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The Leading Liar.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
After the dog liar, the smart baby liar
and the horse liar had their turns, the
common, ordinary liar said:
''Well, you fellows own some pretty
bright live stock, but l don't think any of
them compare with my educated katydid."
What does it do?' asked the man with
the dog that knew the time of day.
MY wife's sister Is a schoolma' am, and
has taught the insect to say Kathryn
did
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He Struck Another Match.

BISHOP Wilmer of Alabama, famous az
story teller, says that one of his friends
lost dearly beloved wife, and in his sor-
row caused these words TO he inscribed on
her tombstone: The light of mine eyes has
gone out" The bereaved married within a
year. Shortly afterward the bishop was
walking through the graveyard with anoth-
er gentleman. When they arrived at the
tomb, the latter asked the bishop what he
would say of the present state of affairs.
in view of the words on the tombstone III
think said the bishop. 1.-The words But 1
added
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PART III.
THE TREATY OF OVERS FARM

THE TREATY OF OVERS FARM
passed the remainder of the night in
a barn belonging to one Of Dyer's neigh
bors, for 1t seemed uEwise to remain upon
his estate. Grandfather Graves was evil
IDENTIFY man of action despite his ad-
vanced years, and l had no desire to en-
counter him again. except upon the most
conventional terms. His musket shot
must have aroused the household; indeed
from lurking place among the trees
saw lights fash at many Of the windows
but there was no indication that a search
was being made for me outside the house
whether he had recognized me, or had
mistaken me for a burglar Of the ordinary
sort, was matter TO which l devoted
considerable thought, without reaching any
conclusion, as lay upon my scented couch
of hay in the hospitable barn.
L breakfasted at farm house and then
set out ,Don another, reconnaissance In
the direction of my friends abode. 1t was
my hope to encounter Mrs. Dyer al such a
distarce from the house as would enable
me to talk with her -unmolested by her
formidable mother or the prompt and iras-
chile Grandfather Graves. l thought il
probable that the events of the last TWEEN
ty-four hours might have shaken her allie
glance to the Graves faction so much that
she might be willing to- abandon whatever
enterprise was on foot.
With this purpose in view l approached
the odd Peters place in as secret man
Ter as possible, choosing a course that
led through a thick grove of spruce AMI
fir trees whose green wall completely shut
off the house from observa ton the
north. l had forced my way about 2U
Yards through this thieket when | became
aware OF little clearing in the midst of
it. The sun had climbed up SO high that
it's rays struck through the tops of TIE
trees and giinted upon something white
in the open; and 1t was this which first at
tracted my attention. Immediately | per-
ceived that the clearing was a burial
ground and I remembered that the Peers
family, which for century or more had
inhabited the estate, had been SO far from
a village that. they would hardly have
borne their dead to a cEurchyarG. 1t il
not uncommon in rural New England to see
the monuments of the dead almoS: under
the windows Of the living. Usually ;hey
are not placed in so retired a spot upon
the estate as was here the case, but can
be seen from the travelled road.
The flash of the white stone attracted
me sufficiently to make me turn aside
from my way toward the small cemetery.
1t was the last place where l should have
feared discovery: and, therefore, my sur
prise was great when. upon forcing my
way between two masses of green boughs.
| suddenly perceived a woman standing
beside one of the graves. In moment
recognized Mrs. Dyer. She held some
flowers in her hands, had noticed that
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Solid for Mckinley,
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald
What is your manner" asked his honor In
the naturalization court in Chicago.
Mckinley" replied the Italian
Can you read or write the English Ian
guage," asked the court.
Mckinley, answered the Italian.
IF you can neither read nor write how
do you expect to voter" persisted the court.
Mckinley" replied the Italian
And yet he was given his papers.
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From Life.

From Lie.
81 shouldn't advise you to leave Jack for
very long, dear. Some husbands, you know,
are like return tickets"
why, ma! What do you mean?"
'They ere forfeited If detached"
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A Fortune Waiting.
From Exchang'

From Exchange.
There is a fortune for the milliner who
shall devise bonnet that can be worn in
any part of the church and always present
the trimmed side to the congregation.
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Living In Hope.

