reau, 148; Greene, 73: Macoupin, li Madison, 96; I^ope, 89. ' r , ;;l • •• j »!**• lie Wild FlowMWmfObatMfc J * ** The wild flowens ictf abundant as ti^ose pi, the sild-flM«»<ii varied. Choicest " * most delicate and star-shaped, wat grows very dose (o the gMtthd, anSHl^P ' large golden 4tameos of « an odor like miaglpdl l\yaoi«tU^liMi riilft of the rallej. -The people mO, fogm * mountain-lily. There is another Jilv,. . . however, and>' a real' otife-^ilnoir imS purj^e ataaens--that irrafrs * ert HHgx1"" slopes in shaded places. > flowering currant aboundapn tbdkmvtii•% levels, and tne streams are often b^fgere*^.,,^ with thickets o! wild-rose bushes., p«ja-» .. delions abound, bat do not opeifin mll. rounded perfectiei. The cmainftb Mi1 * larkspur, however,, M as weUtdevaldprtfrft"* as in our Eastern >llow violet which in th? ie woods and copses is at home.m ..... »<p, top Alga, awiweeMfi ,\r, "SS>. twI :L " ML© il| , [ontana, alike in the t86%t HUA^ «ra< upon the bl^ak, di^ itllhAiOiR •unfowem am pWntiful,- <the iblneb^ i* ̂ equally abundant, in val,l«ji a^kr#»to<n ing •br, »hapea like k Then are a dozen other ^ ^' bnt I could not leaaa ..tlwirrfiwit' atnong them a jow-flprqj^ifw n^ii» 4i% t*>t c l u m p s o f w h i c h a r e s t u r e d p v ^ t delicate white or purpre^looms.--& Fl . S m a H f y , i n t h e C t e n i t ^ • ,yv»* al.i Brasselu Brasses is a beautiful and' brilliaht city. They eail it Paris th^ ' Keoorttl'" '• over here. It is full of life, mirth an^R^t sparkle, and capture*-AmeMoses at oncet And lace is pheapgy .here than airr^t where else in the wurld, it is saii^j f,,, , fit Brussels is a city of -iDO.ODO, ltij^a^ , . itants, and its chief industry is th^' manufacture of lace. WWiifteVI one VnT the manufactoriae, and' s*w» trompr^-'•>'* making the filmy cobweba ithatljare so : many enchanted chains to d^v Jwiiih, .>*' notes and " * ,_" ets. Ladies Over the fairy wvr». imeiuis turn wnu , t j. so fine yon can scarcely see theni stitched in and ont and! track U9 till the tiny mesh of beauty «#>)eqgth " grows slowly under the WO^^|«MU ;: Very slowly.Lace making is p^etty ta^./f look at forfew minutes, but it re» quires an' exj^endituVe of evesight andf nerVe force that is painful to thlnltwu?" about. Hanging against the wall wef1'? saw a pattern for a train of u robo">» >" which will require I dare not say ht>w»Mnr* long to make. Every part as l^rgf JW | pin's head must be put in with thread and needles, or bobbins. " . A lace sliawl worth a hundred times " " • * ', its weight in gold was showwtts TU*^y«*'st \ j two women worked on it for six moathL. > ; Its price was $1,600.---Brutusd# Itfkr to ntf}**,r J, Cincinnati Commercial.w ^ • . . . . • • , FOGG has got an idea at says there's millions in it, as it nuvt a ^ long-felt want. It is nothing less^thaa* ^ 1 a revolving house, which is to turn npon^ * e /| a pivot, so tliat the best rooms shall ^ wavs face the sun ip, winter aud be in^.vi t,- e\ JIXAW n II HIT - HI ini • *»T ^ , 1 \ 'j :'i , ' v .