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SECOND PART.
QUIET TRANSFER
Ro Ceremony "Yortli Speaking
of in the British Change
of Ministers.
TIIE GLADSTONE CABINET
On the Whole Pleases as Many as
Any He Might Dave Selected.
MEAXS OF CHOLERA PREVENTION
Consuming Much lalent and Time of Spec
ialists Jnst "ow.
JIIXI5TEE 1IXCOLX IS OUT IN STILE
JUT CAELC TO THE DISPATCH.
IiONOOX, Aug. 20. Copyright. The six
rears' rule of a Tory Government in the
United Kingdom came to an end and a
Liberal administration Eucceeded it this
'(reek with less ceremony than attends a
change in the control of an American town
council. A few minutes of simple and pri
Tate formality in a council chamber on the
Isle of "Wight sufficed for the surrender of
the administrative control of the Govern
ment of one of the greatest and proudest
of nations. A ceremony equally brief and
simple an hour later marked the transfer ol
that vast authority and power to other
hands.
This event, so momentous to the nation,
was so lacking in detail and in dramatic in
terest that the story of it occupied scarcely
half a column in yesterday's newspapers.
Contrasted with the pomp and splendor
which will attend the change of administra
tion at "Washington next March, the inaug
uration of Gladstone's ministry wes appar
ently an aCair of little moment. There was
no great assembling of the people, no
monster procession, no solemn taking of
oaths, and no inauguration ball as a giddy
climax of the day's grandeurs. It was not
even permitted that the members of the old
and new Cabinets should meet on their
errands to Osborne. Separate special trains
took them irom London to Portsmouth.
Separate boats bore them down the Solent
Xlotr the Transfer Took Place.
The Tory ministry were first admitted to
royal audience. They delivered up their
seals of office, bowed themselves out, took
lunch in the palace, and departed. The
lunch was kept warm until the Gladstone
Jlinisters arrived. They partook of the
royal bounty first, and visited the Queen
afterward, "When they had received the
seals which their predecessors had sur
rendered they kised the royal fingers and
departed as expeditiously as the.others had
done.
The nearest approach to an opportunity
for an exchange of personal courtesies be
tween the retiring and the incoming minis
ters was on the water, when the Salisbury
boat was leaving Osborne and the Gladstone
boat was approaching the landing. Then
thetwo Cabinets stood upon the decks of
their respective cralt. uncovered themselves
in the ruin, and gazed at each other across
their intervening billows.
The Grand Olfl Han's task of Cabinet
making is over, and to-day he returned to
Hawarden to rest and think over his borne
rule bill which will be drafted in time for
the November session. On the whole, he is
satisfied with the Ministry as finally made
up, though he has been obliged to sacrifice
his personal desires in several instances. It
was one of his difficulties to reconcile each
colleague to the post for which he had cast
him.
Difficulties That Were In the Tray.
Lord Eosebery's disinclination to take
office was not so much due to a desire for
an untrammeled rule as to a reluctance to
take the onerous duties of the Foreign Of
fice. He would have preferred a post to
which less responsibility was attached.
It will be a surprise to some also to know
that John Morley had no yearning desire to
take the Irish Secretaryship. He was
much more inclined to accept India or the
colonies, but on this Mr. Gladstone wad
firm, and all the Liberal leaders coincided
with him. There was only one man lor Ire
land, and that was John Morley.
Of course.it has been found impossible to
Fatisfy all aspirants for office. Mr. Os
borne Morgan resented an offer of the post
of Judge Advocate, believing that his work
entitled him to a Cabinet poet. As he re
fused what was offered he gets nothing. Sir
E. J. Reed also took upon himself to refuse
the Junior Lordship of the Admiralty,
holding that the post was not good enough
for him, and he is also left out in the cold.
Lord Aberdeen might have had office, but
be prefers going to Canada when the va
cancy arises, and some ieminine quarrels
have prevented Lord Urassey taking office.
Labonchrrc'n Abs-nco Most Noted.
The absence of Henry Labouchere from
the Government excites the most comment.
No blame can be attached to Gladstone for
this. He cast Labouchere here in the first
list, and then his wife, who has been Glad
stone's right hand in these laborions days,
- suggested that probably Queen Victoria
would object. The old 'man taw the force
of the observation. He had no wish to
quarrel with the Queen, who could
make his task, if she so minded,
so much harder. He sounded
Sir Henry Ponsonby, and that astute official
of the court made a small suggestion which
created a scene at Osborne.
Her Majesty ol England said, in effict,
that Labouchere bad perpetually insulted
her and her family in his paper, 'Truth. He
had opposed the grant of proper mainten
ance for her offspring, and she would never
consent to such a man being in her Cabinet
and counted among her advisers.
There was nothine in it Gladstone had
to throw over Labouchere or raise such a
constitutional question as has not ben
created during this generation. The conse
quent irritation among the Radicals will
soon wear offi Mr. Gladstone comes into
power with resolves which his majority
sincerely mean to help the veteran leader
to carry out when parliament reassembles.
