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People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-02

compels them TO vote for Sewall is
the beginning Of the end of the PEG
pies party. They feel that the prin-
ciples they love are beidg used as
political merchandise and that the
Populist vote il being suctioned off
to the highest adder. They suspect
that Populism has been bought and
paid for, and islnow being delivered
to those who bought it.
Is the full POpulist vote necessary
to Mr.. Bryan's election? Ii so, the
sooner Mr.. Jones realizes that it can
not be had under any arrangement
which compels the Populis to make
humilitating surrender OF their
principles in voting for Sewall cleo
tors the better il will be for our cam
paign.
BRYAN CANNOT GET THE FULL VOTE,
Under present conditions Mr..
Bryan cannot get the full PopuIist
vote. He cannot get it in Kansas
or Colorado. He cannot get it in
North Car0linaor Nebraska. In the
friendliest spiFit l give Chairman
Jones this warning.
He will mako the blunder Of his
life if he listens to the fusion leaders
and believes that full Populist vote
can be had for Bryan with Sewall on
the ticket.
Populist voters are men who have
educated themselves on political top
les. They viii not stultify them.
selves by voting against their con-
victions. They viii not vote for a
man who, if Mr.. Bryan dies, will
make US another President after the
fashion of Grover Cleveland. They
may not be able to break up the
fusion deal, but they can stay at
home.
The contract made at st. Louis fer
united Democratic Populist ticket
should be CARR ID out in good faith.
Democratic managers should not ex-
pect to hold US to it when they ig-
more it th( mselves.
II Mckinley is elected the respon.
sibility will forever rest upon those
managers who had it in their power
to control by fair means 100000
votes and vino lost them by violat-
ing the terms Of the compact.
The writer OF this has stood 10y
ally by Bryan throughout the cam
paign end will continue 70 DO SO, and
it is ont of sincere desire to see
him elected that be points out the
weak place in our lines in time for
it to be strengthened.
Mr.. Chairman Zones can do it, Is
under implied contract TO do if, and
should, for Dir. Bryan's sake, lose
no time in doing it.
TnoAfAs L, WATSON.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-02
mir. Watson's Appointments.

4 viii speak at 10 o'clock a. IN. at:
Stone Mountain, October l.
McDonough, October 2.
GAINESVILLE, October 3.
Blue Ridge, October 5.
Hogansville, October G.
1 regret that through an honest
mistake and misunderstanding, APP.
pointments have heretofore been
made for me which had not prom
ised to fill, and could not fill.
THos. Il. WATSON.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-02
Mr. Arthur SeWan.

He puts the 'gold clause" in all
his contracts, anu thus lays the silver
campaign open to the assaults Of tho
Republicans.
He appears to be at heart as much
of AIoKinleyite on the money quea-
ton IS he is on the Tariff, Railroad,
and National Bank questions.
Yet this is the sort of man "fusion"
compels Pops 20 vote for.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-02

Stop printing our State ticket IN
less you will do it properly. Mr.
Wright has no A in his name. You
will defeat him if you let his tickets
be printed with the A in it. 1t is
Seaborn Wright.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-02

Mr.. Wright has no middle
initial OF A. His name is not
Seaborn A. Wright. but simply
Seabarn Wright.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-02

Bryan and Watson badges and
buttons loo each; three for csc. ]
l.. Sibley, Atlanta, Ga.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-02

KANsAs---After a days journey
through the far5ile Indian Territory,
we reached Kansas and we're met at
Erie by the State Chairman, Jno. W.
Breidenthal, and other leading Pop
ulists. Mr.. Watson spoke to another
grand stand of several thousand peo-
pie. Two other appointments were
filled in Kansas, at lola and~Abilene.
At many intermediate points Mr..
Watson was called out to meet and
address the people who had con-
gregated at the depot and demon
strated their interest in the Populist
cause AMI candidate, by firing OF
cannon and presentation of fruits and
flowers.
The Populist electoral ticket in
Kansas, where the Populists have
about $4,000 votes to the Demo
Gratis $4,000, has bgen traded off to
the Democrats by the Popuiist lead
ers for State offices. The trade is
not ratified by tie rank and file OF
the Populists and the Democrats will
be either forced to conceae a proper
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-02
POpuIist Congressional N0mina
lions.

