Show ED editorials ITO 11 A LS ABOUT POLITICS 08 POLITICS as carried on in ordnary ordinary public ilfe life in this country is little else than artfulness and trickery intrigue and duplicity a mean and selfish tish fish scramble for place power powen and pelf pelt politics is the bane of america the curse of the country it is isaae we incessant cat and dog Bt il ruggle struggle I 1 I 1 an and d fight for office chie chiefly fly oar far the sake of the emoluments thereof in mis this struggle everything is accounted fair the most unprincipled unscrupulous and morally reckless devices are resorted to the most barefaced lies and infamous slanders are concocted and circulated and the newspapers aie burdened with them until they are a reproach to the country and a stink in the nostrils of every fair minded kanbe he be citizen or alien this kind of polities politics fills offices with rascals debases the public taste debauches the public mind and causes the whole political superstructure to fester with corruption and reek with rottenness with this kind of politics no honest man can have haye any sympathy whatever he can entertain towards it feelings no milder than those of disgust and detestation he abhors it in his inmost so soul soui uland and he will have none of it nor any fellowship with it hence many of the best citizens in th the union are counted out of politics they have no sort of liking for it and they cannot be persuaded to affiliate themselves with the vast army of politicians on any terms whatever there is politics of ofa a higher kind I 1 but it does not prevail it is not fashionable it is not popular the country is so corrupted corrupt cd with tile the lower sort of politics that there is little room for the higher the higher politics or rather the true politics includes the science and the wisdom of government the preservation of the liberties and rights of the people and of the life and prosperity of the ih nation true politics or states statesmanship tx is not for everybody to seek office but to let lot the office seek the man the most fitting man the best man it ii i for him who would bo be greatest of al 1 to lo 10 the servant of all nil it is to seek the tho prosperity of the country ho the judicious development of its resources it is to promote the welfare com eom comfort rort and happiness of the people in every practicable way it ia is to have men of integrity in office and to discharge the duties of the same in an honorable manner so that it shall be a matter of legitimate aid aad ald becoming pride for a man to say he ia Is a chizen or subject of that nation of or politics of the first named kind honest men and good citizens wish to be counted out politics of the last named kind such euch men and weh kuch citizens citi eitl desire to be counted in unfortunately there Is far too much chance for the former and far too little chance for the latter mig MII THE turkish RULERS ABDUL A aziz ralan tb the deposed sultan of turkey was the second eon pon of mahmoud II 11 and was born february Q ath h 1830 consequently heis he is forty six years old and ought to be in his hia prime he ascended the turkish throne june 1861 1 on the death of his brother abdul whom aziz succeeded aziz came into power powei with little experience and great promises of reform for the fulfillment fulfilment of which he made a number of efforts and appeared to be determined to ameliorate the condition of the people and diminish fraud and corruption he visited france england and austria in 1837 1867 for the purpose of observation of Euro european peart peari civilization with a view to introducing some of the benefits thereof in his orn own own dominions in the face of consid erable opposition he allowed foreigners to hold real estate in turkey the first time such a privilege was enjoyed he dinati instituted a high school on a french model established various scientific institutions in constantinople sought to reform justice by ordering the supreme court to draw up a civil code and entered into treaties of commerce with france and england established usage deep rooted prejudices and the opposition of the tho orth tl adox mus sul mans however were too strong for many of the sultans Sul sui tanas efforts at reform and he himself was of a rather weak disposition murad who succeeded abdul aziz on his hii deposition the other day through the influence of the is the nephew of abdul aziz and was born in 1840 the accession of murad appears to bo be looked upon lna ina ia a favorable light by england and other powers of western europe and to be expected to have i a promising influence in the eastern question but there are still grave apprehensions entertained and expressed thit europe is eln min in great peril of a tremendous war at a distance of time very near at hand rather than remote RUNAWAY MARRIAGES RUNAWAY marriages are common in some parts of this country they are s sa common that they maybe may be said to be almost popular at least generally speaking aking ahing they seem to be hardly viewed in tile the light cof bences of off and are usually easily condoned and readily forgiven only in a few exceptional instances the general public appears to entertain mild views of these marriages and to be dippol ed rather to encourage than to discourage to aid than