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The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07
oME OF SENATOR HANNAs CONVENTION

more hostility in Philadelphia to a
second term for Mckinley than there
was to Harrison's second term. The
president has not a firm hold upon
anything, not even upon his own
thoughts. He is too fond of the orat-
ing and persuading habit. He seems
to have lively conceit of his personal
power to move public opinion here and
there, but almost everybody in this
age thinks for himself, and the pres
ident would have been stronger it he
had said half as much"
But the people are not going over
to Bryan?"
81 would not have thought so a
month ago, but when the pendulum re-
turns it returns to its full length, and
Bryan represents the full reaction
against the trusts, capital and all that
commercialism which has nothing in
its eye but more riches. The labor vote
is very uncertain. Our attempts at
foreign policy have been absurd. We
cannot even deal with a little island
like Porto Rico on consistent lines for
one month. Our weak interference in
behalf of the Beers has neither helped
them nor ourselves. The Nicaragua
canal has been muddled. Having taken
our place in the front rank of nations
with the primary object of extending
our trade, we do not like either the
presidents intellectual formation or
the weak cabinet he has drawn togeth-
er. There is generally recognized the
mastery hand of Mark Hanna in every
thing, and he is neither popular at
home nor abroad
My informant handed me an extract
from newspaper letter that day pub
lished by Congressman James Rankin
Young, which began as follows:
"The shape things politically have
taken in the last two months has SEEM
ingly convinced the republican leaders
in congress that William Jennings
Bryan is a formidable candidate, and
that the race is going to be far from a
walk over for Mr.. Mckinley. 1t is never
safe for the administration to have
congress in session during a presiden-
tial campaign"
Look there said my informant
Young represents the most decided
republican section in Philadelphia,
and he comedies that Bryan is soaring
the president.
Having passed the gold bill, the ad-
minstration has only left the argu-
ment that Bryan will not obey the law.
Why, if Bryan disobeyed the law they
would drive him out of the white house.
He has been in congress and knows
something about the laws. Hanna
begged his money in the wrong cam
paign; he overbegged in 1Sa6, and the
people who gave at that time are i'll
satisfied with their moneys worth
The republicans are going to be hard
up in the next campaign. The great
slump in Wall street and the desire to
get rid of stocks there by the brokers
shows that the system of things in the
subscription presidency is getting in
firm"
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07
PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.

The Alabama republicans made
an unfortunate allusion when they in
dorsed the administration for the "aid
extended to the Porto Ricans." The
administration is doing all it can to
keep this matter uiet-Indianapolis
News.
Imperialism might expand the
nations territory, but it would con-
tract the nations purpose. 1t is not
step forward toward a broader des-
tiny; it is a step backward toward
the narrow views of kings and en-
perors.-W. J. Bryan.
The difference between "a plain
duty as advocated by the president
anent Porto Rico, and a duty of Is
per cent, fixed by a republican CON
gress, is one which is worrying the
g. o. P. very much in these days. They
can't have the two duties harmonic.
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.
IF the American workingman
can compete with the world there is
no further use for protection for him.
The protective tariff, therefore, be-
comes merely a bulwark for trusts
and combinations, enabling them to
charge the American consumer more
for goods than they charge to any
other customer.-Utica Observer.
THE triumphant reelection of
Mr.. Mckinley will mean to him and
to all others the emphatic popular in
Il Of 1ic4
and a president who has begun the
revolution against republican princi
pies without a popular mandate will
hardly fail to pursue it with the pop
ular approval at his back. And the
pursuit of it leads to the wreck of
popular government in this hemi-
sphere, if not throughout the world.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
1t is apparent that Mark Han
ma will need the whole of the colossal
campaign fund of $50, 600, ,OO0-the firt't
assessment of $6,2OO,00O of which has
already been levied on the trusts
backing McKinleyism-tO organize
and prosecute the Mckinley campaign
of 1900. It is extremely doubtrdi
whether. even with the use of these
millions, he can reelect his man. tHe
tool of the syndicates. Affairs are
now reaching a crisis in this country
which calls for the casting OF solid
and faithful American vote for the
nreservation of American principles.
The The slush fund of $3O,O0o,oOO, drawn
bv Trust Agent Hanna from the
trusts. will net prevail against this
vote.-St. Louis Republic
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07

