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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-06
mARTIN's FERRY.


| On Friday evening tie Library Associa
ton and the Ladies Aid Society gsV'
their second pronouncipg bee in the lee
| ture room of the II. T. Church. The
affair was not the success which its friends
hoptd for. CsptsiUs Harris and Scot
again msrsballed their respective force:
with result similar 10 The last one, except
that Captsin SCOTS defeat wsa not sc
overwhelming as on the previous occasion
The words given out were little harder
than those used at either OF The former
contests and their effect wss quite marktd
By the manner in which the captains FIRST
and privates next went 70 grass. Among
the words given were LAGOON, automa-
ton, int rios utor, spropos, precociouss'
dolorous, oolits, phthisis, curoua, paroted
tuIle, lou {, ducst, Ci;uleap, ssnsdriD, pro
tesu, autopsy. ozone, detonate, contumely,
subIunary, etiolste, recusant, letharge,
mobile, philippe, elaine, ammone, con-
sumstely, connotative, piIiphiosis, prothon.
o,ary, psrtitary, obhgor, nsusolsum, spoth.
costs, apizorfy. When Captain SCOTS
side had all retired there were four contest.
ants remaining in Harris army Of pro-
nouncers.
1t seems a shame that such an exhibit
ton should be 60 poorly attended, pRrlicu
larly when the proceeds are TO be used for
such an excellent purpose.
Professor John G. Scorer, of Curry To-
s,itute, Pittsburg. viii give one oil his
laugh and humorous elocutionsry en-.
terIsinments at the NJ E Church, Friday
evening", December 18th, under the
auspices of the Library Association and
Ladies Aid Society.
Cold weather has come, and every man
and boy should keep his ears warm by get.
ting cap Of Chas SEarz. Cheap and
god.
To day the Episcopal congregation will
attend service in The north hall room OF
the new Commercial block at 2:3G p m.
They have secured the use of this room
and will hereafter conduct service regular
ly at that place.
Have Just received q lot Of fancy neck.
wear for the Holiday trade. Call and ace
them. Cha. SWartz.
Mr.. John White, q pedsgogue of many
years experience, will open night school
in the room occupied in the daytime By
the colored school
On Friday evening the Changers So
cisty gave en- exhibition in Pleasant
Ridge school house. The affair was well
attended and the entertainment we'll mer.
rited tie hearty support accorded.
Newest thing out for children. Blue
and cardinal plush caps at SwartzS.
Mics Eta Smith is in Western Penn
sylvapia visiting relatives and friends.
Mr.. J. Brock, the cobbler, has removed
himself and family to Glen Easton.
Boy your boy a seal akin cap. Only
81. Cbss. Swartz.
William Garrett returned yesterday from
an extended business Trip in the interest Of
the Elson Glass Works,
Mr.. A. P. Smith has made application
for q patent on very ingenious consriv-
auce for lstching gate.
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WELLSBURa.

Snow Storm. .Dissatisfs ctlen over the
Brdge-NOtss.
Special 10 Tie Sunday Register,
WELLsBURG, December 5 "A brisk snow
storm visited ibis place this afternoon and
the air is growing steadily colder, making
it decidedly uncomfortable for street cor.
ner lca6ng or even walking on the streets.
Considerable dissatisfaction is manifest,
ed in Cross Creek district especially in the
vicinity of Golfers over the contract Of
the county bridge, q number Of citizens
claiming the p,ico paid or agreed to be
paid is greatly in excess of what it should
be. The bridge was let to contract without
advertising for bids, aud hence the kick
John Davies LETT On Friday for New
York, from whence he will sail on Satur'
day evening fer Wales, his native place.
He will in April next, with his bride
to whom he is soon 10 be married.
&c Palmer and G. W. Caldwell, Esqs.,
were in Wheeling to-day on legal business
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-06

