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The Monitor-register., 1896-03-13

A well.known Massachusetts, minister
once gave q dinner party, at which a
gentleman just elected judge wal one of
the guests. The pastors littls three
year-old daughter wa told by her mother
that she was to sit opposite the honored
guest, and that she must behave herself
like a lady. as be was a judge. So when
he said to her, "You have never seen a
judge before. have you ~ she little girl
replied. mo, sir; but | have seen a pic
tnre of PLATE in my Sunday-school
boob. THE 0ongrsgationalssts
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is the only cure
s; :; !: i: J: : !, $; S.: !: ]: :::::::::::|:::|:::.:...SSS
ways does more - ~
harm than good. Beware of mercury
Books on the disease and it's treat
ment mailed free t. any address by
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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A lady of great beauty and attractive
ness, who was an ardent admirer OF
Ireland, once crowned her praise of it at
a party by saying: Il think l was meant
for an Irish woman"
MADAM" rejoined a witty son of Erin,
who happened to be present, thousands
would back me in saying that you were
meant for an Irish an."-Strand MagG-
sine.
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Passenger-'Is that Chicago we are
coming to ?"
Conduetor-"Certainly. Can't you
make out the snow-capped buildings ?''-
NeU York Life.
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darling. did you sing any pretty
songs at Sunday.school?"
Eyes, Mamma; we sang a lovely one
about 'Greenland's ice cream noun
tains. ~ hicago Record.
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M77" for HAY FEVER

Sold by Druggists, or sent prepaid on receipt ofrrp
q5c or 1 for 81, fmay be assorted, except rs, a. ei1eO
DR huMrHREYs' MAsUAL Enlarged& Revlsed), MAiLEptN
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A Reliance.-sI haven't had any peace
of mind at ALL" said Mr.. Lushly, ''since
my wife got the bicycle craze"
"She wants to ride, does she ?"
"No; she wants me to ride. She saws
she believes that q man who is out at
night is as safe if he is confronted with the
responsibility of getting a bicycle back
home as he is if he has signed the
PLEDGE Washington Star.
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Hans had climbed up into the cherry
tree to gather cherries. Meantime a storm
came on, and the father called out to the
lad: "Come down, Hans, it is beginning
to thunder"
'There's no need, father" shouted the
boy, 81 can hear it where l am."-IUus
trSrte Chronicle.
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ulate prices II may operate by con-
trolling laws. In It's last analysis the
evil Of the gold standard Is the evil Of
monopoly, because II enables the finan-
cial magnates to fix the standard and
then to corner the money market &c
they have done. Monopoly and unjust
taxation are often combined. as In a
protective tariff.
The candidacy Of Mckinley Ii sup
ported by monopolists. The tariff
barons who made millions from monop-
olies gained through unjust taxation
and the financial magnates who made
millions by cornering gold and selling
II to the government are combining
the power Of their wealth and influence
to elect him. All the interests that plum
der the producing toilers BY the redue-
ton Of wages, the increase Of prices BY
trusts, the manipulation Of corporations
and the juggling Of the money market
are combined in his support
On the other side Is Bryan, whose
candidacy Is protest against every
form Of monopoly and who must look
for support only from the toilers.
Can there be any question as to the
candidate whose success will represent
the welfare of the people?
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American Horse. I'm England.

During the last year 10 less than 1000
American horses have been sold In London
alone. A large number are used for the on
nibnses and street cars. The cabmaSef Gnd
smaller dealer profess not 70 touch them The
former believing. and possibly rightly that
the majority Of foreign horses are somewhat
soft, while, as a rule, be declares that 4
his price he can get plenty Of vsllbrd
English horses, and that they DO his won
very well The fact II. however that thew
are almost as many American hprses draW.
Ing cabs as American subjects riding IN thsm.
After American and Canadian horses BAN
changed hands under the hammer they ~
resold without anything beng SAID abcul
their nationality. They get no The coupty
and add to the dlffirI.-.eS a-i perplexicel
Of the breeder.-Doadol Fled.
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-An.rehl.ss- of Seventeen ssvsntySrL

