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Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29

A Maine deacon on his return from
quarterly meeting one Sunday not long
ago. saw string OF trout lying on a
bridge. He sprang from his wagon,
seized the trout and drove on, fifty
Furnishing the Sunday angler for bis
Wickedness.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29

AT a Newport festivity a brilliant
feature was hunting quadrille danced
by dozen ladies in red hunting coats
with dozen ladies each wearing red
sashes.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29

THE bill collector is the man who makes
due Investigation Chronicle
Ielc0rdph.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29

"A mason employed a man as ten
der to carry brick and mortar, who
frequently asked for money in advance.
At the end of the week the mason said:
John, you have drawn fifty cents toe
much" Don't mention it, sor. It's
shmall thrife, and you're wilcome
to it.-
Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29
IN A WELSH CHURCH..
A Congregation Whose Simple Earnestness
Proved to He Contagious.


Proved to he Contagious.
When you are in Rome, do as the
Romans do: which, being interpreted,
means, when you are in Wales, go to
the Welsh church. When Sunday
came, as the long, peaceful day drew
near its close, we went down the shady
road and over the bridge, in search OF
the parish church. There is also an
English church. much finer and more
exclusive, we were told. But we
abided by our first choice, The build
ing itself is modern, but the grounds
look so old that it is probable it occu
pies the site of an older structure. A
pavement of broad slate tagging runs
around it, bordered with shrubs and
flowers. Some very old graves were
in the inclosure There were several
doors, and it was question at which
we were expected to enter. Two
chubby-faced boys came round the
corner in great haste. ''Choir boys"
l said, and was fain to ask for guild
ance; but they vanished like two
flashes Of lightning. At length, by ones
and by twos, the worshipers began to
assemble, and we followed the crowd.
1t is curious place, to American eyes,
that low Welsh Church-long, mar
row, with stone walls, immense stone
columns, brick paved floor in the nave
and choir, and tiled floor in the chan
eel. Imperishable it looked, even
though 1t is the product of our ephem-
eral to-day-as if it might outlast the
pyramids; and it is as severely plain
as any flagstaff The congregation,
made up as it was of the common peo-
pie, the working classes, interested us
greatly. There was hardly person
in the seats who would have been
called, in common parlance, lady Or
a gentleman. The clothes were rough
and plain, but generally clean and
comfortable. Many of the men were
in their shirt-sleeves. Behind us sat
an old woman in black, the oldest OF
| apparitions, who stared at us as if we
belonged to another world. So small, so
| WltuSItu, oO WSdtllcI-Dtdtcu WdS SlIty
in a costume that belonged to the past
ages, that we certainly felt as if she
| did not belong to ours. A surpliced
choir of men and boys-alas that |
should say it, but those surplices badly
needed soap and water.-discoursed
sweet music, singing to Hamburg and
| other familiar old tunes their wild
| Welsh hymns. The air of the place
was reverent. The voices in the re-
sponse were low and earnest. The
| young men and maidens were quiet and
attentive; their elders were devout.
| As for the sermon, | understood but
| three words of it: opposite Paul" and
"Galatia;" but it was, after all, as in
teresting as any l ever listened to.
Earnestness is contagious, and the pale,
earnest speaker held our absorbed at
tention from first to last. But it was
easy to follow the service, which was
| that of the Church Of England, and
prayer is prayer, whether the tongue
be Welsh or English.-Jnli0 c. r.
| Dorr, in atlantic.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hales
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29

HOTEL KEEPERS declare that a great
many men get away by the fire-escape to
escape being fired out below.-BOston Post.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
rhompsons Eye Water Druggists sell t25c.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29

FREE! A 3-foot French Glass, Oval
Front, Nickle or Cherry Oh D Cigar Case, MER-
Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29

LAWYERS ought to be good poets; they
write lots of versus. .'-RocIlester Post.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29

An Indian warwhoop Is not a Sioux
thing sound.-PQsbllrGh Chronicle.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29

LEMON juice is cordially recommended
for one kind Of felon; the penitentiary for
the other.-BOst0n BUDGET
Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29
you

are hustling around for your
share ofthe world'sgood gifts,
and it's hard work: think of
something else.
This constant work will tell
sometime perhaps it has
already-and nervousness,
sleeplessness, neuralgia and
rheumatic aches and pains
are part of the good gifts" "
your hustling has won.
If you are that way, let US
give you prescription--no
charge for the prescription,
though it will cost a dollar
to have it filled by your drug
gist.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
THE UNION PACIFIC.

