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, 1880-11-22

l4lH ENtEI3lAfisNTS,
SpfeEdt UtsRtffh 10 jihf fHtt,i,nt 3fihuut

Special Ofsmfeh 10 The tAtn!pI Tribune.
NEW YOhii, Nov. 1l.-Capt. jain f.rIsssn,,
Is experimenting In New Ynrk lsarl,ur With
tho til1st formidable engine Ut Nuatl. k,loMn
III naval Warfare. The Inventor Ut tim Mon.
'tor Il ullu of tho most lntIIest anu ul,p.elr-
tlots n.ccl!antr!nns of tho age, ul1l IL mt
likely IN oxaggcrTtO tho nIrrita Ut lss
avn work. liz IL G.itirsly stlslsilp.l
with tho results Of tic recent experiments
with Ills torpetlo-boat, null suu!u Of tho
must experienced nayat officers Il. The United
States serylcu 10 not hesitate to prunounco
It MI nncluyocal succuss. 1t will DO sre,l
tl,at Capt. Ericsson linz Invented threo
tllmgs,-a boat, u gun, Mi,d u projcc.Ile. Tlla
boat IL Submerged like monitor, Will. uIl
tho mlacllEnory below I'M Intermediate deck
Of plato Iron, which IL strongly ribbed, Md
supports Inclined ar,nor pla.ps. 'rllo deck
los!se above tho water Illus ITO ports III tho
slles, and can 10 shot away without tho ycs-
sel belng disabled. llenyy woud b,,ckfug
gives additional protection tO tho wheel, uni
the electric battery nlui
TlIE s'rEKlttSu nEER
Is ten feet tu1Gw the water line, Attacklne
b"ws M, and detylng With her uru,or tl,s
heaviest ordnance, the destroyer Is
practically invulnerahlu md ut tls
same time iloss tesrlble untagv-
, 1880-11-22
BOI>EAS.
Boisterous and Frigid Wind and
Weather All Over the
Land.
Fifteen Below Zero nt f)cn1wooi1, md
Ten fnel,cs of SNOW In Now
Hampshire.
Tho 0oldcst November Known In America
During the Existence Of the Prcs-
Ont Generation.
CANADA,


Special Di,nsteh to 7ne Chicago Tii1lnk+
FATHER rurST. Ont, Nov. 1l.-A tremendous
wfsl-storsn hns been raging herc stree lust
night. anI Is still unnbntc,l. The velocity
rcachc,l riKhty-fo,tr miles per ilour 1T times
Sptefat DtRltth 10 The Eaitieo Tribune.
DRrssEr!s, Ont., N0v. al.-A terrific snow and
wind storm has prevailed ilcru from Saturday
tuo,l. SHOW hns fal!ou to tho depth Of t,cnrly
two feet, anil Is tniicll tiriftch. IN aomo tnccs
fences nrc allnust covered. ThD culsl liHs been
ntct,sc, bctits nlMost to zero, Tho roads nrp
GudIy biocked.
, 1880-11-22


Orr1cE OF THE CHIEF s1uSAL OrrtcE,s, WAsIt-
ISaTOS. u. C., Nov. gin. m.-Intllcntions-Fn
tho Ohio Wiley mud Tennessee lowor bnrotnetcr.
falllng folluwcll by higher lnrnnettr, northerly
yccrlnx to cnsterIy wlndst clear orIMrtly cloudy
weather.
For tho Lower Lake reufoH rising followed BY
statfutihry ur lower hnr0lnetCr, higher tc1uprrn-
t,,rc westerly backlng tn Bo,ithurIy wintls pArt-
ly cloudy wcAther.
For tho Upper Lake region fntltnE barometer,
warmer south to west Winds, otoar or partly
cloudy wnnthcr.
Fur tho Upper Mississippi md Lower Missouri
Valleys lowcr barometer, w,,rtner south or west
yvli,tis, clcnr or partly Glullsted wtatllpr.
rho temperature In tic cannt regions will
rc.ntIIn l,clow freczHg during tho greatcr part
Of tho tlmo until "Wednesday.
Cautionnry signals continue at Toledo, San.
tlusky, Section &, Cleveland, Eric, buffalo,
Rochester, soctlnn 6, and UsweEo.
LOCAL OiSERrAr1USR.
alS1r1 ~. ~ I'll. q
, 1880-11-22

