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Show -.. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. PeflTflr'. Haard. New York Bun, The absence of the collar, therefore, cannot be taken as a symbol of Mr. Pefl'er's political independence, and, indeed, he has no more of tbe latter than of collar. In the second place, bis beard virtually conceals from the general gen-eral public his want of collar. It must be his beard, then, that is his title to gruntness. It cannot be ele. His plan for the confiscation of railroads, his defiance of the multiplication table, and bis shiupiaster scheme are not original. Several philosophers and rrai.ks have anticipated bim in these, but bis beard is his own. lie is not an orator or a statesman or a na'ural leader of men or a trained politician. He was a republican editor who dreamed dreamt as the result of intellectual intel-lectual indigestion and prolonged sedentary sed-entary habits. For years he has passed his life in obscurity, cultivating an ambition am-bition and a beard, and at length the ambition took hold of the beard and swung itself into oflice. u- Th. Silk Iadnttry. Bradntreets. "The greatest loss to the French silk industry," says Carl A. Ilausman, "has been occasioned by tbe establishment and rapid expansion of silk weaving in the United States. During the years 1870 to 1873 the United States purchased from 110, 01)0,0 J() to 130,000,000 francs' worth of French silk goods per annum; now the amount is scarcely half fo great, although the consumption of silk goods has greatly increased in the United States, Year after vear one line after another of French articles is crowded out of our markets by our own silk industry. It is safe to say that within a few years we wilt have ceased buying all, save high grade silk fancy articles, in France, and such goods as can only be made on band looms." Th lUtuKimrapV Last flops , Kvansvilhi Courier. If the event clearly foreshadowed should happen, it would be idle for anybody to attempt to defeat the nomination nomi-nation of Mr. and Mr. Grover Cleveland Cleve-land and child for the presidency. Baby McKee would be nowhere in the race before the people. He "happened"' before the lavt presidential election. The little Cleveland addition, whether a boy or girl, has been "unexpected." But thero will be general rejoicing over so propitioti an event. For surely the race of Cleveland should be perpetuated. Will Not Eaoauraaje tba Alliance, Philadelphia Record. In order to enforce the decree of the supreme court against the alliance judge and his supporters it is fearod that it will be necessary to call out the Kausss militia. Further developments in regard to this remarkable judicial proceeding will be awaited with interest. inter-est. Buf, whatever may be the result, it will hardly tend to encourage the election of judges who propose to substitute sub-stitute their own ignorauce for the orderly processes of the law. Iltitarbed th Peaceful Praframme. Omaha Dae. A week ago the world was rejoicing because Emperor William had expressed ex-pressed sentiments to Lord Salisbury favorable to a general disarmament of Kuropean powers. Today Russia and France are saucily indicating that the alliance of all the other oat. ont of Europe gives them no uneasiness, and Russia establishes a military depot dia-treringly dia-treringly close to Herat, the ate of India. i Only IMakaa a Klppla. Memphis Appeal. Congressman Jerry Simpson has now invaded Alabama and is preaching the gospel of the third parly. He always al-ways draws a crowd. His speeches have about the same effect as the throwing of a pebble in thu water. It makes a little ripple and that is all. la fe Ulraotloaa, Exehanpe. The young melo dramatist telling the story of hi new play to the manager, said: - "A the robbers crawl in at the window win-dow the clock strike! one." "Ah," said the manager, "which one?". |