k5SI j'.hb: f - K set- II SCOTLAND'S SINGER. Wakeman Places a Poei's Wreath at the Shrine of Barns. 5HE ESCIDEHTS OP HIS CAREER Asd tie Lights and Bhidowi of His Life Most TiTidlj Pictured. DUMFEIES ICH IN KEL1CS OF BUENB icosxzsroKiizxcz or thx dispjltck.1 DlTHtrtes, Scotland, July 20. Border rt and border minstrelsy hTe given tba Whole tooth of Scotland a heritage of un dying Interest and enthrallment. Coming upon it with eyes looking oat of the depths of history and sentiment, every object in nature marshals a host of armored specters from the crowded cloister of a romantic and thrilling past. Bat there is another and an immortal presence here. As the husbandry of peace heals the scars or bloody battle, as the Tery flowers of the field in precious compensation thickest grow where carnage and fury leave their deepest stains, there came to this wraitb-rank region a lustrous soul so simple and rugged, sweet and grand, tender and majestic, weak and mighty, that, throughout the weird, wild land in vhich it blossomed, nature seems to pause in endless shine and bloom. Oat oi the stain and scar, ont of intolerance and big otry, out of ignoranoe and serfdom, out of helotry and hindship, came one rustic serf whose humble plowshare turned beneath the furrows of his brief toil all the hatred, superstilition, intolerance, of a thousand warring years. One Scottish southland .peasant voice not only fused into illimitable tenderness all Scotia's stern and granite EouI,bnt gave imperishable songs to the uni Tersal human heart WHEEE -BUHNS TTAS CEO'WirED. To all the people of Scotland so dear has the memory of this man become, that three of the sonthwestern shires of the kingdom Ayrshire in which the peasant-poet was born, Kirkcudbrightshire where he wan dered and sang, and Dumfriesshire, where he lived, loved, sing and died are known only as "Burns' Land." However winsome are the memories of his early life beside the Soon, in Ayr; however stamped by the wondrous coinage of his genius, which like some magic alchemy transformed all things Burns touched, or named, or knew, to gold, the braes and barns of Kirkcudbright may be; to my fancy fair Dumfriesshire was the imperial palace of his world-wide realm; and this gray old town of Dumfries itseli his very throne. Here flows the Wimpling Jiith, from its sources in the Lead and Low ther hills, down past the little farm ot Ellis land, where with his faithfnl wife Jean he wrought those brief and happiest days of his life. Here still stands the house on Bank street, formerly the "Wee Vennel," the three little upper rooms of which were his first "citv" home. The old tavern where he roystered and sang is just as he l:t it. His last earthly habitation was the same humble cottage you now find alongside the "Bagged School" in Burns street, Jinown as Hill street in the olden days. And in the stately mausoleum beneath the shadows of ancient St. Michael's kirk, surrounded by the graves and monuments of those who for 800 years went be ore him into the infinite mystery, he lies asleep, true and loyal Jean still near him, and all their bairns beside them in the wakeless rest You or I pilgriming here to the shrine of Bnrns will involuntarily recall the princi pal incidents in his career previous to his identification with the old border city of Dumlries. This can be best told, partially in the langnace of others. In the period be tween May, 1786, at the age of 2" years, and the end ot the year 1791. when he camefrom the Ellislaod larm to the three rooms in the 'Wee Vennel," in Dumfries, a period of hut i) years, more personal hope and dis appointment, joy and suffering, anguish from impulsive wrongdoing and heaven of the purest domestic bliss, temptation and victory, agonized despair and triumph, had been crowded into the poet's experiences, tuau fall to the lotof most great men in their entire lives. In this brief time, first he was disowned and deserted by Jean Armour, through the bitter and ever unreasoning op position of her lather. He was then be trothed to "Highland Mary" Campbell, the heroine of his immortal - ode, "To Mary in Heaven," who shortly died of malignant fever nt Greenock, and over whose grave in the kirkyard of the Old or West Church, in that city, a monument was placed bearing the inscription: : Erected : over the grave of : Highland Mabt, : lstz, : My Mary, dear departed shade. : Where is thy place of blissful restT PETTED AND FEASTED. AboutlOO of his most characteristic poems were already written, and the now priceless first addition of the same had been issued lrom the rural press of Kilmarnocc, in the county of Ayr. Twin children had been born to him out of wedlock by Jean Armour, one ot whom, Bobett, in alter years a man of rare character and worth, survived the poet 58 years, his decease oc curring at Dumfries in 1857, and his body being interred in the Burns vault -Mary Campbell died and was buried at Greenock. Burns' local fame having attracted the at tention of the literary coterie at Bdintmrgh, he was invited to that city, where he was "affiliated" at the famous lodge of Free masons (which still meets iu the veritable roos then used) and subsequently "inaugu rated" as its poet laureate, the latter event being the subject of a celebrated painting; while he was made the literary lion of the day, as new and enlarged editions of his poems appeared. He thyi made a tour of the border counties of England and Scotland, and, untarnished by fame, returned to Mauchline, the old home-spot in Ayr, drawn there by his true love for his Jean, who re pented her renunciation, and with whom the former iutimacv was renewed. The tour of the Xorth was then made; Bums returned to greater Edinburgh literary triumphs; he was introduced to Mrs. Maclenose. the "Clarinda" of his famous correspondence; and again returning to his beloved Jeau, tuok her secretly to Tarbolton Mill for con finement there in dit-grace, when twine, both ot which died, were acain born to them. Being now independent of scandal ous opposition. Burns publicly and nrondiy "acknowledged" Jean Armour as his wife, then as sscred and binding a marriage in Scotland as any other, and, in this instance, necessary only bectuje debarred formal mar riage at all times by the wife's parents, who thus were solely responsible for the cloud very He was also in a position to "satis: y" Jean's parents; for on settlement with Creech, his Edinburgh publisher, the then astounding sum of $2,500 was found to be at his dis posal. BJtlEF, BB1GHT DATS. Then came the brief, bright days. Mag nanimously generous always, much of this sum, the first and last good fortune Bnrns eve knew, went to Jean's parents, and to assist his brother Gilbert Burns in averting disaster in the latter's farm-life efforts. His lnckv meeting with the ingenuous and kindly Patrick Miller, of Ddlswintou Hall, had occurred. It had bees settled that the poet, who hated the city with a royai hatred, should return to the plow. The nobility of the