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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-09-18
the ships will get better practice together they could yet with
each ship going it alone.

SECRETARY GAGE has gone authority to 20
his efforts those who into the
gold regions Alaska from the satisfied
from trustworthy reports him, them they reach
there Agents the Treasury Department have
stretch law and regulation its keep
from the Klondke until spring. use their
of persuasion upon the gold them
official communications showing nadequacy supply
of food on hand feed those who already Konke
regions during the coming long hard winter.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-09-18

FARMER JAMES SHuMAN, living Lapel Ind, was a
silver last fall He heard Bryan indianapolis and especi
ally marked the warning silver went down "a
he sd it would if the Republicans were elected wheat would
also down. The day after election he thought had struck
good thing when gold the Sheey Lapel contracted
for this years wheat crop buse He was called
upon to deliver 800 bushels the day Madison county paid
81, and sees how Mr. Byans aacies have made him
poorer but wiser
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-09-18
Republican Ticket,
STATE TICKET.

FOR COMPTROLLER or TIE TREASURY
PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSROROUGH,
of Dorchester county.
FOR CLERK OF THE COURT OF APPEALS:
GEN. ALLAN RUTHERFORD,
of Montgomery county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-09-18
Second Judicial District of Maryland.

FOR CHIEF JUDGE:
HON. GEORGE Nj. RUSSUM,
OF Caroline County.
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGES:
JAMES C. MULLIKIN,
OF Talbot County.
L. MARSHALL HAINES,
OF Cecil County.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-09-18
COUNTY TICKET.


STATE SENATOR:
J. WESLEY FALLS.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES:
JOHN r. DEWITT,
|. II. FORD,
ROSS II. SMITH.
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT:
ROBERT l.. CHRISTIE.
REGISTER OF WILLS:
WILLIAM J. SMITH.
COUNTY CoMMIssIONER-LoNG TERN:
SAMUEL G. ENGLAND.
COUNTY CoMMIsSIONER-sHoR TERN
HENRY WATSON.
COUNTY TREASURER:
JOHN L. MOORE.
SHERIFF
AMASSA G. BROWN.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-09-18
WHO WILL REPRESENT CECIL COUNTY AT
ANNAPOLIS NEXT JANUARY

! HO will represent Cecil county at Annapolis
wv January? is very important question for every
voter in thee
The Progress., 1897-07-24
Wois SKINS. ......,. ........,,.
Deer skins, per pound .........
IRON AND HARDWARE.
Daf SO
l4a17c

AXes-S6 OOaS1O co.
AXles-6 1-2c per pound.
Bellows-2Oa22c per inch.
Belting-Rubber, 6Oc and 10 per cent OFT.
Castings-3 Lad 1-2 per pound.
Hoes-$3 0Oa6 DC per dozen.
Horse Shoes-Quoted at IS 0Operke;
mule shoes "a - 30 per keg.
Iron-Flat, round and square, 2 3-4c
rates.
Iron Bound Hames-sa ooa6 90 per
dozen.
Kelly PlowS-Boss, Il 80 each.
Kelly PointS-Boss 81 40 per dozen.
Kelly Land Slides-Boss, 81 40 per
dozen.
Spades-Short hen die, Sc 5Oa11 90.
Shovels-LonS handle, per dozen, IS 5Oa
10 90.
Sweeps-All sizes, 8 Sac per pound.
Singletrees-S1 5Oa5 90 per dozen.
Trace Chains-27a4Oc per pair.
Bull Tongues-Corn shovels, diamond
scooters, sc; turn shovels, 1-2c; heel
bolts, 65c per dozen; grass rods, 81 25 per
dozen.
Wire-Galvanized, barb, 1-2c.
Wagons-2 1-3 inches, thimble skein,
S44 co. 2 "a inches, S45 90; inches, SAG 90
5 IA inches, $5S co. 3 12 inches, $65 %.
Seats - so; brakes 50 90. Tubular or
hollow iron axle wagons, two-horse,
$50 90; four horse, $65 OOa70 90.
Mills-Coffre, per dozen, 70 OOa3 so.
Rope-Manilia 10 per pound; sisai, by
| the coil, &c; cotton plow line, 10 1-2c per
pound.
Noils-S2 so basis; new card.
The Progress., 1897-07-24

