The farmers' alliance and Nebraska independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1892-1892, June 09, 1892, Image 6

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tl 4dl from a earcas. When CapL
IIH.tt c-rrted the removal of the
f-jii I rv from It e!o proximity to
le&4 urterfc, the enenl laid: "Let it ;
aloar. itgirt-s & r mantle appearsnee j
Co tb kurrou&d inz. " i
I Lad to g to the waon train and
pet u7 eld horse Jixaiair, the old relia
LI, and I rode Lack i-n- deary jok
ingly remarket!, "Here enue the man
tbat atr&ddled a c-unon-fchot." The
artillery battle that had been rajrinfr
for nearly two heart, during whielr X
-"a treated to au experience that I will
oerer forget. Lad now subsided, and
tbe two arm:t had apparently settled
down to take a ret and watth eaeh
Uer; hut we found out liter that Lee
"cr-. jM
0'Ai: KilUNO.
nwrvl hu'dii. our
attention
while h; wary t,ieiMnaat wa preparing-
m great ur?rV for ut me !ur-it-'
the day the Twelfth corps was
adraaced bat finding the enemy strong1
is their intrrnchiunts we felt back to
cur works again. Usere was a lively
.attack on the est mm- left flank of our
'UBTi and some skiruiUhing heard on
r rig-lit, but nothing of a decisive
nature.
Late in toe .f;eru"on. probably
abtut o'eUtrk, Jim Clifford, one of
my old company bjys wlo had been
trf-ouliiig- for Geu. ;e.ry all winter,
rode to on a horse white with foam.
He reputed to Geary that he had just
notoe from the extreme right, far be
yond Howard' lines, and that he en-
-xraatered a large frce of the enemy 1
adranciny anare on our left and rear.
At the time this information reached
tleary he only had with hra of his
filial staff his Assistant Adjutant
ieaerah Ca.pt. Elliott, whom he in
trocted toroto Gen. Hooker and ap
prise him of the situation.
Before goiaz, however, be wrote an
-ofSelai message to j Gen. Howard, which
wu haaded to me U 1 delivered with
out delay; I wa not to spare mr horse
fa the least in getting this very im
portant informauon delivered. Fully
realixitig the weighty resjjonsibility
rrtijs epea me, I rode that poor
horse eearly to his death; much of the
way I rtl through low, timbered
Xrwu&d. fall of underbrush and every
obstacle that the country, known as
'the Wlldernes. afforded. If I can
reaeii Gen. Howard in time to same his
army I thought I will have accoia
flisind much. I tirs. struck Steln
s chr division, where 1 was instructed
a t Howard's headquarters, and
1 harried oa to the liowdai house.
lis I see Gen. Howard? I asked as
I rode up. I was told to ride down a
certain road or lane where I might ex
pect to od him. Wnat a happy relief
me when I caught a glimpse of that
se arnied hero. There he sat on a
fail running- acro. from the two
-atiies of an old style Virginia rail
f eoor. by his side vz Gen. Carl Shurtz.
1 had ssed teinwehr's and a great
furtka of churtjf s lines on my way,
and there wa the vivsible evidence
vhat these men knew nothing of the
imminent danger that hun;' over thein.
flaskets is line of battle, yes, stacks
of rau as far as the eye could see. but
rhera were the men; they were scat
tered over the J6eh!s, roaming at will;
cax were bringing in wool and
crater, while a few were lendinjr
over the eatap fires. cet
jnj tiaerr supper really. How
I ioog-ed to tell each and every one of
Hxe men of their periL likiing' up to
where Gen. Howard was. I dismounted
and handed him the dUpatch. raying-.
'lrxn Gen. John W. Geary." He
pee4 it in a earelev manner, con tin -oing
his eo&versatifn all the while
s ilk Gen. Schurtz. When he had read
it he waved his hand which held the
di patch, as if to say, go.
QVa tell Gen. Geary not to worry
a:melf aboet me. Had he slapped
me with his sword. I con'.d not have
fet wore hamiliated. ! lingered
aroani ia hoes to hear a call to arms.
Vat it ooly came wfcea Jackson's
ha&J poared in cpn Howard's rear
axd fiank like a sweeps ornadfx,
Geary wouldn't worry '-nt you per
oaally, tiougtit I. when 1 saw How
ard la a great state of exrituient. try
irg Le organ; re -Ee sort of defense
with a lt of unarmed men.
