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?)1C3BW MWfiH tmwm iiwii'wi.i ni'll'tiWIU'I'lHni ir.t . THE CAMPAIGN OPENED. Bpoooh of Hon. John B. Pollott at Batavla. The Ilnd ltrcord or (ho llrptihllcin rarty Kinosed la View. Tho ltepubllcan party lias lonff boasted of Its record, to whloh, us n stereotyped por tion ot It platform, It "points with pride." 6o long linvo llioio word stood nloturaldo of tho crjunlly trllo words In Hi plntform, "ffiand old patty," tlml outsiders liava beon perplexed to dotormlnc whether todoslRiinte It ni thn ir. o. p. or p. w. p. NO honest cltlrcn, lio frtenil of fiea government, which cnu bo maintained mid pcrpctuntod only hy strict adheicneo to constitutional obligations and strict enforcement of constitutional rlirhts nml guarantee, no mun who deprecates open nnd shameless violation of law and a tifkless disregard of the Constitution for purely piirtlian purposes will point v, It It pride to tha iceord muilo by that party In the State or Ohl" In thef" later yoars, and cspi daily In tlm last two j ears, It Is far rrom pleasant tor one whoo Interests nru Identillud with this State, who Is proud of the State, of its poltlon nnd uchloienients, to scriitini70 the acts of the lendom ot the ltepubllcan party ot Ohio miring tho past two years and review tho record it has made. 'I hat record. Indeli bly stamped upon the ptoeocdlnga of both brunches of thu Legislature, characterizing every i:eriilito act and interlacing every Kxecutlxe order whloh It was supposed could In any wise alTect or servo to promote tho in tcicsts of tho Republican party, rat I lied, sanctioned and appioved by tho uopubllcan indue of our highest courts, who are bound ly their ofllco and their oaths to support, cimionotind delondtlio constitution, and to uphold and maintain tho laws inado In pur Hiianso thereof, is such a record, as every true pitriot would glndlv erase with his tear", and, if necessity requires, with, his blooil. I do not propoo at this tlino to review tho record of the Itcpuhllcan farty or Ohio as maduln 18KI, through the liistriimcutnllty of Irfit Wilght and Ills tuuirs, called Deputy JlarsliaU, armiMl wjtli Ilntish bull-dog re volvers and otiior-uko quiet, orderly and peacelul Instrumentalities, tor ptcBerving the purity ot elections. Some of tho men who plauned and instigated that out rase upon tho ballot-box, that con centrated essence or all political vil lainies, nro now feasting upon the p under of tho people, thus consummated, lint most of them are now fcstcrlnir and rot n iitwliir nr thn nnnnln. thus rnnsummateu. lint most of them are now festering anil rot IIiil- In their political craves. 'I ho Killing tool, tho roalous Instrument omplojedfortho consummation of that infamy, is now lolded in tho bosom of tho Republican party ot Wan on County, whoro at ench prlmnty elec tion ot tho parlv his lino Italian hand Is seen, tho pecullnr methods taught hi in by the party learlcrs nro developed, and tho only consola tion honest patriot can feci is in the fact that, either ho. or the Republican party. In that county so long and lamely in the ascend nut, must toon dlo, unless It bo true that the party there thrives and fattens ou corruption. Tin' success of the Democratic party at the nacinnn! election In 1884, tho wisdom nndoarii cM jiatrlotlo devotion to the methods and practices of good overnment,shonn by Pres ident Cleveland in the very beginning of his AdinlnlMrnilon, and the cordial npiiroval of thoKre.it mats of tho people, of his declined policy to inaugurate and enforce elllolency. honesty and ceounmy, as the pervading nrin clplo by i hlcli onuli of the Ktcoutlvo Depart ments shiiu'd bo governed, and honobtvnnd cip.ieltv as essential reiiuMtoi for positions of trust under his Administration, seems to have had the effect or so alarming the leaders of tho Republican party, uhile contein plating certain dissolutions, os to entirely depilo them of discretion, and what lit tle iIdom they nuiv luic had In times past and to Impel them to Mich excesses ami to such acts ot tolly and nuidncts us should rtrliolrom the support of tho party every Intelligent, honest, patriotic, fair-minded llepiibllmn .nd such uould bo the re sultnt the dlsregaid nt law, tho violation of thuconntitutlou and tlie ti mauling under loot of the right of the people which linio char acterized nml liifaiiiniKly Immortalized tho acts or tho piosout Republican Legislature. ioniielr(l and in- iiratcd lit u great mensuro bv tho Republican Chlet Kxeoutivi! and lead ers of the puny, anil approicd and oinplia-i-lril lii, thu Republican imllciary, ucio It not th.it thu cardinal principle nl tho ltepubllcan cried is that "tho end Justifies the means," nnd law, constitutions, the rlchts of tho peo ple, tho inot cherished and saci cd Mifogunids of liberty, nro to tie brushed anuy HUo cob webs i lien piirtl-im ends are to lie obtained. It Is In this lcw, mid this view alone, that wo aio able to account lor and trace to tholr origin the opinions ot our Courts to which I have nlludid, and to understand the real motive that brruglit them forth. Men honest in nil other things mid at nil times, i ho can hold and balance the tonics of justice with n llrmiiud ftcady hand, and can apply the set tled nnd IntloMlilo mips of law, without favor or puitlalltv, though to do so nuv be detri mental to tho interests of their deaiest per sonal friends, when the Interests of their party nro Involved, nnd thev hear the crank of tlio part' whip ami the ominous threat of the putty leaders mid press, innlie liustoto show their paity lealty by oboiiug party behests. Tho darkest forbndlng to our tre repre sentative (Jovernmcnt comes miner tho utter destiiictlon of the coutldeiiw-e of tho peoplo in tho proper decision of any case in which parti -an questions or partisan interests nro imolvcU. Prior to the organi zation ot the Electoral Commission, upon vblch sat Rlx.ludjresof the Supienio Court of thu United Btutes, upon whoso Judg ment. Integrity mid assumed nbilltv tho peoplo icllcd for an impartial nnd Just determination of the momentous questions involved, tho peoplo reposed Implicit confl uence in tho Integrity rf the Judiciary and the nhlllty and determination of our Judges to linptirtinllv ndmlnlstor tho law and uphold and dclend the Constitution against nil as saults by whomsoever or liowsoover made. Then, uud since then, the Judicial crinlno has often been so worn as readily and promptly to be laid aside at the solicitation of partisan autocrats until It has come to bo rognidod by the masses of tho peoplo as scarcely deserv ing their confidence and respect. At tho Inst October election In this State tho ictiirns. as made to tho Clerk of tho Court of Common Plena of Hamilton County, (lioAcil that the.tcn Dcraoeratlo candidates form mbersof tho House of Repiescntatlvos and tho four Democratic candidates for tao teiuito had been elected. This result left the Republicans a majority of sU in tin House and gao tho Democrats a majority of thno in the Senate, and on Joint ballot tho Republicans