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The Sentence,
The season as a whole
has been rather a busy
one speak
one -
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await. with patience and hope, to see
him with the aid Of the peoples col,-
gress engaged in carrying out to the 1uii.
est and completest extent the tariA
pledge of the party.
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tune, but in the main this is land of
abundant blessings, and it's GOd-fearing
people will never invite the evils that
have SO often drenched other countries
in blood. The country is safe.
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The New York Times admits that gold
has increased in value, but says this is
all right, because the increase is world
Vide. That editor is certainly earning his
a1orv
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To Constitution Readers.

THE CONSTITUTION makes this PROPOSE.
ton: Among those who supply the missing
word in the following sentence between now
and the 1st of Sept. 1858, we will divide
ONE-FOURTH of the subscription receipts
of all those who send guesses with theil
subscriptions.
This leaves us the bare and actual cost Of
furnishing the paper to subscribers for the
year.
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How About This !?

Such stuff The Constitutions statement
that the presidents message does not con-
form to the democratic platform) might be
expected from the silver mine owners or
their paid lobby at the capital, but when it
comes from democratic paper it Is
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Lawrence II. Neal, of Ohio. will run for
governor Of Ohio on the national democrat
ic platform. A good man and a strong
platform! May both win!
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Think of it, The "6O-cent" silver dollar
was at a premium of - per cent in wall
street last Monday and hard to get at that
Dricp
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Has anybody observed rise in prices
as the result of the prospect of an early
repeal of the Sherman law?
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-15

In Wall street the brokers are Duyihs
the cash receipts of the big uptown STORES
and selling them to the banks at premium.
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We trust that no dignifed congressman
will be compelled to take to the woods
next year.
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The per capita circulation now stands:
For the banks. $1O00O0,0OO; for the peo-
pie, Is cents. The rest of the money is hid
in the cellar.
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Is 1t a Conspiracy?

In his last letter to The New York
Herald Mr.. Murat Halstead says:
The theory of the silver cranks is that
silver is warred upon that there is n world
wide conspiracy against the precious white
metal, led by the British empire
Who makes this charge?
No less distinguished IL parsonage than
the Hon. John G. Carlisle, secretary of
the treasury of the United States, who
said, in 1878, in one of the strongest
speeches he ever delivered while men,
Der of congress-:
According to my view Of the subject the
conspiracy which seems to have been formed
here and in Europe to destroy by legislation
and otherwise from three-sevenths to one
half of the metallic money of the world is
the most gigantic crime of this or any other
age.
This is Mr. Carlisle's testimony as to
the European cons piracy, which has
been steadily augmenting in strength
since 1878, and which is now making its
final stand, before this congress, against
silver as a money metal.
Mr. Carlisle was right then and if he
has the courage Of his convictions, he
will make the same honest fight now
in behalf of the people that he made
then.
Speaking of Sherman laws, let's whirl
in and repeal the Sherman law of 1873
the law that demonetiZed silver and took
it out of our currency as monetary stand
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Richmond contains eighteen George Wash
ingtons in ner population. And not one Of
them has ever done anything TO make his
name known outside of his ward.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-22
His Proud Pre-eminence.

