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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-30

THEIR ONLY HOPE.
The Blessings of Democratic Freedom
Falling Upon q Dying Party.

The Blessings OF Democratic Freedom
Failing Upon Dying Party.
1t is a pretty serious matter to under
take to raise again party which is not
only dead but rotten, and, in order to
do so, to reverse it's policies and sus-
pend it's traditions. Through all its
career the ist-Republican party
has been the enemy of freedom in com
MERGE and industry, the party of bar
barous restriction against enlightened
liberty. 1t. has held that the Govern
ment will do better for the people than
the people can do for themselves; that
the instinct of trade is a false guide
and the wisdom of the Bourbon
ruler better. All this Mr. Blaine
has learned, if he did not always
know, is wicked and ruinous folly. He
has caught spark from the torch of
jefferson. He is trying to turn the face
of this outworn party, at least partially,
towards the morning instead of the
everlasting night. He would set it to
undoing part of the evil it has accom-
plished. He brought it to a dead halt
when he said of the monopolists' last
and worst tariff that it opened no mar
ket for another bushel of graiu or
another barrel of pork. He compelled
the incorporation with the bill of the
reciprocity clause-not what he would
have liked, but all he could get. And
upon this slender authority he has pro-
ceeded, with tremendous energy, to ne
gotiate treaties exhausting in each case
the whole of the power conferred The
Brazilian treaty is but one of
the series, and the reclamation with
which it has been received in this
country is proof enough of the intense
longing Of our people for the new mar
kets which are to give scope to their in
'dustrial enterprise, with comparative
freedom to their industries, and insure
to them the enjoyment of argreater por-
ton of their earnings The advantages
of the brazilian treaty are plain. The
advantages of some of those to follow
will probably be palmer still. With
Mexico and Spain the conventions can
hardly fail to restore natural rights of
trade between the countries of the
utmost value. A mere glance at the
figures of Cuban and American trade
will show that an Eldorado is there
and what boundless possibilities of
wealth for the people of both countries
await the removal of the cruel restric-
lions which cenfne their commerce.
Cuba is doubtless politically beyond our
reach, but in q commercial sense re
have every thing to gain and nothing to
lose by the most friendly relations.
These be blessings of Democrats
s 4 = : 4. q L.. T.. 49,
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NOTES AND OPINIONS.

The Republican papers are not
pointing with pride" to Republicanism
as exemplified in DIR. Harrison. Glove
land Plain Dealer.
IF the war tariff robbed the Dem
ocrats alone, Major Mckinley would
find smooth sailing; but it robs the Re-
publicans also, and the latter are be-
ginning to rebel ecumseh Herald.
blaine and -Busine IS" as a Re-
publican cry in 1892 means, being in
terpreted, that if the Plutocrats are al
want they are willing to put down
their force bill club long enough to fill
their pockets.-St Louis Republic.
MIR. Cleveland could not be drag
ooned into prematurely expressing his
views on the present phases of the sill
yer question. He waited until the IA
vorable opportunity and then he spoke.
Governor Hill is entitled to the same
liberty of choosing his time to declare
himselfS There are some who are no
more to be driven against their will than
Balaam,s ass was.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Major Mckinley has had the OPP
portunity of proving that he is a
straight Bourbon. His recent speech
on the beneficent effects of high tariffs
was merely rehash of the ancient ar
guments worn threadbare in England
before the Ohio repudiated was out of
short clothes. His presumption in at
tempting reply to Grover Cleveland
suggests the thought of places where
angels fear to tread. Chicago Times
Blaine's reciprocity" treaty with
Brazil is free trade - nothing more.
nothing less-and it is square back
down from the protection plank in the
platform of the National Republican
party in 1883. But Blaine can never Sc
cure Presidential nomination from
the Republicans for adopting Democrat
ic principles. Neither can Mr.. Blaine's
party hold itself in power by going back
on itself and its record. Jacksonville
Times Union
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HEARD ELEPHANTS EARS FLAP.
Strange Sounds In the Mighty Forests of
Lower fsarmah.

