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often of bright spring morning could
have been seen going out behind the
bush to sacrifice some one who disagreed
with them on some religious point or
other.
The Druids largely lived in the woods
in summer and in debt during the win
ter. They worshiped almost everything
that had been left out overnight, and
their motto was, Never do anything
unless you feel like it very much in
deed"
Caesar was broad man from a reli-
gious point of view and favored bringing
the Druids before the grand jury For
uttering such ser -iments as these the
Druids declared his life to be forfeit and
set one Of their n lber to settle also
with him after morning services the
question as to the matter of immersion
and sound money.
Religious questions were even then
as hotly discussed as in later times, and
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-05-09
ANCIENT sCARECRow.

Caesar could not enjoy society very
mucl for five or six days
Az Stonehenge there are still relics Of
stone temple which the Druids used
as place of idC latrous worship and as
sassination. On giblet day people came
for many miles to see the exercises and
carry home a few outlets of intimate
friends
After this Rome sent over various
great federal appointees to soften and
refine the people. Among them came
General Agricola, with new kind of
seed corn and kindness in his heart.
He taught the barefooted Briton to go
out to the pump every evening and
battle his chapped and soil kissed feet
and wipe them on the grass before retir-
ing, thus introducing one of the refine
ments of Rome in this cold and barbaric
cline.
Along about the beginning Of the
Christian Erie" says an elderly Eng
lishman, the Queen Boadicea got so dis
gusted with the Romans, who carried on
there in England just as they had been
in the habit of doing at home-cutting
up like Halloween party in its junior
year-that she got her Britons together,
had a steel dress made to fight in COM
for ,Jly and not tight under the arms.
Tl4en she said, SIS there any one here
who hath culverin with him?" One
was soon found and fired. This by the
Romans was regarded as an opening of
hostilities. Her fire was returned with
great eagerness, and victory was won in
the city Of London over the Romans,
who had tainted the queen several times
with being seven years behind the be-
ginninc Of the Christian era in the
matter Of clothes.
Boadicea won victories by the score,
and it is said that under the bosom Of
her wrath 70, 900 Roman warriors kiss
ed the dust AS she waved her scepter in
token of victory the hatpin came out CT
her crown, and wildly throwing the "old
hot thing" ut the Roman general she
missed him and endorsed her own
chaperon.
Disguised with war and the cooking
they were having at the time, she burst
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came the Ph9nicians and the Cartha-
ginians for their tin.
These early Britons were suitable
only to act as ancestors. Aside from
that they had no good points. They
dwelt in mud huts matched with straw.
They had no currency and no ventila-
tion-no drafts, in other words. Their
boats were made of wickerwork plas-
tered with clay. Their swords were
made of tin alleged with copper, and
after brief skirmish the entire army
had to fall back and straighten its
blades.
They also had short spears made with
a rawhide string attached, so that the
deadly weapon could be jerked Lack
again. To spear an enemy with one Of
these harpoons and then, after playing
him for half an hour or so, to land him
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A Compromise Proposed.

Little 4-year-old Florence was caught
wading in mud puddle in front of her
home.
Now" declared her mother as she
led her i'll the house by the arm, II am
going to whip you first and then send
you to bed, and you can't get up again
till tomorrow morning, all because you
disobeyed me and went outside in the
mud. "
After deal of preparation that was
intended to be impressive, Florence was
duly spanked, and she boohooed Justify.
"Now, then, am going to put you to
bed"
"Oh, don't, mamma" begged Flor
ence. "Whip me some more, mamma,
please, and let me stay up. San Fran
cisco Post.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-05-09
Did You Ever

