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 lie that this scholarly reputation might be saved from wreck. Singular comment on Landors sheer that there is spice of the scoundrel in most of our literary men, But no exacting level of property qualification for a vote would have saved those stains. In learned class.
 Grown gray over history, Mscaulay proph- esied twenty years ago that soon in these States the poor, worse than another inroad of Goths and Vandals, would begin a gen. eral plunder of the rich. It-is enough to say that our funds still sell better in Europe than English consols, and the universal suf- frage Union can borrow money es cheaply as Great Britain-ruled one-half by tories, and the other half by men not certain that they dare call themselves whigs
 Some mon affected to seoff at democracy as no sound basis for national debt doubling the payment of ours. Europe not only won ders at it's rapid payment; but the only taint of fraud that touches even the hem of our arments is the fraud of the capitalists cun- ningly adding to it's burdens and increasing unfairly the value of his bonds: not the first hint from the people of repudiating an iota even of it's unjust additions
 Yet the poor and the unlearned class is the one they propose to punish by disfranchise- ment
 No wonder the humber class looks on the whole scene with alarm They see their dearest right in peril. When the easy class conspires to steal, what wonder the number class draws together to defend itself True. universal suffrage is terrible power; and with all the great cities brought into subiec tion to the dangerous classes by groe. and Congress sitting to register the decrees of capital, both sides may well dread the next move. Experience proves that popular gov ernments are the best protectors of life and property. But suppose they were not that universal suffrage endangered. peace and threatened property. There is something more valuable than wealth, there is some thing more sacred than peace As Hum- boldt says, ''The finest fruit earth holds up to its Maker is a man" To ripen. lift and educate a man is the first duty Trade. law learning science and religion are only the scaf- folding wherewith to build man. Despot- ism looks down into poor mans cradle, and knows 1t can crush resistance and curb ill., will Democracy sees the ballot in that baby hand, and selfishness bids her put in- tegrity on one side of those baby footsteps and intelligence on the other, lest her own hearth be in peril Thank God for his meth- cd of taking bonds of wealth and culture to share all their blessings with the humblest soul he gives to their keeping The Amer can should cherish as serene faith as his fathers had Instead of seeking coward safety by battening down the matches and
  ognize that God places him in this peril that he may work out noble security by concen- trating all moral forces to lift this weak, rot ting and dangerous mass into sunlight and health. The fathers touched their highest level when, with stout-hearted and serene faith, they trusted God that it was safe to leave men with all the rights he gave them. Let us be worthy of their blood, and save this sheet anchor of the race, universal suf- frage Gods church, Gods school. Gods method of gently binding men into common wealths in order that they may at last melt into brothers.
 His Last Words.
 "The Americans are outdone,' triumphant ly declares French editor, and to prove it he relates this singular story:
 Lately at Calcutta 0 dangerous criminal was arrested and condemned to death On the day of the execution, when the jailer was about to prepare the condemned man for the supreme moment, an English gentleman arrived hurriedly and presented an order from the governor of the city authorizing him to hold private interview with the pris- oner.
 They were left alone for a quarter of an hour, and when they separated the condemn ed man was heard to say:
 'sIt is distinctly understood that you will give e10,000 sterling to my heirs ?''
 II swear 1t upon the Bible" replied the mysterious Englishman.
 Tn. prisoner was then prepared and led to the scaffold, where he claimed the exercise of the right always awarded those about to suffer excution-the right before dying to say a farewell word. Advancing to the front of the scafford he at once won the attention of those present, and then exclaimed ill a stem torian voice, ''The best chocolate in the world is that of the firm of So-and So, Picca- dilly, London"
 Then he calmly yielded himself up to the executioner.
 A Scientific Colony.
 tFrom the New York Herald.I
 SAN FRANCISCO, June 3O.-The schooner Golden Fleece, which returned from Mexi- can port yesterday, was chartered to-day by Lieutenant Ray for the transportation of signal service party to Point Barrow. The party consists of Lieutenant P. H. Ray, con- mander, Wisconsin J. S. Oldmixon, Eng land, surgeon; E. P. Herenden, Mass, sail ing master; A. C. Dark, Russian astronomer; Sergeants Cassidy, Murdock and Smith, of the signal service, with a carpenter, cook and laborer. The Coast Survey here sent naturalist They take 16, ,OO0 feet of lumber for the erection of building 30 by 40 feet, with seven compartments for work, sleeping and store rooms. It will have windows and doors facing the east, west and south. There will be no opening to the north. There will be an astronomical observatory 12 feet by 12, 9 feet high, located west of the main build ing and connected herewith by 8 covered passage; also magnetic observatory feet by 12 9 feet high. east of the main building. These observatories have been made here in sections, to be put together with bolts and screws. The party is excellently equipped with instruments, and has provisions for two years, depending upon renewed supplies to be forwarded every year. Its daily duties are clearly defined by the Washington bu- reau. Possible explorations will be left to the judgment of the commander. They ex- pect to be absent three years. Commander Ray and scientists here have great confidence that valuable results will be gained from the expedition. If he is favored with an oppor- tunity Lieutenant Ray will also search for the Jeannette. The sailing master, who IS fa- miliar with the Arctic, has every confidence in the safety of Lieutenant Delong and his companions. The Golden Fleece will sail about the 10th of July.
 The PainIessness of Death. lDr. Thomas D. Spencer in Popular Science Monthly
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 At birth the babe undergoes an odeal that, were he conscious, would be oretrying than 8 most painful death; yet he feels it not. Born in an unconscious state, the brain incapable of receiving conscious impressions, his en- trance into this hitherto unknown world is accomplished during state of oblivion, known as Natures ansssthesia
 'Painlessly come, whence we know not
 Painlessly go. whither we know not P'
 From the earliest period of human history death has been considered as necessarily &C., companied by pain so general is this belief, that the terms ''deathagony,' ''last strug- gle, s'pangs of death," etc., have been in almost universal use in every age and under all conditions of society.
 Nothing could be more erroneous the truth is, pain and death seldom go together we mean the last moments of life. Of course, death may be preceded by weeks or even months of extreme suffering, as occurs dur ing certain incurable diseases.
 So exaggerated has been this notion that it has been considered an act of humanity to anticipate the ''deathstruggle" by violence l; for ages it was customary among the lower classes of Europe to hasten death by sudden ly jerking the pillow from beneath the head of the dying, thus throwing the head back ward, straining the pharyngeal and thoracic muscles, rendering the respiration, already difficult, shortly impossible. A Venetian ambassador, in the time of Queen Mary, as- serted that it was common custom among the country people to smother the dying by means of pillow placed over the face, upon which leaned or sat the nearest relative. This was founded upon the pious belief that a short road was the best one. This custom was handed down from generation, to generation parents performing it