The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1885 Page: 3 of 6
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I.OWKV & NKEt.Y Pnli'lshri-s.
ABILENE
TEXAS.
A PROPHFCY.
Honr light your band llei on my hair!
Your Idas dispels aU trace of care!
And In your dear eyes' dewy dark
Shines out tho fair unfading apart
Of love that will not pas away"
Of "love thut will abide alway'
You aay.
.And how you laua-h doridlnr Time.
And say: - LoVe ues ia fadelesa priael
And passion deep and pure aa ours
Can hid defiance to all powers!"
Ah. me! luuh m lv as you may.
l ou 11 think of this iwdu some day
Some day!
And then I hnll not feol as now
Jour kiss like balm upon ray brow!
I shall not reel your happy hands
Lie on ray glad head's golden strands;
For Love lijrtit love will go away;
Xis Nature's law" ur so you'll Bay.
Some day!
Yes T can look within your eyes.
Ho darkened nnwnithsad surprise!
And Miy with clear unfaltering tbnrue.
That Life yrows old. but Love Mays young.
And whi the rotes fade and fall
That Love goes too for pood and all
For all!
And when that time shall come to me
Now. mark you. lht.tr'. I II cense to be!
And whon rccntuiit tears fall hot
Upon pule lip- thut answer not
V hen longing eyes will sadly trace
The care-lines on my deuth-eold face
You'll call to mind ihatwoful day
The souI-muI words that I now say
Some day some day!
yelly Marshall McAfee in C7n(viy Current.
FACE TO FACE.
Fact Related in Seven "Well-
Told Fables.
BY
Atmron of
It. K. KKANCILLOX.
'A Okeat Hkikkss"
Quits
At Last" "A IUai Ql'ke.v"
Divz" ETC. ETC.
Baku's
FAULK THE Hiis-i. Coxn.vui:i.
"Put up with mi land vou! Why
it cant be; it eaift be. There's never
been when Ley.- ( roft di.ln t belong to
a Blackthorn. Twouldn't be in the
nature of thinirs!" he exclaimed .still
half bewildered from such a blow but
with a glow again in hi.s ces: the while
f ... r i . .. . i
Marrish the mortgagee sat stem and
stolid. presinr his broad-brimmed
beaver between his knees. "We've
owned and farmed Leys Croft me and
my forebears for huudreds of years -thousands
more like-and then' isn't
one of. 'em hut would turn round and
curse me out of his jjrave. 'Twould be
worse than being beggar to that old dont know his own mind. 1 know mine
curmudgeon up in London for me to ' I love Patience: and ou'd best k-up
give up the land that goes down from ! the hind."
father to son. I sUy "twould be like : "Well I'm"
King George giving up England to What he was. Farmer Blackthorn
Honey if I was to give up Leys Croft to failed to -.ay. He certainly could not
any but a Blackthorn of the straight help seeing that he was being a.sked to
line. Mv grandfather was born in this ell Patience for Les Croft. But then
house like his grandfather before him that a hard and grasping man like
and so was I. and s was my my girl. Enoch Marrish should tind Patience
I know every elod in the fields since I ; Blackthorn worth buing at such a
was that high: and to be told I must i price was verv wonderful nay. a verv
give up the hind! Xo." ilattering thing. He loved his daughter;
Hi.s voice was prematurely old. but it he did not like Marrish who can like
trombleiUrathivfiom a seas of supreme ' a creditor that appeals to the law? But
outrage than from age. and. alter al-'the land -the land! If iie loved Pa-
most breaking down when it spoke of tience with all his heart he loved the
the girl it came down upon the
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fctartlingh round and full.
"Well Tom Blackthorn." said the
creditor "you've only got to raise the
money and Leys Croft is yours as sure
as Welsteail's mine."
"Welstead. indeed that you bought
for money: as if money could make a
thing a man's own. like mine's mine."
"I'd like to see a better title than
hard cash though.' said Marrish
Willi .something distantly akin to a
Miiile. "Tiie iiest;(in js -can ou
raise a hundred pound?"
"Xo."
Then you must give up the land.'
"Xo! '
"Then. Tom Blackthorn you're an
obst:nat
old
fool. And if "twasn't
vou. 1 i can a
.i
mail tiiat WOll I take the ;
only wa he's jot to pay hi.s good law-
ful debts a long way worse name than
fool. Howsoever the law's on inv
side: you ride over or walk over to
Hunchester. and ask Lawyer Lake aud
learn for six-and-cight pence if you've
rot it. what I tell ou for notiiinr at'
all. ion arc an unlucky devil. lorn
Blackthorn: but that's no eall why the
piper's to be paiil by me."
"Ah! You've come to turn me and
my girl out of house and home?"
"I'll have to foreclose on Levs Croft.
