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I k Mr. Uoutvrell's Labor Crisis.
I ' Tho Hon. GKonoc Bkwam, Hotjtwkltj of
-I i, Oroton, Mncs., and of tho Anti-Imperialist
I ' Loamio, looksdarklyat tho Philippines and
Ijj f avers that "tho Nation la passing through
m ' a crisis, or rather It Is In a crisis, which
l portends all of ovll to tho laboring populo-
j tlon that can over oomo to them; tholr
; I downfall from a condition of Independence,
.j of power In tho affairs of a country, to a
j Btato of servility through competition with
, IB tho millions of tho Oriental world."
iE If this were so. It were a grievous fault,
, and Mr. BonrwEWj would bo Justified In
calling upon "tho laboring population of
i tho country" to opposo tho ro-olcctlon of
Mr. MoKotlcy.
But Just how does fho annozatlon of tho
. i Philippines cxposo American laborors to
, t competition wlthtlioluborersof thoOrlontnl
world? Does Mr. HorrnvnLii bollovo that
l tho various races of tho Philippines aro
, going to rush to the United States, or that
, they are going to work so desperately and
t skilfully In their own country as to drlvo
, ,' the American workman out of his homo
j markets?
Tho foot Is that expansion Is an abso
lute Industrial nocoeslty for tho United
States. Manufactures have been developed
to a point whero tho surplus, and vast stir-
i ' plus, must be disposed of In foreign mar
kets. Othorwlso thoro would bo an enor-
; mous shrinkogo In product and nn
) enormous amount of labor would bo out
' . of a Job. In getting hold of a groat
, commorclal distributing point, an approach
; to China and Its vnat markets and a
! moans of safeguarding Amorlcan Intorosts
! there, tho Administration has dnno a lant-
i " lng sotvlco to American lndustiial labor.
I' ' Ships to carry our manufactures will hao
If' to be built, aro now building; and n hun-
, dred Amorlcan Industries will be helped In
I ! " oonsoquonoo.
I ' Expansion moans moro work to do; and
I In Increasing tho Eastern domand for
I '- American goods, It means better pay.
I Unkind to Ills Platform.
I Tho Hon. John It. McLean la alroady
I dwelling with predilection on State issues.
1 He assorbs tho fnet that "this Is a Stato
1 campaign. " Ho "promises, If elected, to
wago a rolontless war against bosses," and
gives no sign of surrendering his own
robust bosshlp.
i Is it posalblo that at tho vory beginning
of his canvass Mr. McLean wishes to throw
away thoso noblo vote-bieedlng proposi
ti , tlons about tho "secret and vicious alll-
i nnoo with England," and that "tho war In
S tho Philippines, oh at present conducted, is
d ono of criminal aggression?" Will not tho
I M wisdom of tho Ohio Democrats keep for
B , oven a single week?
& John It. McLean ought to treat his plat
K form bettor.
I fij The Mysterious River of South America.
K ffi Another explorer and his party havo been
M ft masoncred by Indians on tho Pllcomayo,
W ono of the longest of tho second class
w $ streams of South America. Tho victims
nroSenorr.NiUQUEliiAiinr.TA and his mon,
? who wore sent out, last year, to make nn-
r othor attompt to survey this famous river.
I After tho expedition reached tho Gran
M Clmco, or groat plain of Northern Argen-
Una, nothing could bo learned of
B Its fortunes, nnd thoro was reason
H to fear It had met tho fata of many
H predecesfcorn. A lellof party, sent up tho
H river, has ruturned with nvs oonflrmlng
Hi tho worst forebodings. InRiiETA nnd his
B t party woro murnercil by Inillnns of tho
H Gran Chneo, and tho barn announcement of
Ht their fato is all that has yot been cabled,
Ht 3 Explorois havo been trying for oer ono
Hff l hundred nnd soonty yearn thoroughly to
Hf jf I'xplorolhla stream and none hasmieceeded.
B J rrobajily no other river has so completely
B i ballled pioneer mterpriso or been tho scene
B t of ho many trngedleq.
B , The PUcomnyo Is tho largest western trll-
B i utnry of tho Taraguay Hlvor. Bolivia and
B ;? Argentln.i havo long desired to turn it to
B commercialnccount. If navigable, Its great
B Impottnnco would bo that It would glvo
Bj Bolivia n wnter outlet to tho sea. That
B f country coulil thus Hhlp its produots to tho
K i; Atlantic nnd establish easy comtnunlca-
BF tlons with nil tho Atlnntlo coasts of tho
B! Americas and Europe. Tho Argentine Oov-
Bf ' ornmout has nsblsted in tho explorations,
BJ v and tliu aim of evory effort for twenty years
Bj pant him been to rcseuo liollvla, it possible,
Bt from lier isolation.
H . Tho fact Is well established now that tho
V f Pllcomayo Is nvailablo for steamers for
BJ ,' only a small partof Its course. This con-
Bj elusion was roaehod through tho efforts of
H ; a number of ciplorors, for no ono man has
H I over soon the wholo ilvor. Nobody sup-
BJ -i posed that the explorers of tho past tuenty-
BJ live ycniH would be as completely Imflled in
BJ ': tho attempt as wero tholr predecessors of
BJ f tho eighteenth century.
H 'I When tho Jesuit PatiSo, with sovonty
t priests nnd a largo escort of Spanish
Au sold low, first pushod up tho river In 1721
BJ W to combino conquest nnd missionary entor-
H pi iso, ho was stopped by tho Toba nation of
H J,' tnu Gran Chaoo. Tho Tobas chased him
B j down stroam. Twenty years elapsed beforo
B i the Simniards hud any inclination to renew
H f rooeiirch on the Pllcomayo. Then another
B mlh-'nu.iry expedition led by CastaRahes
B it a-cfiid.-d tho rlvor for nearly threo
H h umnilw without reaching Bolivia; upon n
B Becond nttympt that party was murdered
B ' to a man. After a long interval BoLiVAit
B started a military oxpoditlon down tho
H $k river and It mado tho discovery' that the
H jt Pllcomayo grow shallowor Instead of
B g dsepor nnd tho Indians bocamo fiercer.
H Tho expedition mado a sorry retreat homo-
H ward. Tho Bolivar Oovornmont sent out
B I anolhor, only to meet with a similarly dla-
Jf," astrous oxporlenco. Pllcomayo explora-
Hff' tlon was then abandoned by everybody for
BBi, two generations.
B The untimely death of fow explorers has
H ' ; been moro deeply lamented than that of tho
H. , brilliant CnsvAtrx, who had won tho brlght-
Bj est laurels by his discovorlos lu Guiana and
Hfw 0 the upper Amaron tributaries. Ho
H MlBtolWSomtliiMroamB.-otttier!
HattliBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBi
comayo, and It was believed that ho, If any
man, oould map the rlvor to Its mouth. But
he and almost his entire party woro killed
by tho same Tobas who had massacred tho
Spaniards long beforo. Fontana followed,
but was compelled to retreat after reaching
the edgoof thbTobn country, and Feildeiio,
later, who ascended 100 miles, was glad to
oscnpo with his lifo. TiioiMn and CAMros
led tho two noxt expeditions from Uollvln.
Though they descended tho river for a long
distance both woro com polled to abandon
It and roach Paraguay ovorland.
Tho next victim was tho Amorlcan, Capt,
John Paoe, who mot his traglo fato In tho
sorvlco tf Argentina. Ilo ascended tho
rlvor for soveral hundred miles In 1800,
fnvorod by tho high stage of Its waters, and
when tho water fell ery low ho adopted an
Ingenious plan for making further progress.
Ho bulftadam behind the llttlo steamer
and tho waters thus collected euablod him
to advance several miles. By moans of seven
dams ho ascondod thlrty-flvo mllos, but
could go no further. Beforo relief camo,
five months later, Pxor. and most of his
mon had perished of starvation after suc
cessfully repolllng tho Indians who had
repcatodly attacked thorn.
It Is time fully to rccognlzo two Important
facts about tho Pllcamayo. Only a small
army of good Indian fighters can travol
from end to end of It ; and tho river Is use
less as a highway bocauso It flows for
hundreds of miles over a plateau so flat
that a current Is scarcely pcreoptlblo, and
tho result Is that most of tho water evapo
rates beforo It reaches tho Paraguay.
Rcpubllcnm nnd Catholics In Itnly.
Llttlo attention has boon thus far paid
In this country to tho fact that, this sum
mor, slnco the prorogotlon of the Parliament
of Italy, tho Constitution of that country
has been suspended. That is to say tho
Cabinet headed by General Pblt-ottx is
governing In defiance of thn provisions for
bidding a censorship of tho press nnd
protecting tho right of publlo meetings
whloh are lmboddnd In tho Slatuto, or fun
damental orRnnlo law, Tho Republicans
have naturally drnwn from this net of
usurpation the Inforonco that tho monarch
al systom 1ms broken down, and General
Bicciotti GABIHAL.DI, who nspircs to lead
them, has defined the progrnmmo which ho
would follow. What ho pioposes Is tho
cooperation of Republicans with tho
numerous Catholic voters, who heretofore,
havo held nloof from the bnllot-box, for tho
purpose of substituting for tho Savoyard
monarchy a Federal republic, under which,
ho says, tho Interests of the Papacy would
havo at least a bettor chanco of being fur
thered than they havo now.
Tho violation of the Italian Constitution
committed by tho Ministry now In power
startles patriotic Italians, not becauso It is
unprecedented, but becauso it is applied to
rights which aro universally recognized as
lying at tho root of popular self-government.
The Slatuto which was granted to
his subjects In 1848 by CnAnLns Alukkt,
King of Sardinia, and which remnlns tho
Constitution of tho Kingdom of Italy, con
tains no provision for the emendation of
Itself. It was, for some time, supposed
that any changes In It would havo to bo
mado by n constituent assembly, but, grad
ually, nn opinion gained ground that tho
political institutions of Italy, like those of
England, could bo modified by tho ordinary
prooars of legislation.
Such n modification hns been nctually
effected on several occnslons, and now both
Jurists nnd statesmen aro agreed that un
limited sovereign power resides In thn King
and Parliament. No ono denies, therefoie,
that tho provisions for tho liberty of tho
press nnd tho right of publlo meeting could
hnvo boon suspended by a bill which passed
both Houses ond received tho assent of tho
Sovereign. Such a bill was. In fact. Intro
duced, but It was referred to a commltteo
nnd had not reached a vote In the Chamber
of Deputies when tho rnrllnment wns
prorogued. Nevertheless, tho Ministry
nnnounced that they should exorcise, dur
ing tho recess, the power of suspending tho
liberty of the press nnd tho right of publlo
meeting, and they have done fo.
It is true that, for this arbitrary course,
thero are Fome ostensible precedents which
n people allvo to tho dangers of Ministerial
usurpation would never have tolerated. On
varicais occasions, n Cabinet hns been per
mitted to mnko temporary laws, which
were to be submitted to Parliament later.
ns, for In'-tnnco, when n tariff bill was in
troduced, thn Ministry wns nllowod to pre
vent by decree large importations before
thotnrlff wont Into effect. Tho final text
of the recent Criminal Oodo wns never su1
mltted to tho Chnmliers at nTl, but, after
thn subject hnd been debated, thn Govern
ment was authorized to make a complete
draft of tho code, nnd then to enact It by
royal decren, talcing Into account tho views
expressed by tho Chamber.
Tho samo anticipation of tho action of tho
LeglRlatuio was condoned In tho case of
tho Electoral law of 1882, of soveral recent
laws on local government, nnd of many
other minor enactments. If these prece
dents nrn scrutinized, however. It will bo
found that none of them Just Hies tho sus
pension by the party lu power of rights so
vital to self-government as tho liberty of
tho press nnd tho right of public meeting.
Thero la no doubt that had such rights been
buspondeil in Franco by a mere Ministerial
decren, It would be universally felt thnt tho
Parliamentary system had committed sui
cide, nnd that nothing was loft to tho people
but tho nssei tlon of the right of revolution.
Thn extro-constltutional position taken
by tho Prlloux Ministry Is, naturally,
mado the pretext for renewed agitation on
tho pnit of thosn Republicans who, like Gon.
Iticciom (KltlHALW, leliove thnt tho
needs of the Italian Peninsula and Sicily
can bo l letter answered by a Fodoral Re
public t inn by a centralized monarchy. Tho
Republicans, howovcr, aro well uwuro that
even If aided by tho Socialists, they would
bo too weak, numerically, to undortako a
constitutional agitation, with tho aim of
gaining a majority In tho Chamber of
Deputlos. Might they not, howovcr, gain
such a majority, could they effect a coalition
with the Catholio electors who must
constltuto from ono-thlrd to two-fifths
of the wholo electorate, ns Is shown
by the difference between tho number of
registered voters and the numbor of votes
actually oast at any Parliamentary elec
tion? The Catholio voters, It must bo
remomberod, take part In municipal and
communal elections, but are forbidden by
the Papacy to vote at any election for a
member of the Chamber of Doputles. If
this prohibition woro rescinded, nnd the
Catholic votors wero advisod to codporato
with tho Republicans nnd Socialists, thero
is no doubt In tho mind of nny unprojtidicod
observer that the coalition would secure a
majority In tho popular branch of the
Italian legislature.