Hon. G. II. Miller--1st District.
John A. Sibley-2d
S. S. Montgomsry--3d
G. J. Thornton--4th
w. T.. Peek--5th
A. A. Murphy--6th
j. W. NJ ,Garrity--7th
Thos. L. Winn-9th 4"
j. T.. West-10th
Ben. Mhliken-11th
(No action yet in the other Dis
tricts.)
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-10-02
Mr.. WatsOn's Speech at Lincoln,
Nebraska,

Will appear in this paper next week
Mail order for extra copies a
one
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"The Knock Out" at Auctions.

There are, we all suppose, in a certain
sale half dozen "lots" Of choice old
china. Four first class dealers in this
property attend the auction. Call them
A, B, G and D. 1t is mutually arranged
that A shall do the bidding and the re-
manning three keep silent. We will sup
pose, with view to simplicity, that each
of these six lots is worth to dealer "a,
but as our four friends are probably the
only persons in the room who could dis
pose of such property and who understand
its value, and as they refrain from com
peting, it is not ut all surprising to find
that the six lots are bought by A at the
rate Of 10 shilliDgs apiece.
So much for the first stage in the plot.
The sale being concluded, A, B, G and d
forgather at some obscure public house,
where they can have the use Of private
room, and then begins the second auction.
Lot No. ! is offered, and after some COM
petition is allotted to G, for, let US say,
e3 los. he pays over this sum to A, who
acts as auctioneer, and who, after deduct
ing the 10 shillings he has paid for the
lot, proceeds to divide the balance of e3
among the members of the party. Conse-
quently G gets his piece of china for e3
los. and 10 shillings back into the bar
gain, while the others each receive like
amount. So with the next lot, which d
buys for more or less, as the case may be,
and, in fact, the procedure as quoted may
serve as an illustration Of how the affair
is conducted throughout. Chambers
1onrro1
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Writers and Speakers.

Tho principal difference between writ
ers and speakers is, after all, to be discov-
cred in temperament. The presence of an
audience, especially large audience, has
always one Of two effects on q man. 1t
either stimulates or depresses him. To the
born speaker it lends vivacity to the intel
lect and 1uency to the tongue; others 1t
strikes dumb. A man may Of course be
fluent without being an orator. An empty
man is often fluent-that is due to vanity :;
O pompous man is sometimes confident
and ready Of speech-that is due to con-
ceit. The one chatters on, serenely uncon-
scious that he is talking nonsense; the
other has too lofty sense Of his own i'm
portance to suspect for n moment that his
rounded periods are mere commonplace.
The fact is that in every case the fruit
smacks of the soil.
But even with the greatest orators there
is not only a particular style and flavor
peculiar to each, but so complete and close
an adaptation to the taste of the audience
addressed that the oratory Of one age is
very apt to seem weariness or darkness to
the next.-Gentleman' Magazine.
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Didn't Like Experiments.

One Of the Massachusetts congressman
lives near Boston. He has beautiful es-
tate, his admiration for which is shared
by his coachman, Mike. The other day
Mike brought couple Of his Irish friends
upon the place, and after escorting them
around the grounds and showing them
the stable ushered them into the hall.
There, somewhat to his surprise, he met
his employer, but the latter was deter
mined not to bo outdone in hospitality by
his coachman. Bring your friends right
into the dining room, Mike, he said, and
into the dining room the trio followed
him.
"Now, my men, of course you can have
what you like" he remarked as he stood
by tho sideboard, "but have drink here
that I think you will like. There is q
story to it, by the way" ho added, (which
may interest you. It is called Benedictine,
and it is made by monks up on the Alps.
They fill q little flask with it and send out
their St. Bernard dogs to find travellers
who may be overcome by the cold. When
poor, half frozen follow is found, he
drinks little of this cordial from the
flask, and then he is able to follow the
dogs to place Of Shelter
The men listened to the story in silence.
Finally one of them mustered up courage
to speak. "Have you any ginT' he asked.
Certainly" said the congressman as
he laid aside the cordial. "Holp yourself" "
The men took good, substantial drink
of gin and smiled happily over its familiar
taste.
"That wasn't bad," said one Of them.
"Now bring on your dog liquor!"-.Wash-
ington Post.
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THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
One of the Most Curious of His Many Re-
markable Adventures.