pivot, and then he pointed full at me-
A tape line Is feet long would have
covered the ground between us-be-
tween where 1 lay helpless and he
half crouched for a spring. If the
film could be torn from those eyes,
how they would CLINT and glitter and
blaze! There was something in the
sound of his low growing which
chilled my blood-a menace, a warn
ing of what was to come, which forced
me to shut my eyes and utter a last
prayer. Why does he hesitate? What
delays his spring? He waited so long
that 1 concluded his blindness rea-
soned against his ferocity. But he
finally made up his mind to try. /
could tell that by his continuous
growls, by the ears laid fat back on
his head, as you have seen in an angry
cat; by the clicks of his claws on the
fiinty rock as he sought foothold
for a spring. AS he was on the point
of taking the leap the capricious
breeze played him a trick. He sud-
denly lost the scent and walked slow
ly down the shelf to pick it up again.
perhaps reasoning that | had moved
my position. Ten feet to the right
he got it, and with a fierce snarl he
crouched and made his leap. Did the
beast know the lay of the ground be-
fore losing his eyesight, or was it the
subtle instinct given to the feline
tribe? 1t was a clear leap of Is feet
maybe foot or two more. Only at that
spot could he strike the shelf on which
l stood He rose in the air like bird
taking fight, described a graceful
half-curve in the air, and landed SO
light that / felt rather than heard
him. He was ten feet away from me,
and he reared up and snuffed the air
in every direction. But for the wind
and the snow the beast must have got
my scent so close at hand. On the
contrary, after about two minutes he
leaped back across the ravine and
disappeared in his den. Then, with
many a groan and half-suppressed
ejaculation, l drew myself back until
l rested against the cliff. l knew that
my ribs were broken, and that unless
discovered by accident | could never
leave that ledge alive. 1t certainly had
set in for a snowstorm, and it took
only a few moments to hide me from
sight under the white mantle. This
was my salvation again. AS the pain
made me half-uncOnscious full
grown female panther, followed by a
cub which may have been year old,
scrambled down the rocks on the op-
posite side of the ravine to the den
of the blind beast. Some taint of my
presence must have been in the air,
even though so faint they could not
locate me. They snarled in anger and
shifted at the air, and it seemed to
me as if both looked directly at me
for several seconds. If they did l was
so buried under the snow that they
failed to make out what sort of an OBJ
ject was. They finally turned and
disappeared in the cave, but were out
of sight only a moment. When they
reappeared the blind panther was
with them, and the three scrambled
up the rocks and disappeared in the
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07
IMITATION.
Gold Bill Provides for Exactly That
Which It's Advocates Recent
Iy Denounced.

Over 400 applications for charters
financial law have been made and most
banks now in existence have prepared
to issue circulation up to the full
amount of their capital.
This means a sure and great imitation
of the currency.
What will result from this sudden
increase can be easily surmised by those
familiar with such matters. Specula-
tion will run riot and when payday
comes there will be a great panic.
Another feature of the new law is
the fact that it is going to cause con-
gestion of money in the treasury for
the reason that war taxes are counted
and this money cannot be used to pay
off bonds unless they are purchased
in the open market at premium.
When it is realized that the excess of
receipts for expenditures is from $8,-
100000 to $10,00O,000 a month, the evil
of this surplus becomes at once evident.
1t will prove standing temptation
for the subsidy schemes and private
enterprises will try to loot the treas
ury for their own enrichment. The
merchant marine subsidy bill is fair
example of this sort of enterprise.
Practically the gold bill has fastened
perpetual national debt on the peo-
pie of this country.
Holders of outstanding bonds which
mature within nine years can exchange
them for the new bonds running 30
years and the government can find no
way of paying off it's debt, no matter
how much money it may have in the
treasury.
Thus, while heavily taxed, the people
are prevented from paying off the ma
tional debt.
With initiation as one result of the
gold bill and a perpetuation of the ma
tional debt as another evil, the meas
ure is certainly condemned as one of
the most ill-advised ever passed by con-
UreSS,
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07
ALL HUMBUG.
Republican Protestations on Behalf
of BiT1etaIIisni Now Admitted
to Be Mere FOOlery.

