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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-09-08
A New York Street Arab Sings His Way
Home Again.

s.Mister, mayn't sing in herer" in
quired an urchin as, limping through
the doorway of q Madison Street saloon,
he approached the bartender.
.siqgp| grutiiy replied ed the aS.. saloon
with sheer, and turning to a customer,
ragged in dress and rough in appear
ance, he handed glass and bottle.
The boy limped to the rear of the
room, where were seated number Of
men engaged at card-playing. In APP
pearance he was fair specimen OF the
street arab. Apparently he was not
more than twelve years of age. His coat
and pants were torn, his shirt ragged
and collarless. On his feet were shoes
that in times gone by had been used by
worldly man. His hat was full OF holes.
vet beneath its torn rim there sparkled
eyes of blue and appeared face win
ming and beautiful. Leaning on table
in the apartment he began singing 20,
Where Is My Wandering Boy To-
Night in sweetest voice. The twenty
or more men in the room stopped their
talking and playing, and listened to
him. One verse he sang, another, and
still another, and his hearers continued
to listen.
Here's dime, runty," said rough
looking individual. breaking the silence.
| A number echoed his sentiments and
followed with similar gifts.
"Where yer from, kid7 asked one.
II travels" he replied. II lived in
New York once.'
IAN orphan, heyp"
81 don't know. My mother died
three years ago, an my father drove
me away. He drank, he did, an used
to whip my mother till she could hardly
stand. One day he came home drunk
an beat my mother, an she died, an,
then he drove me away. an told me to
dig for myself. 1 sold papers ful
awhile, an the big boys beat me, an
left. l went west, an used to sing or
the cars to pay my way. Once or twice
q man put me off, an had to gel
money. / sung in saloons. Last win
ter got clear to Kansas City. A mar
heard me singin' in saloon, an ht
took me home with him, and took mt
to church and Sunday school. an
used to sing there, but got tired an
left him. / used to sleep in doorway
and boxes, an eat what could find
III left that place an went to Denver
an then l came back. got herr
th'other day. an I'm going back t
New York.
i whats yer name. boye" interrogat
ed an old topper.
Joe Brown; sometimes they call m
sLimpy Joe.
The lad again began singing. an,
when he had finished his listeners di
vided their little money with him. ant
one by one left the saloon. Limp.
joe followed, and last night starte'
alone for the scene of his babyhoo'
DAYS. Chicago Nescs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-09-08

A leading organ of Republican opin-
ion hereabouts devotes itself with elab-
crate detail to an exposition of the ne
cessity of counting New York and Ohio
in any calculation of Republican VIC
tory at the next Presidential election.
Il has compiled an ingenious tabular
exhibit of the extreme possibilities OF
Republican success, if victories in New
York and Ohio are assured, showing
that the Republicans might get ma
jority Of one in the Electoral College
even If New Jersey, Connecticut, Indi-
ana, Colorado, California, Nevada and
Oregon should go Democratic. 1t is q
fair presentation of the desperate situa-
ton in which the Republican party finds
itself and the exhibit is hardly calculat-
ed to stimulate Republican confidence.
New York and Ohio together cast fifty
nine electoral votes, and, If not impos-
sible, it is at least highly improbable,
that the Republican party can make up
their loss. 1t could not be done if the
seven States already mentioned as ac-
corded to the Democrats in the ex-
hibit in question should 60 Republic
an, for they aggregate only forty
seven electoral votes. Add Virginia
to the Republican list and the
loss of New York and Ohio would
lust be counterbalanced. 1t need not
be said, however, that the Republican
party will not have even remote
chance of carrying the eight States
named, if it can not carry New York
| and Ohio. 1t must make its fight fol
| life in these States and if it fails In
| either it can not hope to make up the loss
| Indeed there is no escape from the evi
dent fact that the Democracy viii &
| into the next campaign with the odd
heavily in their favor. Out of the 1T
teen States which are accredited to thu
| Republicans in the exhibit of our con
temporary, there are only four-Iowa
Rhode Island, Minnesota and Vernon
lin which the Democrats have no
been able to poll majority vote .
some general election within the las
six or eight years. Out Of the fou
hundred and one electoral votes whicl
the country win cast at the next cleo
ton, but twenty eight belong to State
which have proved impregnable strong
holds of the Republican party. On th
other hand the record shows fourteen
States, casting one hundred and TWEEN
ty-nine electoral votes, no one Of whic|
has ever gwen . Republican majority
except under the reconstruction regime
Is more needed to show how the odd
stande-S. Lowis Republican.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-09-08

