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The record-union., 1896-08-23
Story of an Umbrella.

The man with the yellow gOatee
meant to ride several blocks further,
but catching sight of a friend on the
sidewalk he hurriedly left the car and
his umbrella was left leaning against
the front door. AS many as dozen
passengers took notice of his Needless
hess and of the six or seven without
umbrellas every one decided to secure
the estray himself. 1t took cheek to
walk up to it, but a redheaded man
finally arose, looked around the car,
and then advanced to the front door
and looked out, at the same time
grasping the handle Of the umbrella.
As he turned to make his way out of
the car a man smilingly said:
Excuse me, please, but I shall need
my umbrella when 1 get off the car"
rs this your umbrella"
'It is, sir"
Look here said third man, as he
half rose up, cts a mighty queer thing
that I can't let go of my umbrella with
out someone gobbling it up
You don't claim this?" queried the
man who had it.
Certainly / do.''
"Why it's my identical umbrella, -
gasped the second man.
"Ah, there, don't walk off with that
put in a fourth. I've lost about a dozen
umbrellas on this line this year and am
getting tired of it. Just put it back
where / left it, will you?''
Not much he won't" exclaimed a
fifth man. There is a law in this
State to punish umbrella thieves and
I'll see that it's enforced if this thing
goes too far. Why don't you pick my
pockets for a changer"
Now, then" said the red-headed
man. you can't play no game on me.
1 guess I know an umbrella which I've
carried for six months. Everyone of
you must have seen me stand it up
against the door as 1 came in
mo, we didn't" shouted the others.
in chorus.
Then I'm liar, am 1? Then I'm a
would-be thief, am L? I don't want
no row, but
At this moment the man who owned
and left the umbrella boarded the car
after a hot run, and, advancing sup the
aisle, he reached out for his property.
with the remark:
That's like me-always leaving it be-
hind
Jest so, sir-expected you back for
it," said the red headed man.
Yes, expected you back" added No.
2.
Yes. it's his umbrella chorused the
others.
Il was almost afraid it would be
gene" said the loser, as he backed out.
'Oh, no! no! y exclaimed the dis
putants together. I'VE knew it was
yours and We're saving it for you
Chicago News
The record-union., 1896-08-23

Chas. Frohman's Empire Theater
stock Co. of New York, which has been
playing very successful engagement
In San Francisco, will appear at the
Metropolitan Theater in this city Mon
Gay evening, August 31st, in Clyde
f1tch's adaptation Of Henri sMurger's
French classic Bohemia" or, as it is
entitled in the French, La Vie de Bo-
hemie." 1t is in a prologue and four
acts. The leading man in this refined
and artistic company is William Fa-
versham, and the leading women are
Viola Allen, Annie Irish and Ida Con-
The record-union., 1896-08-23

