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Mondell tonight.
GIVE OUR BANNER TO THE
BREEZE.

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! can national committee for republican
Flag Day" October, 31st, 1861
a Give our banner to the breeze. VIII
4 Mckinley,
Every where between the seas. Will
Mckinley;
The "Old Glory" and the new.
Every bright star in the blue.
tEyery stripe we wave for you, viii
Mckinley.
FWe will rally on the colors, true to the
call;
We will march where the banner floats,
proud over all:
tSct "Old Glory" at the PROV.
And all patriots will bow
BE our c~olor-bearer now. VIII McKin-
ley.
Shout our battle-cry again, Will Nc
Kin!ey.
over mountain. plain and glen. Will
Mckinley;
Homer is the glorious word.
let it every where he heard.
And all patriot hearts be stirred, Will
Mckinley.
we will rally on the colors, true to the
call:
We will march where the banner floats,
proud over all;
Though u days OF war are past,
Ilh the ballots to be cast,
We will charge them home at last, fol
Mckinley.
We are ready for the fight, Will. Nc.
kinley,
Every ballot shining bright, Will Nc
Kinley,
We r waiting for the charge
While our army still grows large.
Eager for the first discharge, for Nc
Kinley.
We Will rally on the colors. true to the
call;
We will march where the banner floats
proud over all:
Be the will, and lead the way
Forward to the peaceful fray
or the third November day. Will Nc.
Kinley.
Honor be our golden word. Will Nc
Kinley,
Be our scutcheon never blurred, Will
Mckinley,
Honor keep our union true,
While our brave Red, White and Blue,
Routs regulations crew. for McKin,
ley.
We will rally on the colors. true to the
call;
We will march where the banner floats,
proud over all;
Long enough the day shall be
To defend true liberty
Keep her honor fair as free, WILL Nc
Kinley.
See our bright gold ballots, shine Will
Mckinley,
AN along the steady line. Will McKin.
ley.
Let u loyal people see
That Free Silver" isn't free.
But a fraud, no more to be. with Nc
Kinley.
We will rally on the colors. true to the
call;
We will march where the banner floats,
proud over all;
When the old time calls the new
Forward, we VIII charge with you.-.
You're our co~lor.bearer true. Will Nc.
Kinley.
II our hands its honor stain, Will Nc.
Kinley,
All our sires have bled in vain, viii
Mckinley:
Let the poor Of every race.
White or red or black Of face,
Feel the blessings Of its grace, VIII
Mckinley.
We will rally o. the colors. true to thu
call;
We will march whore the banner floats
proud over all;
Let ne Dag IN honor wave,
Sign Of freedom to the slave,
Over every patriot grave. win McKin'
10y.
Designed for full chorus Of children
with iaGs and tallots. Tune: "Whe
the Boys BeefA to Vote" campaign
sonss.by J. =. parka
AIDARr g. HOPKINS,
Union Veteran.
sosd.sss' Home. Ha Servings. 8. D.
Oct n I'm.
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MRS. J. ELLEN FOSTER.
(At Maennerchor Hall Saturday Mighty

Of the interior. Ex-Governor Waite OF
Colorado has been urged upon Bry-
an managers for the secretaryship of
war,
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Gladness Comes

\h/ltn n better understanding Ut the
w transient nature Of the many Ihys.
ical ills, ':ich vanish before propere IF
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
rightly di: ected. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that 30 many forms OF
sickness are not due to any actual dis.
ease, but simply to a eonstipated condi
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative. Syrup o. Figs, prompt
ly That is why It is the only
remedy with millions of families, andis
everywhere esteemed 70 highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due TO the fact, that II Is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. 1t is therefore
all important. in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase. that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold BY
ali reputable druggists.
If in the enjoymert Of good health,
and the system Is regular, laxatives or
other remedies ore then not needed. II
afflicted v III tny actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, hut il in need of a laxative.
one should have the best, and with the
w~cii-informed verywhero, Syrup Of
Figs stands highest and 1. most largely
used and gives most general sataafaefSon.
, 1896-10-29
SECTION FOREMAN KILLED.

