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Didn't Need Il.

Agent-Here's book that will be
welcome in every family. 1t contains
all the rules of etiquette and direc.
tions for avoiding slips in grammar.
Hiram Grasscutt-Don't need moth
In Of that kind Got daughter hum
from boardin' school, son goln' to
high school an hired man who's a
college feller workin' fer his health.
But, by ling. partner. it's relief to
talk once in while to a common,
ordinary person. | don't need the
The state herald., 1908-03-27
Givino II the Acid Test.

The clairyoyant was swaying back
and forth under the severe strain OF
her mental connection with the realm
of spirits.
Now" she chanted. "call upon any
soul you will and will make 1t speak
to you-yes. even visible to you" For
she was up to date In the biz.
Bring me-" asked the masculine
skeptic. "Brevity. the soul OF Wit"
Right here the seance ended.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
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strenuous Method Of Saving LIE.

Two officers who were hunting
wolves on the Dry mountain in cen
tral Servia lost their way in a fog
After wandering for IA hours one Of
them lay down in the snow and speed.
ily became unconscious. His comrade
bound him with cords, placed him
in sitting position and then rolled
him down the mountain. He glided
down the slope at terrific speed and
reached the bottom safely, being found
an hour later in an exhausted condi'
tion by peasant. He is now in the
hospital being treated for the lacera
tions he received in humping over tho
rocks during his descent. His COM
panion Is unhurt.
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HAPPY OLD AGE
Most Likely to Follow Proper Eating.

As old age advances. we require less
food TO replace waste. and food that
will not oyertaN the digestive organs.
while supplying true nourlshment.
Such an ideal food Is found In Grape
Nuts. made OF whole wheat and barley
by long baking and action OF dlantass
In tho barley which changes the starch
into sugar
The phosphntcs also. placed up un.
der the bran'cont Of the wheat. are In.
cludod In Grnpc,Nuta. but left out OF
white -four. They are necessary to
the building Of brain and nerve cells.
II have used Grape Nuts" writes an
Iowa man. FOR years and feel aa good
aud am stronger than was ten years
ago, am over "A years old. and A..
tend TO my business every day.
Among my customers meet man
every day who Ia 90 years old and at.
tributes his good health TO tho use OF
Gfapc'NntH and Postum which he has
used for the last years. lic mixes
0rnpc'Nu'a with Postum and says they
80 ilno together
"f0r many years before began 10
cat Gfape'NutB, I could not say that
] enjoyed life or knew what II was Ia
bo able TO say I am we'll suffered
greatly with constipation. now my hab.
Its are m regular M ever In my life
Whenever ! make extra effort
depend on dfapeiNuta food and II jus,
nils the bill. can think and write
n great deal easier"
There's a Reason" Name given by
Postum Co. Battle Greek. Mich. Read
"rhe Road TO wellrille." In .kga
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peXond Him.

on the occasion of the production
OF Lucia" at the Metropolitan opera
house last winter wellknown club
man. who had taken cousin from a
Connecticut town to hear Donizetti's
great work. turned to his relative dur.
ing the first intermission and asked
how he liked the opera.
"Oh. pretty fair" said the visitor:
but is the whole blamed thing In
Latin ?"-Harper's.
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"but my back was lame and weak,
twinge through me. had to get up
several times each night and the kid
ney secretions contained heavy sedi-
ment. Recently began using Doan's
Kidney Pills, with fine results. They
have given me entire relief
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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A Diplomat.

80 you gave your husband box
OF cigars?"
Yes" answered young Mrs. Tor
klns.
Did he appreciate them?'
Indeed he did. lie values them so
highly that he Is smoking a pipe 30 as
not TO use them up too fast"
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He Wasn't Afraid.

Mrs. Spenders-I wonder how you'd
like 1t II ever got new.wOmanish and
insisted upon wearing mems clothes?
Mr.. Spenders-oh. haven't any
fear OF your ever doing that. Mems
clothes are never very expensive
Catholic Standard and Times.
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Frozen Lambs.

