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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-18
Providence in American Politics.

Now that the election of Governor
Cleveland is conceded and there can be
no possible doubt of it, the Republican
press is saying all the good things OF
him that it possibly can, and is thereby
exhibiting the good nature, the common
sense and the patriotism that belong by
right to American citizenship.
The good things do not amount to
much The utterance is generous be-
cause there is really lack of material
upon which to found a larger one. Were
Bayard or Thurman the President elect
far more would be said for them. 4
man who has been National man less
than three years has a rather attenuated
pectations. To 90 from Mayoralty
to the Presidency within that time
seems, now that one looks back ut it,
like romance from Jules Verne. 1t
shows that, as Mr.. Greeley once re-
marked, fame is in some measure an
accident, and that politics and candi-
dates are to large eXent creatures of
change, chance and opportunity.
But the people do not made mistakes.
There is nothing they value so much as
homely worth. and they are more apt
to accept it when it comes without dis
play. No Presidential candidate was
so little advertised as Mr. Lincoln, and
at the most critical period of our his
tory he made perhaps the best President
we ever had. The little that is known
of Governor Cleveland is good. He was
thoroughly honest Mayor. and the
rings of Buffalo were afraid of him. He
has been thoroughly honest Governor.
His sturdy common sense, his legal
ability, his evident desire to do the best
thing possible for the people whom he
serves, have been conspicuous in his
every official act. He is not brilliant
to the superficial observer he is COM
mOnplace. But III the eyes of the peo-
pl- his solid value has shown out of his
unpretentious surroundings with 2
steady and never wavering light. He
is not shrewd as politician except as
honesty is unavoidably shrewd. He IS
not given to bargaining or diplomacy.
He is simple, honest man after the
manner of Mr.. Lincoln, and the polit-
zeal brass band would naturally pass
him by sooner than almost any other
man. His garments are innocent of
gold lace His walk and speech are
unstudied, and his appearance before
the world is that of an unpretentious,
unambitious, unexpectant citizen. And
yet the people have made him President
and are confident in doing so they have
done good thing. 1t is characteristic
of them and they never yet made Sc
rious mistake.
1t was urged by speaker early in the
campaign, with the cases of Washing
ton and Lincoln especially in view, that
Providence directed these things and
the people were unconsciously the
agents of Providence. 1t is not an I'M
reasonable proposition. How happens
is that so many modest and unpreten-
tious, but worthy, men find themselves
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-18
Blaine and His Political Revenges.

! If half what Is rumOred of Blaine'S
determination to seek revenge for his
defeat on sundry AMI divers individuals
/ be true he is made of weaker timber than
! we credited him with. Life is too short
for political revenges," and the man
who devotes himself to them generally
| finds that he is engaged in an exhaust
ing and fruitleSS business. Occasional
" it falls to the lot of Il man to enjoy
the cOnfounding of his enemies. bat it
is rarely the result of his own acts.
But if Blaine adopts the policy of re-
yenge his contract will indeed be 4
heavy one, for the prominent individ-
uals connected with his defeat are SO
numerous as to need alphabetical ar
rangement in order to be remembered.
The easiest way for him to get even is
to put them all in his book. By q
modification of the original design he
can embrace the period of the late cam
paIgn, and on this he can become as an
slytical, satirical and prophetical as
he pleaseS to. He can bottle
them up in epigrams," after the
IIdlHti VI NCOI1
a whilom candidate for the Presidency
This scheme of revenge he will find
much more satisfactory than attempting
to bring political ruin on their head by
plots and intrigues. Besides, ii will
leave his political capital in letter
condition for the coming campaign of
1888. If he desires to pursue the wiSeSt
course of all he will abandon the re-
venge programme and also the spirit of
his last speech. A man with Il griey-
ance is never attractive, and equally
unpleasant is the individual who seeks
to advance himself politically by stirring
up old feuds. Blaine's reputation for
magnetism arose from his jOyial man
ners and good humor. and should he
allow himself to become sOured and dis
gruntlcd his personal following will
rapidly decline. He has made 1.-THE eff
fort of his life and has failed, and fall
ure itself viii lose him many friends.
He had better be careful of those that
remain if he still entertains ambitious
projects He naturally feels sore over
his reverse, but as the blame must rest
upon his own record and the judgment
thereon of the American people, he had
better simulate virtue even if he have it
nOt.-St. LOuiS Republican.
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The Skin of the Teeth.

