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JOHN D 5PRECKELL,
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1 MATTHEW S QUAY
'7>ennzylvanici
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I ^SENATOR
MARK HANN
HENRY C PAYNEl
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KE1TBLMAS PARTY.
MISTOFV OF OPCAMZATION
UNDER VARIOUS NAMES.
n.. f —■rialtTTT of 11 C. tb» l*d«ni|.
*••• of ItM Mf «W» *!•«• A»rr I ho
I (•Cntwa.n of 'ho ftwnl I Wtf
lt» It—.f 8*0*1—mi CuUrKlWlo
It *• —d not t* inferret. he*ever.
Shat that va* tu ber-iB.EC of the
begun non party. The .einagt cf it
BiSI Ut eaaiijr traced ua. k to the be
f.Li.-i.4i 4 th* repohiA. The 1cm
sna.is in the cost b*lU1 < utegren*
a«r* tu '©un tr» cf the principle*
*i. t tin v oj f • a *e«.re or Jess e*
press.on in h* p .i.u *a pUtfu; m*.
Liter ti.« Ccxserveti*e* mere kt.»'D
** Feder«..!»:» and rit.il.iad around the
koder*up of A xab-»r lUailtos at
the :»E* time shot tU Anti-Kedfrol
i*:» 2- -*d to th leadership of
1. r. .. ’•£• -- : : -- Pre.-.
nent W.-.: u.tgt e rerognae. the Fed
« a * t Eli S{ Hamil ton bis
secrutary of th* treasury 4 the a the
a.-.*t i!Ep,ir*.oat rob.net aCc«), Re
p ** * claim that P n» ttcir Srs:
president Ant if Washington was
U<a tr»t lb put- Iran p-» i._*Et. Adam*
tr ust to adjudged rfv* eecc Ed. for he
wp* the retcgt.i«d ahd.dal* cf the
Fed* ralttta.
It * l *»- ea :> days t* a ns:.cns for
the jr«. .*c*j wr*r> r.aete :n cutfrti
SioaaaJ ra ... 'ones.. 11 * he congress
men cheat* iwe- tears prior to the
presidential electa t no mm sled the
prewid* atiai candidate*. separating
ate ji.rtj uaum hr that purpose.
That lari hod not being popular,
t «-v*r **rrt_* U* >P :** aer* !*. n;
tiau to nme made by the electoral*
to tact If superseded Ly a system
Shat w«.-.aid more fully ewafuna with
the id*-*.* of popular toner* .gory.
T ta t fttate .*-g .stature* began, eu h
.on its own account, to mate# presi
dent note.oat.< t*. let bold:eg their
... ‘ - * . . -"■* : :.*i *e.e* :.oa •:
Wanhfafftnu.
Tu Wt.gs or Federal.*!* held a na
t..':<nal its*nijoo in 1*2* in Ph.ladel
| La and t mmate: W.iiism Henry
itsrr.f *: and John T> .er. This war.
the fcrst t a»»e*t.«n of the party based
,-n tu ey**.«m that aui obtains. The
PeOrral party wa» now wholly known
as the Ui.{ party. The next Wfa.g
coasrn’xm me: in Ra.it.more an-J
nominated Retry f ay and Theodore
Fr* liagtu? sen IU t p-irty adopted a
p-atfi-na the Whig* «h l*r:ng for a
weU-regulated »ar:*T. y ar.-i a tariff
for *111 incidental proiec
t. L This was th* brst >e-r of na
lunal platform*.
la ih*2 the whig* set In national
I ilium wn gfkm ta Philadelphia Jane * ani
m-mm-ted Za^Lary Taylor and Millard
t . *vrc. N> platfjrm *« a<i«.pt«»i
hut .L a brief aldium to the wings of
the country was quoted Gen. Taylor s
alleged utterance that had he voted m
Ik? bis vote would have bee* for Gea.
Harrison- which, it was contended,
was ev.deuce enough that, be was a
tme? worthy whig In ltS2 the whigs
held their coaveutloa in Philadelphia
aad tw mated W nfield Scott and
William A Graham <rf North Carolina,
nr. aa Deals! Webster read those
***Tbe year UM brought ia new lssnes
ynar of the
i
threatened to destroy both the old par
*> and to change the foundation prin
! c:;*>s of the republic. Tee republican
; -—mace by a :nion of the free soil
l *
l arty and the northern.portion of the j
•*. gs—ht .J their national conven’ion
•..at ye..r in Phi’ade]ph:a and notnl
! nat*-j John C. Freemont and William
A Dayton. The main plank 'in their
j a-! - rm was ;n opposition to the ex
I tension of siavery.
