The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-01-22

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We are told that Carl Schurz is GO
ing to make. lecture tour of the
South. This is as it should be. Carl
is going among his kind. He is al
admirer Of the statesmen and states
manship of the Solid South. 1t is told
as entirely true that Carl himself Sc
ceded once-from Germany, that the
Fatherland did not want him to go
and that, had the Government gotten
hold of him, he would not have gone.
The people Of the North will wish
Carl abundant success in the South
If that will keep him there.
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Lieutenant Greeley has been i'll ever
since his rescue from the Arctic re-
gions, and is still seriously indisposed.
but it is believed by his friends that
he will ultimately regain his former
state Of health. 1t does seem Distress
ing to think of all the suffering and
death entailed by these insane expedi-
tions. It would, of course, be star
in the American crown, were our sail
ors to discover the ''open polar sea,
or the "North-west Passage" but
what practical good may come of it?
What practical good has been accom-
plished by the sufferings of the Gree
ley partyp A few deaths, few wives
widowed, or a number of children or
phaned, is the result so far, of our
Arctic discoveries. We may remain
at home, and assert with any degree OF
positiveness, that there is an open po-
lar sea. There are none to dispute it
who have ever been there.
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The death Of G. r. Mason, perhap
the oldest railroad constructor in tht
South, is announced. He died near
Staunton, Va, one day last week, aged
eighty-six years. Mason was known
during the war as ''Jackson's Bridg'
Builder" as he was chief of the engi-
neer corps Of Stonewall Jackson's
army. It is related of Mason that
after the battle of Gaines Mills, Jack
sons engineers got together and began
devising plans for building bridge
across the Chickehominy. Elaboratt
drawings and plans were prepared,
Mason' meanwhile collecting forcr
of men and going to work upon his
own plans. While the engineers were
busy preparing their plans, Mason re-
ported to Gen. Jackson that he hadn't
seen the pictures, but the bridge was
doner' He was almost wholly with
out education, but had system of hi
own by which he made all his caleula-
tions. With him theory and practice
were one. He knew, intuitively, a.
soon as an idea occurred to him.
whether he could practically carry ii
out or not, and seemed to have the
happy faculty of carrying out his
plans with just one-half the mental
effort Of those about him.
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We are much pleased to be able to
observe that Gallipolis is being con-
verted. Hundreds Of souls,'' is the
tune. There is not perhaps place on
this green footstool that needs CONVEX
sion and salvation worse than Gallipo-
lis. Verify, there is more joy over one
Gallipot brought to repentance, than
many righteous men called to judg-
ment. 1t was the boast of our neigh
Dor city during the flood that it was
the dryest place along the river-but
it isn't dry now. They go about sing
ing hymns, over there. They even
talk to the meter of Methodist songs
Everywhere the great meeting is ad-'
vertised. The announcement Of ser
vices appears in the newspapers, on
the walls, everywhere. The church
building cannot contain the vast
crowds that seek admission. But
those who get in improve the time by
seeking pardon and salvation at the
altar. The very air seems full Of the
glory, over there. The evangelist
says he will stay until spring if neces-
sary. but we trust all Gallipolis will be
gathered in before that time. Ordi-
narily, it is a hard thing to start re-
vival. They've got it started in Gal
lipolis, and now it seems as though
they could not stop it if they wanted
to. Brethren, let US all pray for Gal
lipolis!
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It is lamentable to relate, yet it
seems to be fact that
the political demagogue-and more
and distinctively the Demo-
cratic political demagogue-will not
blush or hesitate at anything which
might further his purposes, no matter
how unholy those purposes might be.
In the Springer-or Follett-investi-
CATION of the October election, in Cln-
cinnati, Follett's witnesses have come
in with wondrously piteous stories of
the manner in which they were abused
and threatened by the Deputy Mar