The annual report OF the government
directors of the Union Pacific Railway,
q synopsis of which will be found in our
telegraphic columns this morning,
seems to have been written in spirit
of fairness and with degree of intelli-
gence which are not often manifest in
Official documents relating to the great
transcontinental road. The directors
understand the situation. They real
IL, first, thatit Will be utterly imp ossi
bic for the Union Pacific to com ply
with the law and fulfill its obligations
to the government; secCn l, that TO force
the company to settlement would be
for the government to take the road and
cancel a debt for more than the line
is worth; third, that it is neither
proper nor desirable for the
government to go into the business of
operating railways, and, fourth, that
the persistent crowding of the COM
pany for settlement which it cannot
make is hampering the company and
destroying its ability to earn the
money with which to pay its debt.
1t is about time that Congress under
stood the true situation in regard to
the Union Pacific, and understanding
it, act with intelligence. Nothing but
disaster can come from playing Shy
lock in the case. To demand the pound
of flesh is to lose everything, and to
materially injure a wide extent o;
country; when to be wisely liberal is
to eventually recover all that is due,
and meantime to build up the great in
terror west.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
VERY FUNNY,

Some of the Republican organs are
pointing with PRIDE to statement
in General Harrison's newspaper, the
Indianapolis Journal, that "the Harri-
son administration will not be run
simply for the purpose of dividing the
spoils among the politicians" and Ger
tain distressed Democratic Office holders
find in the declaration slice of COM
fort and encouragement. In the light
of the history of the Republican party
the assertion quoted is broadly humor-
oHs; it is very, very funny, and lis
author, who is supposed to be the Pres
ident-elect's private secretary, must
have been in the mood for joking when
he penned the words. The central idea
of the Republican party and of indi-
vidual Republicans since the war, has
been the spoils of Office. The immortal
Texan, Daniel Webster Flanagan,
expressed it when he asked in the
National Convention, What are we
here for, if not for the ofhces?" In the
name of all that is crooked and corrupt
in politics, what is the Republican party
alive for to day if not for the offices
Can anybody say what else there is for
the party than ihe spoils of Office ?What
other mission" is thare for the party
than to get all it can and hold all it gets
Why have Republicans spent millions
of money since the Chicago Convention
if it were not for the Offices? Why did
they expend a million in Indiana alone,
buying votes, il it were not with the ex-
pectation of getting the money back
hrolgh the manipulation of the offices?
Is there any body so supplemented as
to believe that the Republican party put
forth its great effort and scattered its
cash so laVishly from sense of duty to
the country or a desire to benefit
tie American people 2 General Harrison
is not bigger than his party, nor is he
above it. If he had been either he
would not now be the President elect
He is simply the representative and
agent of the Republican party, and the
sole mission of that:party is spoils of
Office. Let General Harrison refuse to
divide the spoils among the politicians,
and he will have to travel rocker
road than any of his predecessors has
gone over; and his troubles will not
come from Democrats but from his
own partisans. A few months will
show how easily the Republican ma
chine falls back into the old rut of
spoiIs, and how the fat things are ap-
portioned among the politicians.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
THE BOUNCED BARRY.

If the Knights of Labor were not be-
fore wholly satisfied with the right
fulness of the bouncing of Mr.. Thomas
Barry, they will all now be fully con-
WINGED. Mr.. Barry has set out to form
a new order of workingmen, and at
the very outset demonstrates his IN
worthiness to belong to the Knights.
His is to be an opposition society, for
which the Knights should feel thank
full, and the latter should encourage all
who sympathize with Barry to at least
withdraw from the original federation.
In a few days Barry will issue a declar-
alton of principles, which will include
and demand the eight-hour law, the
abolition of child labor, the regulation
OF female labor, denounce the alleged
antagonism of Knights of Labor to
trades unions. and will charge that the
Knights are too largely composed of
Irish and Americans. The chief dis
tinguishing feature of the new order
Will NC 4bO EOlALiSCi b4O ObISOb 0OiAS w
employ the organization as a political
machine to be turned for or against one
of the great parties at every election.
AS an order it is to have no distinctive
politics, but whichever party will prom
Use most t. the federation will receive
its support, though at the previous
election it may have worked for the
other party. There is tinge of Com
munism in the prospectus, and sug-
gestion of Anarchism, though these will
probably not be developed for little
time, as it is somewhat dangerous just
now to have it known that one is in
sympathy with the "leveler" element.
1t is evident that Mr.. Barry is NAL
content and q disturber, and the
Knights are fortunate in being free
from him. The more bitterly he fights
the better will it be for them, for the OPP
position of his kind is creditable 10
decent people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
The Atlantic Monthly.
New York: D. Appleton & Co.

