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Very Neatly Done.
Rev. Dr. MoGlynn's Sunday School
Class of Presidential Candidates.
The Rev.Dr.Edward McGlynn,pastor
of St .Stephen's Roman Catholic church,
delivered an impromptu address at the
reception of Daniel MeSweeuey in the
acadimy of music, New York, the oth
er evening, in the course of which he
said :
U 1 should like to preach to you thi
evening about some of the old undis
puted religious and moral truths that
you know well enough, but that some
may unfortunately l>e too prone to fur
get. llow will it do to preach to you a
little about some of the ttn command
ments, those particularly that concern
most closely the political duties of indi
vidual voters, and still more the duties
of officers elected or appointed by pub
lic trusts ? How will it do for a text ?
[Great laughter and applause.] For the
other, 'Thou shall not bear false wit
ness against thy neighbor.' (Renewed
laughter.) Or that other, 'Thou shall
not take the name of God in vain.'
'Thou shall not swear falsly.'(Laughter
and applause.) Or that other great and
positive commandment, which in en
joining reverence, loye and obedience to
a father and mother, is, in the opinion
of theologians, doctors and saints, in
tended to enforce also unselfishness de
votion and self-sacrificing attachment
to the best interests of our fatherland,
our motherland. [Applause ]
"It would be, I think, a very proper
test to which to put the multitudinous
aspirants to the presidential office, to
catechise them as to their opinions, and,
if you choose,their practice,as concerns
these fundamental maxims of private
and public morality. Well, then, let us
get up a Sunday school class [laughter]
composed of said applicants ; let us im.
agiue the seven, or eight or more of
them all sitting like good little boys
and girls upon a bench upon this stage.
[Great laughter.]
"Then we shall have Miss Belva
Lockwood.Mr. St. John and one goody
goody little boy, who neyer goes fishing
on Sunday or does any other naughty
thing, who is we" known as little Ben
nie Butler—[great laughter and ap
plause.] and we must not forget Mr.
James G. Blaine and Governor Grover
Cleveland [Great applause.] Do not
be afraid, lam not going to say any
thing partisan. T may have my own
partisan predilections—but I am not
going to tell you what they are, al
though, perhaps, some of you maybe
shrewd enough to guess. [Loud laugh
ter.]
'Well, let the class commence; I
should say to each aspirant, for in
stance; 'Sonny, or Sissy,' as the case
may be, 'wliat do you think of the com
mandment, 'Thou shalt not steal ? If
another 'smart' boy should answer,
•Well, I should not like to say any
thing in praise of stealing, it would not
sound well, but if you want my real
view the crime is not so much in steal
ing as in beingfound out.' [Laughter.]
1 should instantly have to say, 'O, per
verse and unregenerate youth, go down
to the foot of the class.' [Great laugh
ter and applause.] And if another
bright boy should answer: 'Stealing is
always wrong and cannot, therefore, be
politic ; and is really stealing in the
higher sense of the commandment to a
buse a public trust to private ends and
to private gain,' I should say to that
little boy : Good boy, for you, go up
to the head of the class.' [Laughter
and great applause.] And so I should
put them through all those command
ments that have the "directest bearing
upon the election to public office and
the administration of public trust."
(Applause.)
Repudiating Butler.
Greenback and Labor Men Declare
. for Cleveland and Hendricks.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22.— At a special
meeting of the county committee of the
national greenback-labor party of the
city held last evening at Turner's Hall
the following resolution was unani
mously adopted :
"Resolved, That the county commit
tee of the national greenback-labor par
ty of the city aud county of New York
in convention assembled, do hereby rep
udiate the action of the state commit
tee in supporting Benjamin F. Butler
for president of the United States, and
as it has come to our knowledge that
the said Butler is in close alliance with
the republican party and that his pre
tended personal campaign is being con
ducted in the interest of James G.
Blaine, the autocrat and enemy of the
working classes of the United States ;
"Resolved , That this committee do
hereby pledge their united support to
Cleveland and Hendricks, and will use
all their influence with the wotkingmen
and labor organizations to defeat Sut
ler and his colleague James G. Blaine."
The committee adjourned to meet at
Clarendon hall, Thirteenth street, Thur
sday eyening.
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John Kelly Talks.
He Will March with Hia Braves to
Victory and Escort Cleveland
to the White House.
" Will Tammany support the Demo
cratic national ticket ?"
44 We11, that's a pretty question to
ask," said Hon. John Kelly in reply to
a Journal reporter's query. "Yes, sir;
Tammany will support the Democratic
candidates and the support she will
give will mean sixty or seventy thous
and majority in New York."
