Daily national Democrat., 1861-03-13

burned up-aul became too weak to supply
hinsalf with fuel and huaI'y por.shed with
cold.
lIr9rupuY DAVIS, THE uE-rrmpo.-Thc
Lafayette Ua,) journal gives the fol'onil g
sketch of humphrey Davis, ntcIy convicted
In ~ Louis of the murder of Eil Clifford,
and -eLteuced to the rcnitentiary for fifteen
years;
DAVIS Is lhc SON Of James Davis, now Of
Lc.ycnWuith, E4u.ls JL} formerly of loun-
niu county, lulanl, aud candidate for
Congress % few years ago. Thus closes the
career of q yoWg man whose advantages
were such tAa, had he made proper use of
them, to-day he woUl have been valuable
mcmbcr ois'ecty, and a source Of piide and
usefulness to his family relations But from
cNtrcme youth he displayed Il seemingly un-
c1u4uordb,c pgHohut for the many alluriug
vices of oar larger cities. lie carly became a
professional gambler, and what is mrderny
called "Mst young man" About eight
years ago lee went to New Orleans and mar
llcd beautiful and wealthy young lady OF
that city, He soon Lccame pos essed of her
fortune, aud continued career OF gambln-
and dissipation, which in a short time left
both him and and his wife in almost state
of uoyelty. Heart broken and tIiendlv.s the
unfortunate partncr OF his misery died IN New
York city some two years at cr the marriage
Since that time the lite OF Davis has been one
of uueyampIcl prcNjgacy. At times he was
the posses,or of large amounts Of money
again he was penuilcss and poverty-stricken.
During the campaign Of 1896 he became in
yolycd in a quarrel with one If our citizens,
which grew out Of bet on the election, in
the course of which he Grew howie-kujte
and cut the coat Of his antagonist almost en-
tigcly from his person, in the repeated efforts
70 os~ls>inate him,
The rolice intcrferel. when he drew re-
volyer, with which in one hand and knife
in the other he challenged an attack from
Them and through the interposition OF
friends, escaped arrest. His next public
criminal demonstration was at TeIre llaUtc.
whore became involved in quarrel with a
resident of that city, in saloon, whom he
stabbed several times, which, we believe,
proved fatal Here he again escaped from
the officers, leaving behind him his trunk in
which was found large amount of counter
felt money, aud the necessary implements for
the manufacture Of the same.
IInrp Mux.-TLe Prairie Farmer has a
very sonsiLl, article ON " Cheap Hired Men,"
in which il d;ssents from the practice OF
hiring such men as can be hired cheap The
Farmer says;
"Ihcy work as they ca'-mcehauically.
they have no reason for tailoring, except
bccagse they are paid for it, They are hired
cheap, fed, it may be- cheapIy, are worked
hard, and obey orders literally, asking no
questions They drudge ike the same NUM-
Der OF mules Their intelligence, their blnowl-
edge, is not paid for. Their employer did
not suppose they had any beyond the me-
cha .eal skill to handle a hoe, an axe or a
pitehiork, hold plow or drive team. lie
did not even ask if they possessed any such
know dge- did not test their judgment and
good common sense before engagIUg them
for year at the cheapest possible rates.
$50 the reader will di-coVer What we
mean by cheap hired men. lie will discover
the character of the employer. We have
met men who will not have "A cheap man
about them. Why? Because they find it
costs more Of their own time to watch and
direct them to prevent the waste and break
age to repair tools broken and correct errors
committed, than It costs of money TO hire
intelligent, slSllful, systematic men,"
TIE Washington Constitution is badly
milel at the "revolting leyity,' as it termt
it, with which the Republicans reeeveC
Iyersons farewell speech in the Senate. Il
says: