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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1888-09-28
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And what answer do you make to
my appeal p he asked as he knelt at
her feet James, | will be frank with
YOU she murmured. ooh, speak, he
implored, land relieve me from this
agony of suspense. y Then let me say
it cannot be-" why ?" because,
james, | do dot feel able to support a
husband"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1888-09-28

You never see man go up side
street with long string of fish.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28
"THE new and stringent high license or tax

''THE new and stringent high license or tax
law which the Pennsylvania Republicans have
obtained promises to demoralize the saloon
business in the city of Philadelphia. There
are 5000 saloons there now. but though Feb
IL is the last day on which applications for
liquor licenses be received, only 1,30S
have been so far filed. In one ward the law
has operated 70 reduce the saloons to one-ffth
their former number"
So says current paragraph; and yet there
are people who assert that such a law is not a
promoter of temperance nor an aid to good
government because it does not diminish the
amount of liquor drunk. The argument
seems to be that no law can be an aid to tenn
perance that does not absolutely exterminate
the sale and drink of liquor. But there is no
prohibition law ever passed that did that. A
prohibition law only circumscribes the evil.
Why then, in degree at least, is not every
circumscribing law good, and the more
stringent it is the better?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

attitude of the figures portrays the chosen bust
ness OF Mr.. Menard-the business he occupied
unaer tue United States government as its agent.
anu the peaceful and trustful relations which
characterized all his intercourse with the In
dams. Their 7.th in him was unbounded. and
their attachment for him was So great that those
with whom he WAS accust toned to deal, tradition
says, preferred to give away TO him the peltries
he desired rather than sell them to another
trader.
GEN BRAGG entered street-car in Washing
ton the other day after his appointment as Min
lister of Mexico, looking much the worse for
wear, with his eye in a sling and an air of de
lection on his contenance. A fellow-passenger
began to Whisper to the occupants of the that
Bragg, the new minister of the land of the Az
tees among them. Finally the General
turned to the eossipy individual, glared at him
with his available eye and snarleT; Look
q devilish sight like minister. don't I2r A roar
of laughter followed the question, and CONVEX
sation became general at once. Bragg has
great social adapsability
A LOCK of Robesperre's hair has just come
into the hands of the keepers of the Musee Car
navalet. in Paris, and will in future be exhibited
in that place by the side of the portrait of the
Terrorist, painted in 1888 by Bodily Robes
pierre in that picture is represented as young
man with finely chiseled features. blue eyes, car
nation lips, and light chestnut hair, and looking
totally unlike the .'sea and aceto-virulent"
person suggested by Carlyle's pen portrait. The
lock of hair is of the same color as that in
Bodily picture. Il was inclosed IN iocket or
medallion. on which engraved the word
'egaite" the date of the 18th Thermdor" and
the martyrs palms. The souvenir belonged to
Robesperre's sister Charlotte who, on the
death of the Terrorist. was sheltered by one OF
his adherents, the Citizen Mathon Charlotte
Robespierre, in May, 1855 died in a garrett in
the Rue de la Fontaine and left the relic to
Mathon's daughter, from. whom it passed into
the possession of As man named Cabot,
whose son has handed it over to the Carnavalet
Nj. Cabot also had letter from Mile. Nation,
relating to her futile efforts TO save Charlotte
Robespierres grave from the obliteration which
usually overtakes the tombs of the poor. The
Terrorist's sister had historic funeral on her
DEATH and Republicans spouted generously over
her remains. Nevertheless, she soon for
gotten py her pretended friends.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

WE think if the presidential election was
determined by the same district voting that
elect Congressman, it would be much fairer
result. The people would at least feel that
their individual votes counted for more than
they do now. When the vote of great State
is neutralized by the purchased scum of a
great city it is demoralizing in its effects, and
has tendency to make earnest indiffer-
ent, after while.-Salt Lake Tribune.
What assurance is there that under the dis
trict plan an election might not be decided by
fraud or violence9 What assurance is there
that under the district plan the election of a
President would not be as close as it has been
under the present plan; and more than all,
would not the district or the popular vote plan
destroy the entire theory of the office as at
present regarded by the Constitution, that he
is the President of the States, not of divisions
of States. nor Of the people in their aggregated
primary capacity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