replies the surprised intellectual student,
II can lif. my mind ~ communion with
grand thoughts Of classic literature: The
answer promptly eomes: 90 lit your
own thoughts to God direct; if you want
help or inspiration, 60 where you can look
Of to the meeting OF earth or aea and SKY,
at the Ocean Beach or TO the hills, st the
sunset in the Golden Gste-slWays before
our eyes here, or at the sunrise over Mount
Diablo. These are all the books you need
for mind cure in addition to Gods word IN
your Bible story"
When anyone outside the classes asks
the students or teachers about the teaching
he reply Is, Come and study in class for
yourself: The cost is but $40, and you
can attend the classes daily as long as yon
will. You will learn more in contact with
other minds in class in one week than you
will otherwise in many weeks. 1t IS not
like intellectual study. 1t comes most
from harmony-irom growth IN splrit
rather than from study"
Questiou-What is Mind. CureH
Ans#er-It ia the turning Of henature 8
recreatiye forces toward recreation IN
truth, and cutting of their false creation
and feeding of error and disease. 1t 10 the
tuning of the human body aud mind as
instruments of the soul-the putting OF
health and harmony in the place Of disease
and discord.
Q-HoR can this be done?
A.-By simply changing the current OF
the mind, as one would change any stream
or current of electricity, say from negative
to positive; only the latter is OF the lower
or physical Law.
Disease, moral or physical, comes from
want of connection aud incomplete control
of the soul over the mind and body. The
mind hesliUg is by ones own soul, when
this connection and control is restored. 1t
is like putting back the telegraph wires
that have been broken down. The one
who has this can no more claim to have
made the cure than the workman who
plants his ladder on The telegraph post and
puts back the broken wire, can claim to
have made the restored current in circuit
A parslyZed nerve or torpid liver, or
other temporarily or partly defunct organ,
is ike that broken wire We simply restore
the healthy circulation by soul action upon
mind and body.
Q.-HoW is this done?
A.-By learning and obeyiDg the laws
1t can only be understood BY the teaching;
neither is it taught By words alone. 1t is
like mGsic-coming either BY gilt or BY
practice. The system is very short and
simple. The unfolding depends upon the
person and personal ripeness or power OF
concentration and application.
Q-Why have not our scientists 6iscov-
cred thisH
A-Sciencs has been hunting beyond
or below or around it. The truth has lain
on the surface all the time. 1t did not
have to be discovered; it was never covered
to the eye Of simple faith. I,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-06
GLASS NOTES.

The Belmont glass works, Of Beilaire,
0 is running full time,
The two idle flint HOUSES in the Ohio
Valley Will start up in abou, one month.
Oar flint houses are nearly if not quite
al busily engaged.
The bottle house ct Bellaise, O., is fairly
booming RoW.
Tnos Evans L Co, of this city, will start
The MulvaGeY factory in about i've weeks
Tbs Buckeye glass factory. at Martins
Ferry, Ohio, will rot start up for q month
yet at least.
-Four of The I'VE window houses at Bel
lair, o, are on, and the other nssrly ready
70 blow in.
The Crystal Plate Glass Co., OF s.. Louis,
are running to full capacity on stock con-
tracts taken some months ago, and will
not be through with these for four or Eve
months 10 come.
The Sreu6enVills, O., bottle works has
been sold TO the Summer Glass Co, OF
Sharpsburg. Pa, for 81 900. The company
will put the works in repair during The
winter, and expects TO start up next April.
They will employ about 200 men.
The American GlaIs Worker reports the
only window glsss furnaces in this country
out of blast at present TO be as follows:
Western district, McHsesport, Pa, 10 pots;
Cunuipghsms L Co, is'sOurg, 20; Wells,
burg, W. Va, 20; Bradford. Pa, 8; New
Albany, Iud u; Union Works, Bellaire,
20; LaSails. Ill, 10. Northern district
syracuse, y. Y, 20; Ithace, n. Y, "a.
Eastern district, Woodbury., 10, Albertson
Pick i Co, 8; sindelis, Bslimors, 8;
Bakers g; WILMINGTON, Del 8, making q
total Of l5s J OTIS not operating. Of these,
80 pots Gid not OPT srts last blast, aud the
Belgian Glass Company 3, MesdViue, Pa,
nov buildiog, and the so pots OF FOX i
Co Durham,ille, n. Y, are not included
in The above list
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-06
HINTS ON MlND.cUHE.
Published By Request /
E.lfrr 4. CcliSs GIis.