prTTsnrtRo. Pa., Nov. %l.-Philip 1loli, n stpnm-
boat engineer, found ycstordny morning Mt tho
foot Of Il Hight Of stairs belonging to house on
Second avenuo in MI inscnsfb'o condition. With
n severe wound on tho head, died this morning
Without having rcgnined Consciousness. The
Muir Is enRhroutlcd in mystery, and whether he
not known. A post 1nortpfn wA8 hold tp.slay, ut
which tho doctors tccllled tho wound on tho
heal hnh resulted from n blow of some heavy
been nrrcsted on suspicion, and will bo held To
await investigation.
, 1880-11-22
GRAND RAPIDS. NtrCIT.
RnStftt f1jfhtfth fn 7hS f*h{rano 7trt3,,Inf

GRAND f3Arlns, tfeil., Nov 2l.-One Of tho most
r1afunt wintur storms known hero Ii some ycnrs
hns been In progress fur tho pnst two ,1nyE. The
sslnw IL now over foot ,lcep. slcIRhfug Is cx-
cc1lent In tlls whole vicinity, md tho Oldest liz
hnhttnhts predict ttut winter Inns conn to sthy.
1.tl,nlcrmcn nrc rejoicing, Of collrse. Tho
wcnthcr has not bocli serfonaly cold, for tho
mercury has ranged frosn Just nl,oyH zero to -
degrees abore. and this Is tho coltlcst We hnvo
yet experienced horo. ltnilway travel Is slower,
but not seriously intcrfored with.
, 1880-11-22


Wo gtvc heeow tho votes received and counted
by thu Precinct Inspectors, hut which Sf'e
thrown out by tho Election Commissioners u
tho yartous counties OH account Ut AllcXta If
reKniaritfcs at,si infurtualisies. In JractsM
County tho votes wcro not thrown OUT, ba1 eo'
hall0t-box with q 1rEo Number "f rotra VII
shotHullncd out We hnyu not to ilEuFes lasa
Coahonln, but lenrtl tlIlt Chu!mnrs WIS oeaea
liotwecn 100 md SUo votes. auti ttlat tho CoEE.
si0nurs ttlrew out every box Il. the couutt ~
0s,e. As We hiarp not TIM oxnct figures NJ oGA
tho county from tho llst.
, 1880-11-22

Special Dtpdteh to The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Nov. 21.-Wtlllnm hughes,
the ex-CapItol policeman convicted ol*nn as-
Bault upon yuung girl In tho Presidents room
at tho Capitol, hns been sontcnocd to the Dis
trict jail for ono yenr, During tho campaign
tho Dcmocrntto .ohc!Als at Tho Capitol cndeat-
ored to shield Hughes.
, 1880-11-22

1OHa NRtSC1r. N. j., Nov. 2i.-A thundcr~
stnrin Inst night WIS followed by extrcme cold.
Tho thormonutur fell ~ ,lcgrees. Two lnchua
Ut leo formed.
, 1880-11-22

DEApwOon, Nov. 2l.-Tho weather. continues
extremely colt. Thu thermometer Lust night
stood ut IL deg. below.
, 1880-11-22

