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FROM W.J.BRYAN WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. IT IS REALLY A COOP THINC Some Planks He Regards as Stronger Than Others—Imperialism, He Thinks, Will Be the Leading Cam paign Issue. -* LINCOLN—W. J. Bryan on Thurs day made public the following state ment relating to the democratic plat form adopted at St. Louis: The plank on imperialism is posi tive, strong and satisfactory to the entire party and this question be comes the paramount issue of the campaign. The tariff plank is good, but it was made so on a close vote in the com mittee and largely against the oppo sition of Mr. Parker’s adherents. The DIG STRIKE IS ON. . w i — Thousands of Employes Drop Work and Walk Out CHICAGO—As the result of a dis agreement, one of the most extensive strikes in the history of the meat parking industry in the United States began Tuesday in Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Josepn. Mo., and oth er cities where large packing plants are located. If prolonged, the strike is expected to cause widespread in conveniences, possibly equaling the anthracite coal famine of two years ago. Tlie unanimity of the strike was complete, ana more than 45.000 em ployes are directly involved. In Chi cago alone 18.000 men are on strike. The effect of the strike on the food supply of the country and the price of meats is being earnestly discussed, notwithstanding the announcement Monday night that the packing houses, contrary to somewhat general expec tations. will continue operations with out any close down, employing what HENRY GASSAWAY DAVIS. Democratic Nominee for Vice-President of the United States. plank which was voted down favored “a wise, conservative and business like” revision, made “with due regard to existing conditions.” The commit tee thought that these qualifying words emasculated the plank and left it so-weak as to give no hope to tar iff reformers. The anti-trust plank is a good one. It demands the enforcement of the criminal law against the trusts; it demands the abolition of rebates and discriminations, and it demands the withdrawal of interstate commerce privileges from the trusts when once convicted. The plank is infinitely su perior to the republican plank, and with a president who desired to de stroy the trusts would be a sufficient plank, but as this trust plank was also substituted by the full committee there is reason to fear that it may not be in keeping with the ideas of the candidate. The labor plank is all that could be desired. It declares against gov ernment by injunction; it favors arbi tration and the eight-hour day, and denounces the methods that have been resorted to in the Colorado strike, but as these planks were add ed in the full committee some uncer tainty exists as to the candidate's position. The platform declares in favor of the reduction of the army. Upon this the committee was unanimous. The sub-committee reported a plank in favor of an increase of the navy, but this was stricken out in the full com mittee. The platform has a pianK m ra\or of the enlargement of the scope of the Interstate commerce commission and in favor of irrigation. On the whole the platform is good. From a western standpoint its great est defect is that it makes no men tion of the money question. An at tempt was made to secure a plank op posing the melting of the silver dol lar, opposing the asset currency and branch banks, and expressing a pref erence for the United States note (ordinarily known as the greenback), but. having refused to put in a gold plank, the committee was not willing to have any phase of the money ques tion alluded to. While the motion to reaffirm the Kansas City platform was voted down there was a consider able vote in favor of its reaffirmation and the western members of the com mittee, together with a few from the south, stood together and secured •mough changes in the platform to make it a presentable document and worthy of the support of the party. Kansas Corn Crop Poor. TOPEKA, Kan.—F. D. Cobum. see TGr'.ary of the Kansas board of agricul ture. Friday made public a report re garding the condition of Kansas corn. Mr. Coburn has received a report from every county in the state. He sa:< s that on account of the backward spring, cold weather and floods the corn is in a ragged, uneven and Imper fect condition. Under the most favor able conditions for the remainder of the season, says Mr. Coburn, the yield in the aggregate will be far below the usual. Big Rush Is Now on at Yankton. YANKTON, S. D.