From the weird medieval atmosphere
of A. s. Hsrdy's new and striking novel,
entitled "Passe Rose" to the very
practical paper { n "The Future of the
country College, by W. D. Hyde, is a
long leap; but it is the distance which
readers of the Atlantic Monthly for
December will traverse. The Despot
OF Broomsedge Cove" has been dis
cuSsed with some warmth by literary
critics whose views diverge widely. As
the December atlantic carries ths last
instalIment of Miss Murfree's novel.
our readers now have the completed
work at hand, and eau compare 1t with
her earlier books. This number of the
atlantic Monthly has two articles signed
by firm names, as follows, "Urbs
Amin " meaning of course Byron's
"Clty of the Soul" By III. w. P. & l..
d.; and "a Flight in the Dark by
rs. (. q Y. D. s." Louise Stockton
writes about "A Devils Passage. 1.-The
Close of Garibaidi's Career is the title
of an article by W. r. Thayer. most
enthusiastic of writers on any topic
connected with Italy. William 81.
DoWnes concludes mis- series of thought
full papers on Boston Painters; Susan
Coolidge writes about "a Convent
School of the Last Century," and there
is an anonymous poet, AT ALFRED de
Musset's Grove.n One of the most in
tNresting and valUable articles is a
p per on the late William Warren, the
distinguished comedian, by Henry A.
CIspp, the Well-known dramatic critic
of Boston. The discussion about
Wagner music is enlivened by another
reviewer in the Contributors Club. We
observe, by the way, that the publishers
are to furnish in the January mum Der a
new steel engraving of John G. Whittier,
who wrote one of the articles which ap-
peared in the initial atlantic, tor
November, 1857 and who has been a
fr, quent contributor from that time to
tae presnt. This is therefore a
peculiarly appropriate compliment to
the dean of living American poets,
and one which atlantic readers must
fully appreciate. A new serial by
Henry James, entitled The Tragic
Muse" will begin in the January num-
Der.
Published by Houghton, Mifiin &
Co., Boston
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02

conduct the place in first class style
on business principles, or it should
sell the property. The value of the
springs 10 the city can scarcely be
estimated. There is nothing that
compares with them anywhere in the
United States. With enterprise, bust
ness tact, proper advertising, and the
expenditure of some money the Warm
Springs would soon become world
famous, attracting the curious and the
health-seekers from all quarters, and
bs source of great revenue not only
to the proprietors but to Salt Lake
City. The corporation should not
play the dog-in-the-manger game with
this most valuable property.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
LITERATURE.
Popular Science Menthly.

The contents of the Popular Science
Monthly are always sure to arrest atten-
ton. The December number opens
with curious study of 1.-The Psychol.
ogy of Deception. by Professor Joseph
Jastrow, showing the manner in which
the mind is led into error. Interna-
tional deception in the form of cam :
paign lying is the subject of scathing
editorial entitled "a Test of National
Morality" In"New light on the Lunar
Mystery Garrett P. SerYiss gives q
recently discovered explanation of SINE
brilliant spots OF light seen on the
moon. DR.. 9. @. Abbott presents some
of his entertaining observations of ami
NAL life in an illustrated article on
1.-The Pine-Tree Lizard M. Topi-
nard s paper on The Last Stages in the
Geneology of Man" is concluded in this
number. In Atomic Worlds and
Their Motions" DR.. H. Hensoldt draws
an instructive comparis On between tie
particles of which all substances are
made up. aud the worlds III the solar
system. There is an article on "Evolv-
ing the Camel" by that favorite writer
of popular science, Grant Allen. The
first part of Professor Langley s address
as President of the American Assooia-
tioD, on The History of Doctrine 1"
is given in this number. the doctrine
being the theory of rad; ant energc.
An especially RI adab'e article is that by
L. A. Cakes, on "Beliefs about the
Soul" and another of like character is
ma i've Life in British Borneo," by D.
D. DAILY. Adele NJ. Fielde's previous
contributions on Chinese subjects will
insure a well deserved welcome for her
Chinese Marriage Customs" DR.. j.
NJ. French points out some Of the
causes of the terrible death-rate among
young children. under the title "Infant
Mortality and the Environment. :"
1.-The Origin of Forest Groupings" is
treated by the Marquis de Saporta; and
there is an interesting contribution to
the subject of animal intelligence by
Madame Clemence Roger on Animal
Arithmetic" A sketch is given by f.
a. Vulpian, the distinguished French
psychologist, with a portrait. The
second editorial calls attention to
Work at the Lick Observatory" aud a
variety of interesting items fill the
other departments.
New York: D. Appleton & Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
The WARM SPRINGS.