out but the band played on and
Casey kept on Waiting with his ia
vorite strawberry blonde
Now, we think we have given you a
pretty good insight as to what we are
doing up at this charming retreat, and
let us add: If you are looking for good
air and fine water plenty of beautiful
scenery, good spirits, and last, but not
least, a jolly time, come up to Alta and
Mr.. and Mrs Banvard will make it
pleasant for you.
THE ALPINE CLUB.
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pleased. He went back on the stage
between the acts and said to Tim Muir
ply, who was playing Maverick Bran
der: Say, Tim, I'll bet you anything
Chauncey Depew was a brakeman
once
What makes you think so? asked
Murphy
why, he's nearly twisting the top
of the seat off, replied Hoyt."
"Grandma's Girl" writes in the San
Francisco Music and Drama thus
sensibly: 81 don't wonder the men are
disgusted with the theater hat nuis-
aDce, and / never realized just how
much of a nuisance a hat can be until
this week at the Baldwin. But of all
the annoying and eXasperating things,
an aigrette, or dinkey little paradise
feather, stuck up straight in front of a
hat is the worst. 1t simply splits every
scene in two for the person behind it,
and trying to look each side of it makes
one crOSS-eyed. / noticed that many of
the real nice people wear little bits of
theater hats, and some don't wear any.
/ sincerely wish managers would unite
in requiring women to discard all such
distractions, and the sooner a law is
passed to that effect the better it will
suit
Performances at Bayreuth begin at 4
O'Clock in the afternoon. In most Ger
rnan cities operas begin at {. sometimes
at 8. In New York and London audi
ences feel aggrieved and leave if the per-
fnr Qyt de mid mi Ot
so in southern countries, where people
take an afternoon nap. In Madrid it
has heretofore been customary to make
theatrical and musical entertainments
last till o'clock, but by recent edict
the managers will be compelled hereaf-
ter to close at 1880.
One of the strongest character roles
put in modern play is that of Black
Michael in THE Prisoner of Zenda." In
the coming production at the Baldwin
we will have the pleasure of seeing Isa-
belle Irving as Flavia and James Hack
EFT in the leading male role.
Sardou, in his customary graphic
manner, depicts in Madame Sans
Gene the fire and fury of the sangui-
ity of France went down in a sea of
blood, the cessation of the strife and the
rise on the ruins of the old monarchy of
the gilded, unsubstantial regime of Ma
poleon.
The first performance in Madrid of a
new two-act opera, La Gran Feria," !"
nearly led to pitched battle in the au-
ditorium. The clacque made itself SO
Extensively prominent that the audi
ence, which did not like the opera, pro-
tested vigorously, and the curtain had
to he lowered to stop the tumult
Darkest Russia is one of the few
dramatic productions that has achieved
complete success during the past sea-
son. Not only is the play an intensely
strong one, but is has been staged ex-
ceptionally fine.
Denman Thompson makes his reap
pearance in THE Old Homestead" the
coming season, which opens at the Bos-
ton Theater October 9Th.
Cora Urquhart Potter and Kyrle Bel
lew were doing fine business in Aus
tralia at last accounts, and the press
notices of their performance were high
ly complimentary.
The Mapleson Opera Company will
open its American tour very shortly in
New York. The organization will COM
prise some people who have never before
appeared in America.
The record-union., 1896-08-23

Electric motorcycles are proposed for
the park at Lake Harriet, Minneapolis.
The idea is to run large carriages capa-
BILE of carrying twelve persons each. A
floating racetrack for bicycles, lighted
with electricity, is also proposed.
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quest. The piece will be presented here
precisely as it has been played in San
Francisco, with the full company of
seventeen people.
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iOO-DenS Cages and Pageant Cars-iOO

Two Greatest Parades united at 10 a. m
.I RSpA1, A9sust z'tn; Iweiye man.
$1,000. Twenty-Five uniformed ushers
Numbered coupon actually reserved seats
on sale at Purnell's Book Store COZ r
street. Two performances daily at and
s p. m. Doors open l hour earlier
The record-union., 1896-08-23

The Actors Society of America, which
was organized last spring, already has
nearly one thousand members. 1t in
cludes the women of the profession as
we'll as men. One of the purposes of
the society is to protect it's members
from engagements with financially ire
sponsible managers, and it hopes in
this effort to deserve and gain the help
and sympathy of all managers of good
standing. Another purpose and i'm
portant consideration which the society
hopes will commend itself to the man
ayers and public is that the society in
tends, so far as possible. to protect it
self, the manager and the public against
the irresponsible actor The Board of
Directors elected to serve until the first
annual meeting, August 49, 1896, con-
sists of the following: F. F. Mackay,
John Malone, Mark Smith. j. W. Shan
non. L. A. Washburne, George D. Mac
intyre. Fanny Janauschek, Wilton
Lackaye, Wright Huntington, Mary
Shaw. NJ. A. Kennedy, Harry w. Har-
wood, Helene Lowell, Adolph Bernard
and Frank Mordaunt
plays and Players" tells this story:
During an engagement of Hoyt's A
Texas steer at the Grand Opera-house,
Chicago. Hon. Chauncey Depew and
Cornelius Vanderbilt attended the per-
formance. They occupied two seats
about the center of the orchestra. They
laughed immoderately at the clever
satire and the author was very much
The record-union., 1896-08-23
Monster Menageries COns0lidated-2

DOUBLE HERD OF 16 GIANT EIE.
PLANTS. THE ONLY NURSING BABY
ELEPHANT. You will positively see ALI.
OF the rarest animals in captivity THE
ONLY EDUCATED SEALS AND SEA
LIONS. THE ONLY PAIR OF MON
STER HIPPOPOTAMI, BENGAL,
TIGERS, RHINOCEROUS, LORDI,Y
LIONS, TIGERS, LEOPARDS, ANIMALS
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27
Walt S Got a Scheme.
Waubay Clipper.