From the Bay City Chat.
81 haven't had a ride in carriage don't
know when," complained Mrs. Jaysmith."
"Never mind,'' replied her husband Just
have patience. Some of the neighbors will
have funeral one of these days"
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tanned and shattered window of the room
which I had most In mind. I crouched be-
meath that window and listened. At first
all was still; then I became aware of
sounds that. made me shudde-. Some one
within was groaning not loudly, as If with
me, with wrath. Sometimes 1 could hear
the rumhling Of words that sounded like
caths. Again heard a rustling as Of pa
per. Finally some enc cried: There! =
sounded unlike Dyers, yet I could not be
sure. Presently the light went out
caught the faint sound of closing door.
Then all was still
I waited fifteen minutes, according to
my best Judgment, but it might not have
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been SO long. Then I tried the fastening
blinds. It seemed tS. u secure. but at last
I forced the. CATCH, shd raised the lower
it aroused no one. Having paused to make
sure of that, I pushed aside the curtain and
thrust In my head. The room was totally
dark: ! climbed In cautiously and stood
Tor moment listening in the gloom.
Faint noises in the olf house counterfeited
footballs. and I would have said that I
was not alone but f33q{e the aimlessness with
which the gatherings ran across the room
and stopped and ran again.
At last I ventured. to light a match. The
flame revealed a latge square room, fitted
up like study, WITH I'm abundance of fine
oad furniture. "A welllflled book case COW
hand was a great antique desk, open and
streWn with typewriter sheets. Bending
over them. l recognized Dyer's hand in va
rious corrections. {,
The match burned my fingers. 1 threw
1t down and lighted another, with the fame
or which l kindled lamp that stood upon
IN the td desk; Then l perceived in the midst
script, letter addressed to myself It ex-
pressed very mild regret for having MISS
ed seeing me, and the hope that l would
come again next summer" laughed soft
ly, at the impa thence of the writer to see
me- He asked that 1 would write to him,
put l must not say anything more about
Emily. Especially 1 must write If ever
contemplated coming to the BerkShires
again The style was forced; the penman-
ship was labored. The letter had come
hard 1t had plainly been written at die
tatlon and under oompulsion. No wonder
Dyer had sworn when he had finished it,
Evldently the poor fellow was not at
al! ms own master in that house. I re-
solved anew to see him and to rescue him.
Where could he be? Where but in that
other room on the north end Of the house,
the room that had seen no one enter or
leave on the preceding day?
Ihere was door between the rooms
L turned the knob. 1t was locked on the
other side. l ventured to call, softly:
Bertrand" A confused murmur-a pain
tul, smothered sound-was audible within
called again. ss loudly as l dared. Still
the same murmuring noise, a little louder
than before. Had they tied the poor fellow
ike dog and gagged him? 1 put my
strength upon the door, softly, steadily
The lock yielded. I entered
The room was dark, but light sud-
denly flashed up. 1 saw a tumbled bed,
a faring lamp on a table; and, beyond,
Grandfather Graves in his scanty night
clothing, just in the act of taking down
an enormous old-fashicned musket from
the wall.
Bertram Dyer was not there, and a half
second later neither was l. My form
might have been seen fitting across the
lawn, while behind me. and indeed all
around me, echoed the resounding bang of
the old musket.
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Purely Mental.