to hinder them to smile over every fresh attempt in that direction nud aud to take tahe the part of the runaways rather than that of their parent parents marriage is always a affair it is one of the most serious events with which men and wa men have todo to do and its Ir fluence influence is of the most important and far reaching kind it is not a thing that should be lightly taken in hand and contracted at hap hazard it deserves sober sobe r calm thoughtful consideration the exercise of the best judgment available and is not a thing to be safely safey done in a hurry why should the experience and judgment 41 of parents be despised or ignored in this most important mattel mattei one would think that it there was one particular subject upon which young people might naturally bo be expected to wish to consult the wisdom of their pare parents utai j that subject would be marriage with its great and its manifold and important duties young people are inexperienced their knowledge of the world and of ilfe life ia is limited and their edg mentis ment is immature they need cautions and hints and the knowledge and prudence which expert ence gives and it is well to learn many things from the experience of others rather than do without such advantages for years until acquired by ones own experience often of a painful kind kin kindard dand and attended with more or less loss in various ways for a son or daugh daughter ter to run ruh away awny from roal home for the purpose of entering ing the estate of matrimony is at once an evidence of a great grea lack of filial affection a disregard ct of the feelings and of the p krents and an absence of that respect and deference is not only their due but the manifest ailon atlon of which is one of the most commendable and most beautiful traits of character which a child can show the parents watch over the child through the long years of infancy and youth and when grown to manlis mans or womans comans estate under their fostering care and at their expense it looks like black ingratitude for that child to tur turn n its back upon them practically ign ignore ore their solicitude nud aud their parental otles aties and treat them as the greatest strangers and asun as enemies emles when the he greatest busi busl business riess of life lire is to be entered upon on due consideration no well disposed person can commend such conduct it is any hing thing but commendable it is extremely unfeeling disrespectful and ungrateful furthermore friends should shoula not be despised they are always acceptable cop cep table tabie and often very needful who are better friends than ones onea parent parents s who have dene done so much as they for one who have proved roved their friendship so completely complete completely fy and constantly as they have they are the natural friends of their own children and for a child to cast the rich and ripe and tried friendship of its parents aside as a thing af of naught is an act of sheer folly akin ikin ti to ma madness duCes with those who contract runaway marriages marriage aa as well as other married couples there come a time and times when the presence and aid of parents is des liable when sickness visits especially in particular instances there is nob odya pre ence that the young wife mero mere wishes for than that of her mother indeed the presence of a judicious mother is often half the battle at such limes times but with grace can her presence be asked who what reason can it be expected when it is recollected thal thai a few short months previously her mothr ly feelings were ruthlessly ruthl ruthi essly esaly wounded and aud her wishes recklessly disregarded by the runaway marriage to deliberately show unfeeling diere respect to a parents feelings feell nga and wishes and then think ti to make everything right again by a formal begging of pardon betrays a spirit of audacity and impudence that Is i not at all conducive to genene friend linets it may also be stated that the sequel r sequel of runaway runaway marriages is to often orten very painful and ruinous A girl inexperienced and at her most impressionable able ogemay be enamored 0 of f a man who may be entirely unworthy of her and indeed who may ba be unworthy of a place in any honorable society her parents may suggest the impropriety of the association but the girl may be so enchanted with her suitor as to be persuaded that her parents are unreasonable and she may be very easily persuaded into a runaway union false step it may be a legal marriage or it may be a mock marriage or it may be neither but worse than either it is hard to tell tall which would be worst for her with such a man as her bosom companion repentance may come is 18 almost certain to come but it is IF i too eatn for the honorable and happy estate she might have attained but for the ill advised wilful unfortunate and degrading runaway bus buh business liless WHY DONT THEY BEHAVE I 1 I 1 themselves THIS is the centennial year we should not forget that and it might be well if the representatives of the people at washington would not f forget frit ri t it t but they seem teem to be forgetting getti ngit it some of or them certainly at are deporting themselves in a liluer mauner manner that la is not nol vers very creditable td them nor very recommendatory of this