Some years ago a physician named Bar
Der lived at Oshkosh, Wis One day ht
was called to see a man few miles from
town. 1t was a serious case, and after do
ing what he could for the patient DR.. Bar
Der called his employer aside and said:
Wen, your hired man can't get over
this. He'll probably be dead before morn.
ing. It's a very contagious disease, too
he's got, SO you ought to get him buried as
soon as you can. / advise you to go and
dig his grave right away. and as soon as be
is dead bury him. y
DR.. Barber took his departure, and the
farmer dug the grave.
But the patient recovered. 1t was very
unprofessional for him to do this under the
circumstances. but he didn't die, and that
grave became subject of a good deal OF
talk. DIR. Barber was continually hearing
of it.
Some months later brother physician
died, and the local doctors met to decide
what should be done He had come from
Canada, and it was supposed that perhaps
his Canadian friends might want him
buried in the Dominion
We might inter him temporarily, - OBJ
served one of the physicians, with glance
toward DR.. Barber Il understand that
our brother here has vacant grave on
handn
yes" retorted DR.. Barber, 81 suppose
I'm the only doctor here who hasn't got all
his graves full. a-Harpers Bazar.
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What yo' got ter do bout it?n she rather
Indignantly queried in reply.
What got ter do? What got ter do'
Does yo' perambulate de posishun / holds
on dis railrode, Mrs. Johnson?"
"Yo' works in de freight house. reckon -
Exactly, Mrs. Johnson-exactly. works
in de freight house By day, but at night
advises wild de offishuls of de road Why
didn't yo' cum to me bout dat cow?'
"Reube Scott dun tole me how to do"
'Oh, he didl Reube Scott he dun had de
gall to advise yo' bout railrode bizness, did
hep Very well, Mrs. johnson. won't
detain yo' no longer. Go right long Mrs
Johnson"
What's de mattah?" she anxiously
asked.
Muffin tall, Mrs johnson. In de co'se
of a week de offishuIs will telegraph me
bout yor COW an ak her value Had yo'
come to me | should hey put de figgers at
$50, utunder present circumstances shall
reply dat a 15-cent niger named Reube
Scott claims dat we killed 20-cent COW be-
longing to a 2-shillin Gull d woman, but dat
we had better fight de case cl'ar to de SEQ
preme court at Washington befo' we pay
damages. Good AFTERNOON, Mrs. johnson
But I'ze cum fur advice" she protested.
''Too late, Mrs. johnson, OWN to con-
sanguinary circumlocushun a drayman
name Reube Scott will participate de legal
ity of yo'r claim. while it will be my dooty
to sagaciate sich a procrastinashun as will
make yo' tired cl'ar down to yo'r toes. Au
reyoir, Mrs. johnson. Dey tells me buckle
berries am lookin upright smart dis sezun."
NJ QUAD.
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A Hitch In the propra y, ~, q

Bangs was anxious to join a party OF
night owls for a Saturday nights frolic in
the city few weeks ago
just what excuse to make to his wife
puzzled HIM. Bangs has q beautiful sum
mer home In the country within an hours
rlde OF his Office Bangs and We're school
boys together am a frequent visitor at
his home. Bangs had an idea-he thought
of me-
i say, old chap" said he when we met,
Il want you to do me u big favor You see,
haye-that is WELL, l have SOME busi-
ness on hand that will keep me in the city
until late tonight. Now, want you to en-
tertain Lucy while am away. She'll be
so lonesome, you know. She wants to 70
to the theater. Suppose you telegraph her
that you have tickets. Tell her to meet you
at the Grand Central depot Take her to
dinner, the theater and to supper after
ward. Be sure and catch the midnight
train though. FL foot the bills
And then the villain confessed. ..Just a
little lark, = he said ''Lucy'd give me fits
If she knew. I'm played out for excuses.
but this know will work admirably. .I'll
go home now as a bluff Then I'll be there
when she receives your telegram and urge
her to 90. I'll be greatly surprised too.
Change viii do her good and all that. I'll
stay home and mind the house. Dye see?
Then I'll go out for walk. She will
not wait for my return, but will 90 right to
the depot. OF course IL be in the city be
fore she is I'll return on the IL O'Clock
train, jump into bed and pretend to be
asleep when she comes in. I'll even mat
ters up with her the next day by gentle
scolding for staying out SO late She'll lei
up on me then for my past IN deeds
agreed. The telegram was sent. Bangs
went home and returned to the city as
agreed upon. The scheme was working
beautifully until received this dispatch:
Sorry; can't come, Lucy.
Shortly before midnight Bangs poor, de-
luded Bangs opened the gate. There was "a
light in the front purlor, but he failed to
notice it.
My sWeetheart's the man in the moon,''
he warbled as he opened the front door
He gave start. His cigar dropped from
his fingers I'll thought be gasped.
Before him like an ayenging Nemesis stood
his wife,
Il don't think know said Mrs. Bangs,
and the look she gave Bangs nearly froze
all the blood in his veins.
never could get Bangs to tell me Just
what happened. Mrs. Bangs, however, in
formed me on the following Sunday when
called that that night is q subject do
not care to discuss. New York Herald
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"A DARK NIGHT IN ST. LouTs." !"