The repuuL ans held their 1S60 con
1 ro-it: n .n Chicago. It nominated
A -..am Lincoln and Hannibal Ham
r ✓
ALEXa!\d£& HAMILTON.
In. It* platform was m the main a
laration in favor of restricting
► ♦ *y to the states where it then ex
.-•♦-d. and by way of emphasis it re
ts. ' ulied the declaration of independ
ct.re. George Ashman of Massachu
' setts was permanent chairman of the
i convention. Horace Greeley had been
ruled out of the New York delegation,
it he ap,’.eared in the convention as a
delegate from Oregon.
In 1104 the republicans held their
(onventlon in Philadelphia and nomi
nated Abraham Lincoln and Andrew’
i Johnson.
In 1m>v at Chicago. Gen. V. S. Grant
vra* nominated for president and
Si 1 uvler Colfax for vice president. The
rc.nvent on was held in the Exposition
tu.lding on the lake front. Gen. Jo
I
SENATOR CHAINCEY M. DEPEW.
sepn n tiaaiey was permanent cnair
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For the second term Gen. Grant was
nominated at Philadelphia, in 1872, and
; Henry Wilson was nominated for vice
| president on the same ticket. Thomas
Settle of North Carolina was the pre
1 aiding aOeer. The liberal republicans,
, all republicans who were opposed to
Grant, he:d a convention in Cincinnati
»d nominated Horace Greeley and B.
aiz Brown. The democrats held
their convention in Baltimore and in
dorsed the nomination of Greeley and
Brown. But some democrats were dis
satisfied. and the straight-outs, as they
called themselves, held a convention in
Louisville, Kv.. and nominated Charles
O'Connor and John Quincy Adams.
The republican convention held In
1876 was at Cincinnati, and nominated
Rutherford B. Hayes and William A
Wheeler of New York. Edward Mc
Pherson of New York was presiding
officer.
In 3880 James A. Girfield was nomi
nated at Chicago for president and
Chester A. Arthur for vice president,
and both became president. Senator
Hoar was permanent chairman.
In 1884, at Chicago, James G. Blaine
and John A. Logan were nominated
respectively for president and vice
president. John B. Henderson was the
presiding officer.
In 18SS the republicans nominated in
Chicago Eenjamin Harrison and Levi
P. Morton, M. M. Estee of California
presided.
In 1802 the republicans held their
convention In Minneapolis and nomi
nated Benjamin Harrison and White
law Reid. William McKinley presided.
The last republican national conven
tion (1896) was held in St. Louis, and
nominated William McKinley and Gar
ret A. Hobart.
HISTORY OF VEGETABLES.
Garden Products Developed by Cultl
vatlnc Wild Species.
It is difficult to imagine that 300
years ago a boiled potato or a dish of
mashed turnips was not to be had in
Europe for love or money. In those
days people lived chiefly on bread and
meat and beer, and the bread and
meat were, as a rule, of such quality
as would have caused a riot in the
workhouse of today. Beans they did
have—at least, the upper classes had
them. Henry VIII. was very fond of
beans, and bad a Hutch gardener over,
who found English soil would grow
broad beans every bit as well as Dutch.
They rather sneered at peas in the
year 1000. Such as wore eaten were
imported from Holland. "Fit dainties
for ladies; they came so far. and cost
so dear.” says one writer. But Moth
er-Country peas were highly cultivated
from very early times. Last year, in
the Isle of Bute, a splendid crop of
peas was raised from seed, which was
at least 2,000.ar.d probably nearly 3.000
years old. This seed came from an
F.gyptian tomb. The flowers had a
beautiful red center, surrounded by
white petals, and the peas wer£ well
up to the modern market garden stan
dard. Cabbage has always been a pet
vegetable of the Dutv h. We got it
from them in 1510, and in 1900 we still
use thousands of pounds of Dutch cab
bage seed. And tVe extraordinary
part of it is that cabbage is in reality
a native of Great Britain. All om
garden vegetables are merely type*
improved by long cultivation of wi;d
species.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Malay Sylla.
"I notice that Senator Beveridge
called Aguinaldo a Malay Sylla. Who
wa* Sylla. cad?”
