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The act Of 1904, ch. so, supplement
tary to the above act of 1892, ch. 8, ea.
acts " that every other provision Of the
act 1892, ch. 8, to which this Is sun.
plement, and which is not virtually re,
pealed by this act, (which act embodies
the provisions of the 18th amendment to
the constitution and other provisions;
having temporary operation only, IN
the interval previous to the ratification
of said emendment by the States, and
contingent thereupon, shall extend and
apply TO eUery election of President
aud Vice President of the United States.
made in conformity to the above-men-
toned l2th1 amendment to the censtis
tuiion."
by the acts of Congress of 1925, chap.
g; l848, chap. l66; l849, res. No. 2.
the person appointed by the electors to
deliver to the President of the Senate 4
list of the votes for President and Vice
President, shall be allowed on delivery
of said list, twenty-five cents for every
mile of the estimated distance By the
most usual route from the place of meet.
ing of the electors to the seat of Cow
ernment of the United States, going and
returning.
NoTE.-It will be preceived that ad-
dltlonal legislation is required to make
the election of a President of the United
States in all cases mathematical Ger.
tainty, and with a view to msst the ex-
isting defects in the constitution and
laws, the Chairman of the Senate Judi.
ciary Committee in Congress, Mr.. But.
Ter, of South Carolina, has given notice
of bill which provides for those cases
omitted in the Constitution, in which
not only the President and Vice Presh
dent, but also the Speaker of the House
is unable to perform or are prevented
from performing the duties of President.
In that case the bill provides H that the
Chief Justice shall act as Presidepf,''
and if he, too, is unable, then the pezs
Oldest Judge, and so on until the whole
Supreme Bench is exhausted. The bill
also provides for those cases "a which
the different provisions of the 0.,nstitu.
tion, as amended, come in apparent con-
fiict with each other, as for instance, IN
the case in which the Speaker of the
House who is called upon to cot az Pres
ident is not native of the country, the
Constitution prescribing that he shall
be; or in which one of the officers o.
judges designated to act as Chief Mag
istrate has not the age required by the
Constitution, for President, The bill
also provides that the President thus
called to act by the operation of law
shall be President for four years, and
that 10 new Presidential election
shall take place before the end of tina.
period. I
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POLITICS IN MAINE.

The Democratic meeting in Portland,
Maine, of which we had an account by
telegraph, was great affair. It was
addressed, among others, by the Hon.
John s. Wells, of New Hampshire, Hon.
Howell Cobb, of Georgia, and Senator
Benjamin, of Louisiana. AS to the
Democratic prospects in Maine for the
September and November election, VIC
give the following from the intelligen;
Portland correspondent of the Boston
Times, who says:
have conversed with well-informed
gentlemen from all parts of the State.
and they assure me that the prospect OF
carrying the Legislature, and defeating
the Long Heels and Ramrods, at ths
head of whom are Hannibal Hamlin and
Neal Dow, is even better now than when
the same factions were swept from the
halls of legislation and municipal power
last year. This intelligence comes
through no channel likely to be biasee
by prejudice. 1t is the deduction drawn
by cool heads from actual knowledge Of
the public sentiment in various parts Of
the State. And upon the same euthos,
ity am 1 assured that Maine aoiH cast
her electoral Uote for Bucldnnsa and
Breckenridge by at least tsve thousand
plurality. So mote and so s0iU it be-"
In Lincoln County, Maine, the Dems,
Gratis and Old-line Wings had separase
county conventions, but united upon one
county ticket, to be supported by beth
parties
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separated only by division of thin air,
sympathizing with US, watching over US
and silently persuading us to holy &C
tions. Often has such a conviction
checked the rising thought of evil, and
turned the temped and erring back tc
the paths of virtue. We would fain be-
lievc that those sweet innocents who
are given to their parents for a while,
and who are then taken away just as
they 1--we begun to weave themselves
about a6ur hearts, are angels in disguise,
sent to wean US from earthly things and
reyivelin our souls a longing for Para
disc God spiritualizes US in this way,
when all other means fail. There are
praying mothers whose sons are far away,
to whom this belief has sometimes come
with peculiar beauty. Oh what mex
pressible joy to think that guardian an
gels attend the wanderer in the watches
of the night, in the storm, at sea, on the
wide prairie, and on the black sierra.