1t has been suggested that the city
''solve the Warm Springs problem" bv
establishing and maintaining free PUB C
baths, and q correspondent asks THE
HERALD to urge this upon the Coun-
Gill;" If anybody is eager to provide the
people of Salt Lake with free baths, TAE
HERALD will not offer the least objec-
ton; indeed, we will encourage him
with the promise of generous patron
age, provided he will keep the baths
clean and conduct the establishment
properly. But as to the municipal
going into the free bath business, that
is an entirely different thing. Why not
at the same time ask the city
to open free barber shops, to
subsidize theatres for the benefit
of the public to issue roast chestnuts
and popcorn balls to pedestrians, and
to supply the wants of the public gen
orally? It would be graceful and ex-
ceedinzly praiseWorthy deed for some
benevolent millionaire to purchase one
of the sulphur springs hereabouts and
with it open and maintain free baths;
such an act would not only save much
money to the people, but would materi-
ally benefit the health of the commun-
ity. We take it, however, that the city,
as a corporation, has no more right to
do thing of that kind than it has to
pass out street car fare and bath tickets
to all who apply at the Mayors office
for them.
What THE HERALD thinks in regard
to the Warm Springs is what 1t has
always thought and has frequently
said. that the corporation should
either improve the property, make an
extensive bathing establishment aid
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
The CeRturH.

The Century for December, if not
strictly speaking Christmas number
is still a Christmasy number, opening
as it does with a frontisp;e'e picture,
The Coming of Winter by Mary
Hallock Foote, and containing also d
number Of fuE-page engravings of sa-
cred pc ures by the old and little known
Italian master, Ducclo, in the Gallery Of
Italian Masters, which is now one of the
most valuable features of the Century
In addition to this there is a
western story, in verse, by James
Whitcomb Riley entitled Last
Christmas Was a Year Ago.; and
still further Christmas editorial.
A striking fea ure of this number is
furnished 10y Two articles on Henry
Ward Beecher's memorable appearance
in England in 1863, in advocacy of the
cause of the American Union. The
first of these articles is written by the
Rev. DR.. j. NJ. Buckley, editor of the
Christian AdUocGte and Journal, wh9 saw
aud heard "Beecher at Liverpool in
49," the other is by Mr.. Beecher him
seif-a fragment written for the Century
Just before his death-and is accom-
panied by fac simile page of his last
manuscript. But the two contributions
to this number of the Century having
pc haps the highest Importance are the
installment of the life of Lincoln, en-
titled First Plans for Emancipation, E"
and the paper by Mr.. Kennan
in which he graphically describes
"Life on the Great Siberian Road"
In this number of The Century IS the
first of the stories of Irish-American
life, by Mr.. George H. Jessop 1t is
entitled 1.-The Rise and Fall OF The
Irish Aigle.'" One of Mr.. Cables lit
erary ''hnds" in the way of Strange
True Stories is also begun in this num-
Der, under the title of "Francoise in
Louisiana" Henry James writes with
full knowledge and critical enthusiastic
paper of which the pregnant title is
"Lor don," which paper has running
accompaniment OF drawings by the
we'll known artist, Joseph Pennel.
The stories of this number are the sec
ord installment of Mrs. Catherwood'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02

