Nantwich, Sandbach & Crewe Star — 1888-08-25 ()

MONKEY-BOX " even while it was being manufactured. Day by day workmen subscribers would call to know iwsh fii cxhe da ot rnu stthwe 0 rt tehll deermolotleisrosynauloi train engine,itin "how much had been done since yesterday ;" his face towards they traiPn, sY cl oas to ay e revnes cuounye deiwguahl but the artist bore it all like a Spartan, and which in case of emergency might be given. As the Mr. Gladstone's praise will be his reward. Ex_ train travels slowly, with little oscillation, his duty— quisite white relief figures surround the orna- during fb the iI summeri:must t tt b i n i eeesrplie especially—is fatiguing not avery hard on ginng to be conment. . You can trace the contour of limbs stantly on the look-out for hours together. under the veil—as plainly as you can see Mr. The enginernen, both of the Queen's train and the Walter's hand behind the cloud enveloping the "pilot," are selected by Mr. Webb from the most steady and experienced drivers, men who are thoroughly words "and other persons." acquainted with the road.  --:0:-TI.IE BO.NOUR OF DRIVING The speech that Mr. Gladstone delivered on. ositiotnrainniais ab high one, and a inn who attains the Royal • political affairs after the presentation of the that peroonfessiseiorned to have reached the vase has been rightly described as "the most top of the tree inyhise powerful and thrilling arraignment of the The chief telegraph superintendent, together with competent telegraphists, travel with the train, who, if thereffi officials shouldsa government's recent policy in Ireland that has break-down, would speedily let the ottb be a yet been delivered." The miserable, murder- e nearest point know of the disaster. ous_meanness_of the government treatment of EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS  their Irish political prisoners was scathingly exposed, and a most eloquent and effective appeal made to the people of England to remember that every man who votes for the Liberal dissentients and the Conservatives is in reality a sharer in the enormities of the wickedness which has killed one man, caused another to commit suicide, and degraded some of the noblest patriots any country has ever produced, to the level of common criminals. There is no shirking this responsibility. Every man who votes for the party that employs Bomba Balfour cannot rid himself of the immoral responsibility. Be is helping to maintaiu "this fabric of disgrace in sight of the world."  are taken so as to allow her Majesty to slumber undisturbed during the night time. Work is practically suspended for at least half an hour before the Royal train is due to pass. Drivers of passenger trains are strictly admonished not to whistle when passing the train; luggage trains are brought to a stand, and the loads carefully examined; the gates at level crossings aro properly secured and watched, and all "facing points" over which the " pilot " and royal train run are bolted or 'pad-locked some time before the former is timed to pass. Effective arrangements are also made to prevent- the possibility of any impediment being placed on the rails. Surely, the most obnoxious Czar, or the most nervous person in the world, could slumber p6acefully while travelling under such conditions. Even Professor Ruskin will admit that the Queen of England does not travel "on the 'ridge of her own grave."  Referring again to the scene on the terrace in front of Elarwarden Castle on Monday, when Mr. Gladstone delivered his great speech, as he stood before the Pottery politicians and won their hearts by his pathetic and eloquent pleading for Ireland, one old woman among the crowd said, as the tears started in her eyes, " Bless him, who could help loving him." It is with such feelings that those who righty understand the moral grandeur of his character regard the leader of the Liberals, and all the vilification and detraction of those who hate  him, because of their own rancorous an evil nature, will not prevent the name and fame of William Gladstone being remembered as belong ing oue of the noblest statesmen of this century.