Grown msn separated by vast oceans
from their early homes, often feel as if
some invisible presence was with them
presence as though celestial spirit
won by a mothers petitions, constantly
protected their footsteps.
There is Alderman legend which says
chat each Of US, at birth have a grar-
dian angel appointed, who remains with
US until death unless driven away at our
remorseless wickedness. Alas for those
who have banished their invisible atten-
dant What dissolution there must
be as they go out into the dark eternity
to come, lonely wanderers whom no
messenger from Paradise takes by the
hand to conduct his spirit to realms Of
purity and bliss, where countless my
riads bask eternally in the golden sun
light of Gods love.-Anaerican Times.
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Doftrgp.
q The Red, White and Blue"

For Buehanan-pride of the nation,
The choice of the fearless and free
We Join in heartfelt ovation,
And he shall our President be
Our bosoms, in throbbing communion,
Remember the statesman SO true,
Who sheltered our glorious Union,
And stands by the Red, White and Blue !
From lands where the millions are yearning
For freedom from tyranny's chain,
buchanan, in gladness returning,
Beholds dear Columbia again.
His heart beats with freedoms DEVOTION
His soul is yet steadfast and true;
"He swears to the Union DEVOTION"
And stands by the Red, White and Blue.
No factious dissensions shall sever
The bands that our Washington wrought (;
t'The Union," unchanging forever,
Is shrined in each patriots thought.
Our love and our faith are not hollow
In strength they were nourished and grew,
The chief we have chosen we'll follow,
And stand by the Red, White and Blue.
Our voices are Joined in communion
The stars of our flag are above;
Huzza for buchanan and Union
Huzza for the man that We love!
The old Union ship which he rides in
Is staunch in her timbers and true
And now through the States she is gliding,
Her flag is the Red, White and Blue.
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OLD-LINE WHIcs IN RHODE ISLAND
FOR Mr.. BUcHANAN.-The following
list comprises some of the prominel4
Old-line Wings in Rhode Island WHO
have declared for Mr.. Buchanan: Ak
bert G. Greene, John II. CLARK, John
Brown Francis, Nathan Spague, oil Of
whom were former Whig United States
Senators; Hon. Charles jackson, late
Whig candidate for Governor; Hon.
Elisha Potter, late Wing Member Of
Congress; Hon. Samuel Bordman, Whig
Lieutenant Governor; Ex-Governor
Bullock Joseph NJ. Blake, for years
Wing Attorney General; Hon Charles
Allen, Scott Presidential eleotor in
1852; Hon. Christopher Robinson, al
so former Wing Attorney General, to-
gether with Hon. Norton NJ. Wheaton,
William Updike, Colonel Bodfsh, VIM,
P. Salisbury, Thomas Renolds, Abpa,
ham Payne, General Pitman, all very
prominent and influential Wings in their
various localities It looks as If Rhode
Island would v ote for Buchanan.
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GUARDIAN ANGELS.

There are those who believe that it is
the especial privilege of the "loved
and lost" to be thereafter the guardian
watchers of the living that are left be-
hind. Such q persuasion has dried
many q mourner's tears. In the over
wheleming grief that death brings, it is
a relief unspeakable to think that the
lamented parent, the cherished partner,
Or the darling child are still with us,
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Gales an6 Sktttbts.
THE VILLAGE PRIZE.
A Tale of Washingto

In one of the loveliest villages of
old Virginia there lived in the year
VS., an old man, whose daughter, was
declared by universal consent, to be the
ioveliest maiden in all the country. round.
The veteran, in bisE youth, hnd been
atheletic aud muscular above all his fcl-
lows: and his breast, where he always
wore them, could show the a3orument of
three medals, received for his victories
in ggmnastic feats when young man.
His daughter was now eighteen, and had
been sought in marriage by many suitors.
One brought wealth-auother a fine per-
son-auotler this, and another that.