The Chicago Times-Herald (repub
lican) saws that the resolution for in
ternational bimetallism in the repub'
lican national platform was inserted
only to deceive the voters.
Congressman Grosvenor (republic-
am said in the house that the civl
service reform plank in that platform
was mere foolery.
Congressman Overstreet republic
an). who drew the currency bill, says
the international bimetallism amend
ment to it is a mere humbug and that
b1metallism can never be made possi-
bic while that law stands.
The republicans have fooled most Of
the people for long time Isn't II
time to get rid of the party of hum
bug?-Illinois State Register
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07

as it was when the island was owned
by Spain.
In Manila the other day Gen. Otis
found it necessary to suppress play
entitled "For Home and Country" be-
cause the patriotic references in it
seemed likely to fire the Filipinos to
new efforts for independence. In San
tiago last week it became necessary 10
suppress newspaper called ''Free Gu
ba' and send five of its editors to jail.
Thus the mission of the United States
to carry freedom of speech and free
dom of the press to the lands which
havelong suffered under the despotism
Of medieval Spain progresses apace.
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07
Th.+ uroucht an Answer.

First Letter (wife writing from the
country)-How I long for couple of
lines in your handwriting. (No reply)
Second Letter. feel anxious about
YOU. Do write. (No reply.)
Third Letter. am quite in distress;
about you. This dreadful suspense is
killing me! (No reply)
Fourth Letter-If l do not hear from
Won by tomorrow / shall be off home
to see what you are up to.
Telegram-Keep calm. am all
rioht.-Your Observation-Disclosures
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07

forest. There had been killing some
where and they had come to conduct
him to the feast. Perhaps they
brought to him food now and then.
but he must have had to go with
them for water.
was waiting for L knew not what
when the end of strong bark rope
with moose in it suddenly was let
down in front of my eyes. No one had
come in search of me. Peter, our In
dian guide, had discovered the panther
den the day before, and had come back
on this day in hope of getting shot
Indian like, he had taken a close sur
time had discovered me on the shelf
below. Few men would have tried
what he did. AS soon as | had slipped
the moose over my shoulders and
drawn it tight, he began pulling, and
though I weighed Is pounds more
than he did, he finally succeeded in
landing me on the edge of the cliff
The rough usage l received made me
faint away, and it was while / was
unconscious that the three panthers
returned. AS they scrambled down
the rocks and stood for a moment the
Indian fired and killed the female
She dropped dead in her tracks, and
he fired again and killed the cub
Then something like a tragedy oc-
Cured. The blind panther could have
saved himself; in fact, he did dash
into the cave, but, as if realizing that
those he depended on for food and
drink were dead, and that without
them he must perish, he reappeared
shifted at their bodies, and then, with
scream in which there was more
lament than anger, he leaped into the
ravine and vanished into the darkness
to be mashed to pulp on the rocks
below.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07
FIRE-FLIES.

Out against the dusky pines,
In the shade
OF the hazel growth that lines
Yonder glade,
At the great door of the wood,
Open wide,
Where night, with its murky brood,
Loves to hide
Where the shadow, dense and damp,
Darkest seems
There the firefy's fitful lamp
Brightest CLEANS.
Jewels of the summer eve,
Golden spangles-
Ever forming fugitive
Starry tangles-
Ever restless, ever veering
In their flight,
Flashing now, and disappearing
In the night
Fitting, flashing. here and there,
In a maze,
Till the quiet evening air
Seems ablaze.
Fancy fitting down the maZeS
OF life'S dream,
Light for me its dark phases
With your gleam.
Like the firefiies, come and go,
Flashing bright,
Till the dusk is all aglow
With your light;
Brighten with your airy spark
Irksome duty,
Till the pathway that was dark
CLOVIS with beauty,
Julia E. Goodwin, in Springfield (Mass.
Republican.
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07
He would Pay Him.