I had seea enongn. and thought best
ta hurry back, bat I cot!.', not move
last cbuo;1j to yet beyond the Sying
tUcllets aud bursting she'Is. as they
crashed thrtwig-h that lrriiied mas of
isc!, wg.us and artillery. Any
atampede is terrible eaoss'h if you are
la it. ttit this had -rerr feature of a
rrelotie. a-i star wrapj.ed, twisted,
ax4 hrled ial ue yreat mas, and
llockaded it y its on rctang-'.ement-
As I eTrwrk the IIikV r: d r.wr
Saff CTkaaeellorsvttle. i tact ickics re
riTe r;r:i to t'ie fr t.t in two s.lld
ft'.r.r, tLe i. r-: en .-o Mrrg.C
tlat tia fiastie ttatt-de w...u!d ever
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Gcti. Kaiue t.-rup f:.r-. and mus
striitif Vj irt 5.u ul-x of tje
;' . teem? tUre Mi l a.. I ive him of his speech.
tinted, he t k it for vented -bancellorSviJie was now in posses
i ,.s v,Mvy Urn. ;um1 he Wyn fcf tLe eQt.my. as ?-re ako 9.
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said to me come on. I felt that I was
getting a little more than my share of
duty that day. but before we returned
I had been an eye-witness to one of
the great historic events of the war;
that of Pleasanton's defense of llazel
Grove, where we gathered to his sup
port twenty-two pieces of artillery and
planted them on that elevated field,
kupported by two regiments of cavalry
only, with nothing1 in front of him but
darkness and the exultant rebels, wild
with success, who charged again and
ag-ain into the mouths of Pleasanton's
g-uns, only to receive their passports to
Kinsrdom Come."' During all this cn
a'sujht I .at by Gen. Geary's side
just behind those batteries, the
stream of fire from twenty-two
2V
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j tki.i. him vii to wonr.v.
!g-uns bghtinj up the heavens
in one red glare, adiin terror to the
'scene. lleUirnin.? to I'air View, which
; is on the right of Hazel Grove, Gea.
I Geary, with the asiatance of Capt.
Ucst, arranged a line of batteries of
not les than forty guns, which were
soon pouring their deadly missies into
the face of the advancing foe, who
j were now compelled to halt in their
mad career, liy this time Jacksoa had
j received his death wound, and our new
the Third army corps, who had been
cut off for a while, but cut their way
through the rebel lines, and made a
grand stand on a line crossing the
I'lank toad at Fairview; the enemy
made three distinct charges on our bat
teries c'u ring the night, with terrific
loss, without gaining any advantage.
liaring1 the whole night, tic-n. Geary
was hardly out of the saddle, and made
no attempt to rest, neither was I re
lieved from attendance on hiir.; from
one end of the line to the other, the ax
and shovel played a lively part in the
preparations for to-morrow's consump
tion. The worst we could imagine
was but a faint shadow of the reality.
My inclination Ls, not to attempt a
description of what I saw on the 3rd of
Maj, IM'.n. Words never have, nor can
they ever paint in natural living colors,
the scenes which were presented
around the Chancellor House on 'he
forenoon of that day, which terminated
in the burning of the Chancellor House
full of our wounded, and the sweep
ing1 of the surrounding woods by
fiery Karnes, which were strewn with
our dead and dying that could not be
rescued.
Hooker had now abandoned Hazel
Grove and occupied the new line he had
forfeited during the night hy swinging
Williams' division of the Twelfth coir 3
around at right angles withGeaiy, an 1
joining the two divisions of Whipple
anil I'erry of the Third corps, whose
line extended across and beyond the
Flank Koad.
The abandonment of Hazel Hill,
which was on the line of our original
position, g-ave the enemy just what he
wanted. With more than thirty pieces
of artillery planted theie by Je'o. Stew
art, (Jackson's successor), he raked
Gcirr's lines in such a terrffic manner,
that it was next to impossible for the
men to stand their ground. Gen.
Doubleday in describing1 this particular
event says: "Stewart did not delay in
crowning Hazel Hill with more tu.an
thirty pieces of artillery, with which
he began to pliy with fatal effect on
Chancellorsville, and on the crest occu
pied by Slocuin. which he eufahuled,
and as McLaw's batteriea eufaladoJ
MlM.um r.t the same time from the p
posite direction, it seems miraculous
that it was able to hold it at all."