But they were ali refused by the old
man, who became at last by.word for
his obstinacy among the young men of
the village and ncighborhood.
st length the nineteenth birth day
of Annette, his charming daughter, WHO
sgas as amiable and modest as she was
beautiful, arrived. The morning of tha,
day, her father invited all the youth of
the country to e hay-making frolic.-
Seventeen handsome aud industrious
young men assembled. They came not
only to make hay, but also to make love
to the fair Annette. In three hours
they had filed the fathers barns with
the newly dried grass, and their own
hearts with love. Annette, by her faith
er's command, had brought the malt
liquor of her own brewing, which she
presented to each enamorod swain with
her own fair hands.
"Now, my boys" said the old keeper
of the jewel lthey all coveted, as leaning
on their pitchforks they assembled round
the door in the cool of5 the evening
3" Now, my lads, you have nearly all of
you made proposals for my Annette
Now, you see, don't care anything
about money or talents, book larning or
soldier larning-I can do as well by my
gal as any man in the country-but l
want her to marry a man of my own
grit. Now you know, or ought to know,
when 1 vas a youngster I could beat
anything in all Virginny in the way of
leapiDg. got my old woman by beat
ing the smartest man on the Eastern
shore, and [ have took the oath and
sworn it, that no man shall marry my
daughter without jumping for it. You
understand, me, boys. There's the
green, and here's Annette" he added,
toking his daughter. who stood timidly
behind him, by the hand. Now, the
one that jumps the furtherest on a
dead level shall marry Annette this
very night"
This unique address was received by
the, young men with applause. And
many youth, as he bounded gaily for
ward to the arena of trial, cast glance
of anticipated victory back upon the
lovely object of village chivalry. The
msidens left their looms and quilting
frames, the children their noisy sports,
the slaves their labors, and the old men
their arm chairs and long pipes to wit
ness and.triumph in the success of the
victor. AL prophesied and many wish
ed that it would be young Carroll. HI
was the handsomest and best humoret
youth in the country, and all knew tha
a strong mutual attachment existed be
tween him and the fair Annette. Car
roll had won the reputation of being tn
"best leaper," and in a country wher
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AN ITEM ON THE RAIL.-As the G. Or
s. G. cars were approaching CleyelsnA
the other day, there sat very dignifed,
demure and well-dressed old gentleman,
all by himself, apparently in brown
study, probably cogitating upon the res
suit of the coming election. a train
boy, who sells papers, pies and other
gim- cracks, came along with little pic
ture-book in his hand, and says in rather
low voice, Sir, will you buy TIE
Life of Fremont ?"
The old gentleman, not distinctly
hearing the boy, says: " What did yoH
say, sir?"
In much louder tone tho boy Ess
peated, Will you buy Lsfs Of Frs
mont ?"
40 Lord, mol" responded the old
gentleman.
The passengers rosred and the carS
rolled on.-lPlai1 Dealer,
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A LAND BEYOND THE NOUN
TAINS,
BY HELEN BRUCE.

The little child was dying His wer-
ry limbs were racked by pain no more.
The flush was fading from his thin
cheeks, and the fever that for many days
had been drying up his blood, was now
cooling rapidly, under the touch of the
icy hand that was upon him.
There were sounds and tokens of Bit
ter, but suppressed grief, in that dim
chamber, for the dying little one was
very dear to many hearts.
They knew that he was departing, and
the thought was hard to bear ; but they
tried to command their feelings, that
they might not disturb the last moments
of their darling.
The father, aud the mother, and the
kind physician, stood beside dear Eddy S
bed, and watched his heavy breath
ing. He had been silent for some time,
and appeared to -sleep.-TheY- -thonaht
it might be thus that he would pass away.
But suddenly his blac eyes opened wide
and clear, and beautiful smile broke
over his features. He looked upward
and forward at first, then turning his
eyes upon his mothers face, said in q
sweet voice:
Mother, what's the namo Of that
beautiful country that 1 see beyond the
| mountaius-the high mountains 2"
"I can see nothing, my child" said
the mother, there are no mountains in
sight of our homs."
Look there, dear MOTHER said the
child, pointing upward, "yondler are the
mountains, Can you not see them noac p
he asked in tones of the greatest aston
ishment, as his mother shook her head.
They are SO near me now-so large
and high, and beyond them the country
looks so beautiful, aud the people are so
happy-the1e are no SICK children there.
