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h YM SLVKC. Mar art -jUl.fci IfcHENRY, til' ' ' ILLINOIS THB RER. Dr. Walker, Bishop of Da­ kota, is a man wherever he goes. The *ther Sunday he preached at Wahpeton, Dakota Territory, and as he left the -«hurch a crowd of men formed a ring lor two men to fight. He crossed the -street, broke through the ring, sepa­ rated the pugilists, and dispersed the •crowd. *" Two TKA.B8 ago Charles Phillips kill- <ad • hog and left the larger portion in A branch near Harrisonburg, Louisiana. A few days ago he happened to pass the ?#pot and found that the hog had been ••completely petrified. The animal will be sent to ̂ h© world's exposition to sahow the properties of the water of the branch. A DKLAWABK young man, whose girl -went back on him, and yet re:used to ,5give up the engagement ring, sued her iov it, whereupon her father sued the _young man for the fuel, light, and meals that were consumed during th* court­ ship, as well as the fodder and corn for Jiis horse, and the case was decided in -the old man's favor. take the most important and serions business on a Friday.* Two CAsfes likely to give sleepless nights to directors have lately been tried in London. In the first the di­ rectors of the Wreck Recovery and Sal­ vage Company were very near finding themselves wrecked through a share­ holder, who vowed he had been deluded by their fine prospectus. The question was whether thesta'cmentsmightbe put down to being oversanguine or amount­ ed to misrepresentation. One judge out of three took the indulgent view, another sided in a very lukewarm man­ ner with him, and the third was averse to the directors. In another case Rev. Mr. Edgington got £1,500 damages from five directors, on the ground ol losing money through the misrepre­ sentation of the directors of the Army aad Navy Provision Market. WILL FOR BLAINE. r MB. EASSON, who goes to Berlin as the American Minister, has been a -•suitor for the hand of Miss Frelinghuy- «en, the daughter of Secretary Fre- linghuysen. "He has addressed her "twice," writes a correspondent, "but his -offer was both times rejected. The lady, it is said, did not so much object ?to Mr. Easson as she did to going to "the Northwest to live." f:, ^ : A WOODEN statue of George ington was erected in 1794 in the old "Battery Park, New York, where it -stood until 1843, when alterations were :made in the park, and the statue was ~«old at public auction for $250. It was bought by Mr. Jaques, a gatherer of ^relics, and removed to South Norwalk, "Conn. When Mr. Jaques died in 1860 ~4he statue was sold to A. Decorato, of .-New York, for $300. On Tuesday it •was again sold at auction for $300 to David J. Schiff, a tobacco dealer at 273 West One Hundred and Twenty-fiiftli ^street, who will erect it in front of his ; store as a sign. A GENIUS of Sing Sing, Ne^ York, •las invented a dry battery which he ex- pects will revolutionize the working of the telephone. It is a little oblong boxr -3^ inches by 1+, and three-quarters of -an inch deep, and attached to the in­ strument instead of the ordinary bat­ tery. By its use it is possible to carry -on a conversation with a person 30 or 40 .miles away, and to hear and be heard "distinctly. The inventor claims that his -dry battery will last as long as the in­ strument without losing its power. He Jhas had one in constant use for three • weeks, doing work that would have •used up the ordinary battery in ten minutes. k AN ENGLISH traveler advises all trav­ elers who wish to know anything of real life in a foreign country to travel third­ -class and live fourth-clasa He says -that once he went through Spain with <some wealthy Americans. "They trav­ eled first-class, I third; they always liatl a compartment to themselves, I "had a constant kaleidoscope of ever- -varying company; they slept most of -the journey, I was kept very much .awake. They paid heavily for every- tl:ing, because they wished to pay atid ^announced it by tueir manners. I paid mahout half for the same, because I an- „Tiouced that I did not wisb to pay more •than was reasonable. ONE OF the most significant factors in the present political problem, says ttlie New York Herald, is found in the •changes to occur in the United States 'Senate, the nature of which will be de­ termined very largely by the legisla­ tures to be elected this fall, which will be called upon to elect Senators to fill •the vacancies caused by those whose 'terms are about to expire. Of the •twenty-five Senators whose terms of •office cease on the 3d of March next, ;fourteeh are Democrats and eleven are Republicans. Successors to twenty -one of them are yet to be chosen, and •of the four already elected Senator -Allison is the only mm who ^iU suc- •ceed himself. s MB. ELIJAH CHAPMAN, of Belair, Md., thas in his possession two perfect and 'well preserved specimens of paper 3 money, the newest of which is over 110 "years old. One of the notes is for 15 ^shillings, issued by authority of the "General Assembly of Pennsylvania, -October 1, 1773, and signed by Alexan­ der Todd, J. Hartley, and Joseph Mif­ flin. This is printed in red and black iiik, the colors of which are remarkably • fresh and clear. The other is a dollar '.note (4s. 6d.), issued by authority of the f Assembly of Maryland, April 10, 1774, •and signed by J. Chapman and William 5 Eddis. The ink in which these notes lare signed is perfectly black and fresh. 'On the back of ea>h is the legend: **"Tis death to counterfeit" ' ' THE Prussian people believe that ,'Bismarok is superstitious. They say that he is awed by apparations in unin- ".habited castles, shrinks from dining 3 'where thirteen sit do\*n at a table, be­ lieves in unlucky days, and adheres to „ yftbe ancient belief of the influence of the moon on every living thing. But, ^according to Dr. Busch, this is all non- • iSilne, with the exception of a single • story which happened at Schonhausen -(where the Chancellor heard mysteri­ ous footsteps in the ante-chamber of hie lieu room). "The jests about my supers* tions," he said a few. months • ego, "are nothing but jests, or consid­ eration of the feelings of others. I will eat at a table with twelve others often as yon like, and will under- >- BRIGANDAGE is fast dying out in Mex­ ico, thanks to the civilization' which always follows in the wake of the loco motive; but in the City of Mexico itself a band of robbers, kntfWn as "The Stranglers," are still in full surety of their powers. These midnight murder­ ers envelope their victims in their cloak, stifle his cfies in its folds, and