July 6, 1899
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
WHAT ISSUE?
XMuwr inaepeaueuii;
What will bo the leading Issue between
the republican party and tbs " reform
forces, Beera to be a mooted question
lost now with people and politicians,
Democrats as a rule say the trust ques
tion will bare the right ol way. Fopu
lists pretty generally agree that the
money question, with its double stand
ard, government issue, and greenback
ramifications, and other kindred matters
will take the lead. While republicans,
tbe sleek, fat, welf-fed, happy-go-lucky,
get-into-the-band'wagon, fellows gener
alise and say that "McKlnley prosper.
'iy," high tariff, and a big gold reserve,
will overshadow all other issues. ,
It is pfein to be seen that our republi
can friends, with tbelr usual diplomacy
and shrewdness, are intending to strad
dle and dodge, generalize and temporize,
on nearly every issue now commanding
the attention of the people. To my
mind there will be but one question, if
any, which the reform or opposition
forces will be able to drive the republi
cans to a positive clean-cut defense of in
1000, and this will be the gold stand
ard. Hut of this, even, there is some
doubt. To openly defend tbe gold stand
ard, means for them to explain or apol
ogize for their portion In 1800. when
they admitted that they were against it;
that it was a bad thing for a country
and tbey farored it only as a makeshift,
or until we could safely get rid of it.
However, their whole course tbe past
three years indicate that they are pre
paring to do this. Their openly consort
lug with tbe notional banks and money
loanors and tbe complete change of
front of late of some of their leading
papers and politicians, strongly point to
this construction. '. 1 . .
Then if this be tbe case, and a gold
standard plank is inserted in their plat
form, tbe money question will at once
become tbe leading issue, And it is my
belief that It will.
fttbs nest republican platform will be
ouooi tue most) ingeuouisiy comnvea
litorarv oroductiou vet luminating from
a convention of that party. It will en
deavor to catch everything (unless it
may be tbe money question) both "a
goin'and a comln'." It will have a
plank on tbe trusts which will bo calcu
lated to please the people, but It will not
be nailed down. It wiU be adjustable
and removable, and like the fruit deal
er prico list, "subject to change without
notice." It will contain an anti-imperial
plank;, but, like McKinley's reunion
declaration: "Forcible . annexation ' is
criminal aggression," it will have no
more meaning than tbecbfrp of acricket,
or their profession of friendship for silver
in 1800. Tbe tariff question it will have
to dodge, because tbey can not defend
tbe "open door" already established by
them in onr colonial possessions. ,
To make an issue, one side must favor
pr suppose and tbe other oppose. When
, both sides agree, or pretend to agree,
there is no issue defined. Tbe motive of
the one or tbe other then can only be
brought into question. It Is my opinion
that in 1000 our republican friends will
attempt to divide all questions with tbe
reform forces except possibly that of
finance. Now it looks as though there
would be a well defined pnrty of tbe
way. Tbe present apparent "pros
perity" among tbe farming class, is em
bolding them to throw off the mask of
1806 and give the gold standard credit
for it When tbey do tbis, the issue is
formed and with straddles, evasions
and meaningless plitudes on tbe other
questions tbe fight centers on the ouly
one which admits of a stand up and
knock down demonstration. Thus, tbe
money question becomes the loading
issue and tbe battle of. 1890 is renewed.
True, whatever position the republican
party may take in convention on the
truets, imperialism, militarism, and
other great questions, their sjotives will
bo reacted by their work of tbe past
three years. Their honesty will be seri
ously questioned, and justly so, but
issues will not be formed in this way.
, Mr. liryan is right in keeping tbe
question of finance to the front, the In
dependent is right in so wrnit and
ably seconding bis efforts. Tbe financial
question is foremost and should con
stitute tbe loading issue until It is settled
and settled right. All other great ques
tions are secondary. A nation is but a
great business corporation, and like
other great corporations must be prop-
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HE, WANTS IT
Editor Independent:
; I desire to have tbe Independent con
tlnne its weekly visits, and certainly will
want it even mors than heretofore, dur
ing the presidential campaign next year.
We hone to see tbe Dlatforra of 1800
reaffirmed and tbe great leader from Ne
braska leading tbe mustering hosts,
whose firm purpose is to re-establish the
federal government upon tbe principles
neia ana supported ur jenerson ana
Lincoln. Jamks U. Pottbu.