sAn.rehIsts' of ssvsnteen seventysrG
In q signed communication recently
published NJ. J. Bishop, General Worthy
Foreman Of the Knights Of Labor
wrote as follows. comparing the Bryan
anarchists and "hayseeds" with the
Revolutionary patriots:
The men OF Concord, Lexington,
Bunker Hill and Valley Forge would
possibly not be able to particularly
adorn a I'm de steele drawing room'
high tea, musicale or White House re-
ception; their language. manners and
habiliments very probably would cause
the average scribe Of today to sneer
at their inferiorfty, but those patriots
were imbued with the same desire fer
independence from British thraltom
which animates their descendants and
disciples Of this century. and they will
advance to the goal with the same
spirit of determination and self sacri-
fee as the heroes Of the Revolution.
There were no anarchists among
these brave fellows, but there was, as
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When Bourke Cochran exalted the
importance in the social fabric OF the
men who toll he used common trick
Of argument TO gain for his side the
apparent advantage Of the champion
ship Of labor.
But Mr.. Bryan in his Rhinebcck
speech went as far, although In fewer
words, as Mr.. Cochran in pointing out
the importance of the toilers as vital
factors in the well-being OF the whole
social organism. In doing 30 he merely
accepted q practical axiom Of political
economy that the foundations OF all
prosperity rest upon the welfare OF the
men who dig and delve for the product
Of the soil and mine, who turn the raw
material into articles Of necessity and
use and who perform the task Of plac-
ing them where they are needed.
Agreeing. therefore, that the welfare
Of the producers Is the vital concern Of
all, the question Of the campaign is:
Which party offers the better hope Of
prosperity to the producers?
The chief enemies Of the toilers are
monopoly in all its forms and unjust
taxation Monopoly may be represent
ed by the power to control production
or to corner the products and thus reg
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Fr.a snx.r Only Part

Labor Advocate (organ Of the Troy
On. - Central Federation Of Labor:
The issue Of 16 to l is not the only is
sue Of the campaign. The other planks
in the Chicago platform are Of greater
import than even the money clause.
II is the entering wedge Of mammoth
reform, which viii restore to the peo-
pie control Of the natural and artificial
monopolies Of the country. now held by
individuals and used as an engine OF
depression against the people.
To-day the free" workingmen of
America are the actual slaves Of the
money combination That is Why the
monied patriots" Of both parties howl
down as anarchists" and "repudia-
tionists" the men and measures that
would undertake to free the people,
and appeal to the people they have be-
trayed to wait until England gives
her consent" to change our coinage
basis.
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now, an abundance Of agitators with q
definite idea Of what to agitate for, and
but for the shrewd cunning Of the silk
stocking brigade Of that day the
phraseology Of our present constitu-
ton would not need such a wholesale
revision and reconstruction.
The fearless, honest, upright hay
seed and 'odorolus' wageworker Cas
our modern convention critic is pleased
to style them, were those who lifted
one form Of British yoke from the
shoulders OF Columbia and their latter
day prototypes will finish what thew
so well began.
Tory newspapers. Misrepresentation
and abuse, not even the ever potent
gold, win save the treaeherous cr.w
The people have seized the lever ana
have demanded right OF way for the
poplar reform train, and for the man
or thing putting any obstacle on m.
track to retard or wreck its progress
VIII be dealt with in As summary a
manner as his Tory progenitors Of The
past" 10
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What the PresIden, s.r,

81 take pleasure In stating that In.,.
sonally know persons who. once abso.
lutely bald, have regained their lost
hair through the use II DANDERIYF
My wife, whose hair was falling ont
from some cause, has received great
benefit from IL. / heartily commend
DANDERINE." Thus writes Edmund
d. Murdaugh. president Of the Terri
torial Normal school 10 the Knowltou
Danderine company Of Guthrie. Okla.
homa, from whom Danderine can be
obtained for 81 a bottle. IL not kept
In stock by local druggists.
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More Numerou. than cr..x.