Tennessee Pass, Colo, Oct. 2S.-Jack
Spillane, foreman of Tennessee Pass
section, was over in the tunnel here
yesterday and killed. He was on his
way to Mitchell, three miles west of
this place. and had probably stopped to
rest and fallen asleep. Engineer Nc
Dowell. whose engine struck Spllane,
said that he felt a Jar about the center
II the tunnel. but supposed he had run
over a rock and thought nothing Of It
When he examined his engine here he
found blood on the wheels and imme-
diAtsly went back and searched the
track through the tunnel, nnding Sp1-
kane with his head completely severed
from his body.
No blame can be attached 10 any one
for the accident, Is the tunnel b very
daek md II = impossible to 80 any
thing n front of an engine.
, 1896-10-29

TO CUnH a COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LADs1vs Bromo Qulnine Tablets.
All druggists REFUND The money II Il
taiss 10 carN. 10.
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The tsdies q the Scandinavia
church viii serve an early campahg1
suppM from 5 70 8 Saturday evsnins
the 31st. Supper Is cents ct,
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Following ID the lise q lsetsrs ~.
naming in the postomcs n Laramie.
Wyo.. for the week sadEng 0ceobsr %
1895. Parties calling for letters IN thia
list will please ny "advertispd."
Bush Ed Husbands Harry
Hodge James johnson Hnal az
johnson J A Lvlngston n
ssverson Ole Talbot Mr. ,
Watx An1fsw
I. J. DAYTON. r. n.
TO CUoB 4 CoAO In 0N8 DAY
Take laxative Bromo owntna Tablets
Al druegists rsfun1 ~ 0onsy u q
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, 1896-10-29

Nondsu toa1ekt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-02
Incongruous Friends.

A pretty story of affection betwee..
n cat and rat comes from the shores
of Lake Ontario by way Of the New
York World. A farmer, who is also a
shopkeeper, found a nest of rats in
pulling down an old shed, and one of
two baby rats stole into q pocket of his
coat. 1t seemed SO helpless and trust
full that he could not bear to kill it,
and kept 1t as pet, feeding 1t with
meat and cheese, which 1t took from
his hand.
Its life was in constant danger from
the cat, and to save 1t he put it into a
large wire cage. BY and by the cat
grew accustomed to its presence, and
finally the farmer one day put the cat
also into the cage. 1t made one or
two half-hearted attempts to catch the
rat, and then lay down and went to
sleep.
The upshot of the matter was that the
two animals became fast friends. Now
they fairly live together BY day they
wander In company about the house
and shop. or lie side by side in the show
window, where the strange sight at.
tracts much attention.
They are very Jealous of each other
II any one pets the cat, the rat runs
about squeaking with anger. II the
rat is the favored one, the cat In its
turn bristles and complains. II they
get separated for any great length OF
time they are sure to be soon lookinp
for each other, and sometimes when
they meet they fairly dance for joy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-02
"A Great Whistle.

Warden Sage, of Sing Sing prison,
Is having constructed an immense and
powerful steam whistle to be used TO
alarm officers and citizens In case OF an
escape, an uprising in the prison or fire.
1t will also signal the beginning OF
work in the shops in the morning MD
the shutting down Mt night. The whiss
tie Is known as a Fits patent twelve,
inch three-barred steam gong, and b
the largest In use. 1t Is composed Of
three cylindrical bells or barrels plac-
ed one above the other. These barrels
are fastened to the steam conductor,
which passes through them. The entire
whistle Is eight feet In height, and,
contrary to ordinary whistles. the bar
relsaor resonators are inverted. Each
barrel has different tone, thus produc-
ing q blended sound, without ear-split-
ting effects. 1t Is asserted that under
favorable atmospheric conditions the
whistle can be heard at a distance of
thirty miles. Even under unfavOrablo
circumstances the alarm should be
heard seven to ten miles away.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-02
Too Playful by Half.

There Is man about town who has
q marked military bearing and wood
en- leg. I won't say whether he was In
the army or navy, for IL did you'd
know right away who 1t is, buthe gave
that leg that Uncle Sam might have u
stronger one to stand on. He went out
to spend the evening not long ago ut
the house Of some people he didn't
know very well. They have a clever
little fox terrier who is trained to jump
over sticks that you hold out and to
perform any number of other enter
tanning feats.'
AS said, the wooden-leggedp man
came to call. He sat down In low
stuffed chair, whose seat was 30 long
that the artificial leg. perforce, stuck
straight out In the air. The fox terrier
saw it.. He recognized the invitation,
and with glad yelp he cleared 1t at q
bound. He went over once, he went
over twice, he went over thrice. Then
he looked around with the air Of one
who has done his duty, and done
enough of It. The leg still stuck out.
He yelped little unhappily and went
ct II again.
] The hostess tried unobtrusively to call
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-02