The cultivation of his vote by the
watchful and flattering ward politician
sometimes arouses in the breast OF the
poor dweller in the slums an eXagger-
ated notion of his political Importance.
At a recent banquet of the Franklin
Typographical society of Boston, a
prominent printer told story which
illustrates this fact amusingly.
Not along ago a man came to this
gentleman and asked for work for his
boy. The applicant himself was out
of work, and his family were in want.
''If you can give work to the by"
said he, well get enough out of it to
pay the rint, and we won't be turned
out on the street, anyhow"
The printer promised to do what he
could
"An' if ye do," the father went on,
his eye lighting up with a generous
CLEAN, well put ye in McKinley's
place!"
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07
Gained 4
= : =
! aDzzx1aZS

SzDEAR MRS. PkMFElaAM-
y was very THIN and my
friends Thought . was In
consumption
"Had continual head
achesy backache assa fall
kaag of ufes@sy aad my eyes
were affected
<fEVes.y one ssoficea h0w
poorly y looked AND 4 was
advised go take Lydia z.
PiRskhasss' Vegetable
Compound
NOme bottle relieved
ssse, aEsa after Easkfssg eight
bottles ann now a healthy
w0ssaa7E have gaznea lin
weight fs'0Rsa 95 EsoNssAs to
a4Os everyone asks what
ssaakseS ssse SO stout y
MRS. A. TOZZEy 1896 Aiy-
e0ss SEsy PbExaaAelpksEa, Pa.
Asg,ss Passkklsasss has fifty
Thousand Sgch letters
from grateful women
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07

This world grows easier for the milk
men; their horses are no longer fright
ened by the woman who used to come
out for milk wearing her hair in curl
papers.-Atchison Globe.
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07
Hoods
Sarsa sapariIIa

81 had that tired feeling all the time
Was as tired in the morning when 1
rose as l was when | went to bed.
took four bottles of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and it made me feel like new
man. l could work hard and not feel
tired. l recommend Hoods to all
who need a good medicine" A. Z.
CHARTER, Creston, Iowa.
pods SarSapariIIa is sold by all drug
: Get Hoods and ouly Hoods.
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07
Where

Where will your gold standard be
if England takes on a nation of her
size and gets into a real war?-W. j.
Bryan.
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07
That
Tired Feeling

just as surely indicates that
the blood is lacking in vitality
and the elements of health as
does the most obstinate humor
that the vital fluid is full of
impurities. Hoods Sarsaparilla
cures that tired feeling by en-
riching and vitalizing the blood,
creating good appetite and in
vigorating every or gan of the
body.
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07
THE POETS GRIEVANCE.
His Lines Were Badly Treated by the
Printer and He Was Justly
Indignant.

The editor was sitting in his Office one day
when a man whose brow was clothed with
thunder entered. Fiercely seizpg a chair,
he slammed his hat on the table, hurled his
umbrella on the floor and sat down, says
Golfers Weekly.
Are you the editor?" he asked.
eyes"
Can you read writing?"
"Of course"
''Read that, then" he said, thrusting at
the editor an envelope with an inscription
on it.
"B said the editor, trying to spell it.
That's not a Bits an S." said the man.
Salt for Dinner or Souls of Sinners :"
mo, SIR" replied the man, nothing of
the kind. That's my name-Samuel HI.
Drummer. 1 knew you couldn't read. Called
to see you about that poem of mine you
printed the other day on the 'Surcease of
Don't remember it,
the paper underneath the infamous title of
'Smearcase Tomorrow"
The editor fed.
Barred Him Out.
'I suppose that Rev. Mr.. Sheldon must
have endeavored to set up moral standard
for his subscribers during Sheldon week, !"
remarked a lat eX-NanSan, as he rode with
a. friend on a South side car, according to
| the Chicago Inter Ocean.
"How so? 1t looks reasonable to suppose
that the worse man is the more he needed
Sheldon's newspaper" said the other man.
"Humph! Looks that way. But used
to live out in Topeka, and I've subscribed
for that paper the last ten years. Well, the
week that Sheldon ran it never received
single copy. Reckon they thought l wasn't
fit to receive it"
"Sized you up sas Jesus would, /" chuckled
the friend as he slid off the car
He-"H l were poor would you still love
me?" She-"Why ask? Do | not love you
now" He-"Yes, but riches have wings.
To-day | am wealthy, tomorrow may be
poor Who can tell?" She-"It's the same
with love, dear. To-day love, tomorrow
who can ell%'-Pick- Me-Up.
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07

The republican press appears to
forget that Webster Davis and Charles
2. Macrum were both appointees of
the Mckinley administration - AL
bany Argus.
The Winslow mail., 1900-06-07
Good .TudUn1enf

The average man imagines good judg-
ment is synonymous with his own per-
sonal opinion.~-Chicago Daily News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10
Friendly Dog stopped the Fight.
Ernm the CleYGland Plain Dealer