"Some derned Hoosier, I s’pose. that
Beveridge knows to hrjne."—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
. .. ■ —— fanii.
THECON YENTION H ALL
WHERE REPUBLICANS WILL
EOON ASSEMELE.
Arra»gfn)t'n:« MnCf to Seat Fifteen
Thovtaoil I’eople—l>rt-< r.plion of the
Interior—Huilt for the Kmr*. Lx*
port EipofUiiaa.
#
The plans for the alteration cf the
Export Exposition auditorium for the
pdrposes cf the Republican national
convention at Philadelphia, June 13.
provide in a most liberal way for del
egates, alternates and visitors. Just
14.998 seats have been arranged. This
■’•ill be the largest number of seats
•'er provided at a national conven
y on.
On the main floor of the hall are the
seats for the delegates, and immediate
ly behind them come the alternates.
Each one is allowed a floor space of
one foot and ten inches by two feet
and six inches, which is more room
than delegates ever enjoyed before.
Then, going toward the stage, comes
the space reserved for the press. This
is on a vast platform raised four feet
above the level of the main floor. There
w ill be seats for ijUO reporters. Each
reporter will have a floor space of two
feet four and one-half inches by four
feet one and one-haif inches, and this,
like the delegates’ room, is more than
any other convention has allowed.
Leading back from the press section
will be wide aisles, going under the
stage to the telegraph and telephone
rooms at the rear cf the building. Out
there will be scores of operators, click
ing out the news to a waiting nation,
and between the press section and the
telegraphers there will be a steady
stream of hustling messenger boys
rushing with “copy.” The press space
will be for working newspaper men
only. The Philadelphia papers will
have a large staff and the big New
York and Chicago dailies have three
men in the hall all the time and a
fresh relay always waiting to take the
places of those who get fagged out.
Next beyond the reporters comes the
stage. This is raised four feet from
the press stand, which brings it eight
feet above the main floor of the hall.
This will be given over to the nation
al committee and distinguished guests
from all over the country; back of thi«
again are special guest seats.
So much for the main hall. Now
we’ll go back to the main entrance
which is at the opposite end of the
building from the stage. Between the
doors and the auditorium is a spa
cious lobby, where hundreds may clus
ter and chat without disturbing pro
ceedings within. Connected with this
are ample rooms and places where the
weary sightseer may sn Jtch a few mo
they demand a reformer after as well
as before the election. They demand a
politician in the highest, broadest and
best sense—a man of superb moral
couragi. They demand & man ac
quainted with public affairs—with the
wants of the people; with not only the
requirements of the hour, tut with the
demands of the future. They demand
a man broad enough to comprehend
the relations of this government to the
other nations of the earth. They de
mand a man well versed in the pow
ers. duties and prerogatives of each
and every department of this govern
ment.
"The Republicans of the United
States want a man who knows that
this government should protect every
citizen, at home and abroad; who
knows that any government that will
not defend its defenders, and protect
its protectors, is a disgrace to the mqp
of the world. They demand a man
SENATOR CUSHMAN K. DAVIS.
v ho believes in the eternal separation
and divorcement of church and school,
".hey demand a man whose political
I reputation is spotless as a star; but
| they do not demand that their candi
date shall have a certificate of moral
i naracter signed by a confederate con
gress. The man who has. in fall,
heaped and rounded measure, all there
splendid qualifications is he present
grand and gailant leader f the Re
publican party—James G. . tine. Our
country, crowned with the vast anti
marvelous achievements of its first
century, asks for a ^Mgmcorthy of the
post, and prophetic c^^^^hture; asks
for a man who has the audacity of
genuis; asks for a man wno is the
grandest combination of heart, con
science and brain beneath he; flag
such a man Is dames G. Blaine. FJr
the Republican host, led by this in
trepid man, there can be no defeat.
This is a grand year—a \ear filled
with the recollections of the revolu
CONVENTION HALL, PHILADELPHIA.
meets’ rest. At the back of the hall, |
in the rear of the stage, is a space al
most as large. Here, as has been men
tioned, are the telegraph and tele
phone offices, and also rooms for the
national committee and any special
committee .which may have occasion
to retire and confer. Besides these i
rooms there will be one large room in
each corner for the press, where re
porters may get away from the crowds
and work out their copy at their leis
ure. Back of the gallery on the sec
ond floor are mere rooms and further
•space for those who do not care to
stay within the hall.
