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BRYANs FELICITY.

The New York Worlds Estimate OF His
ABILITY and Personal Merits.
The New York World is one of the
few papers In the country which, while
opposing the Chicago platform, has had
the justice to estimate at their proper
worth the ability and personal merits
of Mr.. Brya an.
It declares that the little speeches
which he has made on his way to New
York show considerable versatility, and
that they have been as happy and grace
full as has been his manner of greet
ing those who assembled at different
points to do him honor.
"They are not repetitions," it says;
'sthey are not dull, and they are well
suited to the occasions which call for
them. If they lack the dignity of Nc
Kinley's short speeches and the rare
combination Of felicity and seriousness
that marked President Harrison's, they
are still effective for the end he had in
view-the capturing and holding of the
plain people"
In this tribute to Bryan as speaker
the World is doing the democratic pres
dental nominee that simple justice
which he has been denied by every
gold standard paper in the country.
Malice, Misrepresentation and vitnpera-
ton have been the weapons welded by
these journals ever since his nomina-
ton. Even in their news columns.
which in all we'll regulated papers are
supposed to tell the plain, unvarnished
truth with regard to any event in which
the public is interested, SCOTS and false
hoods have taken the place of truth
and fact.
Why the gold standard organs should
adopt such methods it is difficult to see.
Their policy is one which will not re-
fleet any credit ON the ability or judg-
ment of their editors when the cam
paign has closed. Vituperation and
willful misrepresentation in the press
never yet injured the prospects of any
candidate for public office. They will
not injure the candidacy of Bryan.--At-
lanta Constitution.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05
STOPPED HER TEARS.
BY ARABELLA KENEALY.

r WAS u bright
September morn
ing. The earth
natures good serv-
ant, wrought ma
lures will in cheer
full silence, storing
the ruddy gold of
leaves for disburse-
ment in spring,
guarding the slum-
bering seed, and
performing a thou
sand other offices
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

Have you watered the cattle yet ~
asked the farmer Of his son.
mot a head Of EN-. heerd you say
at the grange last night than any Of
those fellers caught watering stock
ought to be sent to the penitentiary. I'm
takin' no chances. detroit Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

SHn-s'Do you believe in long engage
mentsln He-"Well, think an engagement
should be long enough TO. test @ mans con-
cook. h--BroolTlyn Life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

FITS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use OF Dr.. Kline's
Great Nerve Res.orer Free 50 trial bottle
Il treatise On. KLINE. 933 Arch st. Phiia Pa.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

On THE RooF.--Jawkins- -''Why do you
applaud that rotln Hogg-stHang 1t, II you
would do the same 1t would help you not to
hear it."--Truth.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

E1NFVH "VEIV EE1 u1Tu HTIHy IS IIIU IUCVTU
OF Mrs. Keveth, of st. Drewnrd, Corn
wall. Queen Victoria has sent her 500,
her engraved picture in Frame and
letter OF her private secretary, asking
for her photograph and that Of ller
Military Gazette. Chicago.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

ToM-"I don't know whether she sings or
not" Jack-"She doesn't. heard herr
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

USE Piso's Cure for Consumption both in
my family and practice. DR. 9. w. PAT
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

IT people love you, be happy; don't de
mand the impossible by asking that the
same people love You longer than week.
Atchison Globe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

.'WHo was best man at the wedding9n
eThe BRIDES father, II checrfulness counts
for anything. PUCK
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

A COOP REASON IN Morals Moike going
't'th' funeraln Bridget-"Indateh he isn't"
Nora-"An' phoyr' Bridget-"Shur he
wuz at tn wake lasht noight Truth.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

lets Milly and Billy rum" she said,
breathlessly.
Whereupon Milly and Billy ran till
they were out of sight.-Black and
White.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

HE-"Let's kiss and make up.n She
over again, sure enough."-N. Y. Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

IT Is more pleasant to kiss a miss than to
miss o kiss. Philadelphia Record.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

IT must be pleasant to be dogs nose II
summer. -Atchison Globe
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

IT IL no particular credit to Adam that
no never chewed tobacco. There was no
other man for him to beg 'schaw'' off,
Texas Sitter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05
Forcman.s RECORD Known.