"There has been some talk of deals
and bargains into which Tammany
might be drawn ?"
44 Deals with whom ? The Republi
cans ? Oh, no, Tammany can afford to
ignore all that sort of talk,and will pur
sue the even tenor of her way undis
turbed by such rumors. You have
doubtless heard of the fellow who cried
4 wolf! wolf !' when there was no wolf,
and what happened to him. It would
be well for the people to keep their eye
on those who are so ready to cry, 4 deal!
deal ! Tammany makes no deal. Mr.
Cleveland was not Tammany's choice,
to be sure, but he is the nominee of the
party of which Tammany forms such
an important part, and Tammany will
be true to him as she has ever been
true to the candidates of the Democrat
ic party."
44 Then Mr. Cleveland will be elected,
you think
"He will be the next President be
yond a doubt. Blaine is already defeat
ed. The Ohio election was a small fail
ure for the Republicans and now they
are out with a begging letter from the
National Committee asking for funds
with which to carry Indiana and New
York, for it will do no good; and as for
Indiana, they can't put money enough
in the State to carry it."
44 As to your call on Governor Cleve
land ?"
"Well, now, really it seems odd that
people will exercise themselves so much
about so little. Can you see anything
strange in my paying my respects to
the Governor of the State and the nom
inee of my party when he was here, I
may say, as the guest of the Democrats
of New York V I called on him as a
great many other gentlemen did, and
perhaps he did me the honor of detaining
me somewhat longer than he did some
others in pleasant conversation, and
I'm free to say that matters pertaining
to the good of the party were touched
upon and discussed."
Was Not His Arm.
The other evening a young lady with
a white swiss skirt, b iack Jersey jacket
and white cape, and her beau were
promenading on East Washington
street, when it suddenly became appa
rent to them that there was something
unusual about them. Men stopped and
looked after them,girls giggled and boys
hooted.
'Sylvia, what on earth is the matter
with everybody this evening ?' queried
the beau.
4 I don't know, and what Is more, I
don't care, snorted Sylvia.
4 What ails them V asked one girl of
another, just as they passed the unhap
py couple.
'Don't know, unless she's sick and he
has to hold her up,' asked her compan
ion.
'Take off your arm !' cried a boy.
'Pull down the blinds !' shouted his
chum.
'Gosh ! Ain't they lovin' ?' bellowed
a third.
The young man was angry, and the
young women was mad, and the boys
were following at their heels and saying
all manner of impertinent things. Two
of the little rascals slipped up behind
her, and one of them slyly put out his
hand and as the girl and her beau separ
ated, the urchin bawled :
'Lord ! He ain't got his arm around
her ! That's where her black wescot
sticks out from under her white shawl 1'
and then the young folks knew that the
black streak of Jersey around her waist
had been mistaken for his sleeve, and
the girl went home to change her
clothes.
It requires no small degree of art to
know how to conceal it.
A PAPER FOR THE HOME CIRCLE
Cleveland and Hendricks,
Democratic Camliiates
FOR
PRESIDENT
AND
VICE PRESIDENT.
Her Heart's Desire.
"I tell you, Jack, the farm is not
your invocation. I became more and
more convinced of the fact every day,
and less contented with the life we are
leading."
Breakfast was over, and we stood on
the farmhouse portico, arm in arm.
On the sill of the door sat baby,scream*
ing with delight as she fed a pair of
pet pigeons from liar dimpled hands
Our breakfast had been a delightful
one—coffee as clear as amber, bread
like snow and steak done to a turn.
All about us was u green tangle of
sweetbriar and honeysuckle ; the sun
was just rising above tie distant bills
and the morning air was fresh and
sweet, and filled with exquisite wood
land odors and musical with the song
of birds. We could catch a glimpse
of the barn and, poultry yards where
we stood, and hear the plaintive lowing
of the kine and the dream-like twinkle
of the bells. I felt a vague sort of con
viction that Jack had but little sym
pathy with my spirit of discontent, yet
I was determined to carry my poiut if
possible.
"You are dissatisfied with your lot
—I see that plainly, Nell," said Jack,a
trifle sadly.
"Oh, nonsense," I put iu. "Not
with my lot, nor with* you, nor with
the farm, Jack ; I am tired to death
with this prosy, humdrum life, and I
hate to see you delving and toiling like
a slave from one year's end to another.
You are born for something batter,
Jack—something nobler and grander.
Fancy a man of your abilities sowing
grain, digging potatoes, and raising
stock to his life's end."
"But, my dear," suggested Jack,
"one must live and have bread and
butter."
"To be sure Jack ; but why not earn
it in a more genteel fashion ?"
"Honest labor is always geuteel,
Nell."
