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HORSE TALK.
Stables Going East-Matt. storms String.
of Flyers.

Stables Going East-Matt. storms String.
of Flyers.
Packing up' is in order now among
the various horse-owners who have rae
ing stables here in Sacramento. Every-
thing is being put in readiness for the
Eastern campaign.
Matt. Storm, one of the most popular
OF Sacramento's horsemen, leaves on
Wednesday with his string. Among his
flyers who will try their luck on Eastern
tracks are Marigold and Larghetta. four
year-olds; Mystery, three year-old: Cen
tella and Top Gallant, two-year-olds, and
Forester and Kildare, six-year-olds. Mr..
Storm takes his racers direct to Denver
from here, and will enter in the meeting
there. From Denver he will either 90 to
Chicago or over the Montana circuit.
Alter that he viii make the usual East
ern circuit. All of the horses are doing
well, and Mr.. Storm confidently expects
to be ''in it,"
Tommy Norton, the well-known and
popular Sacramento jockey, will prob
ably go East with Mr.. Storms stable, and
Will ride for him during the season.
winters stable is heing put into condi-
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cessful church, in the highest and truest
sense. God would have us succeed.
Il do not propose belonging to any
thing that is not success. In the cleo
ton and appointment of officers and
workers in the various departments of
the church, / VIII not hesitate to recon-
mend to office men and women. solely on
the ground of their special fitness for the
work. l believe in civil service prin-
clples in church work. Men and women
should be chosen for the diaconali, trus-
teeship, Sunday-school, choir etc, etc.,
solely because of their fitness for these
places. The want Of this common-sense
business principle in church work has
been the death and ruin of many a church.
The Lords business should be conducted
on business principles.
Il pledge you that / will use all the
power that God has given me to the work
of this church. / have no other work
and no other ambition than to build up
the church of Christ. l believe that the
great need of to-day is to have the gospel
of God taught and preached to the peo-
pie. TO this work l have consecrated.
and do now reconsecrate my best facul-
ties. | do not undertake or promise to
do what is called a visiting pastor. l will
do what | can in this direction, but I
make no promise. My study door is
always open, and if any way can be
helpful to you, use me.
''The bond that holds me here is strong
as a cable and slender as a gossamer.
Whenever you consider that l am not
doing hework Of this church as it should
be, will consider it q kindness for you to
inform me that such is your mind, and in
love and good will we viii part and work
elsewhere. The church does not exist
for the pastor, but the pastor for the
church. The motto 1 give to you and to
myself this morning is: Seek, that We
may excel to the building up of the
church. May the King bless US and
make us blessing"
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Ex-Congressman Berry, of Yuba, is at
the Capital Hotel.
n. D. Rideout and family will leave for
Europe on the 23d.
Ex-senator G. G. Wright, of Modesto,
is at the Golden Eagle.
j. B. Haggin has leased a house in
Santa Barbara for the summer.
Mrs. Fletcher Wooster, OF San Fran
cisco, is visiting friends in Gait
Thomas H. Williams, the weIl-known
San Francisco turfman, is at the Golden
Eagle.
Messrs. NJ. G.. Dubbing and B. C. Foss,
Of Quincy, PlumaS County, are at the
Capital Hotel.
Mrs. Jane Armstrong, of this city, is
visiting at the home of her son, J. X.
McKinstry, at Gait.
H. V. Reeves, of Orangevale, has re-
turned from trip through Washington,
Montana and Texas.
Clarence Beckwith, of Gait, has been
appointed assistant agent by the S. p.
Company at Livermore.
Mr.. and Mrs. William King, parents of
William King, and recently of Clements,
have removed to Gait to reside
Miss Anna Evans, who has been visit
ing at Gait, starts for her home in the
East to-day. She will travel over the
Northern Pacific and remain over in
Portland one month to visit friends at
that point.
Mrs. A. Whitaker and daughter Gertie
intend to spend the summer months at
Lake Tahoe and Truckee w. II. Prouty.
of Truckee, brother of Mrs. Whitaker.
has recently placed handsome yacht on
Tahoe Lake, which will afford his Gait
guests a royal time this summer.
Arrivals at the Capital Hotel Yesterday.
/. j. Maxwell, Winters; DIR. Ross. San
Francisco; NJ. G. Durbing, B. C. Foss,
Quincy; Reuben Clark, Williams; w. H.
Smith, Sacramento; Miss Maria Bates.
County Fair" New York; c. P. Berry,
Wheatland; W. Johnston, Rocklin; Mrs
w. r. Pond, Mrs. Coin, Miss Coin,
Woodland; J. c. Stovall, Willows; H. b.
Turman, Colusa; Miss NJ. May Heber
Wolsey, County Fair" New York: /.
Matavia, Vallejo; j. B. Coughlin, Miss
Coughlin, w. T. Hooper, City; J. B.
Daily, Fresno; John Catlow, Nevada;
Henry Lorenzen, A. G. Kettredge, San
Francisco.
terday: Samuel eastwood, Denver; Mrs.
q. F. Brantley, New York; T. c. Law,
Frank II. Farrar, Merced; George H.
Penteld, Chicago; J. w. McChesney,
Red Wing, Mimi; w. l.. Jones and wife.
Walnut Grove; A. g. Thomas, Manager
county Fair" Ella Salisbury, County
Fair" Frank c.. Monroe, Fresno; c. c.
Wright, p. J. Hazen, c. a. Stonesifer.
Modesto; Mrs. II. III. Foster, Grass Val
ley; w. f. Barnes, city; George f. Buck,
r. R.. Smith, Stockton; w. H. Beatty,
Mrs. w. II. Beatty and child, Sacra-
mento; B. O. Curry, Placcrville; A. B.
Bowers, Washington, D. c.; r. Behrendt,
A. L. Rhodes, T. j. Kelly, +. A Lux,
Tom II. Williams, Jr., Charles Kohler,
San Francisco; w. G. Johnson, Boston;
Jay w. Adams, Los Angeles; n. J.
Kitchen, Trenton, n. j.
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THAT WARM WAVE.
Lieutenant Finley Makes a Signal
Service BulPs-Eye.
The Caloric Billow Rolls In on Time
Mercury's Transit-Improved
Weather Service.