Columbus Iohio) Record: John Nc
Bride. late president of the American
Federation Of Labor, editor) II Is time
Eastern capitalists and Eastern news
papers opened their eyes to the fact
that the friends OF free silver are more
numerous than crazy. The Farmers
Alliance, the Knights of Labor, the
American Federation Of Labor, the
populists. the republicans Of several
states heretofore republican states, a
large portion of the prohibition party
and organized labor in general have
declared in favor Of the free and un-
limited coinage Of silver at the ratio of
Is to l. The army of silver cranks is
a large one. and IL they can be mus
tered under one banner there will be
such political revolution this fall that
the gold bugs Of the East will find
their power to Cypress the common
people forever gone. and to our mind
It cannot be gotten rid of too soon
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H.a 20 E.po.. Themselves.

workmen's Advocate: Heretofore
the money power By dividing its forces
between the republican and democratic
parties has been able to control both
parties and all financial legislation has
had It's sanction Through some means
they lost control Of the Chicago conven-
ton, and the declaration Of that body
In favor Of free coinage silver has com
PEELED the miIlionaires who have been
masquerading as democrats to expose
themselves, and they are rushing over
the political fence to Join their Cocoon
spiratorA They win now make .
united effort to subjugate the people
and bring them under control win the
people be subjugatedf
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- . Single One.

New York journal: To the aeclara-
tons by gola standard advocates tina,
the mass Of workingmen will not sup
port Bryan and Sewall, labor makes
its own answer.
Not a single labor leader Of national
states Ii for Hanna and Mckinley.
Not single labor leader Of national
influence who does not speak for the
cause Of democracy as the hope OF the
wage workers.
Some labor papers have thus far re-
manned non-committal, as II Is the
avowed policy of a few such journals
and Of certain labor organizations to
reserve political action to the indiyid-
ual But all Of the other labor papers,
except these few. are openly for the
democratic candidates and the demo-
cratic platform.
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r.Ik. About the H.nsIte,.

Coast Seaman's Journal: The bolt Of
q certain section Of the democrats, &C
companied by their newspaper. has
done more good than their votes or
influence win be able to counterfeit II
has shown that, no nat er what their
minor differences may be, when It
comes to the primary question Of con-
trolling the medium Of exchAnge-the
money-and by that means controlling
industry. the money eealers are unit.
They constitute one party-the party
Of pelf-with eommt instincts, COM
mon ends and CON non means Of at
tanning them Thai this class has been
driven to reveal fs identity and de-
clare open war So one good result ai
least Of the Chisago convention.
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How He DescrIheh IL

II takes q business man to desr-A.
a costume to his wife. A busy son J,
commerce, after seeing a very taEio,
dress On a very taking young ladT =
Gently, Informed the partner OF n,
joys: 1T was fine. The dress N.
made Of some kind Of cloth. with an.
sort Of trimming. 1t was sorter I'M.
or shrimp pink in color, and had 4,
q waist some kind OF basque that ~,
understandable. She wore one OF tho..
hats you sometimes see on women "a
altogether gave an effect that I v,,S
you could have seen."-New York "a
corder.
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L.bor's Attribute to sur,r

The American Federation of Labor
one Of the strongest labor organizations
in the world, has declared in its ma
tional conventions in Chicago nSe3)
Denver QS9D, and New York aSe5 for
the free and unlimited coinage of siI-
yer and gold at the ratio OF Is to L.
The resolution follows:
Resolved. That IL Is the deliberate
Judgment Of the American Federation
Of Labor in delegate convention as
sembled, that congress should re-enact
The law Of 1887 which provided for the
Tree and unlimited coinage of both sfl-
yer and gold at the ratio Of Is to 1. thus
restoring the American law of coinage
as it was until 1873, when silver was
1emonetized without debate and with
sut the knowledge Of the American
people, and that this should be dome
At once, without waiting for the CO.
operation Of any other nation I'm the
world
Resolved, further, That a copy of
above and foregoing, under the
OF the federation, be sent To the
PRESIDENT Of the United States and 10
he vice president of the United States
% the speaker Of the house of congress
% Secretary Carlisle. to the chairman
If the finance committee of the nouse
IND to each member OF the house ana
senate.
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Gold Dollar. Arc sc.rc..

