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that they could capture some votes on
that presense and then drop the whole
thing.
Yes, the mask has been torn OF. Ths
sham of Democratic reform has been eI.
posed. The Democrats have been conn
PEELED to admit by their actions that they
didn't want fair and honest elections
They have been forced to admit that all
their talk about the Australian system
was for buncombe. They now have .
chance to get all the ballot reform they
need. They don't want it They de-
cline to take any stock in ballot reform.
They say to the world. by their deeds,
that fair elections would cost them
thousands of votes, and so they are not
asking for fair elections There is no
partisanship in an honest election. It is
not Republican scheme or Democratic
scheme. Why then should Democrats be
afraid of it! They never have been for
fair and honest elections and they ars
not now. All their Cush over the Aus
tralian system was for effect All their
talk about ballot reform was insincere.
They are like the man who prates Of
honesty just before he breaks into a
bank. The Democratic party is fraud.
built up on fraud. and very naturally in
favor of fraud. But after it has been
exposed as a hypocrite, it ought to have
enough deceney to say nothing more
about ballot reform. It has deliber-
ately exposed its dishonesty and insin-
cerity. 1t doesn't want honest elections,
and the whole country knows it-Des
Moines Qa-) Register.
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dt?" answered, in true Yankee fashion,
with an assertion and question
Judge for yourself! This latest ac-
QUESTION to our number is a stenograph-
er and typewriter in Lawyer Buffers
Office"
looked down the table at the very
pretty young lady sitting there, and
thought to myself that she might prove
q very charming companion Miss
.Cathcart-thirty years old and attired
like girl of eighteen-looked faded
and old in comparison.
That evening, in the clearinghouse
parlor, / was introduced to Miss Rachel
Stone, the new boarder," and in half
an hour we were on very friendly terms.
/ had touched upon the subject of short
hand early in the conversation, saying
that. as a lawyer. had often thought l
would like to take my own notes in the
-court-r oom. and most enthusiastic adF
vocate OF stenography found. She up
set all my theories about shorthand, de-
,clar;ng it was not hard to acquire, and
that it was a most delightful and fascin-
ating study.
why not give me some lessons?" 1
said, laughingly.
Miss Stone took me up at once. Not
that she would entertain proposition
10 give the regular lessons, bat she
assured me if l would get the proper
books could pursue the study without
a teacher. I'm any difficulty. she said,
~ should be very glad to render you
assistance"
Now. TO be quite honest, I fell in love
with the new boarder in that very first
hour, and as natural consequence,
returned home the next evening with
the necessary books in my possession.
i am ashamed to confess how often ]
feigned ignorance just to enjoy her
pretty, eager way of explaining the diff
ficulty.
It was not long before the lines and
curves and hooks began to mean some
thing to me, and one particular phrase
had peculiar fascination for me. 1
used TO write it over and over again
81 love ycu, 1 love you" 1t was so
easy 20 make-a tick, two curves,
and a miniature croouet wicket, all
Joined together in one delightful phrase
-ogCam.
1t came 10 be an understood thing
that after supper Miss Stone and
should sit at small table in a corner
of the parlor and talk over the short
hand. Miss Cathcart made herself ex-
~ceedingly disagreeable, and sometimes
Rachel called her Rachel in my
heart-would leave the room to escape
her discourtesy.
Sometimes We would make little
break in the shorthand and turn to
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1T SOUNDS LIKE 1850.
Indications of the Real Spirit of the Er-
Confederate States.