then murder and rob him. Until recently they had a female decoy, who lived at the best hotels, and would, in some way, get the intended victim to follow her until she reached the spot selected for his destruction, when a low whistle would bring a dozen brigands from their hiding place. The woman was captured a few days ago and is now in jail, but all efforts to break up the mur­ derous gang have so far proved unavail­ ing. • THE discussion of the Mexican pension loll in the Senate brought out some queer statistics about the pensioners of the war of 1812. The war ended nearly seventy years ago, and the number of troops engaged m it was not remarka­ bly great; yet to-day there are actually 21,000 pensioners on the roll as widows of that w'ar. They drew last year $1,- 882,000, or five and a half times as much as the few thousand old soldiers sur­ viving. Of course, the explanation is that some of these widows were married to the veteran warriors half a century or so after the war was over, and they became entitled to their pensions in due time when their husbands died. Thus it is not improbable that in the twen­ tieth century a great many of the 21,00C widows will still be drawing pension* on account of the war of 1812. AN ECCENTRIC character living is Western Massachusetts had the mis­ fortune to lose his wife, and all arrange­ ments were made for interring the worthy lady's remains with fitting solem­ nity. When the hour for the oeremony arrived, however, the bereaved husband was nowhere to be found, and conster­ nation fell upon the funeral guests as the minutes passed without his appear­ ing. Just as the suspense was becom­ ing unbearable the widower eame strid­ ing in from the back, yard, puffing as if from violent exertion, his clothes covered with mud, and his shirt-sleeves rolled to the elbow. "Well, now," he exclaimed, in a loud tone, as he came upon the silent company waiting foi him, "is everything all ready ? 1 thought, as it was a kind of a broken day, I'd take time by the forelock and clean out the well. I won't be more'n two jiffies fixin' up, and then, if you hurry things a little, parson, we shal! get to the grave full as quick's I'd sittin' hero wastin' half a day." Optical Illusions. ' Place a man and a dog side by side at a distance of twenty feet, and aiay person with an eye capable of distin­ guishing them will be able to tell which is on the right, which on the left. The eye is not easily deceived as to position at right angles to the line vision. Let the man advance five feet; it is easy tc tell that the dog is farther iaway than the man. Next, place the man at a distance of 100 feet, the dog at 10E feet; it is not so easy to decide as be­ fore, although mistakes are rare with a normal eye. But at 500 and 600 feet, respectively, it is less easy, although we can still tell which is to the right and which to the left. The images formed on the retina by the same object at different times are very similar, dif­ fering only in size and ditinctness. For this reason it is difficult to judge of distances, requiring much practice. A person standing on a straight strip of railroad is rarely able to tell wheth­ er a distant train is approaching or re­ ceding, or at rest, so slight is the change in apparent size from which the distance is to be estimated. Upon the sea it is very difficult, without long practice, to judge of distances. Refraction always chauges the ap­ parent place of an object, so that we seem to see the sun after it has gone below the horizon. A more striking but less frequent phenomenon of re­ fraction is that'known as mirage. Re­ fraction also affects the color of an ob­ ject. The media through which the light passes has more or less effect up­ on the r jy. In a f g objects are dimly seen, the effect resembling that due to distance; hen'-e objects look larger, for the eye judges of the size of an ob­ ject by multiplying the size of an im­ age or imnression received by the square of the distance, while the latter is estimated from the indistinctness of the object. In the fog the apparent distance is increased, but the eye inter­ prets it as due to the opposite cause. On looking at the photograph of a tree, a church, a monument, or a pyramid, it ia not possible to form a correct idea of its size utile^s a inan or animal is seen in the same view, with which to campare it. In nature, especially on land, the intervening objects that lead up to it give the data on which to cal culate the distance. Where none inter­ vene, as in looking from peak to peak, the eye must depend on distinctness, and when the air is very clear and transparent, as in Colorado, distances seem less than they are. If the object is seen through transparent,, but cold, media, the form remains^ true, but the colors are changed.--Scientific Amer­ ican. TWELVE million dollars will be paiil out in Philadelphia next month a? semi-annual dividends and interest. $1,934,180 of the amount being interest on the city debt. - r - • Mr. W. J.Gleason,Chairmen of the Cleveland Democratic Central Committ«», A tife-Lfrig Democrat end nent Irishman, Tender* His Becigtiatloa, iMnsmi an Open Letter te James G. Blaine Giving Reasons ftr His Change of Views. * [From the Cleveland Hermld.1 Mr. W. J. GleasOn, ever since the day he cast his first ballot, has been qpe of the most prominent Irish Democrats in the city. He was a delegate to alt the Irish-American conventions that have been held in this country since 1866. Last Sunday he was elected delegate to the coming Boston con­ vention. He is State delegate t> the Irish National League, and President of the Par- nell Branch of this city. He is Secretary of the Cuyahoga County Soldiers and Sail­ ors' Union, Chairman of the Monument Committee, and Secretory of the Library Board. With four exceptions he was a can­ didate to every Democratic county and State convention for twenty years, and pertnan *nt Secretary of four Democratic State conven­ tions under such men as Senator Thurman and Senator Pendleton. Hs was Chairman of the Pnrnell reception, the largest Irish demonstration ever held in Cleveland, and Chairman of the Emmet centennial celebra­ tion. All positions he ever held were of­ fices requiring executive ability aud experi­ ence; they were all positions of trust and honor, not one cent of compensation being attached to any of the offices either in the past or present, unless the usual compen­ sation of votes of thanks are taken into consideration. Immediately after taking this step of resignation from the committee, Mr. Glea- son addressed the following open letter to the Republican candidate for the Presi­ dency: CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 21, 1884.