Gen. Slocum had directed that divi
sion and brigade commanders and tl.e'r
taff hare all horses removed to the
ear. as there was no shelter for then;
from the tcrrirhc tire of the enemy, and
Gen. Geary relieved all his attache.
except myself, and I am quite certain
that Lieut. Davis and I were the only
mounted men on that line where a cror.
would have been stripped of his feath
ers if he stood above the breast ivor'..
The battle raged on, our right ing
was broken and hurled back; Gtn
i Berry was killed and Whipple wounded
and their divisions completely roiit' d
after as stubborn a fight as ever mm ;
man made. Williams' division was th
next to go, leaving Geary's division
standing alone without support, except
from a few of our batteries, ud yet he
maintained h:s position for fully an
hour, with the enemr on his front and
Hank, and all of the Hazel Hill gunsen
falading him. Finally our battery,
which occupied a position to the right
and rear of the Chancellor House, and
which li3d lost nearly every man,
killed or wounded, was now silenced,
and the enemy were permitted to move
forward and overlap Geary's right
llank. vtith sne of their batteries
already planted at Fairview, this made
it :rnpvible for us to hold out longer,
and the old White Mar division was
taken off th field; but it was a sorry
sight to see those thin ranks torn to
pieces by shell and grape, as they
moved across that field, in front of the
enemies death dealing batteries.
We hai hardly gotten past the range
of the enemy's guns when Gen. Hooker
rx!e up to Geary, and in a very ex-c:u-d
manner he said: "Gen. Geary, I
wun' y u to put ycur division back in
its t.t Tv-sition."'
j "It ts imtxssible, my works are
j alrtvidy in possession of the enemy,"
I replied Gen. Geary.
"Vo-j have my orders." said Hooker,
i "3id I epe-t obedience. I will send
I you ijrt.' Hooker's orders were
1 o!o .!, ;,nd strange to say, with much
I h - ulri -t.ity thin would be imagined,
i A ws a. custom with these men, they
! pat their caps 01 their bayonets and
went forward with a cheer, and it was
j gratifying to see those greybacks "git"'
fr:n b. hind our works. The promised
1 sui-7.021 cerer niue, ana ueing out 01
1
f ammunition. Geary once more left the
"'I" commana, auring wnicn
j he a -nocked to the ground by
i so ciose 10 jus
to para'jae hisleft arm andde-
poor dead and dying soldiers, who lay
in that awful crematory of the war.
We hud taken possession of our new
line of defense, that was soon made
strong- by throwing- up of breastworks
and redouts. A cold rain had now set
in. aduing1 gloon to the extremely dis
couraging outlook. It was now well
understood that we were to get back
to th-i north side of the Rappahannock
if we could, and our trains were mov
ing l'rely in that direction. Av soon
as Gi n. Geary got his instructions as
to tt e retreat, he, by the advice of the
surgeon, crossed over the river. About
10 o'clock that night I wa3 sent to Gen.
Kano with his instructions to cover the
retreat, and I was to pilot him on the
road he was to take at 4 o'clock in the
morning. I found Kane nestled down
und-,;r a little dog- tent, doing his best
to keep dry. "Now tell me all about
it." be said, "and I would like 3-ou to
draw a map of the road, so that I will
have no difficulty when I come to
move." His request I complied with to
thri c vfent of my ability, and then
withdrew with zvy horse a rod or two
away to a tree ?(u;np; tyincr the halter
strap to my wr.:M, and spreading my
poncho over my head, I settled down
for a little sleep, which poor tired
nature so much demanded, little dream
ing that nothing short of Gabriel's
trumpet would awaken me in the
morning. Suddenly, as if some guard
ian ::nge ha.d laid a warning hand
upon me, I threw my hands aloft,
elevating my waterproof so abruptly
as to frighten my horso, who sprang
back'vards, pulling me over, with my
face on the ground. I was now thor
oughly awake, and as boon as I could
extricate myself I began to look
around. I was lone; there was our
breastworks in front of me, a few
debri:i of the bivouac the men had left
behind, but nothing else could I see
bvit the grey morning. I mounted my
horse without farther ceremony, and
peering across the felled timber in
front of our works. I saw the first of a
line of rebel skirmishers emerging
from the woods beyond.