Papa, can yow not see beyond the noun
tains Tell ME the name of that
| land"
The parents glanced at each other,
and with united voices replied, the
land you see is Heaven, is it not my
child ?"
eyes, it as Heaven. 1 thought that
| must be it's name. o, let me go-but
how will cross those mountains ? Faith
er, will you not carry me? Q, take me
| in your arms and carry me, for they
call me from the other side, and must
60"
There was not dry eye in that cham
Der and upon every heart there fell a
solemn awe, as if they stood upon the
very verge of eternity-as if the cur
tain which concealed it's mysteries were
about to be withdrawn.
"My boy" said the father, "will you
stay with US little while longer You
shall cross the mountains soon, but III
stronger arms than mine. Wait-stny
With your mother; see how she weeps at
the thought of loosiDg you"
90 mother, o father, do not cry, but
come with me, and cross the mountains
% come :" and thus he entreated with
strength and earnestness that astonish-
ed all.
The chamber was filed by wondering
and a we-stricken friends. At length be
turned towards his mother, with face
beaming with raptuous delight, and
streaching out his little arms to her for
one last embrace. he cried, "Good- bye,
mother, I am going; but don't be afraid
tile strong man has come to carry me
Ove7- the mountains"
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THE Do-As-YoU-LIKE PRINCIPLE.-The
Independent, in an article on the physi-
cal degeneracy of the American people,
speaks as follows:
"The child's will governs too much.
If they do not choose to go to bed they
sit up; if they choose certain articles of
food they must have them, parents for
getting that instinct is no safe guide in
child, whatever it may be in an ami
NAL. So We see them in their delicate
organization, keeping late hours when
they should go to bed with the birds !;
sleeping often in warm and light rooms,
when the sleeping room should be cool
and dark; and eating hot bread, pud:
ding and cakes, and drinking tea and
coffee to the infinite detriment of nerves
and stomach. The injury thus early
done can never be repaired; as ma
chine imperfectly constructed at first
can never be made to run faultlessly.
This is the secret. Parents should
know that instinct is no safe guide to a
child, particularly when the child is sur
rounded on all sides with poisonous
delicacies. To ask child seated at a
modern table what it will have, and give
it what it asks for, merely because 1t
asks for it, is very common practice.
But it is as cruel as it is common. Have
mercy on the children"
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FEMALE FACES.

know a woman who might have been
the ancestress of all the rabbits in all
the hutches in England. A soft, downy-
looking, fair, placid woman, with long
hair looping down like ears, and an in
nocent face of mingled timidity and sur
prise. She is a sweet-tem peFed thing,
g e--alAeping--~tzosh e.rtiics
lard when she goes up stairs, and who
has as few brains in working order as a
human being can get on with. She is
just human rabbit, and nothing more
and she looks like one. We all know
the setter woman-the best of all the
types-graceful, animated, we'll formed, :,
intelligent, with large eyes and wavy
hair, gho walks with a firm tread but
light one, and who can turn her hand
to anything The true setter woman is
always married she is the real woman
of the world. Then there is the Blen-
helm spaniel, who covers up her face in
her ringlets, and holds down her head
when she talks, and who is shy and tim
id. And there is the greyhound woman,
with lantern jaws and braided hair, aud
large knuckles, generally rather distort-
ed. There is the cat woman, too ele-
CANT, stealthy, clever, earessing, who
walks without noise, and is great in the
way of endearment. No limbs are so
supple as hers. no back bone so wonder
fully plant; no voice SO sweet, no man
ner so endearing. She extracts your
secrets from you before you know you
have spoken, and half an hours CONVEX
sation with that graceful, puFring woman
has revealed to her every most danger
Gus fact it has been your life's study to
hide. The cat-woman is a dangerous
animal. She has claws hidden ia that
velvet paw, and she can dray blood
when she unsheaths them. Then there
is the COW faced woman, generally of
phlegmatic temperament and melancholy
disposition, given to pious books and
teetotalism. And there is tie lucher
woman, the strong visaged, strong mind
ed female, who wears rough coats, with
mems pockets and large bone buttons,
and whose bonnets fling spiteful def
ance at both beauty and fashion. have
never seen a true lion-headed woman,
excepting in black Egyptian figure, set
ting with her hands on her two knees,
and grinning grimly on the Museum
world, as Bubastis, the lion-headed god
dess of the Nile.-HouSehotd Words.
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