Mussulman population. would Be glad to
sec removed or exterminated. They arc
not liable to military duty, but, instead,
pay an exemption tax Of about $i.5O ?
head per annNm. Da
Theoretically, every Moslem In the do
minions of the Sultan Is a soldier on fur
Tough liable at any time to be called on to
serve his master in field or garrison. but
such Is the corruption prevailing In every
part Of the Turkish administration, both
civil and military, that any one can secure
an exemption who IL able to pay for IT,
There Is. moreover, = system OF conscrip-
ton organized by law that Is supposed to
be carried out in every part of the empire
1t Is based on the military system of Ger
many, for since the last Turco- Russian
war the army Of the Porte has been en-
tircly reorganized by German officers,
who naturally adopted the plan prevailing
in their own country. and with which
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-02
A PAIR OF PASHAS.

they were most familiar. The military
system consists Of the Nizam, or regular
army, two classes of Redifs, or Land
wehr. and the Mustafz, answering to the
Landsturm Of Prussia. At the annual
conscription the ranks of the regular
army are supposed to be filed by the men
of the levy, who must serve six years with
the regular army and first reserve. They
then pass into the SECOND reserve, to be
called out only on emergencies. Here
they remain eight years, subjected TO an
nual drill at their homes, then become
members Of the third reserve for six
years longer, thus passing twenty years.
either in the army or in one of the re-
serves. This is the system and, in work
ing order, it would furnish the Govern
ment with an army, in time of war, c {
nearly 100000 men. But, like every
thing else in Turkey, theory is one thing
and practice quite another, and, as Il
matter OF fact, there are very few districts
where the system has been put in run
ming order. and none where the conscripts
of the year. do not buy exemption from
service whenever they are able to do so.
In one case in military district near
Smyrna, the population made contract
with the enrolling officers that, in con-
sideration of a lump sum, paid down in
cash, the district should be exempt. The
money was paid, and the conscrptng
officers returned fictitious rolls, and went
back. rich and contented, TO CONSTANT
nople. In another, the conscripting Off
Ger was prevailed on to enroll the popu-
lation Of the prisons; in third all the
beggars and poverty-stricken wretches
to be found in the district were entered
MS conscripts, while the able-bodied men
escaped.
In reality, the Turkish army is com
posed of young men, unable. under the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-02

to apply only to the political state, for,
individually and collectively, the Turks
are about as healthy lot of people as
exist on the globe. The Government IS
weak and inefficient, as despotisms grown
old are wont to be, but that is no sign
that it is near the end of it's days. for
these Oriental despotisms have trick
of hanging on to life, sometimes for CEN
turtles after they ought to die. The
Greek empire at Constantinople lived for
FIVE centuries after its territory had been
reduced to the region immediately sur
rounding that city. and it is not at all
impossible that the Ottoman empire may
not follow its example, and it probably
will unless the powers show more unan-
Unity In regard to disposing of it's estate.
But those who suppose that Turkey will
fall an easy prey to the rest of Europe are
reckoning without their host, for. lazy
and degenerate as they are. the Turks
are marvellous fighters, and when their
fanaticsm is reused, they show degree
of military aggressiveness that has more
than once dumfounded their opponents.
During the last three centuries they have
waged dozen wars with surrounding
powers, and, on each occasion. their OPP
ponepts were forced to confess that. had
the Moslems been properly commanded,
the result would have been extremely
doubtful Their weakness has always
been the miraculous stupidity of the OF
toman generals. Whenever they have
been led by trained officers of other ma
lions than their own, their record has been
good. 1t has always been clear of cow
ardic@ Their fatalistic creed makes
them strangers to fear; to them every
thing iss.'Kismet," or fate: and il COM
manded to 20 forward to attack battery,
where certain death Seems to await every
assailant. they neither hesitate nor falter.
considering that if it is their fate to be
killed at such time and place. there is
no use trying to avoid it, Besides this.
they arc a hardy race. capable of enduring
great fatigue and hardship withoutb break
Ing down, Of marching long distances
without food or rest, and all these quail
ties, in a soldier, are invaluable.
The Turkish army, therefore, is fac
tor to he considered in the discussion of
the fate of the Ottoman empire. for If the
Turks should make up their minds not to
be divided up into parcels without n
struggle they are capable of offering n
very effective resistance to any proposed
plan for the partition of their country
among the powers of Europe. The area
of the Turkish empire is about 100000
square miles, or a little over one-half
that Of the United States, and the popu-
lation is nearly 10000 0O or about two
thirds that of our own. These figures
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-02
Study or rHe MOON.