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your troubles? If not, get bottle now
and get relief This medicine has been
found to be peculiarly adapted to the
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exerting a wonderful direct influence in
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If you have Loss of Appetite, Constipa-
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choly or troubled with Dizzy Spells, Elec-
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Health and strength are guaranteed by
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into tears just ON the eve OF general
victory over the Romans and poisoned
herself. BILL NYE.
IN. B.-Many thanks are due to the author
Mr.. A. Barber, for the use Of his works en-
titled "Half Hours With Crowned Heads" and
"Thoughts Shaving Dead People on Whom
One Has NeN r Called, cloth, gilt top.
/ notice an error in the artists work which
will be apparent to any one of moderate intel
ligence and especially to the Englishman-viz
that the tin discovered by tire PhGnicians is
in the form of cans, etc., formerly having con-
tanned timed meats, fruits, etc. This book, l
fear, will be sharply criticised in England If
any inaccuracy be permitted to creep in, even
through the illustrations. 1t is disagreeable
to fall out thus early with ones artist but
the writer knows too well and the sting yet
burns and rankles in his soul where pierced
the poisoned dart Of an English clergyman two
years ago. The writer had spoken Of julius
Cmsar's invasion Of Britain for the purpose II
replenishing the Roman stock of umbrellas,
topcoats and "loydies," when the clergyman
said. politely. but very firmly, that England
then had no topcoats or umbrellas" The
writer would not have cared had there not
been others present.-B. M
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A TAXING Title.

"Your play is good enough, " said the
veteran manager after he had read it
through "but it needs better title than
'Sticketh Closer Than Brother. With
such a name as that it won't draw"
"How would The Mustard Plaster
dor" suggested the struggling artist
anxiously. London Tit-Bits.
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With war on their hands in the Su-
dan, with the Matebeles massacring
white men in South Africa, with France
protesting against their course in Egypt
and with the Venezuelan boundary line
still unsettled, it looks as if the gentle
men who compose the British govern
ment are in no danger of running out of
employment.
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BROWNING&CO.
81 West Second Street.
Popular Garments.

Whether you like them matters not,
There re here. and here to stay,
And very much in evidence
Each warm and pleasant day.
Theren soon be hundreds on the streee
If we may credit rumors;
IT'S needless to explain that we
Refer just now to boomers.
kansas City journal
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Except that of the United States, the
flag CT free Cuba is the prettiest and
most artistic one in existence. 1t consists
of three blue stripes and two white ones,
having at the right side next the flag
staff red triangular field bearing in
its center white star Viva Cuba libre
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-05-09
A Negative Quality.

Fervent Admirer-Don't you think,
Edmonds, that Miss De Myrrh has beau
tiful features?
Rejected Lover-She has one feature
that don't like very we'll
f. A.-What is that?
r. L.-Her noes. -Detroit Free Press.
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We Haze tile Newest Things IN

Perfect fitting percae Waists at 80 and Is cents and
exclusive styles ST. with attached detached collars few
Silk waists in 32 and 81 only at ST. worth $3.50.
Don't forget that carry the largest line of Wash Goods
the city, consisting of Percae Grass Linen Dmit Figured
Null Jaconet Duchess Corea Madras Duck Pque Bingham,
Just received four pieces of those handsome black
Cepons for Skirts See them There none like them in the
market.
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A celebrated American statesman fell
in love with a lady and married her be-
cause he said she was the only woman
he ever saw who did not want to talk
when he wanted to think.
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The Women OF Denmark.

Danish ladies are, of course, as hetero-
geneous, seducing, disappointing and
adorable as the ladies elsewhere. One
scarcely knows if they form a national
type of very clear individuality. The
most winsome of them are English in
their ways up to certain point, though
they have not the elasticity of move
ment that an athletic training gives.
They are, moreover, or certainly seem,
delightfully."- spontaneous and fresh. The
curse Of mauvaise homie knows them
not-this, too, although at heart they
are excessively sentimental, and by cul-
ture in very many cases devotees Of Ib-
sen. One would expect such an alliance
to produce in them much psychological
distress. But probably their hearts are
still sounder than their heads. They
would forgive-though perhaps with
pang-where Ibsen's iron conscienced
heroine would exclaim to her husband
of about two years standing; Il have
been deceived in you. You are not near
ly perfect, and therefore we must part.
FAREWELL The time may come when
they will, as a class, be educated up to
the sublime pitch of selfshness (mis-
called self respect) apotheosized in GER
tain modern plays and novels, but it
will not come easily.
Miss Prim-Y on dldn { bring your lit
tie girls to the Sunday school entertain
ment.
Mrs. Fussy-No, 1 didn't dare to-
There's so much measles and scarlet
fever around, you know. But the tickets
were not wasted.
"No?"
"No; 1 gave them to the little boy
next door. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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NYE'S HISTORY
OF ENGLAND.
C2sar's Invasion as Viewed by
the Humorist.
INDUCED BY A BILIOUS ATTACK.