day never quite forgave this plebeian longing and love, the source of his grandest inspirations. The beautiful farm of Ellis land, five miles above Dumfries, was taken at a rental of 50 per year. Barns, unaided, began his farm labors the first Monday after frhitsundiv. in 1788. Tie totted manfully until tha autumn of that year, meantime singing many a lusty song to his absent wife, tearing down the wretched hovel he found, and building the lovely cottage which stands there embowered in roses to this day. And then was celebrated the sim ple but glorious home-coming, when, with raitio rites, and his bonuie Jean upon his arm, "preceded by a peasant girl carrying the family Blblt and a bowl of salt," he marched proudly into his little home heaven beside the winding Kith. All evidences agree that in the brief period of a trifle over two years, between "Whitsunday, 1788, and Martinmas, in 1791, Burnt and his good Jean experienced an Eden of labor and love, despite their final enforced departure. It was also the period of Barns' best And great est poetical fecundity. But more children oame to them. These must be supported. The crops failed, and inevitable ruin was ap proaching. It was then, with nowhere else on earth to turn, with no one on earth to de fend him from the wretched influences of such environment, that to Bave his wife and children from actual want and starvation, be was forced to accept the Government po sition of exciseman at the beggarly pittance of 50 per year! And I say that that person who will become critic of this poor striving soul. lrom this pitiful period, takes to himself share of the endless oblo quy of the derelicts of that day and time who infamously deserted a God-sent genius in the hour of his sorest plight and highest efforts to a noble manhood. The five re maining years of his life, after the poet, his Jean and their three children, Bobert, Francis Wallace and William Nicol, removed to the humble lodgings, their first home in Dumfries, checkered, sad, pathetic beyond comprehension, are known to all. The literary ghoul may come here and shovel from the dust of a pitiinl epoch the dross of sad doings and hoars. Whoever coraes with reason, heart and the least of sympathy and charity will still find glowing here the lingering battle fires between temptation inexpressible and effort incredi ble; between weakness and discourage ments indescribable and love and loyalty ineffable. For myself, I prefer to stand at the shrine of Burns and look down along the burning shaft of light that links his genius and his world-girdling human love and magnanimity to the fadeless immortal ity of his memory and name. AN HISTORIC INN. One of the places in Dumfries moit inter esting from its association with Burns is the old Globe Tavern. It is still called "the howf (hoif, hoff, hufe, houff) Scottish for hall, house ot retreat, or haunt It is cer tainly the most noted of all the "howfs," or haunts, made famous by the frequent pres ence end loiterings of Coila's unfortunate bard. The structure etands on High street, but it is entered now t in Burns' day from a dark and narrow "close" or alley, which extends past the old stone stables of the inn iuto Shakespeare street, which, in turn, leads to the right into the present Barns, formerly Mill, street, to the Barns cottage; and it was through this little "close" Burns always made his way home from his too fre quent bouts with "John Barleycorn" at the Globe Tavern. The venerable inn is crowded on market days with farmers, and the old stables are packed with horses, traps and carts, precisely as it 'was 100 years ago. A solemn Scotch dame recalling Mrs. Hyslop, the landlady of Burns' time, named Smith, is theowner ot the property, which, while she still rigorously presides over the proprie ties of the place, she rents to her son-in-law at 32 per year. Entering the shadowv old "howl" you pass through a tiny public room where now and then a dozen or more gawk-eyed rustics are drinking while dis cussing countryside gossip. Prom this room a door, so low you will need minding your head gear in passing, leads to the little par lor, which was the real haunt of Bnrns in Dumfries. Of the more than 100 songs com posed by Burns in Dumiries which, had they comprised the limit of his production, would still have given him rank as Scot land's greatest lyric bard by far the larger number were produced in this little parlor, or in the chamber above. Uext the fire place of the former was "Burns' corner." The veritable chair in which he sat, pre served from the attacks of relie hunters by cupboard, lock and key, is still here. Several other chairs, a table, and even many faded pictmes upon the low walls, are just as he knew them. The window panes are covered with verses he scratched upon them with his diamond. Of these perhaps the following three are the most famous: "0 lovely Polly Stewart, O charming Folly Stewart There's tot a flow er that blooms In May Tbal's half so fair as tbou art. " Burns' apostrophe to the Globe Tavern, Wliate'er you choose be't ale or beer Whatever tit your nob. At moderate fare you mav bave here. The best that's iu the Globe!" And that more debatable sentiment, "Gin a body meet a body Coniin' tlirongb tbe grain, Gin a body kits a body. Tbe thing's a body's alnf ' GOTDEN WLmDOW PANES. Every one of these inscribed window panes is worth S200 in gold. Tho old inn is qnite a museum of relics, and better than -all they are genuine ones, for which fabulous sums are constantly olTered. But the venal ity and thrift of the place are loathsome. It is a groggery to-day, precisely as it was when it stole away tbe life ot Burns; and one's presence is quickly made a matter ot supererogation, if liquor is not purchased or gratuities bestowed. The little wench that looks after you in this respect reminds one of "Annie wi' the gowdeu locks," the Helen Ann Park of Burns' passionate verse. The Globe's bar maid or to-day is a "syren-servant" as of old, and another soft hearted bard would be likely to meet the tame ill-fortune at her hands. One is fascinated by the place and its memories, bnt leaving is as grateful a thing as reaching it A curse on the curse that cursed him! every true heart will pray; particularly if one follows his old way through the "close" to the cottage, and pauses by the stables where poor Burns, be wildered and brain-beclouded that bitter January night of 1796, upon the straw and refuse, justat the edge of Shakespeare street, and, insensible until the morn, received the chill of death that never left him, though he lingered, conscious ot his fate, until the 21t of July lollowing. The old home of Burns, that is the struct ural habitation, in what is now known as Burns street, is precisely as it was when the poet's life ended within it, and his loyal Jean, 38 years later breathed her last in the now historic dwelling; save that it has been freshened up a bit with paint, and tbe roo, some little time since, was given a new