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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-16

ratio Of Is 10 1. and the owner Of slvo
bullion could send IL to France and hav
u converted INTO coin at that ratio. thu
receiving about 36 cents more for his buI
hen than II coined at the American rail-.
OF 10 70 Gold became the only Amer
| can COIN IN circulation and tho avoweS
purpose OF the passage OF the law .
1884 was TO make gold tho standard. Thu
was declared by the committee OF tn,
house of representatives who had charl,
of the bill. who said IN their report: 'srn.
committees thinks that the desideraiun
IN the monetary system IL a standard OF
Uniform value; they can rot ascertain tha
| both metals have ever circulated stimuli
taneousiy. concurrently ana irdscrimIl-
| ately III any country where there are
ranks or money dealers, and they enter
| tain the conviction that the nearest ap-
pioach 20 an invsr'abls STANDARD Is iis
| establishment In one metal. which metal
snail compose e5cius yely the currency for
proved by Andrew jackson. would now be
called the crime Of 1894"
IN 1873. upon tn. report Of senator
hunter. when Pierce was president when
al branches OF the government were ur-
| Der democratic control. congress reduced
we quantity OF silvr in the fractional
| half dollarD more than per cent direct.
| ed the purchase OF the silver FOR their
coinage on governrneDt account abolished
| them legal tender for s. only, leaving
| rold s,ili practically the only mn legal
tender Unitei States coin. At this time
tho silver dollar had disappeared from tho
current coins Of the United states ana
ct7ei.
the chairman Of tho committee having
'he MI IN charge in the house OF repre-
seniatives. We propose 40 far as these
colns are concerned to make silver sub
We Intend 20 DO what tho best writers on
l@Htcal economy have approved 20 make
The record-union., 1896-11-13
A Shah Joke at Cambridge.