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

MILWAUKEE, Eov. sl.-Tho thermometer hero
marked deg. GelUw to-tlny.
, 1880-11-22

decline Of t,Gf:( rrr crnt. tho latter l1nrtlng-
ton Il QniMry. but thu decline wns only
Temporary. unuI there WIS recovery ur lsto
iil. Morris X Essex went M to 1tN, nlul
New fork Central 10 Tho highest price ever
paid for {,ln'N>. Thy principal dealings
have fMcn III Western UMEon Telegraph,
New York Central, Wabash, Ontario Il
Western, Northern l'ncillc, Jersey Central,
Delaware, Lnckawanna Il Western, nud bur-
lLn3tUi,.
Transactions In ratlrond boncs continue
1nrEc, nllll tic nnrket IS stroilg. The fcat-
nrcs were Indianapolis, Bloomington Il
Western INCOMES, frtnn ca IL ta1]S; Knnsas &
Texas seconds 10 II; Metropolitan Eteyat.tl
tlrsts IL l0lsl; Canntla Southern ttrsts to l00;
Iron Mountain srcond preferred III.
comes to NIX: chesapeake 4 Ohio,
series II, to MI; Columbus, Chicago & III
diana central income per cn,its, to hst5;;; |;
lsumc, Wntertnwn II Og,lnMsturg nrsts aL6
per cent, 10 7st,6; Milwaukee L. st. l'aYl, |. &
5. Division =, to 10: knllsas Il Tactlc first
eonsuls ~. 10 tO0; 81. Paul t. Omaha co,,-
s0ls n, 10 la5tx; Milwaukee, g. St. Paul,
Southern Minnesota Division. IL, 10 1U17i;
st. Louis II San francisco, class u, !, To si !;
TEXTS Pacific income land-grant is, to IS;
nnd Iron Ntounlnin flrsts to lis.
THE srUCk MA1,KET,
although Irregular and not closing ut tho
extreme high prices of tho day, wns, never
tlicless. strong. Many stocks sold to-day Mt
mstcl, the highest figures ever paid for them.
Willie there is Ito abatement In the bull.
ISL" feeling. brokers and st,ecu'ators of loug
experience were throughout the day free sc!l-
ers of stocks actually nn ',a,al. Ihcre was
nodispositnM to sell short," md tic "sElort"
interest III tho market Is next to nothing.
An that perhaps should bc said about tho
market IN those AWAY from Will street is
tl,at II IL feyerishly strong. and tllnt sprcula-
tfon appears to be running to one Of Its
periodical extremes.
, 1880-11-22

IT UI15 11k*
Spttfdf Dspdtth 10 Tho Chttdqo Tribune.

Sptefdi Dtspateh 10 Tho Chttaqo Tribune.
DUBUQUE, In., Nuv, .1.-A very cold snap
struck tho city Inst uyuniEg, tho mercury
sinking 10 lrprccs lolow zGru The river Is
closct1 above and below tlle city, nn little open
strip still allows tho Farry 10 croBs.
, 1880-11-22
THE VOTE OF MISSISSIPPI

yIcKsl.r1ta. Miss, Nov. 0.-lIe 1''as: o''"ss
vote of this StAte for President Is rs ."ors Il, ,sr
lIancack. 75,*G3; Garfield, 3',sli; "s"'"'
b,76I; scattering, ti7U.
, 1880-11-22

OcuSu,t,woCt Wis, Nov. at.-Thc therlnon1c-
ter this morning Indicated 10 degrees bc1owzcro,
tue cnlslrst November lny 0yor known In this
part Of the StMto.
, 1880-11-22

NEW 1INM['S1IIItEs
ll0sToS. Mass., Nnr. 2l.-snow fell In Now
I1nmpslro yesterday to tho depth of ton inches.
, 1880-11-22

. NEAC1IAAL ARESTED.
DENVER, Colo, Nov. cl.-A. u. Meacham, tho
Uto Commissioner. arrived at Inst night, and
wls shortly nfter arrested as in accessory TO tho
murder VI 4. d. Jackson, who WIS Killed by tho
Utcs lAat SeptoInbEr.
, 1880-11-22

AT CENTRAL CITY, OAK.
DEApwoop. unk., N0y. IA Aru ut Central
WY iast night destroyed tho Faclils Hotel
WGnk's hardware store, and q Cuuult If small
fraine buildings. Loss x7,0l
, 1880-11-22

ohEESEvIlLE. o., Nov, 2l.-trhu yes!ence OF
ki,UM.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-06
Hoy Gold Mikes Wealth.

Gold costs much more labor to
extract it than it can be exchanged
for, and yet its discovery i'm any
country is the surest means of that
cOuntry's sudden enrichment. This
comes from the fact that it attracts
population with irresistible force,
and in this way develops every
form of industry. Thus, the Brit
ish colony of Victoria, in which
gold was discovered about 1854, had
in 1850 a population of 1862, ex-
ported 1901, 207 pounds of wool,
and had 52,34l acres of land under
cultivation. In 1855, with a gold
product of 2,793,065 ounces, it ex-
ported 22,5S4, 234 pounds of wool,
and titled ll5,13 acres, while its
population had increased to 364 1924.
In 1878 the population was S79, 442,
the wool exports were lOl ,S09, 800
pounds, and there were 1909, 27S
acres under cultivation, while the
gold product had diminished to 49,
272Ounces. These figures afford a
plain proof that the gold attracted
the population, and their labOrs Gre
ated the wealth. Nothing tends to
people the wilderness so rapidly as
the discovery of gold or precious
stones in it, and when once popula-
lated the inhabitants remain and
naturally turn their attention from
the unprOductive pursuit of gold
hunting into more certain and more
profitable channels.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-06
Lonesome man.
Columbia Sentinel.