What would tho Catholics havo to gain by
such a combination 1 Ooneral Gauidaldi
'4uunrerihatj lMf ther would kav,
nothing to loso. Tho Papaoy cannot bo
worso off than It Is now. Ho does not pro
tend that the City of Romo would evor bo
handed back to ecclesiastical authority, but
It Is concoivnblo, although ho does not say
so, that tho so-called Loonlno City, with a
strip of land bordorlng tho Tiber as far as
tho soaooast, might bo conoodod In full
autonomy to tho Papaoy by a Foderal
republic, whereas no suoh concession Is
llkoly over to bo mado by a centralized
monarchy.
It la also suggested that thotonant of tho
Vatican could not fall to profit by tho
romovol from Romo of the ovorshadowlng
dignity of a rival sovereign and the substi
tution of the relatively modest attributes
of tho President of a Fodoral Republic. Ho
would profit also by tho release of his par
tlzans from a position In whloh thoy aro
dobnrred from tholr natural shnro In publlo
life. Moreover, a Federal Constitution,
which could only bo amended with groat
difficulty, would afford hotter guarantees
of independence to tho Papaoy than does n,
mero statute passed under the present
monarchy, subject, ns It la, to tho oaprlcos
of Porllamcntory majorities.
It Is not alleged by General GAnnui,Di
thnt tho coalition, which ho advocates, bo
twoon Republicans and Catholics would glvo
tho latter all that thoy desire. Nclthordoes
ho fnll to rccognlzo that it would moot with
opposition In tho ranks of tho Democrntlo
party, dominated as this Is by Anti-Clerical
proclivities. On tho whole, however, iho Is
confident that tho alllanco will bo concluded.
"That," ho has said, "is whero the solution
of the problem Is to bo found. That Is
whoro salvation llos for Italy."
Automobiles In tho Army.
With automobiles In uso as delivery
wagons, as racing and pacing vohlolos, as
carrlagos for collecting tho malls and for
accomplishing many other purposes, It is
not strango that tholr proposed uso on tho
battloflsld Is discussed with consldernblo
Interest. About two yoara ago Lieut.
Jameh A. Moss, of tho Twenty-fifth Infan
try, sent a dotnilod report to tho War
Department of n military bicycle expedition
from a point In Montana to St. Louis, and
his report constituted a strong recommen
dation of tho wheel's uso In actual warfare
Now, according to tho Chicago Daily Ntxra,
it is proposed to experiment with tho auto
mobile In ordor to determine what advan
tages, If nny, nro possessed by It over
tho blcyclo nnd tho vehicles commonly
employed In wnr.
Tho Chicago newspapers report that Major
R. P. Davidson, of tho Northwestern Mili
tary Academy, will stnrt for Washington
on Sept. IS "with an automobile cannon
carrlago carrying a Colt automatic gun:"
"Thts sun h just been cnmploted by the Ditb
irAKOt Peoria, III. It will tie propelled bj- , eli.
haree power caiollne motor, e,a 1 Ite weight ! about
1,000 pounds. The cot will be eomethtnc like
1.600. It will have three rubber-tired wheele. two
behind and one In frjnt. with eeata orer tho
rear aile for (our icunnerit, elda bara betas;
ptoUdeil aa nn a gun cataton, to whlrh the
men mar cllnc when the cannon carrlago la driven
into action. The pun in carried on a triangular frame
In front of the aeat with a muzzle pointing forward,
o that the gunners mar npirato It with the carriage
golnKthlrtr mllee an hour. The bolj-work of tbta
vehicle ha already been thoroughly tested, in that
neither Major Dvtreoi nor the manuractnrera hava
the Iiast doubt that It will make the trip to Wash
ington and draw up before the War Department with
a mesesgo for Secretary Root in as good condition aa
it was when the company started."
It Is said that 2,000 rounds of ammuni
tion will accompany tho gun, together with
"all of tho necessary tools for repairing
breakdowns, some duplicate parts where
weakness is suspected, nnd a supply of
gasoline sufficient to carry it for several
days." In addition, n dovico will bo at
tached by which the machlno may bo oi
trlcnted from ditches and other places In
surmountable by means of Its own power of
propulsion.
Major Davidson expects to provo thnt
tho automobile would be of very groat
valuo for tho purposo indicated. Some of
tho advantages claimed for It aro swift
ness of locomotion, Inconsplcuousness, tho
promptness with which it can bo brought
Into firing position, nnd tho compnrativoly
small cost of Its construction. Its rapidity
of movoment would bo ono of the strongest
points In its favor. Another commendable
feature, not possessed by tho bicycle, Is to
bo found In the fact that on automobile would
bo likely to keep right side up under all
ordinary circumstances. Its serviceability,
moreover, would not depend upon tho
strength of its rider's muscles, and thero
would be llttlo dnngor of a thlof taking tho
mnehlno under his arm and making off with
it unseen. It is reasonable to supposo,
nlso, that It could not bo intercepted in its
course ns easily as eoutd a bieyclo, and that
if It should fall Into thn hands of persons
unskilled in Its management its usefulness
us an Implement of war would, to a large
extent, disappear.
Tho experiment of Major DvyidsonwIU
bo well worth observ lng. If ho can do
monstrnto that distances usually covered In
a week In times of wnr can bo covered by
automobiles in about two days, and that
tho machines nro trustworthy under most
conditions, his expedition to Washington
will not bo In vain.
Home ut Last.
Tho Sprinuflehl Ttepublican, tho most
epileptic of the antl-lmperlnllsts, Is now
ready to enter tho homo for incurables.
Wo learn from Its serried columns thnt
although tho Immortal Williams, chairman
of tho Commltteo on Resolutions for the
Democratic Stato Convention, Is still abroad
hating tliwgold standard, "it Is said to have
gone out from thoso who will havo the
shaping of tho platform that anti-lmperl-nllsm
will bo tho main plank." Silver "will
bo adhered to Just enough for a reaffirma
tion of tho Chicago platform," but "the
muln fight will bo against trusts and Im
perialism." In ono of its editorial epilepsies the
Jtepubllcan calls the tariff and monoy ques
tions "pocket questions." Whoreas anti
imperialism Is a heart question, wo pro
sumo. At nny rnto, to that wild staring
eyo thero Is nothing but Imporlallsm any
where Tho earth is full of It, the sky is
black with It, tho sea Is rod with It. It is
the supremo and universal crime. There
fore, spurning pockot questions, Gen.
Samdo Bowles proposes to march behind
tho Chicago platform, since tho whlto flag
of antl-lmperialism Is hoisted over It.
Domocrats, Populists, the Springjltld Re
publican, and Inevitably the Boston, Brook
line and Cambridge squad of Atklnsonlansl
Hurrah for sixteen to onot Down with
expansion, McKinley and tho American
Array In the Philippines! It will bo tho
best political peep show over shown.