"Oh, pshaw ! You misuaderstand
me, Jack. I mean that you have capa
bilities for something better. You on
ly cling to the old farm to please your
father, when you could do a hundred
fold better elsewhere. And, besides,
where is youi society in this place,
Jack ? What chance is there for our
children as they grow up ?" Jack
laughed as lie glanced down at baby,
who was struggling furiously to get a
pigeon's head into her mouth.
"Ah, Nell, that is looking so far. a
head," he said ; "and, ray dear, you
seem to forget that I have lived here all
my life."
"No, 110, I dou't forget; and, pray,
what have you done, Jack ?"
"Led an upright life and married
you."
"But you didn't pick me up among
the clover blossoms, Jack ; don't for
get that. You found me in town,and,
Jack, dear, I'm so anxious to get back
to my native element ; I'm tired of all
this. You can get on ever so nicely in
own, Jack ; and there we can get in
to society."
" I .am not over-fond of society,
Nell."
"Oh, but you should be,for my sake,
Jack. I'm fond of it. I hate to live
here like a hermit. Why, Jack, if we
desire to give a little party to-morrow,
we could not, for lack of guests,"
"Dear me, Nell, why I could muster
scores."
"Of a certain soit, yes „• but 1 don't
want them, Jack. I'm a little peculiar
in my notions. I want no society but
the best ; the—the—sort of society one
gets in town."
"Fashionable society, Nell."
"Well, then, why not V You have
means, Jack, and Ifl itter myself that
we are fitted to move in any circle.
Why should we buiy ourselves in this
wilderness ?"
"Our means are not inexhaustible,
Nell."
"I'm aware of that, Jack, but we've
enough for the start, and Vanborough
offers you a good place in the bank."
"At a limited salary. Nell."
"Oh, yes, but you can work your
way up, Jack—right up to the topmost
round of the ladder. Do let's go,
Jack 1 I've lived here to please you
mm®®**
ever since our marriage, I think you
can afford to please me a little now."
Jack sighed as he looked out upon
the ripening grain fields, but lie drew
me close to his heart and kissed me.
"That's true." he said ; "you can't
be expected to c ire f>r the farm as I
do. Nell, I promised to tnake you
happy when you conseuted to be my
wife, and I'll try to keep my word.
You shall have your own way, Nell."
The continuous dropping of water
wears away the solid stone. I had con
quered mp husband at last and the de
sire of my heart was about to be ac
complished. When Jack once made
up his tnind to do a thing, he did it
with all his might. The matter was
soon settled. Cherry llill, as we called
the farm, was sold at a great sacrifice,
and one sunny morning we turned our
backs upon the breezy down and gold
en grain fields and j mrneyed cityward.
"I'm afraid you've made a great mis
take," said Jack's father as he bade us
good-by ; you'd better have stuck to
the farm. "You remember the old
srying about the rolling stones."
"I don't believe in old sayings, sir,"
I answered, 1 iftily, " and I think I can
appreciate my husband's ability better
that any one else can."
"All right ; hope you won't find
yourselves mistaken, my dear. Good
by to both of you. Whatever vou do,
care well for the little one. I'm afraid
she won't like the change. If you hep
pen to tire of the town and fashion,
don't forget that a welcome awaits you
at home."
Jaca's heart was too full for utter
ance.
"Thank you, sir ; I said ; but we
shall not get tired."
Our new home in town was a stylish
residence in a fashionable street. We
established ourselves in the principle
hotel, and then set about furnishiug
the house.
"My dear child," said Mrs. Vanbor
ough, the banker's wife, dropping in
for an early call, don't dream of such a
thing as ingrain carpet. Get Brussels
by all means ; good English brussels.
You'll find it much cheaper in the end,
and, besides, it's much more stylish."
We hearkened to our friend's'advice,
and the cost run up into hundt'tis.
Then furniture was got to match, Mrs.
Vanborough and several other friends
aiding us in our selection, and all sorts
of pretty costly brie-a-bric, real lace
curtains, and a new piano. My old in
strument was too plain and clumsy fur
the new establishment.
There is a sort of curious excitement
in spending money, which seems to
drive the most sober and econonrzing
people desperate when they once get at
it. Jack had always been one of the
most careful of men, counting the cost
of everything as lie vent and saving
every stray penny. Ome in the vortex
of town life his prudenue was speedily
changing into a sort of recklessness.
After the first few days, and by the
time our new home was ready to receive
us, lie actually seemed to take delight
in seeing his money go.