—One of the big gest passenger trains which ever pull ed into South Dakota^arrrved at Yank ton at noon Thursday"*over the Milwau kee road. It was in two sections, con tained twenty-six passenger coaches, and carried 1,900 people. The jam in the city is simply immense. There were 3,491 registrations today, bring ing the total up to date to 22,236 for Yankton alone. The regular run on the Northwestern road is divided imo three sections, and will add 1.500 peo ple to the throng already here. ever help may be obtainable. How much alleviation in the furnishing of supplies to the public this course may afford is a matter of wide variation of opinion. The packers declare that hundreds of men who could not be provided with places have been applying daily for work. The walkout here was started by the employes of the killing departments at the various packing houses. The killers were followed by the worners in other departments as fast as the current of work left by the slaughterers could be cleaned up. Thus as the workers in each depart ment disposed of their part of the work they threw off their aprons and i jeparted. This consideration was shown the packers, the labor officials stated, be cause it was not the desire of the men to cati3e the employers any financial loss as the result of neglect ing meat that was on hand to be dressed. Watched by cordons of po lice, the strikers filed briskly out of the packing houses, carrying overalls, rubber ooots and knives, cleavers and steels. The strikers were greeted by crowds of women and children, many of whom joineu ±-ands with the workmen on the outward march. There was absolutely no sign of disorder. “How long do you think it will last?” inquired one man, looking quite serious. “Dunno,” replied the striker, ‘‘ex cept that President Donnelly says that the men managed to hold out fif teen months in Buffalo, and 1 guess we can do as much.” In South Omaha, at noon, 4.000 em ployes of the four packing houses in South Omaha, Armour’s, Cudahy’s, Swift’s and the Omaha, laid down their tools, quit work and went on strike. This action was the result of an order received by Stephen Vail, sec ond vice president, from Michael Don nelly. president of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen’s Association of North America. Fraud at Exposition Gates. ST. LOUIS, Mo.—William H. Ellis. Charles H. Stiller, Henry Miller and Edward Kiely, all of St. Louis, em ployes of the admission department of the World’s fair, have been arrested and taken to the World’s fair police station, where they will be held pend ing an investigation of what is believed to be a gigantic conspiracy to rob the exposition company by ticket irregur larities. Strike Felt in London. LONDON—The strike of the em ployes of the big packing houses in the United States has given rise to the apprehension that the Brtiish con sumer will soon have to pay more for his meat, in an interview on Wed nesday the London manager of Swift & Co. saia that unless a settlement of the strike should be reached shortly the price of meat would be bound to rise considerably ia Great Britain, adding: "You can hardly stop the sup ! ply of a commodity without the mar kets being affected.” German System of Education. WASHINGTON—The department of commerce and labor has commenced the publication of a series of reports on the educational system of Germany, made by ouf consular officers through out Germany. These reports deal w-».h every phase of the education of German children. The preface to the report says: "The phenomenal suc cess of the German empire in manu factures and commerce is due in large measure to its splendid system of edu cation, partioularly in the branches de signed to aid commerce.” IS NOT FEARFUL' RUSSIA THINKS SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO SEARCH. THE QUESTION WELL WEIGHED Serious Complications Are Not Re garded as Probable—Curiosity as to What Germany Will Do About Seiz ure of Mail Sacks. ST. PETRSBURG—The news that j the Russian volunteer steamships j Smolensk and St. Petersburg, now i cruising in the Red sea, are stopping j ships of neutral nations and searching , them for contraband of war is causing j the liveliest interest in all circles. ! Russia has evidently weighed tho question, believes herself to be within her rights, and neither fears nor an ticipates international complications. Indeed, some of the powers may have j been sounded by Russia on the sub- ' Jeet. Nevertheless, foreign opinion is ! awaited eagerly and more or less crit- | lcisrn is expected. Members of the diplomatic corps ar>e keenly anxious to ascertain the views their governments will take of the passage through the Dardanelles of these vessels of the volunteer fleet I as merchantmen and their subsequent conversion into ships of war. The general view in diplomatic circles, even where sentiment is not particu larly friendly to Russia, is that while the passage of the Dardanelles might be considered