Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-01-19

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all mothers and fathers, and to moss
OF us brothers, sisters. wives and chill
dren. and he intended that we shoald
love and cherish them and that they
should be a comfort to us Religion
does not require that we seve- these ties
which God himself established i know
preachers and priests-so does every
reader Of this--who are cody men,
clothed with piety as with a garment,
whose hearts are full to overlooking
with the milk Of human kindness, who
partake cordially of all the innocent
amusements Of their people, and whose
appearance in any community or in
any household Is a benediction. / hum
bly, thank God for such men
My father was opposed to novel read
ing. and 70 1 never read one until I had
become too large for him to thrash. At
10 / began with East Lynne" and
from that day to this, when I could
snatch a few moments from what Mr..
Mantalini would call 'sthe demnition
horrid grind of earning my bread and
butter" I have devoted 1t TO reading
novels / have dsyoured Fielding,
Smollett Dickens. Scott, Thackeray,
Hawthorne. Thomas Hardy, George
Eliot and Others, as the sale bills say.
''too tedious to mention" In all OF
them there are characters religious
without being fools, wise without be-
ing wicked. courageous without being
monomaniacs, virtuous without being
prudes, charitable without being maud
Unjust such characters as a sound,
sane, human man would like to know
and have for friends here In this lower
world. Characters one loves 10 think Of
and quote and refer 10 for the nobler
purposes OF this life; characters who,
created by the fancy Of lovers Of their
kind, make better and sweeter and
wholasomer the lives Of all who have
read Of and studied them. But In mel
Their "The Deemster'i nor 1.-THE Chris
tan" has Mr.. Hall Game produced a
single character that win make any Of
his readers wiser, better, more charita-
bic or more sympathetic with Gods
suffering children.
Lack OF Unity Among Republicans.
The new year finds the Democrats
resolute and unified, while the Repub-
hcans are pulling farther and farther
apart. q.
Power in all branches Of the govern
ment came TO Democrats March 4,
1893. and to them It was a curse, for
they Immediately began going to pieces
History repeats itself with wonderful
accuracy and amazing swiftness.
For the last two years the Republic
n have had the presidency (fount Of
every blessing in the way Of patronage
and the house Of Representatives. They
prayed. 50 they said. fervently for the
United States senate, and notwithstand-
ing the ancient saying, 1.-THE prayers Of
the wicked do not avail, " they got ii. |
They vociferously asseverated that If
they had the senate they would work
wonders Now they have Il. or rather
win have 1t after high noon March 4,
1899, and yet nevertheless. not-with-
standing, consequently, these same
Republicans are afraid 10 say their souls
are their own. They are timorous, shiv-
ering, aguish. They are not certain Of
any proposition under the shining sun
They are not together on anything. Nc
Kinley is just as anxious to "get CON
gress of his hands" as Cleveland was,
although he has too much hnesse to say
%. he lives in daily terror lest some
Republican senator or member Of CON
gress shall say something or propose
something or be definite about some
thing. The date they are praying for is
March 4, 1899. not because q Republic
an senate comes In then; bless your
simple soul moi but because congress
adjourns than for nine blessed long
months In which the managers hope to
be able to patch up q good Lord, good
devil policy which will enable William
the opportunist to make his nomination
II not his election to q second term sure.
The plain, unvarnishsd truth IL that
this administration lives In mortal ter
ror Of one Nelson A. Miles, major gem
eral, not commanding the army Of the
United States.
General Niles Opportunity.
Everybody heresbout seems to think
that Miles can q tale unfold about the
manner In which our late Spanish war
was conducted which viii make the
hair Of the American people to stand on
end like quilts upon the fretful porcu-
pine II be chooses 10 do 20. The only
question IL this: "Win Miles put it to
the touch and win or lose II all or viii
he permit the SIRENS 10 lull him 10 slevk
with the song Of those shadowy and
slippery stars Of lieutenant general of
the army Of the United States" Gen
eral Nelson A. Miles most probably has
such an opportunity as comes to only
nj man in q lifetime. Let him seize
1t, he Is great Let him neglect II, and
he Is Nelson A Miles.
Even among the Ohio McHannaites
all does not appear to be serene. There
is a governor TO elect In B~uckeyedom in
1899, and as every governor thereof is
a possible president IL is an office great
ly coveted-the Decalogue 10 the con-
trary Notwithstanding. But only q
man can hold IL at one time. There's
the rub" To say nothing of the smaller
fry, there's your uncle, Charles Henry
Grosvenor, who wants Il, and he wants
It like the fellow In Mississippi wanted
the revolver, but Just as he thought be
had 1t there 0 9 upon his horizon Judge
Day, the McHanna Pooh Bah, who II
walls your Uncle Grover himself as a
sudden riser into fame and-ofice. Nc
Kinley would no doubt be happy with
either 'were t'other dear charmer
away, but neither win go away, 90
William Is in a peck of trouble In this
fierce contest my undivided affections
are with General Grosyenor. II Ohio
Republication can stand ''the grim old
lion Of Athens in the gubernatorial
chair. then. like Major Joe Bagstock. IL
'fs tough, sir, deyilish tough" He
would provoke q not In q Quaker meet
Ing In 80 minutes by the town clock
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