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SOME FAyORITE SONS.
REPUBLICANS ENDORSED FOR THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

Benjamin Harrison. OF Indiana; Judge
Gresham, william Walter Phelps, Of
New Jersey Russell A. Aiger, of Michi-
gan; Jerry Rusk. Of wisconsin.
Benjamin Harrison. Judge Gresham, Will
lam Phelps ex Governor Russell A. Alger
and Governor Jerry Rusk have each received
the Endorsement Of a state for the Republican
presidential nomination Two Of these men
Harrison and Gresham-originally hailed
from the same state. Indiana; but when
Gresham was appointed to the United States
judgeship made vacant by the death Of Judge
Drummond, OF Chicago, it made an lllinoisan
Of an lndianian. AS both Harrison and
Gresham lived at indianapolis, both are Re-
publicans. and both prominent candidates for
nomination to the presidency, their names
have been "A good deal linked together. Ben
jamin Harrison is very good lawyer, and
pockets a snug 1000 year in the practice
OF his profession, while Gresham sits on a
bench which is considered one of the highest,
if not the highest, judicial support in the
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ity continues: His face Is strong and char
acteristic, and, unlike many men who APP
pear frequently cartooned in comic papers,
he resembles the pictures very much. he
wears the daintiest little goatee and a small
mustache, Not very large in frame, he APP
pears strong and wiry and able to endure q
great deal of physical work. Perfectly free
from affectation, he speaks deliberately and
with well chosen words"
MIR Phelps represents a district of New
Jersey in the house of representatives OF the
United States He is noted for his clear,
pithy speeches
Most Of the soldiers Of the late war are now
aged from IS to SIS. Consequently nearly
every man proposed for an office Of any inn
portance. and which it is expected will be
filled by man Of mature years and expert
ence has been a soldier. This is not only
true with regard to the two Indianians who
have been mentioned above, but is the case
with Russell A. Alger, the Michigan candi-
date When the war came Alger swung a
saber and jngled the spurs as a private in
the Second Michigan cavalry. II even a man
deserved to rise from the rank Of private to
brevet major general it was Private Alger,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-19

west, and draws
$4,000 a year for
the loan of his
brains and expert
ence to the United
States w hen
Gresham lived in
dia oils he
dwelt in n small
frame cottage in
the suburbs of the
city, while Harri-
son occupied a
handsome abode in
a fashionable quar-
ter. Mrs. Harrison
is a very popular
ILL.,.
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apolis society, and it is said she would make
a very good political manager
Both were in the late difficulty" between
the states, and both are called general,
though since Gresham's appointment to the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-19
. "a Lap busters
Fast colors; will wash.
\ IN "a Horse Sheets
Arc made up strong.
./X "a Horse Covers
VIII keep flies Of.
III II Fly Nets.
Are the Best and Strongest

Don't spoil your girls dress by
buying apoor, loosely-woven car
rage duster. "a Lap Busters for
carriage use have the stock and
work put in them to make first.
class article. The new patterns OF
embroidery, flowers, birds, scenery,
etc, are we'll worth seeing. One
hundred different designs at prices
to suit all. For sale by all dealers.
[Copyrghted 1883, by VIZ AYRrs & soxs.l
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While Indiana puts forth two favorite
sons, New Jersey enters William Walter
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An Insulted LanGllady.

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was busy cleaning house when Gllhoo'
" called. 50 he remarked pleasantly
I perceive, malam, that you are all
bustis
Sir interrupted the widow Flarjack
what do you mean
I notice that at the present moment
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Mr. Gilhooly, shrieked the indIg-
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and insult Il lone widow who has to de-
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ers fer living? This is indeed cruel.
Oh, Patipheo Flapiack why did you
die and leave me to be tainted by the
pitiles world OH my infirmities of dress
and personal appearance.
Madam replied Gilhooly, believe
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intentions. l was merely remarklngthe
common and every day fact that you
were all hustle and -
There you 60 again-insuIt after IN
suit. Get out Of my house. you mon
ster. | may be young and unsophstl-
Gated, but have friends who will pro-
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All right said Gilhooly, backing
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madam, that for all that you are all
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At least, don care to board in such
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morning, madam, and he famed into
distance.
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ONE LOGICAL WoMAN.--A pretty
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Milford chronicle., 1888-05-11

