THE EVENING THE EVENING GAZETTE. ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE :12: Nonwsnx as A N nwsrarna. MAIL S UBSC’RIPTIONS DAILY, one Year. :3: six months. 51.75: three months. $1.00; one month, 300. WEEKLY, one“. year. in'Eadvance. $1.00; six - months, 600.; threefmonths. 35c. TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1896. Chicago-Life .. Death. Under the above heading that stal- wart organ of Democracy, Col. Mc- Clure’s Philadelphia Timer-,findulgeslin the following plain talk to his 'fellcw partisans:— “The Democratic National Conven- tion, soon to meet 1n Chicago, will be a struggle for life or death of the Den 0- eratic organization' 1n ‘this' country. No party can live in the United States that turns with suicidal hands against N a- tional honor and National credit; and the decision of the Chicago Convention ' for the maintenance oflthe gold stand; ard of honest money, or for the inaug- uration of the cheap money, of the Pagan and semi civilized nations of the world, must determine whether the Democratic party shall make a manly contest for the right in 1896, and have ahopeiul future, or whether it shall die, dishonored and unlamented. While everything to-dayfpoints to the control of the Chicago convention by the cheap money demagogues, there is conceited movement, under the lead of ex-Secretary Whitney and others, to makes. heroic struggle to rescue tle Democratic party from utter suicide. It is a grave and almost hopelees tasli; but‘it is well worth the effort, and tl e brave: humest money Democrats wlo are now.~ stlmrgling to turn back the tideoi'agrarianism and anarchy must tiesetve well (i the country, ”whether they shall succeed or fail at Chicago. If.‘ they shall ’rusceed, the Democracy will be-a.fnrmidable political factor in thehv‘WISmt contest, and a siichSSful party in the future. If they fail, the Democratic organization will end its existence, after nearly in century, during which it ruled the nation for more than sixty yea: s. The Democracy has not a record (r a tradition prior to the present silver crsz: that does not record heroic devo- i’i’onv‘to honest money.!For the sixty year s before 1ts demoralization by civil war, it was the one party of the coun- try that fought and maintainedlthe gold standard of value and gold as the money of the country, to which every other form of circulating medium must be subordinated. It yielded largely to the greenback craze, and. later has been swept from its moorings in the South and West by the free silver fanaticism that is to-day organized against honest values, against the rights of property, and that embraces in‘its slimy ranks every shade of destructionists and rev~ olutionists down to anarchists. rBhis is the issue that must be met, and determined at Chicago. To-day the chances seem largely against the rucc<sa of the right, but courage van- quished cowardice at St. Louis, and gave the Republicans an honest money deliverance that none can 'misuuder- stand, and like courage and earnest efert may halt the tide of repudiation that is now surging against the Demo- cratic battlemenls. With a declaration in. favor of the gold standard at Chicagr, the money question would be entirely eliminated from the great battle of 1896, and the patriotic citizens of every faith would be free to follow their own' judgment in deciding the important economic questions which are so direct- ly involved. If Chicago Ehlll falter in the support of honest money, there will be but one party in the field that the fl'iends of national honor and national -cred1t can turn to, and all other ques- tions must be subordinated to ,the - su- preme Issue of maintaining public and private credit, thus assuring; our com- mercial and industrial prOSperity. There are great issues which should he considered in this struggle. but which must be entirely overlooked un- til the0 credit of the nation shall be so securely established at home and abroad that it will command the abso- lute trust or every civilization. Let the Democratic leaders look the hot 1n the face that the Chicago battle is one of life or death for the Demo- cratic party. It cannot survive the degradation and shame of submission to repudiationists, and destructionists, and'it needs but to. take a brave stand, and declare its faith in the clear terms , of Jefferson and Jackson, who are its confessed apostles, to change the aspect AZETTE of the national contest in an hour, and assure an honored and successful future for the party. The crossroads have been reached for Democracy—the reads which point to dishonor and death, and to honor and power, and the highest tribunal of the Democratic party must choose between them. ” g...