THE M1DDLEB0RGH POST.
GEO. W. WAOBXSKLLER.
Editor ami Proprietor.
Miiii.:ihi mm, 1'a., July If!, 10(5.
Bignor Cannlla Eancia, of H aly, re
cently played tho piano for forty-six
consecutive hours. No wonder tho
Italians aro emigrating in largo number,
rocket-picking by young girls is
said to lo olTcneo on tho increase in
Paris. Upon ono of theso criminals
recently detected thirteen pnrscs wcro
found.
A certain sardonic individual was
not far wrong when he aaid thit ono
of tho surest means of dying of old ago
In tho United States was to commit
cannier.
Tho P.ishop of Ilapboe, in Ireland,
ban issued strict orders to tho priests
of his dioceso that they must preach
in tho Trihh language wherever tho
population is Irish-speaking.
A Ocrmnn pnprr hus discovered that
Queen Victoria clirs not allow petro
leum, pan. or ( leolrtoity to bo need in
the interior of her cat-ties, but that fIio
'till uses, ns sho did fifty years aj;o,
rope-seed oil imported from Oermnny,
Japan has forbidden tho importa
tion of opium into Formosa, except
for medicinal purposes, and it can only
be had from Government officials.
Formosa is the original home of opium
smoking, and tho vice spread from
thcro to China.
Of the Into Sir Henry Pnrkcs, of
AnMrnliu, a writer in tho London
Times says: "l'oru a serf on tho es
tate of an Englit-h nobleman, ho lived
to bo Trime Minintcrof a great and
powerful colony, under the Governor
nhip of that nobleman's son-in-iu-
England must praciously permit
America to join her in laughing at tho
extraordinary enterprise of a London
firo inruraneo ?ompuny. There was a
firo recently in tho historic home at
Iirontford, onco occupied by Xell
(Iwynne. Tho insurance company
thereupon forwarded its prospectus
marked "urgent" to "Mis Gwynne."
Thoeo who jiaginod that bicycling
was merely a temporary spaein con
fess theintelvta "wildered as the
steadily multiplying.' evufeuoos of their
error. It is beginning to be realized
that, inxtcad, w ro in tho presence
of a vast rrt -'Uition in tho manners,
habit n-'d economies of National life,
wb'-t tuubt profoundly alter every-
iU"g-
Chicago spent millions in securing
n water supply from the lake. Then
fLe poured her oewnge into tho lake
and polluted the water until it wusnot
l'.t to use. Xow Aw is spending thirty
iuilliJiis or more on a ditch to convey
her sewage elsewhere, to poi-on tho
waters of tho Illinois P.iver uud to
inukc even tho Mississippi foul. Why
not dispose of tho Kiuago decently
and properly? asks tho Xow York
Tribuu;?.
The London papers contain the an
nouncement that mosquitoes have act
ually appeared in England. A Hert
fordshire correspondent writes excit
edly to warn the public how to dis
tinguish them from other insects,
which is, it seems, by tho length of
their proboscis and also by their hum
ming noise, and ho gives tobacco
steeped in salt vinegar as a remedy
for their bites. Ho thinks the mos
quitoes must have been imported in
Home cargo of lumber, and he speaks
os gravely about tho invasion as if
lives depended on it.
"If all tho bicycles in tho world wcro
brought to a central point and recon
structed into oue giant machine,"
er-ys one of tho leading bicycle publi
cations, "tho result would be a ma-
chiue six miles long and over four
miles high, with wheels almost three
xuiles in diameter. To construct such
a monster would require about 15,
1)00,000 cyclt'H, and if built in propor
tion of weight and thickness the only
available coursu over which some At
las might hump his back and scorch
would bo on the boundless prairies of
of tbo West, or in tho heart of tbo
Desert of Sahara. The average hu
man mind cannot well conceive of 15,
000,000 modern bicycles all thrown
into ono mammoth machine, tho
wheels of which have a circumference
of nino miles, to more than the trav
eling capacity of such a wonderful
thing could bo even remotely con
ceived." II,. J should have been here earlier,
jut business Is picking up a Utile, mid I
was detained at the otlloe. She Oh, I
do hope. your business will continue to
Improve. Mr, Husbmon." Drooklyu
A Sailor's Ward,
DESOLATE, rooky
bench ; a broad waste
of sea, looking gray
and desolate in the
early morning.
Captain Jack brain-
ard cane whistling
ong the beach, with
bis bands thrust into the pockcti of
bis duck trousers. He was a tall,
broad shouldered fellow, with a hand
some, snn browned face, and two dark
eyes that looked straight through you
in a quiet way peculiarly their own.
Halloo, Captain Jack!"
Two fishermen were standing there,
something lying at their feet, dark
an.l ttill.
"Well, my hearties?"
"Hear a baud here, will yoa, cap
tain?" naid oue. "A ship went to
pieces oil the point last night, and
here's throo bodies ashore, dead as
herring."
Captain. Tack stoppe.1 whistling, and
hcut down to look at the bodies. Two
wero men. stroug and hard featured,
evidently part ot the crew of the ill
fated ship. They were quite dea l. Tho
third ono was a child lashed to a spur.
Captain lirainard hitched up his
duel; trousers and looked thoughtfully
at the bodies. The child a mere babo
f two or three years ly half cov
ered in the sea weed, ns if sho wero
asleep. Captaiu Jack bent m ddenly
au 1 cut with bis sheath knife the rope
that bourn her to ihe spar.
"I'll be drowned if tin. small craft
ran't limiting yet, Dave lnnt."
The baby la -o was upturne I to tho
sunlight. L:ivel!ent laid his rough
bund against it gently. It was wet
aud cold, but still a living face.
Captain Jack rose up with tho child
in his jacket.
"I'll take it up to tho inn, Dave.
You can bury tho other two. llan
mo if i over "knew anytl iug like this
before I"
Mrs. Lane, widow of Captain Will
iam Lane, lost at sea, ind hostess of
tho hamlet inu, snt with necdlo and
mesh block mending nets in the bar
room, as Cuptain Jack lirainard cauio
stalking in. i ..a ivi I
Mr toe uJ! '.-V.'a'V v-v.
been thrown into inch unparalleled
excitement as by the sudden appear
ance of that small waif of tbo coast.
Sho had her reward. The child was
I lying on her lap, when suddenly two
j wondering black eyes unclosed, and
tho waif gave utterance to a prolonged
vigorous scream.
"Uless me!" criod Mrs. Lane, "I
I never laid eyes on to such a homely
' child and a gal, too!"
I What's to bo douo with it?" taid
Ciitaiu .lark.
"l.awkHl how do I know? said Mrs.
Laue, "it haint got auy folks, most
likely. "You'll have to take it to the
poor hou-e up the country."
Cnptaiu Jack looked thoughtful.
"1 don't know but it isn't just
frieudly to leave, Mich u little eralt in
strungo water without any pilot, Mrs.
Lauo I believe I'll stand by her inv
self." "Lnnd rakes! what can you do?"
cried Mrs. Lane.
"Well, my Mary Elien is bound for
China to-morrow ; but Ton can keep
her hero till I come back. I'll see that
you are paid and for want of some
thing better you can call her ltucbcl
that was my mother's name."
Tho Mary Ellen was laying to, in
Salem Harbor, with anchor raised,
ur it day, when Captaiu Jack came to
lay good-by to bis hostess, and to
place in her baud a little box of In
dian wood carefully tied with a faded
ribbon.
"You'll find a necklaeo there and a
ring. Mrs. Laue they used to bo
mother's, uud might as well go along
with tho name."
And Mrs. Luuo placed tho necklace
round the plump baby neck, and laid
the ring carefully by until such a time
as the httlo waif should be old enough
to think of riugs, and then Captain
Jack shook her heartily by the bond,
and went away from the hamlet inn,
and an hour after the white Hails of the
Mary Ellen hud disappeared fur down
the bay.
It was the same desolate coast of
Fifteen years before. There were tho
light house and tho reefs on which so
many galluut ships had met their
doom ; here, the gray beach, the slip
pery shingles, the old bout houses aud
yonder, tho sand hills, the fishing
humlct and tha rocky pasture lands
facing toward the sou. Captain Jack
lirainard, staudiug atone on the shin
ning sands, looked at each and all
steadily bo bad not scon them beforo
for many yours.