Strange Sounds In the Mighty Forests Of
Lower Barmah.
lately made two shooting trips to the
jungles of Lower Bnrlnah, and each
time, in the midst Of the greatest hard
ships, the forest scenery had the power
to force itself upor the notice as seem
ing, each day, more and more Impress
i've and magnificent, writes traveller
3 At such times both the silence and the
strange sounds Of the jungles, each in
their different way. combine to affect
the sportsman; the occasional weird
hootings of the monkeys in the tree
tops; the distant flap flap Of an ele-
phant'slea breaking in upon the per-
feet stiffness as you, approach the herd,
or perhaps, instead, the penny-trumpet-
like squeak which announces its prox-
unity; and, as the day wears on. the
stiffness suddenly broken in upon by
he whirring, and soon almost deafen-
ing sound with which with one accord
the insects revive after the heat OF the
afternoon; all these influences combine
TO produce an effect which those who
have not experienced them viii find dill
ficult to imagine, and those who have
experienced them must lind hard 10 de-
scribe n y. Jotirnal
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SEX of the Moon.

1t is to be noted that the Esquimaux
conceived the moon as masculine, the
sun as feminine, while the Greeks re-
garded the sun as masculine, the moon
as feminine. Further investigation
goes to show that in the Aryan of In
dia, in Egyptian, Arabian, Slayonian.
Teutonic, Anglo-Saxon and certain
South American languages the moon il
male god. A perplexity arises as to
the true gender of the moon, for in En-
glish, French Italian7sI3atin and Gree'T
it is femininesa Max Muller goes to the
antecedent of the European, tongues for
"a solution, finding that I'M Sanscrit
moon is masculine. His explanation "
that the gender of nouns began not
with the introduction of masculine but
of feminine nouns; that is, with the
setting apart of certain deriyative SUI
fixes for females-the others being
males. In time what objects tended to-
awaken fear and reverence would nat.
urally be regarded as masculine, objects
of love and desire feminine. Chicago
Herald
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ul-Assorted Guests.

Big dinner parties of ill-assorted
guests are failures from a conversation
alist point of view. A Preside, or a
table, round if possible, and, say, four
or half dozen guests, are sufficient.
More will break up into separate knot,
and fewer mean tete-a-tete. 81 had, y
says Thorean, lat Walden three chairs
In my house-one for solitude, two for
friendship, three for society" The
hermit Thoreau in his hut at Walden
was wiser than the man who looks for
society in crush. An unhappy hus-
band, living in Portland Place, whose
wife inflicted huge parties upon
him, was standing in a very forlorn con-
dition leaning against the chimney
piece. A gentleman came up to him
and said: 'tSir, as neither of us are ac-
quainted with any of the people here
think we had best go home" Social
crowds must not expect the great mel
among them to talk well. She must
have been most unreasona BILE person
who was disappointed with Napoleon
because when lot of ladies were pre-.
sented to him he only remarked to each
of them how hot it was. -Gentleman's
Magazine. .a
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No Need OF Gag Ruls

The rapid progress which the Senate
is making in doing the public business
since the attempt to pass the force bill
was dropped shows that there was not
the slightest necessity of gag rule"
for any other purpose than to get
through that partisan measure An at
tempt was made to cultivate the idea
that the Senate must abolish the sys-
tenn Of free discussion in order to per-
form its necessary work, but there was
never any sincerity in the claim, aud
It's absurdity is now apparent to every
body. The only effect Of the long con-
troversy over this question is that the
Senate must work harder from now mn
til the 18th Of March than It would have
had to do If so much valuable time had
not been wasted BY the Republican
Bourbons IN. X. Post.
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THE CATCHER CAUGHT.


