The Russellville Democrat., 1885-06-11

taken. It is too late now to pad himself out so ss to flli larger suit Of clothes.
 Speaker Carlisle does but echo the belief of all candid Democrats when he says that he believes Presi dent Cleveland and the heads of the Executive Departments of the Gov ernment are doing the best they can under the circumstances, and that they are entitled to the confidence and support of the country. They are working hard, and are conscien- tiousIy discharging their duty ac- cording to the best oftheir judgment. We do not believe that any Admin istration has ever done any more or better work in given space Of time.
 The alarmists who figure cut that the white race in the Southern States are in danger of being over whelmed in numbers by the negroes will do well to study carefully Mr. Henry Gannett's article on the sub ! iect ID the June number Of the Popu lar Science Monthly. It shows up .he gross erro-s of computation by which the statisticians alluded to arrived at their conclusions, and demonstrates that in the twenty years from 1860 to 1880 the blacks increased AS per cent, while the whites increased 6l per cent. despite the fearful waste of life during five years of war.
 The latest swindle out is practiced by slick ministerial party getting responsible farmers to sign q sub scription paper Eledging to pay q small amount to build church. By clever change ofa few words thIs paper is transformed into $1,000 promisory note aud returns for pay ment to the local bank in the fullness of time. In some places it is work ed by having some responsible and well known party pass the paper, which he innocently surrenders when the proper number of names are on it. Farmers should not sling their good names right and left. Mir. Jeffersen Davis seems. ac- cording ts an interview, to be very much discouraged over the prospects of the U1Ited States. He thinks the people do not love the Constitu- tion as they once did. It is evident that the old gentleman is getting in to his dotage and does not feel that interest in mundane things that he once did. At any rate, the country seems to be in pretty healthy con dition in every respect.
 The deadly epidemic now preva lent at the little village of Paris Roads, in Pennsylvania. seems to show that the glandcrs in horses can produce malignant type of dipthe ria Tn man. The medical men of the place say the children first stricken with the disease appear to nave caught It from drinking water out of a trough used by horses afflicted with 1 glanders. If this be so, glanders must be the horse type of diptheria.
 In all the religious assemblies this year the question of divorce has oc- cupied prominent place among the subjects of discussion. These dis cussions make it plain that the ten dency of churchmen is to return to the old Scriptural doctrine that adul tery is the only proper ground for divorce, and to demand a tightening of the legal restrictions against rup- lures of the marriage relation.
 In his first annual message Presi. dent Cleveland will recommend to Congress number of important changes in the present Civil Service law. For one thing he will urge that the numerous places above the $1, 800 salary limit which require special technical knowledge to fill shall be included under the opera tions of the law. The next step will be to make the law apply to chiefs of bureaus.
 The question of peace or war be. tween England and Russia has long trembled Tn the balance, but it ap- pears that the scales have now dip ped to the side of peace. The pre- else terms of the n.w arrangement are not yet known, but those report ed indicate that both sides have ap- preached the question in a spirit of mutual concession.
 The working force of this country numbers IT, 100000. or these only 2,400,000 are effected Tn their occu- pations by foreign commerce. These are benefited to some extent by a high tariff, while l5,000,000 are in Ijured by it.
 l We have had ninety days of Demo cratic rule and no darkey has been re enslaved; DO Confederate soldier has been pensioned; no Confederate bonds have been redeemed; no slave holder has been paid for hls slaves.
 There is painful suspicion abroad that the Republican otiice-holders removed for offensive partisanship" are not doing their swearing accord ing to the revised version of the Old Testam ent.
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