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grandeur of his attire. He wears trous-
ers which seem much too large for him.
They have a long fat bag at the knees,
and his coat fits him too loosely across
the back. His shoes are square toed and
turn up at the ends. They are also too
large for him. as the leather is wrinkled
all over the top of the foot. But Mr..
Bryan has the art of wearing old clothes
gracefully. that is, the lines of his sturdy
figure show up beneath them.
When Mr.. Bryan first comes upon the
platform he is not impressive. He wears
kindly smile, his coat is unbottoned
and hangs loosely upon his shoulders,
and his long arms hang idly by his side.
Were 1t not for his face he would look i'll
at ease and out of place. When he starts
to speak he sometimes warns up to his
subject at the very outset. and again he
leads up to the exciting periods very
slowly, avoiding gestures of all kinds.
When talking quietly his favorite pose
is to stand with both hands thrust into
his trousers pockets. When beginning
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to present an argument he throws his
head to one side and raises his right
hand as high as his waist. When the
speech becomes warmer he raises his
right hand as high is his head, and ges
ticulates forcibly with it. In the next
stage of speech he removes his left
hand from his pocket and uses both arms
gently with the hands wide open. AS
the temperature of the topic climbs
higher he doubles up both hands. rails
ing the right and keeping the left close
to his side. In the final stage both hands
are held aloft and used to emphasize
each word.
Before the Democratic candidate re-
turns to his Nebraska home from his no.
tification trip the people of the east will
be fairly we'll acquainted with him, as
his plans call for stops at every place Of
Importance on the route
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e A story of Bryan's Father

The late Judge Slas L. Bryan. the father
of the Democratic presidential candidate,
of all the different churches near his farm
with -four corn hay and vegetables free
of cost One night. unseen himself. he saw
a man emerge from the smoke house with
side of pork on his shoulder He recognize
ed the intruder, but said nothing. A week
after the fellow approached him. saying:
stolen from your smoke house?" The old
judge raised his hand deprecatingly, and
said: "S-s-h! No one on earth knows
anything about that but you and me-
Argonaut.
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by his ceaseless gestures during q
speech.
BRYAN USES THEM ALL
Bryan uses his arms, his BODY h,e
hands, his face and head when making
a speech. He hasn't any single peculi-
ways scratched his head Just before rim.
ping out some exceptional bit of orator.
ical thunder, or like Thomas Jefferson.
who waved a piece of blank paper in
the air. Bryan brings into play every
muscle In his body, and even his oppo-
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MY prices for wallpaper beat all the city.
A. A. Eckstrom, S24 South Spring street.
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not overburdened with truth If It is
true many popular ideas regarding the
abilities of famous speakers are all
wrong. For instance, DR.. Talmage has
the oratorical gift to high degree, but
he prances about the platform or pulpit
with an abandon equal to De Wolf Hop
per In comic opera role. Ingersoll and
Depew, particularly the latter, are quiet
speakers as far as physical contortions
are concerned, but they are exceptions.
Nearly all the great political speakers
Of today indulge in bodily mannerisms.
Senator Vest of Missouri has the ora
torical gift, and he does pretty nearly
everything but turn somersaults dur
ing a speech. Even Major Mckinley,
who might be called 1.-THE Placid Man"
so even and quiet is his temperament,
waves his arms, bends his body, and
shakes his head when rolling out tell
ing speech. Senator Hill, one of the cool
est and calmest men in the political are
ma today, wears himself out physically
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Beneath Silver

In the heat of the free silver discus
sion 1t should at no moment be forgot
ten that there is more at stake in this
campaign than the question Of coinage.
That is the surface issue. But beneath
the surface is the issue, as yet unformu-
lated, of equal rights versus special pri-
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When Mr.. Bryan reaches New York
In a couple of days to receive the official
notification of his nomination in Mad
ison Square garden, the huge structure.
which holds $4,000 people. sitting and
standing, will not be one-tenth large
enough to accommodate the multitudes
who will fight. crowd and push to see
him. Bryan is practically unknown to
the great masses Of the eastern cities,
and Republicans are just as eager to see
him as the voters of his own political
faith.
II snapshot photographs could be taken
of him during the speech he will make on
that occasion, they would doubtless re-
veal variety of facial expression which
any actor on the stage today would envy
Bryan has that peculiar kind of face
which is susceptible to every emotion
of the man and pictures them faith
fully
Some observing genius has said that
the amateur orator gesticulates with
his whole body, a finished orator with his
arms and a diplomat with his fingers.