Mr. Gladstone will find his majority loyal
to him to a man.
Lord Salisbury's I,ait Official Act.
Lord Salisbury's last official act, the dis
tribution of rewards to his followers in the
form of peerages, knighthoods snd other
honors, has been productive of many heart
burnings and much criticism among his
friends. Even the Times describes it as not
B. very interesting list TheThunderer says
with astonishing candor:
The names chosen for the higher honors
are unimpeachable and extremely correct,
put perhaps a little dulL The Knights are,
come of them, amusing, and some of them,
it must ue coniessea, ooscure. it is oniy
wheu we come to the name of Prot Huxley
anion? the new Privy Councillors that wo
feel the same kind of satisfaction that was
felt on tJie publication of Mr. Gladstone's
memorable list when titles of honor were
given to the chier representatives of art
The list of honors shows very clearly how
desirous Lord Salisbury is of keeping the
Liberal-Unionists tied to the wheels of the
Tory chariot They have proportionately
far greater honors meted out to them than
Lave the thorough-going Tories. This is
clearly shown in dealing with newspaper
men. Edward Lawson, of the Daily Tele
graph, and John Jaffray, of the Birmingham
J'cut, who receive honors, are Liberal
Unionists, while the only Tory journalist
who meets with recognition is Captain
Armstrong, ot the Globe.
No Cse for Ultclile at Any Piles.
Every one thought that a peerage would
be conferred upon Sir Algernon Borthwick,
of the morning Post, but the offer was made
contingent upon his seat being transferred
to Mr. Ritchie, the defected Tory leader.
The local Tory leaders, for a wonder, de
clined to submit to Lord Salisbury's dic
tation. They would not have Ritchie, at
any price, believing that his local govern
ment bill had simply destroyed their
chances in London. Consequently, Borth
wick is still Sir Algernon.
It is gratifying to know that Mr. Gladstone
has gone through the trying ordeal ot the
past ten days without ill effects upon his
health. The excitement has borne him up,
and his friends now arc extremely anxious
to prevent anything approaching a reac
tion. It shows something of the simplicity
of the old man's mind, that having got over
the troubles of cabinet-making, he is de
voting all his energies to promoting a fancy
bazaar for the benefit of his beloved village
of Hawarden.
On the very day that Mr. Gladstone was
directed to form his ministry, his former
colleague, the Duke of Devonshire, strolled
down Piccadillv to Mayfair, and there
married his old flame, the Duchess of Man
chester. A Honeymoon Chanced to Mourning;
There was no display about the ceremony,
and the witnesses were few. The Duke
tailed to shake offhis lethargy for a moment,
and might, from his demeanor, as well have
been taking part in a funeral as a wedding.
The Duchess loses the income she de
rived Irom her first husband's estate, bnt
this will not trouble her. The happy pair
are aged 59 and CO, respectively, and "Victor
Cavendish, the heir to Devonshire, does not
anticipate that the union will have any
effect upon his future prospects.
The honeymoon was chanced to mourn
ing, two days later, by the news of the
death of the son of the bride, the Duke of
Manchester. The prettv romance of the young
Duke, who, when a Viscount, fell in love
with Miss Tsenga, while ill in America,
and married her, ends after a union of 16
years.
CHOLERA PREVENTION
Attracting Grrat Attention In Dnropean
Capitals Inoculation Not Tet Proved a
Success The Intense Heat a Tactor in the
Tresent Ep'dpmic
TBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCIT.3
London, Aug. 20. Europe has this week
experienced a hot wave of an Intensity un
equaled. during the past 15 years. At
Vienna 103 of heat were registered in the
shade, and at Paris 99. It was cot a
bright, glowing heat, but a dull, heavy,
steaming oppression, terribly hard to bear.
In Paris a few of the excitable Frenchmen
have been driven mad by the heat.
The abnormal meteorological conditions
have increased the apprehensions about
cholera, which now rages with fearful in
tensity in Russia. There is reason for fear
ing that the grim official report!, which
every 24 hours tell of more than 3,000 added
to the death roll, fall short of the truth
abnut the ravages of the fearful scourge
Very extensive preparations have been
made within a few davs for fighting the
plague in Germany. Yesterday there were
two deaths from the disease at Hamburg,
and suspicious cases are reported in various
places.
It is now officially admitted that cholera
is epidemic at St. Petersburg. The comma
baccillus of Dr. Koch has been identified in
the hospitals at the Russian capital, and the
discovery is perhaps made additionally
alarming by the announcement that the
baccilli are of extraordinarv size and vigor.
They are, in fact, of twice the dimensions
ascribed to them by the German bacter
iologists. Some attention is attracted to the
experiments of Dr. Haffkine, of
Paris, in the line of innocnlation
as a protection against the plague.
Sub-cutaneous injections of attenuated
cholera virus have been employed, but,
although no harm has resulted to the sub
jects of the treatment, except some uncom
fortable sensations for a period of 21 hours,
there is no positive proof at present of any
absolute good. The assurance that the
parties inoculated are henceforth thoroughly
protected against cholera is not brought to
the practical test in Paris that it would be
in St Petersburg.