NauDay clipper.
The Mexican dollar has made its
appearance in this vicinity but is not
much sought after at the remarkably
low price of fifty cents. Even our
free silver friends don't want it very
bad at that price, Notwithstanding
Mexican dollars are quoted as worth
fi%fty-three cents. In the event of
free coinage of silver in the United
States, a Mexican can bring 100 of
these dollars to our minis and have
them recoined into 100 United States
dollars ; take these dollars to Mexico
and exchange them for 200 Mexican
dollars (; bring these 200 dollars to
our minis, recon them and take
them to Mexico and exchange them
for 400 Mexican dollars, and continue
this process ad infinitum at the ex-
pense of the United States.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27
Bryan and Free Trade
500 Valley News.

$500 ANS"0f
Those who propose to vote foI
Bryan and free silver must remem
Der they will vote for Bryan and
free trade. Under three We ars of free
trade, the country has run in debt
I'VE two hundred and sixty-eight
millions of dollars. Is this the ter
rible condition those who propose tc
vote for Bryan want should be con-
tinued ? 1t is what will occur lust
as sure a. Bryan if elected. The
democratic party knows it cannot
fool the people this year with it's
promises of good times with free
trade, for the people know to their
sorrow that free trade has cost the
country more than war and pestilence
combined. So the democratic party
has abandoned the free trade dodge
and is now shouting for free silver.
If free silver should be successful, it
would continue and add to the free
trade calamity, and give the indus
tries of a country a shock from which
it would take years to recover. A
vote for Mckinley and protection is
a vote to avoid the disaster of free
trade and free silver.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27
[.incnln,s snmminO up Of the Mll

Lincoln's summing up OF tns =.
question is well known.
something after this fashion ts
buy cur goods abroad. we nave /
goods and they have the money have
we buy our goods at home' We we 40
both the money and the GOODS ,,alp
American country lad goes
one better. Some one had ooe h.
planning to him the differences and
tween free trade and protec',ou ood.
finally asked him if he unee ."ns.
"Why, yes" he answered ~ - it.
thing like this, as ! rnders.auJt .mily
If I have some one outside tns sh;rts
to make my shirts, | get 'ns hire
and they get the money %.
my sister to make my shirts .iousy,
the shirts and she gets the : the
and so we keep the money hs
family. And then. you 'sv, cOt
added, .'if | get hard up, We horros
the money at home and | can
it from my sister. "-Ex.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27
They Admit q Panic.
Yankton Gazette.

ldIkIUH UdZtJLt,
There is not a single advocate of
the free coinage of silver in the US.
who honestly believes that the cleo
ton of Mckinley and a Republican
congress would precipitate another
panic or even add to the distress and
hard conditions which now exist.
There is not a single advocate of the
free coinage of silver in the US. who
does not know that the election of
Bryan and a democratic congress
will inaugurate another period of un-
certainty and doubt which may re-
suit in intensifying the awful ex-
p~eriences of the last four years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27

That the popocrat leaders OF Day
County are desperate and ready to
resort to any despicable trick to
win, was revealed by their determ-
ination to hold q political meeting
in Bristol Saturday night, notwith-
standing the fact that the Republi-
cans had already billed that town
and secured the right Of way for
that evening. With a campaign of
unusual length in sight, there is no
excuse for a clash o. dates at this
stage. Had the Republicans found
that the popocrats had bills out for
Bristol prior to theirs. they would
have waived and in courtesy allow
ed their meeting to have proceeded.
But the other side is not built that
way, and while Mr.. Kelley would
have deferred his Speech hot-head-
ed popocrat of Bristol,-who, by
the way, after the slaughter of his
friend Deem Faulkner by the pops
two years ago, declared he would
never again vote the populist ticket
insisted by telegraph that the
meeting be held. This was not
done with the idea of breaking up
the Republican meeting, for that
was impossible, but the object was
to keep as many pops as possible
from listening to any argument adj
yanced from a Republican stand
point. This is in keeping with a
report that comes from a township
where a silver club passed a res
olution binding the members not
to attend any Republican meetings.
OF what are they afraid ? Are they
fearful that the members of their
party would learn that which
might change their views !? These
actions are confessions Of great
weakness, and the Republicans can
look complacently on the situation,
knowing that in a campaign of
education as this is declared to be,
the voter of Day County is determ-
ined to learn the truth and vote his
convictions, regardless of the efforts
of the popocrat leaders to blind
fold and lead him to the polling
booth with a knowledge of but one
side of the questions of the day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27