The Cambridge Independent Press
etells the story Of the hoax perpetrated
upon the civic and university authori-
ties at Cambridge on the occasion Of
the visit Of the late Shah of Persia to
Great Britain. TT was on Saturday,
June %, 1873, at II in the forenoon.
that telegram was found lying on the
hallkeeper's table in the Guild Hall.
1t was directed to the Worshipful
Mayor of Cambridge and was as fol-
lows:
From Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton,
Crewe-To the Worshipful the Mayor
of Cambridge: His imperial majesty,
The Shah Of Persia, desires to visit your
university town to-day, en- route FOR
London by special arriving at CAM
bridge Station about ITO. Be pre-
pared with escort and reception as far
as time allows
Instantly everybody began tumb-
ling over his fellow. The Town Clerk k
was sent for, and messages were dis
patched to the Vice Chancellor, the
members of the corporation, the volun l..
teer officers and the cook of ST. Peters
College kitchen. The Vice. -Chancellc r
hurried on his robes, the Aldermen and
Councillors did ditto, the Volunteers
donned their uniforms and the cyok be-
gan to boil and fry.
Nor We're the general public behind
hand. Flags We're hung out and crowds
gathered in the street DR.. Cookson,
the Vice-Chancellor Qrreverently known
in those days as Dismal Jimmyl, made
his way to the station as fast as his
dignity would permit The Mayor, .
II. Naylcr, and the corporation followed
suit. A guard of honor and carriages
We're in waiting. Everybody was there
to expect the Shah. The news soon
flew round that the railway officials
knew nothing about the special train,
and after brief delay 1t was apparent
that the whole thing was a hoax The
perpetrators of the hoax were never
discovered, though two persons We're
afterward freely mentioned in connec-
ton with 1t. In the year of grace 1873
the era of practical jokes was past,
but had the authors of the Shah's visit
been alive in the days of Theodore
Hook they might have lived in lftera-
ture.'
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the public honesty of a great and fair
minded people. and its beneficiary does
not wish to have it said that single
county within the Mckinley column
of States was carried by fraud The
Examiner" as sensational sheet as
ever disgraced American journalism, is
evidently trying to precipitate a riot,
and to do SO appeals only unto the
prejudices of the ruffianly element
which infests every city. 1t Will fall
short of its aim in this matter.
AN EXPRESSED HOPE.
Colusa Sun: It is to be hoped that
the Republican leaders will have the
good sense to see that taxing the con-
sumers for the benefit of the trusts,
under the pretext that it enables the
trusts to hire the consumers, must have
limit. The Sun is a stickler for
law and order; 1t is opposed to all sorts
OF violent measures; opposed to radical
experiments, but 1t does insist that the
classes that insist on being exempt from
all the burdens of government shall OF
themselves come in and bear some por-
ton of them. 1t is not wise to thus
play with fate. If the day Of reckoning
comes with a storm the men whose for
tunes will be swept out Of existence can
have only themselves to blame who
have insisted on exempting property
from any sort of obligation to the Gov
ernment. 1t was short-sighted to re-
sist the payment Of so small a portion
as the recent income tax law sought to
impose. If they had let even that stand
the people would have felt that prop
erty was paying some of its obligations.
This election was turned by men who
see and appreciate the inequality OF
the burdens, but who went as they did
as choice Of evils and the leaders OF
the party just coming into power should
heed this fact we'll.
BEET-SUGAR POSSIBILITIES.
Willows Journal: There is in Califor-
mia at least ,250,00 acres of land suit
able for sugar beet culture, and great
deal Of this land is situated in the
northern part of the State, and a con-
siderable portion of it in Glenn County.
The land around Orland will produce
sugar-beets prof1tably with the aid of
irrigation, and there is abundance of
water for that purpose in the Stony
Creek irrigation ditch. In the Butte
City district beets can be raised without
the aid of irrigation.
Most of the land would average as
we'll as that around Alvarado, where
3, ,1Oo pounds Of sugar is produced on
each acre. This would give total pro-
duction for the State of 1851, ,2oO, 600
pounds of sugar. For the year ending
June 80, 1895. imports of foreign sugar
amounted to 3,5l4, 80, ,454 pounds, val
ued at S76,462, 1886 Under favorable
legislation California could have pro-
duced this sugar, and nearly eighty
millions of dollars, instead of being sent
abroad, would be distributed among the
farmers of this State.
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FRESH CLANS AND OYSTERS EVERY
day at Suey Sang, 924 Third street These
are the best
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FOR SALE-A GREAT BARGAIN. AID
dress JOHN f. COOPER, 1922 Z street,
Sacramento, for descriptive circular and
map of ideal home spot in Placer Coun-
ty; picturesquely situated, high site, flne
and plentiful water, 100 acres with about
leo now in olives and selected fruit;
farm fully stocked; a thirteen-room
house, four stone wine cellars, karn and
suitable outhouses and buildings with
necessary machine fittings, ETC.; saiu-
brious, healthful superior scenery, near
to transportation line; i'll all respects a
bargain. Home or Eastern rural home
seekers will find no ioVelier or more ell
gible farm in the foothiH section or so
near to the State Capital. Entirely sat-
isfactory reasons given for parting with
the property. VIII take city property in
part payment.
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TO LETT ACRES OF RICH BOTTOM,
Iand in northeast corner of Oak Park:
6-room house, windmill barn and chicken
fence; alfalfa. I'll X n1O-1ws
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BUSINESS CARDS.
MUSIC AND ART.

MRS E. M. HANCOCK, TEACHER OF
vocal and instrumental music, has re-
moved to 1925 street. n12-3ts
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DIRECTIONS

UlhECI1ONO.I
Apply a particle o
the Balm directly
into the nOstrils.
Draw strong breaths
through the nose.
Use three times a
day, after meals pre-.
ferred, and before
retiring.
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mer, piano tuners and repairers Work
done by yearly contract If desired Office
and workrooms, 1921 Eighth street
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The first American railroad was laid
iii 1886. 1t was three miles long. from
the granite quarries of Quincy River,
Mass, to Neponset River.
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PHOTOGRAPHY

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.-ESTA
of HENRY II. PIERSON, deceased. No
tice is hereby given by the undersigned.
executor and executrix of the estate of
Henry Fl. Person deceased, to the credit
ors of, and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit them,
with the necessary affidavits or vouchers,
within four months after the first publica-
ton of this notice, to the said executor
and executrix. at the law office of Holl &
Dunn, No. 920 Fifth street, in the city of
Sacramento, California, the same being
the place for the transaction of the busi-
ness of said estate.
Dated November ), 1896
B. p. BREWER, Executor.
EVA r. GRIFFITTS, Executrix.
Holl & Dunn, Attorneys for Executors.
n6-6tE
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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders of the Peoples Savings
Bank of Sacramento will be held at the
oince OF the bank at half-past O'Clock
Iuesday evening, December l. 1896.
o5I-td GEO. w. LORENZ, Secretary.
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UPHOLSTERING AND FURNITURE
repaired by +. L. Thomas, SQ2 Sixth ST.
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CARPET CLEANING.

ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE? IF so.
ring up RIVETT, the carpetman. and
see how little it will cost to have your
carpets thoroughly cleaned and properly
relaid. Telephone, 292. Southwest cor
ner Twelfth ard O.
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A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY-FOR
Sale-One of the best paying restaurants
in town; reason for selling, Ill health ana
a wish to retire from business; nc triters
need apply. For particulars inquire at
No. 1021 Third street, Mississippi
Kitchen n1U-lw
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-GROCERY AND SALOON
doing first rate. Apply this office. nll-Its
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GROCERIES

FINE MOUNTAIN BUTTER, zoe LIB;
Cranberries 10c ct: Fine Eastern Lard,
5-ib pail, 45c, California Lard. SOC. BIB
can; Shoulders &c ID; California Hams.
Goldfish. l5c block, for 25c; 3-fo cans
Pineapple. zoe; Baked Beans in Tomato
Sauce BIB cans, zoe; crackers, $50 box;
Good Potatoes, soc sack; Fine Coffee
fresh roasted and ground to order, 25c
n: Good Tea, green, uncolored or black,
25c ID; 10 bars Soap, 25c; new Honey, 10c
comb Raisins. SC ID; Orange, Lemon
and Citron. 15c 10. BEESLEY & SON.
51S ], The Up-To-Date Store.
THE BEST TEA AND COFFEE, HAY
and feed may be had at J. J. WIN
CARDS. 2430 o street.
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of shorthand; private instruction at
regular rates. Address Miss Nellie {.
Burns, Burnsville, Sacramento Z. ..
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NTED-SITUATION AS NURSE BY
competent woman. 1915 Third street.
n13-3t*
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TO LET-A FURNISHED HOUSE OF 7
rooms. Apply to 1920 0 street at noon or
after q o'clock D. m.
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WANTED-LADY OR GENTLEMEN OF
good business qualifications to take
orders in city or country, and collect;
will make good offer to the right party.
Address M L. A." this Office n12-1w
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I'D X ST-EMPIRE HOUSE: NICELY
furnished rooms en- suite and single.
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LATEST PERIODICALS AND FICTION,
Stationery. Notions, etc, at Doane's, No.
202 X street.
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HOUSE TO LET OF ROOMS, PANTRY,
closets, bath. Inquire AT Z.
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WANTED.

WANTED-A STUDENT TO BOARD
and lodge; nice home and terms reason
able. SIS Eleventh street. n13-3t*
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FOR A GOOD AMERICAN MADE Ia
male so to +. NJ. Sanford's 1110 J street.
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MEETING EaTICEs
LOsT-FOUNr.

LOST-A PURSE CONTAINING $40 40
while coming down towards depot. Sup
posed to have been dropped on J-street
car, No. 103, about $50 p. m. THURS
DAY. Finder return to 725 Oak Avenue
and receive liberal reward. n13-2t*
STRAYED OR STOLEN-FROM Ola N
street, a dark brown horse. Finder re-
turn to Fl. G. Chapman and be rewarded
LOST-SPOTTED BLACK AND WHITE
COW, about years old; strayed from
Peter Burns pasture. Return to 1717
Eighteenth street and be rewarded.
n10-1w*
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MISS FLORENCE HASTINGS DANG
ing class meets every Saturday after
noon at Pythian Castle at o'clock.
nl1-Iwx
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HOS FOURTH STREET-NICEI.Y FUR
nished rooms, 81 per week and upward
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WOOD AND COAL-NOW IS THE TIME
10 lay in your winter iuel. liberal dis
count to parties buying by the car or
half-carloads. Call at office, 5lS l. street,
and get prices. JAS. McCAW, Prop.
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fOh RENT AT So y MONTH, \ NICE
room overlooking Capitol grounds, 1865
Tenth street - -
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BLOCK WOOD FOR SALE AT Twelfth
and Il. Telephone red 80
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GENERAL TRUCKING AND JOBBING;
cut rates by Z. Hawes 1121 c street.
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TO LET OR RENT.