Indications of the Real Spirit of the Exs
Confederate States.
It begins to sound like 1860 The
South is stimulating the same hatred OF
the North, is making the same threats
against Northern business interests, and
is indulging in the same bullying prae-
tices which it used for the purpose Of
deterring Northern freemen from vot-
ing for Abraham Lincoln. Have the
rebel classes at the South forgotten
already the lessons of the war? Did
they enjoy existence so yell from 1851
to 1866 that they wish to repeat the ex-
perience of those years? Such seems to
be the case from the methods which they
have adopted in opposition to the bill
for the protection Of honest Congress-
ional elections
The bill which these men denounce so
madly merely proposes to place Con-
gressional elections under the protec-
tion of the United States courts. The
sole object of the law is to protect hon.
est voters in the exercise of the suffrage
and to protect the candidate who gets
a majority of the votes in his right to
have his votes fairly counted and the
result honestly declared. This system
of controlling Congressional elections
is provided for in the constitu ton OF
the United States, which gives Congress
power to alter any or all regulations
made by the States in regard to the
election of Senators and members of the
lower house, except as to changing
the place of electing Senator'S
Congress has repeatedly exercised
this power in enacting law
for the electing of United States
Senators which controls, the State
Legislatures in that respect; in naming
uniform day throughout the United
States for the election of Con gressmen
and in no other ways. There is no
more intent in this bill to control for
partisan purposes the Congressional
elections than there is TO disfranchiss
States and Congressional districts as to
representation in Congress. The bill
which has aroused such anger at the
South is simply for the purpose of COM
pelling the people there to be honest in
regard to Congressional elections. It Is
to place Congressional elections under
the control of law instead of under Ku-
klux control
The threats that the South are max
ing are to the effect that If the bill is
passed they will boycott" Northern
trade, will take away school privileges
from the negroes in the States, and will
also boycott them by depriving them
of work. so that they viii be compelled
to emigrase to the North or West They
say also-the more indiscreet rowdies
among them-that the law can not be
enforced except under military protec-
ton, and that they will resist" IL
these are indications Of the real spirit
of the Southern people, it shows the
the imprudence of the general Govern
ment in taking its heavy hand of the
South when, in the hours Of its first
penitence after punishment, itpromisej
good behavior and to observe the settle
ments of the war.-Chicago Journal
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Specially Modified by Nature for Son
Particular Purpose.

Specially Modified by Nature for Some
Particular Purpose.
Even the most cursory observer of
vegetable life must have been often
struck with the various forms of leaves.
Why they should be so yariously
formed does not, however, often sug-
gest itself. though there is reason for
the special shape and texture of almost
every leaf in existence. Plants, such
as grasses. daffodils and others which
usually grow in clusters. have gen.
orally narrow leaves growing upright,
so as not to overshadow one another.
Other plants, of isolated habits, have
an arrangement of foliage which
secures to themselves the space of
ground ne ;essary for their develop
ment. The daisy, dandelion and shep-
herds purse-which may mostly be
seen in pastures-are examples of this.
A circle of broad leaves pressed against
the ground. forming what is known as
rosette growth, effectually bars the
approach of any other plant and keeps
clear from all other roots the space of
ground necessary to its own nutriment
Floating leaves, and leaves of marsh
plants, are usually of simple outline,
for, having few competitors, they are
not liable to get in one another's light
Submerged plants have mostly leaves
of narrow segments-the reason for
which is not very we'll under
stood, though it is assumed by
naturalists that it is for the
purpose of exposing as large a
surface as possible, in order to extract
the minute proportion of carbonic acid
dissolved in a vast bulk of water.
Leaves on the boughs of trees are often
much divided, so as to fold easily, to
prevent their being rent and torn by
high winds, while the glossy surface of
evergreens is intended to throw of rain
and dew, which might freeze on them,
and so cause injury to the tissues with
in. But the hairs on the surface of
leaves are perhaps the most interesting
study of all With the aid of micro
scope, the beautiful and systematic ar
rangemcnt of these can be easily dis
cerned, and their uses understood. On
many plants there are glandular hairs,
to catch or deter small creeping insects;
on others there are hairs set so as to act
as effectively against young animals as
a spike palisade against obtrusive boys;
on others, hairs which arrest the drops
of moisture and force them down the
leaf-stalk, to moisten the earth about
the roots; while others are protected by
series of poisoned stingS The ordin-
airy nettle is an example of this, AMI
the beauty and ingenuity of its mechan-
ism is truly wonderful Each nettle
hair is armed with brittle and pointed
siliceous cap, which breaks off in the
wound; and the poison is then able to
flow out through tubular hair. from
reservoir at its base. There is scarcely
a form of leaf but is specially modified
By nature for some particular purpose,
and the discovery of this purpose is a
source of very pleasant, as we'll as profit
able, study. y.-Horticultural Times
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'ENGAGEDI@ GAsPED MRS. MATTHEW'S
other topics, and in these exchanges of
confidence l learned good deal about
Rachels home, in a small New England
town, and of her only brother, a college
student of whom she was very proud.
= found it was to help this brother
through college that she had sought 3
position in the city.
Every day fell more deeply in love,
until ] reached point where there
were no more depths to sound 1
hardly know why / did not make a
formal propossl-perhaps because no
very good opportunity presented itself,
perhaps because I was in doubt as 70
her answer. Sometimes ! would fancy
her color deepened little when en-
tered the room: but there was frank
ness about her treatment of me, and q
business-like way OF making shorthand
the chief topic Of our conversation, that
did not tend 10 encourage me.
One afternoon went home earlier
than usual with two opera tickets in
my pocket, and in my heart determin-
alton TO know my fate that night
surely could manage proposal dur
ing the walk home.
As stopped in the hall to leave my
hat / heard Mrs. Matthews voice
through the parlor door. 1t was pitched
high as though the speaker was angry
-or excited Il must have your room,"
she was saying Some of my best
boarders VIII not remain under the cir
'cumstanceS unless you leave the
house"
'.Under what circumstances? do not
understand you. Mrs Matthews It
was Rachefs voice. and it sounded as
though the poor girl might break down
and cry the next instant I considered
myself wholly justified now in playing
the part Of an eavesdropper.
''Your goings on with Mr.. Hamilton
under cover Of that shorthand study.
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TRUTHS TERSELY TOLD.