This has pretty ring to it, but it is
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erty, and assured me he loved me as we'll as if l lad been really and truly his own child. Soon after he died, and 1 spent the next few yf ATS at school On graduating Icomlnenct teaching, and there, my children, was where I met your father. We were married just at the close of 1865 and lived very happily here ill this place, where your father, the doctor, as just getting established, when he, too, died, leaving me a wid- ow with yCu two babies. Our life since has been constant struggle, but we have been very happy, and since you two grew up and have had more time to think about such things l have often wondered who my parents really were. Now I know, and this little trinket, the only article of value my foster parents ever received when they took me to their kind hearts, has solved the mys- tery."
 "And vCu are rich Uoman-a very rich Womtn. Did you know that, Mrs. Tow?''
 "Ob, l co,'t c"yo that. am only thankful tIlt h.,>o found this out ill t'me ti.; vo may give my unfortunate fuller fitting burial. "
 "He would have had that her, you may be sule The printers of the city have already ordered a magnificent cas- ket, and the funeral will be one of the largest ever seen,; said Philip.
 "Well, we must show proper re- spect"-
 ''That we certainly will, mother" " said sturdy Phil, and the family did. They did not feel it incumbent OH them, however, to mourn over the death of Mrs. Tow's uncle, although they did at tend tho funeral, which was not at all ostent atiOus, but. On the contrary, pri- vate.
 Caleb Sawtelle left no will, and but for Mrs TOw's relationship his vast property must have gone where the lost and found will directcd-tO certain edu- cational institutions. Certain records later discovered ill Albany county ren dered the proof of her claim an easy matter, and on the following Christmas, when Margaret and Robert BraytOn were married, the happy mother was enabled to give her daughter magnifi- cent d0Wry. About the same time, in the fullness of her heart, the good lady, through her son Philip, caused to be filed a satisfaction of the mortgages 1 against poor Booled's Standard, render ing that poor cats paw very happy man, if not a grateful one. Phil slapped BOOled on the shoulder when the poor fellow endeavOred to express his thanks and exclaimc d "That's all right, old fellow It would never do to have moth CT proprietress of quite all the newspa- pers in town. She owns BraytOn, you know, and he owns The Blade, and she also owns me, although she does insist she bought The News for me, and that I, and not she, own it. y
 Under the treaty that followed the prices of newspapers ill the city were raised to a living standard, printers wages went back to the old scale, and while wholesome differences of opinion and warm journalistic discussions often occur the war to the death is no longer q feature of Bloomfield journalism.
 THE END.
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heels under that window the next day and the boots you hid after doing it. The jig is up, old boy, and you are my prisoner. If you didn't hang for mur- der in the west, you will in the east, and I can't say pity you much. No funny work now, or you won't live to face jury. I'm prepared to pull at the least sign."
 "Please let me get a drink. feel quite faint,'' said the accused, with ap- parent effort, and while the officer not cd his pallor he could not but believe him.
 "All right. Anything to accommo- date." Sawtelle arose and staggered to- ward the faucet and bowl which stood just behind him and near a record case. As he neared the basin he reached into the case and from behind the curtain quickly drew a large revolver. Before the officer could reach him there was a flash, stunning report, and the mur- 1erer by sending a bullet into his own temple had added another to his list of fearful crimes. He was dead before he struck the floor, and the smoking revolv- CT he yet clutched told the awful truth | plainly enough to the clerks who came running in from the outer rooms. That afternoon a second edition of The Blade was necessary, and even The Standard, which had been set up by three girls and went to press late, had one item the suicido-that everybody read with interest
 The committee of watchers from the typographical union rendered Robert Brayton's presence unnecessary at his home that evening, and, glad to seek more congenial society, he went, as was his wont, to spend the evening with handsome Margaret Tow, Philips elder sister, and the young editors promised wife.
 "Hasn't this been a horrible day, Bob?" were the young lady's first words as the two sat down before the cheerful grate fire to await the coming in of the rest of the family from the dining room, where they had fingered at the table while Philip read The Blades account of the terrible incidents to his mother.
 "1 should say it had," was the re- sponse. "Iwish we could hear some good news to cheer us up bit I really feel demoralized by contact witb"-
 He got no farther, for he was inter- rupted by a suppressed scream from Mrs. Tow, who, while listening to her son, had suddenly arisen from her chair and was running toward the family desk, which stood in the sitting room.
 Whats the matter, mother? What has frightened you so?" inquired Mar garet as she arose and hastened toward her.
 ''It may be nothing, Margie. Perhaps l was foolish. Your key, please, dear. Unlock that drawer quick. I am too nervous. Get me that little brown box there-that s it. Now a needle from the cushion over there, childr'
 The wondering girl did as she was l requested, and the mother with eagea
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The Blade that afternoon also con- tained Information to the effect that De- tective White had visited the cherry tree, raised the stone and there found a tin trunk containing papers and heavy ornamental paperweight with several gray hairs yet clinging to it's roughened surface. The papers were the will and codicil bequeathing all of Simon Saw telle's estate to his granddaughter if she could be found, and if not to half dozen benevolent and educational insti- tutiOns ill New York state and Pennsyl- vania. The Blade also announced the arrest of Caleb Sawtelle on two charges of murder, pending the action of the grand jury, which would convene the coming week. The announcement of the arrest was expectations and proved un- true.