"When got up to the top of the first
flight of stairs Of a house that was in
one night" said the retired burglar, land
looked along the hall of the second story,
saw coming from u partly opened door
down toward the front Of the hall on the
left II bright light. The stairs came up at
tho rear of the hall and on the right. The
door of this room where the light was
opened on the side toward the front of the
house, so that from where 1 stood could
see little of the front of the room through
the opening. l listened, but I didn't hear
anything, and went along down toward
the front. I thought somebody must have
gone to bed and left the light up, but when
got up near tho door I could see man
sitting in a big chair over on the other
side of the room. Up there by the door
could see pretty much all of the fron1 OF
the room. There was bureau stanolng
against the front wall between tho TWO
windows, and the man was over IN tho
corner beyond. He wasn't sitting back
comfortable in the big chair, but forward
in it. with his arms resting on his knees
and his hands together in front of him
with finger tips touching thinking;
not SEQ me, he wouldn't have seen me If
I'd stood right alongside of him, he was
SO busy thinking.
pretty soon he gets up and makes for
the bureau. He laid his two hands on tho
handles of the top drawer, looking at the
same time into the mirror-with pretty
solemn sort Of face it was too. Then he
begins to draw out the top drawer slow,
still looking all the time into the mirror.
I had sort Of an instinct then what it
was all about, but still didn't fully real
ize it till he'd got the drawer about half
way out and had let 60 Of the right hand
handle and reached over with his right
hand into the drawer still looking square
into the mirror, and lifted out gun and
up with it to his head.
"'Hey, therer says I, you brass mount
ed, blue nodded idiot What's the matter
with you?' and makes a break for him,
and, of course, he swings around, for it's
tremendous surprise to him, and In about
a sixteenth part Of q second I've got his
gun, and we're standing there looking at
each other; young fellow he was, and
not bad looking chap.
"Well, do you know that young chap
had just simply made failure of some
business undertaking and lost all his mon
ey, and he was sensitive and dcspondent
over it and that night he'd sat there and
brooded over it till he thought he couldn't
stand it any longer, and he'd just upset
himself.
"Well I gave him kind of talking
to. I tried to make it clear to him that he
wasn't poor, but rich. Lost your money!
says I. why, great Csesar's gripsack!
You've got youth and health and strength,
haven't you? What more do you want9
And he took it all in good part, and 1 left
him feeling better and grateful to me for
dropping n."-New York Sun.
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ANTARCTIC POSSIBILITIES.
Explorer Borcbgrevink Thinks There MI

ExpIorer Borchgrevink Thinks There May
Be a Future For Commerce There.
The recent Antarctic expedition was a
commercial one, and commercially it was
q failure, because we did not find the right
whale, so valuable for its whalebone. The
Antarctic was fitted out for the hunt of
that particular kind of whale; neverthe-
less have no doubt that the commercial
result Of the expedition would have been
much better had we worked under more
favorable auspices.
do not by any means consider the 1aot
of our not having met with the rlght
whale in those seas as conclusive proof or
their nonexistence in the bay at Victoria
Land. The Antarctic found the right
whale at Campbell island in the winter
time; the boats fastened to five Of them,
Of which, however, only one was caught.
Now; to me it does not seem improbable
that these whales 60 south to the bay Of
Victoria Land, where Ross saw them, In
the summer, and return north in the win
ter. 1t would seem incredible that man
of Sir James Ross standing, supported as
he was by able scientists and experienced
whalers, should have made grave error
when he said that this valuable whale was
to be found in large numbers in those
southern latitudes.
The difference in the appearance of the
blue whale, as we found it there, and the
right whale, in.the method of spouting, Is
SO striking that even the most casual OBJ
server could not easily be deceived. Very
possibly, had we penetrated farther into
the large open bay discovered by Ross in
the vicinity of the volcano peaks Erebus
and Terror, we, too, would have found the
right whale in great numbers. We saw
very many blue whales, but had not the
appliances to take them.
AS I remarked ut the international geo.
graphical congress, we found few seals.
They increased, however, in numhor as
we worked eastward, and seemed afraid
of the land. All of the seals that we met
on the shore showed much uneasiness, and
speedily made for the water, a fact which
strengthened my belief in the existence of
large enemy of the seal on the conti-
nent. do not doubt that the seals con-
gregate together in larger numbers at
some places on the bay.
consider the guano beds which we dis
covered of great commercial Importance,
and they ought to be we'll worth the at
tention Of enterprising business men. The
specimen which I brought back with me
contains large percentage Of ammonia.
Furthermore, from the analysis Of the
specimen of rock which brought back
with me, the possible and probable presence
of valuable minerals on the continent is
proved, although the lava and the volcanic
aspect of the coast line do not speak fa-
vorably for the presence Of heavy metals
near the surface.-C. E. Borchgrevink In
Century.
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You May Swallow Leeches.