BILL see that OF domestic animals.
sheep come first as cold resisters.
Sheep have lived for weeks buried in
snow.
Jill-They've often been frozen out
In Wall street, though.
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High aims form noble character and
great objects bring out great minds
Tryon Edwards.
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liow's This2

We oret one Hundred Dslisf. ii.wsrd for any
,sss " ts,affh that cannot be cursi by iislrs
tstafth Cure,
We, the anisrssned, have baovs " j. Cheney
for the last yasf. sna believe hin perfectly hon
pfaba IN eli business tfanssatiaps shi hhahrislly
sba " carr cut sny obligations made by his hfn.
wAipiss, hisrAsA hastis,
whgisssis Druggists, Tsisdo. o.
HAIRS raisuh rafs u taken ihtsi aaiiy, acting
directly apa the hlsd snd mucous suffssss Of tns
vstsm Testimonial. sent tree, rnos - cents YET
bottle sold w slt Utussistsi
Tssa ii.iI. fsniiy riiis for oaus,ipstion.
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why won't you see Herr Schmidt
to-day. Erna?"
20, mamma, can't endure him any
more! Only think. the last time he
called he waved his handkerchief TO
me after leaving. and then
Well, and them"
Then he sneezed into it,"
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at the age OF 9S.
For 40 years he was
a victim Of kidney
troubles and doctors
said he would never
be cured. II was
trying everything"
says Mr.. Kollock,
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II Cure. While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Easc is certain cure for
hot, sweating. callous, and swollen. aching
feet Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen s. 0lmsted. lie Roy. n. Y.
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BuIaarIans HeaIthfuI Diet.

In Bulgaria the chief article OF food
is sour milk made into zoghurt. On
this diet the people live to rare old
age.
The state herald., 1908-03-27

Garfield Tea-a simple and satisfactory
laxative! Composed of Herbs, it regulates
liver and kidneys, oycrcomc- constipation
snd briugs Good Health.
The state herald., 1908-03-27

How many American women in
lonely homes to-day long for this
blessing to come into their lives, and
to be able to utter these words, but
because of some organic derange-
ment this happiness is denied them.
Every woman interested in this
subject should know that prepara-
ton for healthy maternity is
ACCOMPLISHED by the use Of
The state herald., 1908-03-27
WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.

FROM October to May, Cold. are tn. most fre-
gurut cause Of Headache. LAXATIVE BRoMo
oUlSISE removes cause. E,w Grove GU boI gse
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He surely is In want of anothers
patience who has none OF his own
Layater
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The damage caused by rust is more
to be feared than the wear and tear
OF work.-lIaliburton
The state herald., 1908-03-27

Tennyson's Yearly Income.
Tennyson received for his poetry be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 a year.
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For His "Animated Nature"
Goldsmith got 1880 for his "Ani.
mated Nature"
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, tiatulency, indiges-
tion, dizziness sornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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trs All Riuhs, Then.

She--you have kissed other girls.
haven't your
He-yea; bu, no one that you know.
---iiarpcr'H Weekly.
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Success seldom comes to man who
isn't expecting IT,
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ONLY ONE "BROMO QUISINE"
That 10 LAXATIVE nRONO QTIslsE. Look foe
tb. ssnAiuT. of Il. W. sHOyE. used tho worA
over 10 Cure Cold In one bar. E1.
The state herald., 1908-03-27

Mrs. Windows Soothing syrup.
Ior ehildrsa tseihiny sof,sns the guns reduce. IN
esmnaiioa, silsys pain cures uini ooiiu No tot,s,
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Many a man gets left by sticking
to the right
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flLEs CURED IN q TO IL DAYS.
fAnp piNIMkNTi is Guaranteed To cure any oAss
.i lnhnx, bund. heedinl OF Protrudina i1lss In
. to IL dAts OF moner refunded. tor.
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A REMARKABLE MAN.
Active and Bright, Though Almost .
Centenarian.