arfA%%a - SFtSSs ~N~-N-
Outside Of the few cEques WAC copy OLD
ar world scientific and literary societies.
there Is not much regard here for deep
bookreading. Bat let no one, on tins &C
count, think this public mind uninforGed.
This people lssEnS 70 read the greater
NOOK Of nature, to see in tSs grandeur OF
snch nature as the Yosemite, the Big
Trees, the Golden GSte and the uneroken
Pacific Ocean reach full SEf way rouno
the world-At the equStor-treu Panama
70 Siguspors. sights that seem TO distance
the Atlantic world groV,hs and distances
and 70 promise the training OF the New
They laugh here at the pedsntry OF the
Atlantic schools, and Wheu honnsnor
Caoel pets on airs of culture, one OF the
papers here tea bin that 81! he knows ]"
"oply uhat We SoI throsgb Siih in Europe
bsfoIs coming 10 this Pacific Coast II
Sas What We Eepe driven away IRON the
fsthsrlands to get rid st.
or q iruth the Pacific is Ise sopins
school urosEd Of the spiritual-the intel.
Iectusl was well enough for that age Of
The world; but nov We are getting to the
beginning OF the New. Little Is INC rex
Of ths work. map be able to perceive il;
this new school Of tbs spiritual - to mo
irs center on this PseiSe COST, apd the
Niud-Curs il bat . beginning or .. ., c
osfgroWth of il.
The Mina,Curs teaching here is said by
those who come froE the East to be
farther advance upon theirs. OF coarse
there are 6 many and as various teach
/ inss as there are aSpy and various teach
ers, from frss&hinksrs sad so-cslleS
| SuirituaIists to the most ortoo
dox and rissloVing and Bible
reading in spirit and iE lstter. Tn
| Nind-suss teaches respect for them all
each according to It's light. Those vh'
are rips 10 learn, grsvitAts to the class o
teaching to which their religion sosords
The Mind cure proClAins the new Spiritua
atmosphere, of the Holy Spirit SURROUNDING
1 them al and hArmoniEiDg them all ss ID
different notes treble and bass OF nusic
The higher tssehir e here disspproE
kookFesaipg. Emerson says De VII
can read God directly wastes little tim
over other minds GodrssdlnS. "sat'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-06
MILL NOTES.

The Lookout rolling mill, at Chstta-
noOgs, Tenn is doiOg good trade at pres
ent.
The mills OF South Troy, \. Y, ere
running this week about as stated in our
lsst report from them.
The Looh,el rolling mill. at Harrisburg,
Pa, viii soon begin operations. The firm
will manufacture skelp iron for the tube
mill at MOdletowu, Pa.
The Pittsburg Steel Casting Company
are meeting With great success 10 the man
Ufscturs OF large Bessemer and crucibls
steel rolls.
George AcKim factory for the manufse'
ture of self ieeiiDg nail machines. at Mar
tina Ferry. will be ready for operation BY
December Is.
The strike Of the wire-drswers Of New
Haven, Conn, has continued for 1--WE
months without signs Of weakening on
ether side. The wire company are adver.
nsing for seabs in the Wssteru papers.
The stock for the new nail mill at Belle-
vile, Ill, has al been subscribed ]. N.
Hay, Richard Chew. aud Cadtain William
White are very active in the matter, IL
is 10 Do run on the cooperative plan.
The Cartwright Iron and Steel Company,
Steubsnville, o., which has capital stock
of $50, 900, is Just beginning operations,
having bought plant ct Aliksnns, . 81.
bUrb Of StsuoenYills.
UniontoEn, Pc, is pushing forward rap
idly. The citizens have raised the money
70 begin the erection Of Q large steel mill,
and work will begin on the building in
few daya A new wire mill IL also among
The possibilities.
Steel rail circles ure soue1hst worked
I'D over the report thst the Chicago, Bur
hugton and Q lincY Railroad has placed
An order with On Eoglish mill for special
quality steel rails 81 high prices without
giving American mills . chance to bid. -
Review.
An order for $50 tons OF steel was re-
ceived on the 10Th inst at CsrDegies Union
Steel and Iron Works ThirtS-third street,
Pius5urg. The order relates to the eight
inch mill only, and it is considerek IN
ususlly large. It will keep the mill in con-
tinuous operations tor several months.
The ou'plt of the rod mill of the Hart
man Steel Co. at Beaver Falls, in one day
recently was los! tons This is claimed
to be the largest one days output Of any
rod mill 10 the United States. Every block
in the wire mill of the same company is
RAINING double turn, and on the same day,
turned out 95 tons OF fest class steel wire.
This is considered large days work.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-06

