The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1894-03-17
General Comment.

The Brazilian "war" is over at last
and the government forces are vic
torious. 1t became apparent when
Admiral Benham Of the United
States Navy refused to recognize the
blockade which Da CANA, the rebel
Admiral, was attempting to enforce
on Rio, that all hope of success by
means of the Navy was at an end,
and only the reported successes of
the land forces under De Mello kept
the spirit of revolution alive. Both
these leaders have now sought refuge
on board the Portuguese men Of war,
and President Peixoto will be able to
turn the reins of government over to
his recently elected successor un-
hampered by the daily threat of bat
tie which was always going to, but
never did, materialize into decisive
engagement. The whole affair was a
toy war compared to what it would
have been in a more stable govern
ment. To our own gallant and sensi-
BILE Admiral is due much of the credit
for the termination of the farce.
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Mr.. Henry Labouchere offered an
amendment in the English House of
Commons on Tuesday, proposing to
abolish the House of Lords, and to
the amazement of everybody it was
carried by vote of LAT to 145 in
spite of the opposition of the govern
ment. Many of those who voted for
the amendment declared afterwards
that they did 30 merely to secure a
good division in the House, and that
if they had entertained any idea that
it would carry they would not have
done so. AS it is everything seems
to be in muddle, and the Cabinet
is considering whether to resign or
not. In view of the developments of
recent years it would seem that the
Lords could be spared without much
loss to the government of the fright
tight little isle," but the old English
spirit of conservatism, hardly pre-
pared for so radical change in it's
system, stands aghast at the very
thought.
LATER-The House on Thursday
rescinded it's action by refusing to
pass the whole address in which the
amendment was embodied, and
everything is serene again.
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All who have read that remarkable
novel, "The Heavenly Twins, twill be
interested in an article by it's author,
Nine. Sarah Grand, which appears in
the North American Review for
March, and in which she attempts to
give logical shape to her ideas. The
Heavenly Twins" is more remark
able for proving that something is
wrong in our social system Tin which
all thinking people will agree without
argument) than for suggesting any
practical remedy, and this same OBJ
lection will be urged against the
article in the North American.
Madame Grand is earnest and sim
cere, but she is vague. She declares
that in future men must be better
and women will be wiser, but she
utterly neglects to tell US what we
are going to do with our weak human |
natures. She starts out with the |
idea that in order to induce women |
to require greater purity and less
self indulgence from men all she has
to do Is to educate them a little. 1t |
may not be so in Europe, where
young girls are more carefully guard
ed from the knowledge of such
things than they are here, but in this
country there is no necessity that a
woman should be in ignorance of the
character of the man she marries.
There is much larger proportion of
men than Madame would think, who