Romance of Dellard:" 1.-The Third of
March," by Julian Hawthorne. and
Z" Nina Plot" by 81. S. Edwards,
author of 1.-TWO five in
all, including the serials Mr.. F. Hop
kins Smith describes and illustrates
some of his sketchiDg ex oeriencss lin
Mexico, under the title of "a White
Umbrella in Mexico" In the body of
the magazine and in Brio e Brao''
there are pcems by Richard Henry
Stoddard, Henry Ames Blood. James
T. Mckay, James Whitcomb Riley (as
already meutioned), c. Il. Orandall
the late e. r. Sill, Miss Louise Imo-
gene Quincy and others.
New York: The Century Company
Salt Lake: G. H. Parse
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
1T CANT TURN BACK.

1t is observed that some of the weak
kneed Democratic newspapers are say
ing that the party having been defeated
on square tariff issue, 1t will have to
right about face for the next campaign,
making the fight on reverse PROPOSE
ton. Talk of this kind will
keep on bringing defeat, but
never a victory. If the Democrats
were wrong in 1888, they might as
will disorganize and go out of existence
as political party. There is nothing
left for them TO do, excep; 30 suffer in
silence from Republican oppression.
But they we're not wrong in the cam
paign just closed. They were nea: er
right than ever before, and the fact
that the people were not convinced does
not change the truth. The party must
win on that line, or it must forever lose.
1t cannot turn back. Stragglers may
fall by the waysider and towards and
traitors may desert, but the army must
move ahead, turning neither to the
right hand nor the left; it must face the
enemy squarely in front, and fight the
good fight on principle, not as trick
sters, descending to deceit, prscticing
fraud and giving and taking, The
party must be something else than
Democratic when it comedies that the
doctrine OF pI election is right; when it
doss that it will be Republican and will
stand on an anti-Democratic platform.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
A Pleasing Sense

of health aud strength renewed and of
ease and comfort follows the use of
Syrup OF Figs. and it acts ia harmony
with nature to effectually cleanse the
system when costive or bilious. For
sale in SOC. and 81 bottles by all lead
ing druggists. S
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
Hsrper's Magazine.

A glance at the table of contents of
the Christmas number of Harper's Meg
ozine will show that it is an exception
ally strong issue. The spirit of the
holidays pervades its clear and artistic
pages. Particular attention should bs
give1. to the frontispiece. The Vikings
Daughter" after one Of T. s. Church's
pictures.
The plot of this first story. 'The Last
Mass" turrs upon the defeat of the
Spanish Armada in 1885, and it gives
Waiter Besant an excellent chance,
whicn he has not neglected.
"a Likely Story" is one of Mr.. W. D.
Howells' best farces-wo.k that
he always does with a nimble pen.
The excellent poetry in the number is
|nobly supported bv the Illustrations
which go with il. War has its tributes
from E. c. Stedman in Morgan" and
in The Men of the Alamo" from James
j. fries Roche. A charming fancy is
T. B. Aldrich's SAT Reading" while
"a Soul. Drama" by Anna D. Ludlow,
rises 10 high pitch of sentiment and
fee ing. "Sosrus Sismal," by William
w. Archer, is Negro dialect story. In
the article, IF. s. Church." by George
William Sheldon, tribute is PAID to
Mr.. Church as the artist who has done
most to establish a national art in this
country. "a Christmas Mystery Of the
Fifteenth Century" is full
description of the origin, limita-
tons, and environment of the
llture ical plays of the Middle Ages.
The life of an artist on q summer tour
in Brittany is delightfully."- sketched
with pen and pencil by Georga II.
Boughton. under the title of Fragile"
The Front Yard" by Miss Constance
Fenimore Woolson, is a story Of New
England woman who married wretch
ed Italian, and then, bad as it was
stuck faithfully to her bargain, and
made the best of it. The Christmas
story, proper, Of the number is by
Grace King, and is called "a Christmas
Story of Little Church." "a Mid
night Ramble" describes what w.
Hamilton Gibson saw among the flow
ers during a ramble on a summers
night. The Easy Chair, the Study and
the Drawer are permeated with tt g
spirit of the holidays. and have gre;
deal to say about Christmas-all of it
good. The Drawer is especially anus
ing. and there is sharp point to George
Du Maurier's full page sketch.
Neu Vork. Hsrner g. Rrothers, Salt