--The Hon. James (J. Blaine--DEAR SIB: AS A lifelong Dem' crat and as an Irish-American permit me to cc.n rntul&t • you on your nomination for President ol the United States by ttie Republi­ can National Convention. Your brilliant record as a statesman, your earnest and scholarly ad­ vocacy of the principles ot the Repub lican party, lully entitled you to the hiirh and honorable recognition vou have so cnthusiastically te- ceived at the hands of your party. Your un­ flinching, patriotic, and gallant record in de­ fense of the rleht* of American i-itizons of na:ive or foreicn birth, at home and abroad, is worthy of the in-atitude, the respect, and sup­ port of every man who loves h's country better than his party. Ti:e Rei ublican party in Na­ tional Convention assembled acted sere onsiy toward the men of my race. That party is not under many obligations to the Irish race in this conntry, speaking from a political standpoint, and their action is thereiore the more com­ mendable. It must be admitted tha they did only the right thing. Yet it is generous to do the riffht tiling at the request of tho-<e to whom a part y owes nothing. Under all the existing cir> nmstances, and taking your record and candidacy into consideration, the Iiish-Ameri­ cans ciinncit con sis ten ly and will not any longer wear a Democratic party collar. It is a well-kn^wn fact that the Irish-Americans have marched in nearly solid column under the Democratic banner ior the laat twenty-four yea: s io local victories occasionally, but to na­ tional defeats regularly. In sunshine and shadow, when all other classes wavered, the Irish-Americans, as a body, have been loval Democrats; and this, too, in the face of the fact that they have been repeatedly st ibbed in the bank by the bigoted members of the Democratic party. Your nomination, how­ ever, coming as it did from the iteople, your record as a liberal-minded American, your ante­ cedents, the antecedents of John A. Logan, your gallant, brave, and chivalrous copatriot on the ticket, have set my countrymen to thinking tor themselves. Under your magnetic leadership, j artlcularly with reference to your grand Americanism and the rights to foreign-born citizens, the l itherto solid Democratic Irish- American army will be badly shattered, If not entirely disbanded. Gratitude is one of the strongest character sties of the Irish race. As an Irishman by birth, and proud of it; an American by choice, and glorying in it, and ITKrir.-Mi's tieerT' \ve saw byline *.£fj Ais.ro 4ate, amtoal feoreal eppMM tiki fcadnc candidate, erjr man at Iriah a month. At Elk Garden the miners have p*nlsten>\ itl-con> cal:-d flftenalnatlon on the part ot the Democratic contention to ignore and treat wit h con ten. D> every one and everything tbat h«d even a semblance of justice, favor, or company pays cash thrifty people. The and runs no stores. . t , - - -- -- , "Moreover, the President, the majority of r*..ogn»ed tact When o NovembJJ i ^ diret't0n\ft"d ^ ™n®s roll aroBiul the M-«h-American element cln by i are prorninent Democrats. Henry G. Davis . is President; the directors are Senators I. N. Camden, Arthur P. Gorman, ex-Senators W, H. Barnnm and H. G. Davis. Thomas B. Davis, Alexander Shaw, and John A. Hambleton, all Democrats; and James G. Blaine and S. B. Elkins, Republicans. The managing director is Arthur P. Gorman. Mr. Gorman is Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee and Mr. Barnum is Chairman of the Democratic National Committee." Mr. Blaine owns coal lands in Westefn Pennsylvania, but no mines are operated on this property. The surface and coal were purchased by Mr. Blaine twenty years ago, and he showed his business foresight in making the purchases. The value of the coal h is more than quadrupled. The sur­ face is mostly good farming-land, and for agricultural purposes pajs a reasonable in- terost on the investment. In his individual capacity Mr. Blaine employs no miners, and his only connection with the mines is his interest in those of the West Virginia Cen­ tral and Pittsburgh Railroad Company--a concern managed by some of the mutt prominent Democrats in the country. the potency of Its ballots sl ently rut emphat­ ically r««ent the issue and assert the dignity of lt« manhood. OPPOSED TO DEMOCRATIC 7BEE-TKADE DOC- _ TRINE. The Democra-ic free-trad*! doctrine, as advo- f »ted by a two-thirds majority of Demo.rat c oneressmer, reass. rte l as a rallving crv in the P«moera ic ) lat form, means the decadence of America, the bu-bdng up of Kng.ish nianutac- turers, the reduction ot the wages of American workinwnen to the level of th •, auper labor of Euro;> \ t:ie acoumul tion of wealth in the hands of the few to the detriment of the many, the creation >f an ars.«.c a v and the e nse meat degrading ot Ameri an msnhcoa. the t mini: of the wheels of Ameriiai progress bickward, never-ending labor, de-t.ncion of our indus­ tries for the momentary pra iticat on of petty tbeoii^t* a id I.ndisli sympatui:era. Under the teachings of the Kepubltcan party, t.s contend­ ed for ueafly unanimously by its repr sent- Rt.ve.siuC ng.ess, and as is s.juar. ly set forth in that party s na i nal i latf rm, pK)t ciion to Americ n industry, the spl ndd growth of our conn.ry will c* ntinue; Am rica wiil have a l rosi ©reus, inrell.gent, self-reliant people, homes it the w rkingm n, c> mj etition in trade; the v oik man cf to-dav with the am­ bition and opi ortiinitv to become the tmplover to-morrow; the m >re e jual distribution of the results of labor, the con inn nee . f the inde­ pendent, defiant, manly sp lit that character­ ises every sovereign American citizen. MEKKLY A PI:TRID REMINISCENCE. In the light of recent events the Democratic party can only take pride -a its ancient U< rios. If the spirits of the illustrious dead could re­ turn t this terrestrial sp ere, what a feeling of indignation would lie expressed by JelTerson and Jacksi-n, the founders of the Demt cratic party, to see their mantle on the shoulders of a man whose onlv tiile to distinction is the name of the beau iful citv he bears. The Re­ publican party, true to its patriotic history, has proven its-elf equal to the living present and hopeful future of our magnificent country. For tit'.een out of the la"t twenty ye rs the writer hereof has been Chairman or Secretarv of the Cuyahoga County and City of Cleveland Demo­ cratic Committees. Immediately after writing this le.ter, a..d prior