A vote taken by the delegates to
the Methodist Conference which re-
Gently assembled at Pulaski, result
ed as followes
For Wright 20; for Wilson l..
Nothing that has happened during
the canvass has afforded us more sin
eere- qualification. tits not surpris-
ing, but it's certainly pleasant, to
know that the grand old Methodist
Church, the pioneer OF christianity
in America, is in favor of an honest
settlement Of the state debt, and
opposed to the rule of radicalism in
Tennessee. The Wilson man, who
was from Savage's district. gave as
a reason for voting for Wilson, that
the railroads owed sixty million dol
lars, the state had endorsed the rail-
road bonds, and he wasin favor OF
making the railroads pay. Such
are the ialsehoods with. which this
contemplate off1ce-seeker has sue
ceeded in deceiving the people Of
this district.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-06

WE have received the following
conundrums which we place before
our readers in the hope that some of
them will be able to successfully
grapple with the subject mentioned
therein:
1. Should a young mans playing
the guitar be regarded as evidence OF
a weak mind
2. Why do young men who per-
form on the guitar invariably part
their hair in the middle?
3. Why do well-bred persons, who
patronize italian opera, persist in
talking during the solos, when the
management always allow ten min
utes wait between acts for the bene-
fit of those same persons?
Amy one sending the best explana-
ton of the above question before
next Sunday will be rewarded with
a lidretto OF ii Travatore elegantly
bound in paper.-NaShCide Sunday
Times.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-06

Adapted in chronic diarrhoea, constipa
! ton, and scrofula.-Hy Latham, NJ ID, Pres
| Virginia Medical Society.
Successfully used in dyspepsia, chronic
diarrhea and scrofula.-Prof S Jackson, o
| University Pa.
| Efficient in an@mia; excellent appetizer
| and blood purifier.-H Fisher, M d, Ga.
| Valuable in nervous prostration, tndiges
ton and chlorosis.-G e Mathews, M ID
Nc.
A fine tonic and Alternative, very valuable
in diseases peculiar to females, chronic fe-
yer and ague, bronchitis and diseases OF the
digestive organs.-J F Roughton, NJ D, Ala,
Very beneficial in strengthening and i'm.
prOVinq a reduced syStem.-R Rev Jno w
Beckwith, Bishop of Ga.
Invaluable as nervous Iohlc'-aoh
Recommended as a prophylactic in mala-
rial districts.-D r Fairex, M ID, ..
Restores debilitated systems to health.-T
c Mercer, NJ D, Ind.
Used with great benefit in malarial fever
and diphtherfa.-S F Dupon, nj ID, Ca:
EPrince of mineral tonies.-Francis Gillian
OF great curative virtue.-Thos F Rum
bold, NJ d, st Louis
Beneficial in uterine derang SIlen ~ o; anu
maIarious cOnditions.-G Nj Vail, NJ II, ONO.
Post remedy ever used in diseases of the
throat-P A SifTord, d ID, n Z.
Tonic, Alternative, diuretic; one OF natures
greatest remed1es.-MedlcaI Associaeioh Va
Adapted In certain affections of the kid
news and bladder; dyspepsia, lupus, cll.olo-
sis scrofulous and eutaneouss aHecuOhs.-
Prof ] ] Norman, NJ ID, Va.
Paliaves headache, promptly, both SICK
and neryous-Rev Il Dodson, Va
sample sent free to every physician a sssii
inc 10 Test. Pamphlets sent Free Analysis
with each package. Water as it comes e, rom
the springs 81 per case Of gallons IN glass; N
81 80 for gallons 81 for 10 gt.iIonsl io5 ~
and S. for half doz Pills pure sugar coated q
25e, soc and 81 package; SID, sz.2o ana S 2.QO
half doz. Sent postpaid anywhere. TINS is
Mass and pills contain in reduced space all
the curative powers offhe water, and is con-
venient, palatable and soluble
Springs open for visitors iJALhe ~; lSoaI9
parties. Carriages meet visitors az Forest
and Lawyers depot, each four miles from
springs, upon advice OF ARRIVAL.
A, ii. DAVIES, Pres. of the Co,
~ Main ST., Lynchburg, Va.
Sold by Owen i Moore.
June l9-S0-6m
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-06
Real Power.