scendin. Brudder Cantelope johnson an
sittin by his own fireside. He suddenly
feels dat he would like fried chicken fun
breakfas'. De market am shet up an he
can't buy muffin. He rises up an takes my
ole letter outer de top buroo drawer an
reads it. When he Gums down to dat part
whar tell him dat de torpedo chicken
can't be told in de dark from fat pullet,
he smiles in contempt at my innercense.
He thinks of me as childlike ole yahoo
who would blow out de gas an go to bed
smilin
Five minits later Brudder johnson am
out doahs wild an empty bag under his arm
His wife thinks he am goin sumwhar fur
shavin's He reckoIects sartin hencoop
In a sartin alley, an his steps turn dat way.
Il foller Brudder johnson in imagina-
shun. He keeps dat same smile on his face
He feels it his dooty to write to me an eau
shnn me ag' lin bettin any money on de string
game.
Now Brudder johnson has turned into
de alley. Now he has stopped to peer an
listen. Now he tiptoes along an reaches de
alley doah of de hencoop. His mouf waters,
an he feels hungry as he thinks of de meat
inside
Now Brudder johnson has pried off
bod wild de ole chisel he brung along. Now
he crawls into de COOP He can't see, but
his ears tell him dat % fine fat fowls am
roostin widin reach of his hand Now he
keerfully reaches out his right hand an
feels about till it rests on fo' pound hen
She does not gin de alarm, but acts like she
was 'spectin him to cum an take her.
'sLookl Listen! Now Brudder Johnson
gifts firm hold o. dat hen an gins sudden
yank. He am already tastin fried chicken
when dar Gums a flash, u roar. boom, an
all is oberl He had got hold of de torpedo
chicken. He had invited de grim destroyer
to cum an bust him all to pieces. Dat same
smile of contempt fur me was on his face
when dey picked it up fo'ty rods away.
hev no doubt dat jest as he yanked at dat
hen he was thinkin he orter telegraph me
not to soak my feet in kerosene an stick
'em into de oven to dry.
My fren's. / hey no lectur' to read yo
shall not hold dis case up as a warnin to
yo'. We shall hang de emblem of mournin
on de alley doah fur de usual length of
time, an we shall pass de usual resolushun
of coincidence wild de family. If dar am
any odder member of his club who am SO
skeptical dat he must blow down de barl
of gun to see if it am loaded an who won't
believe dat over 100000 torpedo chickens
am sittin on de hen roosts of dis kentry jest
bekase he hasn't happened to see one,
shall not consider it my dooty to argy wild
him. Let him find out fur hisself, but let
him also rememberdat dis club doan' pay
no funeral spenses nor buy no gravestuns.
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THE TIME TO LOVE

/ met sweet Phyllis IN the spring,
When all the fields had burst in bloom.
And all the birds como back to sing
Away the winters grief and gloom;
And Phyllls--oh, was net she fair?
Aye, very fair, with gentle eyes
And threads of sunlight for her hair
And laughing lips formed Cupidwise.
begged her TO be mine, and this
lis what she said, with mien demlire;
The spring is not the time to kiss.
Iis best In summer time, I'm sure,
= or then the dreamy days are long,
And we can lie beneath the trees
And tell our love in rhyme and song
And so-let's wait till summer, pleaselr
When summer came. / begged again
That she would grant the precious boon,
And she replied: .Hew like you men!
1t Is not nice to love in June!
For then the days are hot and dry,
And-oh, pray wait till autumn, dear,
hen leaves turn golden and the sky
Has greatest beauty of the year!''
AT autumn time again said
be m,ne, dear love-" The sseet coquette
Laughed merrily and shook her head
And answered me: '.Oh, no, not yet.
The winter is the time to love,
When north winds blow and every night
Onheeding snow and winds above
We're cozy in the fires warm light
When winter came, .Oh, wait till spring!'
She said when besought her hand
men roses bloom and bluebirds sing,
And fragrance is in all the land!
Ihat Is the time to love-please waitr
I'm waiting still as best can,
For Phyllis, / am sad to state,
In Spffngtime wed anotler mani
Detroit Free Press.
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No Use.

