National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-04

Russia, weighing forty tons, and now the rest
of Europe is uneasy. How beautiful and inter-
esting it is to see brethren dwelling together in
peace.
The critique of one of our morning cotempo-
raries upon the 'Mexican Juvenile Opera Com
| pany' should be read, after a careful perusal
of its advertising columns, to be appreciated.
The troupe is composed Of children too young
to know that discordant notes may be harmo-
nized at 25 cents line. "a liberal discount
to yearly patrons.) The eritique complains that
the notes of the troupe had not the volume of
full-grown Ohio Democratic greenbacks. Ad-
NIT it; but didn't they possess the silvery ring
that foretells the coming of golden future,
and did not the people Of our good city enjoy
that! Out of the mouths of babes and suck.
lings learn wisdom, young man.
Our sprightly neighbor, whose success, de-
pendent upon weekly-(don't spell that with
an "a" Mr.. Compositor-issues, is something
remarkable, "goes back upon" the talented
Byronical poet, Loeb Keane. We don't wish
to be OBJ ironical, but would like to know
how the "Army and Navy" of the Capital
happened to be surprised in such a manner,
contrary to good order and either military or
naval discipline. That gushing Introductory,
neighbor, looks as If there was an enemy in
The camp. Call in detective corps, and 90
for the heather, neighbor, else the danger of
those youthful compositors, who work off their
animation on copy, will be "parlous."
Why don't somebody suggest uniform, or
at least badge, for the private tuatehnen who
do duty every Sabbath in the vestibules of our
churches and upon the curbstones in front of
theml They are assidious in their self-sacri-
fcing attention to duty, and their dssiduity
should be recognized. Aside from this, the
public are apt to mistake their calling, and
make scriptural references having innuendoes
far from complimentary to either the church
or the private police aforesaid, as instance the
remark of a passer-by who didn't know the
high ~ calling of said police. eve happened
to oyerhear it last Sabbath) 'It is written
my house shall be called the House of God,
but ye have made 1t den of thieves" Now,
we don't know whether he was correct in his |
quotation, but really, If he made a mistake in /
the application 1t was the fault of the signs in
front of that theological institute. Toprevent
misconception, let such signs be hung, after
being properly labeled.
The gentlemen who hung Mr.. Schell will i
regret TO learn that some hair found in the
clenched hand of the murdered girl was torn
from the head of Mrs. Schell, and that facts
now beginning to crop out show, with tolera
bic clearness. that the lynchee was not the
murderer. It would be q joke on some one If
the leader of the gentlemen aforesaid should |
happen to be hung one of these DAYS as a re- |
ward for his zeal in the cause of social order.
Inter Ocean.
There is q lesson in this case of lynchinp |
which has been taught to different communi-
ties in the West frequently, but with no ap-
parent beneficial result. Capital punishment
executed with the full sanction of the law Is
hard, and, seemingly, inhuman enough, but
when mob of passionate men, moved with
wild feelings Of indignation and wrath, take
the law in their own hands, and with rashness
combined with brutality send fellow being to
ms mai account, 1t is the capstons of bar
parity and the essence of foolhardiness. Its
estimated that at least one hundred innocent |
men and women are annually sacrificed to ap,
pease these bloodthirsty fends of the halter.