resort to the mistaken principle that up |
holds the few against the majority; |
Why is that the poor man looks with |
envy upon the rich man and wishes to re-
sort to revolutionary measures for the
even distribution of Gods goods? 1t is |
all through want of confidence in God |
Rev. John Scully, Catholic, Phila
delphia.
The Beginning OF the End.
The very moment that the majority
of the citizens Of community choose
to get their living by selling shoddy
goods by lying advertisements, by skill
fully transferring to their pockets the
wealth that other people have produced,
and prefer wealth even of tainted mon
ey rather than a crust with spotlcss
integrity, that moment. if there is a di-
vine justice in the world, that justice is
pledged to accomplish industrial over
throw. Rev. w. D. Hills, Central
Music Hall, Chicago.
Epidemic Pessimism.
1t is we'll to know the evils that exist,
but also we'll to avoid creating an cpl
demic of pessimism which will work
untold disaster by the omission of the
regnant forces of good that exist. Rus
kin thrilled with rapturous delight as
ne looked slV IOCk Auu wave anu 4ASA ",
at grass and flowers, but when care,
strife and doubt arose in his mind he
says nature ceased to give her revela-
| tons of beauty and glory. Pesslmlsm
| is poor investment, and when cpl
| demic sometimes reaches good men.-
Rev. G. r. Wallace, Congregationalist,
/ Chicago.
| Wholesale Murder.
| People shocked at the sight or men
ton of blood and who would not think
| to lift up the hand i'll murderous vio-
lence yet kill by ways they think not
| Of; in municipal life by the promoting
! or allowing of unhealthy conditions; i'll
business life by illicit traffic i'll saloons
| and Irothels and by that harsh, selfish
| competition that Stays the employee or
| pushes the brother tradesman to the
wall; in political life, where men stride
rough Shod OH each other and grind and
crush out life. Our civil laws need to
be guarded and preserved, lest political
changes mean little else than wholesale
pillage and murder. Rev. J. W. We'd
dell, Baptist, Philadelphia.
NO ..ass l,ls1lncrlons.
In no respect deserves our country the
: name of new world better than in re
gard to the determination Of the found
ers of our constitution to keep out ane
Danish forever the old worlds dlstlnc
I lions of classes and ranks and principal
tiles and dominions. Rabbi Gustav
Gottheil, New York.
Sowing and Reaping.
6 A lie can never stand alone. Grea
e effects flow from small causes. Tn
e stub of a cigar is thrown on dry grass
E and prairies are fire swept, forests ar
I burned down and towns reduced t
: ashes. The excuses of youth are draft
i, upon age, payable in later years--Rev
F W. ". Case, Methodist, San Francisco
Those Who Go Wrong.
There is many husband goes wron
l because his wife is thoughtless. Many
O boy goes wrong because his mother
/. not right. You force many a man to 9
J. to the groggery to get consolatlo
The Progress., 1897-07-24
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT,

RELIGIOUS HOO0H u
Gems Of Truth Cleaned From the Teach
ings of All Denominations.
The truth is, when it comes to the
bottom of everything none of us knows
anything. Rev. John Mathews, Metho- |
dist, ST. Louis.
One Kind of Suicide.
Many people commit spiritual sui
eide. They quarrel with their family
or their neighbors, and thus annihilate
their own happiness. -Rev. Warren G.
Partridge, Baptist, Cincinnati.
Life Dream.
To live is to dream. The interesting
part of life is its dreams. To grow old
is to lie down in despair amid the wreck
of shattered ideals, unless we learn
surer dream.-Rev. Frank Crane, Meth
odist, Chicago.
The Ancients Feared Death.
The old Greek philosophers wrote
many beautiful things about death, but
did not themselves desire death, which
to them was filled with darkness and
shadows. Father William ]. Clark,
Catholic, Philadelphia
Our National Power In Peril.
Today men are anxious about the de-
cline of our national commerce There
is a peril greater than this-the detcrl-
grafton of our moral life. If this should
ensue, not only is our commerce doomed,
but also our national power.-Rev. r.
r. Millar, Ryder Memorial Church,
Chicago.
Politics Uplifted.
Politics is to be left no more to the
disreputable elements of society. The
best thought and the most aggressive
action of the best portions of the com
munity must be reckoned as powerful
factors in the settlement of pending is
sues.-Bishop Fallows. Reformed Epis-
copal. Chicago,
The IrrepressibIe Conflict.
There is an irrepressible conflict be-
tween good and bad. Nothing has come
to us without the price of conflict
America was not established without
conflict. The institutions of this coun
try We're founded on rock that was
cemented with blood.-Rev. G. G. AL
bertson, Methodist, Buffalo
Why the Wicked Flourish.
Society is composed of our evils, a
we'll as of our virtues. Why do the
wicked prosper? is often asked. Th'
answer is, because we let them, and be
cause by their business ability and en-
terprise they deserve to. They prospe'
by what is good in them, not by VIVA
is bad. Rev. Merle St. Croix Wright
Unitarian, New York.
The Demon Will Return.
A man may no longer visit place
where strong drink is sold and wher
temptations are great and may denounc
and drive away former evil companion
who visit him. But If he puts no othe
lock on the door but his good resolu
ton. then depend upon it the old demon
seven times worse, will return.
Littlejohn, Episcopal, Brooklyn.
Sawbuck Versus Boxing Gloxes.
When we remember that only about
in ! 200 of our population ever goes t
college, our $50. 900 college gymnaslf
il will be seen have done little to dt
The Progress., 1897-07-24