A cruel husband calls his wife
'.green fruit, because she never agrees
with him.
You can't make the fellow with a
lot of sisters believe that happiness is .
merely relative matter. At all events
he goes to some other fellows relatives
to find it.
Some one says: 'No thoroughly
occupied man was ever miserable"
How about the man occupied in fight
ing dozen hornets which have got up
his trousersP-Boston Post.
Pack says that the only safe way to
wash q mule is to stand on the other
side f.the fence and use garden hose
But as we are not in the business Of
washing mules we don't feel much in
terest in the information.-M Y.
Nail.
Dude: We do not think that COM
planning to the police viii do any good.
The best way is to be careful hereafter
not 20 stand In front Of clothing store,
or, If obliged to, while waiting for car,
keep moving little. Thenpeople won't
turn you around to look f0rprice marks.
Chicago Times.
"A Los Angeles rancher has raised
pumpkin so large that his two chill
dren use half each for cradle. This
may seem very wonderful in the rural
districts, but in this city three or four
fulI-grown policemen have been found
asleep on single beat. ~ San Francisco
Post.
-"Where should wear an engage
ment rinUpss Wear it ON the second
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-09-08
An Interesting Witness.

Dorsey. the great unconvicted, has
written q letter in reply to one received
from General Martin, his successor in
the Office of Secretary of the Republican
National Committee, stating that he
has no records of the Committee to turn
over. and explaining that no record of
the transactions Of the Committee,
either under his own or any former
Sccretaryship, was kept He says with
excusable bitterness that the only re-
cords of the financial doings of the Com
mittee he has s'are paid checks of his
own contributions amounting to
something over $13,000), aud unfOrtu-
nately q bank book showing charges of
his own folly"
Mr.. Dorsey is quite severe on the
Committee of which he was the Secre-
tarv. He declares that he was APP
pointed at the request Of General Gar
field. and that he accepted the place
Eat the earnest solicitation of General
Arthur, representing the Grant side Of
the House, and of Hon. w. E. Chandler,
representing the Blaine side. Speaking
of his paid checks, which he retains as
/ evidences of his contributions to the
Committee, he says: II regret more
than can tell that / made it pos
sible that such records should be in my
hands, but they are here, and thinl
best to keep them as q reminder of thu
splendid gratitude Of dishonest p,wer
] do not owe the Republican National
Committee cent Of money or grail
of thankfulness. In the midst of thu
1 10 hof
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-09-08

The press and not . few public men
of the country have been heard from
respecting the Star-route trials and the
acauittal Of the depredators on the pub
lie Treasury. Though acquittsl was
something Of surprise, conviction was
hardly expected. The minds Of reflect
ing men, therefore, turn to the offenses
and to the consideration of service in
which such abuses are possible. Itmay
be taken as absolutely certain that all
opportunities permitted by the Govern
ment to peculate on and defraud the
Treasury will be promptly noted ana
fully improved by the watohful class
which lives and fattens by what it thus
gains. The only method, therefore,
Of protecting the public interests is to
put the Executive department in the
hands of men capable of transacting
business and honest enough to refuse to
connive at any and all efforts to get
money without honest service. Such
AZ "a ks<xrSo ~ fraudulent
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-09-08