From Puck.
IT am told that he has some mental af-
lection"
Yes; he is in love with Miss Blunose of
Boston"
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with disheveled hair passed close to my
hiding place. but did not see me. He was
carrying a lamp and yawning painfully
When he had gone upstairs and entered a
bed room l stole up after him. The re-
mainder Of the night I passed In slumber
When / came down the next morning
met Mrs. Graves in the hall.
'Bertram came back last night" she said
Perhaps you heard him drive up to the
front door, little after twelve?"
mo. 1 hadn't heard him. nor had seen
him, though at the hour named I had been
sitting almost directly before the door,
However, did not tell her that.
Later in tho night" she continued, The
was taken very sick. You won't lie able
to see him. We have sent to Greenville
for DOCTOR"
I expressed my deepest sympathy
About o'clock the doctor from Green
Vile arrived. I recognized him as the
young man with the tangled hair who had
passed so near me on the preceding night.
PART II.
FRIENDLY BURGLARY.
I considered 1t highly important to as
certain whether the young man who per-
sonated the Greenville doctor really had
any knowledge of medicine. If he had It
would seem probable that he was a resi-
dent physician attending upon Bertram In
an illness that was by no means the sud-
den and unexpected attack described to
me ny 1TdVeS accepting mat view
two theories would naturally suggest them
selves to account for the Implicitly and
concealment that were being practfced by
the household. Bertram's illness might be
of such nature that It would better be
kept secret; he might be periodically in
sane. Second, he might be at the point Of
death, and his wife and her relations might
fear that I would influence him against
them in the disposition Of the money he
had earned and the valuable copyrights
he held.
On the other hand. II the young nan
were not doctor there must be some
sort of plot against my friend, whereby he
was held prisoner and prevented from
communicating with the outer world Per-
haps his property was slowly being alb
sorbed by the Graves contingent. Twas
prepared to suspect Mrs. Graves of any
thing. AS for Mrs. Dyer, could not re-
gard her as an active element in so Sc
rious an affair. My dislike for her had
been based upon her mental vacuity, upt n
her absurd inferiority to her husband. she
had seemed to me incapable of good or evil
except as others might influence her.
Grandfather Graves was a shrewd old rat.
with an eye like an X-ray to explore the
inside Of another's pocket With the other
members of the household was almost
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Lack of Con fidence.

Lack commence
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Then you won't lend me a diner
The voice was full of pathos and huski-
ness.
The other man shook his head
What this country Is just a-staryin' for
is return of confidence said the first man
as he sadly moved away.
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Natural Result.
From Tid-Bits.


He-'"Ths tune seems to haunt me-"
She-"Because you have murdered it SO
often"
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Something to Do With the Ba

From the Cleveland PlainDea1er.
Now, you wouldn't believe, to look at
him, that that man was a judge, would
your
IT don't know as I'd pick him out for
Judge, but a glance at his nose would be
sufficient to convince me that he had some
thing to do with the bar"
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Sacred to, Il the Memory of

|
Who Departed This Life January the
Third, Eighteen Hundred and Eleven.
After Long and Painful Sickness Which
He Bore with Christian Fortitude,
He Entered Into Rest. and Is Now En-
joying the Beautitude of Heaven Gas
We TrusD. ia
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9TH ole squire stop an spoke to me this
marnin': an Oh asst i'm 'ow Master Philip
was gettin' on in Lunnon. Oh says e.
''es bin called to the bar OF dunno wot
C meant, SO OF didn' say nothin: but OF
says to meself. 'Ah. Oh says. from what
Oh remember of m. e didn' want nc
callin'!'
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-22
HE SEES THE PIE.

The editor of the Glendive indie
pendent see the pie counter and
cannot refrain from pausing before
its alluriug sights. He sees no fur,
than the counter. and thinks that
everyone else III point of reason and
sense is as limited as himself. \ fool
who realizes his own mental deticien-
cy will endeavor in some measure tc
hide it from the world. But a MAJ
as ignorant as the editor of the Glen
dive independent, is incompetent tc
know how narrow his mental range
This Glendive freak while scanning
his little political horizon caugh
sight of McKinley's refreshmen
stand; and whilegazing on the savory
!. v%ictuals, imagining himself IA siwasl
Indian at an intestine festival, h,
wrote as follows:
If any republican has an idea tina
by casting his vote with the silver-or
sink democrats he will be rewarded
with a seat at the pie counter, shoulc
Bryan be elected, he is a prominen
candidate for the ''horsc latf." II,
has only to read the expressions o
lofty disdain and sarcastic hifalutil
which appear frequently in the Butt
Miner, in regard to those who, lik'
him have been caught on the free
silver democratic fly paper. The
patronage, if there be any, will b.
for democrats only. The obligine
reps and pops may get a seat at the
counter all right, but "divil'
crumb of pie.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-22
WE ARE NOT QUARRELSOME