The Signal Service temperatures at S
A. NJ. and P. NJ. yesterday were $40 and
SO0, while the highest and lowest were S2'
and $50, with gentle to fresh southerly
winds and cloudless sky. The baromet-
rical readings at 5 A. NJ. and P. NJ. were
29.90 and 29.S6 inches.
The highest and lowest temperatures one
year ago yesterday were 600 and 4S0, and
one year ago to-day go and 4So, showing
by comparison that the weather at pres
ent is phenomenally warm, and that
Lieutenant Finley's prediction of warm
wave was verified.
THE TRANSIT OF MERCURY,
Which occurred on Saturday afternoon,
was observed in this city by Sergeant
Barwick, Signal Service Observer,
through the telescope belonging to the
State and kindly lent for that occasion by
Surveyor-General Reichert. The glass
was placed in position on the upper
yeranda OF the Capitol building by City
Engineer Mullenny.
The first internal contact was observed
at 3:5S:30 q o'clock, 5S minutes and thirty
seconds. The Sergeants watch was
thirty seconds fast, making the actual
3S mlnureSl. a sun spot was observed
near the middle of the SUMS disc. The
star had not passed entirely across the
SUMS disc at sunset.
IMPROVEMENT IN THE SIGNAL SERVICE.
Lieutenant Finley, the weather clerk of
the Pacific Coast, who is in command OF
the Government Signal Service station in
San francisco, is happy. Heretofore the
Lieutenant has been compelled to prog
noStlcate storms, SHOWS and calms from
telegraphic information received from
stations in California, Nevada, Oregon
and Washington, or only west of the Il7th
meridian. Within a day or two past the
scope of the telegraphic information has
been enlarged so as to include all stations
west of the &Oth meridian, including, in
addition to the States named, Arizona,
Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colo
RADIO, New Mexico, the Dakotas, Ne
braska, Kansas, Indian Territory, Texas,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Mis-
sissippi.
IMPORTANT To SHIPPERS.
Lieutenant Finley now hopes to be able
to predict the weather for thirty-six and
even forty-eight hours ahead, for certain
localities, and hopes to be able to give re-
ports concerning rains in this State with
far greater accuracy. He says he will
now be able to inform people from the
East visiting this State and shippers of
fruit about the kind Of weather that will
prevail between this coast and Chicago.
for at least two, and maybe three DAYS
ahead. For instance, if a shipper of early
California fruits wants to know whether
his train will be likely to encounter a
blizzard, cold wave, or snow storm be-
tween here and Chicago, the weather
clerk will now be able to tell him. The
extension of the area of telegraphic infor-
nation almost doubles the usefulness of
the San Francisco station.
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TWO PICNICS
The Robert Emmett Club at East Park
The Eintracht