Wa congrntulato Gun. Homo Bowles on
getting home at lust.
It Is eurlous that tha Democrats of liUsls.
slppl. a stirelr Damocratlo Htate, had tenet
enough, to let tha Philippines alone while their
bretkitn In other-fltater wt)i.rowlDE'wSjrpU
with lereechlng ogalnat the war and ordering;
that the I'hlllpplnee be Independent. The
Mieiltilppl Democrats let the I'hlllpplnee
olono ; laid not a word about thom in tho plat
form. In the Democratic) party, ae It now Is,
auoh retlcenco amouate almost to nonius.
Gen. Adoxmam Judson Wahskr. the moat
Intimate friend of silver, wae intercepted bra
Pltteburc reporter, to whom he used thle
regrettable language:
"atcLtax Is running on his money."
UcLkan Is running, or Is supposed to be,
nn the Chicago platform and the Ohio plat
form. Re Is running on the Initiative and
referendum and the eight-hour taw. He Is
running on a seoret and vlolous alliance and a
war of criminal agzretslon and antl-bosslsm.
But what has he to do with money? Wealth is
for Republicans, den. Warmer should not
slander the friend and champion of the downtrodden.
According to the Piivmfnn-JVot "silver Is
the Constitution ;" that Is, 10 to 1 Is not merely
Sixteen to One, but a motto for tho defenders of
the Constitution, We had not noticed that
the Constitution was In peril, or that It needed
any guardians at present. It must be admit
ted that In the 8ixteento-0ne crowd it has the
uuoereet lot of spocial policemen that was
ever gathered together.
The Jndfnnnpolis Rfntlntl will not be com
forted. Nothing will be allowed to make It
happy. This Is a period during whloh "there
Is a semblance of prosperity." But slnoo 18U0
" the gold band line been tightened somewhat
over the world." This it really the only ground
that the believers In the Chicago platform can
take. They must assume that there Is a som
blance and will o' the wlspof prosperity, but
that thero can be no true, lasting prosperity
until the gold band Is tnken off. The semblance
pleases most of us well enough, and the philos
ophers of Illusion are welcome to bo llluded.
Tho architect of the headlines In the Cincin
nati Enquirer Is equal to his high duties. In
letters of the awartest black he tells us thnt
"tidings of a boundless joy como from every
section of the State Democrats thrilled by the
certainty of victory." The tidings of a bound
leas joy come from Columbus, and among thom
Is this boautltul collection o( metaphors:
" There are no sore spots tn arise spectral-like from
the graveyard of disappointed hopes."
A great campaign, a campaign of boundless
joyl
The automobile is to be used la the canvass
otoae of the candidates for the Republican
nomination for Lloutenant-Qovornor of Massa
chusetts. Uoclallst Ham Jones ot Toledo.
Is going to beam upon tho Inhabitants of Ohio
from the same vehicle. In ttmo, candidates
mar take the automobile Instead of taking the
stump.
Mr. William J. Bhtan sometimes talks
about things he does not know, makes state
ments that are not so. and suggests policies to
whose simple meaning and obvious result he
Is blind. A. cans In point was his recent assev
eration that there were more business falluros
and bank failures In ths country In the six
months after McKinlf.y's election than tn
ny othor similar period of time before. An
other illustration is his proposition, made in
an oratorical burst before the Democratic Btste
Convention ot Nebraska, at Omaha, on Aug. 22.
that the proper viny of "llmltlnc trusts" would
be to prohibit any corporation from doing
business outside ot the Stato In which It wns
organized, save under a llcenso from the Fed
tral Government.
Wt have been unable to find a verbatim ac
count of Mr. Umax's speech, but the laming
JJte ot Omaha putt what he tnld In this way:
"Mr. Crtam then paid hla respects to the trusts
and declared that when a law Is passed that will
prevent a corporation from doing business ontslde
the State In which it is orcanired wlthont a llconsa
from thn Federvl Government, tha trusts can be
effectively regulated,"
The irorW-rWd, of the same city, says:
"The speaker declared that the trusts could 1o
destroyed when the federal Congress would decree
that no corporation should do business outside the
Htate where It was organized, except by securing the
license of the Federal Oovernmeut."
Think a minute. Mr BbtawI What kind or a
Government would it be under which no con
cern could dc business outside the Htate where
ltscbtof office was without securing the prm!s
elon of somolrody at tho seat of Federal power?
It would be the greatest schema ot imperialism,
the most absolute tystem ot centralized power
that the world has ever known.
That sociological Bolomov, Trot. Oforoe D
nERROM, elicited great applaube at the State
Convention of the Iowa Populists by asserting
that "McKini.it was a traitor and was per
forming actual treason every day in his conduct
of the Philippine war." Prof, ninnov is one
of thn calmest thinkers among the antl
Americans, and should be permitted to become
a league himself.
Call for am Issue of rrnctlonal Currency
In Taper.
Tn THie rnrron or Trnc fim-Wr' There Is a
great and growing demand fur sn lsun by the Oov
ernment of fractional paper currency, such as was
used during thn war. It would be a great conven
ience to all customers of stores doing a retail busi
ness by mail, as we have to do when spending the
summer at the seashore. It would avoid the risk
and Inconvenience of what I am now doing, namely,
sending a silver fifty-cent piece to pay for a month's
eubieriptlon to TnsScK, the brightest paper In the
United States.
I re ide tn Washington and have a large acquaint
ance among Congressmen.
Will Tis Sex aid me and others In securing
authorization of such an Issue?
Aside from its great convenience. It would form a
aouneof considerable revenue to the Oovermncnt.
as a very large percentage ot thn amount Issued
would be lost or accidentally destroyed or hoarded
as a curiosity, and would never be presented for re
demption. The proprietor of s err department or retail store
In this country would applaud the plan.
DirronT, L. I.. Sopt. 2. J. T. Onisoin.
Trot. Joiephus Contemplative Tlprs.
To Tw KniTom nr Tbi Hov- vrr- Please add to
your roll of honor the name of tor friend. Prof. Jo
ssphns Contemplative Tlpce. ot Orifiln, Qa., and
oblige an old subscriber. F, W. Q.
New York, Sept. 3.
Yfbtakey From the Skies for Ceylon,
From iht Allahabad Pionrtr,
In Ceylon a firm of whiskey-sellers has engaged
an aeronaut to give a series ot balloon ascents, and
while asesndlng to drop sample bottles of whiskey
attachsd to miniature parachutes.
Belles, Summer, firazen, Greedy and aTovy.
from ta PMUdtlptiia CUhol( Standard Timn.
01 the belle!
Hummer belles,
Tbt a plenitude of heart achea their giddiness
compels.