s375; B. & o.. 81 so; Blossburs. $3.50;
Piedmont, S5.25 to s. so.
David Evans has sued the Curryyills
Coal Co, Of Pittsburg. Sullivan county,
Ind, for s., 600 damages. Evans was FIRE
boss Of one OF the col mines Of the com.
psny, in charge Of tbs ventilation. BE
Lutered one Of the mining chambers On q
tour Of inspection. The room Was filed
gases and when be entered with his torch
an explosion followed, which injured Evans
about the face and head. Eysns asks
dausges in the above amount for his in
iaries. The case is peculiar one, and
viii be watched With interear By miners all
over the country. The case viii be tried
in tho Sullivan Circuit Court.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-06
MINES AND MINERS.

CoruelsTIle coke sells N Chicago at
T. 20.
Ras5urg coke sells in Chicago at g. 90
YrJaO.
Husbarg coal sells In Chicago at g 20;
sacLtng Valley al 81.
C.sar6sId coal sells a. Baltimore at - 20
I,i ST New York at S. IS.
EinAsha gas coal sells st Newport News
ES %; At New York 8! 81 90.
Cumberland coal sells al Baltimore at
4 70 aE4 At New York az - IS.
Ws,Iuorslard aud Penn. Gss, at South
AaSoH NS5 50; at New York, - 90.
Csnft,ron gas camel coal sells AZ New
?G' News q S Is; at New York, s. so.
Tie niaes at Elk Lick, Pa, ais stin
annl0S .ail line.
Toe mixers Of Cal Creek, Tenn, are
ut TOT 50 advance in wsgts
ASoC' foo; sean OF coal bss been ops ned
Har The head OF Stony Gap LyOOmirg
soo2'T Pa.
Inc discN,ry % coal ia reported ct
te'!l On the Ii1S Of the Central Pacific
H'oAd, ten miles SsSi Ct Reno, Nevada.
he Elah Run coal mines. near Steuben-
'Ls, Oo!o, have bsen sold for IEo-thnds
= he sPrrslsenent They we're owed ~
Id, NaIIfndge, Of PiUsburg, and Others.
Tsln OF coal has been discovered IN
;A'd-t county Nevada. The vein is 3
'e''de A shat, lSO feet in depth has
s:sa sunk.
q a Present Alabama coal retails 10 New
; S.7aai 81 isou - 70 50 cents per Dbl Of
- 10 delivered 70 residences. Whole
= a. . 70 car load loJs run Of mines at about
''SS IS per ton on the cars.
Aa0 solhery, Ct the New River district
y 'a= Cae'epesse ard Ohio railway, in
"a -" 'H'Siils, i' uoE shipping about 100
-. -; Cay Il Asw River seni-biIumipous
,H FsHa3ylgalis Coal and Iron Co
:; Purchased over 1900 acres Of coal
: = s t0a iants in he uicarsl regions ives,
S, ~ Springs, Aak=osas. Operations
Opening niDes viii soon begin.
~. .-' coal fields extending from Hot
~ g vet Of the Indian Territory are
j.. e extensive sGd rich in many
h. !ae coal p,oiCces from The saF,
AAa u Of 6ne quality.
ds =. Cae,3Ca,i lie supply Of cOsl is good,
as9d lair And market steady =, &c
-, - - rsiall Business st Toe for PITTS,
h0A;. iVe tJr hSnaEhs River, and Sc
'ai0 k''sr, delivered.
Sos!a9ds7ile and Fsiruont coal sells as
a., q H4da.o Screened lump, 81 Is;
s. 80 - aGt, Hized, 8 0j; run Of mines
UI.3 - ;i'seaed nut 81 IS; nut and slack
y u IS, slack, 81 as.
q sSC'ss.sLaDd, Ohio, toe following price.
Sl a.. +31~ rs coal are quoted: Carbon
t3S' = D 49ndsy Creek, q 10; Massillop
rs; P 5n3yFa laOp. 81 rs; Bsiar Bill
la,,,s'.H.'s 5! Is; Salineville, g 90
40; RR, .I?0' coal cells as follows in Chi
4 lDS; aanore and Ohio, %; Blossburg
& 3 IA. block, 3 80; Indiana slack
e. r -aAoa nut g; Grape Creek
elS-S.-'4i,95 cnGlty, 81 Is: StreatoE
A'A'ds Coal Trade Journal
= css ',.,o'i9s i. tbs retail price of Goa
ktro 3 a. !, aothrseiss, rapss and nut
SA,as;'". vi anthracite egg. S. to IS 2s
lie al pea, IS 20; camel, SIS to 81
SIS; I,S siAf Hid 1913 to IS; illinois
'''iAIA block, 81; Indians iaHT
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-06
POTTERY NOTES.

