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Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-22
Creaif Mahilier.

Much censlire has been attached TO
the conduct Of those members of Com
gress who took stock in the Credit Mo-
ibilier. Now it is conceded fact every
person has an indispu table right to en-
bark in speculation consistent with the
principles of modern honesty. Specu-
lation is a spontaneous production of
ambitious minds. The limited allow
ance accorded to Congressmen has ill.,
dueed those to step inside of the requi-
sitions of integrity. and enlist in trans
actions incompatible with ancient puri-
ty. 1t is necessary to the development
of practical talent, in view of the vari-
agated interests SO well represented by
members of Congress, that they should
embark in business aloof from the ardll-
GUS duties of their station. The Mobi-
lier was only respite from extraordi-
nary labors rendered in behalf of peo-
pie that have the ingratitude to censure
those that rendered such Invaluable SER
vices. 1t is Injurious to the intellect to
have it constantly absorbed lii the con-
sheraton OF one topic, and those that
enlisted in the Mobilier swindle, being
men Of prodigious minds, we could iii
spare their great mental force by being
narrowed down to the ordinary routine
of Congressional 1abors. The conduct
of those men that invested in the Mobi-
lier stock, wasa marked indication of an
uncommon mind. They had the re-
Imarkable sagacity to forsee that mental
safety that required atemporary relin-
qnishment of those fields of logic elo-
quence and sarcasm that they displayed
to such great advantage to the people,
No rational man would think for mo-
ment Of being represented in Congress
by member of impaired intellect, and
some member Of Congress taken stock
some other person would.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-22

By GID STIRLING cLIMiE.

The finger of Death is waving before nae;
Soon win he clasp his arms ar6fhd me;
Soon I'll be wrapped in his mantle chill;
Soon viii my throbbing heart be still!
Stark and stiff in my cOfiin, and cold.
Across my breast my arms they'll fold;
Gently, gently they'll close my eyes,
And pray that pll ope them in Paradise.
Ny body they'll shroud in raiments white,
las to me mother came in dream one nightly
And ndasorrowing friends"will bend over my bier.
While some, mayhap will drop q tear
AS their eyes rest on my biue-cold faces
Calm and still in Deaths embrace.
Solemn and slow the funeral tread;
Solemn the minister who'll ride at the heal.
Over my grave he'll offer q prayer.
And peadngt hymn win the IL air
GFrom dust thou art.o And under the sod
MY body must go when I've finished life's bat
And down n on my cofin, with sickening rattle,
The sods will be shoyel'd, and soon o'er my
The winds win blow and the green grass wave:
Anftafter death! Where then shall go!-,
To u Heaven above. or He'll belOw7
But is there bright, happy Heaysn above us?
Does God reign there, and does He love us?
viii the .'sonls" of those who have worship'd
Evermore be blessed in that beautiful sphereg
In that Heaven where, they say, bright flowers
And ever around shed fragrant perfume;
Where the sweetest voiced birds forever are
And the air with their melody ever is ringing;
Where nevermore comcth black night, with its
Neyermore from our eyes will how burning
tears;
But, washed in the blood from jesus breast.
In this paradise will we siuk to rest?
Or deep below US is tl,eEe q IInii,
Where the souls of the damned in torments
dwell,
Where those who haye sinned. by Gods decree
Must forever dwell in agony,
While happy angels IN heaven can see
And Joy in the damned ones misery!
For in the Bible We read that the rich sinner,
Dives,
When from hell. in torments, he raised his eyes.
Saw Lazarus in heaven in Abrahain's bosom
(Who held him tight for fear he'd lose bim;
And Lazarus was happy Us angels can be,
And heard Dives groans with exstacy!
Oh! blest 1t must be In heaven to dwell
To see fellow mortals writhing in hell
In seething, burning, sulphurous lake,
Wnere they pray In vain for water 10 slAks
C0nsunltrg tairst; and forever are grQanink
While the hames lick their tears; and writhiIg
and moaning,
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK
: a II H Q M f..
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