1T is curious that protective tariff law is
simply to hinder the people from doing what
they want to do. IL one wanted to buy any
thing abroad there would be no need of this
hindrance. But as nothing short of despotism
can prevent buying abroad, the tariff law
says, you may, of course, but if you do you
shall pay fine of so much everything"
The justification is to force patronage for SIM
liar institutions at home, so that they can be
fostered. But after they are fostered there is no
justification erevenue requirements out of the
question: and the tariff simply becomes a fine
paid by people for doing what they want to
do-and iue paid for the benefit of the mil
lionaire monopolists and worse, fine paid
whether they do the thing or not, for the
tariff enhances the home prices whether one
buy cents worth of foreign product or not.
Indianapolis News
Let the News never protest that it is not
free-trade organ after this. Here is the most
direct and avowed formula of ultra free-trade
ism. It wholly ignores the basal factor of
protection, and with the sasst aristocratic dis
dain contemns labor. Fostering" our indus
tries for seventyfve years has not raised
wages in Europe, with whose degraded labor
we have to compete, and must continue to
do so.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

WE would not interfere in the slightest
with the congratulations of those who think
such a political harangue as Mr.. Kern made
in the United States Court "a great argu.
ment." The genial and accomplished reporter of
the Supreme Court is entitled to all the pleasure
BILE emotions that come from the compliments
with which he is reported to have been over
whelmed. But somehow or other we are inn
pressed with the idea that he rather overdid
the matter when he said that Sim Coy was
put forward by his party in 1884 to manage
the canvass of that year, and 'to share with
Thomas A Hendricks the glory of that CAM
paign." We rather fancy that there are some
Democrats who have never even thought that
the honors of that campaign were divided
between 'the humble carriage-maker, the
big-brained, bighearted Sim Coy and the
late Vice president of the United States.
Sloppy rhetoric is sometimes inclined to run
away with impetuous young orators who prac-
tice politics in the name of law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

be remarked that Mr.. Perkins was noble
Democrat. in full and regular standing with
the party, up 20 the time he concluded to
tell the truth" and entered into an agreement
to do SO, tie agreement being drawn up with
the approval of the late Oecar B Hord and of
Prosecutor James l.. Mitchell, both of the
believe that Mr.. Perkins's party fealty or
loyalty to his co-conspirators compelled him
to longer remain in Jail or to 60 to the peni-
Tertiary for their benefit. When Mr.. Perkins
was in Jail for refusal to ftell the truth" he
was held in high estimation by those feather
headed people who now denouncing him
as "a Christless whelp," and swearing they
never knew him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

papers the cheapenine process has been eontiu-
uous and rapid. Books on an average 80
per cent lower. Were IL not for the fact that
the farmer of to-day has become accustomed to
buying and using more than did the farmer Of
forty years ago, he could save more money even
at present low prices. now than he did then
And they were good in some respects. Tasteg
and habits were more simple and dealings be.
tween man aud man more honest There was
more patriotism. more thrift. more economy,
better observance of the Sabbath, greater rever-
ence for sacred things, less show, sham and by
pocrisy. less speculation. defiance OF
law, and labor troubles Many of
these things. in which suffer by
comparison, are the natural results of increased
population. the infusion into society OF the
tastes, habits, opinions and prejudices of all
nations, the increase of wealth. facilities for
travel. etc. But have more of the good, if
we have more evil. now than we had forty
years ago. Civilization. the arts. the sciences,
benevolent and charitable enterprises, educa-
ton, religious privileges, church accommoda-
tons, and everything that elevates humanity,
morally and intellectually. have advanced with
even more rapid strides than contrary influences,
and with prudence and wisdom at the helm
from this time forth, we have lit le to fear. The
greatest disturbing elements to our prosperity
as a nation have been removed, and those that
now menace our peace be easily controlled,
for they threaten Us without instead of within.
Some of them are among us. but not of us.
They are merely excrescenees, aud can be ex-
clsed with little trouble and no injury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

DEMOCRATIC papers chuckling over
what they call the Presidents flank movement
on Senator Chandler. The Senator moved the
appointment of committee TO investigate
the recent election at Jackson, Miss, and is
chairman of the committee. Pending the
investigation the President requested the
United States Marshal at jackson to resign
on account of the part he took in the cleo
ton, and this is called very smart move on
the part Of tt , President Democrats say it
takes the wind out of Chambers sails. The
degree of smartness amounts to just this:
that it virtually admits all that has been
charged relative to Democratic methods in the
jackson election. and attempts to placate
public opinion by removing one of the prom
inent actors from office. The Presidents
''fank movement policy justifes the investi-
CATION, which we have no doubt Senator
Chandler will make thorough and interesting
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

community. and it was not known whether
even school children could be drawn out to
such entertainments, particularly the
speakers engaged were gentlemen of local
fame instead of foreign celebrities, who are
usually the only who can bring out the
elders. The vsnture, however, was an imme-
diate success, and proved to be great source
of pleasure and benefit to those for whom it
was arranged, well as to many others who
gladly attended. The enterprise has passed
out of the region of experiment. and has
already come to be regarded by high-school
students and pupils of tine higher grades as
an established institution, and its opening is
eagerly looked forward to. The credit for the
establishment of this useful adjunct to the
schools is due to Miss Charity Dye, who first
suggested the plan, and through whose efforts
it has been so successfully carried out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