That was the bond."
-'The broken-down yeoman whose land
was the core of h.s heart gulped down
a hard -oh took down his hat from a
peir and put it on. armed himself with
a louirh walking-stick out of a corner
anil then from the depth of a drawer
fished up a bir key which he handed to
his creditor
rish." said In
Cood-bve. Knoch Mar- j
without looking him in I
the face. "I can't shake hand's but
lie siroue lowarus me uoor.
"What's this for?" asked Marrish. I
iingerinir the key. "Where are Vou oil'!
to now.J i
"Oil the land that isn't mine that's j
all. 1 in jroing to fetch Patieuee; and
then we'll ro.'
-Co! Where?"
"What's that to you?"
"Of all the obstinate old fools! I've
got to foreclose yet: and if 1 hadn't
there's no call to turn out as if the house
was alire- -
"And do ou think." said Blackthorn
facing rouml and looking him full in the
face: "I'll sleep another night on the
place I've soli for a mes. of pottage?
111 find the lee of a haystack some-
where oil the land for my hiss; and
but that's naught to you. If you was a
Blackthorn. ou'd understand". I'll put
vou to no expense nor trouble. I'll
carry away just my stick and the
clothes I stand in. and the girl. She's
mine. But 1 won't carry off out of
Leys Croft so much as the muck on my
boots: I'll wipe them clean by the gate
on tne Four-Acre; and "
"Come. Tom if you'd only hear a
man out instead of being such an ol)
'Tis true I can't afford to go without
money or land; these war times are
cruel hard. I can't; but 1 will!"
"What?" cried Blackthorn facing
round again.
-I will. That's what I say. I'll take
Patience instead of both of 'em
there."
r
IVU111 1m4
the poor old follow am wad
dcred once more.
Ay without a penny!"
rish. And well he might say so if ma
meant it for without getting his fall
pennyworth Farmer Marrish of Wal-
Btead had never been known to do .a
mortal thing. He had always been a
model man of basinets; np before the
bird nay eren before the worm; aad
early to bed only for the sake of saving
candles in those hard times. He had
played ant to Tom Blackthorn's grass-
hopper. He had scraped together
penny by penny pound bv pound field
py field until as now lie could add
'arm to farm: and always in such wise
that he had earned the nickname of
"Miser Marrish" at Hunchester the
market town where he was as well
known on Thursdays as the parson on
Snndays. The idea of him saddling
himself at his time of life with a pen-
niless lass from a boarding-school who
came to boot from such a wastrel
stock as the Blackthorns was incred-
ible. .No wonder the girl's own father
was bewildered and amazed.
You'll take my Patience!" lie ex-
claimed again with open eyes.
"Look here. Tom Blackthorn. Per-
haps it may look odtl. but I'd sooner
have that lass to wife without a penny
than ever another with a thousand
pound. It may .seem like a fool's
whim; but it's mine. I've watched
Patience grow up from her cradle as
one may say: and ever .since she last
came home from school I said to my-
self that's the l.iss- for me."
"Bless niysoul alive!"
"Ay 'ti true. You needn't be afraid
I can t keep a wife though she does
j conic from a boarding-school. I'm not
' a rich man bv anv -ort of means; but
I'm a hard-working honest yeoman
that isn't likely to go begging or bor-
rowing any more than he's like to go
stealing. I don't keep hunters nor
dogs nor company that's worse than
dogs to cat one nut of house and home
and then to turn their tails when the
cupboard" bare. I farm my own land
:uul lsl.V no rent nndyou know me and
' T t' "U T Hum;ht'sl'r )U
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tl.v :iv of Kw'wh Marrish. of Welstead.
Tin not rich but Tin warm enough for
! two."
I "Bless my soul alive!
i Knov- ...
' -A ?ir lsn l blind to
i twiaa MmM
Docs the girl
a chap's
'Weet-
h?"
Whv. vou re old cuouirh to be her
father man!"
"No. no. Not .so bail as that. A
man's. as old as he feels and I'm one of
tho wiry ones that are old young and
voiingold. Besides- it" bad for a his
to be married to a vounir torn fool that
land with all hi.s soul. It was his reliir
ion: though the land might ruin him ho
loved it. not merely as one loves a good
and dutiful daughter but as a mother
loves a .scapegrace son.
And .suppose Patience did or could
like Marrish well enough to be his wife.
would it not be best all round? The
Blackthorns had always held their
heads high and a Marrish was well
certainly not a Blackthorn. Knoch was
the !irt of the family who had held land
of his own. while ancient deeds showed
that there were Blackthorns of Leys
Croft farming their own fields before
the time of the Tudors. But still.
Farmer Marrish was a sound man a
safe man. nav. a rich man. thouirh he
did nol eall himself so. He contrived
to raise 'nnil er.itis. somehow in the
worst years and what was more he
made not only wheat but money breed.