a piece of sharp prac tice on the part of Russia, it is an accomplished fact, and the powers will not now regard it as a violation of the treaty of Paris, but will guard agaijst its repetition. The diplomats think that some of the powers may insist that henceforth all volunteer vessels shall be considered as war sftps within the meaning of the treaty. One of the most interesting ques tioons in this connection, the diplo mats believe, will arise out of Rus sia’s declaration that coal is contra band of war. ??:th prize crews on board, the captured ship3 could be sent to Russian Baltic ports, but if short of coal they could not put in at neutral ports to replenish their bunk ers. This same question may embar rass Russia when the Baltic squadron sails for the far easr. In view of the protest made by Ger many in the case of the stoppage of the steamer Bundesrath (seized in Delagoa bay December 29, 1899. dur ing the South African war, as the re sult of which Great Britain had to pay damages), much curiosity exists as to what Germany will do in the case of the confiscation by the Smolensk of the mail sacks on board the North German Lloyd steamer Prince Hein- j rich, especially as a large portion of the mail seized was undoubtedly of a commercial character. PACKERS STANDING FIRM. Will Not Recede from Position Assum ed Last Week. CHICAGO—There was little if any change in the situation of the meat packers’ strike here Sunday. With Michael J. Donnelly, the strikers’ lead er. in st. Louis looking after that end of the difficulty, there was no effort to renew the peace negotiations which lasted through three cavs last week and were terminated Saturday night without results. Whether another at tempt to reach an adjustment of the controversy by arbitration will be made is problematical, as the packers, believing they had the better of the argument in last week's conferences, are little inclined to offer any conces- j sions to the strikers. One thing is certain, the packers say. and that is that they will not recede from the position they assumed in last week’s conferences and that the strikers will have to conform to the employers’ ul timatum before any further peace plans looking to a settlement by ar bitration will be successful. SOUTH OMAHA—It was announced Sunday night by the managers of the packing houses at South Omaha that work will be resumed in all but the hog killing departments Monday. Enough pork product is on hand to prevent any likelihood of a shortage, and attention will be given to the slaughter of beef and mutton. It is also announced by Cudahy and Ar mour that no further increase in the price of meats will be made by the packers. E. A. Cudahy said that his house is getting all the help it can use, and predicted that the strikers would give up before the end of the week. Davis Didn’t Visit Gorman. WASHINGTON.—Henry G. Davis, the democratic vice presidential nomi nee. arrived here at noon Sunday and at 1 o'clock left for New York. The only persons to meet him at the sta tion were several relatives. It was stated that tne current reports that he would stop at Laurel. Md„ to see Senator Gorin an were erroneous, Mr. Davis going straight through to New York. GOVERNMENT OF MANCHURIA. Chinese Suggest a Plan for Jap Con trol. TIEN TSIN.—The Chinese minister at Tokio has telegraphed the Wai Wou Pou. the Chinese minister of for eign affairs, that the Japanese govern ment has presented a scheme for the administration of Manchuria, the prin cipal clause of which is that the Japa nese will govern the province with the number of Chinese troops now in the country. Information has been' received here that unless China suppresses the re bellion in the province of Kwangsi the French government has threaten ed to land troops and put it down. The Chinese government is much purturb ed in consequence. • A feeling prevails in Tien Tsin that the Japanese have suffered a terrible reverse at Port Arthur. If they have not, it is thought that the Japanese government would have contradicted the reported disaster days ago. Difficulties onjj increase determina tion. i POPULISTS EXPECT BENEFITS. ! Think Parker Nomination Will Drive Democrats to Them. ST. LOUIS, Mo.