How a Smart Police Reporter Was FOOLED
by an omcer.
Some years ago." he said, II was
night police reporter on one of the
dailies of Chicago. / was ambitious
and it was my delight above all things
to catch the fly cop when he was on
some mysterious case that he was not
ready to give away. / encountered one
of this stripe one evening in a section
of the city somewhat nnfrequented,
He seemed surprised to see me and /
was surprised to see him.
"sAh, there. says |, in manner
quite as mysterious as that employed
sby himself.
"'You hereg says he.
II am, every time says !.
"Then there was lull. FUNNY
says he, how you reporters get on to
every thing that we fellows are mp to-
That's all right, says /. We know
our business
"'What do you know about this caseG'
he asked.
II don't remember my exact answer,
but.it was couched in such language as
thought would convince him that |
knew what was there for. We buclxed
at each other for several minutes, when
he finally proposed compromise.
Says he: We'll, seeing that you are
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my scHooIDAYs.


can not forget them, can mot forget
Though for ages TO come am doomed %
exist;
They're as bright and as freshin my memory
yet,
A. ne ose Dlushins red thasehe sun has Just
Kissed sp
1t seems like day past, it seems like day.
Though really the days have passed on into
years,
Since was school-boy--and shouts Of the
play,
The songs and the laughter stin ring in my
On, the days they were long then, the days they
were long,
Like beautiful songl Like sbcautiful song
The grass then was greener the sky was more
The birds they sang sweeter high up on tbs
bough;
And I do not know why, yet indeed it is true,
Ibelieve that the stars then were brighter
than now,
And my dreams OF the future, ali how vpu
would SMILE
Did you know all the castles / built in the
air;
No lamp OF Aladdin could ever beguile
Into being such castles, 50 grand and SO
e-y-4-4---s-
Oh the future planned then, the future I
planned,
Indeed it was grand Indeed 1t was grandl
And the forms Of my schoolmates--the happy
and 1orn--sa=24==-=
] see in their places around me once more;
On. could l but meet them again in the
OH could but greet them again as Of wore.
They have taken their places as women and
men,
In the battle Of life they are not in the rear;
=. And one who was dearer than life to me then,
/ shall never SEQ heref 7 ahalI yavar vaa
herel
Ny heart it was lighter, much lighter twas
then
Than it's since ever been. than its since ever
oh, the battles we fought then. the battles we
we won
The problems we mastered twas really sub
lime;
You could tell very easy how well we had done
= BY tho way we marched up TO recite every
time.
Twas much that knew then OF Profit and
Shares;.
Twas much that knew then Of Grammar
and all,
But twas little knew OF lfe's labor and
Twas little knew OF life's trouble and toll
- And songs any sweeter never-fell from the
tongue,
Than the songs that we sung thcn, the songs
that we sung. 4.s=-------
And the master, whose voice was sentence OF
-death,
Or whose words were repeated and treasured
for days,
To the culprit who tremhled in front OF his
desk
BY the urchin whose efforts he greeted with
praise,
remember them ALI ana think with a smile
OF the punishment cruel inflicted by one
Who seated me or the girl side OF the aisle,
Where tried to diminish when visitors
came;
have not forgot him, nor will forget,
And think If met him I'd punish him yet.
oh. that very same schoolhouse now stands on
the hill,
And the very same bell gives a=warning SO
sweet,
With the same raft OF urchns surrounding it
still,
With little bare feetl With little bare feet !!
But they're not the same faces, they're not the
same FORMS
They're not the same voices that ring in my
ears;
And throw down my pen with feeling for
lorn,
Nearly blinded with tears Nearly blinded
with tearsi
But perhaps will meet them, God willing,
sometime, ~.
- In a far better cline, in a far better cline.
"A E. VanNelsan. in Good Housekeeping.
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HER CORRESPONDENT.
She Makes Running Comments as
She Reads.