Wh .should not Patience Blackthorn
become Mrs. Marrish if she pleased?
And theu the land was it not her
duty as a Blackthorn to save the land?
And there was indeed no other way;
for the owner of Lev Croft had raised
even penny he could find owed more
than he had spent and had pent every
penny he could raise.
"It all depends on the lass all on
the lass."' said he. after a long pause
and a battle with himself that could
have only one end. "She'll be some-
where about the place: we'll See what
she'll ay to it. poor thing.'
W- thing?"
"You mtisti't mind what I say neigh-
bor. What with one thing and another
what with the shame of beinir kicked
b the old man in London for a beggar
ami what with vour talk of losing Leys
Croft and what with our wanting Ba
tience. my hi
" You'll le;
"Aw"
nd's all of a twirl."'
me have her then?"
li.
It was not a second between Stephen
Harlow's "Oh!" and his appearance in
the shed where he found Patience no
lonjrcr at the window but pushiur at
j If""
h -r saw which wearied tint at last with
tuch usajre uttcrlv refused to move.
" Patience! What are
cried he.
vou doinr?"
"Oh. it is you!" said she. "But
don't hinder me. for goodness' sake.
Pin at work you see.'
" Come. Patience.' he said taking
her hand in spite of its occupation aud
holding it too. "That isn't the way to
welcome an old friend and 1 haven't
seen you for years!"
Only one! What ought I to do?'
" Why you ought 1 ought " He
looked as if he knew very well what
ought to be done; but he refrained.
" What are you doing with that saw?"
"Making a new gate-post. Ours is
broke across the Home Croft and we
don't want to pasture other folk's
cows."
"You making a gate-post? Where's
Giles?"
" Ob. Giles! He's left us weeks ago.
There Stephen do let go my hand; I
sha'n't have done by bedtime"
" That you won't. I'll go after one
of the men "
"Ko. Don't do that Father
wouldn't be pleased"
nonsense. Patience!"
don't!" prayed she.
is there's no men to find."
"NBentefind!"
"Nc We're jrtren np keeping
men aad a rood thing too. 'Twould
be a shame Indeed to keep a lot of
idle nseless men about a place when
father'aOt a rrown-up eirl of course.
rtwas different when I was a child."
" A fam without ' hands! Patience
what- does this mean? What has
happened while I have been away?
What hare I come back to find?"
"Why Stephen how scared vou
look at one!" she said with a smife
and though I hare said she was not a
pretty girl I retract my words humbly
seeing ner with Stephen Harlow's eyes;
and all the more since her voice was
as light and as sweet as a girl's can be.
He had come two hundred miles to
hear that voice and to see that smile;
and now they made him afraid she
looked so fragile and vet so bravo.
" You find me and you'll find father
too."
He took the saw from her hand and
in a minute had done the rongh work
that had taken her two wasted hours.
"Now" said he "you're free to
talk. Don't tell me that you've got
rid of your men bocause there's no
need."
" I think I think we must hare
just one man to saw. Oh Stephen
how did you do that so fast? Then
there's use in those teeth after all?"
" Are you going on without maids
too?"
" Of course. When a farmer's got a
grown-up girl what does he want with
a parcel of maids? That would be a
shame!"
" Who milks the cows?"
"I do. At least I shall. We're
not keeping cows just now. I'm sorry
you have to do without cream On L
do love work Stephen! I
much better than music a
and the use of the globes- 1 1
make out the im of the gl
you? I like to feel ueful; it
fun in the word."
"Patience. You can't
You're going to cry."
"I'm noL And" it's bee
pinched myself with the s
Stephen -how dare vou say
to cry?"
"You've hurt jour.-elf with
founded saw! (Jive me your
"Xo. I haven't hurt myseh
T haven't; that was only
know. Don't look at me!
if you do. Don't I know I've
self look like I don't know
trying to saw that wood? Is
manners to look at a girl uhei
ver so
'reach
could
could
ie best
me.
I've
Cry!
going
t con-
.1 "
ideed.
? yM
ff cry
e m-
l with
"llport
. i.sai't
fit to be seen?"
"Ainhow to look a' you is it I've
come from Millport co do.' id he.
"Patience. I'm iroimr to takev lend
so; and I am going to look i yur
eyes. Ju-t think what I feel a it 5111
- anil yours. Your father is best
friend. He's made a man of m what-
ever I'm ever to be for good I iwe to
him. I'm his heart and bar And
I'm yours you know how. id yet
you won't even tell me when le'sin
trouble so that I may help ) m all I
know how.'
Patience Blackthorn had en in
many minds since she had fir heard
her old playfellows voice at t 'g:i.e.