Now, men, the army is Watching usl Make
me proud Of my Highland brigaden
SO beautifully does the author Of "Eothenn
-an eye witness Of this part Of the battle
describe their movements, that we cannot
resist quoting him again. ''The ground they
had to ascend was good deal more steep and
broken than the slope close beneath the re-
doubt In the land where those Scots are
bred there are shadows Of sailing clouds
slximming up the mountain side, and their
paths are rugged and steep; yet their course
is smooth, easy and swift. Smoothly, easily
and swiftly the Black Watch seemed to glide
up the hill A few instants before and their
tartans ranged dark in the valley; now their
plumes were on the crest. Another line
came on in echelon, and another still-the
Cameron and the Sutherland Highlanders.
And now, to the eyes Of the superstitious
Russians, the strange uniforms Of those bare
kneed troops seemed novel and even terrible;
their white, waving sporrans were taken for
the heads Of low horses and they cried to
each other that the angel Of light had de
parted and that the demon of death had
come.
A close and deadly fire was now poured in
to these ''gray blocks as Russell calls the
Russian squares. No particular sound fol-
lowed, save the yells Of the wounded, while
the Highladders ''cast about to reload; but
after their next volley strange, rattling
noise was heard, as the bullets fell like rain
among their tin canteens and kettles which
the enemy carried outside their knapsacks,
for they were all right about face now. A
wall Of despair fioated over these gray coated
masses of Muscovite infantry as they broke
and fed, throwing away muskets, knapsacks
and everything that might cucumber their
flight; and now for the first time rose the
Highland cheer.-Cassell's British Battles
on Land and Sea-"
Milford chronicle., 1888-05-11
Cbaracter IN HAND sbatinp.

A pretty good index to a mans character
is the way in which be shnkes hands There
is your over-cordial and beaming friend, who
grabs your helpless fingers in his great fist,
and almost wrings them OFF in grasp far
more violent than the torturer's sentiments
are sincere. This sort OF a man will wiring in
this way the hand Of an acquaintance whom
he doesn't care a jot about, isn't likely to see
again for year and don't care if he doesn't.
Then there is your limp, ifeless hand shaker,
who responds to your own honest and mod
crate grasp with a set Of digits that contain
as much vim and friendship as a link of cold
sausages in pork butcher shop. You may,
too, have run across the languid, lackadaisi-
cal wight who insults your well meaning
cordiality by calmly proffering you his left
hand as he lolls back in his chair This was
a practice greatly affected by railroad men
in the old days when you could call on them
for pass without having interstate COM
merce lawln bawled into your earl
But Of all hand shaking horrors, preserve
me from the man who possesses himself Of
your fist and fondles it affectionately in his
own, wrapping it in his long, 1.-the fingers
and pressing and stroking it for all the way
from one to nine minutes You don't know
what to do with such a man, do youl You
can't draw your hand away without offend
ing him, and you can't submit to the applica-
ton without cold chills crawling down your
spine. On your choice betwixt the two evils
will depend the length of the torture you en-
dure when you meet the affectionate man
again. n.-Chicago Journal
Milford chronicle., 1888-05-11
Wnrminr Young nattle.nnkes.

They showed me two things among many
down at the Joliet prison the other day that
linger with me like dash Of bitter in the
old ladys cup Of sweetened tea. One was a
baby with face like a young tough and an
inherited disposition like that the wolf cub
draws from its dam, which they were caring
for and rocking in a clsan and pretty cradle,
while its deprayed convict mother served
out her term for a revolving crime ques-
ton the policy of warming and succoring
young rattlesnales, but 1 go further back
and question the law that allows criminals to
propagate their species. II it is against
humanitarian usage to give such babes to the
heather huntsmen for crocodile bait then,
for mercy's sake, get back Of the humanita-
rian view Of the matter, and make it against
the law for criminals to raise children.
1t seems an impractical thing to do, but is
It any more so than half the things accom-
plished in the march and progress Of reforml
don't pretend to say how it can be done,
but know that if lot of flesh devouring
wolves were loose on your prairies there
would be a a way found soon enough to cut
Off the increase. A colony where the Off
spring Of bad men men and evil women could
be taken at birth and reared in habits Of vir-
tue and industry at public expense, would
strike a more telling blow for the abatement
Of evil in the world than any mission work
or prison reform. A glance about US at the
houses and the neighborhoods where the
worst children swarm is enough to make
pessimist out Of anybody who looks into the
in Chicago Journal.
Milford chronicle., 1888-05-11
REWVINe ITS FORMER GLORY.
Remarkable Progress Of Modern Athon
in Observation-Disclosures the Turk.