With the Lincoln Administration the |
Republican party first acquired prom
inrnce and power, and by a combination |
of circumstances it was called upon to |
do its best work at the beginning OF its
career. To it were attached many able
men and accomplished statesmen, who
sooner or later lost their influence with
the party and became detached from its
support. -,
its very significant fact that, with the
single exception of one whose absence
was requested and who left in rather bad
odor, every member of Lincoln's original
Cabinet became antagonistic to and left
the party. Greeley, Sumner, Fesssen-
den, Trumbull, Adams. and that class
of men were denounced, and totally
different class of men came to the front
and assumed control.
From that time forward, while adven-
turous politicians have been rushing to
its standard, the better element of the
party-the men who gave it character
and standing--have been leaving it.
Give the Republican party credit for
all the good it may have accomplished
and still there follows a long account
ability, such, for instance as
The Boss Snepnerd ning irauds IN INC
District OF Columbia,
The safe burglary inquiry.
The whisky irauds' reaching W ING
White House.
The freeuman' BANK swinuie'
The Beiknap impeachmehe
The Robson naval frauds.
The Sanborn frauds.
The Indian Bureau frauds.
! The Pension bureau FRAUDS.
The Black Friday rascaiity.
The THEFT OF the rresidency IN 1000
The Indiana bribery IN loou.
And the Star,ronte Irauds' not 70
mention a long list OF other ouenses,
any one OF which ought 10 anc wouio
overthrow any other political party tna'
ever existed IN this country. :,
Those who acted with IL rom tne
start, and held out with " IS long al
SELF respect would allow tnem 10 90 so
admit and assert tnat IL mas peen Iaiss
to all its first principles, ana become
party OF pretense ana hypocrisy.
lntrenched In power as IT mas peen s
long, with all the omces ana emoiu
ments In its possession; with unlimited
resources ana an army OF wiihng se.v
ants at its command; with innumerapi'
dependents tenacious Of their places any
ready to 90 anything required 10 Keel
the party In the ascendancy' II Is no cas-.
matter for the sovereign people ever =
overthrow this huge monopoly OF power
Recent events Indicate pretty ciearI::
that the people nave taken tnese .niIs
TO heart ana intend 10 ACT acco.uInsly
The Republican leaders WILL OF cours !
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-09-08

The latest report of the British Con-
sui General at Havana expresses the
opinion that, although the definite
abolition of slavery in Cuba will not be
accomplished until 1888. slavery viii
have practically ceased to exist before
the end of 1885.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-09-08

The corner stone of the new He
brew Asylum, in New York, was laid
recently. The building will front on
Tenth Avenue. and will cost $780, 900
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-09-08

ring
IAN right, Mary Hepworth. Maybe
you'll be sorry for this. I'm going
straight to your cousin Sarah, where ]
know my suit will be more welcome. y
With this he dashed out Of the gate
and up the road toward Sarah's home
leaving Mary leaning against the win.
dow in anything but a cheerful mood
She had intended to break him of his
vanity, and then marry him; for there
was everything that was good and gen
erous In John, and it never occurred tt
her that they could do without eacl
other. And now he was gone, thimble
nccdle-box, ring and all.
Mary didn't cry. The hope tina
Sarah had gone as usual to prayer
meeting, and in the meantime john
anger would abate and his love return
to her, held its own against the bitter
ness of self-approach and regret.
But when the next day wore on, ant
the evening was far advanced, and tn
possibility that Sarah hadn't gone Il
prayer-meeting, md that At this yer,
moment she was entertaining her futur
husband on cider and ginger-snaps
grew to a certainty, there was nothin,
for her to do but to go out of sight an
sound of tickle humanity, ard bury he
grief in the neighborhood of the sprin,
where John and she had so often lisi
ened to the music of the falling water
and the song of love within.
] John must have had similar In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-22
NnNEY 4NU HLSLALNN