"It was somewhere here," mnsed
1 Captain Jack, "that Duvo Bent always
moored bis boat. I d bo obliged to
him if I had it now to take me up the
cove it s growing dark already.
Tho soft dip of oars struck 'sudden
ly on Captain Jack's ears ho looked
up. A boat was gliding around tho
i'oint, inipellod bv a single rower,
"lioat ahoy!".
The slonder oars of the dory fell in
stantly. The rower turned uud looked
at Captain Jack. It was a young girl
oi leveuteen ot eigatceo.
The face turned towarJ Captain
Jack was a gorgeous Oriental face
palo and delicately dark, with lustrous
eves and half-parted lion, scarlet as
coral. Tho brow was broad and low
tho hair heavy and black t the flguro
graceful and slender as a willow.
With one sweep of the oars tho
beautiful rower sent ber boat bound
ing to Captain Jack's very feet. Ho
beard it craze against tho sands, be
saw two bewildering black eyes snr
veyiug him with a look of cool aston
ishment, and then ho beat down avio
lent desire to take to his heels and run
away, and said :
"Is that boat bound up tho cove?"
She lifted her delicate brows, but
the splendid eyes beneutii bid a lurk
ing laughter in them.
"Yes."
"I'm in want of a passngo that way
myself," xaid Captain Jack; "can you
take mo aboard?"
Sho scauncd him from hea l to foot.
At a glr.ueo she took in tho stalwart!
figure, the grave, middle-aged face,
with its honest dark eyes aud iron
gray hair, aud then she answered :
"Who aro you?"
Captain Jack lifted tbo hit from bis
brown fori head.
"My iiamo is Jack lirainard, and I
hail from the East. Who aro you?"
It was a delightfully straightfor
ward reply. Her dark eyes opened
wide.
"Come into tho boat," she said
quickly.
Ho leaped in and sat down opposito
her. She gave him tho oars with tho
utmost nonchalance.
"You eau take them now I am
tired ot rowing. I know it was you,
Captaiu Jack. Mr. Gaylord tol 1 me
you would retnrn home this autumu."
Sho leaned forward then and laid on
poor, bewildered Cuptain Jack's shoul
der tho smallest aud whitest band bo
had ever seen. Tho saucy black eyes,
full of miuglol laughter and tears,
looked full in bis face.
"Don't you know me, guardy? I
am lbiehel."
His waif of thocoaat bis little cast
awaythat bright, bewildering beau
ty' tVpluin Jack ant eiiont his grave
face was as unreadable as marble ; bat
he (hew the little band from bis shoul
der and held it for a moment in bis
broud brown pulia.
"Child, how old are you!"
"Eighteen, guardy, and a graduato
of Madumo do Vileuue's boarding
school I I have passed a winter in
Xew York and a season at Saratoga and
you do not knew how blase 1 have be
come." Not blase tho faco was too delicate,
toj passionate, too proud for that.
"1 have been with Mrs. Lauo
week," sho weut on, trailiug her white
lingers in the water. "1'ho Gaylords
uru in town, guardy. Haveu t you
bei n cone a Ioul;, lourf time?"
"Fifteen yeurs," suid Captain Jack,
pulling viKoroudy at tuo ours.
The oars of tho dory roo and fell
like living tilings in his btrong bunda;
sho shot ucross tho water liko a setv
cull out of tho channel and into tho
eove there wore tho fishermen's cot
taes uud tho old iuu clo.su befgre them.
Tho row was over.
A tall, huudsomo man lay on the
cove, B.'uokiug it cigar an.l watcniug
the approaching dory intently. As
Cuptuiu Jack and bis protege reached
tho shore he started up and .sauntorcd
nowu to meet tuein wuu a sore oi in
doleut, eai-y uracc. Miss liachol rose
up, ber splendid eyes opened iu calm
surprise, and sho leaped lightly ashore,
".Mr. Gaylord I this is very unex
pected I thought yoa wero in town.'
He bit his lip.
"Xo, 1 am tired of town I came in
search of you."
"Indeed! You are too kind. Allow
mo to prosont you to Captaiu brain
ard."