Coming Nation: Lots Of intelligent
and free" American workingmen who
haven't seen S. gold piece In i've
years will vote for the gold standard.
Nobody needs to be told that gold
money is a stranger to the pockets of
an overwhelming majority of the pee
pie. Gold is the money Of the bankers
and robbers Of the world. When a
piece Of n strays away from the bank
er's counter. look out for another con-
traction The money Of usurers must
not circulate among honest people.
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Law the farmer ssOs to apply to me
mortrsse and nothing to live or run
she farm on, or ssOs for expenses and
nothing for the mortgage. or $50 Tor
interest and Sl29 for the farm and fam
fly. leaving the debt as large a. ever.
In 1856 a man without money could
buy a farm in the west on credit aud
nav for Il with the proceeds Of one crop.
In 1896 the same man might receive the
same farm, without incumbrance. as
gift, and be bankrupt in a year. But
Mr.. Cochran sees nothing in the diseon-
tent Of the western farmer except de-
sire to cheat his laborers.
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where tn. Banker. Com. II,

Locomotive Firemen's Magazine: The
capitalists Of the East have acted I'm
the capacity Of commission agents. -
inviting and investing the billions Of
European dollars In American enter
Srises They, Of course, have retained
fair commission In some instances.
such as wildcat" railroad and salt
ID" mine schemes. our Eastern neigh
oors have been accused by European
investors Of dishonest DEALINGS. The
Eastern banker has acted as q mid
heman" between European capital and
american investments and as such has
largely prohted by the debts thus oc-
.urred- They collect a commission for
piaeing the investment. another for
collecting rentals and yet another Cor
closing out undesirable Investments IL
Is thus apparent that the Eastern
bankers are the friends and agents Of
European investors and 1.-THE collectors
u comparatively bankrupt nation
The broad ax., 1896-10-31

II the people on the star Sirius have
telescopes powerful enough to distin-
guish objects en- this planet and are
looking at 1t now, they are witnessing
The destruction Of Jerusalem, which
took place over 1,soo years ago. OF
course, the reason Of this IL that the
nght which the world rejects. travel
ing a. It does at the rate Of 1ss.ooo
wiles q second, would tAke eighteen
centuries TO reach the nearest fixed
star.
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J. FINANCIAL PLANK, REPUBL1C-
AN PLATFORM, 1883: THE REPUB-
ILCAN PARTY BELIEVES IN THE
USE OF BOTH GOLD AND SILVER
AS STANDARD MONEY AND CON-
DENNIS THE PRESENT DEMO
CRATIC ADMINISTRATION IN ITS
EFFORTS TO DEMoNETIzE Sill
YER.
FINANCIAL PLANK, REPUBLIC
AN PLATFORM, 1899: THE REPUB-
LICAN PARTY DEMANDS THE USE
OF BOTH GOLD AND SILVER AS
STANDARD MONEY, WITH SUCH
RESTRICTIONS AND UNDER SUCH
PROVISIONS, TO BE DETERMINED
BY LEGISLATION AS WILL SECURE
THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PAR
ITY OF VALUES OF THE TWO NET
AIS so THE PURCHASING AND
DEBT PAYING POWER OF THE
DOLLAR, WHETHER OF SILVER,
GOLD OR PAPER, SHALL BE AT
ALL TIMES EQUAL
FINANCIAL PLANK, REPUBLIC
AN PLATFORM, 1896: WE ARE,
THEREFORE, OPPOSED TO THE
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER, Elk
CEPT BY INTERNATIONAL AGREE
MENT WITH THE LEADING COM
MERCIAL NATIONS OF THE
WORLD, WHICH WE PLEDGE OUR
SELVES TO PROMOTE. AND UNTIL
SUCH AGREEMENT CAN BE OBJ
TANNED THE EXISTING GOLD
STANDARD MUST BE PRESERVED.
QUESTIONABLE wrote the financial
plank Of the republican platform in
1888?
Answer-william Mckinley Of Ohio.
Q.-Who wrote the financial plank
Of the republican platform q 1892?
A.-William Mckinley of Ohio.
Q.-Who wrote the financial plank
in the republican platform Of 1sse?
A.-William Mckinley OF Ohio.
Q.-How do you account for his radi-
cal change of front in so short q space
sf time?
Alt would be a difficult matter 70
60 into full details.
ON his letter accepting the NOM
ination for the presidency does he say
anything about his change of'front:
A.-Not a syllable.
Q.-What does he say!
Ale says that the country VIII
90 to the dogs il We try to establish BIZ
letaIlism.
Q.-Would it be safe to elect to the
presidency a man who changes his
views in such a manner!
Alt would not
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Currency. Gold