How they giggle, giggle, glcgle
In the sea-breeze laden nik'ht:
How their vleume squirm and wriggle
In an ecstasy of fright.
How thsy hnrt
Whsn they nirt,
Whsn with ghoulish joy they gloat
On the squirming of a fallow whsn they have him
by the throat.
Ol the belles.
Draatn bslltt,
How they tonlurs, scheme and plan
To satrap the summer-roan.
The ribbon-counter gentlemen who masqusradt aa
swells.
O! the belles,
Orsedy belles,
How they wring, wring, wring
Hoda-water. everyth.ng,
From the pocktta of those " cash'-riclalm'nz
swells.
O' the belles,
Foiy belles.
What a wsaltb of hint they sing
To rempel the pleaaaut ring,
Diamond ring.
Ah I the hsart engaging ring
Of the goldaa wedding bells, belli, bells, balls,
U Cltha-fctlHa,
rnoxfKota i.v ouio.
A Survey t the Political Situation After the
Delegates to Kanetvllte TTent II nrn.
Columbus, O., Hept 2. The Demooratlo fStato
ticket nominated In Zanostlllo on Wednesday
was not put up to win, but to maintain tho
coheslveness of the party organization nod to
assure Mr. McLean's control of It for future
exigencies and opportunities. Among tho
futuro exigencies and opportunities may bo
reckoned the Democratic National Convention
ot 1000 and tha Senatorial vacancy In 100.1,
whan the term of Senator Foraknr expires.
Three ot the candidates nominated at Zsnes
vlllo aro. or havo been, connected with tho
newspapor press. Mr. McLean, the nominee
for Governor, Is tho editor and owner of the
Cincinnati Knijulrtr, and he has recently ac
quired control of a Tolede nowspapor. Tho
candidate for Lieutenant-Governor. Judgo
Patrick ot Tuscarawas county. It a ton of the
loundor of the first newspaper In Tuscarawas.
Ills chief political distinction Is that he was an
elector on tho Seymour and Blair ticket In Ohio
InlBrtH. The enthusiasm forSeymourand lllalr
Is still lively In Tuscarawas, which Bryan car
ried in 1800. and especially In Kew Philadel
phia, where Judgo Patrick resides. The can
didate for Treasurer on the Zaneavllle tloket Is
James Gorman, who publishes the ironfontnn
at Ironton. Lawrence county, and It one ot the
few nominees really belonging to the present
political era. He Is a young man and was sec
retary of tho last Democratic State F.xecutlve
Committee. I.awrenco county Ik strongly Ho
publican. For Stato Auditor the nominee of the Zanea
vllle convention Is George Washington fllger
foos. He is a resident ot Stark countv, the
homo of President MeKlnley. Tho nomlneo
for Justice ot the Supremo Court Is a lawyer
from central Ohio. DoWItt Clinton Badger of
Madison, the chief town of which Is London.
Madison Is In the same Judicial district as thit
county. Franklin, but the nomination of a judi
cial candidate from the neighboring county
will In nowise o(Iet tho popularity of Judge
Nneli of Columbus, the Itepublloan candidate
for Governor.
Tor Attorney-General the Domocrats nomi
nated William II Dore of Tlffln. Ho ran for
thn same ofllco on the unsuccessful Chapman
ticket In 1807 and was defeated by 25,000 ma
jority. For some reason ho Is constantly al
luded to as having led his ticket by5,000 otes
In that your. Actually ht had no more votes
than his associates upon It. Beneca county,
from which he halls. Is In thp northern section
of the Btato ond is strongly Demecratlc. The
Democratic nominee for member of the Board
of Public Works Is Fletcher D. Mulln of Palnes
lllo, in Lake county, chairman of the Demo
cratic County Committee. Lako is in the
western teserve ami is Republican.
Structurally, tho Zitnetvlllo Damocratlo ticket
is eu weak. Southeastern Ohio. In which
close elections In this Stato are doeliled, is
wholly unrepresented upon it except through
Mr. McLean, who is actually a resident of
WnMilnL'ton, in the District ot Columbia.
Northeastern Ohio, from nhich the surest
Democratic majorities come, has no represent
atie. either actual or ostensible. The city of
Cleveland, upon which, If anywhere, the Domo
crats of Ohio must dopond for whntover aid
they can hope for from factional Republican
divisions, wat entirely disregarded In tho
make-un of tho ticket. The Gerrann-Amert-enn
element, which Is always considered In
dispensable to Demooratlo tuccest here. It
llkewlso without representation.
Moroovor. tho nomination of Mr. McLean wot
brought about In the Znno llle convention by
n combination of the vote of the chief cities of
tha btate, Clncinnntl. Cleveland. Da) ton and
Hamilton. The vote of Hamilton. Cuyahoct.
Montgomery ond Bullur counties. In which
these four citloe are Included, wat cast unani
mously for McLean. Outside of these four
counties the vote was as follows: Kllbourne.
2J7 : McLean. 227; Shorwood. .15; naskell. 45;
Itico. 30: Seward, 25, and Lntz. (J. Tho Dem
ocratic party in Ohio Isstrongett In Its agricul
tural districts, and the majorities which often
mnko tho State unccitaln and sometimes carry
it over Into the Democratic column are secured
lu the farming sections whore tho protest
acnlnat tho nomination ot Mr. McLean wat
etronccst. and where thero Is now the greatest
disaffection. In the estimate of the rural Dem
ocrats ot Ohio Mr. McLean Is not merely a plu
tocrat, but he is an absentee-plutocrat and.
what is worso, a ' kld-eloe" candidate, out ot
sympathy with the aspirations of the bucollo
ktatesmen generally, though tils consistent
support of thesllvercause has modified tomoot
tho objections to him without, hovreror, bring
ing any new recruits.
Tho personal objections to Mr. McLean aa
a candidate are numerous, besldet. He hat
an almost unlimited number of enemies, made
In past times by the course of the JCnquirtr.
and through factional conflicts In vhlch he
hat taken part, from time to time in the State.
He has another disadvantage that, while acthe
for twenty-lHe years in Ohio politics, he hat
navor before been a candidate for an elective
ofllco before tho voters, though ht has fre
quently been an aspirant for other nomina
tionsPresident. Vice-President, Senator and
lteprsentatlve.
The hopes of Mr. McLean's supporters are'
based upon somo very unstable political prem
ises It is expected, for Instance, that the di
version ot labor votes made for the eccentrio
Mayor ot Toledo, the fighting Welshman,
Jones, who is ostensibly a Republican, will
weaken the Nash ticket. Theio are many
labor Republicans In Ohio, especially In the
large cities and in tho mining districts, and
with any other candidate than McLean at the
head of the Democratic ticket this element of,
danger to the Republicans would be consider
able, because tho whole ot the Jones vote would
be drawn from that party. As it is. Mr. Jones
will draw more Democratic votes than Repub
lican votes In couseauenco of the antipathy to
Mr. Mul.can, and it Is a question, therefore,
whether tho Independent campaign of the
Toledo Mayor will not actually Increase the
Republican lead.