The Robert Emmett Club at East Park
The Efntracht.
There was an immense crowd at East
Park yesterday to attend the picnic of the
Robert Emmett Club. \ more delightful
day could not be wished for, and every
body who went there was prepared for a
good time-and they had it.
The dancing platform was crowded all
day, and excellent music was furnished.
There was also small platform for
prize jig and reel dancers, and it was
kept warm throughout the day A clever
fiddler was in attendance, and some of
the reels danced were a revelation to
those who had never seen them before
Mr.. Dillon and Mrs. Norton furnished
the best reel of the day, and their per-
formance was rewarded by thunders of
applause.
The games, however, were the feature
OF the day, and created no end of amuse-
ment for the crowd. The track was in
miserable condition, but notwitbstand-
ing this some good races were run.
AT RICHMOND GROVE.
The Eintracht's picnic at Richmond
Grove was also well attended, and those
who went there had good time. There
was good dancing and interesting games.
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RRIEF NOTES

Eli Mayo has been confined to his home
for week with rheumatism.
The road between Gait and New Hope
was impossible last week, consequent
upon the sudden rise in the Mokelumne.
Manager McCIoslley on Saturday night
telegraphed TO San Francisco for a
catcher, as both Spies and Hoover were
disabled. Dave Levy did the catching for
the Senators yesterday.
Poll-taX Collector Kripp and Deputy
Constable Alter have arrested All Sing
and All Coon on charges of disturbing
the peace. The Mongolians wanted to
fight rather than pay their poll-taxes.
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THE LOCUOTS.
They Are Swarming in the Eastern
Portion of the County.
Millions of Them Along the Ranches
From Folsom to the CO.
SumneS River.

After an absence Of several years, grass
hoppers, or locusts, have again made
their appearance in swarms in the east
ern portion of the county. About seven
or eight years ago they devastated tie
farms in the vicinity of Cothrin's and
White Rock, between Folsom and La
trObe, and did considerable damage as in
this direction at Brighton.
About White Rock the locusts were so
thick as to block up the doorways of
farm-houses by the drifting process, be-
ing piled up in some places to hight of
several feet. When they died the stencil
was almost unbearable. Out in the fields
they stripped the vegetation, including
the trees, Of everything green, causing
the country to look as if sirocco had
swept over it.
Referring to their appearance in that
locality, the Folsom Telegraph says: !:
Millions of them are DESTROYING every
thing they can get hold OF, and consider
able alarm is felt over their appearance,
and the result of their visit. They came
too late to do any great damage to the
hay crop, which is nearly all in. Other
things will surely suffer loss unless they
disappear. Those that are here are, from
what we can learn, very small. but they
are yoracious and have done a great deal
Of damage already. y few years ago they
visited the State and caused great dam
age. There was no way to combat them"
The insects are also operating in the
vicinity of Cosumnes, according to the
Gait Gazette, which says: millions Of
grasshoppers have appeared on the
ranches along the rich bottom lands of
the Cosumnes. The destructive pests are
reported to be moving in a southwesterly
direction, and are playing havoc with
corn patches, fruit trees, vines, grain
crops, garden truck, and in fact every
thing green that comes in the path of
their destruction. Much uneasiness is
felt by the farmers and fruit men near
HowelPs, and there is no telling the ex-
tent of the damage, should the grasshop-
pers keep on multiplying as they have
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RED MEMS PICNIC.
The River Excursion Tomorrow to
MahOn'S Grove

Mahon's Grove.
There will be delightful excursion up
the river tomorrow to Mahon's grove.
at the mouth of the Feather River, under
the auspices of the Improved Order of
Red Men of this city.
The excursion Will leave the Pioneer
Mills at s o'clock A. NJ, and two steamers
ana barge will carry the picnicke ers.
Both the Artillery and Hussar Bands
have been engaged, and these who go on
the excursion will be delightfully."- enter
tanned. The fare for adults is 81 each, and
children under II years of age tif with
their parents will go free.
The Red Mems picnics are always well
conducted and properly managed, and
there need be no fear Of rowdyism.
Wagons viii gather baskets along the
following streets: Thirty-first and to
Sixth, to ], to Second; Thirty-first and
L to Fourth Thirty-first and n to Sec
ond.
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ton for the Eastern campaign. and will
leave this city shortly. 1t is also stated
that several will be sent from the Rancho
Del Paso.
1t was reported last night that Thomas
u. Williams would start East from San
francisco to-day with his string. Among
the flyers he will take are Racine, Rim
fax, Sinfax, Nero and others.
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Musical and Literary.

At the Sixth-street NJ. f. Church this
evening the Young Women's Christian
Temperance Union will give a musical
and literary entertainment.
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He Turned un the Watch.