to i s pub ic ition, 1 called a meeting ot the Democratic Citv Committee, and tendered my resignation to the Chair­ man, in ordsr ihat 1 migiit honorablv sup­ port the principles and men that appeal to the t est impulse of every independent, patriotic citizen. It will afford me speiia! gratification in the ensuing elec ion, as a matter of con­ sistency, to cist my first Republican vote for Blaine and Logan, the tru} representatives of American suprem^y. The Republican party, by its platform and candidates, lias shown its ability to keep up with the march of progress; of its (let rmiuatiou to s and fully abreast of the unparalleled growth and increasing intelli­ gence of cur country. The principles of the Republican partv, as enunciated in its plaUcrm, as well as its standard-bearers, place our im­ mortal Stars and (Stripes high aiiove all other t'aas on the glob <. and guarantee to every lover of lilierty that America's charming banner, borne alolt l y an intelligent, tree, united peo- pl •, wiil maintain its proud and well-earned position as the grandest emblem tliat. represents the most prosperous and power,ul nation that the glorious sunlight of heaven shines upon. Very respectfully, WILLIAM J. GLEASON. IRISH - AMERICAN INDEPENDENTS. YOUNG MENt of There"--Tott 9&ve Ho Buinesi in the Democratic Party. Pol Yonr Faces Toward the Sunlight, aal Tnra Your Backs on the Moldering Past. Accessions to the Republican Rallies from Every Quarter. [New York telegram.] The Irish-American Independents met at Clarendon Hall, on East Thirteenth street. After the invitation to enroll had been re­ sponded to by about twenty newcomers, A. E. Ford, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, announced the following speakers would address the Blaine and Logan demonstration at Chickering Hall, Monday evening, viz.: The Rev. George W. Pepper, of Wooster, Ohio; Jndge John Brennan, of Sioux City, Iowa; the Hon. Edward Condon; Counselor Corkery. of Trenton; and Assemblyman P. T. Barry, of Illinois. The Chairman called for reports of the delegates from the various Assembly districts. Mr. Ford, of the First District, report ed that a club had been formed there. John Roach was applauded when he an­ nounced that 150 Democrats had signed the roll in the Second District. 'u-oi, "After one night's caBW^v" remarked qtiliV Items In the Elgin Advocate, (/>hn Moynehan, of the Fori';1s& Distoet, "I last week that said league were goinj>tthe names of fifty Democrats who have to have some sport oil that occasioifvolted as*11181 D*11 Manning's candidate, but it is doubtful If it WAS their inteifeT- 9L€I!EI1«NDI «. a O- TV ll° pOT.'u ££1 "C"Ve """ '"e Mr There were a number from hero at tended the outdoor dance at It. Hager' on Thursday evening of last week. I being a splendid evening all seemed t enjoy themselves, as is usually the ca at such gatherings. Misses Tina and Bessie Stewart gav a moonlight lawfi party oil Frida evening last, and a good time was h oy all present. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler and childre of Chicago, have been visiting wit Mr. and Mrs. Chapell the past week jl there was the order to fall in. Loud cheers greeted the announcement ade by Michael McSweeney that 150 Irish emocrats in the Seventh District had ome out for Blaine and victery." "One hundred Demoorats have cast off ie rng-yoke in the Tenth District," re- ied Joseph Keelev, when asked for an ac- .nmt of his stewardship. Th >mis Doyle promised togivetheFour- en'h District to "Jim Biaine of Maine." Col. O'Flynn reported thit the/ utlook is good in the Fifteenth District, and 'illiam Stan'ey brought down the house lieu he informed his co-delegates that th« Miss Lizzie Dolg has returned hotn«'<hmen in the Sixteenth District were up in from Chicago, where she has bee spending a few weeks with relatives. Mrs. K. Pert, of Seward, Nebraska, visiting with relatives and friends i this vicinity Henry Keyes ntnl wife and Vln Row at Aurora this week. .. O) vui pm<muiu ur muiviuMlli, cgpaMu] wReresudi holdings nre in the hands of non­ residents and aliens; liberal pensions to disabled Union soldiers and sailors.'and the widows and orphans of those who died in the war; the res­ toration of the navy to its old-time strength and efficiency; the people of the United States, in their organised capacity, constitme a nation, and not a mere confederacy of States; a free bal ot, an honest count, and & correct return: the (.a sage ot such legislation as will secure to every citizen, of whatever race or color, the full and complete recognition, possession and exer­ cise of all civil and political rights," appeals to the national pride, the sound Judgment, the wis* dom and support of every thinking, patriotic, independent, fair-minded American citizen. THE JANUS-FACED DEMOCRATIC PLATFOBM. The platform of principles of the Democratic party, where it spealcs plain, simply continues that organization where it has been for the last twenty-tour years as the opposition party. The main section of the declaration of principles, however, is, as usual, made up of shuffling cow­ ardice. JanuK-f:icj(l professions, intentionally deceptive, the creation ot non-producing theo­ rists, who are more Interested in their pet hob­ bies thin in the building up and continued growth of the industries of the country. On the substantial, living issues thit interest the peo­ ple of the United States the platform of the Democracy is all things to all men, and hears uo certain sound to any one. It is, therefore, un­ deserving of the support of ail citUens who ad­ mire honesty , and candor in public matters as well HS in the every-day affairs of life. THE MONOPOLIST CLEVELAND. 