You had been member OF the demo-
cratic state committee and had once fondly
imagined that you controlled the party.
You had been sent to congress by that
party. Your course and your methods
while on that committee were well known.
Your career in congress was well known.
Your votes while in congress, which were
nearly always on the side of monopoly.
were well known. Your reputation among
the lobbyists at Washington was well
known. The fact that your constituents
had determined to bury. you and that you
retired in order not to give them a chance
to express their opinion Of you was well
known. In view of all these facts, it was
little remarkable that you should write that
letter at this time, and 1t really looks as
though you were trying to pose.
Now, let us clear the atmosphere little
and let a little daylight in on the worm that
is eating your soul. About IS months ago
you came to Springfield and came to the
capitol to have private talk with me. You
complained that had formed wrong inn
preston of you. You stated that yon had
not been on friendly terms with Rufus
Ramsay, the late state treasurer, and that
you feared he and some others whom you
named had prejudiced my mind against
you.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

OuTcLAssEp- She--'I fear your love is
growing cold.n He-"Not bit. 1t only
seems cold in contrast with this weather.
Indianapolis Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

THERE are q great many painters in this
world, but they are not un-umbered.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

CUSTOMER would like to have nice
gown TO wear around the house, Sales
Inan-"Size OF the house, pleasep'- Phila-
dclphia Record
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

Gov. Altgeld Refutes the Charges
Made Against Him.
Tho Ex-Congressman's Letter Was "Ma-
iicious, False and sianderous Trash
Cowardly Attack on Honorcd Dead
Does Not Want His Vote.

Gov. Altgeld has replied In an open let
ter to the charges made against him by
ex-Congreseman Forman. The reply
reads as follows;
Springfield. ILL.,, Aug. q. 1s96.-William
3. Forman, Esq. East st. Louis. lll--sir !;
My attention has been called to the fact
that while was away from home you
emerged from the brush and made some
destinations against me and also made an
attack upon two dead men.
II have made 1t rule not to notice at
tacks upon myself. coming from personal
and political luminosity, and have found
their own slime. While your entire article
Is made up OF malicious. false. and SANDER
GUS trash that had been repeatedly pub
lished In partisan newspapers, and while all
OF 1t that any living men know anything
about has by them been branded as false
and malicious and does not call for any
further notice, It Is urged by prominent
democrats that as you are trying to pose
before the people OF this state, you should
be asked to step out OF the shadow into the
sunlight and experience new sensation.
1t is to be regretted that this campaign
promises to be bitter and full of personal
vituperation. and It is still more to be re-
GREETED that the first gun, loaded with per-
sonal calumny. should have been fired, not
by the republicans, but by man and set
OF men to whom the democratic party has
given bread to eat, and who. because they
cannot now control that party. are trying
to destroy II, not by manly fight in front.
but by a skullSing fusillade in the rear.
Everything In 1t Old.
'why did you write that letter at this
timer Everything in 1t was old, and YOU
simply rehashed a SANDER. Every insinu-
alton and allegation you made Is false, and
II you knew anything about the facts. then
you knew that you were making false in
situations. If you knew nothing about the
facts and simply allowed your political dis
appointment to lead you into this step. then
you did thing that was cowardly.
you drag In the name of John w. Lane
hart, who died in Chicago a few weeks ago.
He was known to the people of that city as
one of the most able honorable, straight
forward and substantial young men of the
state; man who was the soul of honor;
man who was extensively engaged in af-
fairs. carrying on large real estate opera
tons and being interested in other business
enterprises While he was alive you slipped
In and out of Chicago great many times
and you uttered not syllable. but as soon
as he is buried you come forward In the
night and howl over his grave The west
ern settlers attribute this quality to the
coyote.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

woMEv have to marry to prove that they
have had q chance.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05
Gladness Comes

VHTith better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentlee fforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. 1t is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatlves or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most slSillful
physicians, but if in need of laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05
No Confidence in Him.

IT got up and closed the door of the pri-
vate office, in which we were sitting, and
then said to you that you were mistaken
that neither Mr.. Ramsay nor any other
person had Influenced me against you, but
that / had watched your career, and that
politically had absolutely no confidence in
you; that, while you were one of the
brainfest and shrewdest mon in the state,
you seemed to me to be entirely too sly,
too cunning and too foxy to be trusted,
and that even your close friends called you
Foxy Bill Do you recall this conyersa-
ton? made a special effort to be candid
with you. for did not want you to blame
anybody else on account of my opinions.
You protested that / was mistaken and
was doing you an injustice, ETC., etc.
THE conversation lasted nearly an hour.
and when you took leave, you said that II
would just trust you once, l would change
my opinion of you. At that time did not
grasp the full meaning of your last words.
but soon thereaf ter Mr.. Browning, prom
inent democrat Of Duquoin in southern
Illinois. came to Springfield and urged me
to appoint you to some prominent state
office, mentioning railroad and warehouse
commissionership, or. If that was imprac-
ticable. then a commissionership of the
Southern Illinois penitentiary. He did not
say that you had sent him, but urged me
strongly to appoint you, showing that he at
least knew that you would accept IL you
were appointed. He urged, among other
things, that your brothers were prominent
and influential men, whose good Will toward
the state administration would be of value.
l did not tell him all that told you, but l
did say to him l could not make the APP
pontment
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A. N. &, F.