Wasley Keeling, the boy arrested on
Saturday night by officer Shellars for
stealing a watch and chain from a lad
named Manual Silva, confessed his guilt
yesterday and told where he had thrown
the watch.
Officer Shellars went out to Twentieth
and 1 streets and found it in the grass in
a lot.
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The Ladies Delighted

The pleasant effect and the perfect
safety with which ladies may use the
liquid fruit laxative, Syrup of Figs, under
all conditions, make it their favorite
remedy. 1t is pleasing to the eye and to
the taste; gentle, yet effectual, in acting
on the kidneys, liver and bowels.
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TRAP AND TARGET
Pigeon and Rifle Shooting Scores Made
YESTERDAY

The Pacific Sportsmen's Club held its
regular monthly medal shoot at the Ger
ber ranch yesterday, in which eight mem
bers participated. An unusually fine lot
of birds had been secured, and it puzzled
best shots in the club to bring them
down. Adam Damn actually killed
eleven out of his twelve, but four of them
refused to go to grass until they had cot
over the boundary. The scores We're as
follows.
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COMPANY AS SCORE
COMPANY ELS SCORES.

a member of Company E sends the fol-
lowing for publication: Company E's
team of four men would like to see their
Captain decorated with gold medal. If
G. will accept a match from them-sav
twenty-five shots to each man-they
think their Captain would wear the
sameD
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Dimes Are Getting scarce.

Business men are complaining of the
scarcity of dimes. They say it is almost
impossible to get enough for the ordinary
conveniences of trade, and that it is the
result Of the new-fangled pocket dime
savings banks" which men have got
into the habit of CARRYING,
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AT Hammers music store, $50 J street. Won
VIII hnd the largest stock of musical goods
Sole agency for Chickeripg & Sons pianos. =
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The City Taxes.

This is the last day on which to pay city
taxes without extra cost, although a few
may squeeze in tomorrow.
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CITY Einnnces

City Auditor Young makes the follow
ing report of the receipts and disburse-
ments of the city for the week ending
Saturday. Nav 9th:
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sTA THIRTY
THE PIONEER STEAM CARPET CLEANING ESTABLNHlENT

w CORNER TWELFTH AND STREETS
dlbe Send orders
phone OF to Locke
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IttIIIsUeI IICI eIII TIOII, WHO IItU on ten
BIRDS, shot of at four birds each, of
which Flohr missed one, and RuhstaIler
making clean score won the medal.
Several pool matches followed. in
which the winners were Wittenbrock.
Hamilton and Ruhstaller.
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ON THE RANGES

The rifiemen were out in force yester-
day, and did some good work at the 200
yard ranges. The scores by Company
G'S SharpShOOterS were as follows
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SPECIAL SALE OF DRESS GOODS AND SILKS from the
Bankrupt Stock of Hickman & Co.. Visaa among which
many excellent values SUITABLE FOR SPRING
WEAR
LOT l. Mixed Dress Goods at 6 and I23zc per yard
LOT Summer shades in AIbatrOSs and Bengaline side
band Suitings, Serges Plaids ETC., 24c per yard
LOT 8 An assortment of Plain and Fancy SutngS at
35c per yard
LOT 4 AWOOl Plaid Ladies Cloth and TricOt 81 inches
WIDE and a variety of fine Dress Goods AZ inches
WIDE at 44c per yard
Also mixed lot of Dress Silks, such as Gros-grain
Rhadame Satin Figured-In India Silks and Plain Satns
which will be sold at the following prices 25c 35c
and soc per yard.
The wooen remnants have been marked very low and will
consist of Cashmeres Plaids Serges Black Goods
AlbatrOSS and nice assortment of short lengths of
Chalis.
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WAIT for Paul Schoen, piano tuner, of Oak
land, at Hammers, S2oJ, 1st OF every months
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5o H. MARKS, MECHANICAL CLOTHING HOUSE, 4I4 K STREET
PETERS & RAY. APOIHECARIES AND DRUGGISTS
odd Fellows, Temple. 9o1 X st,.e


ethat
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tIA III Nobby Patterns, and in all sizes. /
BesF" NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS ~yvsa -
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-24
In Search of Fame.

A Frenchman has come to the front
with Eovel project for making him
self famous during the worlds fair at
Chicago. lie is seeking space enough
to give Al exhibition with lion that
rides horseback. The lion is full-grown,
being four years old, and it is claimed
that he can perform wonderful feats Of
horsemaaship. The performance takes
place Il ring twentyfonr feet in diam
ctcr and inside fence of strong bars.
When the horse starts around the ring
the lion is sitting on n pedestal in the
center, and from that point he leaps
twelve feet onto the horses back.
While riding on the back of the horse
the lion jumps through hoops OF flame
and maintains his balance even while
the horse is leaping over a succession
of fences. The lion is said to be SO
tractablc that he would harm nobody.
but for the sake of those who might be
timid of his close proximity he will be
made to perform behind the bars. The
man also claims to have a jet black
horse with pure white name and
tail. The name almost touches the
ground and the tail will lie for a couple
Of feet on the ground If not tied up.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-24
Authors as Takers.