TO LET OR RENT.
HOUSE TO LET OF 5 ROOMS. PANTRY.
closets, bath. Inquire AT z.
I'D X ST-EMPIRE HOUSE: NICELY
furnished rooms en- suite and single
TO LET-A FURNISHED House OF 7
rooms. Apply to 1920 0 street at noon or
after q o'clock p. m.
Hos FOURTH sTREET-NICELY FUR
nlshed rooms, 81 per week and upward.
919 10th STREET-7-ROOM HOUSE.
newly painted inside. Inquire 16o1 J.
500 NJ sTREET-NICELY FURNISHED
front and other rooms, with bath
RENT CHEAP-FLAT OF FIVE
rooms and bath; nicely papered: corner
Inrteenth and +. Apply G. .. HAY
FohD, real estate, corner Third and j.
BIB L sTREET-FURNIsHED GROOM
mai; nat; entirely modern; rent $40.
TO LETT ACRES OF RICH. BOTTOM
land in northeast corner of Oak Park:
broom house, windmill barn and chicken
renee; alfalfa I'll X. n10-1w'
TO LET-A BROOM HOUSE ON THE
southeast corner of Fourth and o street: !:
modern building. 211 X. n10-1w'
TO LET-S0 ACRES. ONE-HAIF
cleared; 10 acres in trees and vines in
full bearing: all necessary buildings:
some furniture and utensiaIs: 3 miles
horth th OF Orangevale. a small cash rem
Sa1, d very nice place. 21l * street.
50 PER MoNTH-NICE 5-RooM COT
tase. X, Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth;
barn, chicken-house; lot S0x16O. JAMES
Il. MILLS. 301 street.
1915 K sTREET-MoDERN DESIRABLE
nat or SIX rooms and basement Apply
1915 X or 719 l.. No children.
AIS o STREET-NICELY FURNISHED
'front.' room for light housekeeping.
6ll K sTREET-NICELY AND NEWLY
1urnlshed front suites ana single rooms:
eiectrlc lights; hot and cold water, bath.
The ECKHARDT BUILDING.
72S SEVENTH sTREET-Two LARGE
furnished rooms for housekeeping.
FOR RENT AT So y MONTH, A NICE
iE rooin overlooking Capitol grounds, 13l6l3
l1l5 EIGHTH ST.-FURNISHED ROOMS
1or housekeeping; also single rooms.
222 NJ STREETS NICE UNFURNISHED
housekeeping rooms; rent only $40.
HOUSE OF EIGHT ROOMS; ALSO UP
per nat. Call at 40 Eighth street
TWO LARGE FRONT ROOMS, LIGHT
housekeeping; no children. 719 L.
ALLEY HOUSE, REAR 1915 X: GOOD
cohdltlon. Apply 719 L.
171s SECOND STREETS OR HOUSE,
Keeping or single rooms; reasonable.
ZZo2 l STREET-NEW HOUSE. SIX
rooms, bath, pantry and modern conven-
1lehces. Apply at 1921 ii street.
TO LET-A NICE COTTAGE OF FIVE
rooms; hot and cold water and every
-co1Nehlence. Apply at 1872 street.
NICELY FURNISHED ROOM AT FOR
esters Building. street, 9TH and Sth.
INO NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS:
SdS ana bathroom convenient. Apply
1SO21a Eighth street.
10 RENT-FU RNISHED ROOMS SUIT
aDle Tor housekeeping, at SIG Twentieth
The record-union., 1896-11-13

DIR. GEORGE NEWSOM, Dental Parlors,
removed TO Fourth and X, over Ham
mer's Drug Store.
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6l1 K STREET-NICELY AND NEWLY
furnished front suites ana single rooms:
eiectrlc lights; hot and cold water bath
The ECkHARDT BUILDING
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ltIS SECOND STREETS OR 4 HOUSE,
Keeping or single rooms; reasonable.
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ELYS
CREAM BALM

Opens and cleanses the
Nasal Passages. Allays
Pain a n d Infiamma-
ton, Heals and Pro-
tects the Membrane fro
of Taste and Smell. Is
lief at once. 50 cents
samples 10 cents by ma
Ely BROTHERS
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50 PER MoNTH-NICE 5-ROOM COT
tage. X, Twenty ninth and Thirtieth;
barn, chicken-house: lot S0xl6O JAMES
e. MILLS. 3O1 j street
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GENERAL NOTICES.

A VALUABLE BOOK ON FRENCH
dyeing and cleaning at home, by NJ
Deshayes, reduced to % cents Dye
Works, zoos Eighth street.
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1915 K STREET-MODERN DESIRABLE
Iat Ia OF SIX rooms and basement. Apply
1913 X or 719 l.. No children.
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Odd Mention.

