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Maine Gold Convention.

Rockland, Me, Aug. 1S.-A call was issued tonight for convention of sound money democrats of Maine at Portland, August 29.
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Bryan to Gn to Boston.

New York, Aug. 13.--It was stated, unofficially, this evening, that MT. Bryan will go to Boston tomorrow and the following day will go to Mir. Sew alFs place at Bath, Me, for rest.
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Treasurx Gold Reserve.

Washington, Aug. 13.-The treasury gold reserve at the close of business to-day stood at S1O6, ,246,757. The days withdrawals were $319, 800.
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OYER THE MYSTIC ELLIPsE.
Cephas Wins in the 2:12 Trot and Brennan
 in the 2;16 Pace.

in the 2;16 Pace.
 Medford, Mass, Aug. 1S.-Coolen weather brought an increased attend- ance to the Mystic Park races to-day. In the PIP trot Cephas was favorite, but Chester took the first two heats. 4 change of drivers for Cephas was de- manded and Cheney was substituted. Whether this did the business or not it is certain that Cephas did better work and pulled out the three succeeding heats and the race.
 The 2:15 pace was uninteresting and went to Brennan in three straight heats. The 2:2o trot had bis field and was tedious affair.
 2:15 Class-Pacing-Purs $500.
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DID NOT REACH THE POLE.
NANSEN'S EXPEDITION VAS PRAC-
 TJCALLY 4 FAILURE.

However, He Reached a Point Four De-
 grees Farther North Than Any Polar
 Discoverer-Reached the Parallel of
 S6.14 Degrees-The Hardy Explorer in
 Good Health-The Worlds Store of
 Knowledge of the Arctic Regions Will
 be Considerably Increased.
 Vardoe, Aug. 13.-Dr. Nansen, the Arctic explorer, arrived here to-day. He says that his expedition attained one of it's objects in traversing the Polar Sea to point northward of the New Siberian Islands, namely to S614 latitude north No land was sighted north of latitude S2. After reaching the parallel of S6.14 the expedition went south to Franz Josephland, where it spent the winter, the members subsist- ing on bear flesh and blubber.
 Dr., Nansen arrived here on the steamer Windward, which conveyed provisions to the Jackson Harmsworth expedition. The explorer is perfectly well. The Tram Is expected to arrive at Vardoe or Bergen in a short time. All was we'll aboard of her when pr. Nansen left her.
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London, Aug 13.-Advices from Nal mo confirm the report that Dr. Nansen is returning from his attempt to reach the North Pole by drifting to it in a steamer. He is at Vardoe. and is ac- companied by Lieutenant Hansen. They left the steamer Tram. in which Dr. Nansen expected to be carried to the pole, last autumn. The expedition fail ed to reach the object of its search, but it got four degrees farther north than did any previous expedition. Accord ing to one report Nansen's object in leaving the Tram was to push further north than the steamer was able to penetrate the ice. This was in March, 1885,
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Brennan, g, by Gambetta.
 Wilkes (McCleary).. =. .... Pussy, m (Woodbury). 2 . Ella C., g m (Gillies) )......... Prince Albert, b g (DemoresD.. 8 Madeline Pollard, blk m Paige) Jim Corbett, b g (Walker)...... 10 Billy Frasier, oh (Green).... Dan Robinson, oh 2; (MitchelD.. Winfield, b g (Gatcomb).....
 Time-2:11A, 2:15A, 2:14A.
 PIP Class-Trotting-Pu $eco. Cephas g. by Cyril
 (Gibbs) )......... -...<. Chester, br h, by Wilkes
 Spirit, jr tNoble).. .... l Caprice, b m (Golden)... Silver Plate, m tRath-
 bun) ....-.-... Noseeav. D m (Bonne).. 3 , 4 (
 Time-2:12A. 2;13A, 2:14, 2:1ssi. 2:2ze
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1896-01-02