& To the casual observer the motions
OF the moon appear to be exceedingly
whimsical ana irregular. II It's place
In the sky Is watched II VIII be found
that 1t Is first north and then south
of the suns path and west OF that lum-
mary. The last two motions are steady
and regular from east to west, carry
Ing the moon In Its endless swing
around the heavens, starting at new
moon near the sun and progressing I'M
til at full moon the whole visible por-
ton of the sky separates the two bodies.
After this there are two weeks In which
the moon still appears to move back
ward, approaching the sun, from tho
other side, then. again apparently MI
of n sudden, II passes the sun and we
behold "new NOON" '0
The north and south motions Of the
moon are entirely different. While per-
forming Its endless journey from west
to east there are two special periods in
which its either moves far northward
or takes up its position low down in
the south. In spring the first motion Is
north, but afterward the general motion
Is reversed. In December you will note
that the full moon occurs at the most
northerly point In her course and in
June at the most southerly. This Is
why we have most light from the full
moon of winter and least from that OF
summer. Observations on these various
movements indicate to us the path
which the moon moves about the earth
and also show us that that body in diff
ferent parts of It's orbit is at varying
distances from the earth.
This indicates that the moons path
Is not circle, but an eclipse, having
the earth in one Of its foci. The moon
being governed directly and held In
position by the attraction of the earth,
holds It's primary movements in a path
around our globe, but the attraction
energy of the sun and Of the giant plan
cts. perhaps in lesser degree, pro-
duces motions in the moon which may
be summarized briefly as combination
of the six following movements: On
Its revolution about the earth, ~ its
revolution with the earth about the
sun, CD the vibrating eccentricity of its
orbit, "a the slow, direct rotation in the
cline of apsides." 90 the retrograde
rotation In the line of nodes and 90
its rotation on its axis.--St. Louis Re-
public.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-02

oppressive system of taxation. to make
their living on the farm or in the work
shop, who, therefore, entered the army
voluntarily, and such conscripts as could
be secured in those districts of Asia
Minor and European Turkey where the
military system has been put in working
order.
There is another class, comprising wide
ly different races of men, who resemble
each other in nothing but the fact that
they are all alike, savages. The Turkish
irregulars are all cavalry. and probably
not since the time Of Atilla has a worse
lot of thieves. robbers. cut-throats, niur-
dercrs and all round dcsperadocs been got
together. Turks from Anatolia, kurds
from Armenia, Circassians and Georgians
who prefer wandering life of rapine and
murder to the iron discipline of the Rus
sian military service. Persians, the de-
scendants of the Parthians so much
dreaded 1000 years ago, Arabs from the
Red Sea Coast, Druses from the noun
tains of Syria and Palestine, negroes
| from Egypt, fugitives from Justice of
every surrounding country, escaped jail
birdss anybody is welcome to their bands
who has n horse and arms and can ride,
steal and shoot. These are the men who
desolated Bulgaria; these are the men
who are now making Armenia desert.
The only discipline they recognize Is ODE
dience to their leader; they have no sys-
tenn of drill and the terror they inspire
is due solely to their well deserved repu-
tation as butchers. When they wage
war IL is not war, but determination, for
they make not the slightest distinction
between the armed and the defenseless,
killing all alike with equal ferocity. To
them snexpedition II q raid, during which
neither man, woman nor child Ii spared,
and what property cannot be carried on
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-02