The quotations are reviewed ana cor
rected weekly. and represent prices Tor
round lots from first hands.
The Progress., 1897-07-24
COTTON
SHREVEPORT MARKET.

Board OF trade closed quiet and steady
Receipts, 6 bales; by rail, 1 bale; by
wagon, bales; by river, - bales.
Sales. none.
The Progress., 1897-07-24
THE PROGRESS.
GENERAL LOCAL MARKET.

GENERAL LOCAL MARKET.
rected weekly. and represent prices for
round lots from first hands.
COTTON.
SHREVEPORT MARKET.
Board OF trade closed quiet and steady
Receipts, 6 bales; by rail, 1 bale; by
wagon, bales; by river, - bales.
Sales, none.
To-day Last week
Ordinary ......... Nominal Nominal
I 200 W Widfnn1s 80. 1916 S7-16
Middling IA 6 IS
Good Middiiing..: s-1e 7s-1e
PROVISIONS.
Bacon-5 5-Sc.
Dry Salt Meats-steady at Csc.
Breakfast Bacon-sc.
Hams-Choice canVassed sugar-cured,
10 lac.
Lard-compound, &c; pure, 1-2c.
Bacon plates 1-Sc.
BREADsTUFFs.
Flour-Best patent, $3.50; half patent
or straight, $3.50; extra fancy, 500
Cornmea1-$2oo per barrel; 80 IL
quoted at 1-2c; Cream, : 1-2 by the lot.
Rice-New Louisiana, 5 1-2c.
COFFEE AND TEA.
Coffee-Easy; fair. 1Oc; medium grade,
| II 1-2c; better, 14@16c.
Tea-Good stock on hand, fair demand.
Fair at 25c; good, 40@50c; fine, 75@S5c;
finest, $1.OO@S1.35 per pound by the
| chest.
| SUGAR AND MOLASSES.
| Suuar-Standard yranulated 5-Sc; ST.
Emma graduated, a 3-4c; snow White.
| 4 5-Sc; choice yellow clarified, 3-Sc
| prime yellow clarified, 1-4c; seconds
Aldo.
MoIasses-Common, 15c; prime open
kettle. 1Sc; choice reboiled, 22cd2Sc.
| TOBACCO.
| Chewing-Good Medium, II inch, d17
Csc; better grades, 35ca50c; fine quality OF
| chewing, 50n75c.
Smoking-2OCa25c.?
ESCULENTS.
| Onions-$1. so bushel.
Beans-Navy, 2@)2 1-2c per pound.
| Irish PotatOes-none,
| Kraut-$1. 92@$3.OO barrels.
Seed Potatrss-none.
| Clay Peas-$1.75.
| Speckled Peas $1.75.
BAGGING AND TIES.
Ragging-2 Id, &c; ga 10, 6 1-2c.
TwineSFor baiiing purposes quoted a,
1Oc per Id by the bale.
Iron Ties-S1.0O.
GRAIN AND FEEDSTUFF.
Corn-Mixed sacked. 42c per bushel.
Hay-Choice prairie (Arkansas), $11.OO
oats-White s2c; Rust Proof, sac.
Rye-9Oc.
Barley-75c.
: l Rran-SOc.
The Progress., 1897-07-24

Bacon-5 5-Sc.
Dry Salt Meats-steady at 3-Sc.
Breakfast BacOn-Sc.
Hams-Choice canvassed sugar-cured,
10 -4c.
Lard-compound, &c; pure, 1-2c
Bacon plates 1-Sc.
The Progress., 1897-07-24
GRAIN AND FEEDSTUFF.