At first she had meant to be s:u -y jvist
to punish him for nothing: then 'ie had
meant (with lur Blackthorn j ule) to
brazen ouljlie poverty at Le Croft
before the young man who h: only
seen it rich aud'llourishing; the some-
thing in his masterful w:ry forb le her
to be anything but angry with -ler-elf
forcrving. If he had never ei .e she
would not have shed a tear c -n had
she sawn through her wrist instead of
the log: but he being there with his
strength she might be a girl again and
sit down and cry not so unhappily as
it might seem.
"Poor father!" said she. "I. don't
understand things- they didn't come
into music nor the globes but they're
gone all wrong ever since -I think
ever since you went away. We've had
to sell all the stock for a song: and last
harvest was just terrible: and we can't
pay the men their wages from week to
week and s.o they have to go: Giles
that might have stuck to us and all
It don't so much matter to me because
I'm young and strong and it's dread-
ful to think of all the time I've lost:
but there's father he's not strong and
he's not young. You'll be sorry to see
how he's got to look. I'm trying to
keep things going with m ownhands:
I'm trying hard; but there you see I
can't even gel a stick of wood in two.
'Tis but a poor welcome we can gi
you 'this tunc Stephen " " "
"(imiM (.nil' lull iiii'-m ruin'
-rum
But
vour brother Dick
Where's he?"
" Don't ask me that. Stephen!'" she
cried. "Don't let father hear his name!
We don't knuir."
" Patience! Why. you loved him
better than your father and your father
almost better than vou!"
.. ...
lies 7n none anvtiimir wron?r.
Stephen vou iniisn't think that: Dick !
couldn t do anything wrong if he
tried but father fancies mi: ami tli:ii !
been the worst of all. He could have
.
fought through if Dick had staved:
but he's
'
not even let him be named
since he went away. Oh. Stephen I'd
just die of gladness if ou could tind
out what's become of l)ick. and bring
him home. And for father to think
his own son Dick has been to blame
that's nigh too bad to bear.'
Stephen "said nothing all at once: for
he had rea-ons of his own. based on old
acquaintance for feeling no assurance
that Dick '-Blackthorn's disappearance
was likely to be so altogether blameless
as Patience-lelieved. Dick's farming
had always been pretty much contined
to the sowing of the'wild oat and no
doubt he was reaping the harvest. But
he could not say a word to lessen Dick's
sister's faith in her dear scapegrace; so
he held his tongue.
His left hand was still holding her
right from which the saw had fallen;
and how could his right ami fail to tind
out her waist while she who was dearer
to him than the whole world was pour
ing into his ear a tale of trouble that
made his heart bleed? And then the
tears m her eves; thev made his own i
.
eyes swim. .Nor did it seem in the least
wonderful or even strange that proud
Patience Blackthorn should let the ai m
stay where it had stolen. He was just
conscious of her weakness she of his
strength: both fcJt that play-time had I
gone by. "Poor darling!" whispered
ne; so" low that she heard it with her
heart rather than with her ears; and
the arm tightened its hold. "It is time
I came indeed!"
"lou won't believe anything wrong
of Dick?" asked she.
"Hove ererything that belongs to
you" said he "Dick and all. Do you
know why I'm here to-day?'
"Because vou couldn't "find anything
better to do?""
"To ask your father who's been
more than father to me. God bless him!
if he'll let me be twice his son; and
he'll want one now Dick's gone. I'm
but a blacksmith's boy. and you're
Miss Blackthorn of Leys Croft; f know
all that; but I'ni Stephen Harlow too.
that means to be a big man some day
and is on the high roaiLso to be. I was
going to dare to ask him when I thought
him as rich as Dives Patience there;
so see if I don't dare ask him. now! I
didn't mean to see you first: but I don't
mind Will you lie my wife. Patience
just to give your father a son and be-
cause I love vou so dear?"
They stood already as close as if they
were plighted lover..: and Patience had
no excuse for not reading the love that
streamed from his eyes into hers. Her
breath quickened and her check flushed
and it must have been minutes that they
thus stood in that broken sln.1. full Jf
rubbish reading one another's eyes autl
without a spoken word.
But "Will you?" he asked at
last.
Xo answer.
"Do you love me?"
If he had wanted a spoken "Yes" he
would have been a fool. Was not her
hand .still in his; her waist still held by
his arm: her eves beginning to shine
like April through her tears.
This tirst kiss had been the ambition
of his life - and it had come.
"Patience! Patience! Whatever come
of the lass?' suddenly broke a well-
known voice through the lovers dream.
"Patience! I want you come here!"
"It's father!' she whispered flut-
tered and half afraid.
"All the better.darling!" said Stephen.
"111 ask him now ten times as bold.
Give me your hand and we'll go to him
together so."