A brace of burglars were prowling
through the house in the middle of the
night, and after picking up such stray
things as were obtainable down stairs they
went to the floor above. Here they came to
a room in which two children were asleep,
and adjoining it was the room of the man
and his wife. A dim light was burning,
and one of the burglars stepped in while
the other watched at the door,
Get anythings" whispered the watcher
when the 1narauder returned.
Naw,' was the disgusted reply. "nothin
but a few bits of jewelry off the dresser
Didn't you see nothin?'
Nav
Did you go through his pocketss"
The other one looked through the dark
ness at his pal contemptuously.
Course not" he groWled; cant you see
his wife's there with him?''
Then they tiptoed on up to the next floor
Detroit Free Press.
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LOST HIS HEAD.

He Became Lightning Rod Man and He
Scorned Her.
HE loves me, and he will come this even
ing"
1t was Evangeline Watkins who mur
piazza of her fathers country mansion as
the sun went down and the fitting swal
low began to fit. Down in the meadow an
old sheep was bleating for her little sheep
let, which had gone astray In the farm
yard the old man had just sat down to milk
the lop horned COW and let his thoughts go
back to years ago. Half a mile down the
dusty highway Farmer johnson was yell
ing "Whoa-haw-geei' at his steers, and in
the pear tree at the gate robin redbreast
sat and sang his soul away, or tried to-
1t was just such an evening as lovers love
to love. There were rhythm and cadence and
gentleness about it, and as the fair Evan
geline waited she felt that she could be
happy with the object of her affections,
even if they had to live in straw stack
and subsist on raw onions. Walter Hig-
ginbottom had not asked her to be his wife
mot in plain English-but both under
stood. When you strain a girl to your heart
with such violence rs to crack one of her
riage, and nothing is left but to name the
date and the preacher.
"Walterl''
"Evangelinel
He stood before her, but as she looked at
him the glad light in her face faded away
and her fond heart almost ceased to beat
He was as cold us an iron hitching post in
January and as solemn as turkey the day
Lnf, !
been kicked by her fathers mule while cut
ting across lotss Had he stepped on the
blade of hoe and been whacked by the
handle?
Walter, what is itp"
Miss Watkins, have called to say fare.
WE'LL am going far awayl Itisnot likely
that we shall ever meet again. Ihave called
to give you back your heart and to tell you
that you had better marry Bill Tompkins
if he will have you.
But, Walter''--
Il will explain. Up to this afternoon |
was working for my father at salary of
SIS month and board and washing and
darning. had no dreams of the great
world beyond. had no soaring ambitions
ALI has suddenly changed. A lightning
rod man stopped at our house for dinner,
with the result that hired to him for s25 a
month and expenses. and leave tomorrow
"But, Walter''-
You must forget me. From now on
your love will be hopeless. A lightning rod
man cannot mate with farmers daughter
The gulf Is wide and deep and unbridgable
Marry Bill Tompkins, who always rather
liked you, and if he ever builds barn
will put lightning rods all over it and give
him 10 per cent off. Evangeline Miss Wat
kins-farewellt'
He turned and walked away into the sum
mer night-walked on and on and on un-
til his coattails finally vanished from view
forever and forever. Eyangeline was like
one turned to stone For a long half hour
she never moved an eyewinker Then, moy-
ing like one in dream, she descended the
piazza steps and walked around to the back
Of the house, where her mother was making
soft soap, and sat down on a leg.
Il don't think put in quite huff soap
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ntain, Unawed by influence and unbribed by gai
MAKING HIM COMFORTABLE.
But He Had Too Powerful an Imaginatio
to Stay There