had a majority of three. As soon as the fact was known tho Repub lican National Committee, employed two nblo lawyers and the Lincoln Club, of Cincinnati, and iiunieroiiR other Republicans employed numerous other lawyers to defeat, If possl bio, tho dcdnrutlon of tho result, as shown by tho returns inado by the proper olllccrs of election, by the Canvassing Hoard, and tho issuing of certillcatcs ot election to thofo shown to bo cntltlid to them by the results of such canvass. The ttntuto under which tho board of enn vnsMiia acted oxpresslv says that thoy "In making tho abstract of votes shall not deol o upon the validity or thu return, but shall bo Riierii(d by tho number of votes stated in tho noil-book." Notwithstanding tho fact that the law gov erning the can vass board was thus explicit and wnsan nhsoluto prohibition upon their performing or attempting to pcrlonn miy function other than the mere ministerial duty of abstracting utul adding up tho re turns as made, und before said board these eminent lawyers attempted by proceedings, in inuuduinus, to investlgato tho validity of tho returns, hear testimony, sit in Judgment nnd decide, but with spcclllo instructions to decldu in n certain way. It is not my purposo at this time, nor Is this tho occasion, to discuss tho legal questions Involved in tho caso ot llaltou vs. Richard Bun, tenoned In 43 O. S. It, That decision Mill stand oa a monument to thu wisdom, tho Integrity and tho legal abil ity of tho Judge concurring in It long aftor tho names und works of tho partisan black guards who traduced them tor rondorlng that opinion shall hnvo been iorgottou. Uheruis, however, one strange, significant, Inutpllcublo and startling fact connected with the dissenting opinion In that case, v. hlcli. In view of what preceded uud what followed tho rendition ot Hint opinion, should seriously and Indolllbly impress overy honest, thinking lutilot. Tho opinion of Judges of our Supromo Court, which uro published, nro caretully prepaid! und lead nyorto all tho Judges In thu consultation room before they uio given to tho press or tho public. Tills dlesoiillng opinion, so prepared, and I doubt not bo read to tho other Judges In cotisultatton-iootn, was given to thopublia December 11, I8f5, und was soon thereafter published In uumoious newspapers and law Jan nulls. What us In that dissenting opinion must luivobion placed there by tho dissenting Judge, must hnvo been carefully reread and lovlsed by him hgloio It was road by him to Ills brethren on the Hunch, so that Just what It contained ho must have known, and it must hnvo been Just what ho wanted, und as ho wanted It liefnro It cuiuo Into possession of the public, Ah thus announced y him thu Just paragraph wus us follows) III conclusion, my regret at thlsdoclslon is drepci' than can bo expressed In words. It Is nu uiipuiuiit, If not a real sanation, to frauds of a most iitiooloini character crimes, thut If continued, will, ultimately sap uud destroy our representative form of vuvcrumont, "It is no ivinfort to say that a contest by the Senate of Ohio furnishes mi udequuto rem edy, especially since hy counting these frauds thu party benefitted thereby gets thecontiol of tho body which sits, In JudKiiioiit on tlio contest, Tliey obtain their certiflcatrs by meuus of luiud aud forgery! this entitles thoni to become members of tho contest ing body. "This entitles them to fit nnd veto In tholr own enscs, or tho cases of each other, and It would bo a miracle If they or thoso who affil iate with them politically should surrender control of tho Senate by ousting thcinsolvcs, however strong tho caso may bo for tho con testants. "Such a thing Is unheard of In a contest hy n political body when a successful contost would surrender tho control of that body to Its political opponents." This opinion, nil havo said, was rondo red Docembor 15, IfWS, about two weeks before tho t.cglslntuio met, and doubtless bcfnro tho eminent .lodge had heard from that great legal light that stnr of tho first maanltudo In tho galaxy or Jaok-o-lantorns, tho phos phoicsccnt exhalations from corruption nnd decay, nnd produced only In swamps, marshes, and cesspools! that man thoroughly Indoctrinated with tho modern Republican idea that ollictal oaths, parliamentary rules and statutory and constitutional law should never arrest or restrain tho consummation of a partisan design, who by thogracoof a mis guided, deceived nnd deluded peoplo has been permitted to ruttlo around In tho seat of Lieutenant (Inventor of this great State, and who has been fnwncd upon and II a t torod by tho vultiiics of his party, who.whllo they despised him, know thnt by tickling his vanity they could uso him ns thoy desired until his llttlo mind Is greatly per plexed by tho attempt to solvo thu problem whothor tho Almighty created him or ho cre ated tho Almighty, l'ho announcement of the rtiloof law, by Ibo Republican Judge, in nn opinion pronounced by Republican papers and partisan lenders as sound and Invulner able, that "the certificates or election entitled the Hamilton County Senators not onlvto be come uiombers of tho contesting body, but also entitled them to sit nnd votoln their own enscs or tho cases of each other," vns nn In surmountable obstacle to tho rapo of tho Senate so necessary to the complete consum mation of tho objects desired. That rulo of law, as wo havo stated, was announced after full and careful deliberation, nnd with full understanding or all that Is Implied, for It was upon tho fact thnt suoh was tho effect of holding tho certificate that tho jurisdiction of tho Court in mandamus was predicated and urged by tho eminent lawyers rotoincd by tho National Republican Commlttco and others. In tho tuco of this opinion what honest, intelligent man could full to bo indignant at tho rulings of tho roaring lllllpiit, styled Lieutenant Governor, that al though tho Senators lrom Hamilton County holding the certificates of election had be come members of tho Senate, they were not entitled "toslt nnd oto In tholr own cases or the cases of each other." Tho only rovengo tor such rulings wo could tako upon His Insignificancy was tho fact that belore the Journal of tho Senate contain ing such ruling could be published, tho vol ume of the .Supremo Court reports containing tho dissenting opinion would be published, and in this way tho loot or tho great JuBtlco would crush thclllllput. Imagine, thou, tho surprise and disgust naturally nnd uccessnrllv felt when, about the 1st of June, tho volume of reports con taining this dissenting opinion came out, we found that till the latter purt of It, commenc ing with tho words "this entitles them to sit and vote In their own cases and In tho cases of each othor," hud been loft out. Upon this astounding discovery of the mu tilation of this opinion for partisan ends, who would noOidopt Its language and say, "My relict at this decision Is deeper than can bo evprcssed in would?" "Jt is mi apparent, If not a real, sanction to frauds ot tho most atrocious character, crimes that If continued will