Shepard Kollock, OF A Wallace st.,
Red Bank, N. j.. is a remarkable man
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LYDIA PINkHAM'S-
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Maggie Gilmer, OF West
Union, S. C,writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 was greatly rundown in health
from a weakness peculiar to my sex,
when Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable
Compound was recommended to me. 1t
not only restored me to perfect health,
but to my delight l am mother"
Mrs. Josephine Hall, of Bardstown,
KY, writes:
II was very great sufferer from
to help me. Lydia Z. Pinkhams vege-
table Compound not only restored mo
to perfect health, but am now proud
ypotharv
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-03
No Matter What r. r. SAYS.
SWEEPING REDUCTION IN
RANGE CATTLE RATE

Washington. d. c.. Aug. S1.--A
sweeping reduction OF from u cent to
5 cents per 100 pounds on range cat
tie shipments, to be carried into effect
by October Is. Is effected in an order
issued today by the Interstate Com
merce commission in the case Of the
Cattle Raisers' Association Of Texas,
against the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas and So other common carriers.
The reduction carries out the commits
ions condemnation last spring of
the railroad advances in rates. The
rates ordered cut today are on range
cattle from points in Texas, New Mex
leo and Oklahoma to northern ranges
in Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota
and Montana, and on cattle in carloads
from the southwest to Chicago, East
st. Louis, st. Louis, st. Joseph, Kansas
City, New Orleans and Omaha. The
railroads also are expected to substi-
tute a terminal charge Of not exceed
ing 81 per car for their present 81 ter
minal charge for the delivery Of live
stock at the union stock yards in
Chicago.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-03
EATS BONE TO PROVE
HIS CASE IN COURT

Newburyport. Mass. Aug. u..-To prove
TO the court hat a bone which he was
alleged to have thrown to a dog did not
contain poison, G.. w. Speare. Of Rowley,
calmly cut off green portions from the
bone and ate them before the court off,
GERS could interfere.
The bone had been exposed to the sun
and flies for over a week and was in a
decayed condition. The court, still skep-
teal. ordered ar examination by a chem
list while a recess was taken. The report
sent pack was as follows:
The green matter is caused by mould
and the white spots were caused by tho
application of arsenic"
Speare ate none but the green portions.
The chemists examination was superb
clal and Mr.. Speare was held in bonds
while IN examination is being made by
the state chemists at Boston. His case
will be heard again next Monday with the
chemists full report. He was taken to
Jail in the meantime.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-03
METHODS ARE
COARSE" SAY DUTCH
Latest Reply in War of Diplo-
macy Tells Him Wherein
He Erred.

London. Sept 1.-THE reply of the
Netherlands government to President
Castro's last note will, It Is
understood, be in substance that
the Dutch cruiser Gelderland did
not salute the Venezuelan f1ag
upon entering La Guara because under
the international naval practice a war
vessel does not salute a flag in foreign
port IL she has entered that port and
saluted within a ear The Gelderland
had done this. :
AS for alleged insults to the Vene-
zuelan consul at Willemstad, Island
of Curacao, the gentlemen so entitled,
II Is stated, was never accepted by the
Netherlands government as consul,
hence he could not officially be styled
consul. He was In Curacao simply as
a citizen Of Venezuela. ,
In conclusion 1t is said the treatment
of nj. De Rus, Dutch minister al Car
acus, who was expelled by President
Castro, was irregular according to. in
ternational etiquette, as Castro, instead
OF sending De Rus his and
expelling him from the country, should
have informed the Netherlands govern
ment her minister was no longer per-
soma gratar and should have requested
his recall. The method Castro pre-
ferred to follow was offensive and Ia
violation of diplomatic proceedings.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-03

family. When we reached Rhode Isli
and avenue / suggested that we should
return. Mr.. Roberts told the pushep
opened and we were confronted By @
masked mar with q revolver who com
manded us TO hold up our hands and
demanded money. Mr.. Roberts refused
TO obey and as he advanced toward
the nan the latter fred and then ran
away. Mr.. Roberts said i am shot
BY this time the pusher had secured an
officer. The officer called for an ambul-
ance and we went TO a nearby hotel
to wait. Here q physician took him in
charge and put him in an automobile
and carried him to the. hospital. Two
gentlemen then took me back to the
Brighton hotel. where l arrived at 11:10
O'Clock. The shooting occurred about
1918 O'Clock.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-03
WITH FIREMEN AT
PICNIC, NEW ORLEANS
HAS CONFEDERATION