—After three con ferences held Saturday night by mem bers of the executive committee of the people’s party with prominent Bryan democrats who are dissatisfied, not j so much with the platform as with ! the presidential nomination made by the democratic national convention, it has been decided to call a national conference of Bryan democratic lead ers within the next thirty days, to de cide on some line of action during the coming campaign. This statement is given to the As sociated Press on the authority of George F. Washburn of Boston. Mass national treasurer of the people’s par ty. who, with several members of the national executive committee of that party, has been in St. Louis attending the democratic national convention. Mr. Washburn, when asked to divulge the names of some of his associates in the conference, declined to make them known. The extent of the movement and the names of those en gaged in it, he said, would be made public when the call for the national conference was issued, and their prom inence, he added, would be a surprise. A number of those present in the con ference, Mr. Washburn said, were Mis Sburians while others were from Par ker's own state. Commenting on Judge Parker’s nom ination. Mr. Washburn said: ‘‘Next to Cleveland, the populists most desired the nomination of Par Ker. His nomination emphasizes the parting of the ways of allied forces and will help immensely to restore the populist party to its former strength and effectiveness." PAY HALF MILLION DOLLARS. World’s Fair Further Discharges Debt to the Government. ST. LOUIS—A payment of $500,000 oh the government loan of $6,600,000 to the i^ouisiana Purchase Exposition company was deposited in the sub treasury in St. Louis Saturday. “The best answer to any talk that the exposition company would have difficulty in making the payment is the fact that the money is now in the sub treasury,” said President Francis. “Not only have we made the payment, but it has been done a day ahead of time, and we will not know what the receipts for the first fifteen days of July have amounted to until the books are closed on today’s business.” The last payment was the first of the $500,01)0 semi-monthly payments stipulated by congress when the World's fair loan was authorized. There have been two previous pay ments. each one comprising a certain per cent of the gross receipts of the exposition company from ail sources. The total amount refunded the govern ment is $907,149.15. MAY LEAVE NEW CHWANG. Fall of Kai Ping Renders Russian Occupancy of Port Precarious. ST. PETERSBURG—Colonel Nevit sky of the general staff in an inter view says: “The result of the loss of Kin Chou (Kai Ping) will probably be the evacuation of New Chwang. “General Kouropatkin’s position is more difficult than that which con fronted Lord Roberts in South Africa. “It is as if Lord Roberts received his supplies by rail via Constantino ple, Cairo and Central Africa. It will be a long time before General Kouro patkin will have enough supplies and men to assume the offensive. In the meanwhile he will have to fight rear guard actions, perhaps giving up im portant positions, like New Chwang. which are of vastly more consequence than Kai Ping. JAP LOSSES Z5.000. Latest Report Regarding Storming of Port P.rthur. TA TCHE KiAO—The latest reports regarding the attempted storming of Port Arthur on July 10 place the Japa nese losses in killed or wounded at 25,000 and those of the Russians at 5.500. The Japanese retired and the Russians occupied The position. The Japanese have now changed their frontal pbsition, and a big battle is expected at the eastern portion of the defenses, owing to the Japanese turn ing movement. A Japanese spy was captured Thurs day. He was dressed in the garb of a Chinese and wa3 remarkably cool and defiant in demeanor. He said he was a Korean by birth and lived in Japan for twelve years and loved that country. Thousands like him, he de clared, were convinced that Japan eventually would be successful, and he advised the Russians to Bue for peace as soon as possible. Canada After Mexican Trade. MEXICO—The Canadian Commer cial club has been formed to encour age trade with Canada. Efforts of Canadians to promote trade with Mex ico are cordially seconded by the gov ernments of-the two countries. Incendiary Fire in Alabama. MONTGOMERY. Ala—Fire Sun day completely destroyed the plant of the Alabama rift roofing company, entailing a loss of $200,000. only par tially insured. The plant has been completed and in operatiffh less than a year. The property covered four acres and consisted of a planing mill, an immense lumber shed, three large dry kilns, a dust house and a boiler house. Three hundred thousand feet of dressed lumber in the sheds and 150.000 feet of rough lumber was burned. Abyssianian Ambassador. ROME.