Another point of dependence of the McLean
managers Is, oddly enough, upon the colored
tote o( Ohio. There are 25.000 colored jtors
In Ohio, mostly In tho southern and south
western counties. Many of them hao recently
been estranged from the Republican party
through the failure ot its leaders, as they
claim, to accord adequate recognition to men
of their race, and through the failure of Repub
lican officials to protect tnem against tho fury
of Ohio mobs of lynchers. Two years ago the
colorod men of thn State held a eonentlon and
nominated a complete ticket ot their own as a
protest ngalnst oxistlng political conditions.
The ZanesN llle convention adopted this plank:
"We diplora the frequent and outrageous exercise
of lyni-h law in this aud other Statts. especially
against our colored citizens, and we recommend the
adaption of prompt and efficient measures to sup
press such unwarrantsd acts of violence."
The ndoption of a plank f.iorablo to oolored
men by a Democrats convention In Ohio is a de
cided political nntlty. It is a novelty by no
mtana agrueablo to tome of the old-line Dem
ocrats ot the Interior, Ohio having been ont
ot the few Northern htates which rejected the
Constitutional Amendment for negro suffrage ;
while the llrt success ae u State leader ot tha
late Allen G. Thurman wui, attained as the Dam
ocratlo candidate for (ioernor In 1807. when
he inn on a plutform of opposition to negro
suffrage, and the Constitutional Amendment
providing for It was defeated. A Demooratlo
candidate ot the present polltltal generation,
dlaconnectod with previous controversies on
the trfbjesst, might well this year, undtr
existing conditions, txpeot to get tome
support Irom colored voters, at Mr
Hoadly did when elected Governor on
the Damocratlo ticket a few yean ago.
Mr. Hoadly had formerly been a hepubllcan,
and his adAoeacyof theextenaloi "Hilrlghtt
to colored men had mado him . (' popular
among them Mr. Mcl.enn. on the other hand,
has no such record, and tho A.'intin er has bei n
uniformly reactionary, to the limit ot Intoler
ance, on this question.
Apart, therofore, from hopes based on tht
Jones defeotlon and on colored support, there
remains ot the McLean candidacy but one
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portunltr which Mr. McLean's nomination
promises. It It doesn't assure, of securing suffi
cient contributions for campaign expenses. It
Is this expectation which overcame muoh of
the opposition at Zanesvllle to Mr. McLean's
nomination on the grounds of political ex
pedlenoy, and It Is this consideration whloh
Inspires somo Democrats with hopes of sue
cess thlt yoar. whero othtrwlso tho outlook
would be extremely unsatisfactory.
Undoubtedly Mr McLean Is not lacking In
the meant requisite to equip the Democrat! of
Ohio for an effective fight, but no amount ot
monty, however disbursed, can materially
change the political situation in a State whoreln
the party lines nro clearly and closely drawn,
and wherein the business Interests, manufact
uring, mining, 'banking, transportation and
shipping are solidly opposed to any rovlval of
tht sixteen to one business, for which tho
Zancsvtllo convention doclarod.
HA-. HHB "l.l l . .1 li I.B II I .1 . Ill-
iuvivuii'1, sinu ,o uuui.iuiiniij lurni tu ii.
distinguished citizens In publlo offico. The
personal popularity of William McKlnloy, al
ways great In evory part of Ohio. Is greater
now than It evor hat been before. The major
ity ot the voters ot thlt State will havo no
patience with the proposition made to thom by
the Democrat! thnt they should favor a retro
grade policy In financial affairs, retreating
from an armed foe In Insurrection, and hauling
down the American flag whero It has alroady
been successfully raised. They aro asked to
vote for an unofficial resident of the pity of
Washlngton.who comes to Ohio to run for Gov
ernor tn orderto rebuko tho policy nnd tn Im
pugn the popularity of the Administration ot
the first citizen of Ohio, now Prosldent ot tho
United States.
Tht Republican organization Is In fine condi
tion, united, confident and determined, for
success In Novomber.
T.irtrtdKTOSK'S TltKK.
A Section of thn Tree I'ndrr Whlrh Qa Died
to He Tnkrn to Kliglaml.
The lowly straw hut In which thegreat explor
er Livingstone died In the spring of 1873 stood
where It was sheltered Irom tho glare of the
tropical run by the widespread branches of a
mpandutree. It was under this tree that his
faithful followers burled the heartof their load
er, cut tney carried the rest of hla body to the
coast and about thirteen months after he passed
away the mortal remains of Lhlngetono wero
burled In Wostmlnster Abbey with nil the
honor that Britons could pay to one of tholr
greatest sons.
In last) the Royal Geographical Society voted
a sum of money which was expended In the
following manner: A part of It was used to
prepare a memorial tablet In bronze to bo nf
flxed to the tree under which the heart of tho
explorer had been burled. The remainder of
the money wns expended In the purchaso of
presents to be given to Chief Chltambo tn
whose territory Dr. Livingstone died, as a rec
ognition of tha ready permission he had given
for tho removal ot the great traveller's body.
The rresents were dellxerel and tho
bronze plate was afllxed to what was tald to
be Livingstone's trie by Lieut. Frano.nl of the
Belgian service In 18)3. A later traveller
found that the plate had been fattened to tho
wrong tree, for he discovered on another tree
tome distance away the rude Inscription which
the servants of Livingstone, had cut on the
mpandu, under which thoy had buried the
heart ot their master. So tho plate was
fastened to tho right treo and tho spot In cen
tral Africa most hallowed by associations of
tho greatest of modern African travellers was
at last worthily commemorated. The inscrip
tion on the bronze plate was simply:
"Ltvlngitono Died Hern. Ilala, May lit.
1873."
About threo yeart ago the spot was again
visited by another white man. Mr. Foulett
Weatherley. When he returned home to Eng
land he tald he had found the tree In an ad
vanced state of decay and he thought there wat
no doubt It would disappear in a short time.
In order to preserve some vestige of tho treo
the Royal Geographical Soolety decided that
the best courso would bo to cut out the section
of tho tree that bears tho Inscription originally
cut in it and have the section removed to Lon
don for proservntlon In the rooms of tht so
ciety. Tht opportunity has occurred this year for
carrying out this project. Mr. Codrlncton, thn
Deputy Administrator of northern Rhodesia,
visited the place and secured the section ot the
tree on which the Inscription may still easily
be traced. A letter from him reached England
the other day in which he said he was about to
forward the section to the coast for shlpmeat
to England. To mark the memorable spot he
built a cairn of stones with two telegraph poles
running up through the centre, and the poles
are further held in place by stays ot telegraph
wire. The bronze plate hat beon fastoned to
the poles. 1 ho cairn will be tufflclent to pre
serve the Identity of tho placo till a more per
manent memorial can bt erected, and thlt Is
certain to be done botorn a great wbllo.