THE REPUBLICANS IN 1S76.
A Speech That Vividly Recalls the
Issues Then 1’redomlnent
In the convention of 1S76 that nomi
nated Rutherford B. Hayes for the
presidency was delivered the most re
markable nominating speech ever de
livered in a national convention. It
was that in which Col. Robert G. ln
gersoll, speaking for the Illinois dele
gation, put in nomination the beloved
Blaine. He said:
“MassachuseUs may be satisfied
with the loyalty of Benjamin H. Bris
tow; so am I; but if any man nomi
nated by this convention cannot carry
the state of Massachusetts, 1 am not
satisfied with the loyalty of that state.
If the nominee of this convention can
not carry the grand old commonwealth
of Massachusetts by 75,000 majority, I
would advise them to sell out Faneuil
hall as a Democratic headquarters. I
would advise them to take from
Bunker Hill that old monument of
glory.
“The Republican* of the United
SENATOR STEVE ELKINS.
States demand as their leader in the
great contest of 1876 a man of intelli
gence, a man of integrity, a man of
well-known and approved political
opinions. They demand a statesman;
•
tion; filled with proud and tender
memories of the post; with the sacred
legends of liberty—a year in which the
people call for a man who has pre
served in congress what our soldiers
won upon the held; a year in which
they call for a man who has torn from
the throat of treason the tongue of
slander—for a man who has snatched
the mask of Democracy from the hide
SENATOR THOMAS K. CARTER.
ous face of rebellion; for a man who.
like an intellectual athlete, has stood
in the arena of debate and challenged
all comers, and who is still a total
stranger to defeat. Like an armed
warrior, like a plumed knight, James
G. Blaine marched down the hails cf
the American congress and threw his
shining lance full ar*c fair against the
brazen foreheads cf the detainers of
bis country and the maligners of his
honor. For the Republican party to
desert this gall rat ieaoer now. is as
though an army should desert their
general upon the field of battle. James
G. Blaine is now and -has been for
years the bearer of the sacred stand
ard of the Republican party. I call i:
sacred, because no human being can
stand beneath its folds without be
coming and without remaining free.
"Gentlemen of the convention, in
the name of the great republic, the
only republic that ever existed upon
this earth; in the name of all her de
fenders and of all her supporters; in
the name of all her soldiers living; in
the name of all her soldiers dead upon
the field of battle, and in the name of
those who perished in the skeleton
clutch of famine at Andersonville and
Libby, whose sufferings he so vividly
remembers, Illinois—Illinois nomi
nates for the next president of this
country, that prince of parliamentar
ians—that leader of leaders—Jam«« G.
Blaine.”
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THE CONVEX ;
4
BIRTH OF REPRESENTATIVE
NATIONAL COUNCILS.
Originated In the Campaign ©r 1832—
The I'ouercasional laurnu and Its
Unpopularity—The State LegisUtlTt
System That Followed It.
As regards the selection rl candi
dates fo_* president the theory of the
constitution is that the people have
free choice in the matter. And accord- i
:ng to that theory the electoral col
lege is the only body standing between
the people and the object of their
choice for the presidency. But in fact j
the electoral college nas never stool )
in any self-determining way between
the people and the presidency. The
body that did so stand, or, rather, as- i
sumed itself to be the people, was the j
house of repiesentatives of the United
States. From the beginning down to
Ifc3ii the house intervened and took
from the people their prerogative to i
;#t freely in the presentation of can
didates for the presidency. At first ‘
the representatives acted as a caucus !
for all the people and all parties and ;
named the candidates for whom the
people should vote. But soon the par- i
ties were in different camps, so to j
^peak. and the members of congress
of each party held their own caucus I
and named candidates to be voted for j
by their own following. Formerly the j
congress had a committee of corres
pondence, whose duty it was to com
municate with influential citizens of
the several states in order that acqui- !
essence and active co-operation might
be had over the country. When par
ties were formed, as almost immedi
ately was the case, then each party
raised a congressional committee, and
these committees now continue in the
congressional campaign committees.
The first revolt from the congres
sional caucus was in lKbS, when seven
teen members of the “Republican”
caucus at Washington bolted the con
gressional nomination. The stall
SENATOR JOSEPH E. FORAKER
legislatures then began to make nomi
nations and congress as a rule ratified
these. This continued through several
administrations but aid not conform to
popular ideas.
