The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-25
SPECIMEN CAMPAIGN YARNS.


/ Kinley" in the lines of its web. When
nature goes into politics, he said, it
means something.
"You are right" said Mr. Hackleton.
when nature gets to whooping it up
for man, when she sits up at night
and cavorts around holding club meet
ings under adverse circumstances for
him, that indicates that he is all right
/ know nothing of your spider, and if
there really was such q animal l be-
leve it was coerced, but let me call
your attention to this" And Mr.. Hack
Teton drew a small clipping out Of his
pocketbook where it nestled up against
his other sacred possession, his COM
mutation ticket, Mr. Jodllyns took the
clipping and read:
81; "t.c tt2c:; 4E<y., Sept. ESPECIAL to
the New York Journal IA remarkable
discovery was made here to-day by
Henry Z. Dubanker, well-known
poulterer. Mr.. Dubanker found in one
of his hen nests freshly laid egg on
which appeared in bas-relief these char
acters: 10 toll, w. j. b., 1896, 1900 The
hieroglyphics were perfectly formed
and the relief was uniform through
out"
"Humph!" said Mr.. Spencer, who had
leaned forward from his rear seat to
listen. THAT. hen was evidently an
artist as well as a partisan. l like
lie"
1T isn't Il Iie!" r.Hackleton warm
~ retorted. For conscientious truth
telling | will match our hen against
your spider any day"
"Oh there is no need of getting ex-
cited" said Mr.. Spencer. Read this
Boston Transcript clipping" And he
presented this:
"Wrighton, Mass, Sept. IA poll
tical straw of no mean significance was
discovered in the WrightOn church
yard this morning. The church con-
tains many old graves, some of them
running back in date to the last CEN
fury. One of these tombs is occupied
by the remains Of Thomas Wrighton, a
patriot of the aInxy OF Washington,
and eHe oI the founders OF the Demo
algtic party a large marble tablet has
covered This grave fer eighty years.
i33s5 nights wiHdst0Im ogeIthreW this
alet, and in falling it cracked badly.
Z hC strangest thing about it is that
ae ma ural cracks caused 10y the break
age OF tine stone form these words:
Don't vote fol the anarchists and short
aoIlarites.-T. w Every letter is dis
tinetIy marked and there are no other
lines than those which go to make up
TINS mysterious message"
SIR, Spencer folded UP his clipping
and solegnule remarked. Il for one
shall not disregard this message from
tde grave.
Grave nothing!" Mr. Druse sneered
10 YOU suppose an old dead person
going TO get mp in the night and
wAWg his tombstone around like
cherry, just to bolster up the cause
of plutocuats? I'll bet you will find
ouJ that thing is distorted and exag-
gerated. But if you want to know
something about the way unseen and
mysterious forces are working for the
benefit Of humanity, read this from the
Omaha World-Herald, the paper on
which Mr.. Bryan used to edit Mr.
Drnse's vest pocket yGwned and pro-
duced the following succinct state
ment:
Atkinson, Neb,, Sept. William
Kanskotti, a farmer living near this
place, has just shown your correspond
ent a curiosity in the fruit line. This
is a large sflver-c0lored apple, which
was taken from one of the Kansl1otti
trees. The previous yield of these
trees has been confined to a few bushels
of measly little yellow apple, which
has been used as feed for the pigs
This year, after the first crop of the or
binary yellow apples was harvested,
the trees burst into bloom, the date
of the blooming being that on which
William j. Bryan was nominated for
President. That night, before the
news of Bryan's nomination had reach
ed Atkinson, the trees of the orchard
sent forth illuminated blossoms which
shot into the air and floated like fire.
works. Mr.. Kanskotti says the show
was very much like an exhibition of
the Last Days of Pompeii,' which he
saw at CORTLAND beach when he was
in Omaha last year. The next day
Mr.. Kanskotti heard of Bryan's noni-
nation, and he was not much surprised.
When the fruit was ripe-and the
ripening was very rapid-4the owner
by weight and by count established
the fact that the new Silver-gray apples
were exactly sixteen times as numer-
our as the former crop of golden yellow
ones. The strangest feature of it all
is that the apples, when cut in halves.
show by the arrangement of the seeds
the face of the Boy Orator of the
Platte. Mr.. Kansllotti was formerly a
Republican, but he will vote for Bryan
this year
Mr.. Henry Hardy has reshingled his
house.
1--WE now have services regularly in
the new M. Il. church.
Marshal Bowen is vigorously en-
forcing the dog ordinance"
After they had left the train Mr.. !,
Hackleton walked down Wells street |
with Mr.. Druse, and on the way asked: |
Where did you get that clipping =
Il didn't get it," said Mr.. Druse. II
had a printer up in Des PLANES print
it for me on the opposite of patent
medicine circular. But it got there all
right, didn't it? / tell YOU we have
got to fight these money barons with
corruptions of their own kind"