The republican party is being pur-
ged and purified. Like the whale that
swallowed Jonah, the republican par
ty is casting from her bowels obnox-
ious heavy weights that belong to the
ungodly and unclean. Editor Abbott
of the Neihart HERALD has renounc-
ed republicanism and joined democ-
racy. Dominus vobiscum frater.
When you stand with your hairless
caput in the tempest of Mckinley
ballots next November and repent in
tears wrought of anguish, it will give
us pleasure to refer you to the para
bic of the wise and foolish virgins
Glasgow Gazette.
For the general information we
explain that "Dominus vobiscum
%frater' means, ats off with me-"
and that it is Grow language, which
Editor Lewis learned during those
years when he lived in a tepee, stud
ying anthropology in the manners
and customs of the North American
Indian. People from Glasgow say
he has so thoroughly mastered Ind
ian as to make them second
nature.
We never deal in personalities,
nor degrade ourselves by SO much as
noticing such slop as the above; nor
will we do so now. But if we ever
get sight Of the red-headed, long
beaked and alternate manikin who
garbles and misquotes the holy scrip
lures from the Gazette office, we will
tear out his morbid lights, and make
Konigsberger klobs of his minced
and mangled corpse. We are nat
urally philanthropic, benevolent and
gentlemanly, but the limit of pa
thence has been reached. And we
sincerely hope, for the peace of So
ciety, and as he loves his ma. that
the measly m%isanthrope alluded to
will have enough TO keep out
of our sight.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-22

The single standard advocates are
terribly afraid that bimetallism would
drive gold ont of the country. 1t me-
e left the country SO fast a it is
leaving it now, ever when we had
the double standard and free coinage
of silver. And it never became nee.
essary in those days to issue interest
bearing bonds in order to be able to
defray the ordinary expenses of gov
eminent in time of peace.-Town
send Messenger.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-22

The subject being under discuss
ion as to who shall fill the various
county Offices and the Miner having
suggested William Tierney or A. G..
Wilson for the office Of commissions
err, we take pleasure in adding our
little suggestion by asking how
would J. l.. Walker do? He is
faithful, honest, and even pugna-
cious in defense of what he thinks is
right. Jack Walker is not a bad
MAJ for that office.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-22

II. b. Mitchell. so long established
as editor and publisher of the Mel
hart Miner, a traditional democratic
paper, has gone to take the editor
ship of the Great Falls Leader. The
chairman of Meagher county democ-
racy, on the eve of an important cam
paign. has gone away to edit a rep
ublican paper. The president of the
local Bryan club has decided, for a
money consideration, to work and
shout for Mckinley. Mark Hanna's
Doodle has invaded the stronghold of
silver, and brlbed one of the suppos-
ed defenders of the peoples rights.
Benedict Arnold sold West Point to
the British for 100000. Mr.. Mitch
ell has betrayed "A righteous u
for $25 a week. The difference is in
amount Of consideration. Mitchell.
it is allowed by everyone, never had
considerable influence, but his fund
Of this important element is not apt
to be vastly augmented by his new
venture.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-22
THE ADOPTION OF BIMETALLISM.