Danlelson, Conn.
A MULLET HEAD
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Editor Independent:
I was talking with some of my Repub
lican friends and it is astonishing how
basely ignorant some of tbenrare, espec
ially the younger ones. They believe
there is enough sold in tbe United States
Treasury to redeem all of tbe silver and
greenbacks In tbe United States. Another
told me be could take one 01 our sliver
dollars and go to Mexico and buy two
Mexican dollars and at tbs same time be
acknowledged that the silver in a dollar
was forty-olgbt cents acknowledged
that their dollar bad more silver in it
than oar dollar and said be could get
their dollars for less than be could buy tue
bullion in them. Now why so many can be
made believe such stuff, Is something I
do not understand. I am a farmer and
I cannot see why a farmer as well as any
body else cannot see what is a benefit to
them, but I suppose It Is all on dady's
account. Me voted tue u. u. r. ticket.
' II, B, LoiiiM.
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COL C0LT0N
tSditor Independents ,
Your issue of Jane 22, contained tbs
following in relation, to Colonel Cotton,
late of tbe First Nebraska, which, I think
Is in need of some correction:
"It paysMbe a republican pet, especi
ally a MelLcjobn pet. Colton has bad
a nice snug place on double pay ever
since be landed in Manila. lis bas never
smelt gunpowder or beard a bullet whis
tle. It seems that be had such an aver
slon to gunpowder and bullets that be
refused a promotion so that be could
stay out of ths reach of tbem, Now in
addition to all tbe favors bestowed up
on mm he is made a peesent 01 several
thousand dollars which will be taxed
out of tbe people, in tbe guise of travel
pay. it win be in oraer now tor tue
Journal to make a few more remarks
about populist partisanship In handling
tbe volunteers." '
While all must admit that tbe appoint
ment of Colonel Stotsenburg to the com
mand of tbe regiment was eminently
proper, and that there Is goodteason to
believe tnat no otner omoer in rne regi
ment, Colonel Cotton not excepted, could
have brought tbe regiment up to tbe
state of excellence it attained through
tbe efforts of tbe gallant ntotsenberg,
yet no man can say that Lieutenant
Colonel Colton is a coward and say It
truthfully. .
I bad tbe honor to command a com
pany on the firing line in tbe first fight
In which the First Nebraska was euirajntd
and on that occasion Colonel Colton bad
command of tbe line and was most con
snicuous during tbe firing. A good deal
of powder was burnt tnat night ana a
ttreat many bullets and sholls hissed and
shrieked. On Beveral other occasions he
amply proved that be was not a coward
As to wD'jtner ne is a "pet" or wnat
were bis reasons lor reluslnir promotion.
I know not and care not, but I do know
that you greatly err in intimating that
he is a coward.
I write you about tbis matter, not be
cause of the political significance of the
above article, but because I believe you
have beeo, to a certain extent, uoiust In
your criticism of Colonel Coltoi',
ery reepecuuiiy,
t'UAIII.KS A. VlCKEHK.
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Madison, Nob., June 20, 1880,
Alice (twenty-six and the youngest of
fire, all unmarrM) I have just read
that a Ciermon statlsticaa has calcu
lated that la 3.000 years there will bs
only one man to every 220 women.
Tbe Mamma Good grudoust You
girls ronst make bast and fl ltd a hus
band, otherwise you bars every chance
of not getting one when that time comeel
Exchange.
A young physician was once called In
by a gentleman who bail a very ski
mother-in-law. Afti r looking into tbs
cose carefully the young M, 1, railed the
gentleman aside and said.
"Well, the only thing that I can suit-
gtt U tbl you. send your inotbeMn-
Isv to a warmer climate.
The mm diapiftr4 and raws lack
vltbaa ai a moment later and ti
'Utttux-
"llrr, doctor, ym kiltber. 1 r)!y
bara't the seatl." .Dgoassl,
A C hapter oa VUn. Vt that is
rt ta a wo a womna is uf may
dy s and full Ml trutM. tbs atorw
tun be drssetb bU plry as4 la t
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that la ti14. It taaUbelk, and m
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btat (Mteteritf. II so weta Ik m ike
or at a4 draU Iks etinrU! nl
k I !(!( lie Sndetk ksiekevkles
l tbe ptttt'ktM uf Im iift la suver Ike
btMfctm til tU faatity, ftl U la Iks
fate 4 Us ttty ait a aae sMtW, Tea,
h Is a!ttkev wreteked Hobset J.