'When a universally recognized statesman and a leader of the old guard that has kept the Dem­ ocratic flax nailed to the masthead the last qnar- terof a century, like Allen G. Thurman, is set aside, through the machinations ot the most cor- rm* against Gov. Cleveland. Mr. Martin, a lu mber of the Tammany lall General Committee, said all the o'd .yarriois in the Seventeenth District were rut for Blaine. The question of name was aeain brought p. Chiiim m Rowe informed the assem- ley and wile are visiting with relativqlage that the title "Iiish-American Inde­ pendents" was definitely settled upon by ihe Committee of Fifteen. A motion prohibiting officeholders of any kind in the movement was adopted without dissent. Among the Irishmen* who have come out against Gov. Cleveland are the following: Patrick Ford, editor of the Irish World; Gen. Michael Kerwin, editor of the Tablet; John Devoy, editor of the Irish Nation ; and James McMantero, ed­ itor of the Freeman's Journal. Charles Kelly, a Tammany Democrat, and late President of the Land League, said: "Mr. Cleveland is a Republican, and I am a Democrat; he is a monopolist, and I am an anti-monopolist; he is a free-trader, I am a protectionist; he is a pro-Englisbman, and 1 am an Am rican citmen. For these reasons I will talk, work, and vote against Mr. Cleveland." Edward J. Rowe, ex-President of - the Irish Confederat on, said: "If the sentiments I h«»r expressed by my countrymen, who Lave always voted th > regular Democratic ticket, be an indication of the final result in November, I don't see how Gov. Cleveland is going to carry a single State." Col. Charles Mulhall. formerly of the Irish Brigade, said: "I have voted my last Democratic ticket. The soldier element his been snubbed by the party." Thomas Doyle, of the Innesfail Associa­ tion; Thomas Clifford, Vice President of the Irish Conf ederation; Patrick Logan, President of the Galwaymen's Association; and W. F. O Crowley, of the (Workmen's Association are out against Cleveland. rupt and despicable garni of monopolistic con­ spirators and i>ol tical i iratex that ev« r pur­ chased a Senatorship or scuttled the Democratic ship, because he was a fitting representative of all that had been pure in Democracy and had a record on the side of the masses of the people, for an untried accident, a creature of circum stances, a willing tool of monopolists like Cleve­ land, it is high time that the her^t ifor * faithful old Democratic imard, nno have bad notice served upon them that their services are no longer required, should vigorously repudiate the cheap pyjmy that has been forced upon them by the coal-oil Johnnies and Olivers of the Stand­ ard Oil rhitr. All of the old uard, who prize BQuare dcain? above hypocrisy, brain mcr than matter, the interests of the whole i eo; le more than the abject to >1 of the monopolists, should work and vote against a m-»n who was placed in nc mination to catch a half-dozen Independent hepublic an dudes, one two-hun<lrel-dollar- a-night kicker ilike Schurz), one preacher advo- ca e pf bread and water for workingmen (Beecher', one imp rt?d English car caturist, the English press, and English iree-trade sym­ pathizers. Very cheap raw material may be sometimes used for Mayors of cities, and occasionally in tidal wave years for Governors of States, as can be safely inferred without going a thousand miles away frvm home, but the en ig'itencd peo­ ple ot this tirand republic will not elevate to the highest office within their gift an enemy of the workingmen, a bigoted r.cciiient, a willing and subservient tool of grasping monopoly th it has been put up as the ligure-iiead of the party by the National Democratic Convention. W'nen bigotry becomes patriotism, when deception is preferred to truth, wlu n meiiocr.ty overshad­ ow- ability, then, and no. till ihen, will the peo­ ple of this coumry elect a nonentity like Cleve­ land over a brainy, gifted stat smen Use Blaine. In 1776, l^U, and from 1S61 to 1865 En­ gland remonstrated th t she did not admire the growth, freedom, and unity in the United States. Perfidious Albion's 7U0 yearsof unrelenting per­ secution en i tyranny over Ire and shows her hatred for the anccnqncxed and uiiccuquerable people of the Green Isle. The FALSEHOODS ABOUT BLAINE. Richards" Story of One "Henry Shown to lfaTe Mo Foundation# [From the New York Tribune.] The New York World Tuesday printed conspicuously a long interview with one "Henry Richards," in which a number of j by Grover Cleveland. [From a speech by James Abram Garfield, Sat­ urday, Nov. 4. 1S76.] Now, fellow-citiwns, a word before I leave you. on the very eve of the holy day of God--a lit moment to consecrate onr.-elves finally to the great work of next Tuesday mornins. I see in this '-Teat audience to-night a great many young men--young men who are about to exst thiir ti st vote. 1 want to give you a word of sugges­ tion and sdviee. 1 heania very brilliant thine f-aid l.y a boy the< ther day, up in one of our northwestern counties. He said to me: "Gen­ eral, I have half a mind to vote the Democratic ticket." That WAS not the brilliant thing. I said to him: Why?" "Why." said he, "my fattier is a liepnblican, and my brothers are Re­ publicans, and I am a Republican all over, but I want to be an independent man, and I don't want nnyliody to Kay: 'That fellow votes tiie Republican ticket just because his dad does,' and I have half a mind to vote the Democratic tii'kc: just to prove my independence " I did not like t'.e thing the boy suggested, but I did admire the spirit of the boy that wanted to have some independence of his own. Now, 1 tell you, young man. don't vote tha Republican ticket just because your father votes i t. Don't vot • the Democrat ic ticket, even if h# does vote it. But let me give you this one word ot advice, as you are about to pitch your tint in one of the great ioliii^»l camps. Your life is full and buoyant with hope now, and 1 beg you, when you'i itch your lent, pitch it among the living, and not among the dead. If you nre at all inclined to pitch it among the Demo ratio people and with that party, 1 t me go with you tor a moment while we survey the grou d where I hope you wilt shortly lie. It is a sad place, young man, for you to put your lifo into. It is to mc far more like a graveyard than like a camp for the living. Look at it! It is billowed alt over with the graves of dead issu s, of buried opinions, of exi ioded theories, of disgraced doctrines. You cannot, ive in com­ fort in such a place. Why, look her.d Here is a little double mound. I look down on it and road: "Sacred to the memory of Squatter Sovereignty and the Pred Sjott decision." A million anil a half of Democrats voted for that, but it has been dead llftcen ye-irs, died by the hand of Abraham Lincolu, and here it lies. Young man, that is not the place for vou. Hut look a little farther. Hire is another monument--a black tomb --and beside it, as our distinguished friend sai I, there towers to the sky a monument < f four mdlion pairs of human fetters taken from the arms of slaves, and I read on its little headstone this- "Sa red to the memory of human slavery." For forty years of its infamous life the Democratic partv taught that it was divine--God'* institution. 