wIowa will be back in line at the
first opportunity. The Burlington
Hawkeye predicts 90, 900 majority.
B-To see Southern member of Con-
gress elected. not by voters, but by 4
Ku-Klux Klan, denouncing the Federal
election bill as scheme to defeat the
will of the people, is sight for the
laughter of gods and men!-Chicago
Journal
E Judge Coke, of the United States
Circuit Court of New York, has overruled
the finding of Grover Cleveland in an
important case in which he was appoint
ed referee This suggests the disagree
ale thought that Mr.. Cleveland isn't any
more of a success as q lawyer than he
was as a President-St Louis Globe
Democrat
HThe census returns so far received
indicate that the mortgage Indebtedness
of the country is hardly more than
one-fourth as much as the Democrats
speakers and organs have been repre-
senting. A discount of three-fourths
is about the usual rule with regard to
to assertions from such sourceS-Cleve-
land Leader.
UThere are seventeen members of
Congress from Georgia and South Caro-
lima who represent in all only 66,6O7
votes, whereas one member from Kan
sas represents 81, 465 votes, and one
from Minnesota represents s4.575- The
lesson Of such figures is so plain that no
intelligent citizen need fail TO compre-
hend it-St Louis Globe-Democrat
TAll the Southern Brigadiers ask
is 70 be let alone. II they can poll the
negroes for voting purposes, not allow
them to vote, and thus double their real
representation in Congress. they will be
satisfied They look upon the plan that
will cause two Democratic Congressmen
to grow where only one is planted as in
fnitely above the plan Of CREATION
Peoria Qll) Transcript
HEditor wassersOn announces that
''the country is not on the down grade"
Certainly it isn't Mr.. Watterson never
saw the country on the down grade"
when Republicans were in the ca
boose and hold of the bell-eord They
brought it Up out Of pe,il and set it going
amid the applause and admiration OF
the whole world It exists to-day be-
cause of the loyalty of the Republican
party to the old flag. and nobody knows
that better than Editor Watterson, bot
he is too modest to mention it-Sbseae.
60 Inter Ocean
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You could not spend more time in his
company If you were engaged to him. I"
All, II my darling had been engaged
to me how quickly could step to her
side and defend her from these cruel i'm
suits The little phrase: 81 love you"
flashed into my mind, and 1t was like an
inspiration. As it happened. held in
nv hand book-a compilation of stem
ographic phrases had just purchased
and with the white paper wrapped
about it and the lead pencil in my vest
pocket every thing necessary to carry
out my plan was at hand.
In bold. black characters, I swiftly
wrote on the book the words: Il love
you. Be my wife," in shorthand The
next instant 1 stepped into the room
Excuse me, Miss Stone,- / said. ''if
you are engaged Hearing your voice
as passed through the hall thought
1 would hand you the book l spoke
to you about hope it is all right"
As handed her the package / saw
that my poor loves cheeks were hotly
flushed and her lips auivering. wanted
to take her in my arms in the face of
the frowning landlady. As sne took the
book her eyes fell upon the shorthand
characters. They stood out boldly on
the white paper, and to her they we're
as plain as print Her head dropped an
instant Then she gave me look-if
eyes ever said yes, hers did. We were
engaged, and now my way was clear.
Il have been thinking, Mrs Mat
thews," said, ''that it would be well
for Miss Stones engagement to me to
be announced. Shall we delegate you
to make the fact known to the rest OF
the household?"
Engaged" gasped Mrs. Matthews.
SIS Miss Stone engaged TO you?'
''lt gives me great pleasure to say
that she is. Miss Stone will return to
her home in very short time to make
preparations for our wedding, which
will take place the coming winter"
When the landlady left the room,
eager knew to carry the news to Miss
Cathcart, took Rachel in my arms and
begged her pardon for so summarily de-
Gliding her future for her. told her If
her brother needed aid to complete his
college course l would most gladly give
it, and that two months was just as long
as was willing to wait
In certain little box my wife cher
ishes the keepsakes she values the high
est and among them is bit of wrap
ping paper bearing few stenographic
characsers-my shorthand proposal
Would you like to see it? Here it is:
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JENNY LIND'S GRAVE.
Barnum Corrects False Report and Talks
of the Great songstress-