He led her so out of the shed into
the sunshine. And thus not only Far-
mer Blackthorn but Fanner Marrish
also saw Stephen and Patience coming
toward them hand in hand. Patience's
hand struggled a little bird-like to get
free seeing that her father had com-
pany. But feph"ii hehl it firm. Mill-
port had rubbed oil" his shiies long
ago: and. indeed he would have been
glad if all the world could hear what
he had to say. For he felt like a con-
queror laurel-crowned. It was onh a
heart he had conquered: but did .ie-
ander ever conquer ?o much among all
his worlds.
"I've come back again like the IkmI
penny. ou see fanner." he said fpr-
getting even to notice how much his old
patron had changed. "I'd have come
straight to the house: but as Mr. Mar-
rish wanted to see you first. I've told
Patience what I came to tell you -and
and Patience will be my wife lariner
if you'll have me for a son."
The two farmers exchanged looks
onos bewildered; the other a glance
that can only be likened to the smitten
flaming of a glowing coal. But neither
r R o
said a word.
TO UK CONTINt'KD.
SAVINGS.
Sonic I nt cresting luriilt'iit Which Kniphri
ie 11 .Moral.
There' is in Philadelphia a massive
stone building into which on a certain
day of the week a line of servant girls
may be seen entering on one side and
pas
ing
ing out at the other. It is a mv-
bauk fiunded nearly a centtp-y
ago by the good Quakers for the help
especially of this class and laboring
men.
On other days mechanics negroes
Italian organ-grinders. Chinese washer-
men professional beggars with here
and there a richly-clad woman who is
laying away a "nest-egg for her baby."
throng the waiting-room.
Ou the huge books of the bank thre
are some entries which hint at singular
stories. In livlS there is the receip" for
the deposit of one hundred dollars by a
wealthy old geuteinan in the name of
a boy just born and named for him.
The donor died having forgotten all
about his deposit. The boy grew to
manhood a hard-working mechanic
who supported his old father and moth-
er. He wished to marry but could not
do so for hick of means when presto!
this modest sum. which had been ac-
cutuulatiugat compound interest conies
to light and he is a comparatively rich
man.
On another volume that for I.S"7.
ther
iv is an entry of the deposit nf two .
idled dollars' signed "I 'em-get'. ()-
llllllll
borne able seaman." Opposite is wri-
.v ....... . -
ten. in elerklv hand: "Tnis was the !
Bight Honorable George Gordon. Karl
f Abcrtleen. Ihe moiiej on ln Uealli
was naid to his executors. His istati
'!..
wisen lie ticposiieti 11 was auu-u ai
three million dollar-." This "able sea-
man" was a vigorous stalwart voting
! nobleman who tired of the life at court.
and broke loose resolving to become
one tif the people and to earn hi own
bread. He resisted all entreaties to re-
turn home worked hard for years as a
navvy ami on ship-board put away his
earnings as we have seen and rose to
be mate of his vessel before he died.
A somewhat siniilariiistance was that
of the elder line of the house of Fair-
fax which is to be found in a Virginia
family. Lord Fairfax refused to accept
the title estates and cares of his rauK.
and lived and died a plaiu farmer.
Youth.-? Companion.
The flexibility of itacloumite a re-
markable sandstone existing in Georgia
and North and South Carolina seems
to be surpassed by that of a magncsian
limestone found at the entrance' of the
Tvne. in Knirland. This limestone is
reported to be so flexible that thin lay-
ers three feet or more ia length may be
bt'ut mto a circe w-li-t' -in-H retaining
u"at form on being allowed to an.
In America we call men who dab-
ble in dynamite "dynamiters.' Caua-dian-pap'ers
call them "dynamiteurs"
and the English press refer to them a
"dynaniitards-
MAHOf
4a Outcast from Vlrjjl
Ilcan Oatcast In
While Mahone a
popular personally in
md 1 Repab-
1 bias to a.
Tays been un-
ungton. there
was a time when ho was a prominent
figure in Republican circles. Not that
he was trusted by his Republican allies
vor that he never was but the Repub-
licans were led to believe that he was a
great political power in Virginia hence
the attention that was paid him. Ma-
hone knew well how to use his tem-
porary power and as a political boss lie
surpassed in boldness all the spoilsmen
in Washington.
How the Republicans were deceived!
Mahone had made them believe that his
influence in this State was unbounded:
that his lieutenant would be lo'nl to
him to tho end; that he could control
all Virgmia elections; that he could in-
fluence the politics of other Southern
States and in short lead the "Solid
South" into the Republican party.
Sherman and men of that type ap-
plauded Mahone's efforts to injure the
fair name of Virginia; and lent their
energies to every scheme that tho arch
traitor presented for crushing the repre-
sentative men of the South.