"We've got snug quarters here, Nell,
by George !" lie s id, looking thtough
tfie extravagantly-furnished rooms
with admiring pride. "No one in
town can out-shine us, not even
Vanborough himself. It has lightened
our purse a good deal, I'll admit, but
what does that signify V What good
comes of having money unless one en
joys it !"
"We must try and save up a little
now. Jack, since we are fixed up so
nicely," I said, feeling somewhat ter
rified at hi 9 growing recklessness.
"Pshaw, child. Whoever heard of
a banker's clerk saving anything ? If
we make both ends meet, it will be
more than I look for."
"My dear," said Mrs. Vanborough,
when we were pleasantly situated iu
our handsome house and hired a coup
le of servauts, "I suppose vou will
want to give some kind of a party
now V It is customary, you know.
Suppose you let it be an infoimal re
ception, with cards and coffee for the
old people, and ices and fruits and dan
cing for the young ones. That won'.l
do nicely. You can throw your par
lors into one, and the new c irpets will
not get much injured. I'll help you
Terms, SI.OO per Year, in Advance.
order your refreshments, and Cecelia
will write your invitations for you.
She is au excellent judfla as to whom it
is expedient to invite."
I mentioned the matter to Jack when
he came home, and he entered Into
the spirit of the affair with great ex
citement.
"To be sure, little wife have a party
by all means. When one is in Home
one must do as Romans do, you know.
Don't spare expense, either, my dear ;
we must make as good a show as other
people. And I shall take upon myself
to order your custume. I want you
to look a grand as a little empress."
"But, Jack," I suggested, timidly,
"we are spending a great deal of mon
ey."
"Oh, well, never mind. It will go
somehow, one way or another, and we
might as well enjoy it. You've always
wanted to get into good society, Nell,
aud you're fairly in now, and it won't
d.i to let people see that you are cramp
ed for money. Let's make the most of
it while we've got it."
My heart ached a little, and in the
midst of all the flare and flutter of pre
paration t was conscious of a vague
feeling of regret whenever I recalled
the quiet moments of my early wife
hood I spent at Cherry llill. Jack had
seemed to take as much pleasure in
life's frivolities as I did. With the
foolish inconsistency of my sex I sat
down and cried over the consumma
tion of the very hopes which I had
cherished so long.
But, despite my tears, the reception
came on, and it turned out to be a
great success. The best people in town
honored us with their presence, and
everything, thanks to Mrs. Yanbor
ough'B foresight, was carried on in the
most lavish and elegant manner possi
ble.
"By George," said Jack, "this sort
of thing is jollier than the old farm.
I see now, little wife, that you are
right."
I would ten tim?s rather he sl'ould
have upbraided and blamed me for
what I bad done. Tiie winter that fol
lowed wa3 exceedingly gay. We were
invited everywhere, and our house was
: constantly filled with gue9ts ; ball,
j soirees, kettledrums and the opera
seemed to embrace every hour. Jack
and I seldom had a quiet momeut to
gether, yet he seemed to enjoy it with
his whole heart. When Spring came
our last surplus dollar had been expend
ed and we were dependent on Jack's
monthly salary.
The warm weather came on and ba
by soon fell ill. I hoped day by day
that Jack would say something about
going back to his father's for the Sum
mer, but he didn't even hint at such a
thing. The days grew longer aud
warmer. The sun shor.e down with
pitiless splendor and the paved streets
seemed like heated brass. Our fashion
able friends fluttered off like summer
swallows and we were left almost a
lone.
"Couldn't you manage to make a lit
tle trip to the seashore, my dear ?"
Mrs. Vanboiough had suggested, and
Jack caught at the idea with eager
ness.
"We might, Nell ; I think we can.
I'll try and borrow a few hundred
somewhere."
"Oh, Jack, no, no !" I sobbed out in
my remorse and despair. "I won't go
to the seashore. You see how ill baby
is. Oh, Jack, ask your father to let us
return home."
"Oh, you wouldn't be satisfied, Nell,
if we went back. It's dreadful stupid
down there these days with the hay
making and reaping and all that sort of
thing. We never should be able to en
dure it there now."
1 said no more. The long, bright,
burning days wore on, and our bills
ran up higher, and baby's little breath
seemed to grow weaker and weaker,
and poor Jack himself seemed to look
dreadfully ill and worn. And one af
ternoon he was sent home in a carriage
quite unconscious, stricken down by a
sudden feyer. I put my pride aside
then, and wrote a letter to Jack's lath
er.
"Jack and the baby are both ill," I
said, "and we are sick and tired of
life. Pray forgive us, and let us come
home."
The very next dav the dear old gen
tleman arrived, but the sheriff was be
fore him, Jaek having confessed judg
ment in a law suit. The rumor that
we intended to leave town got out, and
our creditors rushed in, anxious to se
cure the lion's share of our effects.