1'liey <Ve- fended it, they stood around it. they followed it to its grave as a morrner But here it lies, <h ad by the hand of Abraham Lincoln. l>e:.d by the rowt r of the Republican party. Dead by the Justice of Almighty God. Don t camp there, young man. But here is another--a little brimstone tomb-- and I read across its yellow face in lurid, bloody lines these words: "Sacred to the memory of Slate Sovereignty and Secession." Twelve mill­ ions of Democrats mustered around it in arms to keep it alive: but here it lies, shot to death by the million guns of the R'-publlc. Here it lies, its shrine burnt to ashes under the bla -ing rafters of the burning Confederacy. It is dead! I would not have you stay in there a minute, even in this balmy night eir, to look at such a place. But just before I leive it I discover a new- made grave, a little mound--short. The grass has hardly sprouted over it, and all around it I e torn pieces ot pa: er with the word "hat" on them, and I ko'x down in curiosity, wonder­ ing what the little grave is, and I read on it: "Sacred to the m mory of the Hug Baby, nursed in the brain of ail the fanaticism of the world: rocked by Thomas Ewing, George 11 Pendleton, Samuel I'urv, and a few others throughout the laud." But 1: dies the 1st of .lanuarv, 187't, and the one hundred and forty millions of gold that God made, and not tiat. power, lie upon its little carca-s to keep it down forever. O, young mail, come out ot that! That is no place in which to put yonr yoi ng life. Come out, and come over into this camp of liberty, of order, of law, of justice, of freedom, of all that is glorious under these night stars. Is there any death here in our camp? YesI yes! Tftree hundred and fifty thousand FOI- diers, the noblest band that ever trod the earth, died to make this camp a camp of glory and of liberty forever. •< But there are no dead Issues here. There are no dead ideas here. Hang out our banner from under the blue sky this night until It shall 8w<*ep the green turf under your feet! It hangs over our camp. Read away up under the stars the inscription we haye written upon it, lo! these twenty-five years. Twi nty-flve years ago the Republican party wis married to Liberty, and this is onr f-liver wedding, fellow-citizens. A worthily married pair love each other better the day of their i-ilver wedding than the day of their first espousals; and we are truer to Liberty to-day, and dearer to God, than we were when we spoke our first word of liberty. Read away up under the sky across onr starry banner that farst word we nt- tered twenty-five years ago! What was it? "Slavery shall never extend over another foot of the Territories of the great West." Is that dead or alive? Alive, thank God. forever mo re! And truer to-night than it was the hour it was writ­ ten! Then it v* as a hope, a proud-e, a purpose. To-night it is e<tual with the stars--immortal history and immortal truth. C' me down the i:lorio'is steps of our banner. Everv great record we h:«ve m»:de WJ have vin- dica e l with our blood and with onr truth. It sweeps tlie ground, and it touches the stars. Come there, young m »n, and pu in yonr young l;fe where al! is living, and where nothing is dead but the hero; s that defended itl I think these young men will do that. Leaves from His Record. Here are a few leaves from Grover Cleve­ land's record. They make good reading for those who believe that all classes of people should be treated alike; that the poor should not be oppressed because they are not rich, and the corporate monoplies shonld not have the path made easy for continual rob­ bery of the people. Here are some of the bills vetoed by mis apostle of reform, this man whom the "great and good" Independ­ ents support: A bill to reduce the number of hours' work for street-car drivers and conductors from seventeen to twelve hours per day. falsehoods were told about the treatment of workmen in coal and iron mines fyfd on rail­ roads in Ptnn-ylvania and West Virginia in which this Mr. "Richards" said Mr. Blaine was largely interested. E. W. S. Moore, the manager of the Bal­ timore office of the West Virginia Central ai 1 Pittsburgh Eailroad Company, was found at the ltossmore Hotel yesterday by a Tribune reporter. He was asked if he knew Mr. Richard *, the so-called miner and A bill to prohibit the employing of chil­ dren under 13 years of age in any mill or factory in the State of New Yoik. Vetoed by G;o .er Cleveland. A bill to enable the wives and children of workingmen, and all others, to ride on the elevated railroad for five cents fare. Vetoed by Grover Cleveland. A bill, called a mechanics' lien law, to pre\ent swindlers from robbing working- men of their bud-earned wages. Vetoed laboring man, whose talk was published by j by Grover Cleveland. the World. His leplv was that he had nev- A bill forbidding the manufacture of any j er h'ard of him until he read his remarka- I cigars in a ien< ment used as an eating, J b e statements in the World. "In the first sleeping ar.d work room, one room for all place," said Mr. Moore, "the coal mines of our railroad company, located at Elk Gar­ den, W. Va., have an output of about 2,000 tons a day. There is not a Hungarian or an Italian employed in them. The company pays 50 cen 8 a ton for mining its coal in the drifts and 60 cents a ton for driving head­ ings. I have recently made up the statis­ tics of the miners' wages for the President purposes, thus placing in the mouths of all smokers of low-priced cigars the seeds of whatever d sense may be prevailing in such places. Vetoed 1 y Grover Cleveland. How is th: t for a lecord? What do those pe( p e who claim to be so much better than the common lot of humanity, and who pre­ tend to have found in Cleveland the man who will reform American politics, think of -- A s tot • .Mb workiBf people, ieitany wo*der th*4 (My do not esthnw wrer ttie nomination of tips friend of the moaop&iste? -- Waf&U&Courim CLKTttAHD. f Wcalwit Wkerc H« M«e«te to Be Stooagwt. The nomination of Cleveland, says the Chicago Tribune, has been foroed upon the Democratic party by the most unscrupulous disregard of popular rep­ resentation in convention aud in spite of solemn warnings from New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachu­ setts, and the Pacific coast. The ma­ chine which achieved it will encounter much greater difficulty in overcoming the opposition to him in his own party during the campaign and on election day than it encountered in the conven­ tion. No unit rule prevails at the polls, and the gag-law cannot be applied to the secret ballotr. Cleveland is a man of no more parts to-day than he was in 1870, when he was Sheriff of Erie County, and when he had never been heard of outside of that bailiwick. He has never