The EI#ood pottery Of Goodwin Bros,
At Elm wood, Conn, are running tull time.
They have two furnaces and dive deoors'
ling ovens on.
The London Pottery Gazetteer does not
seem to anticipate any difficulty in regard
to wages among the StAfOrdshire Posttries
this season.
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agw ApwearlssMgpTa
]. S, RHODES & co.
BARGAIN PROGRAMME !.

Best SC. CaliCos, New Dark Styles
5 cents.
All Wool kedlcated Red Flame
II l-2C., worth zoe.
All Wool Grey Twilled Flannel re-
duced from 35c. to Csc.
Heavy Canton Flannel worth lgC
for Sc
Ladies' all wool Scarlet Vests Soc
Yard-Wids CretOnnss worth Csc
for I0C.
DoubIs-width Dress Goods worth
zoe. fo' II l-2c.
24-inCh Dress Goods Werth Zoe
for 1920.
Extra Fine Dress Goods worth Csc
for zoe.
Remnant Plaid Nainsook, cheap al
zoe, for II l-2c.
New StyIsseTyCoOn Reps worth
zoe. for II l.2c.
Extra Fine HsmstitChsd Handksr
chiefs for Gentlemen, Pure Linen,
worth SOC. for Csc.
GsntIsmen's Hsmstitchsd Silk Hand.
ksrChisfs at SO cents.
GsntIsmsn's Initial Hsmstitehsd
Silk handkerchief, extra fine,
only $I.00.
Extra Fine 0amask Linen Table
Cloths, with Napkins to match,
$500 and $6 90 per set; Is per
cent less than ever sold.
Twelve pieces C0iored Surah Silk,
new Shades, best quality, worth
$l.25 for 85C.
Best makes Black Silk at zoe. re-
ductiOn. Call and ses0them.
Finest EldsrdoWn Quilts, covered
with French Sateens only $40.
A choice assortment of Fancy
Goods, suitabIsfO Holiday pres
ents.
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Rut WIN They Bring the pLls 2
Nsr York Graphic.

INtU IWN NFWI'NIss
A writer in'the Cleveland Leader says
the President is very charitable, and fire.
quently answers bsggiDg letters by sending
to the writers five. ten or twenty dol
lar bill. The publication should not have
been made. The President will probably
be overwhelmed now with letters Of thai
hind
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Thinking Made Easy.
Lauisrflle Courisr-Jaurnal.

Its said that railroad employees have an
easy time. When there is an election they
don't have to work their minds to learn
who is the best man to vote for. The com.
psny investigates the candidates morals
and then tells the happy employe which is
the best man
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Prsters Them Ready-MadS.
W-,kinninn H-LchsL

4 fashion Journal says: Horizontal
sirirss hecoms very tan and slender IA;
dies" As Il Is not stated whether the
stripes should be planted IN hills or roSs,
We don't think we viii Attemp: to raise .
crop Of tall and Slsndsg ladisJ this ssason.
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To Real Estate Buyers.