Ba5- @elo ~ uerlsibsu aui 5armusrs
iihsruns 80 Z Bro5sut. NahSufrasen bel
Nnorsw 5. Smith. 8aiiirer Der @iti5sns
Bant in Soul Center, Winn. ba
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6ormfebler pertporfen, bl oieielben bonn
Co. Stuliuperintenoent nibt beltdti9t uuo
unterSeltnet paren: Mutton Sbbmet, pom
Shulo,itrtit IT'S aetrenrt uub hem 9iitrttt
Sc suseSdblt Al weroen Sos. &oste, pom
Shulpiltritt l75 a"etrennt uno benz Siltriit
1870 einperleibt su fperpen; SEQ. 5rutb, pom
Sduloiitritt IT'S setrennt uuo benz 9iitr,tt
50 Susesdblt az ipereen.
Nui Nntras uuroen iolsenoe Reduuusen
erlaubt unc benz @eisse semdB sur Sabluns
, mammalian.
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y ormmmoibaitss mno 0ahiaHen.
i6afts 0ertd,t.
5ar ben .Rrrhfsrn" bsrtStt Yea seaitarittG 6as
brit 6auftn.)

bert 6anftn.)
Ndhlas ees psrt. Serb. Stalberasr aus
Sprtna Si1. gsrtpr be;uslth Screerun.
aen sebalten.- IatidB res VERT. gcr. III.
rsnbsrser aus Ct. SrIspt. Stlubabreb.
nuns 9emaht.- NahldB Res vert. Seinrih
S6erfenbsrs aus Der Stdot. Seitdment
,uaelafen une anaelind Sherfenter9 ais
erndnnt.-NIhldg
res psrlt. Scbn Barrett aus Naine Yrairie.
S;lt1msnt ,uselafen UNI Spbn s. Barrett
ais 5eltamsntsppIItred ernaRnt.- Rad.
ldB ees perlt. Simpn Spprl aus ct. W1r.
tin. Stlueabrehnuns gemdbt unc zen
GREEN benz Na6laB SemdB 5eitament5be.
lttmmung MISUNDERSTANDING ees VERT.
&cb. Wbesler aus Welrcle. ShluBlke
re6nun9 ssmaht unb 9dhlas ben eeiss.
lihen Grtsn lbertra9cn. - 3ahldB res
VERT. Sctn s. @etts aus Sduf Centre.
Yermelta =. 0ettp ais Seltdment5Sca.
itrsderin srn1nnt. -NahlaB Der pert. On.
9sllnd Stsifsn aus Naine grairie. Der,
Dor bsiu9lib Screerun9en psrta9t me9rn
NitteriheinenS Der bstr. Ylrteten.-NIh-
loB Res perlt. " Skinner aus Ct. WIrtln
bejuslib 5%crcerunssn sebdlten;
9leitfaas in Sd6e ces Ndhldlfes pes psrlt
". Staubah aus ct. Splepb.- Ndhlab
bes VERT. Ntner 8. Bennett aus Ydsnss-
wife. ShIubabre6nunS 9emaht unp Nah-
LAP ben seieeliten Grttn ltsrtraseu.
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9onueritas, ben 10. 9eSbr. 1895


Der Sertaeun9 semaB trat Der Boaro Su.
iammen; ole Wit9lieoer anrpeienb; Bartb.
FirS ais Soriiser. Guf Nntras puroe fol-
aenoer SeihluB ausenommen:
Se'hlofen, Dob cas- @eiud oeS w. Ylsel
uno 81 Nnoerer, IN benz anaeitrebt 1T, 3eit
uno Crt 81 beittmmeu, nm fir ooer 9esen
Evaporation oes YiUaae New Wunih Al
lttmnlen, angeuommen uno oaB Samitas
Der 20. Sanuar 1896 beittmmt lei, i'm Sauie
oes Marcus 8ieber cine 8abl au halten
uno oaB 5rf. Benolten, eiuer Der 9o.'goms
ml'idre hermit erluht iei, innerbalb 8 3as
gen pom 10. 9eSember 1895 on, an flnf
YlGBen innerbalb oes i'll Der Betition anses
aebeuen 3errains 3 Nbidriften oss @eiubes
Su9letd NIT ben NotiSen, in oenen Der 26.
Sanuar 1896 ais &ablta9 beitimmt lit. an
iubeiten. Beibloiien. oaB Serm. 9erbaar,
Soiepb 8. @teber uno Ntatb. Bisel, &eiis
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6siud oss Sobu 9lttle iar Ssrbeieruns
Der NbitGsuns uno Serrluserun9 Der Steus
eru paro auf Nntras oerporieu.
8eiud oes s. y. 8ethel iIr HatlaB Der
Straieu uno Sutereiien aui Steueru bon
1892 uno 1898 marc aui Nntrag peripurfeu.
2lui Antras Yertasuns bis 8 lbr uuoeren
Nor9ens.
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CcihiisuD
ScrbanOlnnscn Ocs SOaro Der GOnl'
nsG Ommi6Gre bon Stcarns
GOuntp, WinneiOta.
(ShluB.)
observation-disclosures, ben II. ae,br. g,