 CHAPTER VII.
 In announcing Caleb Sawtelle's arrest The Blade was somewhat premature, for he was never arrested, although the editor of the paper had every reason to suppose he would be before the days issue was on the street. It was exactly o'clock when Detective White waited on MT. Sawtelle at the directors room of the First National bank, W here he had been busy since leaving The News office in the morning. He was alone when the detective walked in, and aris- ing with a scowl on his brow requested his visitor to take seat.
 "No. think won't sit down, MT. Sawtelle. came on business and must be going immediately. Have you time to step over to Judge Brooks office with me?'
 What do you want of me over there? Must l be annoyed by some trumped up charge arising from my having put @ tramp printer out of my office this morning? This is absurd. can be found at any time the''-
 "You are not to be annoyed by any such charge now. Imust first arrest you on charge of having murdered your own father."
 "Your proof!' yelled the startled old villain as he sank back upon the table nearest him and clutched it's edge. He had expected some complaint and pro- ceeding against him for the assault on poor old Jimmy James, but although Jimmy had intimated that one person at least knew of other and more serious crimes he had hardly expected arrest to follow. White was as cool as though he had been facing some small boy rather than the magnate of Bloomfield, and only the glitter of his beady eyes show ed how he gloated over having at last run down a murderer who had so neat ly bafded him.
 "Oh, you needn't worry, MT. Man. I have the weight of evidence, if that is necessary, and all the rest of the things you planted that night under tho old cherry tree; also the antemortem state tment of your last victim, who was an eyewitness to this murder of your fa- ther; also of the man who saw you make the impression with your boot
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hands snatchGd rom the DOX plain round locket with short piece of slen der gold chain hanging to it. She in- serted the needle ill the locket near the stem to which the chain was attached, the keepsake flew open ill her hands and the excited woman, after looking at it an instant, burst into tears.
 "The mystery of my parentage is u mystery no longer,' she sobbed, 'but, oh, what a shock does this discovery bring Is it possible that this poor old man whom I have had pointed out to me so many times was my father and that these are the pictures of my parents?"
 'Why, mother, what do you meant" questioned Philip, who had caught up the locket and stood staring at it with distended eyes. "Why, I'd swear this was your picture, although I never saw it before, and the collar on the neck is very old fashioned, but the other-why, it can't be Yes, by love, it is old Jim my, or rather old Jimmy when he was young"
 "Yes, and it looks enough like you to be your picture, my bCy, and it is the picture of your grandfat Ter and grand mother-my parents. Oh, why did l not know this locket would open be- fOre?"
 Because God didn't intend you should know, Mrs. Tow. It has all come out right in his own good time. But what is the story? You must know" said Brayton as he arose and led the agitated woman to seat.
 "The story is very shcrt one. The first recollections 1 have are of life in New York, where lived with my sup posed parents, Philip and Margaret Ed wards. Mother died when I was very young Before father died he was sick some time, and as I was then but IA and with him all my spare hours we often had long talks. During one of these and but few days before his death he told me was not his own child, which remember made me very sad. He said he should never have told me but for fear of approaching death, and this remember made me still sad der Then he went on to tell me how that he and mother had taken me from an asylum, as he said, up near Albany, failing to ascertain my true name and caring little to know. He showed me bis will. which left me his little DroD-
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From Female Complaints.
 It is a fact that our women who suffer from female complaints and are conse- uuently weak, tired, nervous, dragged-Out and full of pains and aches, do not have the same opportunity to be cured as do the residents of the great cities where the most successful specialists in female dis eases reside. In other words, our women are debarred from seeking cure by the great and skilled physician owing to the cost of travel to the large city and the high fees charged by such specialists.
 Here, therefore, is chance for the sick and suffering women of our community which should not be lost. Dr. Greene, of 35 West 14th Street, New York City, who has the largest practice in the world, and who is without doubt the most successful specialist in curing female complaints, offers to give free consultation by mail to all women suffering from these distressing weaknesses, discharges, pains and irregu- larittes. You have the privilege of consult ing Dr. Greene by letter, describing your complaints, and he will, after carefully considering your condition, send letter fully explaining all your symptoms, tell ing you everything about your complaints so plainly that you will understand exact ly what alIS you. lie Will also give you his advice, based upon his vast experience and wonderful success in treating such cases, as to just what to do to get cured. All this will cost you nothing, and you can thus have consultation with the best known physician and acknowledged most successful specialist in the world, without leaving home and at no expense whatever. The Doctor is the discoverer of that greatest of medicines, Dr. Greene's Nerv- ura blood and nerve remedy, and he has discovered many other most valuable remedies. Write to him now about your case, for this is 8 chance to get cured which you may never have again.