A M0B0CCO EIDbLE.
Lord Salisbury's Amazing Forbearance
Looks a Little Suspicious.
Loxdon, Aug: 2a A blue book is
published, containing further correspond
ence that passed between Lord Salisbury
and Sir Charles Euan-Smith in relation to
the latter's mission to Fez. Lord Salisbury,
in his concluding dispatch to Sir Charles ,
protests that the advantages songht in the
proposed treaty with Morocco would bo en
joyed equally by all the powers; bnt that as
the misconception had arisen that England
aimed at self-aggrandizement, it would be
inexpedient to adopt measures of menace,
which, while they might be unsuccessful,
would revive and appear to confirm these
misconceptions.
"Therefore," concludes Lord Salisbury,
"for the present, make no further a't
tempt to induce the Sultan to accept the
treaty." The Graphic, commenting on the
correspondence, says that the foregoing
dispatch is scarcely satisfactory, and that it
wifl be difficult to persuade a foreigner that
some subtle design does not underlie Lord
Salisbury's amazing forbearance.
SOT REBELS, BUX BRIGANDS.
The
Slate of the Koniro Free State's
Troubles With Arab Tribes.
Bktjssels, Aug. 20. Lieutenant Tob
bak, a resident of the Kongo State, has re
ported to the Governor General of the coun
try that, although Arabs have made hos
tile attacks, they are not in general revolt,
and that these disorders have consisted in
mere acts of brigandage, their sole motive
being desire for plunder. The last Arab at
tacks, reports Lieutenant Tobbak, began at
Ribariba. Messrs. Michiels, Jouret and
Noblesse were killed. Two other officials
escaped. Several powerful chiefs, includ
ing Tippoo Tibb, remain faithful. An early
repression of the troubles is expected.
A dispatch from the Kongo State an
nounces that a Kongo force has defeated
the Arabs on the Sankoron river, near the
place where the Hodister expedition was
massacred. Ten chiefs were killed and 700
men were captured by the troops. The
Governor does not th'ink that the rising
will spread.
Italian Brigands' Latest Exploit.
Rome, Aug. 20. A band of brigands at
tacked a mail coach between Cave and
Palestrma at 11 o'clock this morning. All
the passengers were robbed of their money
and jewelry. Parcels were looted and regis
tered letters stolen. One passenger who
attempted to defend himself was seriously
injured. Troops have been sent in pursuit
Russia's Fine Work In China.
St. Petersburg, Aug.20. A convention
has been signed by Russia, and Chins for the
establishment of Russian Consulates at the
leading towns of China. The'convention also
provides that the Chinese Minister, who is
now accredited to several European courts,
will become Minister to Russia exclusively.
Ihe Currency Panic In Jndlt.
Calcutta, Aug. 20. The Government
has informed the Currency Association
that it is unable to comply with the request
that the Government appoint a commission
to inquire into the advisability of establish
ing a gold standard in India, and that in
view of the alarming condition of affairs
and the danger of a crisis, the Government
declare what steps it promises to take to
allay the panic existing in the country.
FOOLISH FOREIGN IDEAS.
A Sample of the TPajr In Tihlch English
Journals Jump at Conclusions as to
America The Homestead Men Evl
dent'y Thought to Be at Starvation'!
l'olnt
BY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1
London, Aug. 20. The American labor
troubles are attracting more attention in
London than home politics, the spread of
the cholera or any other subject A great
deal of the published comment on the situ
ation is both absurd and vicious. Listen
for a moment to such talk as this from to
day's Standard:
From all parts of tho American Union
signals of distress come, of which these out
breaks are only tho complement Wages
have fallen everywhere, and the cost of liv
ing has Increased. Lower wages and dearer
living imply restricted consumption, and.
restricted consumption means diminished
employment. The whole country groans in
Its chains, and only hair knows yet what it
suffers from. A few more years of the pre
sent order of socletv, with the swollen mo
nopolist atop and all the lest nowhere, and
the elements or disorder and social
revolution now grumbling and occasionally
spluttering like a half-awake volcano nilsht
surge up and partially subvert the glorious
Constitution or which the Americans are
never tired or boasting. But it will not
come to that. The people of the United
States, though childlike and credulous, as
beflta people who are young, are not alto
gether foolish. They are learning chiefly
throuch the .stomach, perhaps, but still
learning that to take, for Instance, JE'.7,000,
000 per annum out of the bands of the work
men and distribute It among a privileged
class of pensioners, is not the way to render
tho multitude prosperous.
This, and that like it, is all predicted upon
the grossly false assumption that when the
millmen at Homestead stopped work they
had already reached the hunger point, and
that the striking railroad switchmen
had been driven to desperation, and the
only glorious and happy solution of the
awful problem, in the opinion tf this one
idea journal, is thus suggested:
Wo confidently look to the United States
to begin a reversal or that cruzy policy or
protectionism which is crushing Europe as
well as the young States of the Southern
ocean in its dcstiuctive grasp.