Only Two-Gnth Faith.
From the Lahort Tribune.
A Mnhamedan Fakir, by name Shank All, begged
another Fakir nauiel Ilazurl, whom he believed to
be possee'ed of extraordinary spiritual powers,
among others that of reviving the dead, to exercise
them In hla behalf, and get him wealth. Ilazurl
said that he had not even a pie to give, but that If
All fetched water fer tha thirsty, or begged bread
and fed the poor and thedoga with It for a twelve
month, Allah would grant him his request. Bhauk
All had not thn patience to wait so long, and he said
to. Thereupon Ilazurl replied that if All consented
to have hie throat seabed thrice by his sword, ac
cording to "the law," he could find himself before
Allah, and then he could ask for and obtain the
wealth ha wanted. Ilazurl himself had been treated
similarly by his religious preceptor, and as a result
he had the mystic power of the preceptor to do what
he would In the world. Shauk Alt agreed, and lay
down under a tree to receive LUzurTe gashes. Hut
at the second stroke his faith evaporated and he
cried out tn him to slip. Ilazurl stopped, though
In distress and grief at thn want of faith which had
lost All the advantages he wnnld hava secured with
the third gash whin they were almost within his
grasp. All waa In a pool of blood. And some vil
lagers happsnlng to pus that way at the time led to
nuuri's being taken Into custodr and put up for a
trial on a charge of attempted murder. Ur. Dsya
ram Oldumal was tho judge who tried Ilazurl, and
he discharged him with a warning net to experiment
on the lives nt deluded stmplstous lu the war he had
done with Bhauk All's,
Oriental Criticism.
Fram tht Chicago Triount.
"I have just been reading the honorable worka
of one of your most famous female Englieh poets,"
said the rduiated Japauesr, "and I cannot under
stand her so exceeding popularity. I refer to the
Mother Ooose. There is one of her poema of celeb
rity in which she acquaints us ot twenty-four black,
birds that tang after they bad been beforehand
baked into a pie. The Mother Ooose I regard and
eonslder as one of the greatest liars of tha English
speaking antiquity."
Census Count on the Harder.
From tht Chicago TYibuti'.
Csnsns Supervisor. "Vou must have taken the
enumeration of the people In that Indian settlement
very carelessly. There are certainly many more of
them than you have returned."
Census Taker. "Sure. I counted two half-breeds
as ouly one Injun."
Stand Tty the Flag.
Stand by the Flagl ourfathers stood
Deneath Its folds on field and flood.
And sarr ed ranke of freemen brave
Ust death with Joy that flag to save.
Stand by tha Flagl In foreign aeaa
To float te triumph on the tresis
Wor shock of anas, nor fotman'a wiles
bnall lower that flag In foreign islss.
Bland br the Flagl our lot shall be
To hi a.-d that banner of the frse
"The sign of hope and triumph high"
Fur e'er to all humanity.
Mind by the Fhgl 'tis plsnted high;
lu start now light the sombre tky
Of Orient lands, 'tis there unfurled,
Our pledge of freedom to tai world.
BmiXrWXnAug.-8I, M.A.O,
IIT DKTXSCK OF AAXOX BUHIL , sfl
Unexpected Appearance, ot an Enrnes 4$ "Vvffl
nml Vigorous Partisan. E!
To Tn EniTon or Tn 8un-5fr An ar- B
tide purporting to be the history of a house In H
Cranbury.N.J..was publlthod InaNewlork 'nl
newspaper of Bunday last. Aug. 27. It Is a H
noodoxampleof what n tuperflolally eduoated H
man can glvo to the publlo under the borrowed H
clouk of history.
According to thlt writer. Hie famous Aaron H
Ilurr watconcealsd in the garret of n Cran- H
bury mansion belonglngtoCommodoreTrux- H
ton for three weeks after tho fatal duel with m
Hamilton, and his obnoxious presence there H
gave a colony of spooks tho Idea that thor m
might carry on In thoto promlsos and tha m
whole blame bo laid to Burr. Blnoo then, our
accurate historian says, the different owners W
of the house havo been under the baleful
lnflutnco"of Burr, exoept for tho latt twenty
years. ., . .. M
The history of this house, neeordlng to tha
article, would make plots for a dozen thrlllluit M
dime novels. Unfortunately, these wild talea
are all told ot tlmos for whloh thore aro no
authentic living witnesses. They nre. without
doubt, fireside yarns spun by the oldest Inhabl-
tants. The writer makes thts supposition at- ,
mott a certainty, because, in every oase where Jft
ho has mentioned an historical faot, ho has M0
either garbled It out of recognition, or statod JV
something which a school child would know y
was Incorrect. ' J
The biggest evidence that this artlele It a . H
"fake" of the most barefaced dotcriptlon It B H
that Commodore Truxton at the time of tht) R H
duel. July. 1801. was not living at craubun. W
or Crantiorrv. at 11 was then tpellod. but at ,1 "
Perth Am boy. Neither wat Burr suffered t.j
rest In a garret at Oranbury. but for one night
wasan honored guett of commodoro Iruxton
ut his Perth Ainboy mansion. .
But the mlsstatements-whloh aro so mali
cious against Burr that they present every ovl
denoe ot being Inlentlonnl-aro so numerous
that it will bt moro Interesting to take thom
up lu order , , . ...
Anyone who knows tho charming home llto
of Aaron liutr will never bellevu him capable
of hav'ng "left n trail of broken hearts and
dishonored homes." Many women loved turn
loi bis wonderful eyes nnd remarkablo aoenra
pllalimrrts. but his refinement ot character ana
nlmlemlousnot ol Habits were prima facie de
nln.totaii) grofisnoha ot llle. Ills own letters
and the unnsked testimony of hundreds hava ,
clearly admitted him ot the awful churges
made oguiust him on this scoro by Ignoruut I
Anothergrosswrongl "Burr soon coneelyed (
n growing jealousy and hatred for his rival
Hamilton. Burr was never jealous ot a man
In his life. In his alfalrs with men. ht wan ex
trmely unaestrtlng, ho made it ft point ot
honor never to push himself forward.
It Is well known that had ho done so. ho
would have been the third 1'n-sldent of the
I'nlted Htates Instead of Jefferson. With
women he never had a rival. All respeotfil
him many loved him ailuuasketl , Burr never
alluded to Hamilton: but Hamilton never
mentioned politlCB but ho cnlumnlatod llurr.