The Author Avoids Overpraise and NIawk-
lsh Sentiment-EarlyB ritons Only Fit to
Act rs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Amusements
of the Barefooted Nobility.
Copyright, 1896, by J. B. Lippincott Company
CHAPTER I.
From the glad whinny of the first
unicorn down to the tip end of the nine
tenth century the history of Great
Britain has been dear to her descendants
in every land, meath every sky.
But to write truthful and honest
history of any country the histor!"'
should, that he may avoid overp
and silly and mawkish sentiment, re,
in a foreign country or be so situa,
that he may put on a false mustacht
and get away as soon as the advance
copies have been sent to the printers.
The writer Of these pages, though of
British descent, will in what he may
say guard carefully against permitting
that fact to swerve him for one swift
moment from the right.
England even before Christ, as now,
was a sort of money center, and thither
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-05-09

1--WE do not accept bandits in our
ranks" says Salvador Cisneros, presi-
dent Of the Cuban republic.
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DRUID SACRIFICES.

DRUID SACRIFICES.
justices of the peace. They practically
ran the place, and no one could be a
Druid who could not pass civil service
examination.
They believed in human sacrifice. and
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lish in the field, their opponents, Gar
field and Arthur, being named In the
Exposition Building in Chicago.
In 1884 the Democrats came back to
Chicago, and, by naming Cleveland
and Hendricks, ended long line of
Republican victories, those nominees
defeating Blaine and Logan, who we're
also named in Chicago. In 1888 the
Democrats nominated Cleveland and
Thurman at st. Louis, and the Repub-
licans remained in Chicago and named
Harrison and Morton. In 1892 the
Republicans took their Harrison and
Reid convention to Minneapolis, and
the Democrats named Cleveland and
Stevenson in the Chicago lake front
wigwam.
On more accounts than that OF IT'S
ability to handle the crowds, there
fore, Chicago seems to be favorite
convention city. II has named the
successful tickets for the last tour
Presidential elections.
Architect $. s.. Beman has made
public the plan of the great Coliseum
at Chicago, in which the Democratic
National Convention is to be held.
The convention hall proper will oc-
cupy space of 450 by 800 feet at the
north end of the Coliseum. The
speakers stand and platform for mem.
bers of the National Committee and
400 guests will be situated TO the east,
and Immediately In front will be desks
for $50 reporters.
Directly back OF the speakers stand
and in ready communication with the
newspaper platform will be the tele-
graph room, with tables for hun
dreds of instruments. Extending en-
tirely around the building will be a
gallery forty feet wide, toward which
will rise the rows of seats in the great
amphitheatre. Two thousand seats
will be reserved for the delegates and
alternates. The seats will rise slowly
as they stretch back from the speak.
ers' platform, and will be separated
from the public sections by a substsn-
tial railing. Thirteen thousand seats
have been allotted to the public. A
striking innovation will be the grand
public reception tall, $50 feet square,
large enough to hold comfortably 10,
900 men.
The Coliseum, it is said, will be the
largest building under a single roof in
the world. A large force of men is
hard at work and the contractors have
no doubt the building will be complet.
ed before June l..
The new auditorium which st. Louis
has built to accommodate the Republi.
can convention covers an area of 46,
800 square feet, with frontage Of 260
feet and depth of 1S0 feet. In spite
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wide required to make 36.inch bush
measure is yards.
NORFOLK BASQUE, WITH VEST.