Apropos Of q recent interview with
Sir Edwin Arnold in which he is
credited with the observation that
authors, as a rule, ARE dull and stupid
companions" the London News in
quires: among the older Victorian
writer's who was there that had a
character for being dull and stupid9
Macaulay was sometimes counted so
until he opened his mouth, and not
seldom bore afterward, but no man
had less of dullness and stupidity.
Carlyle was always quoting Schiller's
lines from 'Wallcnstein,' that against
stupidity the very gods fight in vain,
but, whatever his social faults, he was
certainly not stupid, and very far from
dull. Needless to say that it was the
same with Browning. And Of the
great men OF letters of later date
and, of course, Lord Tennyson must
only be compared with his peers-what
one of them can be thought of in this
way? William Morris, Mr.. Swinburne,
Mr.. Meredith and Mr.. Hardy are all
good takers"
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Democratic Iowa.

Soon after the recent election the
writer asked the Des Moines Leader
to collect and publish the vote cast
for members Of the legislature at the
recent election. This work has been
done by that paper and the table is a
highly satisfactory showing for the
democracy, demonstrating rs it does
q healthy democratic majority OF
nearly seven thousand, In the state
on Representatives 1t further shows
that with an honest districting Of the
state the legislature would be demo-
cratic In both branches. When Clay.
ton county was reliable for the re-
publicans it had two representatives.
When it became democratic, her rep.
resentation was reduced with its co.
CTS inhabitants with Howard with its
11,172 inhabitants. Mitchell and
Howard with total population Of
24,444, are given two representatives
because they are republican, while
Clayton 2,231 more inhabitants thar
both Of them has but one representa-
tive. Dubuque with ,5S4 inhabi
tants is given but two representa-
tives. As we said some weeks since,
q state that is democratic would have
a Legislature in sympathy with pub.
lie sentiment if the legislative dis.
tricts were not gerry wandered to
meet exigencjes Of party forming the
districts.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-24

Senator Preston b. Plumb Of Kan
sas died at his resid ence In Washing
ington, Sunday, December 20, at 1:3O
a. IN. having been stricken with apo.
plexy at about ! in the morning. He
has represented that state continu-
ously In the Senate since 1876, always
occupying a prominent place In the
councils Of the republican party.
Senator Plumb was born in Delaware
county, O., in 1897, was educated at
Oberlin, and of course was one OF the
old school followers of Cert Smith
William Lloyd Garrison, Arthur
Tappan and that political school.
Withal he was an able man who
dared to differ with his party when
he thought it wrong.
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Chester.

William Lewis died at 2 p. H.. Mon
day, after q lingering illness. We
have not yet learned when the funer-
al takes place.
w. a. Hungerford and wife return.
ed from st. Paul, Monday.
VIM. Laws will rent his farm in
Chester to Fred Eckstine.
Lots Of Christmas presents at
Ropers.
Rev. Weaver Of lie Roy, Mimi, vii
preach for Rev. b. d. Smith in the
NJ. E. Church next Sunday ut 2:3(
p. M.
Miss Eta Sanborn OF Browndale,
MIMI, is spending her vacation with
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Palmerton.
Everybody is invited to participate
in the Christmas festival at the NJ. f.
Church, Christmas eve.
w. r. Mead was q Chester caller
last Saturday
Quite number OF the Chesterites
were counting last week at Cresco.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Potter Of Sioux
Falls, 8. D.. are visiting with their
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. w. f.
Haskins.
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Dear Santa Claus: l have been a
very good boy the past year and |
should like to have you remember me
on your trip through our neighbor-
hood. should like to get q nomina-
ton and. please Santa Claus, another
barrel OF that old Scotch.
BENNIE HARRISON.
Mr.. Clarkson believes that the road
to supremacy is through bossism.
Here is his command as President of
the National Republican League:
The hope Of the party lies in the ex
pansion Of a stalwart Republican
press. The Republican who reads or
otherwise helps to support Demo-
cratic journal to the exclusion Of one
Of his own party newspapers is I'M
true to the Republican cause.
Hosea Biglow said:
faint u KNOWN kind o. cattle
Thet Is ketched with moldy corn.
There are good many symptoms
that the men in this country have no
use for bosses. Clarkson's arrogance
will neither intimidate nor convert
anybody.