Itatditte
PASSING OF PEFFER.
HE NEVER WAS A GENUINE POPULIST
AND WILL NOT BE MISSED.
His Recent ttteraneee Show He Was
Never Rlaht oa the Moner Qoes-tlun-Kalls
to Corrertlr
; Pacta of roynlar II 1st or r,
II Is not quite correct to say that ex
Senator Peffur has flopped bock into tbs
Eepublicampnrty, for itisafaat that
Mr. Feffer was never mors than about
half way out of tbe Republican party.
Right bere we desire to call attention
to the fact that, as a rule, every man
who bas been honored by the reform
unovement with a position of trust, ei
ther as a candidate or an official, bas
proved recreant to the cams bs repre
sented. .
It would seem that a'manwbo Is
chosen as a standard bearer of reform
would be tbs ! last man to desert tbs
field, but ths facta show that tbs con
trary is true.
Wby is it? Does tbs promotion make
bin a coward, or is bis bead timed by
tbs temporary adulation which fas re
ceives! Does he imagine himself "too
great" a man to fall bock into tberanki
and continue tbs flgbt as a common sol
dierT 1 ,
Or is It tbo fault of tbe men who
make the selection of candidates? Is it
too much tbe custom to select some man
who still bas a pull wltb his old party,
with the expectation that be will ran
bettor than a radical f
However, ws are content to simply
note tba fact and let others figure out
tbs reasons wby. And ws think it Is a
fact that nine in ten of tboss who ore
specially honored prove recreant to tbe
trait that is placed in them. We could
name a hundred of tbem in tbe next
hundred seconds.
Of course tbs Republican newspapers
faavs been mors or less jubilant over tbs
return cf Peffer to tba fold. Tbey tsks
blm, wbirkcrsond all, and henceforth
be will be a distinguished member of tbs
O. O. P.
We remember that when lbs People's
Party was organized Mr. Feffer bad to
be pulled into tbs movement by tbs
hair or whiskers. It was necemnry to
make him chairman of the Cincinnati
conferencs in order to thoroughly com
mit bim to the new movement.
"My quarrel wltb ths Republican
party was about tbs money question,
and tbat is settling itself," says Feffer,
which shows tbat Senator Peffer never
understood tbs money question.
Tba money question Is "settling it
self" by settling down to tbs robber
system of national banks and tbs gold
r basis. Yet It seems to be "settling it'
self" to tbs perfect satisfaction of Mr.
Peffer
Mr. Peffer is as faulty in bis fscts as
to tba organization of tbs People's Par
ty as in bis ideas of tbe money question,
lis says: ,
"In pursuance of tbs agreement at
Ocnla a call was published some weeks
afterward, issuing from Kansas, for a
national conference to bs bold at Cin
cinnati May 19, 1801, at which time
and place there gathered 1,417 dele
gates, repreieuting tbe Alliance and oth
er farmers' organizations, Knights of
Labor and other bodiesof workingmen,
from 83 states." .
A. E. Cole and John M. Potter, both
of Michigan, went to Ocala, almost for
tbe express purpose of securing signa
tures to a call for a conference. Tbat
call was outlined in the "sbanty" at
644 Ogdn avenue, and tbe pen that Is
writing these lines did tbe work. Ths
two men named sec 0 red most of tbe sig
natures at Ocala, but as soon as the
leaders of tbe labor and farm organiza
tions tumbled to the fact that it meant
an indepedent political organization
they put their beads together and by
every trick tbat tbey could devise
sought to bead off tbe proposed confer
ence. Tboy even pretended to hold a
meeting at Jacksonville, Fla., and post
pone tbe proposed conference. They
came so near succeeding that tbe dale
of the conference was changed from
Feb. 23 to May 1.