ultimately destroy our lcnesentatlvo system of Government." whether frauds were or were not committed In the City of Cincinnati at tho October elec tion, lsKi, In any rational point of view has become n question at secondary Importance If Irniids were committed, they were com mitted by Indh Iduuls und by those assuming to bo members of eaoh of tho parties, and to counteract the etfect of such lrnuds, to undo tho wrong thereby dono and icstoro to tho party or to the Individual cltircn all that bad been lost by such alleged rrauds, abundant provision was made by law, and to punish thoso guilty of any such frauds tho criminal stututcsnf this .State made atuplo provisions. A icpiescntntivo Government must ever tost for its snlety and perpetuity upon writ ten constitutions und ihelr strict obscrvnnco by tho law-making department or the Go em inent und their lit m, unbiassed enforcement by the Judiciary- Tho ten Democratic members from Hamil ton County reco ved their certificates of elec tion and woro sworn In as members of tho House of Representatives tit thu beginning of tho session, mid, under tho constitution of this State, and tho laws inado In nursunnco thereof, they could bo ousted or their seats only upon contost mmlo nnd prosecuted in nuisttanco ot tho provisions of tho law, and In which both parties to tho contest should hnvo lull, complete and uutrammoled oppor tunity to bo heard. Thu constitution makes each House "Judge or tho election, returns nnd qualifications of Its own members," butto preventtho practice adopted by the Houso of Representatives In tho inattcrol tho contest of thoEcnlsof tho Hamilton County members tho constitution requires that "tho Gonernl Assembly shall determine by law, beloro what authority and In what manner tho trial ol contested elections shall be conducted." In pursuance of this provision ot tho Con stitution, luws woro passed and in fotco at thu tlmo of the organization ot tho ptcsout (icni'iul Assembly, settling definitely, as it hud been settled for years in this State, who were entitled to bo sworn inns members. The Republicans, having a majority ot six at tho organization of tho House, in papnhlo, wanton violation of tho piovlslons of tho constitution and tho laws regulating tho manner of the trial of tho contested elections of Its membeis, without trial or uny pretense of n trial, without hearing oronv opportunity to bo heard, without oven tho formalities or decencies usually accorded byjudgo Lynch, who gloilcs in the faot that ho holds his Couit not under but In deflnncoot law. In tho first da) s ot the session ousted nine members trom Hamilton County and seated ninoothors in their pluco. Kverv man who narticlDated in this outrage was guilty of u iuoiu reprehensible, corrupt ing, debasing and criminal violation of tho law than any alleged to havo occurred at tho October election in Cincinnati. Thoy occupied tho position ot law-makers, and posed us defenders of tho constitution, ot tho sacred heritage of liberty, of a puro and uncorrupted ballot, upon tho preservation nnd fostering of ull which In tholr purity and integrity we can oiuy rciy tor tno preserva tion of trcu government nnd tho protection ot tho people's rights; but they, without misgiving or hesitation, brushed asldo as worthless and ot no validity tho constitution and tho means pi escribed by law for purging tho ballot of fraud and ascertaining tho "ill of the people, and thereby perpetrated a fraud in comparison with which all tho lrauds they allege, if proved, would bo of little consequence. When passion maliciously Inoltcd shall ccaso to rule, and reason asserts hor sway, admitting all that has been alleged of Fourth Ward A, tho crime and atrocity of the Houso ot Representatives, committed ns it was with deliberation, picmedltatlon and malice wai tar more icpreuensioio aim uepiorauio in its consequences. Tho question Is not whnt would have been the tesiilt of a trial of thu contests in tho manner prescribed bylaw, but It Is tho de structive, dlsi uptlng, disintegrating effect upon tho peoplo of n wanton disregard of tho law by men chosen to be law-inakcrs, what cicrtho motives may bo that uctuated thorn. Leaders in tho party men whowero as sumed to huvo suoh Inllucnco ns would en able them to stay this notion of tho Hottsu of lloprescn ntlves when It wus tlrst foreshad owed were appealed to to savo tho Htato this foul disgrace, but fauch appeals were madu In vain. To-day tho. party leaders glory In their shame, and proudly braud'sh tho dagger locking In tho blood of tho assassinated con stitution. Tho be mile, though ptocuedlug with more deliberation In tho consideration of the contest from Hamilton County, wus equally unmindful of constitutional restric tions and Inhibitions. I huvo already alluded to tho characteristic rulings of tho parlia mentary monstinslty who presided over tho sessions of tho Senate such i tilings as no nan Ut to presldo over such n body or who had any character or repututton to sustain would daro make. His vanity und pride nro gicatly olaled at tho thought that ho has dono what no re spectable man would do, and that his uervo was sufficient for tho accomplishment of tho vilest work, thereby emphasizing tho truth thut "fools rush In whcio ungols fear to troad," As nn Individual It Is ot llttlo linportunco "what his rulings woie, as no one woudover Imporll his rvpututlon by citing thorn ns precedents, hutus tlio Inetriiincnt.tlio mouth piece of his party aud Its leuders his rulings urn slgnlllcnut. The constitution declares "each House, except as otherwise provided In this consti tution, shall choose Its own otllcurs, may determine Its own rules of proceedings," etc, Tho Sonato determined Its rules of proceed ings, which ho wlllluly nnd llagruntly vio lated, set at dctlanco nil parliamentary rules nnd proccdcntB.dlsrogardod the constitutional and legal rights of members, und used his po sition und olllte for buse, malignant, par tisan purposes. It is not my purposo now to discuss whoth or the majority of the Senators did right or wiong In i uf using longer to submit to tlio rulings and Insults of this follow who prldos himself ou nothing so much as being a bully, and theiofoio withdraw from tholr nlacos In tho Senuto und remained absent tbcrofioin aud loft the Senate without u quorum. Tho Constitution defines wbut u quorum shall be, us tollows: "A majority of all tho members elected to each 1 louse shall bo a quorum to do business; but u less number muy adjourn uoin uuy to nay unu compel tno attendance of ubsoiil members In suoh mun nor, mid under such penalties, ns shall bo proscribed by law," With this ulaln constitutional nrovlilon confronting theui, thu Republican members oi inu Dunaiu iiuu mcir pioainiutf oincor, in execution of un agreement und conspiracy on their part, entered Into liituucustodlsro-.