New Orleans, Sept. 2.--Fire which
broke out in the center of the
cial district yesterday afternoon swept
over portions OF three blocks, destroy
ing a large number Of wholesale houses,
manufacturing plants and small stores.
Originating at Bienville and Charities
street, the flames worked their way
north as ar as Olney street and west
towards Royal, causing a loss of be-
tween 81, 000, 900 and $4,000, 900 before
they were finally Subdued.
At the time the alarm was turned
in, shortly before 3 o'clock, the New
Orleans firemen were in the midst OF
their annual picnic at a suburban park
and the engines and patrols responded
with a mere handful of men. 1t was
nearly an hour before the department
was able to make anything like a sue
cessful fight against the fire and the
handicap was added to by an made
Quate supply. of water.
The fire was one of the most spectac-
ular that has occurred In New Orleans
during recent years.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-03
LONGING FOR COLD
AIR, DOG ACTOR DIES

New York, Sept. 1.-Eastern civiliza-
ton. with rush and hustle and brick
walls that shut out the sunlight, has
caused the death Of Mush. the dog
brought from Alaska by Robert Edeson
to play a role in The Call Of the
North" For three weeks the animal
tried his best TO accustom himself to.
new surroundings, but he couldn't do
1t, and yesterday his body was taken
away TO be given decent burial.
Mush was q "huskie"-a cross be-
tween an Esquimau and a collie-and
in far away Valdez, where he was born
and raised, he had woods to roam in
and cold air TO breathe. Conditions
were different here, and 1t was not
many days before Mr.. EdesOn saw hat
his charge was not eating enough to
keep a mouse alive.
Then Mush stopped eating altogether.
A dog doctor said Mush had an ailment
medicines would not cure. Homesick-
ness had affected him. 1t was impOs-
sible to ship the dog back to Alaska,
and so, little by little, he wasted away
and finally answered the call OF tho
North"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-03
SCHOOL MARMs" FROM
PLAINS FIND GOTHAM
ALTOGETHER TOO TAME

New York, Sept. "a party of Ne
braska schoolma'ams recently visited
New York n went away with the
impression that the town was rather a
sad affair. To be sure the majority of
the party had never seen anything
bigger than their own little red school
house on the plains, but they had read
so much OF the wonders Of Gotham
that they were not prepared for many
OF the relics of earlier days that still
exist on Manhattan island.
AS they came into the city by boat
At so happened that they were obliged
TO take n OF the little bob-tailed
horse cars that run along Tenth avenue
In order to reach their hotel. Their
nrst impression OF the city, therefore,
was not only surprising, but decidedly
disappointing.
They declared also that the city was
dirty and that women were not beauti-
full. On the whole they were most i'm
pressed by the sights at Coney Island,
which perhaps are less typical of New
York than a hundred things that they
could see on Broadway which appar-
emily did not interest them.
Strangely enough they were much
Impressed with the courtesy of the
street car conductors whom the New
Workers believe are the most impolite
set of men that can be found anywhere
in the world.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-03
old MAN KILLS WIFE
OF HIS INVALID SON
Follows Victim Upstairs and
Murders Her After They
Had Quarreled.

Manson, Ia, Sept. ii. NJ. Brown.
aged 20, Of this city. killed his daugh-
terinlaw, Mrs. Geo. G.. Brown. at their
home this morning at $3.50 and then
walked down town, meeting III. r. Bur
ell. to whom he said:
We'll, I just killed Georges wife and
1t was the best deed / even did in my
life. They can do what they please
with me. but she will W insult my
wife again"
Brown surrendered himself to the
town marshal without any resistance.
and the coroner has been sent for from
Rockwell City.
The killing was done with an Indian
club, with which. according TO DR..
Young, he struck her with such force
that she eve knew what hit her. The
old man then pounded her head until
the wall was spattered our feet high
with her blood and brains.
The murdered woman vas found
lying on the floor with her head and
shoulders In the room OF the murderer's
wife and her body in the hail.
She was regarded as the most beauti-
full woman in Manson and the family
is n OF the wealthiest in the town.
They have q beautiful country home.
h murdered woman. who was about
35 years old and a former Fort Dodge
girl, has been compelled to remain with
her parentsinlaw while her husband,
dying of tuberculosis. Is in Colorado.
Tho family frequently quarreled. and
this morning after a quarrel the Did
man said; Well. when George comes
home. we will leave here" The daugh-
terinlaw is said to have replied: III
kill the old woman before that"
h then went upstairs and the DID
man followed and killed her. The dead
woman was a popular leader OF the
Congregational church.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-03
USE
OUR GLADYS NAME
Countess Szechenyi's Forged
Praise Makes Best Seller of
"Jokish Jackass" Works.