Wealth, we are told, is power
talent is power, and knowledge is
power. But there is a mightier force
in the world than either of these--a
power which wealth is not rich
enough to purchase, nor genius sub
tie enough to refute, nor knowledge
wise enough to Overreach, nor au-
thOrity imposing enough to silence,
They all tremble in its presence. 1t
is truth-the really most potent ele-
ment of social or individual life.
Though tossed upon the pillows of
popular comnOtion, or cast into the
seven-fold furnace of persecution, or
trampled into the dust by the iron
heal of power, truth is the one indie
structible thing in this world that
looses in no conflict, suffers from no
misusage or abuse, and maintains its
vitality and completeness after ey-
cry assault. @ -
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-06
DecIiVitY of Rivers.

A very slight declivity suffices to
give the running motion to water.
Three inches per mile in a smooth,
strait channel gives a velocity OF
about three miles an hour. The
Ganges, which gathers the waters OF
the Himalaya Mountains, theloftiest
in the world, is, at one hundred and
eighty miles from its mouth, only
three hundred feet above the level
of the sea, and to fall these eight
hundred feet in the long course the
water requires more than a month.
The great river Magdalena, in South
America, running for one thousand
miles between two ridges of the An
DIES, falls only five hundred feet in
all that distance; above the COM
mencement of the one thousand
miles it is seen defending in rapids
and cataractS from the mountains.
The gigantic Rio de la Plata has so
gentle decent TO the ocean that, in
Paraguay, one thousand five hun
dred miles from its mouth, large
ships are seen which have sailed
against the current all the way by
the force of the wind alOne-that is
to say, which, on the beautiful in
clined plane of the stream, have
been gradually lifted by the soft
wind, and even against the current,
to an elevation greater than that of
our Hottest spires.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-06


THE Memphis Avalanche says
Tennessee virtually repudiated five
years ago, and has since remained a
repudiating state. That is to say,
the state has refused to pay the in
terest on the debt. The debt and
interest still remain unpaid. Du-
ring this repudiating era of fiveyears
the ualue of property has decreased
1000, 600. The value of property
has decreased $50, 900, 900 since the
state tax was reduced to ten cents,
three years ago. The reputation
organs are requested to cast up the
net profit to the people of Tennessee
of repudiating a debt that could be
settled at less than 1900, 900,
while the value of the real property
is steadily decreasing under the re-
pudiating policy at the rate of over
5000, 900 per annum."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-06
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

ireen.. 7.25 p m 10.l5 a m 4.5O.am
Vile $50. ll.40 p IN go p IN 1915 am
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-06
<y$s- pays
I. PAD
IS STRONGLY ENDORSED.

Rev. E. f. L. Gauss, Galena, ILL.,, writes:
| "FOr over ten years had been a great suf-
| ferer with pains in the small of the back
| and regions of the Kidneys, which was
| most eNcruciating and at times almost in
Sufferable. DOctOring brought no relief and
l was finally advised TO go abroad and seek
! the climate of my youth. In Germany and
| Switzerland eminent physicians, after close
examinations, declared my SufferingS to
arise from disease of the kidneys OF long
| standing. and could do me no good. | was,
however benefited by the climate and con-
! Sequently returned. No sooner had l been
back and resumed my pastoral work, when
the old trouble grew again so intense as to
make life a burden. n few months ago |
came in possession of one of Days Kidney
Pads, put il on, and the effects were truly
wonderful. The pains at once grew less
and are now, after wearing the second Pad,
entirely gone, and there can be no doubt
that l am entirely cured, l write this
some weeks after its use and am strong and
look again the Very picture of health. l
write this perfectly voluntarily, and it is
dictated only by truth and gratitude. In
deed, consider the Day Kidney Pad Co.
Gods agents and great benetactOrs of man
kind. May all the suffering be helped us l
have been is my earnest wish"
John V. Eaxen, Murray, Ky.-''I have
now worn Days Kidney Pad about one
month. 1t has done me more good than
anything ever used, and am improving
every day"
Larimore & Dean, Druggists, Niles, Mich
$50 years in the business)-Day's Kidney
Pad is having a large sale and gives better
general satisfaction than any remedy we
ever sold"
Casper Weitzel, Policeman, Lancaster,
Pal have been a great sufferer from Kid
ney Complaint, and after wearing your
Pad % days / feel better than | have in 10
years"
DIR. A. ]. Stoner, Decatur, Hl.-"Your Pad
is doing great good here. 1t sells every day
and gives universal satisfaction"
For sale by druggists, or sent by mail free
of poStage) on receipt of price Regular Pad
$500; Special Pad extra size $500; Child
ren's, $50. Our book, CHOW Il Life was
Saved giving the history of this new dis
covery, and large record of most remark
able cures sent free. Write for it. Address
DAY KIDNEY PAD CO., Toledo, o.
CAUTION-Owingt to the many worth
less Kidney Pads now seeking n sale on our
reputation, we deem it due 10 the afflicted to
warn them. ASK for DAYS KIDNEY
PAD, and take no other.
Sept. 4, 1SS0-ly.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-06
treatment for Dipthcrin.