-cgaid tliclr oaths of ofllco und violate tha Constitution on the 8th day of Muy, I km), every mun participating, knowing thut there was "uo quorum to do busuimui" urnsont. uiu- cocded to havo written In n hook whloh thoy hud tho temerity to entitle tho Journal of tho Senate, tho pnssago of n icsolutlon ousting the roitr Senators from Hamilton County rroni their scats nnd putting four othor men In their places. Thcrjiirosomo provisions of tho constitu tion, ns evory lawyer knows, that nro hold by ourcoutts to lio "directory In their charac ter, tho observance of whloli, nr tno Assotn- IJIVa IBniXUICU Ut till is seeureu oy tneir senso oi outy nnu oin cini oatns, mm not oy any supervisory puwur or the courts," but tlio only dltcotory provi sions or tho Constitution uro suoh nn rolalo to modes prescribed, nnd to the authority con ferred. When wo consider thnt written constitu tions ore tho only barriers to tho encroach ments of power, tho only charters of tho peo ple's liberties, and that tho supervisory power of tho court Is tho only means of securing their observance, und that this means has proved to bo but a broken reed In tho hands or partisan Judges, wo may well oxolnlm: "Great God, on what a slimier thread hung tho cherished rights of tho peoplo, tho desti nies of the State." Let all tho people of tho Statn rend nnd ponder tho dissenting opinion of Chlof Juo ttco Owen, In tho caso of Ohio ox rol-Horrou vs. Smith, nud especially this part of lti "If seventeen incinbors could transact suoh business so could seven, or any less number. Indeed, let It once t:o established that a, plain provision or tho constitution can bo subvert ed or wholly disregarded by such means as It Is hero admitted woro employed, nnd It is vain to speculnlo upon whnt may not bo no. complishcd In an cirortto contravono tho or ganic law ot our Statu. "In this caso tho court Is called upon to consider n radically new question. It Is cred ited to tho legislative departments of tho States that no court of last resort, or any one of them, has ever boon required to deal with such aquostlon. "The industrious research of counsel has failed to produce a caso, and It will bo ob served that not ono Is cited by the majority of tho court whloh tends In tho slightest de gree to support tho extraordinary proposi tion hero contended for. "To npply tho coses cited and rolled upon It Is necessary to assutno nn entirely different stnto ot facts from thoso which nppcar In this case. "Cases aro found supporting tho principle Hint courts will not luqulro Into tho motives which prompted tho enactment of a law. Their soundness will not be questioned. Thoy all prcsupposo fdll authority to act. Here there was cntlro absence of authority. "It the position reached by tho majority bo tenable, theso startling conclusions follow. When both branches of tho General Assembly possessing undoubted authority to act, and acting In good faith, overstep In tha slightest degree tho limitations of tho Constitution In the attempt to enact a law, this court Is clothed with abundant authority to overturn It and declare It a nullity; but w hero less than a quorum of a sluglo branch, utterly without authority to act, by a scheme of conspiracy and fraud unparalleled In tho history of leg islation, overthrow and disregard a plain command of tho constitution, and cnuso a falso, spurious and protended Journal to mako that appear which was not nnd could not bo done, this Com t tho Court of last re sort in this State which has ever boon re garded as tho last rofugo of a broken consti tution. Is compelled to confess itself helpless and powcrlcSBtodo moroorlcss thnn rutlfy and sanction tho great publlo wrong by pro- nnminlnir ittmn ltd ailnin II rlnnfrtvnl ' UUU1IVIIIIH UIU1I 11,11 UVIVIUM JIVf1ti Tho nblcct of tlioimht to be acci be accomplished uy liiuo il'kiuuiu ituu viumbiuKiaun, ,im vui. stltutlon, ofllclnl oaths and rights of tho peo , tlio coa ple, was tno ucsire to ootain tno control of certain ofllccs, with tho spoils of which they might feed the vultures of tho party. As noon us thoy had steppoa over tho gravo of tho constitution into the control of tho Senato no tlmo wns suffered to elapse until, so turns In their poncrto do so, Democrats were displaced lrom ofllco and Republicans substituted, nud in Cincinnati a board having almost absolute control ot Its muuloipnl af fairs, of its strcots, sowers, water-works and its finances, vested with veto power over tho city council, a purely municipal board elect ed by tlio people, having charge of tho affairs of tho peoplo of tho city, and that should be responsibly to tho city. In whoso acts the Stato has no special concern, nnd for whoso acts tho State can In no way bo hold rcspousiblo; this board, elected by tho people, who uro affected by, and responsible for, its nets, was abolished and another substituted in its placo with equal powers, appointed by the Governor, in no way answcrablo to the people, who aro responsible for its nets, Thnt tlio peoplo can not nnd should not be trustr d has long been the theory of tho leud ers of the ltepubllcan party, butnovor before havo tho leaders of that party In this State dared to carry It so fully Into prnctlco. That thu peoplo can bo trusted with fnr mora snlety than a partisan Republican Gov ernor, lh fully und satisfactorily demonjtrat ed by a comparison of tho two bonrds. Tho people may make mistakes, and it they do thoy mako basto to correct thom. Some Governors fancy thoy nro Infallible, nnd hence, however serious muy bo tholr mlstnkcs, no correction Is mndo. Tho present Governor bus dono inoro foolish things, made moro mistakes In tho soven months no has strutted In tho ofllco than tho peoplo havo mado in ns mnuy yenrs. Asido then from tho luct thut In a repre sentative government tho peoplo have a right to chooso those who nro entrusted with tholr affairs, nnd tho control nnd munngctnont of their property, they aro sufor and moro ro liablo than Governors uro likely tobe, cer tainly moro so than tlio present Govornor is If n Hoard of Public Affairs can bo ap pointed for Cincinnati, and tho ltepubllcan members of tho Supreme Court nay It can, tho next move on the part of a Republican Lcglsluturo in this Stato will bo to pass a law authorizing tbo Governor to np point mayors and city councils for such cities of tbo Stato us havo Democratia mayors and councils. Let thoso who traroplo en tho peo ple's necks, deluded by tho Idea that they nro too stupid or lctluitglo to resent, beware, for when tho people riso in their might thoy will shako them off nnd crush them us thoy would tho vermin that irrltato and annoy them. Thtough tho combined and harmonious action ot tho Republican members of tho legislative, Dxccutlvo and judicial depart ments of tho present Stato Government, Re publican cormorants aro now gorging them selves upon public plunder, as Is shown by an empty treasury, Increased Indebtedness and increased taxation. In their Imagined security thoy havo said to thcinsolvcs they huvo the offices und cun regale themselves on publlo plundor ut the expense of tho peoplo for yenrs to como, but ut tho tlrst opportunity tho peoplo will hurl tbcm from power and touch them thut thoy who dlsrogutd luws and vlolntn constitutions are unworthy of publlo