EoR SAVE OR RENT-THk DwELL1SG
e ho1,e No 81 Virginia stre.t lisa d. Lot
s0xl7O fees, TWo-s,ory frame house ot,svsn rooms
and bath room. side and back p9rch, and god
cellar and oqtb nldiDgs
FoR sALE-Ths 2 story resid spce No. l'6 Virginia
.treet. tive rSonls and good cellar. Lot SOxliO.
Applyto BESJ NcAEUhEN,
10Th No. II YnginiR Street
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-06

Friday evening the Ps. esnms chapter
of the Poi Delta fraternity celebrated
their deceuniaI, with banquet at theiE
hsG OF East Beau STREET.
DR.. Moaat viii occupy the pulpit Of the
Frat Presbyterian Church Sunday, In tss
absence Of DR.. Brownsou.
Hon. George W. Miller. Who was sp
pointed United States Marshal for Western
Pennsylyania some time last month, Vil
enter upon the duties pertaining 10 hii
cEice on Monday next.
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Flashing in their pes,ly sheen,
FROM the glorious coralLine,
See those teeth uDtsrnished!
White alike the back and iroat
Yes, by the fragrant SoIoDoNr.
May beautys mouth be gsrnished !!
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-06
CLOAKS =!

Don't wait until January to buy Ladies
and Cbildren's Cloaks. You can find Q
better assortment now and the prices as
low
We have commenced our slaughter sale
of Wraps to-day.
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cav -9V.ET.se seals

DJOAS AND BOAED; Also DAY BDARD
IL, EpQuir. at ions kURNER's oIpet and wal
pspsr tore, Hes. .Olo and 202l Main Atlcet.
dtc6&ea
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-18

Mr.. GL4DSIONE'S TITLE.

Mr.. Gladstone's refusal of an earldom attests
the sincerity of his democracy. lie prefers TO
die. as he has lived, plain, untitled representa-
tive of the English people. The elder Pitt
never possessed the same force in pubic lie
nor appealed with equal power to the magma
tons of his countrymen after he had accepted
title. AS the Great Commoner he had been as
poyular as he was powerful. AS Viscount
Pitt and Earl of Chatham, he ceased to COM
mand by the inherent force OF versatile genius
and lofty character the respect aud admiration
of the English people. The earldOm was con-
sidered beneath the dignity of the great orator
of the Commons whose will had shaped the
destiny of Europe. There had been no Reform
bills: the House of Lords still ruled the Com
mons by means of pocket boroughs and bribery
in elections; but even so the people were
Jealous of the honor of their favorite Minister.
With greater emphasis would democracy that
is conscious of its strength resent the elevation
of Mr.. Gladstone to the peerage Ills demo-
cratic spirit has endeared him to the middle ana
working classes. His sympathies have been
warmly enlisted on the popular side. lie mas
proved himself man of the people, the chiei
advocate of representative government, and,
without being demagogue, persistent and
successful opponent Of the privileged classes.
His refusal of an earldom at the close OF his
career is his final protest against system OF
government that is essentially irresponsible and
is retarding the progress OF political and social
reform in England.
Mr.. Disraelfs elevation to the peerage was a
matter of less concern to the English constitu-
encies. While he had introduced and carried
reform bill of the first magnitude, it was Iecog-
nized as a political trick to dish the Wings"
His sympathes had never gone out to the new
body of voters whom he was arming with the
ballot. They put no faith in his professions
and knew that his prejudices from the outset
had drawn him into alliances with the privileged
classes. When he accepted an earldom the
constituencies did not feel aggrieved, because
it was plain that his sympathies were with the
titled House. 1t was felt that he had earned the
peerage and ought to have it, if he thought that
he could be spared by his party in the Com
mons where it had been Out-debated for q dec
ade. In his case there was no sense OF incon-
gruity, no loss of dignity, no betrayal Of popu-
lar confidence in the acceptance of the title. 10
Mr.. Gladstone the earldom would have brought
no additional fame. lie could only have ex-
cited ridicule and lowered himself in public
estimation the world over by relinquishing the
pre-eminent position he has occupied so long as
the chief representative in the Commons OIL
English democracy. His nobility OF character
and fidelity TO the principles of an enlightened
and progressive Liberalism are prOuder and more
honorable titles than the Queen can bestow
upon him.