sheathing of tiles. It is the property of a local school board, and was granted to it on condition of slight annuities to the poet's descendants, and also in consideration of properly caring for the sepulture of the bard and bis wile and children in tha St Mi chael's kirkyard mausoleum, quite near at hand. It is permanently occupied by the master of the National .Board Bagged School, a Mr. Mcintosh, who is not only distinguished by his residence in the Burns cottage, but as" having, through his disci pline and training the most remarkable housing of truant school lads in all Scot land. The cottage itself is almost prototype of the celebrated Poe cottage, at Pordham, New York City, where Edgar Poe, har rassed by poverty and fighting his heroic battle against desperation and strong drink, fiassed the last few dreadful years of his ife; and more than one startling similarity between the later experiences of these two meteors of genius will occnr among the SADDENING REFLECTIONS to which a vitit here will give rise. The first story of the cottage comprises a "but and a ben," that is, a kitchen and a sitting room. The second, or attic, story has a tiny dressing room over the front door, a sort of double dormitory at the north end, where the children slept, and at the south end tbe chamber to which, precisely as atthe Poe cottage, and as with Poe, Burns would re treat when poetic inspiration of surpassing intensity possessed him. It was from tnis room that Bnrns passed out, the wrecfc of his former self, in the spring of 1790 for the hoped-for help at the waters of Brow Well. He knew the hand of death was upon him, and said to his Jean, on departing with that precious and well worn pocket Bible, as "his chief luggage," "Don't fearr wife. They will honor uiy namelu a hundred years, THE more than now!'' And it was to this room they brought him back, trembling shadow that blended into the eternal tnnshine on that balmy July day, a little later on. It may fce altogether weak and unmanly, but I can scarcely read these inscriptions, mere records of birth and death, in the state ly mausoleum of St Michael's kird-yard,for the tears through which the black lettering is so blurred and dim. Ob, the pity and glory of it all I sobs th heart, at tha vision vof his brief years, his bitter fortunes and hit supreme achievement, rushes overwhelm ingly into the memory. An inspired sculptor has graven above his tomb the apotheosis of his consecration to the Muse Poesy de scending from heaven and discovering the rustic rhymer at his plow. The sun never sets where there are no monuments to his memory. There are few traducers now. We are growing to remember only how gen erous he was, how magnanimous; how he bettered humankind by Ms matchless pleas for the brotherhood of man; how his pen was ever a Mating scimetar against injustice, false aristocracy, hypocrisy, sham; now, as no other failing or ailing nature ever has done, he was more merciless toward his own follies than to all others' misfortunes and weaknesses; how human and humane, not conscious and vulgar, was be In every sad and glad hour of his life; and then bow,-In his short period of accomplishment, what a Stupendous and majestic legacy, absolutely untainted by venal diplomacy and reward, he left to all mankind. Por one, I come to this shrine with no halting apologies for his character or memory, And as this night falls upon the place where he lies, I would count it an all-sufficient fame had I the power to at onestrokeblotout all the lessen ing interpretations of the past 100 years and make this his memory and monument in erery human heart A POET'S TBIBTJTE TO A POET. His known and secret struggles were his own and his Maker's sacredly. Infinitely well was it lor the world that he lived and loved and bequeathed to mankind. AT THE OBAVE OT BTJBKS. Slow fell tbe velvet curtains ot tbe dusk Around St Michael's ltlrkyard weird and dim: While Nlthsdale's flow'ry braes breathed sum mer's musk From Lowtber Hill to Crlffel's hoary rim. Tbe drowsy clatter ot old Dumfries' streets: The plaints of rooks within the steeple old: The swallows' croon; the blackbirds' tuneful sweets; Blent soft in tender murmnrs manifold. Tbe night has come. I lingered still alonet Impassioned pilgrim by insensate stone. "If thou art here, departed shade!" I eried, "By purs ambition's holiest faith and prayer, Let me come closer totby kingly side; Call me one step upon thy regal stair! Groping and footsore in the path otsong, I lain would consecrate my lay To humblest strirers in tbe countless throng, That, guldeless, falter on tbe world's blgbway. O spirit incarnate of Poesy. Speak, speak tby secret to this devotee!" What seer can tell the mysteries of prayer? Priceless its answer in this vaulted tomb; For faith's reward comes ofttimes unaware. Swift flashing through the mausolsnm's gloom A radiance lit the eclo-graven stone. Transfigured sbone tho form of Poesy; Har mantle, closer drawn, held Coila's own To her fair breast. These sacred words spoke she: "V thou wouldit gain hit all-immortal art Sing tweet ana true unto the human heart)" Edgar i Wakevax. HE HIT "WAHHY HAED. , A Baitieal Proulbltlanht Causes a. Mania lien nt n Grovo Gathering. Pitman Gbove, N. J., August 1. A temperance sermon delivered here last night by Rev. James Rogers, in which everybody who failed to meet his requirement was han dled without gloves, created a sensation and a good deal of severe criticism.. Mr. Bogers has a charge in Beverly, and be is a Prohi bitionist of the most radical, hammer-and-tongs sort He accused Postmaster General Wanamaker of contributing large sums of money for the benefit of liquor dealers in New York, and then going to his church and shedding "crocodile tears." This caused a profound sensation. Peo ple moved uneasily in their seats, and cast meaning glances at one nnother. The clergymen present looked startled and gazed in alarm at the speaker, who continued in the same strain, lecturing Bev. Dr. Graw, the great New Jersey temperance leader, and even criticising the late General Pisk. One gentleman got up and stalked nut of tbe pavilion with tbe remark: "This is too much for me." Bev. Dr. B. C. Lippincott, ot Woodbury, arose after his Beverly brother had finished and read him a lecture on such radicalism and severely criticised bis ser mon. The bad break is the talk of the camp to-day, and Mr. Sogers is being hauled over the coals. A POLITICAL DECISION. An Election Under the Australian System Nullified by tho Court. Helena, Mon., August 1. A case of great importance, under the Australian bal loting system, was decided by the Supreme Court here yesterday. At the last election the candidates for the office of Justice were Lush, Democrat, and Price, Bepublican. Lush tailed to notify the Clerk of the Court of his candidacy within tbe prescribed time before election, and neglected other technic alities. He received, however, a majority of the votes, and was given the office. Price brought