WHEN WHITING no ADvEmTIsEns
please state that ycu saw the ADVERTISE
lnent In this paper.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05
All Civilization Interested.

"CivilIzation Is wrapped UP In the solu-
tion OF the money question. II IL the main
question involved In this issue. The right
publican institutions Is involved IN II. Ii
foreign nations can force a financial policy
upon the American people, they Will want
to enforce the system OF government which
is the only system we can maintain, Il sys-
tenn which 10 monarchical system and
Even now, my friends, when we sneak
out against unjust legislation, they any Ne
arc dlsturbers Of tho public peace and a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

Halls Catarrh Ours
Ia taken internally. Price 75c.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

'If tho influences which are at work here
succeed here, they will be turned against
other nations that now use silver, and II
they succeed In the United States they Will
succeed In other nations. Every nation
that goes to the gold standard increases tho
demand for gold, and every increase IN the
demand for gold raises the purchasing
power of an ounce OF gold. and lowers the
purchasing power OF wheat and corn and
other products OF the farm. You enehrine
gold ms the one thing TO DO desired and all
mankind pays tribute to the golden calf Is
the privilege OF working little harder In
order to enjoy the worship.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

There is point beyond which medication
cannot 20. Before II is too late to mend,
persons OF rheumatic tendency, inherited
or acquired, should use that benignant de-
Tense against the further progress Of the
approximations Experimentation. The
stomach Bitters, which, 1t should also be
recollected, cures dyspepsia, liver com
plant, fever and ague, debility and nervous
ness.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05
Would Allow No interview.

II viii not attempt to notice all of your
exploits after that. for your tracks were
seen all over the state. You were still a
member of the democratic state committee,
and undertook to shape the policy Of the
party. Last spring your friends came to me
q number of times and wanted to arrange
an interview with you in regard to state
politics. Knowing your course, and know
ing the peculiar political standards you
have, did not care to see you, and put
them off so that no Interview took place.
Next you figured in a characte- site role.
You had just moved into East St. Louis. in
st. Clair county, and had barely finished
lacking down your carpets when you UNI
dertook to run the politics of the county,
and when the old citizens of the county re-
fused to acknowledge your leadership, you
organized bolt in the town convention.
"Refect on this moment Here was a
man who had been mcmber of congress,
and had once imagined that he controlled
the democratic party OF the state. organic
ing a bolt. not in national nor in a state
convention, but In a little convention Of
the town into which he had just moved his
furniture. The result was that you were
not permitted to sit in any convention held
bv your marty.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05
VIII Not Stop a Bolt.

"They tell us that these financiers are
going to leave the democratic party be-
cause 1t declares for the restoration of sill
yer. We shall not go into court to secure
an order to prevent their going The DEM
ocratic party has been weighted down by
these millstones long enough. 1t is glad
to be rid of those who want to use the par
~ organization for private gain and their
country for public plumber.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

Posing rs n Lover OF Country.
'You claim that the friends OF the state
administration helped to. bring about your
discontinue, Whather they did or did not
is immaterial It Is evident that you are
not happy When the world finds a man
with bandage on his conscience and his
head in sling, 1t does not expect him to be
in good humor. But you greatly mistake
the intelligence Of the American people II
you imagine that after playing the part
you have you can now deceive anybody by
attempting to pose as lover OF your coun-
try.
Il am told that you have taken a contract
to elect Mr.. Tanner governor. This Is the
privilege Of every citizen Of Illinois, and &C.
tainly viii not begrudge the right to ex-
ercise IT. But II you want to destroy the
party which once honored you, wouldn't 1t
be moro manly to get out In front and join
the republicans rather than to stab 1t while
processing to still love II? Mankind
learned long ago that there 10 no man so
bitter and no man who Will stoop so low az
the renegade. While may regret very
much to see man Of your ability act this
role, yet It Is not In my power to prevent 1t.
and II you are determined to move along
the line. assure you you shall have an
open field You are at liberty to say and
do what you like.
There are good and honorable men who
favor gold, but 1t Ia noticeable in this cam
paign that the men who davour the sub
stance OF others. the men who fatten on the
toll Of others. are all arraying Themselves
on the side OF the British gold standard.
The men who corrupt legislation at WASH
ington and at the various state capitols,
the men who corrupt assessors and escape
taxation, as well as all their handy men,
are arrnyed against the people, while on the
other side are the great masses of toiling
and patriotic Americans, who support our
institutions and make our civilization pos
sible.
"By law OF natural selection you have
drifted to where you belong, and II you do
not get British gold for your work suppose
Il Will be your fault.
you say at the beginning Of your letter
YOU suppose II makes no difference 10 me
what you do IN the coming election. In re-
gard to my candidacy. Here you are not
mistaken. II ] cannot look with respect
on the commission by virtue of which
exercise the functions OF office, then / do
not want % hold i, and 4 cannot look
honest men In the face, then 1 do not want
TO BIO governor of Illinois, and therefore
repeat what l have said on numerour pre-
vioua occasions, TINT II my election depends
on your vote, then ! do not want H.
JOHN +, ALTGELD."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