Remarkable Progress of Modern Atheni
in MISUNDERSTANDING the Turk.
Nobody who has known Athens for long.
or who knows the real resources of the coun.
try Of which she is the capital, can be disap-
pointed with the progress made. Few cities
have improved more during the last twenty
years. The government has introduced COM
pulsOry education on most extensive scale:
railroads are being opened; drainage and the
planting Of trees have received great atten-
tion, and the sudden breeze of patriotism
which has lately passed over Greece and puz-
zled Europe will doubtless bear its fruits in
greater unity Of purpose. Perhaps the real
evil which, more than anything else, has
checked the progress Of Greece during the last
half century has been its constitutional gov
ernment.
There are many Cavours in Greece. Tri-
coupis is a CavOur with English ideas; but
unfortunately Greece is not ruled over by
Victor Emanuel, nor has she yet produced
Garibaldi Everybody in the small kingdom
is, as Of old, politician, and the consequence
of this is that ministries rise and fall and
elections take place with rapidity which
might even astonish US. The one point on
which all Greeks are agreed, and which has
been taught them by late events is, that if
they are ever TO hold their own in the Balkan
peninsula, they must have more territory.
They crave for the fertile plains Of Epirus
and Macedonia; for something that viii give
them chance Of development and the means
of existence on a large scale.
The place where the Greek is seen to the
greatest advantage is not at Athens, where
mass meetings will one day cheer for Dely-
annis and the next for Tricoupis, but at Con-
stantinople. There he is, so to speak, on the
defensive, living in the midst Of the great
destroyer of his race and freedom. Here his
commercial propensities and industries have
brought him to the fore
The 'unspeakable Turk, y who loves money,
but hates making it as bitterly as he hates
the Greek, who can make it, has given him
in return for money everything that he asks
This has enabled the Greeks to attack the
Turks with the above mentioned weapon Of
education. Concessions for Greek schools all
over the rotten empire have been literally
bought There is scarcely Greek village in
Macedonia, Epirus, the islands and the coast
villages Of Asia Minor which has not been
supplied with schools for both girls and boys,
either through the munificence of rich Greeks
or through the clerical and monastic iniiu-
ence, which in its day has played 80 valiant
part in the conservation Of the Hellenic
language and the Christian religion Fort
nightly Review.
Milford chronicle., 1888-05-11
How an Army was Routed.

It was way back in the fifties when "Alad-
dim was having a run at the old Bowery
theatre that John Williams, now the property
man at the Academy Of Music, then boy,
conceived the idea of having some sport with
the supers who composed the army of the
Chinese emperor. Suspended over the center
of the stage in those days was property
elephant stuffed with straw and sawdust,
and which, from long elsuse, had become
almost pulp from dry rot. When the army
of supers were being maneuvered on the stage
Williams slipped aloft and cut the ropes.
Down came the elephant and, bursting into
a thousand fragments, completely enveloped
the army in a cloud Of dust and straw The
supers were put to flight and the action Of
the play suspended for the moment Search
was made for the culprit but when found he
pretended sleep and so stoutly denied his
guilt as to carry conviction Of his innocence.
1t was not until some months later the truth
was known.-New York World
Milford chronicle., 1888-05-11
WITH ARABI PASHA.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF A ONCE
FAMOUS EGYPTIAN LEADER.

Interviewed by Journalist, the Exile
Tries to Talk English" Little While.
The Pasha's Two Shy Daughters-sher-
bet and Sugar.
And now back came the turbaned peon,
inviting us to follow him to the house. As
We approached the steps that led up to the
veranda we saw looking down upon US from
above a tall, large framed man in complete
European costume, with the exception of the
fez that surmounted his gray head. There
was no need for me to ask who he was, for
his features bore a sufficiently close resem-
blance to the countless portraits which made
all Europe familiar with that face only
few years ago to enable me to recognize at
the first glance Arab Pasha himself.
saluted him in French, which he speaks
fiuently, like most Egyptian and Turkish
statesmen. But, somewhat to my surprise,
he answered me in English probably wish
ing to show how quickly he had learned it,,
and in English our talk was thenceforth con-
Quoted. AS he placed chair for Mrs Ker
he observed politely; II am very sorry to
have been so late in receiving you, but had
to say my prayers first You were quite
right, answered I; "pray, sit down, and we
all three seated ourselves in the front OF the
veranda, at point which commanded
full view Of the garden.