Choice lamps, this season, are in
bronze and reflect japanese designs.
Jam pots and biscuit boxes of ivory
ware please with their rich gold decora-
lions.
There is no suggestion, either for COM
fort or elegance, that has not been ex-
pressed in table silver.
Dainty little cut glass dishes now
come for Camembert cheese. The glass
dish fits into little silver standard and
the openwork silver cover allows the
proper ventilation.
If few drops Of oil of lavender are
scattered through a bookcase in closed
room, it will save library from mold
in damp weather.
Sets of china are no longer necessary !;
each course has its own individual style.
Belleek porcelain, made in this conn
try. attracts deserved attention with its
artistic designs in relief gold and enamel
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SEEN TO BE AWFUL PLACES

According to Labor Commissioners Bird,
Some Employment Agencies are PRO
curing" Concerns.
Labor Commissioner Bird is still max
ing his fight for the extinction of the SO
called employment agencies in the cities
of the first class in Kansas.
81 have succeeded in getting an ordi-
nance through in Kansas City and Leav-
enworth, and the councils of Atchison,
Fort Scott, Wichita and Topeka are con-
sidering it," he said.
The employment agencies as they are
now run by INSCRIPTIONS men and
women are frauds aud are dangerous to
society. A poor girl out of job goes to
an agency and pays 81 for position,
say. The agency sends her to a certain
hotel where the head waiter, chef, or
housekeeper puts her to work. She works
half day. gets twenty-five cents Or fifty
cents for it and is discharged.
When she goes back to the agency the
agency says: That's not our fault, we
agreed to get you a place and we did.
We are not to blame if you couldn't hold
it. If you want US to get you another
place you must pay US So more and the
agency divides with the hotel chef.
"What can the poor girl do? Il may
have been almost her last cent or If she
has little more money she tries it again
in her innocence and after two or three
failures with starvation in her face she is
willing to agree TO almost anything and
then is the time the agency sends her to
a disorderly house and gets good fee
for it from the proprieiress. and the first
thing the girl knows she is not only an
employe but an inmate.
at is an esta blished fact that there are
very few of the agencies that are not In
she procuring business.
IAN employment agency run right is
good thing but the only way see to get
them run right is to put them into the
hands of the municipal or state govern
meat. The ordinance l am sending out
entirely closes out the agencies, not even
allowing them to run under license"
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BLIND FOURTEEN YEARS.
Now Jacob Faunce of Harrisburg Can See
Again.

Again.
Fourteen years ago Jacob A. Faunce of
Harrisburg, Pa, was one of the best
known and most active working Republic
ans in the Sixth ward, and he was looked
upon having bright political future.
He was tax collector of the ward and highly
respected. One day he found himself
growing blind, and although he tried ev-
erything, even to consulting the best spe-
cialists in Philadelphia, he was told that
there was no hope for him, and he went
stone blind and had to be led about by his
little son.
Some weeks ago a travelling physician
located in Harrisburg for a short period,
and while there he was consulted by Mr..
Faunce. The physician treated him mag
netically, and at the first treatment blood
gushed from MIR. Faunce's eyes and ears.
He was relieved of the pain in his eyes,
however, and began to improve. He is
now enabled to see the snowhakes, and he
can describe objects ten feet away and tell
colors. After II years of blindness he can
now see and continues to improve.-Phil-
adelphia Press
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HOW to Get Mr. Reeds AUTOGRAPH

Speaker Reed has had to make a rule
that he will give an autograph only when
2 cent stamp is inclosed with the request.
81 can spare the time, and the paper, and
the pen, and the ink, - he says, ''but can
not afford the cent stamp to send it. -
He gets many more requests for autographs
than Allison or any of the other candi-
dates, which in itself indicates something
of his relative position in the public mind,
but If they are to be as good natured as he
is and send the autographs at all they will
have to make a similar rule. His private
secretary, Mr.. Allen, tries to make these
autograph requests as little trouble to him
as possible by saving them up for month
and then seizing on some odd hour to get
the speaker to write his name over and
over until the supply equals the demand.
Washington Cor. Boston Herald. !
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John Clifford is confined to his homo
IN Stockton, n. J., with a very badly
swollen foot, the result of a bite of a
strange insect Several days ago num-
Der of foreign laborers occupied troll
ley car of which he was conductor
After they left, he says, he felt an
itching on his foot. He found small
insect, which one of the passengers
told him was an italian meth, which
the people of Italy hold In great dread
No attention was at first paid to the
bite, until Chords foot became swoi-
len as large as his head. The attend
ing physician says the bite is a pecu-
liar one and fears there may be serious
results.