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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-11-10
Literary Lights.

The present year has been all event
ful one in many respects, and especially
has it been eventful in the republic of
letters. 1t marks the close of great
epoch of literary genius. England
meurnS for her Laureate TennysOn,
while America is seeking solace for the
Toss of her "Patriarch of Song" Whit
tier. Truly the age that produced these
two great poets, along with Longfellow,
Whitman, Thackeray, Lytton (and,
might include Germany's great genius,
Geethe) can be called an age of grand
OLD men of poesy." They have all, save
Whitman, received that homage which
is due to genius; and they have all, save
him, witnessed the appreciation of their
works. Walt Whitman, it seems, has
never been understood. He is the poet
OF democracy; yet, the democratic
masses have not accepted him as their
poet. In fact, critics have not agreed
as to whether he is entitled to be called
poet of great merit, or whether what
NO WlOtC w DO IIOCIIIllS OuU q UIIA lCCy
OF prose, consequently it remains for
him. and the attendant transitions it
brings. to determine just the place he
will accept in literature. His "capital
crime" it is claimed, was in discarding
rhyme and meter, and launching forth
from the fullness of his soul, thoughts
that crowded his brain and cried out
iCt hot ,c,h wi
to appreciate his verSe-One misses so
much the smooth, flowing and graceful
4ines we meet with in other poets. But
when taken separately and each thought
separated from the rest, we behold the
grandeur and beauty of Them To ap-
preciate Whitman's poems one must
understand Whitman the man, and try
to look at life and the ideas of life
which he expresses through his eyes. as
ii were. and not from our OWn-juSt as
we do when we read other poets We
must prepare ourselves before taking
up his poems, in other words, we must
study him and imbibe some of his spirit
that we may not be disappointed. And
as we become more and more acQuaint-
ed with him, the more we will learn to
appreciate and admire the multitude
OF great and beautiful thoughts which
eowed from his pen in disconnected
manner There is world of meaning
in each which requires patient study to
bring clearly before our mind their full
import and beauty. 1t is hard to un-
aerstand him, but when we have un-
derstOOd him, it is more easy to appre-
ciate his poems. While Longfellow
and Whittier will no doubt retain the
place they occupy in the affections of
their cOuntrymen, there is reason to hope
that Whitman may also-though it re-
mains with time to determine-find
room and shelter there. Whittier was
also near to the masses in sympathy,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-11-10
An Exaggeration.

Gay: The Widow Weed wears very
heavy mourning.
Day: But she doesn't feel as black as
she is dressed.-P,tch.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-16
SENATOR HILLS OPPORTUNITY.

II in announced that Senator Hill has aban.
doned all hone. of securing the presidential
nomination for himself. ana 'na' NJ" n''
main object Ia TO hold the balance Oh power
In tho convention and dictate tho candidate
To accomplish this he is reported to be de-
voting every energy to the defeat OF MI
Cleveland. which heexpects to BRING ABOUT Nv
inducing the New York delegation 70 declare
in favor of a third man.
If Mr.. Hill persists in this course ne Will
make a second mistake. which Will prove
fatal TO oil hope of future prcierment. Ontn
he announced bis intention OF contes,ing
the nomination. the Democracy throughou'
tho country were united on Mr. Cleve-
land and il was the universal ieein2
that. with tariff reform Us the issue
and Cleveland Is the leader. the party
would be invincibe. But Mr. Hill found
himself q great power in the Empire state OF
Now York. the electoral vote OF which was
considered essential to Democratic success.
He also thought. when tho silver question
doomed up and threatened TO disturb the
party harmony, that he saw a chance to push
himself forward and attain the glitterlng prize
of the presidency And so lie did push his
chances TO the point of creating serious d.
vision in his party ranks.
This was his first mistake. and il was very
culpable. as 1t effectually destroyed Democratic
unity and harmony in tho country; still II
might be pardoned on the ground OF his hav-
ing been offered too great temptation for tho
l. 70 no
But now free silver as an issue IN this cam
paign is dead. There is too much danger con-
nected with the experiment. OF declaring
seventy cents worth OF silver to be
worth one hundred cents for 1t to
be rashly tried. and the Democratic House
of Representatives have decided that it IS
better TO be kept in allegiance. at least for the
present This brings us back to the original
position as TO the issue aud naturally brings
the party back to its original position as to
the leader.
Mr.. Hill. therefore. must see that there IS
no hope of his ambition being realized, and
if he persists IN opposing what is the will Of
bis party az manifested by every Democratic
State Convention that has yet spoken. he will
make a second and fatal mistake. His first
might be pardoned as the result OF an irresisti-
bic temptation 10 crafty his ambition. but the
second will be attributed to pique and spite.
He has. however, glorious opportunity TO
retrieve himself and restore himself TO the
highest respect and confidence of his party.
If he will gracefully yield to the manifest
wish of the Democracy Of the Union, and
withdraw from the race in favor of Mr.. Cleye-
land, there is no man in the Union who would
in future stand above him in popular estima-
ton
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-16
ITALY AND THE INDEMNIFY.