NSAAAD'l
Radmtttassiisuug, Den Il. 9eSbr. '95,
Ter Sertaauns semaB trdt Der BOARD Sls
iammsu. Aae Witsltsoer anipeiene Sarib.
Tiri ais SorliBer.
Nui Nutraa lparo oas 9eiut oes 9aspar
9ldbofi, Elm seieBltd berehtister Sttmluae'
Der uno 9ruuobeltSer I'M ShuloItrttt "a,
pom eeuauuteu Shuloitriit setreunt nno
Dem dnsren,euoeu 9lltritt 1T su9eSdblt III
rueroeu, du9euomireu uno GrluB oftentl,ter
Beta untmahuug uub Elm Serbpr aler oa'
BET intereiitrter Earteten tuabrenr Der uat.
item Sisuu9, Die am Z. Sanuar 1896 be9irnt,
au9eprouet.
Nuf Nntras paro oas @eiuh oes Ger
hdro v. Sreoerids, elm 9eiegltb berettister
Stinim9eber uuo 8ruuobeiiBer i'm Shuls
otitrltt As, pom aeuauntem Slliritt setrennt
uuo benz au9reuSeuoen 9iltrlit - iuae5ablt
III peroeu, an9eup mmen GrlaB Onentllher
Betauntmadluua uno Elm Serbpr aler oas
bel Iutereiiirter Esrionen tuabrenp Der nab
item SiBuug, ote an :. SaHuar 1896 be
9lllt, aH9eororet.
Nur Nntrns tparo oas 9eiut bes Sobn
Shmtot, Elm aeieBlld berettlgter Sttrnms
aeher uno 8ruuobeiiSer I'M Stuloiitr,tt ll6,
pou genauutem 9titrltt setreunt uno eem
angreuieno en- Siitrtft 1876 suaesablt 81 Ipers
ben, augeuommsH, GrlaB pfsutltter BE
Setdnntnahuug uuo eiu Serbpr aler oabet
mterelIirter Earteten III Der nahlten StSull9,
Die am I. Sauuar 1896 begtnnt. angeororet.
Serlht Der @roBgeibuorsneu plro Dem
Spdro ulterbreitet, alf Nrtrda a19e
upmmen uuo CUR Nutbswabruns Suriitse
le9t.
Nui NHtrag puroeu f~olaenoe H%etuuu9sn
fur 9Se9es uno Srlidenarbett por9els9t, an
geupmmeu uHo sur Nuibepahrung Surud9es
lest:
y 8iiler, @essarbsit I'M Conn
Cafe 8eorge. ......S u 50
" y gmeriou, &eeearbett I'M
2oun &apmono ........... 81 W
Staot Ct. 9louo, gilbert an s.
Npe. rproli1 U w
Nlb Miller. Ne9earbett I'M 2opu
SapneSplue o. 20
SObu Y%bt!ipiet, &esearbsit i'm
8opu Sololug ............... IA 10
Tal Sermau, 8e9earbett I'M ! opn
Solotn9 .... ............ go. 81 10
Cor german, @e9earbeit i'm 5opn
Solotn9 y 20
Stau Rasmaret, &esearbeil I'm
2otpH Soloir9 ............... "a 10
j Shntlot, &esearbeIt I'M 3opn
Sat 81 "a
Geo 8atnS, 8esearbett I'M 5opn
Cat NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. % sc
lopu Nlbanp, @esearbeit ....... SO sc
Nlbanp, ....... % "a
Nlbaun, ....... 30 81
= Sarmlug, ....... IA %
" Ct. Martlu, " ....... Is %
" Rpdplle, d" ....... % sc
" ct. Suiepb, ....... % on
~ a. JNeuNeI ~ mo
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VlH uOn1 Staotfot9 pon q. VIouo qefdB'
Ter SeibluB puroe Dem Boaro porsele9t. in
tpeltem Die Cos ommlidre eriubt limb.
etnem inter Is Sabre alien 8inoe Der 5rau
&o'a &tlcoreu 3ulaB in Die Staats Bubble
Stule Su uerib liieu. Die Nngeleaenbslt
blleb nnerleoi6t. Nuf Nntraa Serta9ung
bis balb 0 ubr anoeren Nor9ens.
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Ntittuot, Den Is. 9e,br. 1895.