r Jacks. room, with Jack in it. He is
tramping up and down, hands in pock-
cts, jacket half off his shoulders, fu-
riously smoking perfectly empty
pipe.
Jack (savagely soliloquizing between
p,iffsI Glad l wrote it. Glad sent it.
Glad I've broken with her. Only sorry
didn't do it sooner. F'lirt. Thorough
flirt Went to see her. Found her 60
ing out. With man. Young man.
Good-looking. Also stylish. She says
she's extremely sorry. But unexpected
arrival, and | flare up. Interrupt.
Wish her very good evening. Which
means very bad one. Fling off. Lie
awake all night. Morning. write letter
ending engagements: Post it. Meant
to go to Europe instantly. This noon.
But thought I'd wait for answer. Won
der il letters reached her yet? Hope it
has Mo-. / don't. Hope it hasn't.
Ethel! (Dashes down pipe, looks at
watch.l 3:45, and she'll get it by the
five o'clock delivery. Even now I've
time to go up there and see her
before it comes-time enough. But
what do l want to do that for? Haven't
| any strength of mind? Tears off
jacket.) Or firmness? puts on coat
orresolution9, (Bathes face and hands,
brushes hair Or determination?
(IIurries into ulster and arctics.) Or a
decent amount of sef-respecting pride?
(Snatches hat) No; by Joye, ] haven't!
: Exit, running.)
- Ethcfs parlor. Jack, slightly heated
and tremendously agitated; to whom
enter Ethel.
Ethel (fondly smiling and not at all
conscious)-Why,d dear!
Jack OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
afternoon, MissZEthell
Ethel INSTANTLY comprehending1-O
Jack what a foolish, good,N blind,
quick-tempered stupid you are! You're
the most ridiculous being that ever
was; and sometimes you try me almost
TO death, and sometimes you're too fun
ny-.for any thing. This time you're
funny! Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Jack attempting dignity)--May 1
ask
Ethel Qaughing)- yes; you may
ask--but whether l can get breath
SHoupl To answer lS duOtnSi AuuopSi
ha, ha, ha, hal
Jack with a sort of shame-faced
haughtiness)-H you can do nothing
but jeer at me, I'd better-(mo
to go.)
Ethel pulling him down into the
chair Don't be silly, Jack. You know
you don't mean to go-you're only pre-
tending-and you wouldn't be able to,
If You meant il goose!
lack (helplessly) = Yes; ! know.
.. Ethel, it's because love
Y, Ethel delighted at this victory)-Of
course it is. That's what you intended
to tell me at the very first, wasn't it?
T(Jack confused.) Well, now, you've
told nae; Ill tell you something, II
was my uncle!
JackSEh?
Ethel = Yes; Uncle Joe just from
California He's papa's younger broth
! er, whom you've never seen--as was
quite .yident from your behaviorzha,
ha, ha, ha! If you'd waited one second,
you'd have learned all about it and
Jack--O Ethel what a donkey ami
tSeizes herr
Ethel (unrcsistiTx) Mot quite that,
but possibly some other kind Of big,
strong, unreAsoping animal from your
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"a LlTTLE NONSENSE"