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Fiji Island Marriages.

Marriage is not failure ill the Fiji islands, for an unmarried man or wom- an of marriageable age is something that is rarely seen there. The natives believe that if a person dies while in an unmarried state his or her soul is doomed to wander through the endless ages of eternity in an intermediate region be- tween heaven and hades. At the end of each moon they are allowed to look into heaven, but they are never permitted to antpr
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It is hard to convince man that he is conceited, although he will readily admit that the rest of human kind is afflicted with an over-estimate of self.
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Death is but the transition to an un- known eternity, although the suicide seems to think it the end of all further existence. ....
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The merit of Hoods Sarsaparilla is proven by the wonderful cures it effects.
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Its just as easy to try One Minute Cough Cure as any thing else. Its easier to cure a severe cough or cold with it, Let your next purchase for a cough be One Minute Cough Cure. Better medi- cines; better results; better try it. w. D. Heald, Stafford Springs; G. L. Phil lips, South Coventry.
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If small bottle of Shaker Digestive Cordial does you no good, don't buy a large one.
 "PrOve all things; hold fast that which is good" Its not good for everybody, only for the thin, pale, sick, weak and weary. For those who are starving for want of digested food. For those who cannot get fat or strong, because their stomachs do not work as they ought to. These are the people, millions of them, whom Shaker Digestive Cordial will cure.
 Food makes strength, muscle, brain, blood, energy-after it is digested. If not digested, it will do you no good at all.
 Shaker digestive Cordial helps your stomach to digest your food and cures in- digestion permanently. When you've tried a small bottle, you can tell.
 Sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10 cts,
 Costume and Mortality.
 A remarkable effect of costume on mortality is shown in very instructive manner by one of the English registrar generals reports. It appears that among children aged from to years there is an equality in the number of deaths by scalds and burns among boys and girls, but from 5 to 10 double the number of girls to that of boys die from these causes, while from 10 to 20 there die 1O2 women and only 27 men, and from 20 upward Fl women and S2 men, show ing the influence of muslin and hounce in producing death; notwithstanding the greater caution of the female sex.
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ARE You EVER ANNOYED by buzzing or roaring sound in your head? Have you difficulty in hearing distinctly? Are you troubled with continual dropping of mucus, irritating the throat and causing you to cough? Is your breath unpleas- antly affected and accompanied with bad taste Is your hearing less acute? If so, you have catarrh and should at once procure a bottle of Ely's Cream Balm
 the best known remedy. The Balm will give instant relief.
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It is not miracle. 1t won't cure every thing, but it will cure piles. That's what De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve will do, be- cause it has done it in hundred of cases. w. b. Heald, Stafford Springs G. l.. l Phillips, South Coventry.
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A little i'll, then little pill. The i'll is gone, the pill has gone. De Wits Little Early Risers, the little pills that cure great ills. W.D. Heald, Stafford Springs c. l.. Phillips, South Coventry.
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Spite is a saucy little attribute that goes off with bang and generally hits the wrong party.
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The higher the collal'of man beyond a certain limit, the lower is apt to be his brain standard.
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Take a dose of De Witt's Little Early Risers just for the good they will do you. These little Pills are good for indigestion, good for liver complaint, good for consti- patton. They are good. w. D. Heald, Stafford Springs; c. L. Phillips, South Coventry.
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It's all the same, slight cold, congest- ed lungs or severe cough. One Minute Cough Cure banishes them. WD. Heald, Stafford Springs G. L. Phillips, South Coventry.
 No opportunity appears so golden as the lost one.
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Busy people have no time, and sensible people have no inclination to use slow remedy. One Minute Cough Cure acts promptly and gives permanent results. w, D. Heald, Stafford Springs c. l.. Phillips, South Coventry.
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WANTED-To exchange Money for w Beef, Pork, Veal and Lamb.
 17Octf HERBERT D. ROYCE.
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Some men try to go through the world on the size of their head, forgetting that it is what there is in it that counts.
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Many a rich man will tell you how he worries and how unhappy he is on account of his riches and yet only one was ever known to give them up of his own free will years ago.
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Men who think they can do everything can generally do nothing.

Burns are absolutely painless when De Wits Witch Hazel Salve is promptly applied. This statement is true. A per feet remedy for skin diseases, chapped hands and lips, and never fails to cure Piles. w. D. Heald, Stafford Springs; q L. PhillinS South COVentrY.
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A dude is a-freak, who tries to pass as a man.
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ELECTRIC BITTERs. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but per haps more generally needed when the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alternative is felt A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, h. digestion, Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Btters. soc. and $1.00 per bottle, at E. K. Taft's Drug Store. 1