\ week of enormous speculation closed ON
Saturday amid unusual excitement in several of
the markets. The sales of wheat at Ncw-York
alone were over 30. 10000 bushels last week.
and of cotton $4,000 bales; at Ncw-Yorll
alone T., 57S,O 900 barrels OF oil were sold and
the sales of stocks exceeded $4,000 shares, of
which 100000 were on two successive DAYS.
and 2,llJ, 900 on four successive days j Judged
by exchanges, the transactions ut Ncw-York
outside of the Stock Exchange were nearly the
largest of the year. but the weeks return was
greatly inflated by speculative dealings in prod
ucls, and the volume of legitimate trade was
only moderate. The dry goods business was con-
spicuously light with agents and importers. and
in the iobbing trade there was not much ANNA
ton, though the distribution of goods was of
fair magnitude 4 large auction sale Jf blank
cts on Wednesday, and another Of 5000 pieces
Of heavy wooIcns on Thursday, were largely
attended, but the prices obtained were very
low, and it is believed that the manufacturers
sustained large loss There were some add-
tional failures in the clothing trade, and rather
discOuraging reports aS 10 the condition of some
of the firms that had previously failed, but
nothing occurred Ia cause apprehension of gen
eral disturbance. In short, the markets that are
not controlled by speculation were generally
dull and dragging, but without any symptoms
OF unsoundncss or panic.
In the cotton market the tendency was down
ward, but the decline on "spot" was only l.
cent for middling uplands, and October options
closed very little below the closing prices of last
week There was IA fair demand for home CON
sumption, but very light dealings for export,
and the receipts at ports exceeding those of the
corresponding week in any previous year, were
attended by exports considerably smaller than
those of the same week last year. In the oil
market prices ranged between 81 ll7s and
81 09li, closing ut 81 l0ls, while the refined
continued strong. There was q reduction in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-22
urSr THOMAS JlFFEESON COZ

It's the fashion just now 10 compliment this
that and the other Democratic candidate for
Office by asserting that " they come mp to the
Jrncr,onian Standard
But Thomas Jefferson never stultiiicd himself
by running for Secretary of State aothc candl-
date Of a lTcc-rm party, in Tia" face OF public
record committing him to Temperance If not TO
prohibition.
And So too. Thomas Jefferson never made
spccchc, in which ne figured as the exponent OF
applied political picty shortly after his relation
to certain pieces of public furniture had become
u public scandal.
Furthermore Thomas Jefferson never made a
canvass for the Troasurrr,hip of a great State
i'm which he Was compelled to meet charge,
preferred by a reputable fcllow-Dcmocat, in
volyiug his integrity NJ q public official.
50 we are compelled to believe that in the
opinion of the Democratic manager, Thomas
jefferson does not come up 10 the Jcficrsonlan
standard. If we are correct, it cannot be- long
before the Manning machine will pass the word
along that Thomas Jefferson must 20.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-22

price of No. 1 Thomas pig-iron to $50 90, but
the reports from Pennsylvania and New-Jersey
are generally more encouraging, and the chief
embarrassment seems to be in quarters Where
anthracite is used for fuel. The Eastern coal
trade is exceptionally dull, and the deliveries
to the end of September exceed those OF nlne
months of 1882 by 2,2jI273 tons, so that 1t Is
stated, large excess has TO be piled up some
where, but the operators have not been able to
come to any agreement as to price or the re-
stricton of output. The wheat market, on
the other hand, is thought at Chicago to have a
much better appearance. Recent purchases and
settlements are thought to indicate the termlna-
ton of the prolonged struggle during winch the
price has been seriously depressed, and many
are now expecting active purchases and turn
in the market at no distant day.
The market for stocks has been more excited
than any other during the past week. People
who had sold Jersey Central or Northern Pacific
preferred that did not belong to them were sub
jected to heavy losses, and the difference paid
for one days use of the latter stock on Saturday
was altogether unprecedented. The outside
public, having no sympathy with either side in
the gambling game, is nevertheless glad to see
severe punishment administered to those who
sell property that they do not own, because, but
for this practice excessive speculation would be
altogether more infrequent AS tho I" raiders
have had their own way for long time, there
is a general public willingness to have them
compelled in their turn to bear part OF the
losses. But there is no reliable indication as
yet of the future course of the market, and no
one can be sure whether the men who were
beaten Saturday will DO beaten or victorious
this week. The one thing that seems certain is
that the recent violent fluctuations do not tempt
the public TO take much part in the market, on
either side.
Money did not become stringent at any time,
though the surplus reserve Of the banks sud-
denly vanished. A part of the loss OF reserve
had really been effected before the bank state
mcnt Of the 18th, and those who had observed
Treasury movements were prepared to expect a
large decrease i'm the amount held by the banks.
The shipments of silver certificates through the
Treasury amounted to about 81 100000, but a
decidedly encouraging feature, on the other
hand, is the arrival of u small amount of gold,
100000, in the Neckar from Europe. 1t Is
also stated that somewhat larger sum has
been shipped by the Bank of British North
America. which will receive $500 900 this week.
With u more healthy movement of staple prod
ucts. such rs might be promoted by collapse
of speculation, imports of gold might be OK
pcctcd to continue, and the result would be the
same if strong demand for American occmi-
ties should spring mp in Europe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-22