A Few Historical Facts Which Are Par
ticularly Interesting just Now.
B~imetallism and the free coinage Of
silver was thoroughly discussed before
it was embodied i'll the coinage laws of
the country. AS early as 1882 Robert
Morris made proposals for the establish
ment of a mint, which proposals We're
approved by congress. The question as
to whether gold Or silver, or both gold
and silver, should be adopted as the
money Of the country was thoroughly
discussed by Robert Morris, Alexander
Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson and other
great men of that time. In 1855 the
grand committee of the continental con-
which it said:
In France a grain of pure gold is counted
worth Is grains of silver. In Spain 10 grains
of silver are exchanged for one of gold, and in
England Is 10. In both the kingdoms last
mentioned gold is the prevailing money, be-
cause silver is undervalued. In France silver
prevails. Sundry advantages would arise 90
us from a system by which silver might be
| come the prevailing money. This would oper-
ate as a bounty to draw it from our neighbors,
by whom it is not sufficiently esteemed. SJ-
yer is not exported SO easily as gold, and it is
a more useful metal.
The discussion finally eliminated in
the adoption of a double standard, prill-
cipally through the exertions of Alexan-
der Hamilton. His suggestions and
those of Robert Morris and Thomas JET
ferson were embodied in the act Of
April 2, 1892, establishing a mint and
regulating the coin Of the United States,
the fourteenth section of which says:
And be it further enacted, That it shall be
lawful for any person or persons to bring TO
the said mint gold and silver bullion in order
to their being coined, and that the bullion SO
brought shall there be assayed and coined as
speedily as may be after the receipt thereof,
and that free Of expense to the person or per-
sons by whom the same shall have been
brought.
Under this law gold and silver were
coined at the ratio of Is to l. There
was no change in this law until 1884,
when the ratio Of 16 to l (the present
ratio) was established. In 1853 the
weight of silver pieces of less than a
dollar was decreased 81 per cent, and
their legal tender power was limited to
S.. Previously fractional silver currency
had been an unlimited legal tender. No
change whatever was made in all these
years looking to the demonstration of
either gold or silver. Both were coined
free and in unlimited quantities at the
minis. The national conventions did
not discuss the subject at all. Free sill
yer and free gold were embodied in the
statutes of the country, and there was
no desire to demonetize either. There
was no more necessity for a national
Democratic convention to take a position
respecting the free coinage Of silve,
than there was for it to make a decla'
ration in respect Of the law of gravita'
ton. One was as much a fixed law il
the opinions of the politicians and
statesmen Of those days as the other
New Orleans Times-D Democrat.
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of money if it can be reached at all
But they do believe that gold and
silver together will give MS a stead
err measure of value than gold alone.
Consequently it will more nearly
meet the definition of a true measure
of value.
If Major Mckinley aud Mr.. Bryan
ever meet in joint debate, it will be
perfectly beautiful to see Bryan
puncture Mckinley's gorgeous soap
bubble rhetoric.- National Bimetal-
list.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-22
Republican State Convention.

\. republican state convention is here
hv called to meet at - o'clock. noon. on
Wednesday. September ., 1896. at the
city Of Helena.
The purpose of said convention will be
to nominate candidates for Il full set of
state officers, a representative in congress,
three presidential electors, n associate
justice of the supreme court, the election
of IA state central committee to serve the
ensuing two years, and for the transac-
tion of such other business appertaining
to the republican party in Montana as
may come before it.
The several counties in the state will
be entitled to representation in said con
wNrntinn as follows:
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The republican county committees of
the several counties in the state will pro
coed to call county conventions as usual
and elect delegates and alternate dele
gates to said state convention as above
a%pportioncd. In the matter of nominat-
ING candidates for Judges of the several
judicial districts the committee recon-
mendS that in all cases where the district
is limited to one county. the regular
county convention make the nomination
ut the time it dominates candidates for
for all other county offices. In other cases
where the district Is composed of more
than one county, let the delegates to the
state convention from the counties COM
prising a district meet at the time and
place of the state convention and there
agree upon and make The nomination for
same, being guided by such instructions
il any, rs have been given by their coun-
~ conventions.
The following rules have been adopted
for the government Of republican state
conventions in Montana. and are now in
force:
L.. Delegates and alternate delegates
shall be elected in future to state cOnvcn-
tons, and in the event of Il failure of a
delegate to attend, the alternate delegate
shall cast the vote Of the delegate who's,
alternate he is.
,. In the absence of the delegate an,
his alternate, "a majority Of the delcga
tion from that county shall cast the vot,
for the absentee.
). In the absence Of all the delegate
and alternate delegates from any count,
no vote shall he cast for such county.
T., In the county in which the STATE
convention shall be held. when any alb
sent. there shall be no vote cast in thei
behalf.
). Delegates and alternate delegate
must be republican residents of the oun
ty which they represent.
BY order state central committee.
LEE MANTLE,
THOs. A. CUMMINGS. Chairman.
Secretary.