The so-called partnership between
the Bryan democrats and the pop
ulists is something like that between
two street gamins in Paris. The two
put their savings into a pool ad
bought a cigar. The bigger boy
claimed the first smoke, and as he
had the physical prowess to enforce
his claim, it was conceded. He
smoked with great enjoyment until
half the cigar was consumed, and as
he showed no signs of letting 90,
the smaller vociferously claimed his
share. swell, amt this a partner
ship cigar" asked the big boy, cool
ly taking it from between his lips
and posing it daintily aloft. eyes,
and I'm one of the partners and
want my SHARE" said the little fellow.
"Oh, I'll attend to the smoking
said the big fellow. "Then where
do | come in ?" asked the little one.
"Oh, you are a stockholder and can
Spit" answered the other as he re-
sumed his smoke and finished his
cigar.
So when the populists ask the
Bryan democracy where they come
in on candidates, they are told, in
effect, that they are stockholders
and can spit, while the partners puff
the pipe of substantial advantage
Minneapolis Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27
The Trade, not the Gold.
parkStop Advanre

ParkSton Advance.
= The silver and populist peo-
pie yell English and Lombard St. as
the average American is prejudiced
against Englishmen. Once more
you see it is not the gold that En-
gland gets from us, bat the trade
she gets that is doing US up. Last
November she landed at the ports of
Boston, New York, and Philadelphia
W. six million pounds of wool from
English ports. Say, neighbor farm,
er, don't you think the yell about
gold and England should be agitated
on the Republican lines instead
trade and labor for America ?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27
Our Ticket.

FOR PRESIDENT
WIN. MCKINLEY,
of Ohio,
FOR vICE-PRESIDENT:
GARRETT A. HOBART,
of New Jersey,
STATE.
r. j. GAMBLE. Of Yankton.
COE l. CRAWFORD, of Hughes.
40. RlNGsRUD. Of Union.
For Lieutenant Governor
d.. HINDMAN, OF Marshall.
For Secretary of State
W. II. RODDLE, Of Brookinss.
For Treasurer
KIRKG. PHILLIPS, Of Pennington
For Auditor
H. e MAYHEM, Of Sanborn.
For Supt. of Public Instruction
FRANK CRANE, Of Codington.
For Attorney General
s. ". JONES, OF Turner.
For Land Commissioner
j. 4. LOCKHART, of Grant.
For Railroad Commissioners
GEO. A. JOHNSON, of Dawson.
N. p. BROMLEY, of Sphinx.
ID. w. McFADDEN, of Custer.
For Presidential Electors
j. L. TURNER, of Bon Homme.
T. ID. EDWARDS, of Lead City.
r. j. WOODS, of Minnehaha.
q r. M. SLOCUM, of Campbell.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27

In an editorial In last Issue Of
the Herald, anent the presence of
the Mexican dollar, Editor Kelley
drops his mask of bimetallism and
exposes his true idea of the money
question, aud comes out as an ad-
vocate of silver monometallism.
He declares that Mexico, which has
silver monometallism, has a better
monetary system than the US. and
holds it up as a model monetary
system. We are pleased that he
should come out in his true colors
as we lave known for a long time
that NE favored the use of silver
alQ4ie as money, which he now pub
'slicly acknowledges. One of the
: statements in said article is that
the same amount of labor will pay
a debt now in Mexico as would have
paid the same debt twenty five
years ago.
Just where he gets his figures on
which to base such a statement is
hard to tell as there has never been
any report made on the condition
of Mexico twenty-five years ago
and Its present condition. We
suppose he uses the same statistics
as he usually does,-which he de-
clares are irrefutable,-i. Q. his own
fertile imagination. Even If the
statement is true, yet it proves
nothing In its favor, for two rea-
sons :
First-The condition of the Mex
lean laborer and farmer is such at
present that the most poorly paid
American laborer or farmer is a
king in comparison with him.
! When the scale of wages and prices
are considered, the Mexican gives
more labor for what he uses than
the American who is engaged in the
same pursuit.
Second-A perusal of the labor
report shows that it does not re-
quire as much labor to pay a debt in
the u. S. today as i. did twenty. FIVE
years ago. The price Of labor from
1860 to 1890 increased So per cent in
money and % per cent in purchas-
ing power. The price of everything
the farmer raised, wheat alone ex-
cepted. increased during the same
period nearly as much, while the
price of everything the farmer and
laborer had to buy decreased in
price during the same period.
We are aware that prices Of all
kinds have declined in the past fou.
years, but that is only II repetition
OF what has always happened when
we have been cursed with a demo-
cratic tariff for revenue-ouly admin
isl ration.-l system Mr.. K wants
the people OF the United States to
curse themselves with for foar years
ore
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27
III. l.. Loucks, the most influential