care to enact the law now in force, and that by
an almost unanimous vote of the Republican
members of both houses. 1t was understood III
thc same sense by President Arthur, who not
only signed the act, and promulgated admirable
ules for its enforcement, but appointed the
author of the bill as the chief OF the Commis-
sion empowered by the act to carry out Its pro-
visions. Yet Assistant POStmastcr-Gcneral
Hatton is reported as saying that the Civil Ser
vice reform is fraud and humbug, and as ex-
messing with much freedom his contempt for
policv which the party has adopted, which a
RcDublican Congress embodied in the act, and
which the present Republican President has
thus far shown every disposition to faithfully
carry out.
Either President Arthur is fraud and
bumbug. or Mr. HattOn does him gross injustice
every bonr that he remains in his present posi-
tion. aDplving those terms to the policy OF his
official chief. Either the Republican party is a
fraud and hlmbug, or men like Mr.. Hatton
are at war with it, belong outside its ranks and
have no business to hold high Office as its chief
accents. We assume, of course, that the words
attributed to Mr.. HattOn, without contradiction
by him so far as we know, were actually used
by him. If they were not, the time has come
when public denial of them by him Is de-
nondcd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-22
MR. SLrnorRs ExrLlNlTI0N.

Democratic newspapers that have been
rouudlv dcnouncug State Engineer seymour
GoI removing his Democratic deputy are re-
spcctfully invited 10 read digest and comment
nnon Mr.. Seymour, published account of the
removal.
He explains that hc changed dcputic, simply
in the interest of the efficient administration of
his Office The work was running behind under
Mr.. Smallcy. and if he va, retained the end of
Mr.. Srymour's term would probably find por-
ton of the business of the term unfinished
The appointmcnt of Mr. Fox in Mr.. Smalley's
place rested on u reason equally sensible and
satisfactory. Mr. Fox had served under Mr.
seymour in minor position in such manner
a to commend him for promotion. His CHIEF,
finding him faithful, efficient and cyincing an
ATTITUDE for the duties of the Office, naturally
enough advanced him when the time came.
II thus appears that Mr.. Seymour's course in
the matter was not only justiliaDlc but posi-
lively commendablc. 1t will be- so regarded by
every man who believes in conducting the
state departments on business principles. But
Mr.. Seymour goes further In order cllcctually
10 dispose of the charge that politics had any
thing to do with the removal, he mentions the
conclusive fact that he has retained in the ser
,;cc of thc State on the engineering corps
many Democrats, the force under HIM being
about equally divided between the two parties
Mr. Eycrshcd who ran against hmm two years
AGO. is among those retained.
If looks rs if Mr.. Seymour had presented his
Democratic critics with file which they viii
be compelled to gnaw during the rest OF the
canvass. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-22
IN INSULT THAT NEEDS AOIIcE

The difficulty with Assistant Postmaster
General Hatton seems to be that he is not Il Re
publican. If his remarks about reform of the
Civil Service have not been misrcportcd, he is AT
variance with the Republican party on a vital
point of its policy. The last National plat
form declared that
The Republican party, adhering to the principles
affirmed by It's last National Convention OF respect for
the constitutional rules governing appointments to
Office adopts the declaration of President Hayes that tie
reform the Civil Service should bc thorough radical
and complete. TO this end demands the cO-Opc
OF the legislative with the executive departments of the
Government, and that Congress shall legi,lnc that
fitness. asceranod by proper practical tests shall admit
to the public service
This pledge given to the people was not mis-
understood by the people, by the President, or
by Congress. 1t was in pursuance of efforts
commenced during General Grants Admins
tration, of pledges made prior to the election of
President Hayes, and Of efforts repeatedly
made by him but not adequately seconded by
legislation. 1t was well understood by Con-
gress, because the majority chosen at the cleo
ton of 1880 on this platform just quoted took