Corn-Mixed sacked. 42c per bushel.
Hay-Choice prairie (Arkansas), $1l.U
Texas, none.
Oats-White 32c; Rust Proof, 34c.
Rye-9Oc.
Barley-75c.
Bran-SOc.
Chopped Cord-9Oc per 100 pounds.
Millet Seed-S5c per bushel.
Cotton Seed Meal-$1. O5.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-06-25
CAPITULO X
La 1910 n f r A

Durante estas agitaciones de la
condesa y So profunda meditsc'6n
pasaba otra eczema de otro orden
en- la calle de San Claudio, eDfrel-
to de la casa habitada por Jua-
ma.
Sc recoriark que NJ. de Ca.
gliostro habia hospedado en- el
antigua hotel de Balsamo . la
fugitiva Olivia, perseeuida por Ia
polic{a de NJ. de Crosne.
Mile. de Olivia, muy inquieta,
ha.ia aceptado gustosa aquella
OCCASION de hoir al mismo tempo
de la policia y de Beausire; de
conriguiente viva retirada, ocaIta
y temblando en- aquella morsds
NOR .ds mistsriosa que habfa CO.
bijado tantos dramas terrIblss,
iayl mas terriblss que Il sventura
trsgi-c6mica de Mile. Nicole Le-
gay.
Cagliostro la habfa colmsdo dc
cuidados , de- obsequioe; , pare
cfa lisonjrro . II joven 81 verse
prvt~gidas par .quel gran IL
que no ptdia nads, pero qae pa
rscfA espesAr machO.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-06-25

Solo que la reclusa se pregun-
taba in dtilmente 10 que aquel es-
peraba.
Pala Mile Olivs, M. de Ca
gliostro, aquel hombre que habfa
domsdo Beausire y triunfado
de los agentes de policfa, era IN
Dios salvador y era tambi6n un
amante bien apasionado, puesto
que respetaba.
Porqne ell amor propio de Oil
va no Ia permitfa Greer que Ca
gil. stro tuviese sobre ella otras
miras que las de hacerla 81 que.
IidA.
Para las mnjeres que no tienen
otras virtudes, es una el Greer que
SO las puede amar Tespetuosamsn-
te, y muy marchito, arido y
muerto debe estar ell coraz6n que
no cuenta "a con ell amor y con ell
respeto que sigue al amor.
Olivia se puso, pues, q formar
castillos en- el aire desde ell inte-
rior de tu morada de IL Gale de
San Claudio, castillos quimericos
en- que es precise confesar que ell
pobre Bsansire hsllaba muy rara-
ments su plaza
Por la naiiana. tuaudo ataviada
oon todas las galas CON que Ca
gliostro habf, amueblado sns ga
binetes del tocsdor, jugaba . IL
gran . flors, repasaba todos los
matices del pspei de Celimena, y
no vivfs sino para esa bora del
dfa en- que Csglis etro lbs d. ".
ces por ssmans . informarse Il
snpos taba f8cilmeDte 10 vida.
EntnncA., en- "a hermoso salon,
IN a, ,lio d IN lujo regio ints-
liE-nts. - coLfssabs, llena de su-
bsisguex. qae - - vida pasada
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-06-25

Era una consequences de
vuestro nor, dljo fiematicamente
Cagliostro.
-Pero entonce ell vuestro no
era muy tenaz, replic6 Olivia.
-Yo no soy bastantc viejo, nj
bastante feo, nj bastante tonic s
pobre, para soportar las repulsas 8
Las probabilidades de una derrota,
sefiorita. He concido que habriais
preferido siempre M. de Beausi-
re y ha tornado mi partido.
-lOhl mo tai, no tall dijo la
coquets. Aquella famosa asocia-
ci6n que me habeis propuesto, va
recordareis; ess derecho de dar-
me ell brszo, de visitarme, de ha-
cerme la corte con todo decoro,
lno era un pequ, no resto de espe-
raIzs2
Y al decir estas palabras, la
p6r6da abrasaba con sus oios, de-
masiado tempo ociosos, al yisitan-
te que habfa lido caer en- ell lazo.
-Contieso que sois de una Pc
netraci6n & la que NADIA 80 resiste,
respondl6 Cagliostro.
Y fingi6 bajar los. jos para NJ
ser devorado pr ell doble raudsl
de llama que salia de las mirsdas
de Olivia.
Volvamos q Beausire, dijo
DIVA ii ada de Ia inmovilidad
del conde; tqae hace, donde esta
aga nnnrfdn an1IOnr
Entonces mirandola Cagliostro
con nn resto de timid Y, continn6:
-Decfa que habria queTido
reuniros con Ell.
No, no dreiais ESQ, mnrmnr6
Olivia CON d-sde pro va que 10
decfs Ahora. 10 tomo somo dicho.
Continual. sPor que no le hA-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-06-25
Ell COLLAR DE LA REINA