Ter Serta9un9 semaB trat Der Soaro Sis
Ianlnen; alle Yllt9lteoer anUeleno; Bartb.
Bus ais &oriiser. Nui Nntraa puroe fol-
senoe Anorouuu9, ourh Die eln 9omtte be-
sliglib bes 8eiuhes oes Sobu Worstel uno
40 Nnoerer fir NbduoeruE9 zines s%eruiien
6abrweSes I'M 2own SolotHS uno aoon err
uannt miro, etnltImmig angenommen:
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0elo 81 Ofrlciben.

Wolt ibr cine neue 2lrleibe maiden ooer
elne alte erneuern, oaun ipret,t bel mir Dor
Nieori9e 3tnsraten uno teil YerSua.
43'ba ". y. WitdeIl.
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Msprtfrntatirt Nsriduft;
8sprtftntatirs gsrfdufs.

Sist Iansfam uue f6pdt Suite 3n6frass fur
6ateta Sittrs auf tenn Narft. stitte Rdt'raas tar
8lsilbtr sgpdarsn.
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TIr Die Teierta8e.

- Su 8srblncuns NIT Bernhard
8 dmatien's 8ierWirtbihuit 1T elne
Reituuration eritsr 8luiie in Serbineurs
sebradt, in Der Die bcitsn WcblSsiisn,
Opiters uno i%oriiise 3ellfatsiien in nus.
seSeihneter Bsiie unb oaSu gong binis
@ierulrt werosu. SHen 9us uno Natt.
Sn Der Shuufwirtbidnit prb ieter
aunos beitens beolent uuo nur @etrGnte
Der beitsn Srrle perosn aufaetlidt. Sc
Der 8unbe i'm Salubn wie in Der Rsitou.
rutIOns bstsns Suirisoenssteai .49.l3mi
Das~ aauit Yumpsn uno BInomlb.
len IN @risblet's Store. g.
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6elo 3u perleibcn.

SD babe @elo 9eru9 81 perleibeu arf trs
fer 8laiie 5ornr8 eriiterun9. Jiinf Sabre
3eit GILES ooer eln 3beil aablbar, bepUr %
id0iS 1T. W. y. WithsH 10
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ct. saul untrn Strd garts.
Ct. paul, ~. December 1896.
3ufutr: 200 S6rcus; 400 gist; $50 sddfs; gftres
-Shretne ifetia.
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White House the nation can count upon
seeing many strange spectacIes-
COLLARLESS CANDIDATE
Bland is not an average candidate by
any means. He wears socks, but he doesn't
wear a collar on his shirt except on Sun
days. He wears knee-high boots most of
the time and a soft SLOUGH hat. His pants
are always two or three inches shorter
than they should be. but then Lebanon
mud sticks like cement. and people who
live in that district can be pardoned for
wearing what are facetiously called high
waters" Mr. Bland chews- a quarter of
a pound Of tobacco every day in the week
and could give points to Mayor Strong, of
New York, in chat polite art.
He is . poor man simply because a long
career in the political whirlpool never
blunted the edges of his honesty. He never
accepted valuable presents or gifts Of any
kind. When he rides on a railroad he
pays his own way like any other humble
citizen When he can't pay he stays at
home He could have all the free passes
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bathrooms also. and these with the bed
rooms have been divided into suites. Some
Of the ricn men. whose wives have been in
the habit Of going to Newport for the
summer. leaving their husbands to wrestlo
with the cares Of business during the hot
months. hope that the Casino viii prove
sufficiently attractive 90 keep the women
folks within it's confines This is the pur-
pose Of the various suites Of rooms on the
second floor. and they are arranged so as
to afford every luxury and convenience for
the occupants
One Ct the aotabie features Of the club
is a fine dock running out into the Hudson
It is for the use Of the yachts of the mem
bers. l. cost $40. 600 to build. The men
who 90 to town for a few hours each day
can steam down the river in their yachts
and run back again in the afternoon with
great comfort. A handsome railroad sta
ton has also been built for the convenience
OF the members VINO are not fortunate
enough to own yachts. Great stables have
also been built capable OF housing 800
horses and all kinds OF traps and rigs from
the ponderOus four-in-hand coach to the
light runabout wagon
Much care has been taken IN laying out
the golf grounds. and It is now the boast
Of the members that the links form one OF
the largest nine-hole courses in the world
Both the outgoing and incoming teeing
grounds are near the Casino. In starting
cut the players drive is southward to
the putting green, located IN a saucer
shaped mound One hundred and thirty
thres yards from this is a deep ravine q
dozen yards wide strip OF turf 100 feet
ia width is next, ard then comes a second
ravine 80 feet wide, before the first hole
is reached. The difficulties in reaching the
second hole consist Of a deep glen, a ner-
work Of logs and punches Of trees All
the rest Of the holes are full OF hazards,
such as sand piles. artificial bunkers. trees.
bitches. the Croton Aqueduct, ravines and
fences. The longest run is 500 yards, and
the shortest is go yards. Championship
matches viii be played on the links later
on in the season.
II is tae hope Of the projectors to make
Of the Casino the finest millionaires' play
ground the world over, and It looks as *
these ambitions we're destined to be full
filed.
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MILLIONAI3ES PLAY,
A GREAT PLEASURE HOUSE on THE
BANKS OF THE HUDSON.
BILLIONS ARE BEHIND IT.
All the LuxurIes OF "a Fifth Ave-
nue. Club House in the Country.