Then old Sentinel, then In its full
strength and vigor, made a red hot fiht
for tbe conference and raised tho money
necessary to defray tbe expeuses of the
meeting. The Nonconformist and not
tbe Peffer crowd brought the big Kan
is delegation to Cincinnati and held it
In line against the Influence of ths
Powderlys and Pelfers.
in short. 11 was lisrd work . to get
Mr. iwer into ths People's party and
not very hard work to get blui out. lis
was never worth very much to the
movcim-ut, and bis absence will not bs
materially Mt. Norton's Monthly.
Corporall Deoevoleaeo,
The syndicate which reciutly gained
control all bat on t tbs street rail
rMtiU tf the fiuVrst rspilsl. Including
Miost uf the suburban Hues, tins signal-
lied Its advvtit s a pnl'Ilo Iwuefsctcr
by feduring His wages tf the rouduo
lore and im titr iiiru on ot, the Utter
from SO to 14 mite ir hour and s
srisrttfiiig the time stbsdulea that II
will .ly I -m(U fur tbs men ti
ra lbs iui.iutenl sum 4 f 14! r
wets.
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A STATESMAN IN A FIX
; In speaking to an old German farmer
about things in general, he said that
the Germans bad a great meeting at De
troit, Mich., and passed ' resolutions
against an alliance with England and
wore bitterly against expansion j and
against Imperialism. ' A protest was
made against the falsehoods, calumnies
and malicious agitations . given utter
ances by tbe yellow press and military
ism and any foreign alliances, 80 you
see Mr. Editor ths old reliable Germans
are waking up. What do they think of
ths English gold standard and tbe bank,
era to issue the money? At last tbey
are getting their eyes opened to ths
evjls of republicanism. It Is about time.
Tbey know tbat tbelr liberty is In
danger. It was whispered in Heaven:
"Good will toward man." It was mut
tered in bell: "Destroy those heathen
Filipinos." And who shall be responsi
ble for their death? Obi ys who crave
for wealth, what sins you will have to
answer for. - t
"Wealth and land ws must bavs if ws
bavs to destroy the whols race." Huch
is ths will of Mark linnno tbe Great.
"Great Is Mohammed, There Isbut
ons God and I am bis prophet" and tbs
clergy say Amen. . '
Those wolves in sheep's clothing, like
to sit at tbe rich man's table. What an
example we set to the world as a proud
republic! , Are we proud ol our liberty
wnen we reins to others what we are
proud oil What mockery.
Mr. Editor, bow long can this republic
stand when ths rich are getting richer
and the poor poorer? There must
a crash corns sooner or later. Will tbe
farmers and laborers bs able to stand
ths burden of tbis war for mors bonds
must follow.
It is said, Mr. Editor, that la , large
cities the republicans are in great (ear
of, tbe result of this war. That they bad
to call on tbe bishop and clergy to help
them out and plead with them for ex
pansion to make the McKlnley admluls
irvtion popular. Will ths farmers and
laborers whose sons cry from the earth
of tboss Islands for bis mistaken policy
and tbssvli wblcb bas originated from
it, cry for vengeance? All this loss of
blood and wealth to make a few mors
wealthier and -bonds- -mors bonds.
How do you republican farmers like It?
He what a plcklo the lost republican
statesman got in, I suppose he must
bo tbo only one, for tbo press wimps for
bim, add tries to bids tbe blunders be
bas made. Ob bow tbe press bowls and
gnash tbelr teeth. It Is a nice fix for a
statesman to be In, led astray by bis
monfed fi lends, lie did not go Into It
blindfolded, h put ons foot in and ths
other bad to bo coached In by bis friends
and bsgot in so deep tbatbs could
got get out.
Mr. Editor, if old Abe Lincoln was
alive to see ths predicament tbs republi
can party is in bow bitterly bs would
weep, lis was a prophet and great
statesman and what bs said about tbs
rich Is true today. How ths old party
bas changed Its face and policy by tbs
help of tbs tnonled men and clergy 0 As
to tbe farmers' and laborers' sous iu tbe
Phllippinesars tbeyflghtlng for tbs old
flag, or to make ths rich man , richer,
What tbey are fighting about now Is a
mystery to me. Ths generals will get
tbs glory and tboy will bs in no .hurry to
end It. Tbers Is good pay in It. If the
officers had less and tbs privates mors,
It would soon end.
Mr. Editor, your paper, tbs republi
cans say, is very radical. It chokes
tbem to take your pills, but they ire
very sick of trusts and McKinley's ex
pansion, it Is medicine tbat tbey bare to
swallow or lose their liberty.