THE eloquent Johnny Kern called the at
tention of the jury to the fact that the services
of his client, Sim Coy, had been appreciated
elected without opposition as chairman of the
Democratic central committee in 1884 to share
with the late Vice-president the honor of that
campaign. It was all true; the saloon keeper
and ward worker stood high among the De-
mocracy; but, shades of the departed! why
call attention to it? Mr.. Hendricks never
would have mentioned it. There are some
things in Democratic politics which it is really
indecent to talk about
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

Hon. JOHN B. STOLL, editor of the South
| Bend Times is Democrat, but he is not fool
Democrat. He has not thought it wise or
| necessary as Democratic editor to champion
and defend the tally-sheet forgeries, neither
has he deemed it wise to tomahawk members
of his own party who may not believe in tear
ing down the "robber tariff" and doing away
with the ''vicious, inequitable and illogical
system" of protection to American industry.
Mr.: Stoll copies into his paper, in its most
conspicuous place, an article from the Ohio
Farmer which, in condensed way, gives the
advantages the farmers of the country have
| received from the protective system. 1t is a
contrast of the old times with the new Of old
prices with the new. of the prices received for
farm products and paid for the necessities of
labor and life in 'the good old times and the
prices received and paid for the same things
now. The Journal reprints the article else
where, clipped from the columns of the South
Bend Times, and we commend it to the careful
reading of farmers, who are being constantly
told by demagogues that they receive no
DeueAI IroIH tue AUerlcau system u ProtectiSo
tariff and protected industry. The letter
accompanying the article, from a gentleman
of Valparaiso, states that one of the leading
Democrats Of that section of the State said
that "Stoll ought not to have published such
article" On the contrary, not only Mr..
Stoll but every other honest Democrat should
give to the people they can reach precisely
just such information as this article conveys.
The facts stated are worth volumes of theo-
retical arguments.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

SPEAKER CARLIsLE's title cleared to
day by a vote CT majority of the House."
So says the New Y ork Times Not by any
means On the contrary, Speaker Carlisle's
title was clouded by the action of the House
as no mans title was ever before clouded who
sat in the Speakers chair. The vote of the
maj ority OF the House declared that there
should be no chance given to an humble,
honorable, unframed representative of the
workingmen of the country, to show cause
why he contested the election of Mr.. Carlisle.
The whole force of the Democratic party, in
GLIDING Demagogue Bynum, of this district,
all the influence of the position held by the
contestee, and all the courtesy" which clings
about Congress, were massed to shut the door
of justice and equity in the face of Mr..
Thebe. If that be clearing" Mr.. Carlisle's
title, so be it. Not many men would care to
hold his seat and his Office as Speaker by such
CLEAR" tenure
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28
A Valuable Territory.
Springfield Republican.

Springfield Republican.
No end of fun was made of Secretary Seward
when he carried through his project for tho
purchase of Alaska. A glance at the commerca
of that region last year. given in the report OF
Gov Swineford, shows that the market value of
its products was nearly equal to the original
purchase money. She sent TO market in 1887:
In fnrs So 500 900; cold, 81 $50 000 fish. So 000-
900; lumber etc. 100000 total. &C. 800 000 This
fur interest has already taken second place in
the lisr and it is quite possible that the fisheries
will be pushed hard by the mines in a few years.
With a white, creole and nartly civilized native
population of nearly 10. 900 in a country so rich
in natural resources. the subject of some kind
of local Legislature cannot long DO safely
delayed. Only few people hold land there in
fee simple. but hundreds of settlers ready to
prove their claims when Congress makes proper
provision for such action.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

THERE is a "Schnabele incident" between
Kentucky and West Notwithstanding
quite like the Alsace Lorraine incident that
came near setting France and Germany by the
ears. The trouble occurs in one of the border
counties between Kentucky and West Vir-
ginia. That is n rough country. and the peo-
pie partake of it's character Theneighborhood
feuds and vendettas are not bounded by State
lines, and the similarity of disposition between
the people both sides makes an Interstate
scrimmage always imminent. One has just
occurred resulting in a murder and likely to
make good deal of bad blood. Ordinarily
murder in that section would excite but little
attention, but in this case it turns out that
the murdered man was an officer under the
laws of West Virginia. and was heading a
party whose object was the arrest of the
deputy sheriff of Pike county, Kentucky. A
delegation of the latter's friends, hearing of
the proposed arrest, set out to meet the arrest
ing party and the meeting occurred on, West
Virginia soil. It resulted as above stated, and
now the authorities of both States are trying
to shrk and shift the responsibility. The
latest proposition from the Governor of Ken
lucky is to furnish the people of Pike county
with arms and let them fight their own bat
ties. But the Governor of West Virginia
might do the same by the people of Logan
county. and then matters would be in worse
shape than ever. Meanwhile, there is danger
of the relations between the two States becom-
ing strained.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