The Biussels carpet, the handsome fur
niture, and the costly bric-a-bric, all
went under the hammer at disastrously
low figures.
"Never mind," said my father-in
law, not a shadow of reproach on his
kind old face, "let them squ ibble over
it, if they will. We must get the sick
ones home."
So we got Jack into the carnage,and
with his poor hot head upon my knee
and baby in my anns I turned my back
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upon the scene of short lived triauipb.
"We are going back to Cherry Hill,"
said the old gentleman, as in the dusk
of the golden day we drove through tne
dewy stillness of tho sheltered lane.
"The old home has been waiting for
you all these months. I was pretty
sure you would coma back."
I could not utter one word in an
swer.
A great full moon was rising above
the distant bills as we reached the bouse.
Not the smallest thing was changed.
The great red roses bloomed on the
terrace, the bees droned in their hives,
and the cattle-belts tinkled in the barn
yard. The door was wide open.
We carried Jack in, and laid him
down in the broad, breezy room that
had been our bridal chamber. He o
pened his eyes and drew a deep, quiv
ering breath as the refreshing breeze
touched his throbbiug bead.
"Nell, where are you ?" he said.
"Sure'y, this must be home."
"I am here, Jack I answered
through my tears ; " and this is home,
dear old Cherry Hill !"
"Thank God 1" he murmured, and
fell back among the pillows, and I saw
great tears trickling slowly from be
neath his closed eyelids.j
Beyond the open window, in the sil
very glory of the rising moon, the old
grandfather sat, with baby at his £feet,
half hidden in the rank, cool grass, and
even at that hour the pigeons came
fluttering around her as of old, and
she screamed with rapture as she
clutched at them with her thin, little
hand.
I rose softly and fell on my knees be
side Jack's low pillow.
"Oh, Jack," I sobbed. "I have
been so wicked. Forgive me ! I am
so glad, so very glad to be at home a-1
gain."
His worn face grew radiant and his
dear arms held me close. And then
and there, clasped to my husband's
heart, in the sweet shelter of the home
he loved, I understood all the past.
"You didn't mean it, Jack," I whis
pered. "You only pretended to enjoy
it to please me."
He smiled most tenderly at me with
his grave, fond eyes.
"And, oh, Jack, our money is all
gone, and—"
He silenced me with a kiss.
"No matter, little woman, the les
son we have learned has been cheaply
bought. We shall not care to leave the
safe old nest in search of fashion and
society again."
I could not answer. I heard my ba
by cooing to the pigeons in the grass,
and I sat there, clasped in Jack's for
giving arms, the happiest woman the
round world held.
— a
Talmage on Crime.
Extravagances account for the posi
tive crimes, the foreignors, and the ab
scond ings of the officers of the banks.
The store on Broadway and the office
on Wall street are swamped bj the res
idence on Madison Square. The father's
the husband's craft capsized by carry
ing too much domestic sale. That is
what springs the leak in the merchant's j
money-till. That is what cracks the
pistols of suicides. That is what tears
down Marine Banks.That is what stops
insurance companies. That is what
halts this nation again and again in its
triumphant march of prosperity. Look
at the one fact that is a matter of sol
id statistics that in this country,in the
cities of New York and Brooklyn—l
will narrow it down—it is estimated
that there are over five thousand wo
men whose apparel costs them oyer
two thousand dollars a year each.
Things have got to such a pass that
when we cry over our sins in church,
we wipe the tears away with a one hun
dred and fifty dollar pocket-handker
chief ! Here is a domestic tragedy in
five acts.
Act the First—A home plain and
beautiful. Enter newly-married pair.
Enter contentment. Enter as much
happiness a3 ever gets in one home.
Act the Second—Enter discontent.
Enter desire for larger expenditure.
Enter envy. Emer jealousy.
Act the Third—Enter the queenly
dressmakers. Enter the French milli
ners. Enter all costly plate and all
great extravagance.
Act the Fourth—Tip-top of society.
Princes and princesses of New York
and Brooklyn floatingJn and out. Ev
erything on a lajge and magmficant
scale. Enter contempt for other peo
ple.
Act the Fifth aud last—Enter the
assignee. Enter the sheriff. Enter the
creditors. Enter humiliation.
the wrath of God. Enter the contempt
of society. Enter Death and Hell.
Now, drop the silk curtain. The farce
is ended and the lights are out.
I called it a tragedy. That is a mis
nomer. It is a farce.
A Chicago youth, on visiting in the
country and hearing a casual reference
to "husking bees" chased a bee three
miles in order to ascertain if possible
what kind of a husk it had on.