Mr. Harvey Gavlord bowed careless
ly to Curtain lirainard. Captain
lirainard looked at Mr. Gaylord from
head to foot, but tho younjr Gotham
tto was oblivious bo toyed with hi
rattan und looked at l.uchel.
"Mv mother sends her kindest re
curds," ho said, "und society has
budo mo bring back its lost star be
fore the season commences. I have
promised am I rash?"
She drew up tho folds of her sweep
intr drors from the damp grass. The
black eyes were cast down.
"Very."
"But, Rachel"
The proud bead was thrown back
the brilliant eyes warned bim to stop
she sprang upon tbo threshold of
the inn.
It had been ruining all day. The
poplars beforo tho inn were dripping
still, and the clouds rolled dark and
sullen toward the west. Rachel stood
in tho porch and watohed the night
fall down on the rocky shore, singing
softly to herself the words ot an old
song :
" 'O Douglas, O Douglas, toujor and true.'
"Rachel," called Mrs. Lane from
tho doorway, "come into the bouse,
ohild! yoa 11 get consumption oat
therC in the wet, and Captain Jack
and Mr. Gaylord are asking to see
A little start a sudden prophetic I
droop of the long eyelashes, then the I
splendid bead was raised haughtily
Rachel turned and went in.
Gaylord was lounging on ft low seal
by the fire Captain Jack stood oppo
site, with his hands crossed benind
him. She ent forward quietly and
stood by Captain Jack. Gaylord rose
at once, flushed to the temples. 119
would bavo spoken, bat the old sailor
interrupted :
"Itachol, bo said, calmly and kina
ly, "Mr. Gaylord baa been talking
th me. If yon are willing ana l am
willing, he wants yoa for bis wife. Ho
knows my mind yoar will in the
matter is my will."
Xot a muscle of her beautiful face
moved.
"Thank yon. I appreciate Mr.
Gaylord's kindess, but I regret that I
am obliged to decline it."
Ob, bow cold and clonr the voico
was! An innate delicacy in Captain
.Tncf ort l...t.rt .nndn him turn bis !
hea 1 away bs Harvey Gaylord grasped
at the mantle, bis handsome face pale
as death.
"IUchell" he cried imploringly.
She looked at him with calm, ro
lentless eyes.
"We are friends, Harvey never
anything more."
"Xever, Ilochel."
"I do not love you you know it."
"Then you lovo another I"
The words were shot at her like so
many arrows bo watched to see them
strike. Only a quiet nplifting of tbo
broad, whito lids, then bis own eyes
fell before hers.
"Good night," sho said icily.
"And this is all, Rachel?"
Gaylord turned and left the room.
The rain beat softly on the pane:
tho long, low sighs of wind from the
seas shook tho poplars. I here was a
lead silenoo in tho room it was Cap
ain Jack s voico at lat broke it his
eep strong voice, with a quiver of
re:iriui'H8 running through it.
"My child, who is it you love?
ner faco was averted sho did not
answer.
"I know it isn't my right to ask.
said Captain Jack, in tho same weary
tone ; "1 miszht have kuown I couldn't
eep you now ; but I never bad a
ionic, cmiii, ana i tnougnt
Tho tiro danced before Captain
nek's eyes; loniethin liko n smoth
ered sob swelled his broad botoui.
lucbol went up to him uud laid her
ttlo hand on his arm.
"Yes, I know. I am rough and
old you aro out of place with mo "
The soft, buwildoring b;a3k eye
ooked up into bis.
"Captain Jack, I will stay witu you
always if you want me."
IIo held bor oil, aud scarcliei uor
faco a momant, cavch his breath. j
"I am old." I
"You ure not!"
"I am brown and rongh.
"I do not care!"
"Yoa love someone else?"
The dark eyes smiled up in his face.
"So, Captain Jack I" " f
His face was transQgnrod with Bal
den light. He cried out, passionately :
"Oh, my child, will you stay wilh
me and bo my wife?"
Trembling at his own boldness, ke
stretched forth his arms to ber in lnr
beauty and youth, and she spraug to
him uud held her bead down upon bis
breunt.
'Oh, guardy, best, dearest-you
are all that 1 luve iu tho world tuLe
me!
llevcrently, as if sho bad boon sn
ati'-cl, temlcrlv, us bis preat lore
iroiuptud, ho drew ber to bis heart
the brave, trim heart that was to be:.i
for her so muiiy happy years.