II thus appears that the farmer In
1885 got more than three times as much
In gold for has wheat As he 10 getting
now. ard about twice As much for ev-
erything else Bat n be had mort
gage On his farm Il was reekoned IN
currency, and one bushei Of wheat
would eleAr on nearly 40 Of Il. instead
OF about 80 cents. - II win now.
A thousand bushels Of wheat AZ that
time would pay on the whole OF mort
gage of 81 go and leave t1.1ss for en-
psnses ne sans,zop would nov al
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Tn. pl.eea,snted Farmer.

The agricultural department has is
sued q circular that viii help to explain
why the farmers are not as happy now
as they used TO be. II compares the
prices Of leading farm products year
by year. from 1856 to 1885. The prices
are given in currency, but when re-
duced to q gold basis the results are
sufficiently striking Inspect these fg-
ures. for instance:
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Mis- Gertrude Vanderbilrs bride

Miss Gertrude vanderbflrs bride
maids were, so q triumphant Chicago
paper informs us, AN girls with
money" This enables . large number
Of persons to draw their first long
breaths since the horrible fear crept In
that this fair young daughter Of q line
Of mfIlionaires was likely to choose her
attendants from Mulberry Bend or the
tenement district
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An Indianapolis woman gave her pet
King Charles spaniel q sumptous fun
eral last week. A white hearse con-
veyed q CONN covered with flowers to
the cemetery, whose trustees permitted
ths animal to be inferred IN its sacred
preeinetA The dog was attended by
The bet local physician to be had and
he received more care and attention
han nine-tenths Of the human beings
The broad ax., 1896-10-31

The Ssreoxie. No, strawberry ship
perS association this year shipped A.
0s4 crates OF berries The net returns
On the sales were fl15 Q crate, o.
s47,14s.s0. OF this amount the packers
we're paid s1s,7s0.s0.
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which sHiet lin. He mud } sssts
the insolenee and spells Co., ~
politics and cast few Total -.
self II he fails in tbs. II hasN s>cds
TO speak up for himss; in thesolden
opportunity he should sink b9,te his
accustomed retreat and let Don-
sibiltty rest where II has%AGs be-
lOnged-upon himself
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The BsasvoIsn, Cola n.~.

knights Of Labor Journal: The deem
interest which the gold bug banker
are manifesting In the welfare OF the
workingmen in these presidential cleo
ton times Is something truly touching.
Inese benevolent inanciers are posi-
lively panic-strieken over the Inn
penang danger to the workinEmen
rom free coinage and an Increased
volume Of money.
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An une2llant South Dakota consta-
BILE tried to arrest q couple Of bloomer
girls the other day on the ground that
their costumes were immodest- The
physicians today have hopes that he
may recover.
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t.rn n FnSI.nd ~ - ssstad tSsI I 49,
ton has been made TO replace the Akl
walls Of Buckingham palace By G low al
single railing. % that the general pubic
may be granted q view Of the grounds With
In. which, by the way. are scarcely eyer -
ed by the royal family. The duke Of Dc
vonshire, also, Il said to be contemplating
putting down the outer wall Of Deyonshifs
house.
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nork wen Don.