It was impossible, I thought, for me
to hold that line of works alone, and
so I withdrew in good order, but in
rapid time. When I came in sight of
United States ford, I could see a con
siderable force ou the opposite side of
the river, but not a man on my side.
The engineer corps was working very
lively taking up the bridges, and when
I reached the bank one bridare was en
tirely up, and the plunk of the first
section had already been removed on
the o'her. When 1 told them I must
get over, as I had important informa-
PULLED ME OVER.
tion to impart to Gen. Hooker, an offi
cer came to the front and said: "We
will lay a plank for you to cross on,
but you will have to leave your
horse behind." That I did not
like to do, as old Jimmie had been a
dear, devoted comrade to me; instead
of one plank thev laid two of about
four or five inches each in width, so
when I started over I invited my horse
to follow, and what was my surprise to
see him, without the least hesitation,
but with much caution, tread the nar
row walk, and reach the main bridge
in aifety.
"If that horse was mine, I wouldn't
take a thousand dollars forhim," re
marked a captain of engineere.
St. Louis. Jan. i.t..i92.
That Congressman.
What has your congressman do no
for you. brother farmer? He has
been ia Washington one. two. three,
perhr.p.- a half dczen terms. But you
have Uteri rinding fault with the con
dition oi things all the time he has
been tiiere drawing five thousand
dollars a year and riding on free
passes, of -ourse; and you have had
good retifon to complain. The inter
state corumercc law is not what it
ought lo bo and there are grave doubts
if the majority of congress probably
including your congressman intend
that it ever shall ba Ihe Pacific
railroad debt a sum of money that
belongs to the peopie is not collected,
and until there is a radical change in
the personnel of congress there prob
ably never will bo. It may be safely
assumed whatever your personal no
tions on the tariff may be that the
tariff has not been fixed jut to youn
liking. In short, it may reasonablr
be supposed that you have not beey
3 tisfied with the course puosued by
congress, and perhaps by your rep
resentative. But ho is a candidate for re-election.
He is asking your support Of
course he is swearing eternal loyalty
to the interests of the farmers, but
what of that? You know he is lying.
You know thai ha ba'ongi body and
soul to the corporations, money
leeches ana th trusts. His record is
as familiar to you as the alphabet.
Well friend, what do you propose to
da vote for that man again, whoop it
up for nim during the next few
months and kck everybody who does
not think he ought to be elected? If
you do, God save the American repub
lic, for if there are many like you. it
will never be saved by its citizens.
Farmers' Voice.
Led by the Nose.
Thro hes never been a t'rue in the
history of this country when the peo
ple were sought to be deceived and
misled by a thin clap trap and nonsen
cal demagogery as at presen. Wali
stroet teeme to believe that any kind
of fool policy it may spring will be
seized upon by the people with
avidity, gulped down with joy and ad
vocated wirh ?eal.
Nebraska City is troubled ovtr
whether to admit the colored pupils
who have been prepared for the high
school in the colored schools, into the
high school with the plain, every day
white children. She might pattern
after the State university, where sev
eral colored boys enjoy every privi
lege. ''
MUSIC'S CHARMS.
Tom Goskin, proprietor of the prin
cipal saloon in Eed Dog, was not
happy; he had bought a piano, but no
one in the camp could be found to play
it $ But a few days before Christmas a
ghostly-looking old tramp appeared at
the door of the saloon and Tom pave
him something to eat. The stranger
was attracted by the sight of the
piano. He said he thought he could
play it some, and awe fell over the
audience as he sat down.
The piano was frightfully out of
tune, of course; but the audience was
not disposed to be critical. Chords
succeeded melodies, melodies chords;
runs and trills and rapid passages
chased each other over the keys, up
hill, down hill.
"Look how he chases the right hand
with the left," whispered an
old graybeard, nudging his neighbor,
excitedly.
"And what fine sounds he digs out of
the upper end," said another.
"And down there it's growlin' like a
grizzly," remarked a third.
"Hi, Goskin, the old grave-digger's
kickin' the pianner to pieces with his
feet; don't you stand it."
The stranger was using the pedal.