of the Great Songstress-
Phineas T. Barnum was looking over
the Auditorium building when the
writer encountered him with the story
written in England and reprinted in the
Tribune from New York paper to the
effect that Jenny Lind's grave is un-
marked and neglected, that herlast days
were shadowed by the Indifference Of
her husband, and that she died broken
hearted.
"Not word of truth in it It's false.
Contradict it at once. Ii you don't, l
shall over my own name. 1t is unjust
to the dead-it is not fair to the living.
Bless my souli how do such things get
into print?"
The smile, so familiar to the world,
vanished from the great old showman's
face as he spoke.
81 was over in the old country re-
Gently, as you know, he continued. with
a quiyer on his lips II went to Jenny
Lind's home and saw and talked with
her husband, Mr.. Goldschmidt, and her
daughter and her granddaughter. and
they with me. As for the grave Of the
dear dead woman, it is marked by a
monument in the shape of a cross 1t is
touching in its simplicity. But it Is
like her in that respect It is costly
and unique. The grave is strewn with
fresh flowers every day, and most Of
these are sent down by the Goldschmidi
family.
There are a number Of fine portraits
- @t 9,LN 1a La Ia -
Goldschmidt's home, and several fine
marble busts Her memory is per
petual theme in that house. Mr.. Gold
schmidt is thorough gentleman. and
talked with me about his dead wife in
the tenderest way. I am sure he was
sincere. And her daughters voice was
full of feeling when she spoke Of poor
mamma
"How could any one say that Jenny
Lind's grave is neglected, and how
could any one say that she died broken
hearted? Her whole life was a song.
Her last days were spent in singing for
INDECENT clergymen- Sne was the most
charitable woman that ever lived j
could make her cry in two minutes by
telling her a story of poverty, and she
always backed her tears with a purse
full Of money. It is mistake to say
the fame of Jenny Lind rests solely
upon her ability to sing. She was
woman who would have been adored il
she had had the voice of crow. She
was guileless, great-hearted, and her
heart beat for the poor. She would have
been known and loved il she had never
sung a note OF all the people with
whom have had relations as Snowman
/ became most attached to her. / had
never seen her until 1 met her on the
vessel that brought her over. Dear
Jenny Lind's name will live forever,
and that she was not loved to her last
breath, and that her grave is not Gov
cred daily with flowers Is not true.
Not true, sir. hope the contradiction
will be emphatic. Chicago Tribune.
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TEARING OFF THE MASK.
Democratic Insineerity and Dishonesty
Exposed to Public View.

Exposed to Public View.
Murat Halstead puts it we'll when he
says: There is one very good thing the
discussion of the Lodge bill in the
House has done. 1t has torn the mask
from the Confederate Democratic hypoc-
risy about ballot reform. Democratic
ballot reform consists chiefly in swind-
ling q million American citizens out of
their electoral rights because they are
poor men and know their duty as good
citizens too well to Se members of the
Democratic party"
We don't hear so much about the
Australian ballot since the Republicans
proposed an honest election reform
The Australian system" did very well
as catch-word in campaigns, but when
it is proposed to have an actual and
PRACTICAL reform in the matter of cleo
tions the Democrats suddenly lose all
their pretended zeal for the cause.
What hypocrites they are, How they
swell up with pretended indignation
over election frauds before elections
and how they shrink away into the cor
ner after elections when il is proposed
in good faith to have ballot reform
The Republicans are not fooling over
this matter They are in dead earnest
They really want to see bill passed
that shall at least help to secure honest
elections Why don't the Democrats
join with them for the same purpose?
Why should the Republicans be left
alone to fight the battle for an honest
ballot? The simple answer is that the
Democrats don't want one. They have
never been sincere when they have de-
,lared for ballot reform 1t was cam
naign dVdge with them. They thought
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1xPecTArloN.

