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Evening star., 1897-07-31
A GOOD STORY OF CLAY.
lie Was Very Confident of Election I,
n ID 1874.

He Was Very Confident of Election In
"a ID 1914.
"Therei never was a more disappo;nted
candidate for the presidency than Mr., CLAW
was In 1884," says one who knew him. '.for
ne fully expected TO tenant the White
House from 1915 to 1S49. He was then on
mis- third run for the presidency. and had
long been the idol of his party. In his first
run, against jackson and John Quincy Ad-
ans. in 1924. he received less than $4,000
votes; In his second, against Jackson, in
le32 over half million. and in his :hirl
run he received in a total popular vote of
2.GjOOO0 votes. within 10000 of a majority
over Mr.. Polk. Thus he had much ground
FOR hope. ard his friends. both here and
throughout the country. were certain OF his
election. In fact. that being the day for
news by slow mail, it was a week before
his defeat was acknowledged. and several
times was the victory (0 celebrated by the
burning OF bon1ires. ! was then employed
as messenger boy in the old InteIIigencer
office. and by that means l came to know
Mr.. Clay. frequently being sent by Mr.
Gales and Mr.. Seaton with messages to
him. Sometimes found him at the Cap
tol. but generally at his rooms in the build
ing at the northwest corner of sth street
and Market space. the site now occupied
by Mr.. VIM. II. Hoeke. AT his rooms re
was friendly with me- and seemed pleased
with the manner in which performed my
duties
''One day he said: My lad when 1 be-
come President l will do something for
you. l want you to come to see me at the
White House.
Why. Mr.. Clay 1 responded. how will
I get to see you when your doors are
guarded
Sure enough. remarked Mr. Clay. pick
ing up a card, on which he wrote Admit
Mr.. H. Clay Handing it to me-
he said: Take care of it, and it will pass
you. Be sure to come
Il fully expected to have occasion to use
it. but like Mr. Clay and thousands of
Others l was disappointed. I have had the
card for over half century, and have
treasured 1t as evidence of Mr. Clay's
good Intentions
Evening star., 1897-07-31
THE VNErA MuNfcfan.

On, where is the Piper of Hamliu Town
And where are the little children all
WHO. spite of each parents warning frown.
Went following fondly at his cali?
And we pause at the sound of far refrain
Ard We whisper, "Perchance, he is hera
again.
Ihen we turn away. and We sigh and say.
1T is only the street pianos lay"
Unbidden his melody he brings.
This troubadour with the face so tanned.
And mockng glance at the world he
filings,
AS twilight magic enthralls the land.
A sinister look steals across his face,
AS some old-time grudge seems to leave its
trace,
In time to the street pianos lay.
The children hasten and leave their games
And follow with joyous, dancing feet
The subtle spell of his music claims
A host that increases from street to
street
And even the-elders forget to chfde
The trust that is placed in so strange a
guide.
And half are tempted themselves to stray
At the call Of the street pianos lay.
Out Of the daylight of careless glee
Into the darkness of doubt and years.
From world of laughter to one of tears;
And. some day. we'll scarce believe this
crew
Is the bevy of children that once we knew
And We sorrow to see them dance away
From youth, to the street pianos lay.
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a Protest IndOrsed.

AS the excursion boat left the wharf a
paes began to cry. Its mother endeavored
10 comfort 1t into silence. but the wall con-
tinued. to the great annoyance of a yonny
man with large hands and a small mus
tache.
He doesn't feel at all We'll" the mother
e;,,ia eXpialred to an elderly woman. who was
breeze might do him good"
oi course 1t will" was the sympathetic
and hearty reply. Let him cry if he
wants to. Itll open his lungs wide and give
MIN the fuil benefit of the fresh air.
But the young man with large hands and
small mustache was Of different mind
II pity, he remarked, apparently in
Sehhaense &c ha to a friend but loud enough to
better than to bring babies on an excur.
sion It's no place for them
Inc baby's mother looked grieved. and
the new-found friend looked defiant.
When The boat landed that night at the
harf, the elderly woman handed the baby
oack TO ITS mother and hurried away so a $
70 place herself in front of the youth with
large hands and a small mustache.
foung man. she said, Il want TO COM
pliment you"
What for?'
ror having so much more sense thar
gave You credit for. Earlier in the day
neard you say that people had no business
10 brihg babies on board an excursion boat
l kind of thought you were wrong at first;
Dut m prepared to acknowledge you hit
the nail on the head
babies are too Young to know hon, 10
pehaVe, he commented a little doubt
frlly. 1T takes lot of training"
Ihat just ii. A baby can't be expected
10 smoke tad cigars and holler at the boy
who sells soft drinks and sing LUST Tell
Ihem That You Saw Me- off the key, and
snugsle their heads on somebody's shoulder
ana talk sickening foolishness about
nose ums Is oo?' loud enough for every
BODY to hear. 1 kept my eye on YOU, and
L own up that you knew what you were
taikin' about when YOU laid down the law
that babies are out of place on excursions"
Evening star., 1897-07-31