The minutes ran swiftly on; the rude
lights burned dim; the aged musician
lost himself more and more in his play
ing. From those thm, old fingers
knotted and gnarled with labor; fell
the sweet, familiar strains of many a
simple ballad instinct with the recol-
le.ctJons of home. Songs of childhood
crooned over the dying embers f a
nursery fire; love ditties sung by ab. ;nt
sweethearts; familiar medleys which
were mighty to evoke the memories of
the past. They saw once more
the scenes of childhood; the
green fields of New England,
the acorn forests of Wisconsin, the
happy valley of the Ohio. They saw
the heathery hills of Scotland, the
chalk cliffs of old England. They heard
the roar of those pitiless waves which
had borne so many of them away from
the loved land of their birth to the
desolate region of gold. Then followed
hymns, and psalms and chants, such as
the men had Ween wont to sing in the
days of their childhood, when their
hearts were yet pure and soft, un
scathed by sorrow, untouched by sin,
unspotted by the world; until an at
mosphere of brooding peace seemed to
descend on the turbulent spirits of
those rude miners. The silence became
stiller and more breathless, broken
only by an occasional sign or uneasy
movement on the part of the audience,
But the merciless player had still
another arrow in his quiver, and that
arrow was "Home, Sweet Home." As
he struck the opening measure of the
sweet old melody, the tears unwonted
moisture sprang to the eyes of those
rough, weather-beaten men. As the
refrain of that matchless song of songs
stole on the air, plaintive, pathetic,
breathing of infinite sorrow and un
utterable longing, a wave of uncon
trollable feeling swept over the entire
audience, and finallythe whole assem
bly fell to sobbing like great, over
grown cniiaren xom uoskm among
the loudest.
as tne last note aiea away tne men
rose softly from their seats and slunk.
one by one, out of the room.
The festivities were at an end, for
every one felt an unwonted desire to
weep his heart out, and to write to the
old folks at home a duty which has
been but too long neglected. No sooner
had the last man taken his departure
than the virtuoso laid his weary head
on the piano and fell asleep.
"Say, stranger," spoke out Tom Gos
kin, "don't yer want to turn in?"
"lam tired," said the old man.
"Perhaps yar'd be willing to keep me
here a day or two?"
He staggered behind the counter,
rolled himself in a couple of blankets
which Goskin had given him, and lay
down.
"I feel very bad. I think I shall not
live very much Longer. The last few
days have done for my poor, old bones.
I have a brother in the canyon; his
name is Driscoll. He doesn't know I'm
here. Could you bring him to me be
fore the day breaks? I would like tc
see his dear face before I die."
Goskin sprang up as he heard ti e
name Driscoll. He knew him.
"Driscoll your brother? 11. have
him here before an hour."
The musician pressed his hand grate
fully and besought him to hasten. Gos
kin sprang like . a panther along the
precipitous path leading to the valley.
It was very late when the two
men returned. Driscoll was as pale as
death.
"ily God!" he said. "I hope he will
know me. Twenty years ago I did
him a foul wrong. Ohl if I had but his
forgiveness."
As they entered they noticed that
the old man had drawn the covering
over his head. The two men stood
still one moment, paralyzed at the
thought that he might be dead. Then
Tom Goskin stepped nearer and lifted
the covering, which he dropped at once
in sudden amazement.
There was no one there-
"ne is gone'." cried Driscoll, despair
ingly. "Yes gone!" howled Goskin, sud
denly struck by a horrible suspicion
and tearing open the tilL "Yes. gone,
with a thousand dollars of gold dust in
a sack, besides all the uncounted money
in the till!"
TABLEAU.
That same day the entire community
turned out for a chase, Goskin storming
like a bear with a sore head. But all
they discovered were the traces of a
horse's hoofs on the road lead
rag to l'ioehe, and these wcrs
almost obliterated by the sncw.
One man was missed from the camp.
It was the same inveterate old gambler
who had denied all acquaintance with
the science of "pian .-hammering."
Later on. a wig of l-ng. vc.ierible
white hair was discovered, and awak
ened recollections of the hoary locks
of the virtuoso.
Torn Goskin. according to the same
reports, has found no successor for the
piano-player, and he is further said to
have registered a solemn oath never to
look for one as lonsr as he lives.
Bollrd tllce.