The tramp is an easy-going sort; he
just takes things as they come, and II
they won't come he takes them along
any way.-St. Joseph News.
How can you tell sclf-made
MANI" "you can't tell him cant tell
him any thing. He won't let you. He
knows it all. Cape Cod Item.
First They'd oughtcr put
up Jimmy McShane. He'd have swept
the city Second Ditto-"And that's
Just what he's fit for. ~ Boston Tram.
script
Fledgely-'4 love you, Alice; will
You. be mine2" Alice-s'What are your
ideas regarding rings2" Fledgely--
"Diamondsr' Alice Take me. -
jewelers. Circular.
-ssYou don't mean to say that you
wish your wife would turn into pillar
of salt?" sNot exactly; but But
what?. 81 wish she wasn't quite SO
peppery Rams Horn.
Why He Was Whipped. Ethel TO
her younger brother, who had been
whipped Don't mind, bruzzer, don't
mind" Brother (between his tcars)- ~
That's just what ] was licked for, not
minding. Epoch.
-Doodle-"Did you not hear what
said, Miss Mabel? said that loved
You; loved you with all my soul, my
mind. my every thought" Miss Mabel
Yes, know: but that all seems SO
little. Boston Courier.
81 want something for my boy to
work at" sail an anxious father to .
friend. What can he do?r Well, " re-
piled the father, with sigh, II really
don't know. He is too light for heavy
work and too heavy for light work. ~
Washington Star.
He Was Out IS. Wishlets- Ny
wife got up early this morning, and, %
you know, that reminds me that am
like the IS bill that was in my trousers
pocket when went to bed last night
Bishlets-'H ow's that?" Wishlets-
'sI'm not in IT ~ Brooklyn Eagle.
Not Point In His Favor. Why,
Mr.. Pinlxington, how do you dor How
dy do! Your face Is familiar to me. but
/ can't recall II am DR.. Smithlxins,
who made you and Mrs. Pinl<ington
one. ''Oh, you are, are you? Well,
you 60 hang yourselfr' Manhattan.
Another Philanthropist Sat Upon.
Shabby Parsonage Undressing old
Lady PHASE, mum, will We give me :
few cints fur brekfast?" Old Lady
(sternly IS No, sir You've been drink
ing 3. P.-sFaith, an, Is that any
raison why shouldn't ate?' Harvard
Lampoon.
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England has very thrifty Govern
ment. When soldier dies in service.
81 for funeral expenses Is deducted from
whatever money may be due him; or,
in case he has nothing, the officer COM
handing his company must pay the ex-
penses. When a sailor dies at sea, he is
charged with the cost Of the canvas and
the shot with which he IS buried A
country that spends millions in support
ing royalty, and in pensioning royaltys
faraway connections, must exer-
else economy Somewhere. ~ Industrial
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!
actions rsbo,,,a -.
Jealous Jack peace brsal.. n o''t o,a
great violence 8 3 $50 oe' VIII
Servant fentsrino later,.-,,,,, ,a,,as.
Miss. Exit Servantl =
Jack (suddenfv rerolieatirA 49,,
Heavensi 1.e''
Ethel examining ietters,--f,nIv -.
tor me. Why, Jack. what a;ls 1910
/ You're absolutely whitet A. ~, y II, !
You're not2 But xhv d. va,, ~ = 4. 80 =. /,
Chances at address on enyelonel AZ,
Jack (apart)-I'd forgotten all about
It'll
Ethel with very p,ouant air % t,a;xo
mistress of the sitnationl--Now ,sh 49,
can this be from? The hand i Z man,s
very much like vnurs loci Tha
semblance Is quite strong
Jack (apart5-What q horr;b,e s.~.,a,
Etbel de;s,r.l,, -.s 49, 80 ~ ape,
the ENVELOPES like vours tooand 49,
paper. Ready :sM;ss Far.n M,,ss
be from some shon-Leara,. - 49,
ness. fReads1 ss.yvhar W., -, 60
lines shall he onts;de 81 sandr H., e
- Well. well, what 10 90, th,,.,, 10 :.
that, Jask? : =
Jack fpersn,r,no with aconu, II 49,, -
II can't
Ethel (tbouobtf,,l,l NJ -,
pose this person i reall, ,.,har ~ ~ saia
he should be when Iereaa thee l;nasa
jack Observation-Disclosures, ,o,,,a.s, '
Ethel fras,,n,;aa, q - :.
SANDY Hool, na,a.. :. I,
At any rate this ;s,,,t 49,. - 20 - -.
keeper TReads4 - w., 49, g.. sno q !,
ont, dnn,t L,,o,,, ~ 49, !. ...s LIZ
tbouob-lReadsl 60 49,. 10y q,
forever, fTaol, aans " 80 yo1
annaar ;ntarastaa I. ~ :
ani,,,o,.,,ass ~ ~ e'ui.,
Lets 90 On .,,o aoh s 80 90 ~
Reads n--fnrorar IA ~ ~ i,
dear me T sl,o,,Ia 49, -. Da.,
.t-wb;ch ~, -. -, s,
ing, 20 D'o y ieoi
IacL f.n.,.., a,.
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,.esnnnaa.,t saa. ~ - ~ oo,.
be Iaela a M ias e 800 1'. ", uIosn
80 -, 80 - ". N,.eaus.l 40 ies'sc
do,,ht !, ~ = 20 ny supeiiol' ~
uouo'' Sruiy' any SANE
frana Ia", o'' ~. ~ ae .; efoan y.
=. - -',oi.ii,ues t-=in
-. % ne p ~ good fortune now
sa5 oo.,n,onlan anu pre- essay isn my
IL, = I 80. 80. Viseaus az" :,
W. ~ =, :. ass Molsal =, your rove.
~, 1 yoa' oa1A Wv, afe
you icaiiy Wortiiy q my loVe9
Jack (desperate)--o Ethel! Stop! I
Etnel tPuttlng her hand on his mouth)
-Qulet' Jackl I've not finished reading
my letter. tReads' lie can not love
you more than - cant you, Jack?-
lreads) loved you once ali, past
tense-treaas) nor less Than love you
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HEROES AND nERoINEs.
These People Ars Butit ny the Realist q
the Pfan Of machine.