NEW YORK, May 29.-To-morrow the
very swell people Of New York celebrate
Decoration Day BY officially opening the
Ardsley Casino. a place destined to play
an important part in the society drama of
the metropolis
It is an entirely new thing, but it's sue
cess is assured simply because it has the
driving force of boundless millions behind
it. In fact, it's success has already been
demonstrated. For more than two weeks
the place has been -unOfdCially open, and it
has been thronged night and day by the
people who make the wheels Of fashion go
round.
The Ardsley Casino is the effect of sew
eral causes. Tt is located near Dobbs Fer
~. some thirty-odd miles from the city
On eli sides of it are the country homes Of
millionafres-not ordinary millionaires,
but millionaires- whose millions are counted
by the score
During the last ten years it has been a
fad with these great men to buy immense
estates along the east bank Of the Hudson
River This bank is something like 14O
miles in length, and it would seem that
there was enough room and some to spare
to give eacn Of them q fine home and fair
sized park. But the customary greed OF
the millionaire soon consumed all Of it,.
The whole matter soon developed into q
race between the Astors, ROcIefellers. Van
derbilts. Morgans, MOrtOns. Goulds and
/ others Of that ilk as to which should set
the most Of It, Naturally prices went up
with sky rocket speed.
All of these people now have fine homes
along the Hudson. and when that much had
been accomplished they began to look
about for some of the pleasures OF city
life Tho first thing to have was club
house, something that would be just as
luxurious and Just as exclusive as the old
Union Club on Fifth avenue, and something
that would have rustic favor. All Of
these miIlionaires hungered for club life
even when surrounded by the countless
luxuries of their palatial homes. So the
Ardsley Casino was projected This was
just a year ago. Part of the Cyrus Field
estate. the land owned by the old Manhat-
tan College and the farms of several small
Parsons. the landscape gardener Of Central
Park was employed to lay out the grounds
GILT-EDGED OFFICIALS
officers were appointed. end they speak
for themselves as follows
J. Pierpon. Morgan. worth s65, 600 600
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say that he invariably rubs It with his
hand before q race. Whether he does it
for mascot purposes is question.
SHEEDT'S ALL OR NOTHING.
Pat Sheedy. the biggest gambler Of them
ell has only one peculiarly on the race
tracks and that is to bet every cent he has
In the world at one time. Pat has the
greatest contempt for what he calls door
mat gambiers-taat is the little bettors
who dribble out their money in many bets.
sheedy glories in the reputation Of being
broke oftener than any other professional
gambler living He is in debt nine days out
Of ten but long experience has taught him
that sooner or later fortune must come his
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to the left Of the judges stand. Sanding
close to the rail- he has almost as good a
view of the race as the judges. Long ex-
perience has given him the faculty of watch
ing and noting the work of each horse in
the race. He has fine memory, and al
though forty fifty and sometimes sixty
horses may compete during the afternoon,
nothing et eapes him about their individual
work. Horses that finish in the rucl and
which are ignored by the average bettor
are remembered b. Smith. and generally
before the season closes he makes a big
haul on them. He knows when they are
ripe and when the conditions of the race
should suit them. Smith always weare
an emerald pin in his scarf. and his friends
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man who makes such big bets He Is
hard headed and practical in everything
and believes that success in the betting ring
does not depend upon lucky but upon
knowledge. industry and a minute acqua mt
anceship with all the conditions governing
race Smith for many years was the
leader Of the "ral birds" The latter are
the men who hug the rail and watch the
horses at work early in the morning. and
In the limbering up gallops in the after
noon. Smith makes his bets on the form
shown by the racers. and relies absolutely
on his own Judgment as to whether g horse
is IN winning form
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John D. Rockefeller. $3.50, 600 600.
William Rockefeller. $4,000 600
Cornelius Vanderbilt, sos, 900 900.
Chauneey N. Depew, s., 600 ,0OO.
w Seward Webb, $50. 900 900.
Edwin Gould. $4,000 600
General Sam Thomas. So, OO0. 600
Henry Willard. $50. 000, COO
J. J. McComb. $4,000 900.
Cyrus Field Judson. 81, 600 900.
Philip Schuyler s.. GOO 900
There are just about four hundred mem
bers. md their aggregate wealth is some
thing ike $4,000, 00O. 900. When ali the
plans Of the Casino are carried out it will
have cost something like 81, 600. 600. a mere
nothing for a play house for SO many
Ground was broken for the building last
August. and IL was hoped to have it in
readiness for an Official opening on Christ
mas Eve last But the plans of the club
men were TOO elaborate Tor such hastT
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DICK BLAND
ODDITIES OF THE MAN WHO HOPES
TO BE president.
DOES HEAVY FARM WORK.
Seldom Wears "a Collar. Chevvs To-
baecO All Day, Eats with the
Hired Man and Is Honest All the
Way Through.