Illuned Out of a Hi;
Kill.
Mr. MolTut is tho Denver barker
who was robbed of S21.000 iu his pri
vate o (li co ono day ut noon. The rob
ber hold a revolver iu ono baud aud u
bottle of nitroglycerin in tho other.
lie requested Mr. Moffat to write a
cheek lor 21,000 under peualty Tf
being fcbot and ot having his bank
building wrecked by the explosive in
tho bottle. Mr. MolTut is reputed to
bo worth as muny inilltor.s as tho num.
ber of thousands demanded by tho
robber. lie wrote the eheok. Tho
robber said ho would have to troublo
Mr. MoQut to go with him into the
paying teller's cago aud produce the
cash ; he would take S'J0,0i)0 in large
bills, and SUI00 in gold.
"If you Bay oue word, or indicate
by a liok or motion that anything is
wrong, I will shout you uud thou blow
up tho bank." Saying which the rob
ber threw u light overcoat over bis
arm concealing the revolver he hold
m hand, aoooupuuied the bank Presi
dent into the teller's cae, received
the money and returned with Mr.
Moffat to the privuto office, lie then
repeated his threat to kill tho bunker
and blow up tho building if au alarm
should bo given boforo ho (the robber)
was safely outside the bunk. IIo made
his escape and has not been captured.
The robber's overcoat, revolver and
bottle were found in a doorway near
the bank building. The rovolver wuf
loaded, but a chemical analysis of the
contents ot the bottle revealed tlu
fact that the iluiu was not nitrogly
cerin but sweet oil. Pittsburg Dis
patch. London's Electrical Supply,
Compared with other large towns,
London is easily at the bead for the
magnitude of its electricul supply,
says Chambers' Jourunl. Paris, foi
instance, has only au equivalent ol
about 600,001) oight-candle powei
lamps, as compared with the 1,200,000
lamps in Loudon, as stated above.
Manchester aud Liverpool have, respec
tively, about 02,000 and 51,000; Ulun
gow, 70,000; Edinburgh, 13,000 j
Dublin, 16,000, and Cardiff, 9000. Ol
the total capital expended in the wholt
of the United Kingdom for supplying
electricity London bus spent inort
than one-half, 1
THE PLATFORM REPORTED.
Fall Text of the Resolutions Agr4 Upon
by Majority of th Committees u
Cbicaoo, July 8. The platform report yl to
the convention by the majority ot the Com
mittee on Resolutions was as follows!
.TefTerionlan Principle fteafnrratd.
We, tha Democrats of the United Btftte. In
Rational Convention as.embloil. do mamrm
I oar allntrlanoe to thoeo creit ewientlnl prln-
rlplos of Justice and lllterty upon which our
Institutions sra founded, and which the
Democratlo party ha advocated from JenVr
lon's time to our own freedom of sneejh.
j freedom of tho pre, freedom ot conscience,
tho preservation of personal rights, the
I "quality of all citir.ens before the law and the
faithful observance ot constitutional limita
tions.
Centralliatlon of Tower Redated.
Raring all these year the Democratic,
party has resisted the tendency of selfish In
terests to the centralization of'Uovernmentnl
power, and steadfastly maintained the Integ
rity of tho dual system ot (rovernment estnb
llshed by the founders of this Ilepublle of Re
publics. Under its puldnnee nod teaching
ihe groat principle of local self-government
has found its .test expression In the main
. tennnne, nf ha r4crht rt th fttatoa nrt In If
ssscrtlnn of the nnceeeltr of confining the
general government to the exercljn ot the
powers granted by the Coustltutlou of the
United Btotos.
SlWer Once th Unit el Value.
Reoognislng that the money question Is
paramount to all others at this time, we in
vite attention to the fact that the Federal
Constitution name eilvcr and sold fogether
ss the money metals of the United States,
and that the flret coinage law pievod by Con
press under the Constitution made the silver
dollar the unit of vslue and admitte t gold to
free coinage at a ratio measured by the sllvur
dollar unit.