The excitement relative to the capture
Of the Virginius and the execution of
those on board by the Cuban authorities
still continues and If possible grows
stronger as additional facts are develop
ed, AS yet, however. no official infor.
nation from Santiago de Cuba relative
to the seizure of the Virginius has been
received by the Department of State.
The Spanish Minister for Foreign At
fairs in recent conversation with Minis
ter Sickles expressed his disapprobation
the summary execution of the most
prominent persons captured with the
Virginius, and gave him assurance that
no efforts shonld be spared by the SPAN
ish Government to show the United
States that its friendship was more snb-
stantial than mere words. The utter
ances were made in good faith, it is be-
lieved by those who have been officially
advised of them. but the Spanish Gov
ernment, like our own, admits the i'm
practicable character of those with whom
1t has to deal in Cuba the troubles which
now convulse Spain herself thus render
ing her almost, If not quite pOwerless to
act efficiently in the affairs of Cuba, and
restrain excesses which under other cir
cumstances might be prevented.
The President in q conversation re-
lative to Cuban matters said that this
Government had thus far acted on such
facts as had reached it and was now en-,
gagged in collecting from all available
sources further Information concerning
the capture of the Virginius, and the
PARTICULARS attending the revolving exc
cutIons, which followed that event, 1t
was desirable that all informant ~ should
be of such a character as would leave no
doubt whatever rs to its reliability. The
propriety of this course was
too evident to require explanation, the
Government being careful in what it is
now doing and what it may hereafter do
to act upon facts and not upon assllmll-
tions aud unconfirmed reports. 1t was
| essential that we should be prepared to
maintain our position. The President
| said he had changed none Of the views
feretafore expressed by him concerning
affairs in Cuba, but had more than ever
been confirmed in them by recent events
there, He shared with the public their
denunciati0n of the capture on the high
seas of vessel sailing with a regular
clearance under the United States flag,
and the startling events which Cd quick
ly followed. Spain never having CON-
sidercd the Island Of Cuba in a state of
war. and there being io pros oclanlation By
the United States according belligerent
rights to the Insurgents the Virginus, If
regularly cleared tor the Island of Cuba,
had right to enter Havana or any other
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-22

building or huntto tine bottom of pile
of material rather than put a stick Of
badly seasoned wood or a detective piece
of iron in a Job he was finishing. And
employers soon find out Eho these men
are and regard them Win just appre-
citation. Not one of them can long con-
ceal his real qualities, and thereby be
unfairly rated Employers especially,
xariablg take a man for iustswhat he is
worth, and it would be well if all who
are aiming at advancement and perma-
nency in their positions could realize
this fact and then act upon it.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-22

Mrs. Dayis's 90 Earthen Pitchers" DIR.
Holland, in Topics of the Time, discuss
es Some Religious Newspapers, ," PRO
vision for Wives and Children" ss The
American Gentleman Of LEISURE and
g How Mach has been Gained toward
IChristiam Uniou. In g The Old Cab
ner'' there Is g The House on the Cor
ner,' - 50 The Commonplace" &c The In
visible Hinge" and g Something Better
than TEnffa. In Home and Society,
Culture and Progress, Nature and
Science, and Etchings, a great many
subjects are briefly treated. The JAN
uary number of Scribners will have
features of special merit.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-22

IN every branch of politics = from
National to COunty-there has come TO
be accepted the pernicious doctrine that
to the vicrors belong the spoiis, and that
incompetency within, rather than COM
potency without, the party is entitled to
support and recognition. Admitting
that, ceteris paribas, the man who works
and belongs within its ranks Is entitled
to receive the support of his party rather
than he who comes as an alien-yet,
carried TO Its present extent, the princi-
pie of holding a. name above all else Is
fraught with the greatest danger to the
honesty of governmental administration
and the welfare of the people. Lesser
in degree, but no less faulty, is the feel
ing which encourages the support of
ssparty, organs" simply because they
are willing TO prostitute their columns
to the bidding Of their masters, and seek
to find defence for what is fndefensible
only because done by stthe party" But
a short time since one of our county
officers was heard to object to portion
of the County printing being brought
to this office because, forsooth, we were
not the regular party organ" Pos
sibly this is true, but the objection sug-
gests the pertinent question as to what
really constitutes Republican. II to
firmly believe that Republican prin.
ciples, as formerly laid down in Repub-
lican platforms and advocated before the
people, are, with little exception, well
calculated to promote the happiness,
prosperity and welfare of the governed,
we are proud to be numbered among
their adherents and defenders. But II
trucking adherency to a set Of knaves
and political mountebanks, who have
crawied into official positions through
the good and once honored name of the
party, and are now eating out the very
vItals of the Republic through magnif.
cent schemes of corruption, fraud and
chicanery, Is Republication, we wish
none of it, and are ready to disclaim the
dishonored name. If the Republican
party does not soon cleanse itself from
this vast eharael house OF political cor
|ruptieu and restore itseif toiH primitive
usefulness, by casting aside those WHIT
have almost bankrupted the whole Ma
tion, can its END be long deferred, or it,
ultimate destruction doubted? And
which is the trper friend-the surgeon
whose knife sewers rotten member, o.
the fawning friend who would fam per
suade that no danger existed until all
hope OF mercy was lost? Il
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-22
ABROAD
England.