1t is very well that the President has
paid Italy .25OOO indemnity for the kill
ing of the Italian murderers in New Orleans.
BY so doing he has re-established friendly re-
lations with that Government. and it is well
tor US to be at peace with all mankind, and to
do nothing even apparently violatiye OF treaty
obligations. Then. too. it places the United
States in better position to hereafter protect
their citizens abroad since 1t establishes q
precedent that will enable them to demand
more imperatiyely than ever indemnity for in-
uries to American citizens when brutally as
saulted or maltreated in foreign countries.
This indemnity. however. should not be
regarded as censuring the people of New Or
leans for their act Lynch law is always TO be
deplored. but if there was ever an instance in
the history of the world where it was justif-
able it was in the case of these Malta muir
derers, whose guilt was conclusiyely estab-
lished, although. through legal technicalities.
they managed to safely rum the gauntlet of
the courts. Ii would have been almost
crime against humanity 10 have permitted
such red handed monsters 10 live. for if cold
bloOded ruihans such as they found that they
could murder any official of New Orleans VINO
had excited their i'll VIII, with impunty. So
ciety in that city would have been 1T the
mercy of foreign hoodlums and assassins. Ii
is fact well worthy of notice that ever since
that summary execution OF these villains the
New Orleans Malta has been as quiet as a
sucking dove
The payment of this indemnity should i'm
press one lesson on Congress with peculiar
force. This is the necessity for thorough
revision OF our immigration laws. The prece-
dent is now established that the United States
are to be responsible for the safety Of all for
eigners who land in this country. II this be so.
the immigration laws should DO so amended
as to effectually keep thieves. assassins and
suspicious characters at home otherwise
there is no telling how frequently the public
Treasury may suffer when citizens of any
community find 1t necessary for self-protec-
ton to take the law in their own hands.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-16

THE action of the Nebraska Democratic
Convention. which met at Omaha on the 14th,
in throwing out the resolutions of Mr. Bryan
in favor of free silver shows how great has
been the modification of the public sentiment
OF the West on this great question. Nebraska
is eIninently community of farmers. among
whom the heresy of free silver had few
months ago taken as deep root as it has
done in Kansas While the vote of the con-
vention is not an accurate test of the indi-
gidual opinions of all its members. it yet
shows that even the most violent lpro-silver
men in the party are prepared to subordinate
their views to what they consider to be the
best interests OF the national Democracy.
This is degree OF conservatism which
would not have been exhibited a
month ago. The Nebraska Con-
vention deliberately put the silver issue
aside AS question of subordinate importance
and brought forward tariff reform as the one
issue of the coming presidential contest
In this course of action they have the an
prevail of all who are sincerely DESTROYS of
the success of the Democratic party in the
national election. 1t is needless to say that
Mr. Cleveland had the strongest following in
the convention.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-16
rayn has failed to securs bis ov, G,

afGER has failed to secure his own State. a
radical dep rture from its policy during the
last few years He has gone.into at least one
national convention with the backing of his
own Commonwealth. but this support is now
withdrawn, and withdrawn. no doubt. be-
cause General Ayers war record has recently
been fully exposed. Even tho Michigan Re-
publicans werc forced to recognize that can
ddats With such II vulnerable record would
stand not the least show of q nomination, and
that to bring forward his name was to expose
the State 10 ridicule and censure. This dis
poses of Alger. for it dsprivss him OF his last
claim on public attention.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-16
THE PRESIDENT AND CIVIL SERVICE.

1t seems to be a conceded fact that Civil Ser
vice Commissioner Roosevelt went to Balti-
more at the time Of en- election held there as a
private citizen and unknown; that he
watched the part taken in it by Mr.. Harrison's
appointees. the postmaster of Baltimore and
other Federal Office holders, in fragrant VIOLA
ton of the civil service act OF Congress- that
he made an official report 10 the President Of
what he saw. and that the President has pi-
geon-holed his report. When on Wednesday
last resolution was offered in the House Of
Representatives that the Committee on
Civil Service Reform should investi-
gate the conduct of those officers
alleged TO be in violation of the act
of Congress, one of Mr. Harrison's partisans
objected to a consideration Of it. and 1t had to
90 over to await its turn. Now here is a pretty
how-d'ye-do. A Republican civil service
commissioner charges that Republican office
holders are deliberately violating an act Of
Congress passed by the Republican party; a
Republican President stiles an investigation
Of the charges. and when the House Of Rep
resentises seeks only to inquire whether
officers of the Government are or are not vio-
lating the laws of the United States. a Re-
publican partisan of the Republican Presi-
dent abuses his privileges as a member Of the
| House to shut of all inquiry. And yet good
Republicans, praising themselves, lift their
eyes and thank heaven that they and their
| President are not as other men.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-16
SATURDAY, APRIL Is. 1892.
SIX PAGES.
NE HIS SUM hRF.
rs.a Brothers made deed of assignment.

Nseg' BROTHERS made deed Of assignment.
There will be ball game to-day The
city central committee decided TO allow Colonel
spotsvood the use of the poll-book at the Third
jefferson precinct Several prominent people
died--The State Board Of Dentistry ad-
journed.-Uniyersity alumni met
VIRGINIA
Aleoma. the home of DIR. John Il. Guerrant,in
Pittsylvania county. was destroyed by fire
Peaches and cherries have been greatly dam
aged in Southside Virginia. ColQuitt
delivered an address at the University
Stockholders OF the Chesapeake and Ohio De-
vslopment Company met at Clifton Forge and
elected directors-A new journal will
be established at Clifton FORGE
Delegates to the State Convention have been
elected from Prince George.-Board of direc-
tors OF Central Lunatic Asylum is in session
A heavy hail-storm passed over Dinwiddie
county.-Marriage in Southampton county OF
Mr.. William Stands and Miss Bessie Pretlow.-
Outer Carter of Alexandria was killed on the
Virginia Midland railroad yesterday.-Cap-
tain Joseph Sudduth, Of Alexandria. as dead
Cleveland club was organized IN stanton
yesterday.
NORTH CAROLINA.
BAPTIST State Sunday-School Convention Is in
session at Winston.-Six thousand gallons OF
Illicit whisky have been seized III Wilkes county.
There is danger that the State will fall into
the hands of negroes II the split in the Demo-
cratic party oontinues.-Ihe truckers around
La Grange have lost their bean crop.-Mrs.
+. T. HIllard, of Scotland Neck, will deliver the
address at the kinsey Female Seminary COM
mencement in June.--Colonel Elias Carr. of
Edgecombe. declares against the ST. Louis
platform.-A handsome depot will be erected
q, Warrington heavy storm is reported IN
the vicinity of Henderson
GENERAL.
Albert G.. Porter. Minister to Italy. has been
ordered to return to Rome at his earliest con-
venience-An Indictment was found in Paris
yesterday against Padachal, the Anarchist
II issgain asserted that Russia is preparing for
war.--In view Of the recent Anarchist out
RACES in Spain the May Day procession in Mad
rid has been abandoned.--M De Grers, the
Russian Minister OF Foreign Affairs. is dying.
Two editors at Terre Haute Ind. were
Jailed Yesterday for alleged contempt of court.
The residence of Dr. J. J. Rane. of Pineville,
n. c., was destroyed by fire yesterday.-The
Georgia Republican convention has instructed
for Harrison
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-16