But He Had Too Powerful an Imagination
to Stay There.
/ Won Blumer has invited his friend With.
erby out to spend the night with him at his
country residence They are about to re-
/ tire, and he is showing his visitor his room.
/ Won Biumer-You had better lock your
/ door before you go to bed, old man There
/ have been number of burglaries in this
neighborhood lately.
Witherby-I am glad you told me, old
fellow. | am little skittish on the sub,
/ ject. Was anybody killed.
Won Blumer-Only one murder That
Ioccurred in the house just opposite The
burglar crept in through the back window
| and made his way to the front bedroom op-
| posite the hall
| Witherby-Why. that is just the location
| of this room
Won Blumer-Precisely That's where
| the murder was committed
Witherby Gurning palel-You haven't
| got any spare firearms around the house.
have you?
Won Blumer-I am sorry to say that
possess but one revolver, and that's at the
head of our bed up stairs. We did occupy
this room, but my wife was so nervous that
we moved up one flight. But don't be un-
necessarily alarmed, old fellow. Nothing
has been heard from the burglars for sew
eral nights now, and unless they are plan
ming another attack they have probably
taken themselves off, SO make yourself
comfortable.
Witherby (his teeth chattering) Thanks,
old man. But before you go, let me ask
you one question. Was that fellow you
mentioned-that murdered man-was he a
visitor? Did he come out from the city to
spend the night?
Won Biumer-By Jove, now that you
mention it, believe he did But what on
earth are you putting on your coat for?
Witherby {resolutely)-O man, value
your friendship and hospitality very high
y, but life is precious to me. and If the
county Jail is not more than lo miles away
propose to sleep in it tonight.-Life
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-22
THE LIMEKILN CLUB.
BROTHER GARDNER TALKS ABOUT
THE TORPEDO CHICKEN.
He Tells With Great E1oquence How
Brother Cantaloupe johnson Passed
From This Earth Away by Making the
Mistake of His LiEsSs
lcopyright, 1888, by Charles B. Lewis.1

copyright, 1888, by Charles B. Lewfs.l
1T are my painful dooty," said Brother
Gardner as he arose with a letter in his
hand, ito announce to dis club dat de grim
destroyer has obertooken another member
OF dis club Brudder CanteIope johnson.
an honorary member residin in ST. Louis.
has passed from dis frozen airth away.
am perhaps de only member present who
personally knowed de deceased. He had
his good an his bad side, same as de rest of
us. His loss won't create any pertickler
vacuum in st. Louis, and yit he filled
sartin place while he libed He would hev
Ebed good deal longer had he needed my
advice. Hewas de sort of man who couldn't
believe anythin onless he saw it wild his
own eyes. When dat Ohio man invented
de torpedo chicken, writ to Brudder John
sea to look out fur it. explained how it
worked. | caushuned him dat death lurked
in de heneoop an dat he'd better buy his
fowls at de reg'lar price an in de reg'lar
way. Dis letter am from Br,ldder John
sons widder. 1t says dat he was found in
an alley all busted to pieces, an she believes
dat powder magazine blowed up sum
whar or dat he was obertooken by an airth-
-eesIake- Pore womanl 1t am better thus
an fG2all not attempt to ondeceive her.
There was a general movement in the
hall, showing intense excitement, and after
a minute Brother Gardner continued:
Il hey de pictur befo' me. 1t am dark
night in st. Louis. A gentle rain am de-
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A Subject Eor Symnathy.

The prisoner, a tough looking citizen
with prognathous cast of countenance
and bad eye, had been found guilty OF
beating his horse to death.
Il wish it were in my power to punish
your brutality as it deserves by sending
you to the penitentiary," said the magis-
trate, with strong Indignation, but shall
fine you 500, and you will stand committed
till the fine and costs are paid. y
Cant you make it little lighter,
squirrel" pleaded the prisoner, drawing the
back of griny hand across his eyes.
That's purity hard on a man that's just
lost good hossl"-C Chicago Tribune.