MY friends. the issue to-day is an issue
between the idle holders of idle money and
the struggling masses who produce the
wealth and pay the taxes of the country
and. when this question is understood.
when men find out about the money ques-
ton, you will find that, if there Is man
In your community whose interests or
whose sympathies are with the idle holders
of idle money, he will be in favor OF gold
standard. and, not daring to say SO, he
will talk about honest money and
sound money and sound dollar But
If his sympathies are with those who pro-
dnce the nations wealth, he will be for the
gold and silver coinage of the constitution,
no matter how many. times you call him an
anarchist
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05

flnr Mayivo uoyhc Mfg. BIZ BLISS co. Ash
uuI u0llv6 utiuS box sent By mail anywhere,
for Csc postage paid. Q. MARar, Assa OAKLAND, HAM
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DYSPEPSIA: YUCATAN KILLS III,

UPIUm FREE. BE- b. B. N. Wooiiss.s Atlanta, Ca
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-03-05
ARE FOUND GUILTY,

Officers of Steamer Horsa Convicted of
FilfbuStering.
Philadelphia, Feb. 29.-J. II. Wiborg,
Jams p. Petersen and II. Johansen, the
late captain, first mate and second mate
of the steamer Horsa, were Friday
morning convicted in the United
States district court of engaging in
Cuban filibustering expedition. The
jury, which retired at2: 35 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon, reached verdict at
ten o'clock at night, but the decision
was not announced until Friday morn
ing when the court opened.
Counsel for the defendants gave
notice that they would make applica-
ton for a new trial, and, pending tho
disposition of this move, sentence was
suspended. The convicted seamen
were placed in charge of the United
States marshal.
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STATE OF TRADE.
The Business Situation Shows TO Mate.
rial Improvement.

lT., n Z &
New York. Feb. pr. e. Dun & Co..
in their weekly review Of trade, say:
I'm some quarters business gains at the
west, rather than at the east. but there ii
no general change for the better. although
hOpefulness still predominates. Foreign
affairs grow more pacific, public opinion
turns more resolutely toward sound money,
but the want of sufficient demand for the
products of great Industries still retards
actual improvement. Strikes of some inn
portance in garment making and kindred
lines affect trade in Chicago and Balti-
more. but there are fewer labor difficulties
than usual, as existing conditions warn
time are unwise Speculative markets
show little life. The volume of business
does not improve. Exchanges through the
principal clearing houses show 49, per cent
gain over last year, but the months COM
/ parison with 1898 is the only instructive one,
and shows decrease Of 20.7 for February.
Wheat has taken fight upward, adj
vancing 81 cents for cash and 23s for May,
with rumors Of foreign supplies as the only
basis. Estimates of Wheat{in farmers
hands are lower than last year, but still
indicate, with visible stocks, a supply much
beyond probable needs. Cotton has been
weaker, with only fair receipts, the inn
portant decline in goods having much in
f1uence. The price OF middling uplands de-
clned a sixteenth, and preparation for q
large increase of acreage is still reported.
The market for textile goods is disappoint-
ing. Wooden mills are receiving consider
able orders for goods, but business for
the future does not mend. The feature in
the iron market has been the large demand
for wrought and cast pipe. Large orders
for structural work are received at Chi
cago and expected at the east, as building
plans are unusually large, but sheets sell
slowly and rails very little.
exports of domestic products from New
York for three weeks show gain of Ii
per cent. ever last year, while imports in
the same time scarcely increase. But ex-
port bills are diminishing rapidly at this
season, while later imports naturally come
in succeeding months, and many security
bills have to be met in the near future
It is therefore believed by many that gold
exports are not far off.
Failures in three weeks of February
show liabilities Of s1O,SS9,936, against S.
523.O2S last year, and $11,420,41S in 1894.
Failures for the week have been 27S in the
United States, against 250 last year, and
IS in Canada, against 50 last year."