What imagination will do I can show
from my own experience. When a boy,
in the Pyrenees, I once drank from
spring and saw, to my horror, when had
already swallowed mouthful, that the
water was alive with small leeches. I
had bad time of it for two or three days.
firmly believed I had leeches alive and
sucking my blood inside me. I felt them.
I became languid. I believed they would
drain my blood away. Happily my father
heard what was the matter with me and
explained to me tho corrosive nature OF
the gastric fluid and assured me that moth
ing living and of the nature Of leech
could resist it. "My dear boy" said be,
from personal observation of your pro-
ceedings at mealtime am convinced you
could digest pair of boots, and no leeches
could stand moment against the force
of your gastric fluid" believed him and
forgot all about my imaginary malady.-
Good Words.
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Painting the Lily.

Painting the lily has become literal
fact, not merely the poets notion of the
widest exaggeration. An army officers s
wife, writing from an out Of the way
western town, tells Of young woman out
there "quite the most refined person here
she Is, too, who related to me, with much
pride, an idea Of her own which she had
carried out for recent silver wedding
I cut some of our annunciation lilies,
she explained, 'and pasted silver paper in
strips on the outside Of the flowers. They
were very much admired.
This western artist (P) Is equaled and
outdone by Berlin society woman who
set out her dinner board lately with ex-
quisite flowers, on which notices and quo
tations were painted in gold, silver and
various colors. On deep purple hearts
ease was greeting in cream color on Its
surface, and other flowers had been equally
disfgured, at great expense of misguided
skill and money. Perhaps the worst out
rage was lovely rose, bearing the COM
plete menu ON it's petals.-New York
Times
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How the Chinese Count Time.

The Chinese sundial embodied the
usual principle, but was crude indeed. A
rod or needle set upright reflected shad-
ow on O fat surface as the sun moved.
On this were characters indicating the
hours Of the day. The Chinese also used
water clock called the clepsydra. 1t was
disk of copper or other material, with an
extremely small aperture, from which the
water trickled, drop by drop. The clepsy-
dra Of Canton Is thus described by trav-
eler: cit is vase of copper. 1t is situated
in pavilion built on double arch that
crosses q street leading from the great
south gate Of the city to the palace of the
treasurer of the province Like that which
existed, and perhaps exists still in the
Peking observatory, it Is composed of four
copper vases, whence water runs from one
to another by little tubes fixed at the base.
The vase that rests on the floor has on Its
wooden cover kind of handle, crossed by
rule mounted on float and covered
with characters representing the hours.
When the water has run out-that Is, IN
the morning or evening-it is poured again
into the uppermost vase. There is little
brick staircase by which the attendant as-
cends.
"In the temples there are attendants
whose business it is to hang up placard,
with white ground, on which is indicat-
ed the hour. They strike the hours Of the
day on a drum, and at night they beat a
gong. The attendants who thus look after
the flight of time occupy the intervals be-
tween in making sticks of incense, on
,rh;ch ore r,oorked tho hOurs These ara
sticks so arranged as to burn a certain
length of time for every hour, and these
are used by peasants and others. The
stick is lighted when the gong sounds,
and in this way the private individual can
keep very tolerable account of the hours
us they pass. New York Ledger.
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GRANT AND SHERMAN.
Mary Anderson de Navarro Pays Both of
Them Pretty Tributes.