THE city central committee last night de-
cided to give Colonel Spotswood access to the
poll-books OF the Third Jefferson precinct
with view to full investigation of the
charges of fraud made by him. This is exact
ly what they ought TO have done. Now let
the matter be sifted thoroughly and let right
and justice prevail Then no matter who
finally wins, whether Smith or Spotswood
the incumbency of the office of Common
wealths attorney will not not be tainted
with fraud.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-16

TIE Indiana State Democratic Convention
will be held next Thursday. and will declare
in favor of tariff reform and Cleveland 1t is
worthy of special mention that the great ar
gument used by the friends of Senator Hill is
that ne has the delegation from New York,
and New York is essential to Democratic sue
cess. But Indiana is acknowledged to be rs
necessary to Democratic victory as New YorA,
and is for Cleveland How about that?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-16

MANCHESTER BUREAU. TWELFTH AND
HULL STREETS.
Hrsnch once; 1lo4 Decatur street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-16
Iiu.fir-s (nurf.

Edward Branch. William Smith and Ed
ward Fairfax were arraigned before Judge
Witt yesterday on the charge of petit larceny:
They were found guilty and Branch and
Smith We're sent TO Jail for fifteen days each,
while Fairfax was incarcerated for thirty
dova
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-16

fnrF silver as an issue in the presidential
election is dead, and there is no probability
OF Its being revived. This brings the Demo
cratic party squarely back to its old fight for
tarih reform, and tariff reform and Cleveland
are 30 intimately associated together that
they are almost SYNONYMOUS terms. Ono il
voluntarily suggests the other.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-16

NEW YORK is now complaining as bitterly
ABOUT fhiadelphis getting a portion of the
western grain trade as it did about Richmond
getting portion OF the Brazilian coffee trade.
Nav York wants the earth,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-16

xoRroLK BUREAU. NO. BANK STREET
IyNCHBURGH BUREAU. NO. 1913 MAIN
STREET.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-04-21
AN ARMY KITTEN.
A Little Union Girls Gift to Her Country's
Defenders.

Little Union Girls Gift to Her Country's
Defenders.
One evening toward the close of the
war, while Union soldiers lay in camp
on Hillside near the Stanton river,
Virginia, the cry of Halt! who goes
there?" from sentry startled every
lounger to his feet; and several of the
more curious ran to the guard-line to
find out what the trouble was A min
ute later all knew that the night visitor
who had been challenged was no enemy.
A little girl. about ten years of age,
holding a white kitten in her arms
came forward into the light of the
fires. conducted by two soldiers, who
had told the sentry to pass her in, and
who looked as proud as if they were
escorting a queen.
The whole regiment gathered-in-
Guiding the colonel himself-to look at
the child and hear her tell her story.
A very short story it was-scarcely a
paragraph; but there was matter
enough in it for full chapter. She
lived near by with her father, who was
sick and poor; and they were Northern
eTS, Su6 Sdlu. anu u MON 1OlhS hSE
mother was dead and her brother had
been killed while fighting in the federal
army. She wanted to give some
thing" and when the union soldiers
came she thought she would bring her
pet kitten and present it to the colonel
The colonel took the little girl in his
arms and kissed her, and the kitten,
too, and said he was not bit ashamed
of his weakness He accepted the kit
ten with thanks, and its innocent donor
was gallantly waited on to her hum BILE
home, loaded with generous contribu-
tions.
The white kitten was adopted by the
regiment, but considered the property
and special pet of the colonel, and when
the war was over he took it home with
him. Like the white lamb that staid
and fed with the victors after the battle
of Antietam, that little creature, during
its short but stirring army life, was a
daily inspiration to better feelings and
thoughts in the presence of all that is
worst-a living flag of truce cleaning
among the thunder-clouds of human
passion and strife. -Harper's Young
People
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-04-21