suit in the District Court, which decided against him on tbe ground that as Lush had received a majority of the votes, and as the suit was based on more technical points, the choice of tbe people should be upheld. The case was taken into the Supreme Court, which reverses tbe judgment of the lower court. The main point in the decision was that the Australian ballot law of the State is mandatory and not directory in its charac ter, and that all its provisions must be car ried out iu the minutest detail. It is the general opinion of lawyers that mnoh liti gation will grow out of this decision. Sensible HInta for Summer. To the many hundreds of families who do not find.it convenient to leave tbe city for the summer months tbe following hints will be found valuable. Avoid exposure to the sun as far as possible; do as little cooking as you can, thereby keeping your house and yourself cool, aud the best summer drink by all odds is buttermilk. Cover your floors with cool and clean matting, hang lace cur tains to your windows, thereby letting in the air and keeping out the flies, and where cur tains are not used hang window shades that will exclude tbe light and beat During the day wear a neat gingham dress and for evening put 'on a cool saline wrapper, bathe every day and get your hosiery, underwear, fans, etc., from Arthur Schondelmyer & Co.. who have mattings at 8c aud lOo per yard, lace curtains at SI a pair and upward, window shades at 25c apiece) and upward, ginghams, percales and satines from 10c to 25c per yard. By observing the above-hints yon will have no trouble getting through the summer. Come to 68 and 70 Ohio st for cheapest carpets, wall paper and dry goods in Allegheny. tts flow to Wash Flannel Never soak them. Never have more than one garment in the tub. L Make a sud with Walker's Wax Soap in lukewarm water and wash with the least possible rubbing. 2. Bin thoroughly in clear, lukewarm water until all traces of soap have disap peared. 3. Never wring, but take from the water dripping wet and hang up to dry. 4. Iron while ttill damp and stretch the garment into its original shape, using great care that tbe iron is not loo hot. 5. Use Walker's Wax Soap, as it will not shrink them. au2.4,5,6,7,8,9,ll,13,14,13 1 , ' Can Find Nothing Better. No substitute for pare beer for a health ful summer drink has yet been found. Z. Wainwright & Co.'s beer has attained the highest popularity here. Pamiliescan be supplied direct by sending a postal card, or order by telephone 0525. FlQUEED India silks, a number of dress lengths, regular $ 1 25 qualities, reduced to 75c a yd to close. Hoocs Ss Hacks, XT69U I a PITTSBUHG DISPATCH, POWER OF CONGRESS To Inflict the Force Bill Upon the People of America. THETJNC02fSTITUTI0NAlITI OP IT. Historical Facts That Mast t8 Borne in Kind by the 1NTEPKETES OF THE ELECTIOS LAWS Ai the country it threatened with an elec tion law of a most extraordinary character, an inquiry into the constitutional power of Congress to Inflict it may be of some use, writes George Tiokuor Curtis, the celebrated constitutional lawyer, to the New York Sun. This inquiry must always begin with an investigation of the mode in which the States were represented in tho Congress of the Confederation, because the clause in the Constitution which empowers Congress to make regulations of the time, place and manner of choosing Senators and Represent atives must always be interpreted by refer ence to the antecedent history of the Union. Both in the Bevolutlonary Congress and the Congress of the Confederation, which con sisted of a single body, tbe States were rep resented by their delegates as many as they chose to send. Each delegation cast tho vote of its State, the Stale being represented in its corporate capacity. The people of the States were not represented directly, and the delegates were appointed by the State Legislature. When the Constitution came to be framed this system of representation was made to give place to another, but there was no departure from the principle that the representation in Congress is a repre sentation of States and their people. THE OBIQINAL DESIGN. The establishment of a government with direct sovereign powers necessitated a divis ion of the legislative body into two cham bers, in one of which the States, as political corporations, were to be represented equally, and in the other the people of tbe States were to be represented unequally, or in proi portion o the number of their lnhabitauts. No one entertained the design of a repre sentation ot the people of the United States regarded as a consolidated nation, and no one contemplated that either the Senators or the Bepresentatives in the new Government would be Federal officers, as contra-distinguished from officers of the States. It is by these historical facts that the clause of the Federal Constitution (Article L, sec. 4) must always be interpreted. It is in these words: "The times, places, and manner of hold ing elections for Senators and Bepresenta tives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regu lations, except as to the places of choosing Senators." CONOEESS HAS NO CONTEOIi. One other clause of the Constitution is to be taken in connection with this one, namely, that which provides that the qualifications of electors of Representatives iu Congress shall be the same as those requisite for elec tors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature (Art 1, sec 2), so that over the qualifications requisite for electors of Bepresentatives in the Lower House of Congress, Congress has no control whatever. It is exclusively a matter for the determin ation of the Btate. Several things are Important to be noted In determining the meaning of article 1, section 4,' of the Constitution: First, the time, place and manner of holding an elec tion for Senators and Bepresentatives in Congress are to be, "shall be," prescribed in eacn State by the Legislature thereof. The regulations of these matters bv the State Legislatures are to relate torthe "hold ing" of an election. The "holding" of an election comprehends nothing in relation to the qualifications of the voters, excepting provisions to receive'the votes of those persons only who are duly qualified under the laws of the State. There may be provisions for previous registration of voters, for voting by ballot or viva voce, for presiding and returning officers, etc All of these things entet into the hoidingofan election, and they are to be prescribed by the State Legislature, which may make such regulations as it sees fit The State is thns constituted the primary power in regard to the elections of Senators and Bepresenta tives In Congress. So long as tbe State has some system of regulating tbese things, so long tliat system is to be observed. But, iu the second place, to provide agaiust a con tingency, Congress is authorised, as a sec ondary power, to "make" regulations, or to "alter" those made by the State. It is a subordinate but remedial