Under the trees my Heart and together
Await the step that neTermore viii come;
Await the greeting word forever dumb
I know not hoW-whether we dreamed or
whether
Ny Heart and L seeing the new-blown heather,
Took hope from its full glory: or the sum
OF earth's wide JOY. moving our pulses numb,
Drew US abroad into the sweet warm weather.
We conned the lesson well long. long ago,
Ny Heart and I've conned the lesson well
In summer heats. in winters stubborn cold!
That he viii come 10 more, we know, we know;
Yet we expect him more than tongue can tell,
And listen for his coming as Of old,
Ida W. Benham, in y. Y. Independent
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AT the Depot-Flapper-'I feel
sorry for that poor immigrant over
there. He wants TO get ticket for
some place out West, but his English is
so bad that no one can understand
him" Flipper-'TL seems a pity that
he can't express himself, doesn't itg'-
The Jester.
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UR new board
er." said Miss
Cathca TT W b o
sat next me at
the table; then
in a lower tone,
II don't see THAT
Mrs. Matthews
can be thinking
Of l was told
this was a very
select place"
&C z. = s.-HA
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Not Necessarily.

'Glad to make your acquaintance,
Mr.. Valentine. l suppose-ha. hal
you were born on St Valentines day. >
That doesn't follow any more than
that you were born the 1st day of April.
sir. Chicago Tribune.
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slightly Different.

Shoe Dealer (facetiously to customer)
Why, i sell shoes so cheap that
might almost be called freebooter.
Customer-H'm! / think you sell
them so dear that you might almost be
called a robber.-West Shore.
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Clara" said her mother severely,
did / see Mr.. Spoodle holding your
hand last night?" "Yes; but he was
showing me how he saw some people
walking along the other night"-Harp
er's Bazar.
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Mr.. Slow-"You say you might
marry me under certain circumstances,
Miss Worry. Please tell me what cir
cumstances-r Miss W.-"Well, if-if
you were the very last Of your sex. 1
might"
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Attorney Ito witness)-''You were
born in Ammo Domini in 1s4o, / believe,
Mr.. OBrien?" OBrien-''The yare Is
right " Amer. but Oi wuz borren In
Oireland, sorr."-The Bostonian.
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AN ODD PROPOSAL.

My Lady Love Rescued by a Bit
of Shorthand.
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FACTS ABOUT LEAVES.

Eta F. Martin, in Chicago News.
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gather up your Souis luz oHc dpprcciat-
i've look upon riches that never fly
away, upon health that never sickens,
upon scepters that never break, upon
expectations that are never disappoint-
ed. Look in and see IL there are not
enough crowns to pay us for all our bat
ties, enough rest to relieve all our IA
tigues, enough living fountains to
quench all our thirst, enough glory to
dash out for ever and ever all earth's
signing and restlessness and darkness
Battles ended. tears wiped away, thorns
plucked from the bosoms, stabs healed,
the tomb riyen-what a scene to look
upon
Again: The door of Heaven stands
open for the Christians final entrance.
Death to the righteous is not climbing
high walls or fording deep rivers, but it
is entering an open door. If you ever
visit the old homestead where you were
born, and while father and mother are
yet alive. as you go up the lane in front
of the farm house and you put your hand
on the door and lift the latch do you
shudder with fear? No; you are glad to
enter. So your last sickness will be only
the lane In front of your Fathers house,
from which you hear the voice of sing
ing before you reach the door. And
death, that is the lifting of the latch
before you enter the greetings and
embraces of the innumerable family of
the righteous Nay, there Is no latch,
for John says the door is already open.
What a company of spirits has already
entered those portals, bright and shin
ing. Souls released from the earthly
prison house, how they shouted when