The Republican organs are finding
consolation in the assertion that tho
Democrats were only successful in the
election of Cleveland "by the skin o.
their teeth.
This saying has grown out of the
smallness of the Democratic plurality
in this State A little over thousand
votes is certainly narrow margin in i
poll of about one million and guar.
ter. But it must be remembered that
Garfield carried New York in 1880 by g
little more than 21.0O0, so that the
Democratic gain was actually ovel
22,000, without calculating the in
creased vote.
The truth is that the Republican can
didate only escaped a most ignOmin-
ious defeat ''bv the skin of his teeth. y
In Michigan, where Garfield got near
" $1,000 majority, Blaine managed tC
squeeze through with less than 5000.
In Iowa. instead of $4,000, which was
Garfield's majority, Blaine got scanty
1850. He came within an ace of los
ing Wisconsin. In Massachusetts But
ler's fraud alone saved him. II he had
not escaped defeat in these States by a
scratch Mr.. Blaine would have been
left with only fourteen States at his
back.
OF course. in such an event Blaine
would have been just as indignant as
he now is about the injustice inflicted
on Northern States by allowing South
ern States to vote as they please in a
Presidential election. But real 1.-The
skin of the teeth" plea applies to the
Republicans as well as to the Demo-
Gratis, in regard to the footings of the
recent election. Blaine suffered defeat.
A little more would have been annihi-
lation.-N. y World.
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lifted into the public view as the result
of crises or ordinary circumstance,
while the many with thrice their chance
for fame and every opportunity to
achieve it are thrust out of sight as a
result of things that appear to be of
trivial Importance? The power that
notes the sparrow's fall is not too large
for governments. and the man for every
crisis of our history has apparently APP
peared at his appointed hour. and gen.
orally from the unnOticed rank and
place. There is a great political and
military Nazareth. and thus far it has
never failed. Whether President Cleve-
land comes from it is yet to be demon
strated; but there IS solid satisfaction
as a result of the election, from one end
of the country to the other, which be-
speaks the utmost faith and confidence
in the coming Administration.-N I.
GTQDhic
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THE OLD FARM BARN.

The dearest gifts to all that live
Are the quiet joys our memories give.
The future we know not; but safe is the past
And the first we loved we love to the last.
The image undimmed, we hold it more dear
As the days disappoint us from year to year
The joy long gone, though never so small,
Compared with joys present, is worth then
all.
What we thought would be substance, ar
rived-tiS a shade.
And too late is learned the mistake we have
made
So it comes my heart has a rainy day
In the old farm barn, with the children a
play.
The naples look on with bright eyes in their
leaves,
The clear drops drip from the swallow-built
The chickens find shelter. the cisterns fill;
There's buster whirr from the wheels OF
The pond is all dimples from shore to shore,
And the miller smiles back from his place in
the door;
Slow mists from the mountains come drift
The houses show fainter afar in the town,
The gust sweeps UP, dies away again,
For all yonder sun it's my hearts rainy day
1n the old farm barn, with the children at
play.
The oxen chew slowly, with sleepy eyes,
The sheep huddle up into half their size
The dazed calves stare at the grim, dingy
Old Nancy looks soberly out from her stall,
Tiger, Puss crouches close TO the mouse's
hole,
Great Caesar gnaws boldly bone that he
Over all is the roof and the dance of the rain
Not Borrowing thought. not a touch of pain I;
The old farm barn is so dusk and still ri
The very spiders sleep on its window-sill.
DIis the hush, the browse of the rainy day.
And I'm leapiSg again from the beam to the
hay.
Up, chunky George, of the wOo5chuck race!
Hist, witty Ben, with the chipmTnk facet
This way, broad Bill, with the trousers wide!
Come, stumbling Tom, with the big toe tied,
The scramble is made up the shaky stairs;
Hatless and breathless we stand in pairs.
Bawling Bob gives the word, and down We go
The sport is forbidden; that doubles the Zest;
More risks than the damage 20 Dreeches or
vest.
Ahai he's no coward gets sprout to-day
For bliss of the leap from the beam to the
hay!
But stay, brave boysl Are these all there
were?
That other-how shall mention her?
The beautiful one, so gentle, shy,
With blue of distance suffusing her eye;
The gOlden-haiTed girl that always came
And stood in our midst ike shape of fame.
Is that she, there, by the cradle now,
With the sunken check and the blOOdless
Is it her voice in the still night heard;
Her voice once blithe as the voice of bird?
Can she have so changed since yesterday,
When she laughed as we lcaped FROM the
beam to the hayI
o, the wst of the world, its worry and
strife
The wreStle, the baltic that men cali ''lifc."
The smiling and weeping, the up and down
OF the sons and daughters of country and
town.
On us all. at times, may the noon sun shine,
May warm to your heart, may warm to mine.
But question if ever n hue viii be
"A smile OF land. glance of the Sea-
AS dear as the mist when the fresh showers
fell
On the old homc-spot we loved so well.
No, the heart will go back to the rainy day
To the old farm barn and the children at
play.
john Vance Cheney, in N. Y. Irdcpcndent
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PUNCTUATION.
How the Ancient Styles Have Been Altered
and Improved Upon.

