The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-09-08

) clinrina. Honek Denoefe1s, beWass of
,t;pr viii spsA men, Who psscipitatsd the
,uptry iase s losg ard bloody var, and e
,.ds he public debt what il il.
CoaPoRAL.
MrrrIso Ar MoHTsoss.-Hon. R. b. Gill
,ore and Sam NJ. Clark we're announced to
psak.at Montrose Saturday evening. The eve 3 3
Iins was unfavorable for meeting. The De- o
nocrscy, in order 70 keep the faithfal avay, got
10 counter demonstration, and, had Aurrill
i Nauvoc, across = spsech-maker. Nsvsrthe-
les the good Republicans and some few Of
he Democracy Of Montross and vicinity were
out. r. b. Gilmore, without any attempt
% make : sci speech, talked 70 the people
IN hour or more. presenting the issues and {
involved in this canvass with great
force and originality. Having been in New
York city when the Democratic Convention 4
met, be described its make up very happi-
II, Then be said the whole contest resolved
itself into this plain question-"Was the war
to preserve the Union wrong p If il was
rot no Union man who stood by the country
in war should refuse to vote for Grant now.
From this standpoint he discussed the situa-
ton effectively, appealing eloquentiy and I'M
pressivGy to the patriotism Of his hearers.
He considered briefly the debt and the con,
trasted Democratic and Republican policies
Of paying it. With forcible ANALYSIS that
told effsctualiy upon the audience, ne dis
sected the Equal Taxation plank OF the
Democratic platform, and showed how op. |
pressiye spon farmers, and mechanics, and
laborers, and the poorer classes that policy
would be. He ran striking parallel between
Grant and Seymour, and closed BY paying
fine tribute to the honesty, ability, and fitness
Of Hon. G. ". McCrary, confidently predicts
ing his election by an immense majority.
Mr.. Gilmore is = strong and popular
speaker. BE has unusual aptitude for and
success in interesting his audience, and hold
| ine their closest attention. BE is thorough
! " m aster Of the issues Of the contest, and We
hope large amount Of effective work may be
got out Of him during the campaign.
| Owing to the fact that the meeting was out
doors and the evening unpleasant, Mr.. Clark
declined making q speech. he talked few
minutes, illustrating by an example the con-
trast of the Republican and Democratic poll
cies of taxation. Then at the earnest and
unanimous request Of the Audience he dis
cusaed briefly the question of "Greenbacks.
He connseled, in conclusion, his hearers to
work with their might, and closed with con-
fident prophecy Of victory which WAS heartily
applauded.
The political status at Nontrose is largely
like jug, with the handle on the Democratic
side. But the Republicans there are wide
awake and working, and viii make good re-
port Of themselves in November.
Gushing Girls.
The Round Table of last week has Sat
urday Review article, from which we take
the following extract:
| The gushing girl, then, is to be thin and
addicted to moonlight, which always aronses
il her tendency to bask and swell with IN.
utterable thoughts, to gaze 6xedly on some
bright particular star, to sigh profoundly, and
to quote largely from some very sweet poet,
Lalla Rookie being usually preferred-"1
never loved dear gazelle,'' etc. Sunset,
] also, has on the gushing girl remarkable ef-
feet, and twilight she Adores. The hooting
owl, the chirping katydid, the swoopin9 bat,
al the innumerable sounds Of summer even.
iuos, wrap her soul in sort Of celestial &C.
stacy, and generally lure her into fresh fields
and pastures new of unquoted and lovely
verse Of the most melancholy description,
wherefrom she commonly derives great con-
ISOLATION and : cold in the head. A We have
intimated, she il partial to poetry, without,
however, often venturing within the sacred
precincts Of composition; although almost
always she has . friend, sweet female
friend, who writes the loveliest poetry you
can possibly imagine. Novels she reads, Of
course, but only those of very lugnbrious
description, where everybody is indescribably
miserable for three volumes, and the hero
locked in each other arms. Yet, with Ill
{ this tendency to the melancholic in litera>
ture, the gushing girl il rather good humored
in her ordinary workaday aspects, is rather
happy than otherwise in her domestic rela-
tons, and is usually blessed with mos. in,
trepid appetite
n Ii to other women new baby is q wells
spring of incoherent pleasure, to the gushing
girl it Is perfect fountain of idiotic delight,
Q and plunglng her into An absolute epilepsy
Of admiration, until she fairly foams at the
mouth with delirious enlogletic nonsense.
In much the same spirit she makes it point
to fall head over ears in love with the fat and
: rather uninteresting tenor, and raves wildly
about the handsome but not embarassingly
intellectual tragedisn, and has photographs
of him in oil his principal characters; does
her thinking, or whatever mysteries she may
: substitute for thinking, in the most exaggera.
J. ted superlatives and spells language hyper
| bole. She is frank to fault, and within an
hour after introduction will have gushed
: forth to you the entire story Of her woe.
- and disappointments, her warnings and aspi-
! rations. She 10 weak, clinging flower, she
tells you, torn and crushed by cruel blasts
s and she comes to you for comfort and pro.
u lection. which, if she is pretty, as she not I'M
& frequently is, you are not 10th to give her.
tie ballad Of despair and death in = minor
. key, like "Fair, fair with golden hair
IS under the willow she's sleeping and she
IS plays occasionally with much feeling and
a freedom an etheralized and very much mixed
up version Of 1.-The Dead March in Saul. -
But ehe greatly prefers the harp 70 the piano
e because it is 80 much more romantick.and sc
1t much more patronized by the poets. and be.
!. cause, as she sits by it with backflung curlt
and upturned brow, she has the opportunity
= OF comparing herself to St. Cecilia, or, te
le one ofthoss very wingy musical seraphs o
Is religious art. Lovers, Of course, she has il
n plenty, because every one takes her fancy
and every man does who is at all dark, anc
= has any pretensons to be considered goot
pl hooking PERSONS briskly elevated in he1
a. fervid Imagination from desirable and pos
a sble to an actual adorer. Whether he care
for or even knows her, il : matter Of th,
- purest indifference , r., the same he serve
m her purpose Of setting the frame whereon b,
es shall shape her fantastic ideas, When tn,
= actual love does come and the edge is lttl,
!, worn of the novelty, he finds her not yer.
= Indifferent from other girls in similar pre-
Of dicament, and she il amazed to find that al
" the important questions settled in the mos
i common place way imaginable, without
: single vow or any Allusion to two hearts, etc
u without 90 much as suggesting q single ap