President Arthur was led to believe
that Mahone was a man of power and.
looking to the fu'iire entered into an
alliance with him. by which Mahone
was to control all the Fe Ieral patron-
age in this State and rthur was to re-
ceive in exchange Ma ne'.s siippoit in
the Kepublicau Lonve
It was in the siiii
Mahone's promir.en
was grcatct. It
boasts were loudest
his vanity was mo.l
manner inwards hi
imperious. It was t.
on at Chicago.
of IS-:; that
1 Washington
hen that his
t was then that
rusting and his
istituents mot
that his abuse
ge in Virginia
of the Federal pati
was most outrage ni
It was then aKo
1
asked him to account for It's failure to
carry the eleetion. he gros-Iy misrepre-
sented Virginia by magnifying the Dan-
ville trouble hit .1 D.-ino-ratic con
1 ... . . .
spiracy ami pomtmg to that as the
cause of his defeat.
But after a thorough investigation '
f-' 1 . . 1 - . 4
li:irt MI il-"lli!M v. ;i 1 .firiiOir;.- vim 1.1
' ... 1. . - - . 1
cateil. ami the iu-o Ie ot the count rv
. . e. 11. . '- 1 .t . i 1
were tiiliv ooii:iii-iil that Mali me was :
. t. ..1 V .1 1:.. 1 e.-u i- j
a fiauil of tlte Itrsi-cl.is. Still his ice-'
. . . - . .. . " :
setitrtion ot the si'tiafon ga.e the K.-
. i: .1.1 t 1
puolican managers hope that he could :
' .. 1 . 7 ...
recover Ins lost power and nv ir-
.;..;. :.. ic-i i... 1 1 ;- .1
ginia in lvi. But h was delraied .
T 1 . .1 i 1 .
again and now t!.e IJeuub lean- ha-.e;
. . r . 1 i- ti r i.-m 1 !
lost faith 111 bun altogether. It Mahone 1
. . . .. .
was a prominent l-gu-e m the 'iki'i;
1 .-v. . . ... .
two ears ago. he is the most uisigniii. t
. .. .. 1 1 - .1.1 1 . .
t-iut individual 1:1 tint bo.lv to-dav.
xi- . 11 .! 'i.
His prestige has departed forever. I wo
. . J . 1 iiitl
ears ago scmhants surrounded Ma-
r. .- ' 1 . 1 .
hone. Aovv the scophants haeca:-
1 m 1 ' 1 1
tered. Mahone s name was once In. 'hi
. 1 i- 1 ..1 .
on the 1st ot those who were enter-1
taiued "in high l.fe." No one cares to
:...;... m..i..... 1.. ti. 1 1...11 .. ..
1111 tit- i .ilium- i.f 1 ill' u.&ii.iiii'l ji.;ii liui.
ir. 1.... 1 1 1
111- li.is IVU1" 1II.-I-II IMIIMkll ils ii Illlt' .1st
..... ir 1 ...
from lrgmta. He is no-.v a Kej.ulilican
-... '
... f . T ..
It mav -eem cruel for the Keiuiblie -
.. ... . ' .
ans to ostracise him alt -r he has done
.....-. ... -.....
:i!l in hi.s jMwer to ! publ.cani Vir-
.:..;.. n... .1.: : it:. 1 m.i 1
iiiiii... mi iii.s j-. .1 --iiisji him r .iiiti
. .it it-
usi mj sunn ;ls ur- i.epiioi;ean 111:111-
.....
i"'i"i' ioiiuu ui::i me reiie";:e:e coiuu .
1 1 . .... ' .1 11'
add no stieiigtn to lueir cause tle-v had
no iuniier
... ..!....- 1 - x- . -
u -e tor 111111. .ot
tug sn
ds likt
slice -ss; noth'r-g
s -0 iani-
agi: g to a m oi's saiid:ng in th- !!c
publictiu parlv as fai.'ure. Pa Im-e in
a good cans.' di.seiiurag.-s a 111 in: but
he will never wean in well doing i
km.w'nx that truth mii-t at las! prev.nl. '
But Mahone's failure meiiis hi- po'it-I
icald.at!i. and when his term .-xoires
m the en:ie he will shnk a.-.-i Irom
w.i. :........ i. 1. ..1 ...... --....i " ;..;.
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lllVllll v 1 H J Tlfllt.
THE INAUGURAL.
Cominrnihihly llrlcf nn I Ailntiruhln
Tom mijl stent imenl.
In
Tim tw.feli of the n..v Pr..til..iit nnnn
the b ginning of his reign is comineiid -
able lor iLs brevity ami admirable for
the dignitieil tone and jusi tenor of its
of that high ollice th sj.irit that sub-
sistsim partisan leelingsor on sectional
prejudiees should ie:tse. be-ati-e. in the
new President's thought the function
of that oilice is :o execiiti: the Coiisti-
ttttion "iriVirJer ; promot.- the welfare
of the rnnnir'i." imt ot a particular
party "and to sec-:re the full measure
of its beneiits to its and I'lTwiwho will
succeed tothebl Ssi:i;of
not part's.oi or - ct.ou.d
In the same d ;e -lion
strong words of the sj
tii the Ci:I service and
the appointh.g power.
ir X'i'.onulJ"
life
at the clear
1 in relation
exercise of
"l 'i il-service
lvfonn should be in good faith enforced
hi.vl nit- iivwijii- in iiiiiin ticici 1111111-11 1 "i r .1 1 . r 1 i i-t . .
... ......... .1 .?... . .. 1. J result of thoughtful iSehberatton on th
l i 1.. ..t ': :..:.. .1. . - t 1
n vi iiitiii nil- u 1-1111 s IJI-i. Ill . r .1 - ! .1 1 - 1 .
November of that 'v. .r Mahone sus- atof. thr mainly 1V1 tie Legislature
tamed a crushing defeat. When his I !u:uI ot. b.-ing the Jmti-ome of a deal
i'....i.i; :..... :.. u-.. 1.: ...: m the patlors of the IWivan. Ihehrst
! .i-i;uak - tfciuiii: 1 'ji t
sentiments. At the outset it deprecates ' ton:i1 of :l kn'1 '"' should send ome
the custom of carrying the partv spirit j .f lh ;terprisingonicialSsoln.e vith
. . . - . . . . . ' . the peoples money to a place of retire-
into the I residency. At the threshold J .. (;OVl.rn:Iu.nt Pnio..ers in
Soc'ety has the right of piotct-tion vision for the number of ea es dis-
agaiiist the incompetetiev cf piblic r- oed of was smaller than during the
vants who hold their places as the re- irevious year although there were one
ward of partisan seniie. and agaiist bundled and fifty more examiners. The
the corrupting influence of tho-e who medical reiewcr of the bureau was
promise and the methods of thie who obliged tog. to Indian i just s.x weeks
expect such rewards." On the other before t e election ostensibly to in-
hand those whowortiily seek to enter struct a few examining surgeons but in
the public service "have the right to reality to essay the surgical operation
insist that merit and fa-u.ty shall be of cutting down the Democratic major-
reeogn..ed instead of part j siibservien- i:v. His labors c.une to an end on elec-
ey." tion dav. his surgery being entirely at
In these words. Mr. Cleveland has fault aud the expense account drawn
taken occasion to repeal and emphasize uputi in ain. No wonder that Senator
at his entrance upon the jresidnpy. Logan was such a sturdy defender of
views that he has pr-nous'y declared the Pension Bureau: it was a rich lead
both before anil after his election aud a:id was worked industriously for the
that have had veriheation in hi.s pradiee. benelit of the party. M-:ny a political
The country is not on'y prepare I to Pecksniff drew his inspiration from the
hear them with satisfaction hut to ae- coin enient balanee always on bund in
c-pt them as a reasonable assurance th- special examiners division and
that the march of opinion against the went forth with pockets well lined to
infamous patronage system is not to be preach the gospel of Republican cant
obstructed hindered or end.itigered by and h pocr sy. and to hold up Demo-
the charge of tin-hi-ii otii-er who holds craMcViehedness and plott'ng to the
and is able to ex'ep-is" according to his horror of a n assemblage of fiee-boru
wiil the tremendous appoint ng power voters. Of all the ways of raising the
This part of tne speech will be accepted win I re-orted to by tiie late managers
as a clear announci ment of the presi- of the B. & I. eombinnt'on. that of the
dential pol cy in one of the two only Pension Bureau was the most ingenious
Held- of governtuet tal action where it and panned out the best. A jump from
rests with the President to initiate or ."tXUou to ne.irlyi?:.OiK)000 in expenses
direct a policy of govt r.imeiit. in a sin-rle year was a proceeding
The other d these two lirlds is that that required no small degree of nerve
of foreign relat'oits. In relation to this Dudley was jiist the man for the work
also the utterance is distinct thoagu . Albamj Argm.
extremely general. What it indicate
"distinctly is tbaMhe reign of Cleveland
is not to be distinguished by any for-
eign policy of the gymnastic style of
Blaine and that if an unsatisfactory
policy should be pursued its fault is
more likely to be on the side of
adherence to the "traditionary policy"
of National Isolation.
Outside of these two fields wherein
alone the President can initiate or guide
or exert any great influence on the pol-
icy of government the speech contains
the expression of presidential views on
a number of subjects such as publio
extravagance tariff treatment of In-
dians polygamy legislative powers.