and Improved Upon.
Caxton. the first English printer. had
three punctuation points-the comma,
the colon and the period-but. says Mr..
Blades, an excellent authority in rela-
ton to Caxton and everything concern
ing him, it is doubtful if he had any idea
of the principles of punctuation. The
earliest known manuscripts are without
any points, nor is there any division be-
tween the words. The confusion re-
sulting led to the separating of words
by single dot. Then space between
the words superseded the dot, which
was made to perform another service,
viz, to show the divisions of 2 sentence.
The Greek grammarians were the first
to recognize the limbs of a sentence. A
clause they called comma, member
of sentence colon, and complete
sentence period. Little attention,
however, was paid to these divisions for
long time. Aelius DonatuS, who flour
ished in the fifth century and wrote a
grammar which served all Europe until
after the invention of printing, was the
first to distinguish these divisions by
placing dot at the bottom of the line,
where our full-point low is. to designate
the comma; in the middle of the line,
where our hyphen is, for the colon, and
at the top of the line, where our apOS-
trophe is, for the full-point. 1t was not
until well into the sixteenth century that
printers began definitely adopting an
acknowledged system of graduated
soints.-Priater's Circular
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TiVII-N VI IIIVaIi i IIdtII~-
Iferred to the white
population, enabling
the white population
of the South to exert
an electoral influence
far beyond that exert.
ed by the same mum.
her Of white people in
the North
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~ AN communications for this Pare.
enould be accompanied by the name Of the
Sutnor; not necessarily for publication, but
Is an evidence Of good faith on the par. OF
the writer. Write only on one side of the %
per. Be particularly careful in giving name
ana oates to have the letters and figures plain
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A Dangerous Demagogue.