In 1S27 Niles” Register foresaw the
coming change and said “conventions
appointed by the people for a specific
purpose are not liable to the objections
which apply to legislative caucuses,”
and advocated the national conven
tion. But it did not come all at once,
tut by slow degrees. The way was
pointed out by local conventions and
even by local legislatures. In 1832 the
Jackson men had fully organized on
the convention plan and so had the
friends of Henry Clay. Both conven
tions were held in Baltimore. Neither
party adopted a platform, but at a
ratification meeting of the supporters
of Clay a declaration was made of
their political faith. Jackson was a
platform in himself, for what his first
administration hud been everybody
knew his second would be likewise.
He was triumphant'v elected and as
his second term was ending he was
powerful enough to name his succes
sor in advance of a national conven
tion, though a national convention
was finally held. It was convened at
Bali.inure, and nominated Martin Van
Buren for president, but as several of
the states had indicated their choice
respectively for a candidate for vice
president, the convention made no
nomination for that office. It adop.
ed nc platform. The Whigs heid no
national convention, but at a conven
tion held at Albany, N. Y., they adopt
ed the following resolutions: “That
in support of cur cause we invite all
citizens opposed to Martin Van Buren”
and “that the support we render to
William Henry Harrison is not be
cause of his brilliant success in the
'ate war so much as on account of
his statesmanship and patriotism,
which are of the school of Washing
ton.”
The Democrats also held a meeting
m New York, at which they adopted a
series of resolutions which stood
through the campaign as a kind of
platform. The first resolution recited
the declaration of independence, and
die succeeding ones declared against
bank notes and paper currency as a
circulating medium, because gold
and silver is the only safe and consti
tutional currency; hostility to any and
all monopolies; hostility to the dan
gerous and unconstitutional creation
of vested rights or prerogatives of leg
is’ation; holding that each and every
law or act of incorpoiation passed by
preceding legislatures can be right
fully altered and repealed by their suc
cessors, and that they should be alter
ed or repealed when recessary for the
public gerd and when required by a
majority of the people.
Approving.
‘•Yes,”’ said Farmer Corntossle. “let
Josh go right ahead playin’ golt 1
reckn it'll do him good. “You said you
thought it was a waste of time yes
terday.” said his wife. “I've changed
my mind. If he keeps on practicin'
with those sticks for a few years meb
be there won’t be so much danger ol
cuttin' hisself when he trie* to han’l#
a scythe.”—Washington Star.
The “elephant beetle” cf Venezuela
is the largest insect in the world. A
fulVfrcwc ou weighs half a pound.
amusing trick
"" * K1='dd, . ,
M«U. In cu,r 1
“I never hear that «■,
’em on a string,- ” sa‘d ;!'SS-“n '^ot
Grunt wall ,Mt *"*£.*%“ 01 «*•
calling an ineiderr tl:'. , 101,1,r<“
number of years art. -;n at . Ulred a
Kansas. I was Sp«ij<iin *a °u* |a
the place looking aft*-; •. ,’ d“js m
and early one ^
cine fakir put in an ‘ vt 1 uudl“
Court House square, ‘ h- I™" °“ !he
two horse rig and > . 7b Ul a 1-ne
banjo, who scon i.vJ *. ntr with a
Then the fakir pr,,.( ". , ‘g.<rowd
cure-all liniment at ' ']"* a
The price was she- • . a
slowly, and i noth’,7 ?:’♦"'!!? ZTtt
sale he wrapped n: •/.
sheet of white i„ . ‘ la a
ostentatiously penn ' ' . -1 lte
When four or fi\. “ f ‘ r°33
he ca.led on the jJ'. ‘i,',sed ' f;
up their wrappers ,.JrMiR
crisp dollar bill in 7 . 7 . '°r ,a
•1 am doing this -. 77' "t
our wonderful pain ♦*
ed, who’s the ne:;t - • t *r- k~
a bottle in a ma-te:
the sale picked up ;ui(i *:ea !le r,_
peated the little cot:: , t the
nostrum and rcdeemi:- o V “
a couple more times, the *- . v v. as go
ing like hot cakes Ale* l, j jy fell
over each other to re -7 »
1 I- buggy
and every new and .. .