risen above the plane of a local politician of the caliber out of which Bailiffs and Sheriffs are made. The distinction he bas gained during the last two or three years has been purely accidental. He was named as the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York in 18fc2 be­ cause he was a negative man whom the Republicans were willing to vote fo^ in resentment at the machine interference which forced the nomination of Folger upon them. He was then regarded as a political eunuch, and nothing has 6c- curred since that time to change the public estimate of his oondition. As Governor of New York he has played fast and loose with the Republicans and the Democrats, always leaning to the interests of the corporations and the monopolists. In pushing him to the front over the prostrate bodies of all the distinguished leaders of their party the Democrats, so far as they had any voice in nominating him, have avowed their cowardice and infirmity of pur­ pose. They have taken up a nobody to run on a platform of nothing. Cleveland can stand on tlio platform adopted as ^ell as any other; he could stand on any other as well as this one. No one knows what his convictions are upon any of the issues of the time, and he has no record on national affairs to embarrass him. If he be elected he will be a tool in the hands of some clique just as he has been in his capac­ ity as Governor of New York. But before he can be elected it will be nec­ essary to convince the American people that it is wiser to trust the Chief Mag­ istracy to the hands of an obscure man of mediocre ability and untried charac­ ter, backed by a party ot* unsteady pur­ poses, than to confer the office upon a man of world-wide fame, brilliant achievements, and patriotic impulses, representing a party of progress. All the indications point to the fact that Cleveland will be weakest in his own State, where he needs to be strong­ est. The opposition of Tammany, of the Irish, of the laboring classes, of the old-time straightout Democrats, and of all who fear the encroachments of the monopolists with a President who will be favorable to them, sums up the most formidable antagonism which any Dem­ ocratic candidate could have in the doubtful States; and the methods em ployed to compass Cleveland's nomina­ tion will aggravate and embitter this opposition. Mr. Blaine and the Re­ publican party have every reason to congratulate themselves upon the work of tire Democratic convention. Who Will Vote for Cleveland. ' Jeff Dayis aud every rebel in the South, as well as every man in the North who gave aid and comfort to the rebellion, will vote for "Cleveland, Hendricks and reform." Every Democrat now living in this State who was a member of the (Hebel) Legisla­ ture of 18(12 3, and attempted to overturn the State Government, aud seize the military power of the State and place the same in the hands of the "Knights of the Golden Circle," will vote for "Cleveland and Hen­ dricks and reform." Every man now living who organized a lodge of the treasonable order known as the "Sons of Libert}-," will vote for "Cleveland and Hendricks and reform." Every man who entered into the conspir­ acy to release (J,000 rebel prisoners from Camp Morton, seize the arsenal, its arms and ammunition, murder Gov. Morton, burn the city of Indianapolis, and inaug­ urate a military and bloody revolution in the State of Indiana, will vote for "Cleveland an'I Hendricks and reform." Every man who wrote letters to Union soldiers urging them to desert, and assuring them protection and support in case they did desert, will vote for "Cleveland and Hendricks and reform." Every man who murdered Union prison­ ers by cruelty and starvation will ,vote for "Cleveland and Hendricks and reform." Every man who invented dangerous com­ pounds to burn steamboats and Northern cities who contrived hellish schemes to in­ troduce into Northern cities, the wasting pestilence of yellow fever, will vote for "Cleveland and Hendricks and reform." Every New York rioter who shot down negroes in the streets of that city, burned down schoolhouses and murdered women and children by the light of their own flam­ ing dwellings, will vote for "Cleveland and Hendricks and reform." t L. P. Milligan, J. J. Bingham, Wade Hampton, Carl Shurz, Henry Ward Beech- er, and George William Curtis, will vote for "Cleveland and Hendricks and reform."-- Indianapolis Journal. A Declaration of Wan The Democratic National Convention, lured by the bait of the Independent Re­ publican support, has thought proper to breakaway from the cherished traditions of the party and insult its most loyal and de­ voted members by the nomination of a narrow-minded bigot for the Presidency of the United States. It is a declaration of war, and those on whom the war is to be waged must take up the gage of the battle or forever submit to intolerance and bigotry. No middle course is possible. The hour for compromise has passed. Either Cleve­ land must be defeated at the polls or the men who have been the mainstay of the Democratic party for half a century mnst submit to intolerable dictation, degradation, and iusult at the hinds of an intolerant and undemocratic machine. Will they prove themselves equal to the occasion, or will they foolishly fisten to the counsels of time- servers and place-hunters, and vote to place their worst enemies in a position to inflict still greater insult and outrage upon them? Time alone can tell, but this much is cer­ tain, that the result of the election next November will make a complete change in the position of American parties.--Irish Natton. INDTANAPOLIS News (Ind.): Cleve­ land is a nobody; a bigger nobody than Franklin Pierce, than James K. Polk, than B. B. Haye% than any one who was ever named for the office of Presi­ dent. If what has been said against him is true he is doomed^to defeat, and has been from the moment of his nom­ ination. JOHN KELLY is convinced that the working Democrats and the Irish will vote against Cleve'and. New York State, ha aaya, is lost to the Democ­ racy. , . if:: cBi •&. ::t - 1 • ' i * ILLINOIS STAIK bbtiftk --A private dispatch r«crif«j . ftpringfield disclosed the ! tnltlfltiiiwiP Frederick A. Cramer, ex-Sup«rin$mti the Water Works in Rock Island, has bees pardoned out of the Penitentiary by the Governor. He was convicted of embezzling";:^ abont $4,000 of the city's money, bnt re- S ceiveda sent?nce of only one year at Joliet, --Reuben Judy, abont 100 years old, wa# ;; run over by th3 cars, near Alton, and killed. ; "Old Rnbe," as he was ctUcd, had lived ft#1'.