power, to meet a certain contingency. What is that con tingency? WHAT MAT BE DONE. It is historically certain that but one con tingency was ever contemplated. This was the failure of a State to be represented in Coneress at all. It' often happened under the Confederation that one or more States had no delegation present in Congress, and this was one cause of the feeble and uncer tain action of that body. To remedy this evil, in other words, to enable Congress to keep tbe Government alive, it was empow ered to make a system by which as many of the qualified voters as chose to be repre sented in Congress could give their votes, when the State itself had no such system. Congress may, in such a contingency, step in and provide such a system as a whole; or it may, when the regulations of the States are inconvenient and burdensome to the electors in respect to the time, place.or man ner of holding the election, supply regula tions better adapted to secure the con venience or the voters. The terms "make" and "alter" such regulations must be inter preted separately according to the circum stances of each case. Alexander Hamilton is certainly to be re garded as tbe great apostle of Federalism and as an advocate lor all the power ol tho Federal Government that rightlully belongs to it under the constitution. It will not be doubted that he understood its meaning, if acy man did. In No. LIX. of the Federal ist ii? has given a most lucid explanation of the intent and meaning of Article I., Section 4. He says that its propriety rests upon tbe PLAIN PKOPOSITION that "every government ought to contain the means of its own preservation." He then proceeds to show that this means consisted in giving to Coneress the secondary power of regulating elections for Senators and Bepre seutativest in that body, at the same time pointing out that the primary power is in the State Legislatures. II the State Legis latures neglect this duty so tlmt there is a lapse in the organization of the Government, Congress may remedv this evlL Hamilton nowhere inti mates that any other contingency was con templated by the framers of tbe Constitu tion, or is implied in tbe terms of the clause in. question. On the contrary, all his. rea soning is directed to show that it was to meet the one event of a failure of a State to be represented that the clause was framed and introduced. And this was understood to be the meaning and intent of the clause in the State conventions which ratified the Constitution. No one thought that by rati fying the Constitution of theStates would, by this clause, create a power in Congress to do anything on the subject, unless the State should omit to have any system for conduct ing the elections by which it was to be rep resented in the legislative body of the Union. Let the pending bill, as it is pro posed by tho House of Bepresentatives, be tried by this test WHAT CONGEESS CAN DO. At no time since the adoption of the Con stitution has auy State in the Union failed to be represented in both Houses, save in the exceptional period, after the close of the Civil War, when the Southern States were jiot aiiowcu wue jeyrcscurcu, iOWf WllU SATIJRDAY, AUGUST every State In the Union represented, it is proposed to enact an election law, not to meet tbe contingency of a neglect oi any State to be represented, but on the idea, which is undoubtedly the predominant mo tive with the advocates of this bill, that in certain States the elections for Bepresenta tives in Congress are so conducted as to de prive some of the voters practically of tha elective franchise. Even if this were some thing more than a pretext; if It were not the animating motive of the bill to subserve a party purpose a motive that is not concealed, be cause tbe complaint is that the Republican party In certain States does not get the rep resentation to which it is entitled it would not follow that Congress is authorized to do what a political party desires to do. Con- f;ress is not autborized to makelaws to regn ate elections so as to secure a majority to a political party in either or both of the Houses, although that party may think that it has not the majority which it ought to have, and might have, by taking the control of elections out of the hands of the State Legislatures and vesting it in the hands of Federal officers. The utmost that Congress can constitutionally do is to make a system of conducting these elections when a'State has no such system, or when the State regu lations are such as to give one class of voters an advantage over nnother class. There can be no pretense to say that this is the case now. EXPECTED TROUBLE AVEBTED. No Nevr District la tha City for the Pall Elections. Tbe trouble feared at the polls at the election to be held this fall, owing to the re districting of the city, has been averted. When the report of the commission ap pointed to redistrict the wards of the olty was filed in court, It was approved by Judge Collier, no exceptions having been made. This at once put in force the new districts and new boundary lines made, and a ques tion arose concerning the fall election. At the beginning of the year register assessors wera elected in the various districts, and th,ey proceeded to make out the registry of voters for their respective districts. The approval of the commission's Teport, how ever, changed the districts, and therefore rendered worthless in half the wards of the city the lists of voters. In the new districts there would be no lists and no registers, and in the changed districts the lists would be Incorrect This would necessitate the swear ing of erery voter. As there was no way in which there could be a new registration taken this year, the matter began to present a serious phase. Tbe County Commissioners discussed it, and finally called the attention of Judge Collier to'It He immediately rescinded his order approving the report of the commission, and directed that it remain on file until after the fall election. By this proceeding the next election will be held with the old districts in torce, and the new division will not come into play until next year. BEFUSED AN TSJUSCIIOH. , Decision of Jo doe Slnaee In tha Acme Tan nins Company Case. Judge llagee yesterday handed down an opinion refusing to grant the injunction asked for in the suit of Christian Mardorf against the Acme Tanning Company. The Court bad been asked to restrain the de fendants from selling patents and other property belonging to it, and to appoints receiver to take charge of the affairs oi the company. Judge Magee refused to grant the injunc tion or appoint a receiver, and recommended that the proposed sale of the property be made a public one, with proper publication of the time and place. JOHNNY BULL'S WHIP. How EnalUU Cnpltallats lire Grinding Down the People of Chill. The Bev. Camilla Iseult, a French mis sionary from Chili, came through this city yesterday on his way home. He says the most of the people in Chili are satisfied