trusts and can no longer bo sorvnnts of theirs. The Issues in tho coming campaign are not between tho Democratic party as such und tlioRcpubllcan party, but between the people In defense of tho luws, the constitution and tbo herltugo of freedom and tho Republican Farty. In such a contest the peoplo cau not ull; "For freedom's battle onco begun, Bequeathed by bleeding site to son, Though bullied oft, Is over won." You and I. as the neonlo of Ohio, hnvo en- teiedinto a solemn compact, ratified In the form of tho Constitution ofjyour Stato, pre scribing tho limits of power and fixing? the rights of tho noonlo. when that constitution Is looked upon as a thing to be despised and spurned whon, us I said, nil the roprosenta t i os of n great political party sgrco to violate when mon who bcltoved in frco Government nnd tho perpetuation of a representative Government should band together to teach thom that there is no provocation thero 1b no occasion there can uo no occasion that justifies tho violation ot tho organic law ot tho Stuto, or tho violutlon ot tho rights of tho people as contained therein. lApplausc For somo timo past thoro b.as been brought beforo tho observation of a cer tain class of commercial peoplo a very interesting product consisting of ex trotnoly thin and slondor shavings ol wood, that aro comparable to paper cut for packing, and that go by tho name of "wood wool." This product was first introduced into Franco as n pack ing material. It wolghs about forty or fifty por cent, less than tho materials gonorally used for such a purpose. Its beautiful appcaranco, its fineness and its oxtrome cloanlincss at onco brought It into favor. -TV". Y. JJeruld. Tho agricultural statistics of Ire land for 1885 show that the total aero ago undor crop was 4,907,127 acros, of which 1,694,'JO:) acros woro undor corn, beans nnd peas, 797,296 acres of pota toes, 290,981 acros of turnips, 108,147 acros of 11 ax, and 2,034,7(38 acres under meadow und olovor crass. Tho total produco raibcd was 1,407,423 bushels of whoat, 110,222,795 bushels of corn; po tatoes, .'1,176,738 tons; turnips, 8,651,783 ions; ucct root, WJ,rM tons; cabbages, 397,708 tons; moadow and olovor grass, 4,iDU,uua tons. ... James Moyer, Jr., of Kingston, was raking hay with a wire horso rako drawn by it mtilo. Tho mulo stopped in a bees' nest with tho usual results, Whon tho bees got through with tho mulo und tho mulo stop ped running, Mr, Moyer, who had been spending most of thu tlmo with tho hay among tlio rnko tooth, found himself noarly devoid of clothing, but qulto oovored with scratches nud bruises, N, Y. Bun, HE DISCRIMINATES. rho Colored Man Knows When n Is Justly Treated nml When lie Is lining Used ns n Tool Another rropojed "Ex odus." Loadorfl of tho ltopublloan pnrtynov sr forgot tho negro, whorovor IiIh voto U to bo had. Tho individual cltolco of tho colorod votor passes for nothing If ho docs not voto tho ltopublloan tlclcat. In Southern States ho Is oltltor n Re publican votor or ho Is nothing. If ho chooses to voto tho othor tlokot ho gets no credit. If, in tho South, ho feels that ho can beat servo his local govorn raont by voting tho Democratic tlokot, hu docs It, waxes fat, and enjoys tho profit of ;his right to labor and earn. Uio negro with his local habitation has tho right of all Americans to say Just what uo will do politically for his own benefit. Hut Mr. Blaine, in his speeches in Maine whoro a negro is rarely seen, declares that tho colored man shall not onlvvoto tho Republican ticket by virt- no of his inheritance of froodom, but that ho shall voto it undor any and all circumstances local considerations and lnlluonccs to tho contrary notwith standing. And if ho docs not chooso to do that no must bo colonized into othor territory. Tho plan of tho Republican Congres sional Commlttco, as announcod, is too nbsurd to bo authentic, but if It bo truo that negroes aro to bo sont, at tho com mittee's oxpenso, to populato cortain territories in tho hopo that their votes will bo felt In Prosidontial and Con gressional elections to follow, it reflects but little credit upon tho mon who havo projected tho scheme. Wo have had ono nogro oxodus from tho South. It invaded Kansas a few ycara ago. Every colored man bollovod that ho was to get forty acres. Ho came with his family and landod at tho railway depot without a cent. Ho soomed to caro nothing about how ho was to faro. His idea 'was that Kansas, acting through ,it3 Plumbs and its othor patri ots, was to glvo him a farm. For livo years or moro thoso nogro oxodusters have fought fate Kansas cities havo moro waiters, bootblacks, calcimincrs, barbers, shoe repairers and clothes dusters than any Stato in the Union, and their votes havo only gone to swell a majority alroady large. Tlio homo of tho Southern negro is in tlio South. Thoro ho was born and reared; there aro tho local traditions nud family instincts that root him to tho soil. Tlio Northern politician of tho Blninc stamp who seeks liU voto may talk of colonization and all that, but tho Southern colored man knows whoro ho lives. Ho knows ho is no longer a slave; ho knows that the sec ond generation, of which both ho and his employer aro types, havo long ago forgotten asperities. The man and ids employer work togothor in tho field ana at tho polls thoy work for a com mon interest. If that interest docs not qirito meet tho views of Mr. liluinu and his friends, it is not the fault of tho col ored man. Mr. Blaino and his friends can gain nothing by colonizing ne groes anywhere. Sooner or later tlio colouizatfonists absorb tlio political ideas and viows of their surroundings; and it is tho highest proof of tho col ored man's intelllgenco that ho can and does discriminate When ho finds ho is being used for political purposes without corresponding benefit or credit to himself, ho quickly draws tho line. Chicago Herald. m m PRESS PARAGRAPHS. A Philadelphia editor who has just boon visiting Mr. Rlaino tells an interviowor: "Understand mo, Juntos G. lihuno docs not seek tho nomina tion, for ho told mo so." This is a rare caso, indeed, of journalistic innooenco and credulity. Chicago Times. Considering tho horrlblo failuro Blaino mado in tno brief timo ho was running tho foreign policy of tho Gov ernment, Democrats can regard his as saults upon the foreign policy of tho present Administration with equanim ity. Cleveland Flaindcalcr. Tho Republicans of Indiana want tho purity of tho ballot-box main tained. It will bo recalled to mind that several regiments of soldiers from othor States voted in nearly every ward in Indianapolis undor tho direc tion of tho Republican committee, dur ing tlio war. Buffalo Times. By tho way, was it not James G. Blaino who somo timo ago said ho had retired from politics and was go ing to dovoto tho rest of his timo to lit erary laborsP Since tho laboring men of Mulno havo concluded to oppose his candidates it appears that it would have been bettor for Mr. Blaino if ho had kept this promise. Chicago News. On tho 4th of next March Will iam Mahono stops down and out