Gray covert suiting and fanc
checked vesting are stylishly united
in this basque that matches tho skirt,
and is plainly completed with stitched
edges in tailor style. The smooth
fronts are shaped with double bust
darts, and close in centre with small
gilt buttons and buttonholes. A
standing collar finishes the neck. The
jacket fronts and back have graduated
box plsits laid on under deep yoke
facings that are stitched on their lower
edges. A coat revers collar extends
on the front little below the yoke in
shapely pointed outline. The basque
extends to fashionable length below
the waist line, the seams being sprung
to give the stylish rippled effect. A
narrow belt with pointed ends is worn
at the waist line, large buttons hold
ing the ends at each jacket front. The
stylish gigot sleeves are of the fash
ionable medium size, adjusted over
coatshaped Innings, the fullness being
arranged in plaits at the top, and the
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been picked by the Democratic Com
mittee, could have been arranged IN
much the same way rs was the old ex-
position building, and would accom-
modate about as many people within
hearing distance OF the speakers stand.
The Auditorium, which held the con-
vention that nominated Harrison and
Morton, was in great favor with GER
tain element for the Democratic con-
vention.
New York has had but one National
convention of either of the great poll
tical parties, the Democratic, of 1868,
which nominated Seymour and Blair,
and that was held in Tammany Hall.
Baltimore, in the early days of the
present great parties, was the great
political convention city. II had the
convention that nominated Van Burer
and Johnson, and the next four tina,
succeeded in the Democratic party,
that of 1910, when Van Buren, was
nominated the second time, and with
out Vice-President, that of 1874
which named Polk and Dallas; 1S4s,
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the Bell Everett in church. and the
Breckinridge in hall with capacity
Of not more than 1000. But halls of
thDt sine will not answer now, for
th5 5re are almost 1000 delegates and
xs &resentatives OF the press who have
bd biness to transact in the convention
bdilding, to say nothing of the throngs
Of outsiders. The rule is that there
are two convention delegates to each
electoral vote, so that there are twice
~ many a. the membership of both
honses Of Congress. Besides these
1here are the Territorial delegates,
and behind each delegate is an alter
nate. Many of these alternates at
tend the conventions whether their
principals door not, and must be pro-
Xidod With places. Another caloula-
1ion IN figuring on the seating capa-
city, and by far the most important,
zoo. d that there will be about ten
on6otatoxs TO each delegate.
Il The old exposition, on the lake front,
OhlQaoo, whore several National con.
Nentionj we're held. Is said TO have beer
pox1jculaxly vsll suited TO that use IL
6n0n11 - sine, arrangement and al
&1kir conaiderations. The Coliseum
~ 4h11ssaall'a hsd either Of thsu
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No Danger Of q Crush.

The area of the United States, ex.
Guiding Alaska, is just 5000, 900 square
miles; the average density of the New
England States is seventy.one inhabit.
ants to the square mile. so that it may
be said that the Union could easily
support 100000. 900 souls. or three
times its present population. Mean
time other fast fields are opening to
invite immigrants. Canada, Brazil,
Spanish America and Australia are
each of them larger than the United
States. Each of them could find room
for 200. 900, 900 settlers, which shows
that there is no motive to fear that
the world will be overcrowded for many
centuries to come. M. G. Mulhall. in
North American Review.
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BELTS AND COLLARS.