~. England. 4{s
The question of abolishing the Income
Tax is again prominent in English pol
itics. When Parliament meets either
the Gladstone Ministry will introduce a
measure for the repeal of this unpopular
tax or the Conservative Opposition will
propose it as means of getting into
power. fntimations of purpose to
propose its repeal have been thrown out
in recent speeches to their constituents
by leading members of both parties in
Parliament. The Income Tax was first
imposed by the Peel Administrator in
1S42,~t rate being seven pence in the
pound. 1t so continued under the sue
cessive Administrations of Russell, Der
by, and Aberdeen, but under the latter,
in 1854, it was raised to fourteen pence
because of the Russian war. In 1866 it
was further raised to sixteen PENCE
The war being ended, the Palnerston
Administration in 1857 reduced it to the
original figure of seven pence, and in
1858 it was dropped to five pence. In
1853 it was raised to nine pence, and in
1850 toaen pence, the .P.flmerston Ad-
ministration being i'll power. In 1861,
the same Administration lowered it to
mine pence, in 1868 to seven pence, in
1854 to six pence, and in 1865 to four
PCI1Ccs [AU UIadG Fate IL COiitf1ucu uuQGF
the Administration of Russell, but was
raised in 1867 under Derby to five pence
in 1868 under Disraeli to six pence, and
in 1859 under Gladstone reduced to five
pence. In 1870 it was once more re-
duced to four pence, in 1911 increased
to six pence, and in 1872 again reduced
to four pence in the pound. Thus it
it will be seen the political complexion
of the Administl alton has had but little
to do wish the rate of Iucomc Tax lev
led, that being raised or lowered accord
ing to the conditioner the exchequer.-
The tax is levied on all incomes over
El0O per annum. If under $500 the tax
is not chargable upon the first ESQ; over
E300 there is no exemption. The total
amount of estimated revenue from this
source for the financial year 1923, was
little under flO,000, 900, or something
less than one.seventh of the whele gross
revenue of the Government. The esti-
mated surplus of revenue over expendi-
lures, including the Income Tax was
f3 400 000
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APPRoPos of the panic. as it affects
the interests of the working classes, a
late number of the Akron Beacon pre-
sents certain plain facts which 1t would
be well for every employee throughout
the country to read and reflect upon
The selfish Indifference that seeks for
naught and cares for naught save its
own pleasure. or profit cannot but be
the first to meet with corresponding
lack of interest, now that the time has
come when the employer is called upon
to grant the work, as favor, which but
Il short time since, was performed for
him only under protest or the enforce
ment of such conditions as showed his
employees to be regardless of all but
themselves. The Beacon says:
Suppose that in the city of Akron it
should be found necessary OH the part
of merchants, manufacturers and others
to discharge large proportion of their
usual force-we do not anticipate or eX-
pect such condition of things. but we
merely make the supposition--who
would be the ones first notified that
their services were no longer needed
With but few exceptions, and these per-
haps from charity towards their families
those who could most easily be spared
whose loss would be least felt. The
clerk who cared for nothing about his
employers business, except that il
should furnish him with enough money
to crafty frivolous and perhaps de.
praved tastes: the mechanic, who, when
the noon whistle sounded would dror
his raised hammer without striking the
already commenced blow; the crrand
boy who, when entrusted with mis-
sion was dilatory and unreliable-al
these would be dispensed with. Blu
there is a class, though by far the fewel
in numbers, would be retained as Ions
as there was any possibility OF such
thing. They are the wide-awake, faith
ful ones who have an object to attain il
life other than the existence of butter
tiy or drOne presents to them. The,
are earnest in their desire to do wei
what Is marked out for them as their du
ty, ard are never found shirking. Whe.
wanted, they eau he found at their post
and in an emergency they are true AM
trustworthy. A clerk of this kind woul,
rather unite knot than cut a string,
It was better to save it. a mechanic O
This class would walk up to the top of
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-22

The expected revival Of the rod In
public schools calls unconsciousiy to
mind the expedients to which school,
boys used to have recourse for the alle-
Walton of the pain caused by the whip
ping, as well as for the discontinue of
the whipper. When the bamboo cane
was the implement of fiagellation, as 1t
used to be in years that. are past, alas
never to return, and the palm of the
hand, the spot to which it was applied,
adroit boys used sometimes to thwart
the efforts of the executioner by stretch
ing horsehair tightly across the palm,
whereby the bamboo was not unfre-
auently caused to split in twain. 1t
was customary among boys to harden
their palms by the application of alum
water or some other astringent, and
those who know that of which they
speak, aver that boys who began by
hardening their palms mostly followed
ND the idea by hardening their hearts,
They may be said to have become hard
cases, many of these alumni. If the
resumption of the rod should really be
decided upon, it is to De hoped that SCI
ence will furnish some ansesthetic less
direful in its effects than alum for the
use of schools.
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wA1Fs Fnom oUR READERS.

-(NOTYCE- While the cotunAs of this paper
are alacays open for the publication of articles
upon every subject of interest, long they shG3
contain a0thin0 Of a personal oro6ensice nature
get the Editor does not in any aody hold himself
responsible for the ciel0s that may be adoanced BY
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