Mors bonds In sight. Farmers dig a
little deeper in your pockets, that will be
the order from tbe man you voted for.
How do you like it? That's it, put tbs
screws on, bankers and the republican
farjiers and the small retail merchant
cun stand It. JJut tbey will get wbat
tbey voted for, they are all alike, friends
and foes. Well, ws are much plenaod
wltb your paper In our neighborhood in
Cuss county, 1 houe other farmers ars
the same. We know who is our friend
and we know that you are trying to do
what is right. A. Fakmkk.
flnggs It is said that I'arae Fortune
knocks at every man's door.
Jagg Well, it was her daughter, Miss
Fortune who called on me.
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A GOOD APPOINTMENT.
Governor Poynter's appointment of
nuour r. uryant as state insurance
commissioner is one of the best made by
blm yet. Wewera on the grand jury
onee when Uryant was ths prosecuting
attorney and we found bim to be pretty
much of a man In every respect. Lyons
Mirror, j
dont. ;
Don't defend wrong because It nas
been dons by members of our own party:
for It is tbis weakness which gives sus
tenance and arrow th to corruption and
enables the rank weeds to taks po
sesslon of the political garden. At tbs
samstims don't busy yourself to find
small faults among your own neonls.
wbilt tbers ars so many bugs ones psr
petrated by tbe opposition which needs
exposure. '
EMPHATIC DECLARATION,
For tbs nlns VOAl-a that fh Hhaemait
anti-trust law has been on ths statute
books tbe goidites bavs been la power
and tbsy bavs never dons a thing to en
force It. Now these same fellows say
they will maks an emphatic declaration
against trusts ln1900, If after having
tried for ten years to evade tbe law the
people will not trust thsra. Stanton
Itegister,
ONE MAN KNOWS IT,
Ws know wbat ws ars talking about
when ws say the money power can and
does make money scarce or plentiful at
will. Yes, ws do know and the sad ex
periencs of finding It out cams very near
turning us out of boms In J8U0, la
AusTtist lMOIJ ws were lust closlna- a loan
of t,000, tbs papers were all drawn up
In proper form and tbs banker said ws
was glad to get a obanns to loan bis
money out nut lol and heboid wbsn bs
called at tbs bank to get our money tbs
banker said tbatbs was not loaning
any money out since tbs 15tb of August
18D0, because be bad received a circular
(from Wall Htrset) requesting blm not
to loan money after that date, Boms
tool of the money power may say per
haps It was not sv safe investment. Let
us ses about tbat, Ws wers clvimr a se
curity of one hundred thousand dollars!
We wore making tbs amount of Interest
10 per cent per annum and tbat banker
bos been trying ever sines to loon tbat
same money out at 10 per cent. Isn't
this a diabolical snectaolel A man re
fusing to go on with bis prlvats business
nesausstns money power says "no."
Wall street and tbs great monied Inter
ests of ths east may b beusflttsd by
these tyraolcol acta, but how in tbs
name of common sense can tbs small
banks west of tbs Mississippi ever ex
pect to get tbelr money back by neglect
ing their business at tbe mere call of a
circular. Lyons Mirror.
AN APALLINQ FACT.
Tbs awful, appalling fact la reported
tbat out of nearly 1,400 members of ths
First Nebraska volunteers only 870 ser
viceable men ars left. Isn't tbat a use
ful sacrifice of humanity, tbat a few su
gar, rios and manllia speculators nay
stsal a country for tbs purpose of in
creasing tbsir gains? IJeocou Light. .
WII08E'S A8HJMILATIFG.
Tbs administration has introduosd tbs
American people to a magnifleent enter
tainment of blood and slaughter and
now it does not know bow to withdrew
from tbs feast in good form. As dis
patches ars all censored we get nothing
except ths most favorable accounts and
it Is bard to see bow those accounts
could bs more unfavorable than tbey
are now. From the last battle It. is dftt
cult to tell whether we ars assimilating
the rebel or they are assimllflting us.
It is much easier to yell copperhead
than to tell wby the purchase of 10,000,
000 negroes is a good thing. Therefore,
yell copwrhcad.--Con tral City Democrat.
SUPERSTITION.