The country is to be congratulated
that Blaine was repudiated on the 18th
day of November. To round up the in
herent dangerous demagOgy of his
character. it was fit that lie make the
Augusta speech He built better than
he knew. VIII our readers please COM
pare the following extracts-one taken
from that speech and one from his let,
ter of acceptance:
| From Letter of Ac-. From Augusta CMeI
ccptance.l Speech
The elements which The eleven States
! separated them North that comprised th'S cb-
| and South are fast dis el COnfederacy had by
! appearing. Preiudices the census of 1881, -
! have yielded and are. 5000 white popula
| yielding. while grow ton and 53O0,00O col
ing cordially warns. OrCd population. The
| the Southern and, colOred population al
| Northern heart alike. most to man desire
| Can any one doubt that to support the Repub
| between the sections lican party, but by a
confidence and esteem system of cruel intim-
| are to-day more iddt.On and by violence
| marked than ut any and murder, whenever
| period in the sixty violence and murder
| years preceding the are thought necessary.
| election OF President they are absolutely de.
! Lincoln? IfpriVed of all political
! there be occasional and power. If the outrage
| violent outbreaks in stopped there 1t would
| peaceful progress, the does not stop there,
| public opinion of the for not only Is the ne.
! country regards them gro population dis ran,
as exceptional. and chiscd but the power
I hopefully trusts that which riGhtfully and
/ each viii prove the cOnstitutionaly be-
! last. longs to them is trans
Iferred to the white
population, enabling
! the white population
| of the South to exert
an electoral influence
! far bcyon that exert.
ed by the same num-
her Of white people in
! the North.
| As the New York World says, in 4
reference to this matter, the explana-
/ ton is that when Mr.. Blaine wrote his
letter of acceptance he hoped and ex-
pected to carry at least five Southern
States. When he made his Augusta
speech he was the disappointed and de-
feated candidate who had failed TO car
~ a single Southern State and who had
been rejected by four of the Northern
States. The instincts of the base, rab-
ble-rousing politician, are clearly re-
vealed in the extracts quOted.-Indian0
| State Sentinel.
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NlSCELLANEOUS.

P1TTsBuRa, Nav 3.-Notning can
be learnt d of the mine explosion near
here. The report Is believed to be
without foundation.
WILMINGTON, Del. May 3.-As-
tors new steel yacht Nourmahal was
launched to-day. It is said no larger
pleasure boat was ever launched in
America and to be the largest yacht
af1oat.
BOSTON. May 3.-Reports from
Port au Prince state that the English
schooner Grapple was burned by the
NATIVES at Coy Island, SIC, 600 in pro-
perty cOn3scated and the crew MUIR
dered. A war vessel has been sent
there.
PORT JERv1s, N. Y, May st is
reported that Adams. the negro wi o
eloped with Amanda Ayers from
Belleville, was lynched late last
night.
TORONTO, Ont, May 3. -27i italian
laborers arrived from New York to
supply tie place of strikers on the
ontario 4 Quebec Railway.
NEW YORK. May 3.-Laidlaw &
Co., correspondents here of the Orien-
tai Bank of London, state very little
American exchange is involved in
the failure. The Oriental California
Bank transferred its business to the
Rcthschilds year ago.
WATERFOWL, n. Y. May 3,-The
boiler of the Whitney Marble works.
Gouveineur, exploded this forenoon,
killing five men and fatally inJuring
two. The building is a total loss.
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Personal.

Mr.. J. 8. McAndrews, of Anacon-
da, showed his smiling countenance
among his Butte friends yesterday.
Mr.. Will Lewis, of Wisconsin, has
engaged as a salesman with Messrs.
Sands & Boyce. The fact tIat he is a
brother of Mr.. Oscar Lewis who oc
cupies top position with the same
house and who is so universally and
deservedly popular is an introduction
to this community in every sense
satisfactory.
i Mrs. Col. J. G. G.. Thornton left for
NJ xico, Missouri, yesterday, via u.
h N. and U. P. Mrs. Thornton has
gone to visit her daughters, Lizzie
and Mary, who are attending the fe-
male college at that place. Miss Liz
lie will graduate during this mopth
and will return home with her moth
er in about six weeks. Miss Mary
will remain at the college two or
three years longer.
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EOREIGN.

CALAIS, May 3.-Three men were
overheard at Dieppe yesterday con-
sulting on a plan for smuggling
something across the channel. From
the tenor of their conversation they
are supposed to be dynamiters.
MADRID, May ga train was
stopped by the police outside of Bar.
ceIona to-day in time to prevent it
passing over q bridge upon which
dynamite cartridges had been placed.
Seditious placards were found posted
on the walls of the town of Ceja.
LONDON. May 3.-The City of
Rome makes the following state>
ment regarding the signal Of the sails
ing vessel spoken April 23d: The
first signal was, ''shipwDecked crew."
then followed two other signals; the
first was supposed to be ''State," and
presumed to refer to the State of
Florida.
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Kahnweiler comes to the front with
the largest assortment of corsets in
the West. The little and big, young
and old, black and white, and native
and foreign born will find corset
there to suit them if they want the
article. Candidates who will be
elected tomorrow and who may be
threatened with q swelling of the
head or abdominal regions should
lay in supply of corsets at Kahn
weller's. Everybody can be suited.
Missoulsan: Sister Remi, one Of
the pioneer sisters to come to Mon>
tana, and who for twenty years past
has been . faithful Christian worker
among the Indians of st. Ignatlus
mission, died at Montreal on the 25th
inst. For some four years she has
suffered severely from tumor in the
side, and a month ago she left this
country for Montreal to secure sur
gical treatment. The tumor was re-.
moved April 4th and she died the
day following. Her life was one of
loving self-sacrifice, and in this
country where she is so well known,
news of her demise will be received
with UNIVERSAL sorrow am ing both
whites and Indians.
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To the Public.