MADAME APPABTJTI'S DEATH.
Ono or the Most Detrrmlned Suicides That
Has Occurred of Lite.
EY CABLE TO THE PISPATCn.
LONDON, Aug. 20. A great deal has been
printed within a month, especially in Paris,
abont the daring swindles of Madame Ap
paruti, whose gains, by means of daring
lrauds, have amounted within three or four
years to 5C0O.O00. She pretended to have
authority for the execution of immense
commissions for the royal families of Russia
and Greece. She induced credulous mer
chants to accept her orders for such bits of
finery as a velvet cloak to cost $50,000, and
to deliver the goods without payment
Finally she was proceeded against, and she
fled to Russia. Extradition proceedings
were begun.
A day or two ago it was announced that
she had died in a lunatic asylum at St
Petersburg. The facts of her taking off
were tar more dramatic At a fashionable
hotel, where she was living under police
surveillance, Madame Apparuti one day
drenched her tight dress in which she was
clad with petroleum aud set fire to herself.
She had insured her life for a considerable
sum, and she evidently hoped her death
would be attributed to accident, bnt she
was not dead when found, aud it was discov
ered that before setting fire to herself she
had cut the veins at the right ot her tongue
with a pair of scissors. The wretched wo
man died next day in the hospital.
FINED FOE WEARING HEE OWH BIHG.
Peculiar Experience of an Aristocratic
Lady Resident of Hyde Park.
1BT CABLE TO THE PISPATCn.
London, Aug. 20. "What would an
American woman think of being fined 10
in a police court for wearing a ring, her
own property, on which was a crest repre
senting a stag's bead. That was the ex
perience of Mrs. Duval, of Hyde Park, the
other day. A revenue officer called upon
Mrs. Duval to inquire about her failure to
license her dog. He noticed the ring upon
her finger and informed her that it was an
armorial bearing which it was illegal to
have in one's possession without a license.
She explained that the ring was given to
her by her brother 16 years ago and that
sbe bad worn it ever since.
She was summoned to court The Magis
trate recalled the case of the comedian,
Arthur Roberts, who was before him several
years ago for having an armorial bearing on
one of his hall chairs which he had bought
at an auction. He had fined Mr. Roberts,
and he treated Mrs. Duval likewise. In
cidentally he made her pay 10 shillings for
failing to license the dog.
MINISTER LINCOLN ON DECK.
He Drives to the Foreign Office lu a Spank
Ins Sew Fine Brougham.
BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, Aug. 20. The Government has
already decided upon the names of the
gentlemen who will represent the local
commission at the dedication ceremony of
the opening of the Chicago Exposition, and
it is understood a list of those who are ex
pected to atten d will soon be announced.
Lord Boseberry was very prompt in issu
ing his circular to the diplomatic corps to
attend a reception at the Foreign Office.
One of the very first circulars sent was a
pleasant one to Minister Lincoln, who ac
cepted the invitation this afternoon, and
drove to the Foreign Office in his spanking
brougham, with coachman and footman
decked out in brand new diplomatic cock
ades. DIED DTJEING A ST0BM.
Madams Trebelll's Death a Savers
Blow
to Residents at Etretat.
rBT CABLE TO THE DISrATCH,
London, Aug. 20. The circumstances of
the death of Madame Trebelii were
pathetic. On "Wednesday she was in ex
cellent spirits and apparently in ber usual
health. She had invited a large party of
friends to breakfast on the following day,
and was looking forward with manifest
pleasure to the gathering.
At night a heavy thunder storm visited
the town and kept Madam Trebelii awake
until past 2 o'clock. Suddenly, while chat
ting merrily with a pupil who was staying
with her at her villa, she was seized with
an attack of heart disease and died within
half an hour. Her decease has quite thrown
a gloom oyer Etretat, where the lamented
artist was greatly beloved.
Americans Warned of Swindlers.
CBT CABLE TO TBI DUFATCB.
London, Aug, 20. The United States
legation continues to be pestered with Ut
ters complaining of the action of claims
agencies in the United States. Americans
are warned against swindling devices to
pretended estates in England, and are ad
vised to remit no money on such, to any
stranger, under any circumstances.
Berlin or Berna for the Conference,
IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, Aug. 20. The place of assem
bling of the Monetary Conference is still
uncertain, but it is believed it will meet
either at Berlin or Berne,
TILLERS OF THE SOIL.
How the Farm Laborers of England
Earn $3 a Week.
ALMOST IN THE PADPEE CLASS.
Since
Eoncst Hodge Got a Tote
Faring a Little Setter.
De Is
WHAT HE HA8 TO PAT FOE HIS L1TING
CconBisrOMJEKCE or the bispatch.i
London, Aug. 12. "Honest Hodge" is
what the townsfolk call him, and this
quaint personage has shot recently into a
remarkable degree of prominence over here.