Mary Anderson de Navarro Pays Both OF
Them Pretty Tributes.
In all her letters and writings Mary An
derson de Navarro's fondness for the
friends of her early days is clearly shown.
In The Ladies' Home Journal she recalls
some Of those who have passed away, no.
tably Booth, Manager Macauley, John Il
Ford, and thus records her meeting with
and estimate Of General Grant: "1t was
during my delightful southern tour (the
flrst) that DR.. Griffin presented me to Cen
eral-then President-Grant, whom he
had known in old soldering days, when
the general had captured and imprisoned
him. 1t was pleasant to see these enemies
in war so friendly in times 9, peace. Kind
illness and simplicity We're marked traits
of tho PRESIDENT, while certain rugged
nessaf~ manner and speech that was sug-
Eestive of his earlier life gave an addltlon-
al interest to all he said and did. In show
ing us over the White House his pleasure
in pointing out various trophies was un-
disguised and boyish. While lunohlng
with him, the natural way in which he
brought himself down to the level of my
youth and small experience of life without
a touch Of that visible condescension so
annoying to the young was charming"
Meeting him somo years after, and failing
to recognize him, Mrs. de Navarro records
that after his speaking to her and an
nouncing himself as General Grant, before
she recalled him, he said jokingly in re-
sponse to her confused utterance that he
had $50 changed" Eyes, have grown
thinner and paler; am no longer presi-
dent, you see, and am consequently less
banqueted."
ut was about this timo that my friend
ship with General Sherman also began,
writes Mrs. de Navarro. He was one of
the few eminent men I have met whose
interest in every subject of conversation
was so great that his particular metier
could not have been guessed. He knew
much about the stage, Shakespeare and
the drama generally and was passionate
lover of the arts, thinking them all worthy
of equal regard. AS critic he was good,
though perhaps too enthusiastic over any
excellence, however small, If genuine en-
thusiasm can be called fault. His man
ner was brisk and hearty. His personality
gave the impression of a rugged strength,
so much so that his entrance into a room
was like breath Of fresh, invigoratlng
air. He scorned fear and disccuragement
Of every kind and refused to allow any
one to give way to either"
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Bound to Have Style.

After the new minister had delivered
his first sermon in the Presbyterian church
of little Washington town recently a
deacon approached him and said:
You didn't give US eny Latin or Greek
in yer sermon today?"
No." said the minister, II did not. I
was not aware that the congregation in
cluded any who understood those lam
guages." And this was bit Of sarcasm.
"Waal, ther amt none wot duz, " re-
piled the deacon, 'but we folks here want
to hev watts goin on irthem city churches,
an Well hev to AK yer tn give ct tn us. IL
Northwest Magazine.
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Our aromatic black berry cordial is sure
cure for diorrhoea at Speeds.
Vicby water is good for dyspepsia. heart
bum and all stomach troubles. At Speeds.
For nice nobby straw or felt hat call on
Aug. w. Smith.
Fresh tea cakes, pine frnit Ians I1ato cur i,,ss
brand breakfast coco, and cnockoiate Just
received OF A. NJ. Hill l. Sons.
Another car load each OF the celebrated
Stndebaker and Milburn wagons just recelV-
ed by A. NJ. Hill d Sons.
McDill d Lyon have received their second
shipment of baby CARRIAGES, they nave tneH
upholstered in all colors and can suit any
body, You will save money and get some
thing stylish by patronizing them.
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AT RESI-.

Shall lie down to sleep and SEQ no more
The splendid affiucncc Of earth and sky,
Tho nroud procession of the stars go by,
The white moon sway the sea and WOO the
shore,
The morning lark to the far heavens soar,
The nightingale with the soft dusk draw nigh,
The summer roses bud and bloom and die?
will life and life's delight for me be DER?
Nav! / shall be, in my low, silent home,
OF all earth's gracious ministries aware,
Glad with the gladncSS of the risen day
Or gently sad with sadness of the gloam,
Yet done with striving and fOrcclosed of care
"At rest, at restl'-what better thing to
sayP
Louise Chandler Moulton in Century.
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Little Change For These Precious Ones.

"What sort O. place do you reckon heav-
en- is?" said Mosely Wraggs slowly shifting
his seat on the park bench and looking
dreamily out over the blue lake.
"The good book says it's a place O.
rest," replied Tuffold Knutt, squirting
contcmplatiyely at the sun.
"It won't be much Of q change, will
it?" rejoined Mosely Wraggs, after long
pause.-Chicago Tribune.