# Alton over fifty years, and was in the early diys of Illinois Territoiy a slave of the Judy family, who settled in the America# bottom in 1777. He was probably the lasf survivor of the slaves held in what is now Illinois. --AHhreshing-mach'n? engine explode# ; on a farm in Ba:n_>ttTown?h:p, M ntgom- ert County. John West w s ii.stantljf killed, and Frank Gai k 41 died in threa> hours, wh le Willinm Fi h^r, JamRing; George West, Floyd We <t, James I'a-d^ll, 1 and Daniel RichardsAn were seriously". scalded and cut, and four of them are said to be fatally hurt. The thresher and tha whole of the machinery were blown I# atcim and the whent-stacks burned. --Five youngsters, aged from S to ^ years,'visited the house of a min named _ Pittman, at Pepper's Mills, near Cairo, an<^.- ^ ^ finding the fimily absent, caught a greal - s.. fjU number of pigs, geese, ducks, and chickens* , < j- Jj several cats, and two dogs, and dnmpe«l; •" them all into the well. Chairs, tables, " knives and forks, bed clothing, in fact», everything pcrtab'.o followed the live stoc%' ^ , 4$ the last contribution being the family wheelU - «* barrow. This about filled the well. Th# k-s • outcry made by the pig*, chickens, etc., % " ^ i attracted the attention of ne'ghbors. whft - rushed to the rescue. The loss, which wa# » ^ *•£ heavy, was paid by the boys' j arents. , V 1,4 --The State Board of Agriculture half ' „. „ ' _v< completed the classification of the premiui# lists for the next State Fa r, showing th# / , * most (ompreheusive awards ever offere'd i%* the Stitc. They are as follows: For cattle^ ^ $4,393; for horses, $5,950; for F\» >ed». r' $3,106; for sheep, $1,880; for hogs, $1,8^5; for poultry, $852; for mechanics. $50; f<* , farm products, $1,191; for hor-i-nlturei h ' $1,935; for tha arts, $478; for textile rics, $753; for education, $597; for natural history, $436. Total, $'25,081. In additio# ^ to this, the offers of premiums to be given *"; at the fat-stock show at Chicago in Noven®* ber are $4,G55 for cattle, $1,300 for sheep^ and $1,230 for hogs, or $7,205 for the regu- ^ ^ lar fat-stock show premiums. The speciaJf ^ premiums are $1,285 for cattle, $149 fat sheep, and $231 for hogs, making the total. ti:> premiums offered nt the fat-stock sho#. t $8,871; and the total offerings for both th#* / State Fair and the fat-stock show $)3,95l* / ' . ̂ --What is thought to have been a fiendish , ^ a t t e m p t b y a n e g r o t o t a k e t h e l i f e o f a l i t ~ * - f tie boy oenrred in Chicago Recently. X# , ' ' motive can be assigned for the cowardly aet other than that the fiend wished to wreak his vengeance on the parents by blowing the child to atoms. • It appears that < Si Willie, the 7-year-old son of Frank .r| Helm, was playing' in front of his homa. * - A negro came up the street, and as h# passed tha boy handed him a small bo*, '* '3 Willie was asked to hold the box for a few •• , minutes, until the negro shonld return, anil he agreed to do as requested. He was no# told what Hie box contained, but the neigh- . fbors who witnessed the transaction state 3 that the negro had scarcely baen out at Jf sight when a loud explosion occurred. Tha boy--who up to the time of the erpkisio# . had held the box in his hands--was hurled ! some distance. Some of the bystander# ; , ^ rushed to whore he lay and found that ha } ^ was unconscious, nnd that he had been bad- ly burned and braised. The hair was burned from his head and eyebrows, his eyes were burned out, and his entire cloth^ * ing was torn from the body. The body ac the unfortunate 1 id was fearfully lacerated aud presented a horrible appearance. Tha » arms and legs were frightfully cut. and tha* t" V* f e a t u r e s w e r e s c o r c h e d s o a s t o d e s t r o y a l l > ~ ^ _ traces of their fo;m?r app amnco. Soma " ?-:i of the neighbors ran in the direction ia " * * which the negro bid disappear d, but thg» ' ; ruffian had made good his cscap?. Tha . ^ .v " , boy who was ftill unconscious; was carried. " . home by his giief-stricken mother. Medi*. ft 1 V? c a l a i d w a s s u m m o n e d , b u t t h e p h y * i c i a & ^ ^ said that it was almost impossible for hii# \' | to recover. It is not thought that ha will ,, ^ recover, and if he does he will be maimed ^ for life, besides having lost the sight of ' both eyes. " „ ,,t 5,3 --A New York dispitch says*. Decker was the last Chief of the old Vol» unteer New York Fire Department Hi _'; became famons dming the riots of 1863 b|? " his gallant defense of tin Colored Orphan • Asylum and his heroic rescue of the chit* d en from the burning build ng after tha ' mob bad set it on fire. Mr. Decker now , lives at Port Richmond, Staten Island, and ' ; - is employed as Chief of the fire brigade - k that guards the warehouses, wh urves, and* ' s buildings of the Eii-J Railway, in Jersey City» The venerable fireman went to the Den*.' * Ocraiic Convention in Chicago. In order ; make the trip as pleasant to him as possibl# t _ he wore on his best clothes a heavy and ' : costly gold badge that was presented to biaa by a fire company from San Fnmciso that . % visited this city while he was chief engineer as aa Svideuce of their appreciation of tha honors extended to them by Mr. Decker and the fire-laddies of that day. When Ut Decker reached Chicago, ho found all tha T ; ^ larger hotels full, and stopped at one kepi by Paddy Ryan, the pugilist. The remain* * der of his experience he relates as follows; "I was hardly asleep when I heard a fello# ' Vf trying to work a pair of nippers on the kqf ' of my room. I knew what was up, so I,! - called out to the thief to put up his nipperis N: and knock when he wanted to get into nqf room. I always sleep lightly. Servica i* 4 \*j the old days educated me to that for lifa. * • rlj But, when I woke up in the morning, nq^ pantaloons, vest, and all my clothes wet# \ "vi*1 gone. The transom over the door was ope Ok - V; Th? rascals had got my things with a fish- - , 4 book. A waiter said that the thieves had > f left the o'othes in the bath-:oom. I went ^ in ther? and found the girmeuts, but tha * <" money, chain and watch were g me. and mj • jj gold San Francisco badge. That wa* tha,, £ , , .*3 heaviest loss tf all to me. I went to polioa ~ headquarters. There were more than 20# *J| in line waiting to report thiir losses. I had f ^ to borrow mouey from She:iff Bio vn to get , heme again. I would give three times tha - value of the metal in that badge turn." ^ ' $$ --The public square in PiUuAtld has ' •gfS if'-4 u.V" .. :•* V ? > ^ - ' - • " Stocked with squirrels. a 1 Wik