The report having been maliciously
circulated that as City Treasurer my
accounts were short, and that I had
Improperly used the funds entrusted
to my care, I have to submit the fol-
lowing certificate from Mr.. Joseph
A. Hyde, cashier First National
Bank of this place, with whom the
funds entrusted to my care have been
deposited
BUTTE, May 3, 1884.
thereby certify that Mr.. Edwin G.
Letter, City Treasurer, has not over
drawn his account in this bank.
JOSEPH A. HYDE,
Cashier First National Bank.
In addition to this, l have to state
that as City Treasurer, I have paid
out 81, ,350.81, on vouchers against the
city, and have $2,55O-fire fund bal
ance, subject to be shown the City
Council, at any time demanded.
EDWIN G. LETTER,
1t City Treasurer.
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whiteley's Hidden Hand.

A great attraction will be presented
at Renshaw Opera House to-mor-
row night in Whiteley's Hidden
Hand. The company is strong one
and the leading lady Miss Fanny
Francis, and Mr.. Ferguson, the COM
eoian, ere q great team in them
selves. Miss Francis style is some
thing like Katie Putnam's and her
performance of Capitola is unsur-
passed by any artist on the stage. A
great feature of the performance is
the entire new scenery that this COM
pany brings with them for the proper
production of the play. The cotton
scene is the most realistic ever pre-
sented on any stage. The entire east
ern press are unanimous in their
commendation of the performance
and as they are here for four nights
only the engagement ought to be a
great success.
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The COmique.

This favorite place of amusement
was we'll filed last night by an en-
thusiastic audience. Mr.. and Mrs.
Forrest, always entertaining, ex-
celled themselves and brought down
the house in rapturous applause.
The jolly Nick Hughes was in his
best mood; the beautiful songstress,
Miss Pearl, sang her favorite selec-
tions; the lovely danseuse, Ida Storms,
went through her most difficult steps;
the versatile and refined artistic,
Miss Bremond, appeared to her best
advantage. Miss Lille Gordon was
in splendid voice and sang divlnely.
Cassidy was immense. Grace Alvin,
the marvellous club swinger and in
comparable model artiste. took the
house by storm and Billy Morris
kept it conyulsed with laughter.
The Comique has splendid troupe.
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quoted at q discount Of IS per cent.
The decline in Mexican railway is
due to the rumor that no dividends
will be paid on ordinary stock.
The police attach little importance
to dynamite discovered at Ship Tay-
ern. The cartridges are. such as are
used in toy pistols.
The failure of the Oriental Bank
will not effect the Stock Exchange,
but Mincing Lane suffers rs the
bank was interested il eastern pro-
duce.
Advices from Sydney state Hanlan
will row Laycock May ed.
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went up the valley this morning in
quest Of fish and game. just such a
brace of "ducks' as this is enough to
scare everything out of the country.
Mr.. A. J. Davidson, of Helena, af-
ter taking in the sights of Butte, is
spending few days in the valley.
Just what his mission is, is hard to
determine. It has been quietly init
mated that he is around putting him
self in the hands of his friends for
Congress. Charley Beilenburg comes
in at this juncture to deny that q
Congressional bee is humming around
the Helenaite's head, but that he is
over here robbing the Beilenburg
family out of everything they have.
Anyway Mr.. A. J. has lots Of friends
here. JOE BUSH.