country to foreign visitants viNi tants rants and nat nations lotis iotis congress eeerg 4 to be uble able to do little littie elbe eibe than impeach and investigate its me members tubers nud aud they to quarrel guarrel each other over money und and place for those beem heern to be ie the two main quest questions lons phere there are signs and expectations of an actual dead loek lock between the two houses upon the biegi appropriation bill the ho house use which is demo cratit is for stringent igent economy in tho redde tiou of salaries etc the senate which is republican pub lian iian is not so rigidly economical ae al in that way aud and so there ia Is a game of cross crosa purposes going on which threatens to put a stop to the pio gres of congressional business this is a very pretty condition of things a very vre pretty tty outlook it may leid to very ser serious i ous quarrels ef of word a possibly of blows though it is to be hoped loped not what a strange thing it would be if congress this noteworthy year should quarrel lu arrel more than th au ever it has done before and com virtually to a spilt split it would be lie avery bad end ead U ig L of or the first century of the republic and a very bad beginning of agthe the second century but bad a as it looks the threaten ings tend that way 0 w hero here is a paragraph about doctors dector sand and eyes mar samuel the great babylonian rabbi physician and astronomer in the beginning of tho the third century was honest also in regard to his medi cine elnes 3 it Is narrated sabbath lon that hat rabbi jaral jarai on request tent tient hent to mar uk ba a dose dole of mar man samuele eye tincture and wrote at the same time to his hia friend that mar samuel himself had bad assured as him that one drop of or cold water in the eyes ryes in the morning and bathing hands and feet in the evening were more effective than all the tho eye tinctured tinctures tures in the world the hebrew race have the reputation of longevity and an eminent scientific authority ascribes their long ilfe hie to the fact that while they do not exhaust themselves by bodily they observe the tho laws of moses in regard to diet EDITORIAL NOTES delly dolly freeman and mary fergerson forgerson of savona ti avona N ya Y and mr alre david hood of painted post died recently supposedly from the effects of eating raw ham and mrs hoods little daughter was dangerously sick the attending phyll clans were of the opinion that the ham contained the terrible trichina the members of the brooklyn association it was announced ut a recent meeting hud bud banded together g e ther to protest against the political the roman Cat Catho holit ile lir church which at ut every step tries to io pull down what the fathers of the country erected a hundred years ago an au insane man ton ten N C named ellas elias wimon poured ke all over him bim himself neit struck a match and set himself on fire he was burned to a crisp white ants are ravaging the hooks ia IR gore hall hartford college library aa As a preventive the turf hils has been taken up around the hall and gravel substituted among the curiosities of abduction duet duct lon lou the following account la is sent the san dan francisco chronicle los ameles ANGELES alay 17 eulaila perez guillen the oldest woman ai at the Ml mission sIou an gabriel years of age was kidnapped and aud carried away last evening in defiance of un an order of the probate court and is now concealed by one of her daughters daugh teis and a party of speculators who intend to take her to the centennial for exhibition the court this afternoon made an i order which may lead to her recovery individual debts are usually considered irksome but a national debt has been termed a blessing A massachusetts preacher rises to explain how a public debt may be bea a blessing easing bl not in disguise either but openly and actually real acono economy y in fact in this way we wo have a debu debt on our church it has been there for a long time it will dolbt doubtless be there for a long time to come when we are asked to contribute to any object we refer to the debt it has thus saved us a great deal of money more than the de t itself many times over 1 itis it Is said that walt whitman indignantly repudiates the insinuation that he was the author of auy any portion of the centennial cantata can tata tuta the new york world concludes that the presbyterian synods and when they talk about promiscuous Is dancing I 1 mean lound round dancing danchig dan cing clug 1 I how cau can that thal interpretation be sustained that means round it is much amre awre likely that promiscuous dancing in deaun eans mixed or indiscriminate dan dancing both as applied to the dancing and the dancers the oregon farmers plow and sow between the showers sh owera whenever they get a chance meantime the cattle lean against the fen fences waiting for the grass to grow about the same here this spring george cruikshank the quondam caricaturist says he be left off caricaturing turing because he found out that the men he caricatured were better than those who em him to 10 do lo the caricaturing turing mr cruikshank is eighty C fourbears four years old but still goes to public din dinner nero makes maken speeches and is a lively spirited I 1 humorous jolly fellow though a teetotaller |