with the Government, and there is no danger of an outbreak except against the English. They own all the railroads, and either own or have blanket mortgages on everything else. The people grumble over the immense revenue they have to pay to England. This may lead to a revolution against the British, but not against the Government COST OF A TEEM OF COTJBT. Tho Money It Took to Una the Machine Whllo nt Erie. In the United States Court yesterday Miles Walker, aged 17 years, convicted at Erie of taking letters from the postoffice, at Fhillipsburg, Center county,was sentenced one year to the Jlorgunza Reform School. An order was made for the payment of the fees of the jurors and witnesses for the term just concluded at Erie. The amount due witnesses and jurors is 55,643 65, which, with the fees of the court officials, will make the cost of the term about $7,000. Six persons were naturalized yesterday in the United States Court OFFICERS WANT THEIR MONEY. No Fay Yet for Deputy 3herift Who Did Daiy at Dnqaesne. Sheriff McCandless, yesterday, entered suit-agninst the Allegheny Bessemer Steel Company, W. G. Park and E. L. Claris to recover $4,000. Tbe money is'claimed to be due for tbe pay of the deputy sheriffs who were employed at Duqucsne during the strike a year ago. At one time over 100 deputies were on duty. The Sheriff claims that he has never been reimbursed for the money paid the men, as per agreement with the company, and brings suit to recover it To-Day' Trial List. Criminal Court Commonwealth vs George Patterson, Peter Martin, Oscar Swerllng, Bridget Sullivan, Davia Mayer, Ernest Dora. Valentine Henn (2), Charles B. Bryson, Frank Class. Tronl for the Weatern Streams. Car No. 7, of the United States Fish Com mission, passed through Pittsburg yesterday for the West It was in charge of W. A. Dunningham, who was taking trout to Northville, Mich. From there he will go to Yellowstone Park and stock the streams there with trout. Don't Cnre for the Force Dill. State Bepresentative S. B, Miller, of Texas, passed through Union station yester day on his way to the East He said the Lone Star State did not care whether tbe force bill passed or not. They always had honest elections there. Everybody had a chance to vote. SECOND POPULAR EXCURSION Yla Alloaliony Valley It. It., Tuesday, Angost 5, to Lake Cbantnnqua nnd Return, 83) Niagara Falls and return, $7; Toronto and retnrn, 8; Thousand Islands and return, 512. Tickets good 15 days returning. Train leaves Union station 8:30 a. M., consisting of Eastlake coaches and Pullma'n parlor buffet cars. Niagara Falls, Toronto and Thousand Island ticlfets good to stop off at Lake Chautauqua returning. mwfs There Unit be Some Kemon far It. We never have compelled anyone to use Walter's Wax Soap. We'd like to, but it isn't possible. Thousands have used it and find it hurts nothing, and saves wear on everything. It costs no more than ordinary soaps, and is more economical. Ask your grocer for Walker's Wax Soap. au2I4.6,6,7.8,9,ll,13,14J15 Rt-ectat. bareaiDS offered this week in toTilalinpna imnkiuf. tOWels. CtC. CtCi xrssu Hcoua & Hacks. A 2. 1890. H1TENSV0F REFUGE For the Forsaken Quietly Doing a Koble Christian Work. WHEEEHNDNESS WORKS WOHDEES And the Needle is Used ss a Sword to Fizht for Honor. THE MAGDALEN HtfMES KOT FAILURES rconnxsFONDEKcx ot inx disfatcb.i Philadelphia, August L Until rich and poor are forgotten words, or so long as the present state of financial inequality exists, or, in ihort.Jnntil Prophet Bellamy's dream of social and moral equalitr shall have materialized, just so long will there exist tbe need of Magdalen homes and will there be unfortunates to fill them. That poverty causes more crime than any other agency strong drink not excepted is an nndisputed fact With a woman the love of dress seems innate, since from the begin ning we read of her bedecking herself with jewels of ail sorts girdles, enr.rings, finger rings, etc., aud striving after the "purple and fine linen" anything that she believed would enhance her powers of attraction. Tolstoi is certainly right when he asserts that woman "studies best to increase the at tracting force of her magnetism and how to dress in a manner most pleasing to tbe eye, since through the semes wa are attract ive, etc" For these things a woman loses her moral life. It is not an easy matter to persuade a factory girl, for instance, with a woman's love ot the beautiful and a firm belief in the potency of things containing that element,tbat it is better forher to huddle in a dingy room with a score of careless, uncouth girls, who, like herself, earn with fatiguing labor a pittance in money hardly sufficient to provide the coarsest food and insure a bare sufficiency ol clothing, than to accept a living where money and clothes are assured. It is easier to persuade than to reform her. Yet .this is the work undertaken bv Mag dalen societies, and in which they succeed in a greater measure than is generally known. A report from one of tbe oldest institutions in our State, probably, fell into my hands lately, and in looking over the statistics I was amazed at the showing and impressed with the lesson it brings to us of the weakness ot our faith in God's promises. Of tbe 39 that have left this institution during the past year the authorities have assured themselves more than two-thirds are leading correct lives; of nine they have no knowledge but to them we must ut least accord the benefit of the doubt and three are known to have returned to their evil ways. Surely there Is solid encouragement to eugage in this work, especially since this only represents the good done by ono of many such institutions. THE HOME VISITED. With an Interest awakened by the report I visited this Home lor the purpose of be coming acquainted witn tbe metbods that effected such surprising results. I lound a family of girls, ages ranging from 16 to 25, not branded with the scarlet letter nor uni formed in a way to make them a class of criminals, but clothed to suit their different vocations, as they would have been in doing service at their own home, if they had been so fortunate as to have a home, which tbe majority had not The societv has no Iseal control over these girls. The power over them consists exclusively in kindly restraint and loving guardianship, and very rarely is there a case to report that cannot be won by such meaus,.s!ncc as a class these women hare the kindest hearts and readi est sympathies. This new life is in contrast tbe most striking to the one abandoned. Each girl has a room to herself. prettily carpeted, easy chair, snowy bed, flowers II she pleases to culti vate them, and eood books from the library provided. Their life is made a useful one, all the work of the house being done by the girls, and in addition to housekeeping in all its details, they are taught to sew, aud instructed in the common school branches a certain number of hours daily. I was told that girls who at first resisted all induce ments to