Hhf@I
the Plum Of d machine.
The hero, Ia the general sense, h
merely the badge Of value. He may
be evil, like Tito; manly. like fvanhocl
crazy. like Hamlet, or desolate, like
Enoch Arden; but he must be crea-
ton. In him we recognize The fruit Of
original genius. II he Is of ouf own
time we do net find him a familiar per
sonage, living, perhaps. next door to us;
get we acknowledge him without hesi-
tation as genuine. He Is the interpreted
mani. This Is the hero of romance.
But is it possible 10 say just what the
realist understands hero to be? In
the course of discussion the opponents
OF romance here appeared unwilling to
admit that romance can adapt itself.
nay, must adapt itself, to the civilian
ton it addresses, as well rs to that
which Il portrays The hero must be
of his own time, but the novelist must
be of the time he addresses--an indi-
vilnal OF his own audience. Our real
! fists are abnormaffy sensitive to the fact
that the world has changed since
Scots day; but they seem quite un-
aware that romance, in the abstract,
has not changed. To suit the new or
der of things they hasten to cast away
substance instead OF remodefng ~
The new hero must not be extraor-
binary. Why? Simply because SCOTS
and Shakespeare's heroes were extra
ordinary. We have come into q new
day, they exclaim, therefore we must
have new order OF heroes-to-wit' no
heroes at al, but just the baker on the
corner or the shop woman next door.
Inc point IS to prevent the baker and
the shop woman from doing any thing
interesting, especially any thing noble
or thrilling.
In tins connection like to use that
word thrilling, it suggests SO much in
speaking OF fiction, and then It is (like
"a redarage teHa bull saeh=asstimnlus 70
certain critics who live in constant
dread OF a$ensation. The hero and the
heroine In fiction are but poor ones II
they do not possess the power to thrill
the reader; but how much OF a thrill
shall be permitted Is a puzzling ques-
taon. The low pressure critics will
have no thrill at all; indeed they de-
mand depression instead To effectu-
ally secure this they have set up rule
that makes IT inartistic to indulge any
manner OF optimism.
The heroes and heroincs OF the real
lists are built on the plan OF machine
that disappoints every body but the in
ventor-a machine that does nothing
that is expected OF 1t, nothing that is OF
any interest or value. Tragedy is nm
known TO these people Romeo may
die, but his taking off is attended by
the odor OF medicine and the disgusting
details OF a physician's report Juliet
rarely dies; she Is too much OF phiios-
opher IN small matters to be very
greatly moved by lovers misfortune;
she usually goes out to teach the In
dams a
The view taken by all the masters OF
hction, from Shakespeare down to
Dumas and Hawthorne, has been that
the hero must be an unusual an extra
ordinary person; but not an impossible
person. Wonder stories must be
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In China, let 400 men b. packed TO-
gether in crowd and loud yell or .
pistol shot win stampede everybody.
fn Pelxin e drunken man got up 10 q
theater and cheered. and panic took
place 10 which fifty-eight people were
hurt The native chinaman lacks what
y called snnd. Detroit Free Pre>..