— CONCEIT 'OF NOTED PEOPLE. .Many of Them Were Confident That They Had Made Their Names Immortal. It is of course pardonable that a. great man should have a. high opinion of himself, says a recent writer. One cannot find much fault with Words- worth, even when one reads that he spoke of himself as writing on, though fully assured that his poems would be unpopular, because he knew that they would also be immortal! Many other poets have laid to their souls the same flattering unction, and ' have been content to wait for posterr ity, which, however, has not always beenicontent to read them. Horace, speaking of his odes, said: “I have erected a. monument more durable than brass and more regal than the lofty heights of the pyramids,” while Shakes- peare in one of his sonnets used an ex- pression so similar that one suspeglfi it at once of being borrowed: “Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this lofty rhyme: But you shall shine more bright in these con- tents Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. Lord Tennyson, too. is reported to have said the “Bugle Song” in “The Princess” is the finest lyric in the Eng- lish language. Walter Savage Landor was of the opinion that his “Imaginary Conversations” were of such literary value that there had not been five vol- umes of prose to equal them in two thousand years. Coming to another sphere of life from that of the poet— the cricket field, to-wit—we may men- tion old Lillywhite, who used to say: “Ibowl the best ball in England and Mr. Horene bowls the next.” It is quite true, doubtless; but even its truth was overshadowed by its beautiful modesty. It is related of Victor Hugo that, when quite unknown, he walked into the office of a. certain publisher and tried to sell him some poems. The publisher was not in a. buying frame of mind, and Victor, as he went out, said: “You have to-day thrown away a for- tune, sir. I was about to make an ar- rangement with you whereby you would be able to publish everything I shall write in the future. You have lost the opportunity. It is one that will never occur again, ” I". .. Jr'bf‘t‘ LAMP AND CLOCK COMBINED. It Was a. Common Contrlvance tn the a Seventeenth Century. Of the various examples that have been given of early specimens of ' the clockmaker’s art not the‘ least interest- ing are the several types of lamp clocks. One of these. says Cassier’s Magazine, was of a kind quite common in the seventeenth century, and con- sisted of a lamp burner placed at the base of a glass oil receptacle mounted vertically on a. suitable standard. The oil reservoir had attached to it a scale, facing the burner and showing the hours, beginning at four o’clock in the afternoon at which time the lamp was to be lighted in winter,'a.nd ending at seven o’clock in the morning. The lamp being lighted, the gradually de- scending level of the oil, as combus- tion proceeded, marked the hours. The other device, of later origin, dating back to the beginning of the present century, utilized the same principle. It consisted of two communicating oil chambers, superposed by a. clock dial. In one of the chambers was placed a. night lamp to illuminate this dial, and in the other was suspended a. float from 'a. cord which passed around a small pulley. The latter was mounted on a. horizontal axis ending in the center of the dial. The float of course descended as the oil was consumed “and carried the index hand along with it, thus making the hours precisely as in the case already cited. At their best, these timepieces could have had only an in- different degree of accuracy, yet they probably served their purpose well, and certainly are interesting at the present time as illustrating some of the expedi- ents adopted by mechanicians of an earlier period. ENGLISH DIFFICULTuTO LEARN. Few Frenchmen Can Pronounce the Lan~ guuge Without: an Accent. The Frenchman, past Or .present, who speaks E :1' dish especially well and does not pronounce English names with an accent. that is peculiarly French is very 3"“!‘(3 indeed. President Felix Faure 1: nolds the honors throughout all France for his excellent English, and Englishmen resident in Paris, as well as the public men of London, who have opportunities of knowing, say that he quite equals Na.- poleon III. in his fluency a. l’Anglaise. M. Eaure, in fact, is ‘the first of the presidents who has been able to pro- nounce English well. Thiers, MacMa- hon, Grevy and Carnot had a. very im- perfect knowledge of that language, and Gravy was especially weak,- not only in his pronunciation but in his handling of English verbs. This is a. curious fact, and a. rather instructive one; when it comes to be recalled that nearly all the last kings of France were good English scholars. AmongtFrench statesmen Baron dc Courcel, the present ambassador of the French republic at the court of St. James, has a. fine grasp of the language of the country to which he is accred- ited. This diplomat showed this in a. most marked manner during the meet- ings of the Behring sea fishery arbitra- tion, in which he took a. prominent part. Clemenceau, the editor and dep- uty,'ha.s the reputation of speaking the, best English in France, and several times during his visits to London' he has addressed deputations of British‘ workmen in their own tongue, being able to make himself amply under- stood by the most ignorant man pres- ent. THEEVEN I No. GAZETTE CHECKER-BOARD BUSINESS DIRECTORY. WALK ' ' ' EMBOSSING Fire Insurance to. _. ,, ' In Successful Oper- ' DONE AT at1on smce 1860. No Outstanding Claims. THIS OFHCE. ' GAZETTE ADS- ' W. H. BYINGTON. ‘ BRING INSURANCE. Goon RESULTS Room a, Gazelle Building. 6. Ward Selleck, _ BEST GOODS. TEAS and GOPFEES 18 WALL ST. I Can Save You Money IN Launscarn GARDENING. TREES, SHBIIIS, EEG. Edgar Buttery, ' 58 Belden Ave. ‘ 25 years foreman of , Hoyts’ Nurseries. l Frank T. 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