would bawl cut. ‘Hair, r Ume to stop
3ust now, gentlemen. ; ; b. «.ir(, t0
preserve your wrapp*. 1 Wl.sa^he had
sold perhaps 400 Imitl^, £nU ttu , roW;1
was about cleaned ; ;. ...... sa,,_
denly and held up hi- han i' ;„r“atten
tioc. ‘Now, genH* \. sab> pro_
duties a ball of narrow j a. tane 1
want all of you who ■ ...Vi a ’ arkod
wrapper to take hold r ; . ibb n
Get in line, pleas l- --m- . , obeyed
with a rush, and pn.set:*:v t ■ men
were strung out along arb. hold
ing to the tape and v. .. -«r, v.hat
was going to happen ur, ;f^ir
drove slowly up th« str.it, paying out
the tape as he went, ey {,a th(
magic ribbon,’ lie y* . pi -t jet
of the magic band.’ TL- tap .vas live
blocks long, and when 1. ... cut the
last of it he whipped -.am and
vanished in the gatne'dig r: hi leav
ing 40d large, a hie-bodied chumps
hanging patient.y *i, .. ^ ,n!t rnal
string. When the trick dawned on
them he wn? half v. v * the next
township. Was 1 in line, did \ >a ask?
Yes. d-it. 1 was.--—New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
FAMILY HORSE
Ate the Ilea.H of I.ivr l<uui„ Inti!
Dieted with Red !>•>!> r
Rochester Spe. New York Mail and
Express: Fred Wiiner, a well-known
and prominent farmer f Portage, Liv
ingston county, reports an astonish
ing occurrence on his farm. On nu
merous occasions of late ! c has found
in his pastures young lambs of his
herd with their heads completely eaten
away, but not mutilaed in any other
poition of the body. After losing sev
eral in this manner Mr. Wilner armed
himself with a rifle and spent the
greater parr of two days and nights in
an effort to solve the mystery, but
without avail. Monday morning lie dis
covered several more dead iambs in
the field with tbeir heads e iten off
and also a dead lamb in the barn. Not
having time to bury the carcase found
in the barn he threw it into the yard,
when suddenly, to his amazement, a
six-year-old family horse rushed up
and commenced eagerly eating his
head off. When the next iamb died
Mr. Wilner placed a lot of cayenne
pepper on the head and threw it to
the horse, who. after taking a few
bites, dropped the carcass, and cannot
now be made to touch a lamb or any
other animal.
Valueless to Hiui.
Gen. Wheeler is not a prophet with
out honor at the capital, but a here
with a large following, who have for
him a sincere if sentimental admira
tion. At the Cosmos club the other
| day the treasurer of a certain patriotic
i organization, who had just received a
j check ior dues from ‘ Little Joe, was
i debating with the secretary of the so
j ciety the advisability of keeping the
i check for the value of the autograph
and depositing cash to the proper
amount instead. “I prize tbat aato~
graph very much,” he said. It is
worth many times $2 to me, and 1
think I shall keep it. Gen. Greely.
who happened to be in the room, and
who could never be accused of senti
mentality. overhearing the conversa
tion, called out to the treasurer, “Oh,
deposit the check, deposit :t. I will
give you fifty of Wheeler s autographs
just as good as that! —New York
Tribune.
Prettily Turned.
The car was crowded, therefore quite
a number of passengers suspended
themselves from the straps and sway
ed with every motion of the car. A
voting man in the garb of a mechanic
clung to a strap with one hand, while
the other hand clung to a dinner pail.
He was standing in from l!t a woman
who was richly dressed and Seemingly
blessed with an abundance of this
world’s goods. As the car swung round
a corner the strap to which the young
man clung parted with a snap am. e
young man was precipitated into the
lap of the woman. As soon as <e < ou
recover his standing position be raise*
his hat and apologized, by saying:
"Pardon me, madam. I am sorry #
disturb you. but really this is tU
first time the street car company eveV
conferred a favor on me. Th< vvo
an appreciated the gallant*} ..t*(. 11 e.
compliment.—Omaha World-Herald.
Didn't Brad the Letter.
A little girl of four years, having
written a letter consisting simply of
waving lines, asked her father to mail
it “What did you say?” asked papa.
‘‘I don’t know.” said Rosamond.
"Why. you wrote it!” exclaimed papa.
“Y'es, but I did not read it,” was the
innocent answer.
Individual Frolt.
"That new boarder is making trou
ble in the house.” “How so?
brings a can of peaches to the ta e
with him at every meal.”—indian
wpoli* Journal.