for $40 acres of land, with view of locating
factories on a portion and plating the rest.
Such investments as this, and others which
Muncie, Kokomo, etc, are substantial
assurance of the increased prosperity that
Indiana is sure to reap from natural gas. The
resources of the gas region have but just
begun to be developed With the opening of
spring we hope to see this city in full posses
sion of the new fuel and fairly embarked on
the tidal wave of prosperity. We are losing
thousands of dollars every week by the delay in
the introduction of gas
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28

The attempt to unseat Captain White on
the iimsy pretense that he is not naturalized
is simply new phase of Democratic methf
DDS, and entirely in keeping with the shotgun
plan of the South and the tally-sheet forger-
les Of the North. What with the outrageous
gerrymandering, revolutionary proceedings of
last winter, the Green Smith infamy, the
forcible election of Turpie. the tally-sheet
forgeries, and the attempt to disfranchise an
old soldier, Indiana is getting heavy dose Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28
THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
Facts and Figures for Farmers Who Imagine
that They Used to Fare Better Than Now.

that They Used to Fare better Than Now.
Ohio Farmer.
We have before US a copy of thu Plain Dealer
of Aug. %, 154S in which freights to Buffalo
from Cleveland are quoted follows Grain,
2023 cents per bushel -four cents per barrel;
heavy freights, 81 per ton. Now grain is car
ried from Chicago to Buffalo for II cents PEE
hundred pounds, or cents per bushel per car
load. Then, it took two to three weeks for a
merchant to visit New York, buy stock of
goods. and return Now, it requires three or
four days. only, and ninetenths of the merchants
buy their goods at home. the commercial
traveller system having replaced the bi-yearly
visits TO the metropolis of years ago.
This period of the past has witnessed almost
miraculous change and improvement in all de-
partments of life aud industry It has intro
duc ed all our modern appliances and inventions
for lessening labor and reducing cost of produc-
ton. The mower. the reaper, the self binder,
the drill, the rn-planter. the horse-fork, the
bay stacker the ditcher the separator, the
huller, the traction engine. and infinite vari-
ETY. of tools, devices. and appliances reduce
the labor of the farmer, increase his profits, and
add to his comforts, have taken the place of the
old, slow, laborious and expensive methods in
vogue at that time.
From the Plain Dealer of Aug. % 1884,
ferred to- quote prices of farm products and
other commodities. and compare them with
prices 20 ,iay. follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28
CAPTAIN WHITES SEAT.

The majority of the House committee on
elections have decided to unseat Captain
White, of this State, on the ground of incl
igibility. They did not go to the length of
deciding that Lowry is entitled to the seat
though that would be no greater outrage than
the other. If the majority report is adopted
by the House it will cause a vacancy in the
Twelfth district, and require new election.
The decision of the committee is plain vio-
alton of the law and facts in the case, and an
outrage on Captain White and the people of
the Twelfth district, who elected him by over
twenty-five hundred majority. In his person
the rights of the people are to be stricken
down, and the sacred claim of citizenship is
sacrificed to the basest partisan motives. In
order to justify the action of the committee,
the miserable pretense is made that Captain
White is not naturalized. The charge is
cruelty false. He is naturalized in double
sense, both by law and by the baptism Of
fire. Coming to the United States before
he was old enough to vote, he enlisted
in the Union army, was wounded at Shiloh,
and has the record of good soldier. He has
been naturalized for thirty years. The court
failed to make record of the fact, but Captain
White was able to prove it by credible wit
nesses Yet on this state of facts the majority
of the committee decide that he is ineligible,
and deliberately rob him of his citizenship.
OF the nine Democrats who thus voted to
unseat him several served in the Confederate
army and the rest are Democratic dough-
faces from the North. Captain White is a
better citizen than any of them, and has given
far higher proof of his loyalty and citizenship.
Democratic members of the committee have
privately admitted that he was entitled to the
seat, yet they stultify themselves and outrage
every principle of right and justice by voting
to unseat him. The outrage is not yet con-
summated, and there is probability that it
may not be. There may be- certainly there
ought to be, few Democrats in the House
honest enough to vote against the majority
report. If not, and if this old citizen and old
soldier is thus shamefully stricken down by
the Democratic majority the people of Indi-
ana and of his congressional district will
express their opinion on the subject in no
uncertain tones.