For long years the agricultural laborers ef
Great Britain occupied a position not far re
moved from absolute serfdom. To-day, how
ever, his situation is quite different The
last half century has been a period of re
markable progress in England, and it was
only natural, while the country generally
was receiving suoh floods of enlightenment.
that a few straggling beams should find
their way into the obscure abode of the
agricultural laborer.
A little knowledge creates a thirst for
more, and in 1870 this was met by a uni
versal diffusion throughout town and conn
try alike of the advantages flowing from
the common school. Then, after 15 years
more, when Parliament, having enfran
chised every other class of British labor,
could brook no longer the scandal ot refus
ing the ballot to only this class, Honest
Hodge was exalted at last to the full dignity
of a voting citizen. This occurred in 1885,
since which time, as a matter of course, he
has been much thought of by many of those
who formerly held him to be beneath no
tice. The truth is, indeed, that this mod
ern arbiter of elections, who has twice
turned the scale against his former masters,
is just now oue of the greatest personazes
in the realm. None are too rich to do him
homage, so far as flattering
expressions
may serve that end, and so wisely, from the
standpoint of Number One, has he used
his newly-acquired privileges as a voter,
that it has become a serious question the
real question of the hour with the Liberals
if some additional sop must not be thrown
to this cunning old whale before the Irish
question can be safely tackled.
Very Little Better Than ranp-rs.
Politically the agricultural laborers are
on top in this country and we may well be
lieve that it is only a question of time until
justice will be done to them in other re
gards. How much room there is for im
provement in the social and material situa
tion of this worthy, but down-trodden class
of Her Majesty's subjects, is so flagrantly
apparent on all hands that one who is
familiar with the better conditions of
American life hardly knows, while study
ing the problem, which of two feelings is
the stronger within him, a sense of compas
sion towards those so odiously discriminated
against, or a sensation of utter disgust with
the institutions and people which make
such things possible.
To sav that the agricultural laborers of
England, as a class, are in a state of abject
dependence does not express the whole
sad truth of the case. They are, generally
speaking, little better than out and out
paupers. Their meager pay has never suf
ficed to meet even the most rudimentary of
their wants, and the result has been that
they have had to depend in large measure
upon the alms doled "out to them by public
and private benevolence. It does not re
lieve this dark picture to say that their
masters and so-called superiors have been
willing to help them when the pinch has
come. Those who have lived luxuriously
upon the fruits of their toil could well
afford to do this, and considering how
poorly they have requited their hirelings in
wages, it would have been worse than
heathenism in these leisured classes to have
acted otherwise. But charity which is given
to supplement inadequate wages is only a
wicked sham, and as to its effect upon the
recipients, while it may be effectual enough
in allaying hunger, its final influence upon
the manhood ot those relieved by it could
oniy do a corrupting and debasing one.
Charily That Amounts to Bribery.
It has been repeatedly alleged since the
election that the agricultural vote was won
over to the Liberals by a species of bribery.
In a division where I happen to be well ac
quainted, and where the Liberal candidate
was re-elected by a largely-increased ma
jority, the charge is made that this gentle
man for six years past had been making
himself "solid" with the laborers by judici
ous gifts of money in answer to begging
letters. There is hardly a villager, they
say, who in that time has not brought to
this gentleman's notice some real or imagi
nary crisis calling for help, and hardly any,
they tell me, have appealed in vain. All
this I can readily believe. I am not in
clined to doubt the judicious benevolence
of the average candidate for Parliament,
and as for discounting what is implied in re
gard to the begging propensities of the rura
laborers. I know too much of the preval
ence of this tendency, from my own ac
quaintance in various constituencies, to
thing of doing such a thing. But granting
that the laborer generally is not above ask
ing alms, and that kindness to him along
this line may influence his vote somewhat
granting this, aud what, after all, does it
suggest? Upon whom does the blame fall
for such things? If Honest Hodge has had
largely developed within him the instincts
of a pauper, where is the responsibility
for such a sad result? If the rare
sight of a sovereign, put into his
toil hardened band to be all his own
has the pernicious effect upon him which it
is alleged to have, who can be surprised at
such a phenomenon when it is remembered
that he has never received that much per
haps never more than three-fifths of that
amount for a hard week's work in all his
life? And as to bribes, the naked fact is
that he has been bribed continually to good
behavior, to proper respeot for his supe
riors and to a due estimate of his own social
insignificance, by the alms which it has been
necessary to dole out to him as the only
means of enabling him to keep body and
soul together upon his beggarly wages.
Yl aes or Three Dollars a Week.