"The Crime of
We declare that the net of 187.1. demonetiz
ing silver -without the knowledgn or np-
rroffil of tho Amricnn people, tins resulted
n the appreciation of gold and a correspond
ing fall In tho price of ( commodities pro.
duced by the people: a hcavv increase In the
I burdon of taxation and of all debt, pulillo
, and prlvatej the enrichment of tha money.
lender elai at home ami n'orond; prostration
j of industry and lmpovoricliment ot the peo
ple.
Monometallism Denannred.
We nre unalterably opposed to monometal
lism which hrt locked frwt the nrosnrttv nf
n Industrial people in tho paralvsls of linrd
times. Oolil monomelilllsm ii n llritish
policy, an t It adoption has brought other
Nations into financial servitude to London
It is not only un-American, hut anti-Ameri
can, and it can be fastened on tho United
Htates only by the stilling of that spirit ol
love and liberty which proclaimed our politi
cal Independence in 1770 and won it in the
War ot tho Revolution.
I'rre Coinage at 10 to 1.
We demand tho free and unlimlto t eoin
nfo of both gold nadsllvor at the present
. jal ratio of 1C to 1, without waiting for the
md or consent of any other Nation. We de
mand that the stnudard sliver dollar shall be
a full legal tender, equally with gold, for nil
dchtfl, puhllo and privnte,"ntid we favor such
legislation ns will prevent for the future the
I'.einont.tizntiou of any kind of legal-tender
uoney by privuto contract.
Object to "Cold" Itomls.
We ar opposed to the policy nnd practice
of surrendering to tho holders of the obliga
tions ot the United States theoptlon reserved
by law to tho Government of redeeming sue I)
obligations la either silver cola or gold coin.
II
Horn! Issue Ilenounced.
We are otmosed to tho issuing of interest-
bearing bonds of tho United States In time ol
I log syndicates which. In exchange for bond
and at an enormous prone to themselves.
.supply the Federal Treasury with gold tc
maintain me policy oi goia tnonom all ism.
Opposed to National Banks?
Congress nlone has power to coin and Issue
money, and
1 President Jackson declared that
could not bo delegated to eorpor
idividuals. Wo therefor, demand
tnis power
iitlons or Individuals,
that the power to circulate as money r
taken from tho National banks and thitt nl
naier money shall bo issued dirnctlv bv tht
Treasury Department, be redeemable iu coit
and receivable lor all dobts, public and pri
vate. Tar lft for Kevenua Only.
Wo hold that tariff duties should he lovle.'
for purpose of revenue, such dHties to bt
no adjusted as to operate equally throug)ioti
the country and not dis -rimlnato bet wee t
class or section, nnd that taxation should hi
limited by the needs ol the Government hon
estly aud economically udmtnHtered.
McKlnley Law Ilenounced.
We denounce o.i disturbing to business tlv
Itopublicun threat to rcstoro tho McKiulej
law, which has been twleo condemned by tin
peoplo iu National elections, and which, un
acted under tho false pica of protection t
homo industry, proved a proline breeder tc
trusts aud monopolies, enriched the few a
the cxpensi) of tho many, restricted trad"
and deprived tbo producers of the greo
American staples ot ucce.is to their nuturu
markets.
Income Tax Law Itepral.
Until the money question Is settled we arc
opposed to nny agitation for further change)
in our tariff laws, except such as aro neo
cssary to make up tho deJIcit in reveuut
caused by tho udverso decision ot the Hu
preme Court on the income tax. but foi
this decision by tho Supremo Court then
would be no delleit In the revenue under th
law passed by u Democratic Congrc&i, iu
strict pursuance of tin uniform doelsious ol
that ootirt tor nearly one hundred yeur,
l that court having sustained constitutional
objections to Its euaatmeut, which nave beeo
overruled by the ublost judges who have
ever sat on that Lencn.
Ita Ite-Knsotment Demanded.
We declare that it Is the duty of Congrest
to uso all the constitutional power wuicb
remains after that doeluion, or wbluh mat
come from Its reversal by thooourt as It may
hereafter be constituted, so that the bur
dens of taxation may bo equally and Impar
tially laid to the end that wealth may feai
Its duo proportion ot tno expenses of tlif
Government.
For Kestrlcted Immigration.