Budapest. Hungary, Sept. IAN ex-
tensiVe sWindle has been perpetrated in
Hungary by means of unauthorized and
fraudulent use of the name Of Countess
Ladislaus Szechenyi, who before mar
riage a Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. OF
New York.
Certain sharpers. who pretended to be
newspaper men interested in the distri-
button Of a new publication in several
volumes sent cut broadcast from the
thriving town of Arpad. 100 miles
southeast Of Budapest, q circular print
ed in both Hungarian and English, and
signed Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyl,"
in which enthusiastic admiration was
expressed for the "Jokish Jackass"
works and an offer was made to con-
tribute 5000. 900 crowns Isl. 0O0, o00) in
order to reduce the selling price from
240 crowns $4S) to 70 crowns $40. thus
giving every Hungarian an opportunity
to buy a complete set OF the books.
Though the very title was enough to
warn an American or an Englishman.
many Hungarians bit at his bait and
sent in orders, each accompanied by
the cash-70 crowns.
When the swindlers had accumulated
in this way as much money as they
dared. expecting exposure. they van
iShed.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-03
EXILED COLONEL GLAD
TO TAKE RIDING TEST

Wilcox, Ariz., Aug. 29.-Colonel w. r.
Stewart, the artillery officer who Is
practically in exile at the abandoned
Fort Grant, is greatly pleased at the
order from the war department for him
to AXE the ~horsemanship test of a 90
mile ride.
II want to take the horsemanship
test" said Colonel Stewart. II can ride
80 miles in p hours. or any other dis
lance that horses can carry me-"
Colonel Stewart says the fact that he
was not given a saddle horse at Fort
Grant was a hardship. Colonel Stewart
denies that he a any intention of
surrendering and permitting himself to
be forced out of the army. He still has
over two years to serve at Fort Grant.
Fort Grant is in ruins and alive with
rattlesnakes. The coloners only COM,
panions are VIM. F. Nail. caretaker OF
the post. and VIM. B. Martin. colored
cook and man of all work. ,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-03
HORSEMEN REFUSE TO
PLAY WHILE HUGHES
IS ON THE GROUNDS

Ballston, N. Y, Aug. 29.-For an hour
and a half yesterday afternoon the
lopenly expressed hostility of the own
iers Of trotting horses taking part in
the events at the Saratoga county fair
toward Governor Chas. r. Hughes held
up the racing program at the fair
grounds here.
Governor Hughes vas a visitor at the
fair and addressed a big gathering,
which gave him a hearty reception and
an attentive hearing. The governors
presence on the grounds, however, was
resented by horse owners, who have
taken exceptions to the governors Ell
forts to suppress betting on the race
tracks of the state. AS a consequence
they refused to start their horses while
the governor was on the grounds. '
: Those in charge of the fair threatened
to have the owners disqualified for
their refusal to come to time when
the races were called, but ven this had
no effect in altering their attitude, and
the races were held up during the en-
tire period of the executives visit to-
the fair.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-03
WILLIAM +. Villas
DIES AT MADISON
Former Postmaster General
Suffers Second Stroke
of Paralysis.

Madison, Wis, Aug. '29.-FormeI
United States Senator VIM. +. Villas
died at 1915 o'clock this morning. The
attending physician believes the imme-
:diate cause of death was a second
stroke of paralysis. :
This morning Mr.. Villas was I'M
usually cheerful and showed signs oe
improvement. At 10 o'clock, while the
nurses were administering a bath to
the patient. they noticed he weakened
quickly. There was a hurried call for
the doctor. but Mr.. Villas died before
h physician arrived. Mr.. Villas sufI
fered a cerebral hemorrhage July 20. :
Colonel Villas was 6S years old. He
was n Of the best known democrats
in the United States as we'll as one
of the country's greatest lawyers. He
was a member OF the democratic MAJ
'tional committee from 1876 to 1886; az
member OF the Wisconsin legislature
in 1885; permanent chairman of the
democratic national convention which
nominated Cleveland in 1884; post
master general, 1868; secretary OF the
interior, 1888: United States senator.
1917, and was chairman of the COM
,mittee on resolutions at the gold STAN
dard convention of 1896 at Indianap-
oils.