Boiled rice is the basis of Chinese
"ood and the symbol of it, so to
speak; for a waiter, when asking yeu
whether yon are eoicg to lako a meal
will ak whether you will have some
rice; and Have you eaten rice is
eqvdalcnt of "How do you, do?"
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OUR MOTTO:
WRITK rK l-KICKS"
"CHEAP."
Men, Women and Children. Font, Shel
ter and Clot Iws, AliU-.
If there is one word in the English
language that should bj eliminated b,
absolute disuse, it is the wor t cheap. "
Just now the whole world is search
ing for something cheap." Cheap
men. cheap women and cheap chil
dren aro sought for on the one hand,
and cheap food, cheap clothing and
cheap shelter on the olher. No mat
ter how much sorrow. sutTering or
misery it may cost, if it is only cheap
to the purchaser. Such a proposition
is ail wrong, says the National Watch
man, and means poverty and wint to
the laborer. Just and equitable con
ditions among the peopie demand that
nothing produced by labor should be
cheap. Cheap products mean heap
days works, and cheap days works
mean hunger, nakedness and distre-s.
That nothing is cheap to one producer
that is made cheap at tho expense of
another producer is an economic prop
osition which can not Le refuted.
What is most needel at present to
make the people prosperous and happy
is a cheap dollar and a dear day's
work. They have been contending
with a dear dollar and a cheap day's
work until debt and financial destruc
tion is seen on every hand. Now they
ask for a ci.aiifie, and from the out
look aro going lo have it
Perhaps some will say they can buy
more with a dollar now than ever
before; tnis is no doubt true, and
herein lies the didiculty. There are
hundreds of thousands of good citi
zens eager for an opportunity to earn
the dollar, but can find no employ
ment Besides what will th collar
purchase more of? Absolutely uoth
ing but the fruits 0 some otiier man's
labor.
Others will say that a days work
will buy as much of the necessaries of
life now as ever before; rant that
this may be true, yet thy ro .-ire :hou
sands who can not find the day- hibor
to perform: and if found, it w.ll only
buy the products of som j oth r days
labor as cheaply. This idea of cheap
ness, as now uuderstood. means the
product of one sot of laborers com
peting against the product o," ;i :10th
er set of laborers, while uionev is
feasting and enriching itsei. ou their
disaster s.
'i he true test for this great r.e-tion
ia how many dollars will a days wo.-k
purchase, or how much interest or
principal will its products buy? if
it will purchase less dollars to-day
than one year ago. or if its products
will pay loss interest or deb: pr.nei
pal. then labor has decreased in value
or money has increased. This teal
never fails. Try it.
tlemlariuii tularin.
The People's Party papers are not
alone in accusing the great dailies with
being the biggest liars let lose. Here is
what the veteran journalist Noah
Brooks, said about them a few j-ears
ago (July Forum, 188) and it is just
as true of them to-day as it was then:
The most obvious faults of the
daily newspaper of the present day
are its inaccuracy and its partisan
unfairness. From theso failings tho
magazine is at least tolerably exempt.
The daily newspaper has become so
untrustworthy with its looseness of
statement, its disregard of truth, and
its often willful perversion of facts
that fair-minded men sometimes say
that they find more satisfaction in
reading the journals of the party to
which they are opposed than in those
of their own political faith. No man
can be certain that he has found the
truth anywhere in the newspapers un
til it has been affirmed by a majority
of them all. It the monthly maga
zine ever becomes a daily newspaper,
let us hope that its first and last pur
posein life will be to tell the whole
truth accurately. In the feverish race
to distance all contemporaries.' the
daily metropolitan journals too often
throw decency and discretion
to the winds. Things have finally
come to such a pass that none of these
will believe the others. They are all
busy in the discrediting of each
other's newa denying the accuracy of
each other's reports, and undervaluing
the enterprise cf every one but one
their own jou:n;iL In such a state of
things, what car. oe expected, of the
general public., looking on at the jeal
ous contention froai the outside? Is
not the impartial observer tempted to
say. as he often' does: G'.inl'.emsn.you
tell the truth about eac'.i erl""
It Couldn't Be.
Winks I hear that De Ohapp'.e fel
in a fit on Broadway to-day.
Minks Impossible. He had on a
suit of Enclish-made clothes. 2sew
York Weekly.
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