One Of the features Of the Democratic
convention at Chicago VIII be che Bland
boom To the world at large he is better
known as fSilver Dick" To his friends he
Is simply Dick In an old Bible in his
mouse the fact is recorded that on Aug. IS
1885. Richard Parks Bland came into the
world. IL any one went into the little post
office at Lebanon. Mo. and inquired for
Riehard Parks Bland the group of yeomen
always to be found there would shake
their heads in doubt But If the visitor
asked for the whereabouts OF Dick Bland
the whole town would stand ready to pilot
him to the house
II the silver people do all the things
they claim they viii do at the Chicago con
vention there is more than a possibility
that Bland viii be nominated. If the
silverites of the country cast aside, their
Republicanism and Democracy and decide
to 90 1t alone. Bland win probably be the
man TO act as their standard bearer Since
1878 he has been fighting for the cause Of
silver and to-day stands as firmly for his
favorite metal as ever.
Strange things happen sometimes in pol
tics, and it is not stretching a point to
view ex-Congressman Bland seriously in
the light of a Presidential possibility. If
lie should be placed on the road to the
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TIE CARE-CAT.

Care IS a Cat with yellow eyes
A-bllnkfng mildly in the sun,
Content to sIunber where she lies,
or quick. on our approach, to run.
But at the closing in of night
She arrogates a holder men,
AMI with a. courage born of fright.
She bristles up with eyes a-green.
She then runs riot where she will.
Nor heeds on whom She makes attack
And when repulsed she ventures still
To come. persistent. mewing back.
And though the rivers to their brink
Were filed with wine, full flooding down
There is not depth enough in drink,
Or strength in wine, that cat to drown
She will not drown-she will not die;
She seems to have nine cursed lives:
And spite OF what defense We try
Her grim malevolence survives
So, when the Care-Cat at my door,
Comes prOWling round to seek her prey,
I look for help where heretofore
Far wiser men have found a way.
I turn me to my Books, and there
find no evil thing to dread:
They Danish all the kin of care
And give their own delights instead
That Devils imp they exercise,
And tameIy at my feet she lies
And purrs, subdued and somnoient.
w D. Ellwar-er in the BooIman-
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way, and when she does she comes heavily
laden. Then the first thing he does is to
pay off his debts If he wins two or three
times in succession he has the wealth of a
gold mine. His credit is seemingly end
less. for the simple reason that he has
never yet failed to make good
Mike Dwyer the man who bets 900 to
win 50 900. has enc of the old-fashiOned cop
per pennies as big IS a silver half dollar,
which lie treasures as a mascot. During a
race he always holds this in his hand to
WOO the tickle goddess. One of his friends
laughingly offered Dwyer 1000 for the COP
per cent but the offer was seriously de-
clined
The bettors who rub the deformity of a
hunchback and who .lmost faint al the sight
of a funeral when on their way to the track,
are legion Wemen bettOrs are more super
stitious than men. and to chronicle all of
their idosyncrasies would be a task of vast
magnitude