We hold that the most ofllclent way to pro.
teat Amcricau labor is to prevent the Impor
tation of foreign pauper labor to eompett
with It iu tho home market, and flint thi
vuluo cf the home market to ourAinerlcat
farmers and nrtlhans la greatly reduced by I
vicious monetary system which depresses tht
prices of their products below I be cost o:
production, and thus deprives them of tht
moans of purchasing the products of out
borne manufactures.
Federal It all road Ownership.
The absorption of wealth by the few, tht
consolidation ot our leading railroad system!
and the formation of trusts and pools raqulrt
a strioter ooutrol by the Federal Government
of those arteries of commerce. We deinunti
the enlargement of the powers of the Inter
state Commeroe Commission, and such re
strictions and guarantees In tbo oontrol ol
railroads as will protect the ieople front
robbery and oppression.
For Economy in Office.
We denounce the profligate waste of tht
money wrung iroin the people by oppreu)iv
taxation and the lavish appropriations ol
recent ltopublicau Congresses which have
kept taxes high while the labor taut payi
them Is unemployed, aud the products of tht
people's toll aro depressed Iu priue till the)
no longer repay the cost of production. W
demand a roiurn to simplicity uud economy
which bellts a Democratio Government and
a reduction iu the number of useless offices,
tne salaries of wniou drain the substance ol
the people.
"Roeerntnent by loJunoUon."
We denounce arbitrary Interference by
KederaLautborUles to. local iilt.
' Ron of the Constitution of the United Sf
I and a crime against free Institution
we especially object to government b iT
Inaction as a new and nlghly daogT
form of oppression by which Federal inJ
In contempt of the laws ot the Statii , I
rights ot eltiwns become at once loiriu!!:l
i.. . ahj i ... . l
jui.gr-n huu v-A-?v;iiiiim:n9l null wu Spr.
the bill pissed ar the last session
United Btates K-nate and now penilinj"'!
ma nuusa rcmiiTi io oomempi in rJf,
vuuim Run iv.iuiuif lur turns vy JUrt.
certain core of contempt.
Against Paclfle Funding Cm,
No discrimination should be Inda'sM v
tuo wwiTiiim-iii ut uuiiqj ninu-s In fn,
ui miT "i im-uhtp. .t approve oi ttj.
iiisnioiine r niv.iuirii uoncross 10 r n, ., I
Piu-lfln Itallr.iHii l'undinu hill, ami I
the effort of ihe present Republican Conl
19 vubui m eiiniiar measure.
l'or Liberal Tension.
Iteeognls ng the Just claims of drr . I
tuiuB wi'itTi wo iirtniijr niuune ma f.
r I uomraiwonur juurpuy mac no m.
shall be arbitrarily dropped from the t..,.,
roll, and the fact of enlistment and k-tvi-.I
snouui Deuemea conclusive evia-nce rej , I
disease or ui-humii iwioru euiitimcut.
Territories Should Be Atlmlttel.
We favor the admission of the Terrifr-I
of New Meilco and Arixona Into the rs
as tstates, and we invor the early nlxi
.11 T.lA.d bl.MiRH . h.
Hi nil ma irinivFiii-B uni iuu iiitt ur'hu.
population and resources to entitle thi-is I
Statehood, and while they remain TVrrit.r.l
we hold that the officials appointed n A
minister ine government oi any lorrit -
lUKviuur wuu iuu iiBiriui vi iiriumni.i i
Aiaena. tnouiu oe oona nuo ros;,;.-
rf tne Territory or district In
their duties are to be performed. ThfDf-
eratle party believes in home rule, oni n.l
all public, lands ot the United Mates ih;.
be appropriated to the establishment ot s
homes (or American citizens. We ry -mend
that the Territory of Alaska be gnC
a ocieifste In Congress, and tnnt th giiil
land and timber laws of the United
do exteujod to sau Territory.
Hymnnthy for Cnba.
Wo extend our sympathy to the r- i
Cuba inthelr aerate struggle for liberty L
inuepcuuence.
Against l-lfe Tenure In OflW,
We are nnnnsed to llfo tenure In th.
service. We favor appointments base. :;
merit, nxea terms or onice an l stii'h na .
m'nistratlon of tho Civil Hi-rvlce iaw a - I
afford equal opportuuitli's to all ctm.
asccrtnlneil fitness.