DO yoz believe that Adam rs, -.
name to all the animalsT'
II do, and i respect him for his 49,.
lions He did his work most ersss
ably"
"Whyr
~Weil, because there wasn't Ro,.
or a Fido In the whole lot"-Hsro"S.
Bazaar.
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You are not -shaken Before rakeu-

With malarial dIseaSa. but with prodiKiouS
violence afterwards, II you neglect tmmt
date measure Of relief The surest prevent
I've and remedial form Of medication 10 Hoe
letters Stomach Bitters. the potency q
which as an antidOte to miasmattc poison AAs
been demonstrated for over forty years pA9
The liver when disOriered and conEsfsd
the bowels II consiPated. and the kidneyS u
invaluable for dyspepsia, nervous deoaf1
and rheumatism
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Acknowledgement Moloney Of Illinois
has rendered an opinion that q woman
can be legally appointed township
treasurer. He holds that the law pro-
vides that no person shall be debarred
from any occupation, profession or en-
ployment, except military. that q town.
ship treasurer Is appointive, and that
q woman can hold such once.
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The IRE At ontonagon. Mich, goes
q long way to controvert those scien-
stfc observers who have been hazard
ing the opinion that the Diamond
Match company was too eceen to burn.
The broad ax., 1896-10-31

The attention Of collectors Of curios-
ities Ii respectfully called to the fact
hat there wasn't q single bolt At the
Chicago gold convention
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typographical Journal tofncial organ
II the International typographical IN
son): What the wage Garner wants Is
IN Improvement Of his condition. and
be should add to the power Of orEaniza-
ton the exercise Of the ballot for the
shrogation of unwholcsone restrictions
apon his rights and the formulation Of
zach statutory pr0yissons a. vim bring
ain af least an equitable adjustment Of
lis rights He has II In hiz power and
shop'c exercise Il % risht ths wrongs
The broad ax., 1896-10-31

Il n disappointing to find that the
ehroniclers Of the whitney-vanderbilt
wedding neglected to cast q solitary
CLEAN from the duchess Of Marlbo-
cough's diamonds On It
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The LadIA

mo pleasant effect and perfect ns...
with which ladies may use syrun J,
Figs, under all conditions. maks. :
their favorite remedy. To get the -.
and genuine article look for the ~.
OF the California Fig Syrup Comnsss
printed near the bottom OF the 49,
age. For sale By all responsible Sr1.'
Rfsfa
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PAfladelphia. long called the slovest
AID sleepiest city in this country, has
walked up sufficiently to be ths frst
city 10 authori1e pneumatic tnbe Pos
ii delivery for the rapid handling Of
LEGAL mall matter. It II singular that
ths United States. 90 pushing In nest
improssmsnts. shoald Be % Tar be-
hind Europs In the delivery q nah
matter. Pneumatie tubes have been IN
use in Paris, Berlin and Vienna for
this purpose for nearly twenty yearA
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Oonventtons have been 50 numerous
this summer that pretty nearly every
thing On earth has been pointed 20
with pride and horror.
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a...s,. m...

Journal tdem-GThe bulk Of Mr.. Ne
Ainisys volume is devoted to the two
subjects OF money aud tariH-tns
money Question. under stringent ora.-.
ron Hanna. being treated first f.-
wnieh wrench to his feelings Mr. ~
Ain'ey has our deepest sympathy.