National Republican., 1877-12-05


or peculiar fitness, appears under the erro.
neous heading For the Corner" as, for In
stance, tho lines entitled God Knows" In yes.
terdays issue. Everybody who Is familiar
with newspaper work knows that certain
| regular head Lines remain from day to day so4
up on the galleys ready for use. As the hrse
poem in the Corner Is generally one writtoa
on purpose for 1t, II Is not astonishing that the
typos sometimes neglect to remove the wort6
| for selected matter. Hence the mistake
For the Corner.
Word on Temperance.
First, how many men are there who, having
any desire 10 prolong life, would swallow tho
poisonous drafts they daily do, II tho ingredi.
ents thereof were written in legible characters
| upon the glass?
Within my time honest, unadultoratcd
liquors were considered by many good men .
harmless, II taken in moderation, and yet oven
that quality when indulged in freely, broushe
on in time delirium tremonsl How Is
with the present generationf The tippling
years Of indulgence, but its victimS
by scores. drop of fast and fasteS
| from An affliction of which examples have
multiplied to m alarming extent within the
last twenty years,-since Mans inhumsnitf
to man has invented the present sceusse4
preparations whose name should DO LiQud
Death That aniction Is called
It Is conceded that the fast life Of tho young
man Of ths period, which by late hours and
other designations are an immense strain upod
the nervous system, has much to do with th1
spread Of this comparatively new disease, yd
1t cannot be refuted that liquor h the first and
main cause of this new common malady.
Second. In this day of cnlightsnmcnh =
thore anything more wonderfully strange tkaa
the fact that by paying few paltry dollars .
man can be licensed by law TO deal out hourly
stuff as poisonous rs anything known to matA
ris mediea, possessing oaly the doubtful virn4
facts such as the following with seeming indit
ference:
"The druukards Of our country wouA
formed In line five abreast, reach from Baltt
more to Philadelphia" and yet licenses TO ~
inforce this wrstshed army arc conti.uslIy
granted by tens Of Thousands for . few dollazo
each Who can gainsay that ninsteen-twso-
tieths Of the crimes committed arc directly %
indirectly instigatea by runf Amor We cnub
.merate the evils Of such indulgence, few =
which are disordered system, poverty, dip
grace, hatred Of self remorse, starving wio
and suffering children, want and woe while
life lasts what follows then f-ths eternal les
of the soul.
Though much good has been accomplished
by John B. Cough and other temperance lsor
turers, yet 1t Is not strange that nearly always
their soul stirring eIhortations arc delivered
Il
of dangerf What would the harvest be II
flaming placards-to be paid for out Of TOM
perance funds-wcrs posted eonspicuousiy in
different cities where Temperance efforts arc to
be made, addressing an earnest invitation di.
rcctly to drunkards, tipplsrs, and modcrsts
drinkersf
Alas, "ths lion In the way is that no maa
ever deems himself "a drunkard" until he
has passed too far beyond the bourne of habit
to be reached BY placards or pursuasive els<
quence Of any sort. But IL strikes tho undes.
signed that II these classes could bo reached b
the lecturer, his efforts would bear moro sub,
stantial fruit in putting down the curse ol
rum than scores Of appeals addressed to sobes
audiences, composed more than half Of respseks
able ladies. How devoutly is 1t to be desired
that the day may soon dawn when we GA
walk about our cities, for q few squares %
least, without finding as we now do, at svSJ
turn, den that "1eadeth to DEATH" 8
WASHINGTON, Nov. 90.
Tho entertainment announced last Sunls1
from the pulpit of the Church Of the RsdeemSa
to take place In the hall corner Of X and Eighth
streets, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings
and Saturday afternoon Of this week, Ia, w
, understand, to present among Its attractions
bevy of fair lassiss and laddies In p0rsonations
Of the prominent characters rendered imnors
tai by the lyric essays Of Mother Goose.
As q sauce piquant for this very dainty "a
. to set before the kins'-ly public, o poe5A
: deftly intervening his undying proaenN
. and sparkling with humorous sallics, has boc4
produced BY the fertile fancy Of DIR. Q. q
Coz, Q genial gentleman who should b
: crowned As Poet Laureate of Ameriea, 30 ape
!. and ready is his amiable muse 10 "lisp n
! numbers" either to compass the dispason Of Z
solemn psalm, or trill the simple melody Of .
. fresids lullaby.
. His talent In this instance has been -
. listed In the best service, and II Is hoped Dr.
!. Cox can be prevailed upon to serve not oni5
. !. as writer but reader Of his musical rhythm on
. this festal occasion.
Miss Mary E. Logan, only daughter Of up
nos' distinguished ex-senator, WAS reeentlg
married In Chicago 70 Mr.. ". p. Tucker, ths
Rev. Dr. TIFFANY, Of New Ysrk, officiating.
Il Ono Of the American girb who have latch
found distinguished husbandg abroad is MidI
. Emily Louise Chapman, of Philadelphia, wig
was married at the parish church Of Biarri6
{ Basses, Pyrenees on the sth Of November, Il
) the Prince Joseph Pignatelli d'Aragon, seooR(
4 son Of the Comte dc Fuentes ct d'Egrnozl
grandee Of Spain.
For tho Corner"
A Fragment
- wv. J. rAsSA
Why have I wandered 20 Iona
In this dreary, deso,at woodf
I've heard the old owl at his ssna
As / stood in the deep solitude,
The bats and the oricksts are out.
=, And everything elso that Is meaai
And shuddered Just now at { spider
Who was weaving his hidsoH sheen
IT'S the world where I've been wsndrns
W. 4 monstIeus d dresry decei, o,,,-
Or hobbls Humanity's street
They dwell nn in HS%.nii.y'. Hm.6i,y a.S nSSSssA
And dressed In Humanit w covering,
They make ny very blood coidt
Eve seen . thousand Of spidsts. !.