of tho Senato never to return. Thoro have been men in this country.who, in their day and gonoration, felt tho full weight of tlio people's scorn and hatred, but not ono among them all evor sounded tho depths of misery that Mahono is destined to roach.. Atlanta Constitu tion. . It is astonishing that bright Re publican correspondents should scour tho South in all directions, diligontly intorviow tho negroes, and still hear never a word about tho Froodmon's Bank, or tho old forty-acres-and-a-mulo confidenco gamo. It is suspected that thoso interviews aro very ably and carofully edited boforo thoy aro print od. St. Louis Posl'Dispatch. Porhaps tho hopo lingers in tho minds of somo Republican politicians that there is no moro victory in tho waves of tho bloody shirt, but out among tho peoplo it Is plain thac tho old era of sectional or race politics has passed away entiroly, and that horo aftor the national contests must bo de cided on national issuo, ami not on soctional animositios. Louisville Cou-ricr-Journul. The President's Good Reasons. Presidont Ciovolond, in giving his reasons for pardoning it man tho other day, mentions ono reason which is not sufficiently considered by any of us. "Ho has served fivo yoars," said tho President, "and whatever good is ovor to bo wrought upon him individually has alroady boon accomplished. At thu tlmo of his oonvlotion his wife, anoblo, couragoous and dovotcd woman, and fivo small children, were tho sufferers for his crlmo, and exacted tho sym- patuy oi tno entiro community, uyner patient, hard labor to support hor chil dren, und hor iiovor-falliiig hopo in tho darkost days, this wife lias demon strated that sho, at least, is entitled to olomonoy." This is woll said, In too many in stances tho ponalty of crime unfortu nately falls chlully upon tho innocent family of tho criminal. Whon tho urt of justice is porfoutod, wo hopo thoro will bo modos of lossonlng tills oniol wrong, N, Y, Lcdqcr, THE BOOKS OPENED. An Incomplete Table of Defalcations Since lflOl Show Thnt the Itcpuhllcan rnrtr Owes tho Government Nearly Thirteen Million DollnTS. Ono of tho most striking ohaptors of tho Democratic campaign book will ho that which Is dovotcd to tho defalca tions of Republican office-holders dur ing Ropublicansway. It has boon pro pared with groat caro and much labor from olllolal figures, and makes a mora damaging showing than was ovor an ticipated. Tho chapter is headed "Oponlng tho Books," nnd vlndloatoi a promlso long mndo by tho Democracy to tho peoplo of tho country. It says tho Democratic party, through its press and by Its speakers, declared for tho past ton yoars publicly that if It could turn the rascals out and get at tho books thoy could demonstrate that tho Republican party, in its long lcaso of power, n ail, tnrougu its various out cors, by defalcation in collections and disbursements, stolen millions of tho people's monoy. Mr. Tildon, in 1870, claimed tho amount to bo over $5,000, 000. Tho amount will roach $20,000, 000 or more. Undor a resolution of tho Houso, passed January 28, tlio Acting Secre tary of tho Trousury transmitted a let ter to tho Houso of Representatives in which it Is shown officially that tho balances now duo tho Government on account of defalcations in disburse ments and collections since 18G1 is $12,893,470. In this documont each de linquent is named and tlio exact am ount due the Government stated. This docs not include tho overhauling of tho accounts of tho Post-ofilco Department. Tlio Sixth Auditor says that tho am ount of work would bo so enormous to get up tho accounts of all tho officers undor tho Post-ofilco Department, and got at tho balances duo from each of them, that it is impossible with tho present forco to accomplish it So it is found from an examination of the books in part, showing only about half of tho disbursing and receiving ofllcers' accounts, that the balance duo by theso receiving and disbursing officers, for which they havo defaulted to tlio Gov ernment, is ovor 812,000,000. Tho balance duo from tho others' amounts by tho same ratio to a larger amount. The foregoing statement and tho tablo which is hereafter inserted does not includo shortage, ns has been said, in tho Sixth Auditor's office, which has chargo of tho vast expenditures of tho Post-ofilco Department. It was tkoro that tho star routo thioves ligurcd. Nor does it includo tho shortage in tho Third Auditor's ofilce, which embraced tho expenditures of tho War Department, where Howgato, Hodgo anil othor kindred spirits had tholr day. Nor docs it includo tho shortage in tho Fourth Auditor's olllco, which has chargo of expenditures in the Navy Department, where tho Robeson gang paid moro for tho repair of old ships than they originally cost, and had no shins left. 'IMin unnnmlii urtll cilj-rtr f ltn(- eitiAn I'll rt Democratic Administration took hold, as is heretofore shown in tho report of tho First Comptroller of tho Treasury, an carnost effort is being mado to col lect all theso balances, and with much greater success than could havo been anticipated, owing to tho long lapse of time. This is simply a partial peep into tho books. Tlio short timo that tho Democratic Administration has been in power rendered it impossible at tins timo to givo a full oxposuro of all the delinquencies nnd defalcations of tho Republican office-holders who woro not prosecuted for their robbery and plunder, but kept in powor by the Republican party. Tho branches of tho scrvicu in winch theso defalcations occurred aro shown by tho following tablo: Customs disbursements $ 103,101 00 Intorniil Kovenuo disbursements. :iW) 00 Diplomatic disbursements TZiMl 0.1 Treasury disbursements fi.Oir.'.tl't 00 Judlc'nry BUO,01 00 Interior olvll disbursements U.'W,i)ni on Hocelpts for customs !lTfi,2S'l 00 ltceolpts for Internal llovouuo... . 3,424,n;o 00 Itecclpts for salos publlo lauds... Itfl.GOJ 00 Hocelpts for Internal ltovonuo stamps 831,177 00 Hccolpts for CiiBtoms-oflico emol uments 28,801 00 Hocelpts for miscellaneous sources 153,173 00 Itucolpts for captured nnd aban doned proporty 627,685 00 Total Sluco 1801 $12,803,170 00 Cincinnati Enquirer. m The Republican Attitude. What is tho attitude of tho Repub lican party in this year 1880 regarding Civil-Sorvico reform, and what doos it betoken? Thoro is abundant condom nation of tho Administration for fail ures to kcop its pledges in this re spect; but what do Republicans pledge themselves to do in case power is given to thom? Nothing at all. In Maine, Vormont nnd Illi nois thoro is in the platform a general and rathor indifferent reference to tho matter. In most of tho States it is not montioncd at all as an item of tho Republican creed. In Indiana alone do tho Republicans, with apparent earnestness, approve tho enforcement of tho law and call for an oxtonsion of its principles. And this whilo tho Democratic Presidont, in spito of all mistakes nnd violations, is doing moro and withstanding moro in support of tlio principles of the reform than any Republican Presidont lias had tho in dependence