MI. Beausire es IN guapo mozo,
pro ,igui6 Cagiiostro.
-lPardiez! dijo Olivia sin saber
adonde iba d parar Cagliostro.
-Joven y cortes.
mo es verdad2
-Lleno de i'm aginaci6n.
De fuego. Un POGO bra
t" conmigo; pero. ). quien kbien
10 quiere to harf llorar.
-Hablais & las mil maravillas.
Vos teneis tanto coraz6n como
talento, y tanto talento como her
mosurs; y 20 que 10 Sc, yo que
me in tereso por todo amor en-
este mnndo les una maufs). he
pensado en- juntaros con M. de
Beausire.
No pensabais asf hace un
mes, dijo Olivia con una VOC re-
forzsda.
-Escuchad, querida mia: todo
hombre galante, que We Ia mu
jer linda, procura agradarla euan-
do es libre, como 10 soy 20. SIN
embargo, confesareis 81 os he ga
nado un pedacito del coraz6n, esto
no ha durado mucho tempo s-h2
-Verdades, replic6 DIVA con
ell mismo tono, ha durado IN Guar
TO de hora q 10 sumo.
-Era muy natural que 20 de-
sistiese viendo 10 mueho que anna
bais a nj. de Baausire.
-lOhi no os burleis de mi
No me burlo, bajo mi pala-
bre de honor. IA habeis resi- lido
tambien
-IOhi Sno es verdad? exelam6
DIVA, encantads de haber sido
cogids en- fragante d-lite de resis-
tencia. ~, confesad que he fssis-
lido.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-06-25
CBRBCBDO HNOS & CO.

Impeytadores. ezbortaaores q Comi-
stonista en- general.
Giyan sobye to3ds las provincias de
Espa'aa q Ell e.rtranje,o.
Unicos agentes de los nombrado.
vinos marca Riya L1pes de Heyeaia-
RIGA Saeaska, RIGA Alta. Riga ca
novas. Riga Luz &C ,nsumo men
sual en- la isla MIL CAJAS
Exclusives epositarios de las me-
jores mas antigua Bodeg' de Je-
rez, M Misa. Gonzalsz Byass y G? y
A r. Valdespino. Consume men,
uai. QUINIENTAS CAJAS.
Febrero 10 de 1897. 3 p.s
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-21
THE PRISONER CHAPMAN.

The sort Of imprisonment that Broker
Chapman is undergoing in the Jail of
Washington city is a travesty upon JUS
tice. and If it had been cunningly con-
trlved for the purpose. could not more
effectually bring the law and the jailers
into contempt
Chapman is living like a prince in a
luxuriously furnished room, and receives
company and transacts business as
though he were in a first-oiass hotel
The popular supposition is that Chap
man was sent 10 jail by the Court
as a punishment for refusing TO dis
close the names Of United States
senators who had availed themselves
Of their senatorial positions to buy
and sell Sugar Trust certificates.
But Chapman is not undergoing any real
punishment. He is having lots Of fun
in Jail, and is doing all that he can to
prove to the country that from to the
proceedings in his case have been
farcical.
If Chapman IS to go scot free upon
being released from Jail, lie will have
shown to the world that there is no
power in the law that the Sugar Trust
has need to be afraid Of. And. of course,
the precedent set in his case will be fol-
lowed in the cases Of Havemeyer and
Searles, should they be convicted. But 1t
is to be hoped that the Senate will hau!
Chapman before it and demand that he
purge himself Of his contempt-which he
has never yet done. This, we are told,
the Senate has a perfect right to do.
And If he still refuses to give the names
of the specializing senators, it may be
that upon Chapman's next trial he wiz
be awarded a punishment that Furnishes
Certain it is that law-respecting and or
der-abiding people do not like the specta-
Gle now presented at the Washington Jail,
where Chapman is amusing himself by
playing prisoner.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-21
ACCONtC PRIMARY
For School superintendent Neat
If.tte Bo,t.