The President's" views on the silver
question having been made known in
another way a few days before were
not repeated: moreover as the policy
of government on these other subjects
is also not in the directiou of the Presi-
dent but j"n that of the legislature
these statements of his opinions are
only interesting as very brief and im-
perfect outgivings of his personal
opinions- Untrl Congress opens next
December it xan not be known whether
the Government! policy will agree vitb
them or not. Uxtcago limes.
.DDLE.
Time that the Klupdnnrilr anil Ouih'
Ahout K!irt StAtmmunahip Should
Cruse.
People are beginning to grow weary
of Jthe chorus of adulation accompanied
by clouds of ineAuse. to Mr. Krarts
which has been dinned into their ears
by Rcpublic.iu journals throughout the
length and breadth' of the land com-
mencing with an esteemed contempo-
rary in ths city. One would think that
in the new Senator-elect were combined
all the qualities thiu go to make the
ideal .statesman- ripr judgment and ex
perience and broad liberal iews on all
u eet- and that Inn election was the
0
ippearauce in public f this ideal states
man at the I nion LtVague Club. .New
York after his eleetioui was in the role
of an apostle of what It he Philadelphia
Tc't'jni.-h nghtly telm. "ihnamito
politics" an advocate 6f s -ctional hate
a mere echo of the spMue'ic and dis ij-
poihteil ear.d'datefrnin Maine on wom
the people sat dou 11 - he.ivm on tin
' -! 1 -
-tn ! .Novein'ier last j His assertions
.. . M ..
"regard ng "a sl:d Democrat m Nmtn
- .
and a contingent nib I traguieutarv
. . . " . . w-. . 1
paitv in the great .stales h-nig
' - . .." .. . . -"
no til f the old line .tail Ui.it the Ke-
.. j .....
pubhcaii vote in the S iitih wa.s uullilied
-1 .. 1 . . .- I . 1 . -
m tie kiM e e.-t on. are i)ot wh-.t might
. e .t - . 1 .
be expected fivin th. idt'al st.tcman.
.' .. t ...
'" they are entuvlv at variance with
- -ff . .. . . .
lads. It mav be that the nl-nl s'a'es-
. .- . . -..- -. 1
man does not trouoic h.iusflt with sueh
. .. . .
commonplaces as statistics. u-tl people
.f' .- .1 . Y..i ' '
expect f.-om him at least a little regard
- . . . ?
tor truMi ami something mi-re than
. v7. .
perver-e partisanship. Io burrow in
!. ' . - . ' . . . .
the grave ot buried sect ouahsm is the
- .
ad of a ghoul and not ot a state-man.
. . "1 . - . .
t ;iim 10 emi .tvui iu uniur u ii;uiicis
of irreconcilable hate om
common
act of a.
.fll . .1
united hnal conn tn. is the
I . '. . . .-
traitor aim not ot
. - ..
his le!Iow-citiciis
1 jiatriot. Many of
ire of the opinion
:.i... i. ... -. .1 ..1 1! .
1 mat. .such iiarrow-iuiiiueii partisan
..... ' .
' views cmild only be expected irom the
. . - r ' 1 . e .1
ii:iii who was t-iin-i z.uvueaie 01 inu
I Presidential st-al ol eiht years ago.
11 : . . . . 1
an-l who was one ol the tirst to claim
1 1 1 . 1 .1
h.s share when that
nefarious scheme
. 1 .
w""s carried into operat 111
.- .. . n . !
It is high
about ideal
1 1 line iaai an mis iwauuie
sate-maiiship should cease. It can de-
ceive no intelligent ob-erver of his true
J eha:a -ter as a puMe man nor can it
remoe the unsighth blots which mar
his public record. X. Y. W'or'.d.
A NEST OF CORRUPTION.
j Tjo rrnm l:iirr:tll a rroimr sourer or
; r.iiitical ViM.iinv.
1 ''
I he Pension Bureau under the skill
fill management of Commissioner Dud-
ley appears to have been a prolific
source of corruption and to have fur-
nished the Kepublicau party with no
small sliar.' ol ttie smews ot war ttur-
:1"" - :l-s; Presidential campaign
i:v"ry the Congressional comrait-
. tee investigating it unearthed fresh ma-
; rm-il suits where t:ey might have
ainp'e time for reflection. The statis-
tie. an of this delectable bureau testiiied
before the committee th.t when the en-
terprising Dudley touk charge less than
four years ago. the running expenses of
the o'fliee were about .."f'00i) a year
and that he contrived to get them up
to uearlv f'00 .;)' during the vcar of
the P-e-alential election. One very
co-iveni. nt branch of this Republican
stipph office was the Special Examiners'
diiion whi -h got away with a million
during the campaign. It was not that
tin examiners had moril"gitimate work
than usual connected With their di-
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