tar fl an sling 1t tygether as if it wor a
shanty iur some o the riff-raff. 1t takes a
eFeuneal " practice ty make wan O. thin
An the worsht iv 1t is thot i'm the ma ior,t,,
~ eases the people ingdged is Obliged ty cir
an their practice an the tariff they happen
~ nov In hand: which is caic'i atei ty kape
| the job from bein' hurried"
"lis. replied Rafferty, An il goes tv
snow the smallness iv the goyernmint Be
putin lot iv green hands an the work
II saves the proice il SIX led labor"
No answered Mr.. Dolan There's no
question iv compinsation in it at ALL
But We can't ixpect tar'ff-makers ~
work Tor nothin' ony more than cabinet
makers or dress-makers'
No. But it makes no difference u uhe+ba,
all the same
"D'yez mean ty say they git paid fur the
tonne they put in sittin' an the sofas doin'
ITO he sure"
An fur attn in the reshtrant?'
"Av coorse"
-, An, mebbe fur playin' sivvin up an tell
There's no way iv cuttin' down their
compinsation."
"Dolan. yez hov mistaken impression
Listen bit an Oill set yez roight fur it,s
question Ofve paid close attintion to-
Havin' nothin' bether ty do wan day. Of
wint ty Congress"
''Thot's how many iv 'em gifts ty be
there. interjected Mr.. Dolan.
An be way iv undershtanlin' betther
what wor goin' on insoide OF asked a man
at door how much a day did them peo-
pie thot worked there get He wor very
accommodatin, an, afther takin' a pencil
an a piece iv paper an figurin some he
answered me thot they'd average about
thirteen dollars an sivinty-foive cints
though some iv 'em, he kapin' their ewes
open an bein' extra sharp. moight make
more: an thin he grinned. though fur what
rayson Oi dunno. Oi happened ty shtep
insoide just as wan o. the REPRESENTATIVES
got up. The toime-kaper, sittin' up at the
desk. sev i'm the. nod ty begin. An he
opened up wild great power. But he KEEP
at it only little whole. F'igurin' is pay
at thirteen dollars an sivinty-foive cints
fur a days work iv eight hours, he didn't
earn more thar dollar an a quarter all
the tonne Oh wor there, although he wor up
an down siveral times. But there wor
wan felly that whin he got shtarted helt
an ty his chance fur all twas worth. 1t
looked a bit loike silfishness fur i'm "
mono piize the field, an a good many iv
the min thou wor waitin' their turns KEEP
a-lookin' at the clock wild CROWN indig-
nation. Oi wOr about ty lean over the
raiir' an holler fur fair play whin the
thought Gem ty me moind thot mebbe it
wor case iv necessity. No, says OF ty
meSelf: lave i'm alone. Sometoimes a
man'n seem name in is business fur the
sake iv providin' as he ought fur is family
at home. Mebhe he nades the money ty go
mark stin' wild.
seemed ty inj'y the rest He must be
hold his pay roll straight. the way thin
Evening star., 1897-07-31

w ell, 1 don't see
nothin' unusual. We have a hydrophoby
scare every year. Ard ef We do git hydro
phoby. 1t wont break out on yer back
Pete, ye know what sound sleeper /
ann"
Yes. Ye're mighty different from me in
dat respeck. / git SO nervous sometimes
dat 1 can't rest out o DOORS cause de
CROWN of de grass tickles me feet
DO ye t'ink it 'ud be possible for any
animal ter come sneakin' in on me at night
widout wakin yer up?''
Certainly not"
Mebbe, den. It's all right. But wild as
sound sleeper l am it's hard ter be
certain. 1t amt reasonable ter believe a
mad dog could come rubber-shoein' his way
up an bite me In me sleep. But whenever
! notice how l hates de sight of water T
tells ye, Fete. 1 can't help bein' uneasy"
Evening star., 1897-07-31
NOncon initial.