On one Of the most pleasant side streets
of Cleveland live two dogs-a large, digni-
fed hound and a saucy, small fox terrier
The two are the best friends, and the big
dog is always watching over the little one
and doing his best to keep the pert fellow
out of a fight But the other day his
watchfulness failed. Another terrier came
and yelled defiance at the hounds comrade
and when the big dog arrived upon the
scene it was to behold a frantic tumbling,
swapping heap, Of which his favorite was
part.
He seemed to consider the state of
things, then gave sigh of patient dignity
and began to walk around the combatants
accepting critical eye the struggle and
evidently acting the part of umpire. His
faVorite was getting the worst of it, but
he did not interfere. Maybe he thought
the punishment of defeat was better than
any he could beStow. He watched silently
Til all at once his friend gave a yelp of
real pain and trouble. Then suddenly the
big dog awoke. With a bound he was be-
size the other two. With one tap Of his
paw he sent the victor over into the dust
grabbed his favorite in his mouth as :,
cat grabs her kitten and made off to his
own back yard.
During the next hour he licked, scolded
and fondled the repentant terrier And
now the two are more devoted than ever
though the little dog seems more meek
ana decidedly more obedient than of yore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following is q list OF advertised letters re-
manning in the Washington %. c. Post-ottce Sat
urdsy November TO- 1900:
To obtain any Of these letters the applicant
should call for Advertised Letters
If not called for within two q, weeks they Will
be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10
Truthful.
From Puck,


Old Lady-"And how did you come to
join the Salvation Army, my good young
man?'
S. A. Recruit (frankly)-'It vas the only
way I could get the public to stand my
cornet playing, ma ami"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10
Found Out,

From the Chicago Record.
"Those people next door can't fool me!
they haven't been married very long.
How do you know"
"She says she just loves to get up at
o'clock and get his breakfast"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10

Mrs. Gadd-"That new minister amt
much on v.sitin', is hep
Mrs. Gabb-"No: l guess maybe his wife
is purity good cook herselr"-New York
Weekly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10

ed upon every Individual soldier the eulosy
Of General Boynton becomes very largely a
compliment to the cadet corps Of the Col
ored High School
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10


Compliments Well Earned.
Walter s. Loving of the class of '93 has
achieved distinction in the military service
a. a musician and bandmaster He studied
music in the Boston Conservatory of Music;
enlisted as a musician in the oath United
States Infantry Band, and was made prin-
cipal cornetist. In this capacity he
manned for three years until the expiration,
of his term of enlistment, which occurred
while his veteran regiment was in the field
in Cuba. Upon returning to the United
States his reputation a musician OBJ
tanned for him the appointment as band
master in the Sth United States Volunteer
Infantry. He was authorized by the COM
handing officer of this regiment to recruit
obtainable talent. He did so. and in a
very few months he had under his direc-
ton and instruction one Of the best voiun-
teer bands in the service-at least, it was
so pronounced by the people of Cincinnati,
who frequente6 Fort Thomas, KY, to hear
the Sunday concerts conducted by Mr.. Low
ing. While at Chickamauga Park, Ga the
band gave concert at the Grand Opera
House in Chattanooga. Tenn, to crowded
and enthusiastic house, and the Chatta-
nooga Times was especially laudatory of
the numbers rendered by the band upon
that occasion.
Upon the formation of the 4Sth United
States Volunteer Infantry. Colonel Higgins
recommended Mr. Loving for the position of
bandmaster, to which he was appointed by
Colonel Duvall, commanding.
In the Sth Regiment there were colored
officers who had served as enlisted men in
the regular army. They were men who
had fought many hard running fight with
Sioux and Apache on the frontiers. They
knew how to fight and were completely ia
miliar with routine work of non-commis-
stoned officers, but it was conceded by Col
cnel Higgins that the most capable subal-
terms in his regiment were the men who
had received their training in the High
School.
General Boynton said of this regiment in
an article which appears in the Chattan-
ooga Times that in drill and efficiency" 1t
was not surpassed by any of the sixty-fve
regiments which had modified al Chatta-
nooga Park in the summer of '9S And when
/. Is recalled that the men who had been
trained In the High School had been trans
ferred from company to company during
the early organization of this regiment I'M
til their experience In drill had been stamp