The expression, "worth tbelr weight in
gold" Is a flmiliar one. It use to bean
accepted fact tbat gold was tbe most
valuable of tbe precious metals, but now
that bus censed to be true. There has
recently appeared, under warrant oftu
highest scieutfic authority, a statement
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of values, baaed upon the commercial
prices of various rare metals. A pouna
avoirdupois of gold is put in tbis state
ment as worth $1)00; but chromium is
worth $400 a pound, and palladium Is
worth 560. Uranium is worth $080,
and osmium is worth $1,000 a pound;
rodiura, $14,500 and arium, $3,000.
Indium coats $4,400; thorium, $8,800
and rubldum $9,500 a pound.
All tbess figures seem small, however,
when compared with ths value of gallium
which, according to scientific standard.
Is worth $08,000 a pound. 80 It Is
shown that even In tbe metallic world
thenars many things mors precious
than gold. In ths Intellectual and spirit
ual world there ars a great many things
gold will not buy. It cannot purchase a
good conscience or contentment, or any
of thoss rare and beautiful virtues wblcb
ars to be found only in tbs treasurs
bouss of tbs soul. Gold Is good ser
vant but apoor god. HomlletJo Uevisw
How did it corns to pass that a metal
of oomparltlvely little valus, and no
Intrinsic usefulness, for you ean maks
neither weapon nor implement of It.
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snonia come 10 m maiwrj m
which it now possesses ana ruins?
PETTY FLINGS,
' Tbs Paplltlon Times bas hsrstfors bssn
looked upon as a very fair paper but at
tbs present tiros it is putting in Its time
making little petty flings about Hoi
comb, Allen, and other fusionlsU. Edgar
Howard is fast losing ths plac bs has
held amonu- tbs ooDullst and democrat
papers of tbs stat. Ho to as often un
fair as a repuuuoan 01 ins iiuubivu-uw
rlson strlpo. Ord Journal. J
Fjn H8.
Father-Tommy, stop pulling tbat
cat's tall.
Tommy-I'm only holding tho tall; th
cat' pulling it.
"There Is ons tblnir that kan be said
In favor of tight boots," remarks a west
ern philosopher; tbey maks a man lorgst
bis other sorrows."
Younc Girl-Wbat! I shall only bars
qss husband all my life?
Gipsy Woman-Wsll, wnatoan you ex
pect for sixpence, miss?
M'Flnarls-Poor Broomel IIV gons
over to tbs silsnt majority.
M Fingle Wby-I-whea aid no is
bo dead?
W Fingle No married!
Practical Fatbor-II ho sayo n loves
you, I suppose bs doss; but ean ho sop.
port you? . ';..-'
Danahtor-Wby. captl.jroa now is
wasn't bis fault tbat tho ebalr broke!
Hostss-Can I got yon a partner?
Party Addressed-vVetl, ma'am, noth
ing would give m mor piasur,but
I'm afraid it'o no go, as your 'usoana
engaged me for tbo evening as waiter.
Mrs, Hen peck (visiting bsr first bus-
....r!Ya- haea lies ft hsTO.
Yon would not be my husband today
bad bo not been killed In tbo war.
Mr.Uenpock (ftsrcelyHYss; wbota
curse war to.
First Boy-Yoor father must bs an
awfully mean man. Him a eboemaker
and makln' you wear there old boot!
feeond Boy-He's notbln to what
yonr father is. Uim a dsntist and yoer
baby only got on tooth.
First Mcboolboy-4'd bats to bo aa
bard op as Htump Major ssrau 1 to bs.
Hecond 8cbooiboy-Is bs bard np?
First Hchoolboy-Why, he's been to
see me ten tiroes tbis week to get that
shillings I borrowed from htm six months
ago. : - ''. 1
Mrs. Youoglove-Tbeso women who
write about "How husbands should bo
mrnaged" do you suppose they man
age tbelr husbands any better than ws
do 1
Mrs. Elders-Do I? Why, pshawt
child, don't you know tbey havn t any
husbands? ,
"Whr. fi-mndoa. vou used to say that
yoa killedeix Indians with one shot;
then yon cat 11 oown 10 utv, j
say it was lour." . .
"Well, well, my child, I suppose that a
because my memory's failia' a little
every year."
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