nnd courago to attempt, and Domooratlo conventions all over tho land aro committing themselves, without express qualification, to ap proval of his Administration, and in many instancos especially commending Ills devotion to Civil-Service reform. It looks as if Republican politicians did not want any oxtonsion of Civil Sorvico reform principles until aftor they got an opportunity to turn out Mr. Cleveland's appointees and fill tlio offices again with their own class. Suppose Mr. Cleveland continues, us ho has thus far gono on, retaining in olllco many Republicans, oven after tho expiration of tlio term for whloli thoy woro appointed by a Re publican President under tho law which a Republican Congress would not ronoal, although its repeal was do slrod oy Civil-SorYioo reformers; ap pointing in conspicuous oases Repub licans of approved character und fit ness to ofllco; improving und streugtii oning tho oxocutivu regulations by wliioli tho Civil-Sorvico net is applied, whoro thoy uro weak and suppose thut, with this record, ho should bo ro renominated by tlio Domooratlo party, do Republicans think tho record thoy nro making will induco tlio pooplo to turn Mr. Clovolund out in order to mako Mr. Blaino, or any Republican whoso reputation as a reformer is no bettor established, Prosldont? Boston Herald. A sooloty has boon formed in Brooklyn to prevent prematura burials. Something of this sort Is tho only thing that will suvo the Republican party oi Missouri from un imtlmely grave 67, Louis Ueintblkan, READING MTHfl YOUNG. OUST A MECHANICAL TOY. A r.mnt. I'm Just a mechanical tor, With wonderful works lusldet i lean bowj 1 can move my head And open my mouth so widol 1 can raise the pretty fan 'That I carry so well In lny hand) llut I'm Just n mechanical toy, You will understand. And ohl I nm fra7ed nt caoh day ily many n irirl and hor. Who thinks it a wonderful thlnsr To bo a mechanical toy. Yet, tlioiiuli I perrorm my part, And look verv sweet and bland, 1 am not happy nt nil, . You will understand. For I'd rather far ho a toy ahut tlio hnby would kiss nnd hint! A ruB-doll n Japanese fright Or oven a china pus Than to bo drowsed up llko this, With a pretty fan In my hand, That stranuors may pause nud admire, You will understand. I'm n very expcnslvo toy, And rcq u Ire tho best or care On account of my lusldo works: For, If any trouble Is there, I can't do n sinRle thins 1 enn't movo my hoad or hand llut must koop In tbo stlffost poso, You will understand. Whon tho Christmas holidays como 1 havo a return or Joy : For 1 think 1 may chance to fall lit tho hands or somo girl or boy; nut, nlasl mechanical tos Aro not vory much in demand, And tbo reason of this lament You "111 undorslatid. Jottpifne lluUard, tu.V. 1. Independent. THE LOST BOYS. A Trne Story of tho Adventures of Little llarflo and l'ercy. Harfie and Percy woro two little boys that lived in a largo city just across tlio river from Now York. Though only fivo and threo yoars old, they sometimes did very strange things, and onco gavo their mother a groat fright. After breakfast one morning, they woro playing on tho stone walk in front of their bouse, but thoy kept getting a llttlo farther off, first to see this sight aud then that, un til they were many blocks away. Their mother was so busy in tho houso she did not miss them until about ten o'clock, when sho looked all ovor the largo house, and called up and down tho street, but sho could not find thom. Sho then went to the polico station, nnd told tho man in charge of hor miss ing boys, their ages and how thoy woro dressed. But though many of tlio men witli brass buttons nnd clubs woro hunting for tlio llttlo runa ways, eleven, twelve, one, two, three, four and fivo o'clock went by, and they could learn nothing about them. Tho father and mother nnd brothers and sisters were almost wild witli fears. What if somo gypsies had carried them oil', or they had been stolen like llttlo Charlio Ross, or thoy had gono to tho river and were drowned! But I can not tell you how very badly thoy felt, and tho many fears they had during this long, sad day, that seemed like weeks or oven months to them, it was so awful. About fivo o'clock, as tho mother stopped walking the lloor and wont to look out of tho window, who should sho sco coming up the steps, whistling as hapjiy us could be, but little Harlic. " But where is dear llttlo brother?" asked tlio mother, as sho clasped Har lic in her arms. "I don't know, mamma; I haven't seen him this good while; ho wouldn't como with mo. But I'll find him if you don't cry so," said Harfie, for tho first time thinking something very bad had been (lone. Tho mother and Harfie started at once, and as ho led tho way through street after street and alloy after alley, tho mother folt suro she should never find her baby boy. At last thoy met a stout, bustling Irishwoman, who said: "Indade, ma'um, havo you lost a boy? I met one not long since, crying like his heart would break, but 1 couldn't git him to como in, tho poor little Sear!" "Horo'3 where wo played all dav, mamma," said Harfie, stopping in front of a long, dingy-looking leed store, "and I loft him here." But the mother learned of the cloik that ho had gono some two hours, going from there, towards tho river. "Oh hi" thought the mother, as sho stood looking at tho bluo river, "if my baby is drowned!" Just then a dirty, ragged little boy steppod up to her, and said: "Pat and Miko has just gono to tho station with a boy thoy found, it's right down this street four blocks, ma'am." You can not know how happy these words made the mother feel, and how good this dirty, ragged little boy looked to her, and alter giving him somo pen nies and thanking him she went as fast as sho could to tno station. But they had just sent him homo in charge of tho boys who found him. It was quite lato and dark whon Harfio and his mother reached homo, but they could sco a crowd of boys around tho steps and hear them quar rel ovor tho reward for a half block awav. "Ilero's your boy, ma'am, I found him!" camo from somo twenty boys at onco. But the first thing tho mother did was to tako little Porcy in her arms and kiss him; then sho gavo Pat and Miko each a dollar, and all tho boys went oil. You never saw such tired, dirty little fellows in your lifo as tho mother bathed and put to hod that night, and as thoy saw how palo sho looked, aud beard her cry as sho held and kissed thom, and told thom how sad sho had beon all day, thoy said: "Don't cry so, mamma; wo won't never do so any more." And I am glad to toll you thoy never did. Christian at Work. 