In hit speeches he aalled him a 'dangerou
man:" to his Irlends ho denounced him lit
despicable; to Washington ho lunllatueu hint;
and to Adams he traduced him : yet thlt well
informed" writer has the audacity to say that
"Burr resolved to be revenged lor the landed
Injuries that Hamilton had done him ' r
Burr's questionable career was ononalvn to
the Administration and to all right-minded )
men!" Is It questionable to have been a heio M 1
at Uueheo; to have rebcued a brigade from H
annihilation when New York was evacuated: W
to have hold command over the Westchester 1
lines, the moat illfllcult post In the United II
rltotes. so omdently that no commander ever II
equalled his results? Is It questionable to 31
have buon the leading lawyer In jw iork. to
have been the head and life of tho antl- J
Federalist party, the true bigs of their time. Jf,
and to have savedthecountry tothem, through If
his political generalship. In the most exoltlng D.
elettlon Now York evor saw tho famous one of i
1H0U? When a man tan forget the history ot his
country to complstely as to call Burr's career
prior to July. 1804, "questionable." he had
better go to school again.
Here Is another exeorrt: "The published
communlcationt between Hamilton and Burr
prove conclusively that the latter" (Burr)
"prodded aud nagged the General Into a duel."
"The published communleatlons" do nothing
of the kind. They testify merely to the weak
ntttot Hamilton's charaoter. his evasiveness
nnd constant desire to elude giving an honest,
straightforward rtplv to Burrs emlstary. Tht
night before tht duel, Hamilton, pen In hand,
and face to faoe with hit God. wrote: ' It It
not to be denied that my animadversions on
tho political prinolples. oharaeter and views of
Col. Burr have been oxtromely stvore: and. on
different occasions. I, in common with many
others, have made very unfavoraole orltlclsms
on particular Instances of the private conduct
of this "(the sareasm of It) gentleman." Ham
ilton was even guilty of using, for political pu r
potes. tho unguarded sallies ot wit made by
Col. Burr as a host, when Hamilton was receiv
ing the Vlce-Presldtnt't hospitality.
ilurr it called n'Mead shot" by thlt writer.
It wat well known that he was only a fair shot
wh-Mi In practice, and. at tho time of the duel,
he had made It a point or honor to bo sadly out
Of practice.
The most ludicrously Inaccurate part ot this
article has now been reached: "Hamilton died
within twenty-four hours, even while Burr was
In hiding in tke top attlo of the old mansion at
Oranbury. fifty miles away, making himself
the forced guett ot Commodore Truxton."
At the time of Hamilton's death, whloh wat
1 P. M. on thedayartertheduel.Viee-Presldent
Burr was waiting calmly in his magnificent
homo at Richmond Hill for news of the result
of the meeting. There ho stayed for eleven
dayB. when, on account of thn terrible excite
ment the event had aroused In the popular
mind, he took boat and landed at Commodore. 1
Truxton's fine home in Perth Amboy.whero ho
was an honored guest for one night. Then he ,
continued on his way to Philadelphia, stopping vJgek1
at Cranburr. merftvto change horstt. Where I ft
oh. whore I It the foundation for thlt lurll ,.W
I am? It would be time wasted to hunt for It. fw
tit mado out of wholo cloth, like every other 1 B
statement tn this wondortql article. I
Writers on historical tuhjeots should remem- fk
her that thlt Is tha age when authentic testl- ,
monyon important matters Is always available. !
and that thero Is ever tome one to take Ity
pleasure In defending a dead man from the Jf
meanest wlelder of a pen, tht traducer of a Vv
dead man's fame. F. B. Uaulki. l
New YonK. Aug. 30.
now the Freed Invlnclbles l.ert Jail.
From tht jMnion Dailv Mail.
The ex-Invlnclblca, Lawrence O'Hanlon and
James Fltzharrlt. havo just been released
on ticket-ot-leave from Maryborough jail.
Queen's county. They were arrested in Jan
uary, 188.). and for nearly seventeon yeart
they have had a varied experience in jail life,
having spent periods of Incarceration In
Mountjoy, Chatham, Dowupatriok aud Mary
borough.
O'Hanlon wat sentenced to penal servitude
for life lor being oonctrntd In the attempt 1
murder of Ur. J laid, a juryman : and itzharrla,
who wat known to hit ataociates by the nick
name of Skin the Goat." received a similar
tentenoe for being an aoeetsory after the fnct
to tht assassination of Ijord Frederick Cavon
tilth and Mr. Burke. It wae sworn that FUz
harrls drove some of the partita to l'hoenlt
Park, the aetne ot tho erim. and stood by with
bis tar containing thret armed men.
.Notwithstanding thtlr long ttrm of Imprls
ment both men look well. They are grey, but
hardy-looking. O'Haalon Is considerably
younger than Fitzharris. who It 01 yours of at t
and waart tpectaoles:
Speaking of his release, Fitzharris said- "I
was kneeling dewn in my oell saying my '
Prayers beforo I went to bed. when I heard a A,
noise. Some 'one was going Into Lawrence K
O'Uanlon't cell next to mine, and, altera tow 1
minutes, the Governor and the Chlet Warder
camo In and told me to maroh." . W, I
Neither of the men thought that liberty was
at hand. Both are on lloense and mutt report
themselves every month to the police,
1. Ae ej-Prltoners art somewhat bewildered
by the Dublin of to-day. Old landmarks hava
mtappeared and things are not as they woreH
the dart of tholr liberty. "Skin the Goat
owns that he it dazed it not alarmed by tho
oeateleti ruth of cycles and electric tart.
lard Carzon'a logical Justloe.
From Its Ftnang QatttU.
An unfortunate clerk In one ot tbeOovernmsnt
offices, with twenty-three years service, recearfiy
took leave and overstayed hla leave by nine days.
lie waa called upon for an explanation, and In the
and tha secretary erdsred bin to bt dismissed. Ths
clerk thereupon appealed t the Viceroy, who called
for an explanation of the circumstances. The
secretary showed that the man had not only over
etaysd hli lsave for nine dayt, but wae hopelessly
incompetent at well, nit Excellency thoteup.
ordered the man to be reinstated, and wrote across
the secratary'a explanation that he conaldsred the
hopelessly lncompeteat man waa tht oat who took
twenty thrse years to And oat tht othsr'i moom ' I
petence. ' I
Juve.lle Precocity nilghted la the Bud.
From tho Chicago Tribunt.
"Papa," tald the boy, at they drove along, "that's
ad,nT..,;o.ro,'rirr'',rollowoM hor" roor,a
'It iiemi so,"
lhinkink".'in,lJ3 le boy. who had besn bnsr
wJuMu'ty'JuS' 70U1 c,h .Jwr.t r. .
"Perhana."
ttjTwt;a(wtY.on,-llort'rahtrt we get this
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