It is the old story of sowing to ths wind
and reaping the whirlwind. I know per
sonally ot vast distriots of the best agri
cultral land in England where the wage
rate is ?3 a week, and in some
cases less than that You might
possibly find a few places in England
where a shilling or two more is paid, but
they would be very few, and for every
laborer getting above $3 you would
have no trouble at ail in finding
dozens who fall below that figure. In the
districts to which I have referred the uni
form wage a year ago was 2 50. At that
time, grain having gono up, the farmers
granted a rise. Bat this most unstable of
the staples, "owing to the blooming imports
from Yankeedom and elsewhere, as the
incensed Britisher put it, has now fallen
again, and what the result will be, unless
Hodge shall rise up a million strong to pre
vent it, can be easily Imagined. Out of
the wages indicated above the farm laborer
over here has to pay house rent; and what
use is it to tell us that his rent will hardly
cost him CO cents a week when that sum,
small though it seems, will eat up one
sixth, if not one-filth, of the total amount
he is earning? And what if into this rent
be gets a little garden patoh? Is not hard
toil needed to make this produce anything,
and is it not a fact, therefore, that having
previously done a full day's work, lie must
slava ana drudge when he ought to be rest-
ing, simply because, throuch the greed of
the farmer or the grinding oppression of the
luxurious land owner, he has not been paid
a fair day's wagesl
That the farm laborers of England get
along as well as they do on their meager
earnings makes them all the more deserv
ing of sympathy. In the cottager's home
economy is a fine art The families are by
no means small, nor do long intervals elapse
between new arrivals. Fortunately, though,
as the number increases the older ones will
be getting big enough to add a little to the
family income, and it will often happen that
the wife takes in washing, or does work of
some kind.
He Cannot Buy atneh Beer.
Honest Hodge is fond of his pipe, it
should be said, and perhaps it is to the
soothing influence of the weed that much of
his content is due. Yes,- ai-d he is fond of
his glass, and this no doubt accounts in
some measure both for his occasional hilari
ousness in circumstances which might de-
Eress him and for the general hardness of
is lot in a financial point ot view. But he
does not drink much how could he on such
small earnings? "A man can't get much
beer on 12 shillings a week," blurted out a
rustic laborer at a political meeting we at
tended,and surely he told the truth. The can
didate was inveighing against the otherside
tortheir attitude toward the Direct Veto,
which he characterized as a subtle effort to
rob the poor man ot his beer, and that was
the reply he got, intended, no doubt, as a
hint to the would-be member of Parliament
that what the farm laborer cared for most
was not beer, but better wages.
In the line of clothing the laborer man
ages to get what be needs primarily by not
needing very much, and, as a secondary
measure of relief, by making what he gets,
which is of the poorest quality, last him for
a long time. A Sunday suit will do service
twice a day at church for as many twelve
months' as there are shillings in his weekly
wage, and a working suit, providing the
good wife is smart at patching, for at least
a couple of ysars. The schooling of his
numerous progeny costs him nothing now,
though up to a few months ago he had to
squeeze a little out of his pittance for even
that
How Honest Hodge Takes His Meat.
Such dry goods as his family may require
he gets usually at the nearest market town,
and prices in the lower grade of materials
are quite reasonable. Meat is costly, and
his sole indulgence in it consists, as a rule,
of a pudding about twice a week with a lit
tle fat pork, or a few scraps of beef, very
deeply imbedded in the centre of a very
large quantity of dough. To find out how
much truth there is in the common idea that
the necessaries of life, other than those just
mentioned, are considerably cheaper in vil
lages than in towns, I have made special in
quiries upon this subject, and what I have
discovered is that bread is the same as in
London, 10 cents for a 3j lb. loaf, flour
from 48 to 50 cents a stone (14 lbs.), sugar
from 3 to 5 cents a lb., tea, of which com
modity even laborers and their families in
dulge in a large auantitv, from 30 to 65
cents a lb., coflee from 25 to 30 cents, ba
con from 12 to 20 cents, while cheese, which
is, perhaps, when seasoned with his half
pint of lourpenny ale, the poor laborer's
greatest relish for supper and lunch, can be
ought at the village shop for from 14 to 20
cents a lb.
Inevitably, Honest Hodge has organized
of late for the advancement of his own in
terests. The National Agricultural Labor
ers' Union was his first effort of this kind,
and it is still his best love.. Joseph Arch,
who by the vote of laborers has just annihi
lated a lordly competitor in a Parliamen
tary struggle in Norfolk, is President of
this union, and I have it from Mr. Arch's
own lips that in that county alone 189 new
branches have been established and no less
than 12,000 new members enrolled within
two years.
The Rural Laborers' League, a rival so
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Is Summer, or soon will be, mid already your thoughts turn to Fall and Fall Houseurtiishtngs.
est collection ever seen in the city. We don't even exchide ourselves in the statement, for, although
showings in the past, the coming season's display will eclipse the7n all. :: .v i: .?
FURNITURE,
SPECIAL DESIGNS
That competitors cannot reproduce at
special prices that competitors cannot
meet A showing that more than
equals that of any other store in town
as it now stands, while when complete,
as it soon will be, will more than equal
the showing of any three other stores.
It is coming in by the carload, a grand,
a royal, a colossal collection.
An assortment of
INGS on the same mammoth scale. It is to
you outlay a dollar.
f A O II Yes, buy for cash, and not a store in town
mJt I I can do better by you than we will Our
prices are easily obtained. Come in and compare them with
others if you will
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ciety having similar objects, came into ex
istence three or four years azo under Tory
Unionist auspices. Having read its reports
I must say that I am not sanguine of the
utility of this organization, owing to the
fact that it enrolls among its contributing
patrons so many ot those who are literally
the lords of creation over here.