The following remedy for dip
iberia is floating on the newspaper
sea. 1t may be worth something.
Ask your doctor about it.
.'Dr. j. j. Brown, a well-known
physician, wishes to make public to
other physicians his treatment for
diptheria he will stake his reputa-
ton of 20 years upon it. The rem
edy is as follows: Formula-Fluid
extracts of Verat, Viride, Aconite
and Gelsemin; charcoal and sui
phur; oil of glycerine, and turpen-
tine, to remove the charcoal and
sulphur; quinine. Local applica-
tion-warm saltwater locally APP
piled to the throat, with flannel.
gargle-salt, vinegar and black
pepper, used as a gargle, or with a
spray. Keep the room light, and
tepermature not above 700. Treat
early, and keep the child from all
excitement and company patient
must be continually in bed, and
continue there several days after
apparently welI.''
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-06
TIE HOUSE OF LORDS.
No Probability Of the Radicals
Overturnin& the Hereditary Peer


NO Probability Of the Radicals
Overturnin& the Hereditary Peer
age.
New York Tribune.
Our English exchanges come to
US full of furious denunciations and
defense of the House of Lords. It
is an incubus upon the nation; it is
the bulwark of the nations safety:
it is gravely warned that it stands
upon a precipice and is daily top
ping to ruin; it is adiured to re-
member that it is the stable founda-
ton Of all English prosperity. The
Advertiser declares that English
constituencies "thank heaven for
the House of Peers" with as much
fervor as Gen. SANKEY'S daughters;
the Daily News wares it that it can
only endure if it conducts itself with
discretion; the Times graVely bal-
ances the weight of the two houses
in judicial scales, and tries to say
nothing, etc.
ALI of which mighty bother comes
from the fierce attack made upon
the upper House by the Irish Chief
Secretary, in which he reminded if
that it existed only by "accident OF
birth, and declared plainly that il
the peerage were foolhardy enough
to oDstinately trifie with the rights
of the people as they had done since
Lord BeacOnsfeld's withdrawal,
\ their span of life was but short
one. Coming from a Minister oil
the Crown, the speech and threats
were significant enough. So were
the ringing cheers with which his
threats we're received in the House
of Commons. But no American ex-
poets, even after all this furious
blowing of horns around the House
of Peers, to see it tumble to the
ground like ancient Jericho. We
have heard the horns blow toe
often and too loudly before without
effect. Veal remember the dead
lock under Lord Gray, when the
House of Lords was brought down
by a threat to make enough new
peers to change its votes. Radicals,
both British and Continental, went
wild with delight then; the effete
aristocracy of England was coming
to the ground, the Upper House
would be dissolved, dukes, earls,
marquises in a week or two would
be plain citizens. 1t all comes to
nothing. 1t always does come to
nothing. About once in five years
the House of Peers and the Com
mons get into the same position;
very like, to use a homely figure,
two belligerent he-goats; their horns
are locked, both are in a white heat
of fury; death, the lookers-on think,
will ensue before either will bulge
Then suddenly they mildly unlock
and go peaceably away.
The radical in England is always
threatening destruction to the he
reditary peerage; he thinks he
means what he says. But he doesn't
mean it. The average Englishman
in his soul dearly loves a lord. He
is one of his national prerogatives.
He has him to toady, to abuse, tC
knuckle down to, to swear at; he
could not do without him. OF all
men he is the most uncomfortable
when with his equals; he is used to
looking down or up. As Hodge
says of his wife: ''She be a con-
vaniant thing to have ABBOTT; a
thrash her when be in my cups;
but a be main fond of the idle
wench, too"