There are one or two distinctive fea-
lures IN this seasons fashions that are
not to be passed over lightly. Care
less observers Of the new costumes now
ON exhibition say that there is very
little change in styles since last year.
and that with little furnishing up
old gowns will pass muster, but they
are sadly mistaken, for the very de-
tails that they have not noticed are
the ones that give the chic and fin
ished look to the gowns this spring.
The belt and the collar are the
salient points to be noticed, and IL
seems as though France had run riot
in the colors and shapes. Nothing
matches, and it is hard to become ac-
customed to the violent contrasts, in
spite of the training we have been put
through lately with the lowered and
Persian patterned silks. blue and
white silk, dull turquoise blue, has
grass-green belt OF broad ribbon
twistod around the waist, and also run
through eYelet holes in the shirring ON
the skirt. The same green ribbon is
run through shirring on the waist, and
there is band OF it around the neck,
but there partly hidden by the tabs OF
white lace which fall over it at the
back.
The collars on all the new gowns are
cut very high at the back; inside.
have q ruche; outside, tabs of lace;
and surrounding the neck, ribbon.
All these combined must needs make
rather too hot fashion for midsum-
mer. but for the present, at all events,
must be worn.
Girdles OF satin ribbon, pointed bask
and front, are greatly in favor, and Q
new fad is to have small rhinestone
buttons both in front and back, as il
to hold down the folds of the ribbon.
A girdle of green satin put on Aow-
cred heliotrope silk has bands OF mar
row white gros-grain ribbon sewed ON
it, while plain purple stock finishes
the waist ut the neck.-Harper's
Bazaar.
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CHICAGO COLISEUM,

such cities to seat, feed and sleep
great crowd.
The most famous halls in which Ma
tional conventions have been held are
Tor were), the two Chicago wigwams-
the Lincoln and the Cleveland wig
wams-the old Exposition Building
on the lake front and the Auditorium
and the Exposition halls in st. Louis,
Minneapolis and Cincinnati. 1t would
be hard to say which of these was
most satisfactory, but in the minds OF
those who have attended the National
conventions of the last twenty-five
years the wigwam idea is least liked.
The wigwam that sheltered the last
Democratic National Convention is es-
pecislly condemned because OF the
general feeling OF insecurity on the
night of the storm that drenched the
entire crowd within the walls of the
ramshackle hall, and because it was
large enough to hold more people than
could be properly managed. With
che Coliseum this year, however, the
Democratic Committee will be able to
house its convention comfortably and
securely, SO that such storms as that
which threw the last convention into
v panic will not be noticed.
I As the railroads of the country have
developed, hotel accommodations in
creased, aud newspaper telegrsphing
multiplied, big convention halls have
mot only become the fashion, but al
most q necessity. The Lincoln wig
wan was the first convention hall that
gave liberal space to the press and
the telegraphic force that recited to
the country at large the history OF that
event as it was enacted. The architect
of the wigwam and of the Democratic
wigwsm of 1892, as well, had in mind
q theater. The convention in the first
wigwam was on the stage, the press
occupied the place of the orchestra,
and the audience was in the pit and
the galleries. In the Democratic wig
wan the stars of the convention were
on the stage, the press occupied
places in the wings and back OF the
stage, the ordinary delegates we're in
the pit. and the audience in the gal
leries.
The Charleston convention of 1860
was held in hall that would only seat
1900 people, and the three Baltimore
conventions Of the same year were
held, one 1.-THE Douglas) in theatre,
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A PONY MARRIED COUPLE.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Shade Proud of
Their Unique Distinction.

Ineir unique DISTINCTION.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Shade, the
smallest couple in the State Of Indi.
ana, live at Kendallville, and Kendall
vile is rather proud of the unique
distinction. Mr.. and Mrs. Shade have
lived in Kendallville for many years
with Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Gilbert,
who are quite wealthy. and take a
great interest in both. Mr.. Shade, who
is not quite three feet high. has a
luxuriant growth of hair, wearing a
long, heavy beard. His hair reaches
below the waist, and when open covers
much of his form. He usually wears
it in braids, often covering it with
net. Mr.. Shade and his wife are
good conversationalists, and both are
acquainted with up.to.da topics.
Mr.. Shade enjoys good joke, and
withal is good souled fellow. He is
fifty years of age. His wife is few
years his junior. Her former homs
was in New Haven, Conn. Like Mr..
Shade, she is also we'll known and has
many friends and Is pleasing little
woman, Mr.. and Mrs. Shade seek no
notoriety, and it was with great diff
Guilty that the Chicago Times. Herald
correspondent gained their permits.
sion to allow their picture to appear.
Mr.. Shade is an enthusiastic Pythian,
and now holds the office of inner
guard. He abstsins from liquor and