The great need is for a thorough revision
of the land laws and the throwing open to
cultivation of those millions of acres which
for ages upon ages have been the private
preserves of the leisured and lordly. At
present Great Britain provides only about
one-fifth of its requisite food supply, where
as, under such a system as that just sug
gested, it could snap its fingers at the rest
of the world even though its population
were double what it now is. Thus, as
Joseph Arch put it in a recent interview,
"what the laborer wants is land, land, land;"
though, of course, that for which he is
earnestly seeking just now, and that which,
surely, on every principle of justice he may
fairly demand, is better pay for the hard
service he renders as a tiller of the land.
Henet Tuckley.
GEO. VANDERBILT ROBBED.
HIS Summer Cottaje at Bar Harbor Entered
and Gona Through. Scientifically A
Schooner Taeht That Must Have Carried
ODT the Booty.
Boston, Aug. 20. SpeddL George W.
Vanderbilt's cottage at Bar Harbor was
robbed of 520,000 worth of jewelry and
silver plate at the time of the raid by
burglars a few weeks ago. On the night of
the robbery the Eastern Yacht Club was at
anchor at Bar Harbor, and a gala time was
in progress. Among the vessels was a black
schooner yacht which was apparently a part
of the squadron, as it obeyed all the squad
ron signals and conducted itself in other
ways as a part of the fleet She was at
anchor when the sun went down, bat next
morning she had departed no one knew
where. Then it was learned that Vander
bilt's summer residence had been burglar
ized during the night
When the occupants of the cottage
awoke in the morning it was found that a
great part 0 their silver had been taken,
together with about ?500in greenbacks, and,
most valuable of all, seven breastpins. Six
of these were presents of members of the
family to Mrs. Vanderbilt Some tracks
were found leading to and from a rear win
dow, through which an entrance had evi
dently been effected. These tracks seemed
to lead right down to the shore.
That the robbers had gone off by water
was the conclusion formed at once, and
when a black schooner yacht was spoken of
an inquiry was started. All the informa
tion that the police could obtain was that
she was a yacht of schooner build, painted
black; that she was rather wide at the
stern, and that two or three men had been
on her. No one had seen her depart and
none of the incoming vessels had passed
her.
The case was given to the Pinkertons to
work up, and they have set a watch for the
black yacht, which may have turned white
into a catboat rig since. They have sent
out a circular to all the police departments
ot the country describing the stolen propt
erty.
Lnst Excursion to Atlantic City
Via the B. & O. B. B., Thursday, August is,
at the popular rate of $10 the round trip:
tickets iood for 12 days, and good to stop
at Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington
i eturnins;. Trains leave FUtsbtu-g at S a. m.
and 9-20 v. X.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ara adver
tised everyday In THE DISPATCH bat
Sunday Is the principal day. Consult these
adlets. It may mean money in jourpocket.
THING OF
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WHY PAY
A big price for Carpets because
it's not convenient to pay all
the money for them at once?
NO NEED
To do so. Our prices for rea
sonable terms, terms convenient
to the buyer, are not higher
than cash houses for a similar
quality.
THE .LXi STOCK
Is now in and placed, and a finer collection
never was exhibited in the city. New and
choice fall styles from the best mills in the
country.
We can please you in the stylej we can
please you in the quality; we can please you in
the price.
Every style and grade of carpet from the
cheapest to the best.
all other articles in FURNITURE and HOUSEFURNISH-
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DR. FLOOD'S HARD FIGHT.
Not a WalKorer for the Preacher, After
All Three Parties Combine in an
Effort to Do Up ths Editor, but He Has
,000 Majority to Fall Back On.
Erie, Aug. 20. Special The Twenty
sixth district Congressional figures with one
accord are placing the district in the Be
publlcan column for the next Congress, bnt
a meeting of 4,000 at Conneaut Lake yester
day, at which Dr. T. L. Flood, the Bepub
lican nominee, and his opponent, Joseph C
Sibley, held a joint debate, has caused some
doubts in the minds of voters of the district
as to whether Dr. Flood has a "cinch" on
the seat, despite the district's 4,000 Bepnb
Hcan majority. Mr. Sibley so ably held
his own in the debate and had the feelings
of the crowd with him, that the leaders are
.now much in doubt
The election promises to attract more at
tention throughout the conn fry than did the
memorable contests of 1834 and 1886, when
W. L. Scott, Democrat, was contesting with
O. "W. Mucker, Bepublican. The present
Bepublican Congressman, Mr. Matthew
Griswold, had less than 300 majority against
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth
Tilden, Democrat Mr. Scott was twice
elected aud had several hundred votes to
Sibley lives in Franklin, Venango
county. He is not a resident of the dis
trict in which he is running, but that is no
barrier in a Congressional contest It will
be remembered that an effort was made to
induce Hon. James G. Blaine to run against
"V7. L. Scott in 1888. Mr. Sibley Is a farm
er and one of the bet known breeders of
blooded stock in the United States. Miller
& Sibley own the kite-shaped track at
Meadville, where Sunol is in training;
Mr. Sibley was not a seeker after the
nomination it came to him from three po
litical parties in the Erie-Crawford district
unsolicited. The Prohibitionists nominat
ed him first, notwithstanding the
fact that he is well known to be
very liberal in all his ideas.