Written for The Evening Star by Cy Warman
Copyright. 1897. by Cy Warman)
who made the the rose buSh:''
God made the red rose tree.
And the Lilies fair in the garden there
The ltt" girl answered me.
"Who made the thorn the bush?"
The little girl bowed her bead,
With troubled frown ard eyes east down:
God mIde the rose she said.
"WhO made the sand at the saaside?''
God mad the sInds Of the Sea,
And the waters blCe, and the fishes, too,'
The little girl answered me.
"WhO made the dudes by the seaside:"
The little girl raised her head;
With the faintest smile on her face the while
We'll. God made the sand, ;" she said.
Evening star., 1897-07-31

Written Exclusively for The Evening STAG
The Cicadn.
When July is mos done melted,
Runnin' into Angus fast,
An de biazin' sky has pelted
Him wifi heat FUN frs to last,
I quits tryin'
A-denyin'.
Dat Is sorrorin' an sighin'.
When, in troubles suhprizin,
l IL oks roun' fCh sympahzin'
Den l hyuhs 'im gay an free,
Mistuh Bug up in de tree.
Singin' an maxim fun o. me.
l could stan de way Is within
An a-wishin' foh de night.
Eff upon dat twig a-tiltin',
He want laushin at de sight.
Land o nations!
How's my impatience
Gwinete1 stan sech aggravations?
Dtshere cup o grief I'd Swaller
Smilin', cf he wouldn't holler;
Eff he'd only lemme be
Mistuh Bug up in de tree,
Singin' an maxim fun O. me!
4 Cyntcfsm.
TT is very interesting" remarked Willie
Washington, ito watch the attentions OF
Mr. Goldseek to the ladies'"
He is very discriminating" commented
Miss Cayenne. He divides up his time
in the me st methodical manner. If the
young woman is worth two hundred thou
sand dollars. he passes ten minutes with
her whenever he meets her. If she is
worth five hundred thousand, he makes it
twenty minutes or half an hour. provided
she does not run away. If it is above the
million mark, he takes off the time limit
and she has to yawn in his face to get rid
of him."
HE was more h,peful than usual when
1 last talked with him."
Has Miss Oilriz at last consented to
listen to him.
Yes He told me that he found her very
interesting. OF course, that must be a
figure of speech
"Wny?'
Because their conversation couldn't t
amount to much. Everybody knows that
courtship is made up of sweet nothings
By the way, 1 wonder what sweet moth
ings' are
THE case you have just mentioned gives
a very clear example, said Miss Cayenne.
Il don't cutie see how"
Have you pencil and piece of paper?''
Yes
Set down the figures 's1.OOooOo'
There you have it,
First you have the dollar mark"
Certainly
Next comes the figure ore"
"Tes"
well, what follows are the sweet moth
ings."
Evening star., 1897-07-31

drink are ye doin"
he inquired, with as
tonishment.
"Tryin' ter see me
back" was the reply.
"What fur?"
I'm apprehensive."
Are ye thinkin' the
p'lice Is goin' to rec
ognize yer by a
strawberry mark?"
"Ye don't keep up
wit de news, Pete.
Looky-hefe," and he
handed him a rough
ly torn section of
n @ W s p a per with
grease spots on it.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
A Bit Of Advice.

Il s'pose." said the old colored man, as
Erastus Pinkley halted at the shanty door.
dat you wants ter borry 10 cents"
OATS de way yoh allus Goes. uncle"
was the reply, In a tone Of injured inno-
cence "Yoh goes ahaid an makes up yoh
mind wifout waitin ter learn de facks. /
doesn't wanfer borry no 10 cents. What
wants ter borry is a half a doliuh."
''Whah is all yoh good clothes?''
Il done transacted EN-
How did yerT"
"A gemman down town toll me dat ef I'm
bring 'em down he tske em in o business
transaction: so 1 transacted 'em Off foh q
razzer an tull pup an dolluh an 4
Quahtah."
''An' how much has yoh got lerr'
1'De bull pup
4'Whah's de dollnh an quahtah an de
razzery
Il had er frien' dat toll me whah could
bet on hoss dat he said Wah sho' ter win
So l. transacted de razzer foh seyenty-hve
Evening star., 1897-07-31


''The Sinnit an the
House iv Ripprisin;a-
tives. They've passed
the tariff an got out
;v the way, SOS ty
give the good tonnes
a clane road Wild no
obs ickles intill it."
Tell me. Dolan: do
tins be the same
tfr'ff they wor work
IL an tree or four
months ago."
1T is"
An they're only
jist gett.n' it fin
ished."
We'll. it wor a
moighty particular
lob. YeZ can't take a
Evening star., 1897-07-31

cents, an i put de two dollars up-an' it
ain got down yit.''
oh misfortufes ain no 'scuse foh yoh
not haobtn mo neatncss. Yoh go git yoh-
SET baf an a clean shirt an I'll see 'bou:
dat fifty cents. Yoh means we'll. hut yoh
eoosn 'scrim nate. Yoh m sapplies yoh am
b,tions. Git yoh idees Strengthened out,
Sonny. De trouble wifi you is dat you done
got confuse. BE a plunger all yoh wan, s
ter at de bathin' beach; but dom go mag
ir In you's in de swim at a hoss race
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Suddenly Set Loose.