For ltlver Iinproretnent.
Tho federal Government should r.-. ,
j snd Improve tho Mississippi Rive- an.l
great waterways of the Republic. w
fecure for the Interior States easy n:,
transportation to tbie water, wn-a
waterway ol the Ilepubllo is or sum.-ii j;
portance to demand nld of the tiov-
such nld should bo extended upon a M
plan of continuous work until pormatir
provomeut Is seen rod.
Against Third Term.
Wo declare tt to be the unwritten h-:
this Republic, established by ousto-:
usage of one huudred years, and suti -t:
bv tho examples of tho greatest mil .
of those who founded nnd have tnuln'i
our Government, tflat no man Mi v; ;
eligiblo tor a third term of tho I'rr-iK
OfllilO.
Appeal to the People.
Confidence In tho Justice of our ca-i"
tho nec.esrtlty ol its suecess nt the ( .
submit tho foregoing declaration ot ;
pies and purposes to tho eonslde- ito
ment or the American people. w i:
the support of all citizens who a;
them and who deslrt to nave tli'x:
effective through legislation for ttvj r ;
the people and tho restoration ol
country's prosperity.
CIGAR WRAPPERS FROM MEX:
Their Ue Not Vc( Increased bj I
Present Trouble In Cuba.
There Is a growing Idea anions s:
its that, owing to the trobules In C
1lu.ro wm p,e u Wearclty of t'ul.aa
. . 7..1.1-1. .m f-, .. 1
I tobacco, which will soon nffe. t I ...
quality nnd quantity or tlomoiii''
Havana cigars, und n rumor Is i
out that already many of the s-
clear llavauas are covered wii'n )
cuti tobacco, nud that It oitu.'.; 1
tcctcd by experts. The best
persons In the trade deny tl.i i
und state that most of the la rue.1
ini 11 linns haw enough Cuban t
to last them for a year or n...
that there Is little or m t"1:
Mexico suitable for the favi'
smoker. They say. also, that Mo
tobacco is ileteeicil easily at
while It may be possibly in fin nr. :
to produce tobacco for wrappo '
will compete with the Cuban ::'
will bo n long lime owning, a" '
hue no effort has beeu made I;
Mexican growers to eater t tli '
ket. The Mexican leaf Is t!iii
duller In iippcarnneo, wltlnni! t:..
floss of the Culuin variety f a
tlvp to American smokers. W.
still more to the point, It rapi.
terlorates in appearance nf r
worked up Into cigars. Si ill '
rensou Is that all the availal l.
ran wrappers worth niij tbin-'
rnlled for by the Mexican nai
firm of which Is said to be i;
traet with Englishmen for I"
elgnrs every two weeks.
The government statistics i.!
an Importaut hint In this matter,
total export of llller toban"
Mexico for 1M1 was only -is.i":
of u value of $ll,4."ii; In l'" :
pounds, valued nt lS.r.oT. '
total amount of wrapper toki'
lSlto wns but thlrleeti r.i
nt $7. This oountry ini '
I
Cuba in lMn Sl.CtM.MH po;nel
at SS.lun.C'S; In 1MH, boiuc l'
pounds, valued nt $r,f-::s.:o:i.
lSliri some y,H7,tuiO pouiuls,
$7,2.'13,474. The total nnitai:
ported wrapper tobacco fro:,
paying duty Into the I'nli"!
treasury during 1V.." wa
pounds, valued nt flW.ailii. V
tho fuets In the matter, ni.d n
Mexican tobacco K'L'Ins to cell:'
use on domestic-made char 1
cigars Its arrival will lie shewn
weekly tables of Imports l"i'"
trade and shipping orgnns
V
very likely Is that the cousum "
ana cigars will soon luive t'1
darker tobneoo on IiIk cigars '
has been wishing for lntoly -
Sua.
r.ntil.
The IMshop (to young
sister, I dare saj- you 11 ml on
thought that ypu inade ycur
happy while hej lived.
Young widow Yes. Poor '
to heaven till iio dled.-Pk-
About alVthe people you
know hove lots of children,
poor.
1
Mfe.