tigue. BE received the reports OF the
captains aud dismissed the companies
Next morning he was surprised TO
see what clean and tidy men Maj. Rand
lett had in his command Every one
of his men had on clean clothes,
whether or not on duty, and every one,
when the time came, went up to the
Catholic church just beyond the reser-
walton lines. There was no Chaplin at
the post The colonel went to mass. as
he was a devout Catholic, and felt
proud to be in the same army with {
lot of men who kept the Sabbath so
well and made themselves so tidy.
At dinner he asked Maj. Randlett
how he had managed to bring his men
into such a commendable habit but
Ranilett only parted the question
Two years afterward. however. the
two men met at dinner in Washing
ton and the colonel was telling of the
excellent Sunday observance in Rand
let's command. He could not speak
in sufficiently high terms of that por-
ton of the Ninth cavalry.
IN tell you how it happened" said
the major.
Howe" asked the colonel
We'll after the sergeants finished
calling the roll that night l HAD them
read the following order, which l was
sure you would not be able to hear and
would probable not find on the books:
All men not on guard who attend mass
tomorrow morning will be excused
from duty. All men who do not attend
mass tomorrow morning are for
fatigue And there was only one man
who didn't go"
"Who was that?'
"a recruit who thought fatigue
meant resting. Chicago Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-04-21
SOLDIERS AT DIVINE SERVICE.
They Appeared Devout Enough to Sat-
isfy the Most Exacting of Army Marti-

They Appeared Devout Enough to Sat
isfy the Most Exactlng of Army Marti-
nets.
Mai Randlett, of the Ninth cavalry,
was good soldier and man of disci-
pline, but he believed in allowing the
men some sort of liberty so long as they
remained within the bounds of reason.
He never urged them to attend relig-
ious service, and there were a good
many of them who never went. He
seldom asked what they were doing
when off duty, SO long as he knew they
would probably be ready when duty
called them One day his post was Wis
tied by a colonel commanding, and
every one got ready to go on good be-
havior There was no order, or any
thing of that kind, but it was well
known the colonel disliked the general
looseness of army morals, and particu-
larly disliked seeing men and officers
lounging about their quarters on Sun
day, when they should be at church.
He had spoken of the matter so often,
and his views were SO well known that
Mai. Randlett resolved to win his APP
proval, and then tell him how it was
done.
So, on Saturday evening at retreat
he issued an order that never had been
issued before. All the companies were
drawn up in line for roll-call, the first
sergeants took their positions before
them, and at the proper distance were
the company officers. At his regulation
distance from these stood the visiting
colonel commanding the regiment He
listened to the strains of the band and
approved them. He heard the sergeants
call the roll and report in the swift mil
itary monotone that the companies
were. presented or accounted for, and
then he heard those same sergeants
turn to the men and recite another or
der retire to their posts and the parade
ended. What the sergeant had said in
that last moment he did not know. but
supposed it was something about ia
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-04-21
a DRINK OF WATER.
Its Wonderful Effect on a Wounded S
diar

Its Wonderful Effect on Wounded Sol
der.
1T was after the fight at Pittsburg
Landing" remarked the old soldier,
land l was going over the field picking
up the wounded. We passed a lot of
dead men in a clump, and over beyond
them, hundred yards or 50, | heard a
faint cry and started to see what it was
/ found it pretty soon A man shot
through the breast was lying in little
thicket groaning in great pain.
Water he moaned. For Gods
sake give me water
81 put my canteen to his mouth, and
as l lxnelt beside him l noticed he wore
the gray and belonged to some Georgia
regiment. He almost emptied the cam
teen before he took it from his lips,
and as he looked up at me gratefully
the tears rolled down his cheeks and
he stretched his hands feebly out to-
ward the canteen, which l was about
TO sling over my shoulder again.
"'Its pretty good, amt 1T? l asked,
when he had given it another pull
Good he repeated feebly, be-
tween gasps, good, pardner? should
say it was. I've been cryin' for it for
six hours, an never thought I'd be
cryin' for water; anyhow, not to drink.
But, pardner this blamed war has up
set things so that there amt no tellin'
what man will do
lie didn't say it as smooth as do
boys, for every word hurt, but he got
it out at last, and then he LAID back in
a dead faint We took him in and he
got well enough in three months 10
drink something stronger than water
but I'll bet horse he never got drink
that did him as much good as them two
swigs of water / let him have out of
my canteen, when that holler track was
like a string of fire clean through him -
Detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-04-21
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