Prom the Chicago Re- ord
my typewriter girl complains that IN
this hot weather her hand sticks to the
paper and her back sticks to the chair"
"Yes?"
But you ought t, see her get up and ny
when the clock strikes g."
Evening star., 1897-07-31

Oi inc pSuii0lCSs plains INTO
his nerves. Unfortunately. the rush of
modern business will not permit the aver
age hard working business man TO turn cow
boy even for a short time each wear The
only resource left him. if he does not wish
to break down prcmatrrcly, is TO keep a
watchful eye upon his health. and when he
finds that he is getting out of sorts. let up
little Oh work, and resort to the best of all
known tonics. That tonic is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. II promptly
puts q worked out man into condition, be-
cause it starts at the right place. II begins
by restoring the lost appetite. II corrects
all disorders of the digestion and makes the
assimilation of the food perfect II iuvie.
crates the liver. II purihes the blood and
fills il with the life-giving elements of the
food. 1t Is the great blood maker and acsh.
builder. By enriching the blood il nour-
ishes and builds up every organ and tissue
in the body. No man ever b, oke down with
nervous exhaustion or proetration who re.
sorted to this great medicine when he felt
himself threatened by il'-health
An honest dealer viii not urge a substi-
tute. There Is nothing in the world
just as good" although avaricious drug
gists will sometimes say so for the sake
of the greater profit to be made upon the
inferior article.
Keep your head up and your bowels open.
The Golden Medical Discovery" will put
steel in your backbone, and Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets will cure constipation.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
\ mptOni.

Ploddins Pete sat upright to watch the
of his companion in idieness
What in de name Of all dats fit ter
Evening star., 1897-07-31
x X
Rafferty, Wants Reform.

Rafferty," said Mr.. Doian. after long
contemplative silence. they're gone"
Evening star., 1897-07-31

The worid's brighfeest dining tables
equipped with IIbbcy cut glass. .lfxk.n
This trade mark u cut oo the gen. SZ
uile.
Evening star., 1897-07-31

And your wife aimed at and struck youI
head with cup?'
Yes, SIR
well. then. all I have to say Is that yor
should be very proud of her.'-Tit- Bits
Evening star., 1897-07-31

For the Lack Of IL a Youth Goes q,
the penitentfary.

Chief Justice Bins ham of the District
supreme Court is ore of the kindest-,iis-
| posed and most lenient members of this on
any other court. and il is proba bile that D..
! invariably suffers more pain when ser-
fencing a prisoner than even the cufprit
| Whenever possible. ne exercises the great
/ est mercy in dealing with the unfortunat.,
| offenders. Some time ago A young coloreI
| man. not VT ont Of his teens. was ar
raisned before him in the Criminal Court.
| charged with the Larceny of bicycle.
| There WAS not the slightest doubt a to .h,.
guln OF the prisoner, ard his attorney. ox-
planning privately 10 the district attorney
that the boy had previously borne ar ex-
celient character, persuaded that official
10 consent 20 plea Oh petit larceny. thc
penalty for which offense is confint in mt
III the jail for from day to six mon; hs.
| the penalty for grand larceny. for which
the defendant was indicted. being not less
| than one nor more than three Years in the
peEitentiary.
The young man thereupon Withdrew his
plea of not guilty Of grand larceny and
pleaded guilty of petit larceny. But 10
the astonisElEent Of every one, aad TO the
utter disgust OF his counsel he asserted
that he never stole the whee! when the
venerable chief justice asked him villa, he
had TO say why he should not be sent 10
jai! for short lime.
Well, young man." kindly remarked the
court. ''if you did not steal the bicycle |
cannot allow you to plead guilty. even OF
petit larceny. We do not wish to punish
an innocent person. Mr.. Clerk withdraw
the plea of guilty Of petit larceny; and
! now. gentlemen" said the chief Justice
addressing the astoDished district attorney
and disguised counsel for the defense 'let
| the trial proceed on the indictment
The trial proceeded, aud the jury. after
an absence Of two three minutes.
promptly returned a verdict of guilty of
grand larceny, just az the counsel for the
government and the defendant knew they
would. Thereupon the court imposed a
sentence of Imprisonment at hard labor Ia
the penitentary. instead of one of "A month
or so in jail. which he would have imposed
had the youthful culprit followed his coun-
sells advice. remarkirg that truthfulncss
even in a thief. is at times good policy.
Where II SHOWS and Never Rains.
Fr,m the New York Times
Roborowsky, the Russian explorer has
discovered a place in Central Asia where
no rain, but only snow. falls AT any time
throughout the year. He found this de-
lightful summer resort in the Thibetan
highlands. at an altitude of Ia .',so feet. T..
thermometer on June IL was Il degrees he
low Zero centigrade. There siga
OF life, save the appearance of a -ew
Grongo antelopes, and these wer. In such
exhausted condition that they passed
within a few yards of the explorer without
showing any signs OF fear.
''And your wife aimed at and struck yom
head with a cup?'
Yes, SIR
We'll. then. all have TO say is that you
should be very proud Of her.'-Tit-Bits.
Evening star., 1897-07-31