Then the People's party and Democrats in
dorsed his nomination. Thus it will be seen
that Mr. Sibley's name will be on the
official ballots ot three political parlies, and
it Is conceded by Democrats and Bepub
llcans alike that the combination is a power
ful one for Mr. Flood to overcome.
The Prohibition vote in the district is
placed at over 3,500. The Labor party vote
in the district will be an unknown quantity,
but it will certainly aegTegate -3,000. The
new party has a firm footing in Erie and
Crawford counties and the agitation will in
crease its membership. Senator PefFer is
here and he will make a number of ad
dresses. Congressman Hatch has been here and
has urged the farmers of the district to vote
for Mr. Sibley. The campaign promises to
be exciting as the leading stumpers in
both parties will be here. Crawford county
Bepublican j are not in good shape. Gov
ernor Pattison carried George "Wallace
Delamater's own county, and a Democratic I
sheriff and county commissioners hold forth
there. Erie county elected a Democratic
sheriff last year, and the party has a har
monious organization.
Tenants Will Come to Ton
If you advertise your vacant rooms and
boarding houses In the cent-a-word adver
tising columns of The Dispatch.
Dos't forset the place and date of Arn
helui sale, Thursday, August 25, at 10 o'clock
a. at
Pirttct action and perfect health result
from the use of De Witt's Little Early Blsers
A perfect little pllt Very small; very sure
Tbottebs, pacers, draught and general
purpose horses will be sold at Arnhelm sale
Thursday, August 23.
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your interest to see what we have before I
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time accommodatioa Our terms
terms we please and suit you in
THE ST01 CENTER,
Odd Tilings Caught Up in. the
Cyclone on Eifth Aye-
nuo, Now York.
THE EIVAL HEAHQLTAETEBS
Strictly Business at Bepublican; Free
and Easy at Democratic.
JOKES BMDIED BETWEEK THEM.
A Itir Samples From the Effnsiona of
Hungry Campaign Poet.
POLITICIilfS HAILING FE03I THE SOUTH
fCOBJtlSPONDKSCB Or THE DISPATCH. ,
New Yoek Aug. 20. The business of
political management is a mysterious and
solemn business. If the National Republi
can Executive Committee in session were a
coroner's inquest and the committee room
held a dead body that had just been sub
jected to an autopsy, the faces of those who
stand on the stairs and who come and go
could not bear a more serious and mysteri
ous look. Even those eminent gentlemen
who are connected by official ties do not
seem to trust each other. For they are seen
every hour of the day whispering in the
corners, or in the balls, or on the stairs. If
the walls have ears they must hear soma
very important remarks about the political
weather and things.
If you see some somber gentleman lead
ing Tom Carter down the hall away from
his committee room and backing him up
against a wasbstand or a hall chair, or an
unoccupied desk in an unoccupied room, it
doesn't mean murder; but it looks like It.
The messenger with a face a yard long ia
not running for a doctor or coming back
with a case of surgical instrument! Ha
has merely been around the corner going
for and coming with an ancient campaign
text book. The reporters and place-hunters
speak in whispers when they speak at all,
just as they wonld do it the deceased had
been a personal friend of theirs. Every
body speaks in whispers for that matter.
And everybody looks solemn and con
cerned. Not So Solemn at the Democratic Shop.
All this is in striking contrast to the free
and easy air and downright jollity of Dem
ocratic headquarters. It may be because at
618 the cages on the ground floor contain
official gentlemen who cannot be disturbed
and that at 139 the animals are all upstairs
and the public are on the ground floor.
Certain it is there is a great difference;
And this difference is gratefully utilized by
those whose business takes them to head
quarters daily. The generons provision for
newspaper men ,at Democratic headquar
ters and the convenient location makes the
latter the popular place. Everything is not
exactly open, free and untrammeled: but it
appears to be. Daily bulletins of the call.
We shall show the grand'
we have made some grand
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BEDROOM SETS-::
If you want to choose a Bedroom Set
come where you can see a variety.
Here are a hundred on a single floor,
and not one of them is old or out of
style,
ALL STYLES OF WOOD,
ALL STYLES OF DESIGN,
ALL STYLES OF FINISH.
Settle on a price in your mind and we can
probably show you half a dozen at that price
that would please you. If you can't find what
you want in such a stock as we show you
might as well give upthe search.
Every style exhibited elsewhere is here,
and dozens of styles which are exclusive with
us. It would bankrupt store of ordinary
size to carry the assortment we do.
Come in and see for yourselves. '
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Or buy on time. We do not expect
to get so per cent additional for a
to a large extent are your I
them.
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