II burned. Our American Indinns were
gentlemen compared with them. FOR the
lndinns did occasionally spare the chill
dren, adopting them into their tribes and
rnibing sthen AZ members of their fani-
lies, but to the natural savagery of their
dispositions the Turkish irregulars add a
religious fanaticism Of the most exag-
gerated type-a fanaticism that causes
them TO regard the murder of u nom
Mohammcdan as a religious duty, an act
extremely laudable In the sight Of Allah
aud which win entitle them to much
credit, both In this world and in the next.
Principles, IL they can be 80 called, such
as these render the Turkish irregulars OBJ
jccts of the utmost terror to defenseless
villagers subject to their raids, and have
at one time or another made their name
q terror word from Vienna to Tcheran.
Along the frontiers of Hungary and Pc.
land they were equally hated and feared
for 200 years: the Popes Of the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries issued special
prayers for protection against them; the
inhabitants Of Southern Russia for a CEN
fury and half had an annual fast day
to insure immunity from their raids.
To the regular troops of any civilized
power they are contemplate. They are
armed with antiquated. tlint-lock, smooth
bore muskets, q or feet long, pistols of
cGnally ancient pattern and sabers. One
cowboy, with Winchester, a pair Of
good revolvers and horse fleet enough
to keep him from being, overwhelmed by
numbers, would be more than match
for a dozen of them. They are brave
enough, in their ferocious, brutal way,
but the worthlessness of their weapons
renders them scott to any organized
body of troops. During the war of 1876,
one regiment of Russian foot drove before
it, in headlong route, over 5000 of these
marauders. A company of forty Rus
sian frontier guards has been known to
dispense a band of 100. Worthless for
fighting purposes, they are valuable only
when murder and pillg e are to be done
They are picturesque objects, in their
Oriental costumes, with belts stuck full
of pistols and daggers, but in soldier,
picturesqueness is u quality of very
small consequence.
In actual warfare, therefore, with any
civilized power, Turkey must rely on the
infantry and artillery, the effective force
Of these two arms being less than 400,-
900 men. Such force as this could offer
q strong protest to the partition Of the
Turkish empire, but even after it's re-
sistance was overcome. the trouble would
not be at an end. for before the division
could be performed a campaign in every
neighborhood would be necessary. The
fanatical hatred entertained by Moslems
for everybody and everything Christian
is almost inconceivable by the Western
mind. When. at the close of the war Of
1876, Bosnia was assigned to Austria. nm
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-02

guns, pistols, swords, hatchets and even
pitchforks. Military operation had to be
carried on against every village, and q
year elapsed ere there was complete sub
mission and order was restored. In case
partition of Turkey were attempted,
population uprisings might be expected
in every province from Albania to tho
Euphrates. They would all be ineffec-
tive, of course, but they would all be
bloody and costly. A knowledge Of the
facts that Turkey is by no means help
less. even with a bankrupt treasury and
corrupts ADMINISTRATION. has probably
something 10 do With the general willing
ness to give the unspeakable Turk a lit
tie more time. Nobody believes he will
reform. but his army is too big and its
fighting reputation is too well established
for aggressive operations to be thoroughly
undertaken
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he GOT EVEN.
Congressman culberson Plays Prac
teal Joke Upon Tom Williams.

tlCal joke Opoh Aohh w IiAhdhAs'
The story of the Alabama law suit,
involving jack, in which Congress
man Tom Williams of Alabama and
Judge Culberson of Texas appeared up
on opposite sides, and the use the for
mer made Of it in a campaign has been
published, but the sequel never was.
Congressman Williams and Robert
G.. Ingersoll resemble each other very
closely, the only point of very noticea-
bic dissimilarity being n slight scar
upon Col. Ingersoll's face When Con-
gresham Williams told the law suit
story, Judge Culberson concluded to
get even. Procuring two dozen litho-
graphs Of Ingersoll, used by him In his
lecture tours, the judge cut of the
name and signed them In imitation OF
Williams writing Very Truly Yours,
Tom l.. Williams" These he sent to
men in different parts Of the Alabama
district, being careful to leave out the
most influential friends of Williams.
In n short time the scheme began to
work. Williams received letters ask
ing for one Of his big pictures. These
he answered graciously, saying that
he had none. Then would came back
replies In the most indignant style, tell
ing him that they had seen them, and
IL he wanted to lie about it he could do
without their support. These letters
Mr.. Williams referred to his friend.
Judge Culberson, who advised him to
60 home and straighten 1t out. This
the perplexed member did, obtaining a
| ten days leave of absence. When he
returned he said to the judge:
II found them there, framed and
hung up. They looked like me, and
there was my signature. Finally, no.
iced the scar on the face, and that
saved me. got it fixed up, but l had
to go to every county in the district
Finally 1t leaked out who had played
the joke, and compact was made that
Williams should never again mention
the law suit and Judge Culberson
should play no more jokes. a84,sl