study, often learned the most rapidly and attained the highest per centage when once they put tbeir minds to the work. The girl, unusually apt, had, during the year gone entirely through the arithmetic understanding, giving correct explanations of all her wore, and learned with the same rapidity in every study. For her tbe authorities propose to find a position as teaoher. Each girl upon leaving the institution is provided a home and the way to pay for it by putting into practice any work which she may have learned to do acceptably dur ing her stay at the Home. THE NEEDLE A SWOP.D OF llOSOB. The amount of sewing turned out by these girls is something incredible. The report shows for the last year 849 pieces for the ,Home; for Children's Hospital, 35 pieces; lor the Pennsylvania Hospital, 80 pieces; for private individuals, G2 pieces, and lor John Wanamaker 5,996 aprons. One can easily believe Satan is uot furnish ing mischief for such busy hands to do. Tbe girls are taken into the home for one year, but remain longer if there remain a doubt in regard to a thorough reform. They are never turned loose in the world to find their own employment, but care is taken to provide these homes with Christian people. They can then re sume their own name, or, if they wish to re main dead to indifferent relations and old associates, a pew name can be adopted. While. at the Home they are known by a fictitious name, nnd their real name is not known one to another. The reason for this will be understood, aud needs no explana tion, and the wisdom of it is justice to the Magdalen who is to be given a lair start in life, untrammeled by a name known in iniquity, will commend itself. Nor do the authorities consider they have done all their duty after finding the ntw home, bnt ever alter, so loug as within reach, do they keep a watchful eye over them and promote their interests whenever possible. The pirls are requested to visit and keep up their interest in the Home, and the jour nal kept by the matron, in order to keep the managers informed ot all the little Home happenings, sho trs that the girls take ad vantage of this institution la the way re quested. I was privileged to peep into" this daily record, which tells of the tireless pa tience required to manage such a family; and while the record of some discouraging actof the inmate:, such as scaling the wall and breaking away into the old life beyond its limits, gave little promise of good fruit from tbe seed sown, other entries tell another story and are proof that all labor has not been in'vain. For instance: " "Tuesday, Majr 20 M. D. called to seo us. She is teaching. Seems happy aud is doing well." "Monday, Jane 20 C. H., who was an in mate nine years ago, called with her babe. She is married and doing well," etc., etc. A PLEASAXT CONTRAST. I was also permitted to see an extract from a letter recently received, which the matron assured tie is only a sample of the many re ceived. This from "Clara," married and living somewhere. ' "Must hot write more to you this time, for I am going to ride and make some calls. I wonder If you would not enjoy a ride with me? We have a flue colt five vears old. a ice pet You would laugh to seo her hold down her head for me to whisper in her ear. I can manage her as well as husband can. I have a few nice plants. He tikes as much interest in them us I do. He is the best man in the world I .believe. There is to bo n sociable lu our church Friday niehtand I ve to assist. Sfx years a?o I trs with n. Xt does not seem so long to we. But nststop writing now," etc. Is not that a pleas.iut picture of home life n contrast to what micht have been? So much for the poor nn'ortnnate irhn had found sosae one -tOnloya her net merely a man to provide her a LHriugi but a husband J for whom the could work while he worked for her. I inquired of the matron tbe most frequent cause of these clrls'.all, as stated by them selves. The answer came promptly: "Al ways one- of two canses poverty or be trayal." Girls were not infrequently per mitted to "sell themselve. by indifferent rel atives who could bat would: not provide for them. Thrust up6n the world. It was work or starve, add in most eases they were not well enough skilled in any particular branch of work to earn more than starva tion wages, and even such work could not always be found. The tempter was always at hand in such emergency, and stung by the neglect of those whose duty it was and whose pleasure it should have been to pro vide for her.'ahe accepts that which is of fered more for tho fellowship it affords than anything else and well the sequel to the story is known. Another story,, aud older, has been told of those wbited sepulchres, tbe Pharisees, who saw nothing in their own lives to be com pared with the depth of sin of the woman whom they.drajged up the temple stepj in Jerusalem on that early autumn morning, and who did not appreciate the full mean ing of the answer which came to their un conscious appeal from the law of Moses; neither did they wait in His presence to those gracious words: "Neither do I con demn thee, go and fin no more." But the woman heard them, and those words came down to us as an evidence of the spirit that was and Is the "sinless one" toward all the Hester Prynnes and Mary Magdalens that are being reclaimed by Christian men and women interested in Magdalea Homes. Meg. OUR QUEER LAWS. Lrcnl Discovery That Aitenlshed the Clerk or the United Btatee Supremo Court It Will Now be Easy to Get Cnpltnl Cases Into That August Body A Pointer for Lawyori. Washington, August 1. Lawyers some times need to be reminded that Congress is always at work making changes in tbe law, and that the statutes at large need to be read by those who expect to walk in the pro cession. The Clerk of the Supreme Court was to day surprised by the request ot a lawyer to docket a case under circumstances unlike any that had ever come to bis notice. James Leeper and Edward Powell were, in Janu ary last, convicted in the Circuit Court of Coryell county,' Tex., of murder. Tha case was appealed to the Court of Appeals, the highest court having jurisdiction in crimi nal cases, and tbe judgment of tbe lower court was confirmed, Mr. G. P. M. Turner, of Memphis, was retained for tbe convicted men, and he secured a rehearing ot the case, argued it, and the adverse decision was reaffirmed. Judge Hart, one of tbe three Judges, dissented. Mr. Turner asked for an opportunity to retry tbe case, but his request was over ruled. He then petitioned for a.writ of error through the United States Circuit Court of tbe Western District, presenting several crronnda for the writ, bnt relying principally upon a law of which none of the Jadges appeared to have any knowl edge until he directed their attention to it The statutes at large of the United States for tbe second session of the Fiftieth Con gress, chapter 113, carry an act "To abolish Circuit Court powers of certain District Courts of the United States, and