'And what Is to be the subject of your
lecture tomorrow night, professorr'
We'll. my dear young lady, can hardly
hope 1t will have much interest for you.
shall lecture ON Sun Spots
'sOh. but that's Of the greatest interest
TO me. I shall certainly come. You've no
idea how suffer from frecklesr.-Puneh.
Evening star., 1897-07-31

If you want anything try an ad. in The
Star If anybody has what you wish. you
will get al answer.
Evening star., 1897-07-31

n takes a man who
n q whole man. al
least physically. to be
O western COW boy.
His every dav life
calls for great physi-
cal endurance. and
upon some occasions
this must also be
backed by consider
able nerve.
IL would be a good
thing for many a hard
business man
if he could turn cow
boy for a couple of
months each wear. II
would give him a
chance to get
. the free, pure, in
vigorating air OF
the prairics into
|, a littlc steel into his
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-10
Knock out the pcddler.

There have been peddlers calling
upon the people of this city recently
to dispose of various kinds of wares.
They have run the gauntlet of the var
ious towns without having to pay Ii
cense fees as fixed by the last legisla-
ture and the Sturgis Record gives one
certain specific for doing away with
the peddler without having to resort
to law. It says: "There's one way to
knock outa peddler-and it never fails
Don't buy of them. If they come
around remember they don't pay any
taxes, don't help keep up your side
walks, streets or anything else. They
'Aify parasites. Whenever man i,
seen buying goods of peddler ol
hawker let him remember that pretty
nearly all the rest of Sturgis are laugh
ing at him-nudging his neighbor-
ashamed of the transaction. Let every
man tell his wife that the family living
is secured in Sturgis and every cent o
trade should be here"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-10
Total sols mills
Bishop Ninde Visits the City.

Bishop Ninde of the NJ. r. church
arrived Wednesday morning from
Crawford where he had been holding
the Northwest Nebraska conference
He was the guest of President and
Mrs. Lymer while in the city and re.
ception was given at their pleasant
home Wednesday evening from to
1920 in. honor of their distinguished
guest. A number of people besides
the church membership called and paid
respects to the Bishop. Delicious re.
freshments we're served and n. X
Griggs pleased those present for time
with recitations of his own poems and
singing songs of his own composition
Misses Emma Silkensen and Abbie
Jennings entertained the gathering by
a few choice selections upon the piano.
1t was very pleasant occasion indeed
On Thursday Bishop Ninde visited
Wind Cave in company with President
Lymer and left the same evening for
some point in Nebraska to hold the
state conference.
Bishop Middle is most genial gen.
ial gentleman and a very interesting
conversationalist.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-10
The Black Hills Exhibit.

J.P. Hymer, the Black Hills CON-
missioner, returned last Thursday
from Omaha where he went on bust
ness connected with our exhibit at the
Trans Mississippi exposition next year
He was successful beyond expectation
in getting what he went after-to Sc
cure the choicest space in the mining
building for our exhibit. The man
agement has made it rule to prohibit
the exhibition of agricultural products
in the mineral building, but that privi-
lege has been granted to the Hills.
wy can have the choice of space if we
gtt our order in this month, which we
must do. Mr.. Hymer says an army of
men are at work placing the ground in
shape and putting up buildings. The
administration building is substantial
ly completed and is a beauty. Foun-
dations for the other large buildings
are going in fast. Mr. Hymer is hav-
ing drawings made of the buildings
aud grounds and will call a meeting of
the various executive committees of
the Black Hills counties in about two
weeks for further action. He says the
the people all over the state are very
much interested i'll the exposition
Pioneer-Times.