I'll. l.. Loucks, the most influential
populist in South Dakota, says
Free silver is not end will not be a panacea
for all our ills. Ii is only a stop in the right
direction. The populists viii never stop at free
silver. That will not help us much, and we
want other things, and ! favor free silver only
because il is one step toward paper money.
In other words, his party would
never stop at free silver, but would
be 500 preaching the fat paper
money scheme.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27

church against the state, but !.
them to arouse the nation 10 aa,.
as they did when Lincoln csIs
upon them to save the Union
propose to urge them lust ;, II
would urge you to flee from t.|
wrath to come Whenever | sDs,.
or write on politics, | do 50 a. .
American citizen and no professia.
al Obligations shall deprive me n
that right. You thought me n.
discreet to publish my purpose. 6pt
| never strike IN the dark. ani
hence my discretion and courage h
say to the clergy publicly that
feel it my duty to JOIN Republican,
and democrats and all good citizen,
to save our county from this silva,
craze.
"You say that when you knev
me | was a friend Of the people and
sympathized with the masses
Never more so than now. belong
to the laboring masses, and shsi
refuse to be imposed upon BY The
silver kings, to take SO cents for /
dollar, and shall do my utmost to
save my fellow laborers from thu
proposed Legislative robbery, The
whole tendency of which is to make
the poor poorer. My ~sympathis
are with the farmer, who are mis-
taken when they say /: Let us tt!
the silver plan ; we can't be worse
Off They will be worse of under
free silver when the mortgage il
foreclosed and their farms are lost
This sad condition of the farmer
and wage Garner generally and the
present condition of the whole
country, is largely due to the wild
cry of free trade and free silver.
We had prosperity under Harrison,
and we will hayei it under Mckinney
81 have travelled through nearlT
all the silver countries on the glOos
and have seen the baneful effects o.
a debased currency upon the worn
ing population, In those c%oantrle;
the wage Garner, whether account
ant, mechanic, or day laborer, con-
tracts for so much per day or week.
during which time silver and paper
currency has deprecated, while lls
necessaries Of life remain at ida
price they were before the decline,
but the wage Garner is compellel
to take the deprecated dollar. loa
propose to change this by leglsis
ton. You cannot do this. lh'
history of the world is against you
1t has been tried, but in vain.
"There is, however, a legltlInas'
remedy for existing evils. Orsss
business confidence by the elec'lol
of sound money men, like Mchlnlsi
and Hobart. Then commelc'a
confidence will revive snspenas'
industries and inspire new Que, que,
the employed will need new clo'a
ing, better food, and better nome ],
III tL..o - tnrn will s~tinlulab
all branches of trade. A false ~
ministratlon has brought us Wnsl 1
we are !; a true administrator w y
restore us to former prosperity :,
hope is ia a supreme standard !,
values, protected by suca :" !,
legislation as will give certainty :
our credit and stability to ou' :
dustries. Yours respectfully {,
"JOHN =. NEWMAN
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27
The Collar Erets Slightly.
fletcher Blade.

Several thousand people in this
state have left the Republican party
in years gone by and joined the
populists because, as they said, they
could not wear the Pettigrew collar.
We wonder how that same collar fits
those same men now Z?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27
The nain Question.
Madison Leader.

Madison Leader.
Suppose you coin a billion dollars
in silver, what benefit would that be
unless you open the workshops,
build the furnace fires, and start the
spindles ? Protection to American
industries will do that, but coming
money won't.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27

Col. M. M. Price, the brilliant
orator of Sanborn County and one of
the founders of populism, has be,
come Disguised with the vagaries
of that party and has come out in an
open letter de%nouncing Bryan and
free silver, and standing sqaarely for
Mckinley and sound money.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27
The article in the Herald headed

M arClCIb III CHt IItraIu Heautu
"An Honest Million" proving that
a man cannot honestly earn a mil.
lion dollars in his lifetime, is ex-
ceedingly appropriate in view OF
the fact that the only millionaire
in South Dakota is runIng for gov,
ernor on the pop ticket.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27

would more likely reach rs millions.
This they expect to make off from
the votes of men who do not under
stand the situation.-Ex.