to provide for Writs of error in capital cases and .'or other purposes." It establishes courts in Arkansas, Mississippi and South Carolina, and, alter providing fer the terms of tbe courts ana tne omcers necessary to run them, it sets forth the following section, that would not appear to have come under the observation of tho lawyers who were trying to find a way into the Supreme Conrt for Kemmler: Section 6. Tbat hereafter, in all cases of conviction of crtme, tbe punishment of which provided by law is death, tried before anr court of the United States, the Dual jodement of sucli court against the respondent shall, npon tbe application of tbe respondent be re-examined, reversed, or affirmed by the Supreme Court of tbe United States, upon a writ of error, nnder sucb roles nnd regulatioos as said court may prescribe. Every such writ of error shall be allowed as of rlcbt and without the re quirement of any security for tbe prosecution of tbe same or for costs. Upon tbe allowance of everv sucb writ of error it shall be tbe dnty of tbe Clerk of tbe court to which the writ or error Khali be directed to forthwith transmit to tbe Clerk of tbe Supreme Court of the United Stales a certified transcript of tbe record in sucb case, and it shall be tbe duty of tbe Cleric ol tne supreme court oi me united states to receive, file, and docket tbe same. Erery sneb writ of error shall, during its pendency, operate at a stay of proceedings noon tbe judgment in respAct of which It iv sued out. Any sucb writ of error may be filed and dockoted in said Supreme Court at any time la a term held prior to the term named m the citation, as well as at tbe term so named; and all such writs ot error shall bo advanced to a speedy bearing upon motion of either party. When any such judgment shall be either reversed or affirmed the cause sball be remanded to the court from whence it cam ror lurtber proceedings, in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court, and the court to wbicb cause is so remanded shall bave power to cause such judgment nf the Supreme Court to be carried into execution. No such writ of error shall bo sued nut or granted un less a petition tnerefor shall ba filed with tbe cleric of tbe court in which the trial shall have been bad, during the same time or within such time, not exceeding 60 days, next after the ex piration of the term of tbe court at which tho trial sball have been bad, as the court may for cause allow by order entered of record. When Mr. Turner prodnced his authority to the Texas Judges they did not reflect long before they granted him the writ, nnd to-day he presented himself at the office ot the Su preme Court to demand that the ease be docketed. Tha clerk had never heard of the law, but he soon saw that there was no doubt about it and complied with the de mand. The statute will make it a great deal easier to get capital cases into the Su preme Court, and it is altogether probable that the opportunity will be seized by tbe counsel of many criminals. L OLLBNDOEPF, Wholesale agent for the DDEBER-HAMPDEN WATCH CO. 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Every one is using it and all are delighted with it ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOB MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CALIFORNIA nG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL 'tOUISVIUE. XT. HEW YORK. B. t. JtS-77-tts 8EEMY SPONGE? ' SHINE lour Shoes witn WOLFF'S ACME BLACKING ONCE A WEEK! Other days wash them clean with SPONGE AND WATER. EVERY Housewife m EVERY Counting Room EVERY Carnage Owqer EVERY Thrifty Mechanic EVERY Body able to hold a brush SHOULD USB J0IK-1ON M lii ih rnn. a . mAlUT THAT Lf 77iVr. Wiu. Stain Old New ruimiTunc Wiu. Stain GlassandChinawarc Will Stain tinwamc Will Stain youm Old Baskcts and Tarnith at tha same time Will Stain Baby Coach WOLFF & RANDOLPH, Philadelphia. jv2l-TT3SlT HERE WE ARE AGAIN With Another Cste of Ear suit of Catarrh, Cured Thres Months. Trouble, the R. by Dr. Bjars la Philip A. Hawser, Hear S7S Btaver avenue, Allegheny. Mr. Rovrser Is a shearman at the La Bells Bteel Works, and talks thns of Dr. Bvers' treatment of his case. "I had teen troubled with catarrhal symptoms for fire Tears, bnt paid little attention to It. as rav general health, wasn't much affected until lately, when my right ear becau to trouble me. It became so painful and discharged so I couldn't gee any rest day or night, and I was all rundown -when I called on Dr. Byers. After a carefnl examination he said my ear trouble was tbe result of catarrh and tare me a treatment at once. I experi enced an immediate relief and tbat night had the first rest for quite awhile and continued to ImpruTe rigb: alone: until now, after three) months' treatment, I bare no pain in my ear. am free from the annoying catarrhal srmp tomaand am ray old self again tn general neauu. leei mat cannot recommend Dr. Byers too highly to any of my friends who may be troubled a I was." CONTIStJED BUCCES3 OV HOME TMATMZST. A patient at Scott Haven, Pa., writes: "Please send me some more powders. Those last powders ynu sent me lmprored the bowels a great deal and I don't like to run out of thetn. I feel a great improTement of tha ca tarrh in my head." TREATMENT J5 A MONTH, MEDICINH INCLUDED. Office of Dr. Brer. No. 421 Penn arenue. Established 1X85. 8oecialtle catarrh, all nerr 0 as, skin and blood diseases; all chronic dis eases. Ho has derived an instrument by which patients living at a distance can use bis "Antisoptlc Spray Treatment" at home.thongh he advises weekly Tisits to his office for per sonal treatment when at all possible. ' jeS&ssu -1HOLERA MORBUS. iUAiutu.rJA adxi un&nro. At this time of year tbe water era greater pars ttut is nsed fa tbe cities and towns is not fie for drinking pnrposes. It produces a, thonsand ail ments of tha stomach. Tho principal are choleramorbus, diarrhea and cramps, any oca of wbicb makes ns sick and often kills, spe cially the llttla folks. DANNUR'S ESSENCE OK HEALTH. This great family medicine has dons mart far the human body than all the doctor in tha country. We ulll euarantee a cure for any stomach trouble. It will cure anv case of cramps or Qiarrhea, and as a Blood 'Purifier it has no equal. Price JI per bottle. It is for sale by all druggists, or by tbe DANNER MEDICINE COAIPANY. 242 Federal st, Allegheny City. jel9-TU3 McMUNN'S ELIXIR OF OPIUM Is a preparation of tbe Drug by which Its tn jurious effects are rcmored. while the Taluabla medicinal propnrties are retained. It possesses all the sedative, anodyne, and antispasmodic powers of Opium, but produces no sickness ot tbostomach.no Tomiting, no costiveness. no headache. In acute nervous disorders it Is an. Invaluable remedy, and is recommended by tha best physicians. E, FERRETT, Agent 372PorlSt, Ntw Yorfc s Miw as V ' DID ''ft if w M . 1. l r fBSaatk v pajyjfy'iay mi ' t . i . 4- A f; ' JVf1 r .i- aSh .- jii&.f,.v. t y ... '
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