'HOME BOYS." l'arrutal Ouldance anil Control a Con tracted with a Street Education." I am by no moans an old man, but 1 havo lived long enough to be thankful that I wus ono of tlio boys of whom rude boys speak us "lod by a mother's apron strings." I wns roared in a largo city, and in a neighborhood whoro thero was a largo number of boys. Many of theso 6cemod to havo or to tako their own yruy; a few of us wero kopt under parental guldanco and control. I confess that thoro wero times whon it scorned hard because I was not permitted to go and como just us some boys were doing whom 1 know. But now, whon 1 think of tho after-results In tho different oases, I feel that I can not bo too cratoful for tho homo infiuenccs which I had. aud to which 1 yielded in youth. Of tho boys whom I know, thoso who lived una attained und honorably (Iliad positions ot trust were wlthoutoxeeption thoso who were known nsthe "homo boys," the 'moth er boys," tho bublesi" and ull because thoy did not think it manly to swear, uud smoko or chow tobacco, aud fight, und play truant from soUool, uud Co n niilsnnco in general. Thoy woro by no moans goody-goody boys, thoy woro not nngolsj thoy loved, nnd hocf, their fun; thoy had games, but thoy were loving and kind to tholr parents, nnd truthful nnd honest and well-bohavod ovorywhoro; and although thus nick nnmod, many of thom woro strong enough to withstand tho temptations of tho camp and to ondurosovoro hard ships, and bravo enough to fall on tho Hold of battlo with tho faco to tho foe. Others of them havo been ablo to koop thomsolvcs puro, and to mako for thomsolvcs a good record In tho midst of tho tests and struggles of lifo. In tho meantime, as I havo hud oppor tunity to lonrn, tlio sad nows comes to mo of tho moral wreck of ono after another of thoso who preferred a strcot education, or who hated and rebelled against ovory thing liko a wholesome restraint, and who consldorod them selves manly. llev. W. W. Totherolu NOW IS THE TIME. Hoys anil fllrls May, nnd Oujrht lo, Grow Straight, and Nut Crooked. You nro hoys now, but you will soon bo men. Then you will hnvo your own way to inako In the world. Do you mean to bo idlo and frotful, and de ceive peoplo, and glvo them a bad opinion of you? Or do you intend to go to work, nnd oct bravely and nobly, and do your duty, nnd leave n namo behind you when you dio which tho world will lovo and rospcot? Tako caro now Is tiio tlmo! Did you evor notico a large tree that grow crooked, and was an ugly eyesore on that ac count? Perhaps It stood on tho lawn, right in front of tho porch, and your father would have liked .very much in deed to straighten it. It was impossi ble to do so. A hundred horses could not havo dragged it erect. And yet think of tho timo when tho largo tree was a small sapling; n child might havo straightened it then, and it would havo grown properly, and every one would havo ndmircd it. By this 1 mean that boys and girls ought to grow straight, not crooked. You aro young now, as tho trco was once; begin in time, and you will bo as straight as an orrow when you nro a man. If you wait, it will bo too lato. The way to mako men erect and noblo is to take them when they are boys and show them that there is nothing in this world so noblo as doing their duty. Onco moro I say, remember that though you aro bovs now, you will bo men soon. You may do good or ovil. If you aro falso and worthless, you and every body else will havo a hard time of it. You may bo soldiers, judges, states men and Presidents. What you say or do may decide tho fato of millions of other peoplo. Theso will look to you; and moro than all, God will watch you, and hold you to a strict account. If vou aro brave, and true, and unselfish, llenven will bless you, and every ono who knows you will lovo and respect you. If you nro mean nnd cowardly, and think of nothing but your own pleasure, God and man will bo dis pleased witli you. Which will you be? Tlio best of nil things is to bo puro and to do your duty. Baptist Weekly. CHICKENS AND PILLS. X Foolish Barn-Yard Family Swallonra Fodophylllne by the Wholesale. Dr. Jones, who practices in a suburb of this city, has an elaborate machino for making pills. Tho doctor's prac tice is quite extensive nnd whon ho puts tho machine in operation the re sult is enough to scare a nervous patient into convalescence or fits. Not long ago Dr. Jones mado several quarts of pills and waited for a bright day to dry them. As soon as ho got a good look at tho sun ho spread the pills carefully on tho roof of a convenient outbuilding anu urovo on to sco ins patients. About half an hour aftor tho doctor's buggy had disappeared Mrs. Jones heard an, unusually vociferous squawk from the. boss rooster of the back yard, but sho had not curiosity enough to investigate the cause, being confident that no col ored brotlior would invade tho chicken reservation on such a bright day. If she had looked sho would havo seen tho rooster perched on tho roof of tho outbuilding eating pills as though ho were laying up for soven years of famine. Attracted by tho roostor's summons to tho banquet, and his ovi dent enjoyment thereof, ono or two hens flow up to the top of the shed and proceeded to devour the pills. Thoy cackled a little after satisfying their) appetites, and more hens camo. Then more hens cackled. Then there woro still more hons and less pills. The in creased volume of tho cackling in dulged in by the lion convention filially attracted Mrs. Jones' attention again and sho went forth to learn the cause. She didn't learn it just then, for thq entire cause was concealed within tho hens. Not a pill was to bo seen. Two or three hens lay on the ground writh ing from tho effects of bluo mass. Tho boss rooster sat grimly in a fenco cor ner laboring under a dosoof podophyll ine. Two or throe gay young pullets had been so highly benofited that thoy woro fighting out the disputed title to a pill tliat ono of them had swallowed. Other fowls staggered about in a dazed sort of fashion, as if wondering what was tho matter with thom. Two hun dred and thlrty-sovon pills wero found in tho craw of ono of the chickens which was killed for dinner that day. Nobody could explain how thoy got there till tho doctor camo homo. Ho examined tho shed roof and tho pills taken from tho slain chickon's craw and said ono or two llttlo words. Tho family dined that day on eggs bought at the grocery store. Erie (Pa.) Cor. Philadelphia Times. Fish in Polluted Waters. Somo interesting researches on the injury to tho fisheries and fish culture by sowago and factory wasto waters havo been made in Goimany by Weig ott, Saore and Sohwabe. Among other results, it was found that chloride ot llrao in the water, in proportions from 0.04 to 0.005 per cent, exerted nn im mediately fatal action upon tonoh, while trout and salmon perished in tho Srasoueo of 0.0008 percent, of chlorine, no per cent of hydroehloiio acid killed tench and trout. Iron acted as spooliio poison ou fishes, as did ulum also. Solution onustlo lime had a very violent effect. Sodium sulphldo, in tho proportion 0.1 per cent, was endured by tonoh for half nn hour. Tho injuri ous action of putrid sewage depends nn the nnlsnnniiH orniinu imH tlio ,lnl olencyof oxygen. Arkansatv 'Traveler. A Cnuadlan man says that ho will ump with any man in America for fivo lunured dollars. If he is acquainted with tho Americans who have jumped Into Canada, ho ought to know that) thoy never jump for any suoh paltry sum us Uro hundred dollars, lioston Transcrtpt, X