ONANCOCK. VA, May 2).-(specia-)-
In the primary election held In Accomac
last Saturday to recommend TO the state
Board of Education a candidate for SUI
perlntendont Of Public Schools for this
county nearly 100 votes were cast. all
except three being for Nr. g. @. Joynes'
Of Onancock. As Mr.. JOyncS had no
opposition in the primary, and as the
polls were not opened At number OF
precincts in the county, the number OF
Votes east is much larger than hal been
expected.
The new steamer Winnie, that mas JUST
been built TO run between NlshiIl >
Point and ChncOteague Island, made her
first run over the lire Tuesday when all
the stockholders and their families made
an excursion on her TO the Island. enc
is a very nice boat. and will prove
great convenience and blessing to the peo-
pie OF the mainland OF Accomac. as we
as 10 the islanders. Nearly all the stock
holders live IN and around the village
Of Atlantic. and Mr.. $. W Matthews,
who represents Accomac in the House Of
Delegates. is the original promoter OF
the enterprise and the president OF the
company.
The POst-Onice Department VIII be ask
ed to establish a mail route from Wish
arts Point to Chincoteague Island, an
Arrangement that would enable the is
landers to get their southern mail
twenty-four hours earlier than they now
do.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-21
national and state patronage In payment

national and state patronage In payment
Of election contracts"
In 1855 Brother John contributed 100000
to and raised 10000 more from kindred
spirits for the Republican campaign fund.
That fund was n most potent factor In
securing the election OF BENJAMIN Harri-
son TO the presidency. There is no
question that II was largely used to de-
bauch the electorate, thus causing the "po-
fitical religion Of the nation 10 fall lower
and lower. and Mr.. Harrison rewarded
Brother John for his individuaf liberality
and his zeal az a collector by giving him
the Postmaster-G eueralshIp. Under all the
circumstances. the proceeding might be
characterized less euphemistically, but
none the less correctly perhaps, by say
ing that Mr.. Harrison paid with national
patronage the efctjon contract Of the Re-
publican party with Brother John. Again.
during the last presidential campaign
there was an exhibition OF debauchery
OF the electorate by the Republicans such
as the country had never before wit
messed. and the political religion" OF
the nation made another precpitous de-
scent Yet Brother John. If we mistake
not. WAS lacking in none OF his old-timc
zeal for the success Of his party. which
is pre-emlnentiy the party Of broken plat
forms
The idea has been advanced that
Brother Johns speech was n sudden and
an incautious outburst, due to disappoint-
ment over the failure Of McKinley's cleo
ton to pour a golden stream into the
Golfers OF the greatest store on earth"
But we think that this is unjust TO
Brother John. and shows stupidity on the
part Of those who entertain the idea, in
that they cannot grasp his all round
versatility. The manifestly logical view
considering Brother Johns record, is that
the eruption was an irresistible irrepres-
sible, spontaneous explosion Of subtle
humor and sublimated irony-was, in
fact a Joke.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-21
TuE CZAN,S nITTONS.

The news that the Car touched the but
ton that caused the Turk to halt is con-
flrmed, and so is the news that he had pre-
viously touched another button, with the
effect of making waIiike music In the
Balkans. The sensiuyeness OF both
Turkey and the Balkans to the pressure
OF Russia may be fortunate for Greece,
though it might be well to await awhile
before becoming over-sanguine on that
point: but it is not likely TO be relishe1 by
the other Powers. especially Great Britain
and Austria Hungary.
This sensitiveness would seem to prove
that Russia has dominated the situation
from the beginning, and there is hardy
a doubt that now with one hand she
grasps Turkey, while with the other she
controls for peace or for war the Sultan's
Balkan neighbors. The latter condition
is seriously antagonistic to the interests
of the dual monarchy, and the former
strengthens the suspicion that Russia
has a secret understanding with the
Porte similar to the treaty Of Unkiar
Skelessi. Indeed. it would appear that
Russia has gotten in position to even up
with the other Powers for forcing her to
tear up both that treaty and the treaty
OF San Stefano. Developments indicating
what further use she VIII attempt TO make
of her power, and what steps the other
parties 10 the concert Will take in order
to checkmate her, will be awaited with
hardly less interest than the final terms
of peace.