—Officials of the Italian gov ernment are absolutely without infor mation regarding the statement cabled, from here and circulated in the Uni ted States that Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia has decided to send Ras Makonnen, one of bis principal ad visers, as minister to Washington. The officials say that the Abyssianian em peror has no representatives In any part of the world and that there has been no talk or other indication that such an innovation as that mentioned is contemplated. FIGHT ON WATER AN ENGAGEMENT TAKES PLACE OFF PORT ARTHUR. JAPANESE FLEE IN DISORDER # _ Russians Assume the Offensive, At tacking with the Bayonet—Heavy Movement of Japanese East of Hai Cheng. LONDON—The Shanghai corre spondent of the Morning Post, cabling under date of July 15, says: “A naval engagement took place to day off Port Arthur: The same correspondent, cabling un der date of July 15, says the Chicago Daily News’ dispatch boat Fawan has been seized by the Russians and towed into Port Arthur. ST. PETERSBURG—A Russian cor respondent of the Associated Press in the field repeats the story of a Japan ese disaster at Port Arthur July 10, but does not add anything new. except j that after the disaster the Japanese fled in great disorder, pursued by the Russians. He says that an aide to General Ren nenkampff and seven Cossacks were wounded in the skirmish in which the general was shot and in which the Jap anese were repulsed. Two divisions of Japanese reinforce ments are landing at Dalny, the cor respondent says, and wounded Japa-; nose prisoners captured on Black, mountain who died subsequently were buried with military honors. A special dispatch from Ta Tche Kiao. dated July 14, repeats the ac count of the attempted storming of Port Arthur on July 15, and says that the Russians assumed the offensive, attacking with the bayonet. The Jap anese retired in the wildest disorder. The Chinese estimate the Japanese losses at 22,000. The spirit of the Japanese, the dispatch says, Is sink ing as the result of the Port Arthur defeat. Cholera and dysentery are epidemic at Feng Wang Cheng and there are many deaths daily. A heavy movement of Japanese is reported east of Hai Cheng. The Rus sians reconnoitered almost to Kai Chau before meeting the Japanese. Tney drew the shrapnel nre of the Japanese, but having found them, the Russians retired without losses. The Tokio correspondent of the Lon don Times in a dispatch filed at 9:45 p. m. July 15 says that the St. Peters burg story of a Japanese repulse with heavy casualties at Port Arthur July 10 is wholly discredited in Tokio, where no such reports have been re ceived. It is believed that the story originated in Shanghai. A dispatch to a London news agency from St. Petersburg says the war of fice announces the receipt of a dis patch from Port Arthur confirming the report that the Japanese suftained con siderable losses on July 11, the exact particulars of which have not yet been ascertained. According to the dis patch the Russians recaptured all the positions lateiy taken by the Japanese. MILES WILL SUPPORT PARKER. Retired General Writes Letter to th* Democratic Nominee. ESOPUS. N. Y.—Judge Parker has received a letter from General Nelson A. Miles. The entire letter is in Gen eral Miles’ own handwriting and is as follow^ Hon. Alton B. Parker, Esopus, N. Y.: Dear Sir—Safety for the good ship ol state is of the first importance. At a time when a material crisis is pending when democratic institutions are in peril, when great evils should be eradi cated. when important political ques tions must be decided, it is fortunate that the democratic party has given to the country a candidate for president in whom that great council of repre sentative men have every confidence, and we have the best of reasons for believing that that confidence will be confirmed by the intelligent, patriotic people of the country. We all do know that the instincts and Training of the judge are to hold in sacred regard the constitution and the laithful interpretation and execu tion of laws. Hence we beljeve that under your administration its law will be administered with fidelity and integ- j rity. I believe you will be elected and thereby have an opportunity of render ing our country a service of immeas urable value that will redound to the honor of the party and the glory of the republic. I have the honor to re main very truly yours, - NELSON A. MILES. Will Wed Actor’s Daughter. LONDON —William Waldorf Astoris newspaper, the Pall Mall Gazette, an nounces the engagement of Mr. Astor*s daughter Pauline to Capt. H. H. Spender-Clay, formerly of the Second Life Guards, who leaped Into fagae by sending Lord William Nevill to five years’ peftal servitude in February, 1898, on the charge of fraud in con nection with a promissory note. Sues the Union Pacific. KANSAS CITY—Suit was filed in Kansas City, Kas., Saturday by the county attorney of Wyandotte county against the Union Pacific railroad company, asking that the Union Pa cific bridge over the Kaw river be de clared a common nuisance. The court is asked to restrain the rail road company from obstructing the river channel and to force the com pany to raise the bridge above the flood line. The county attorney has announced his intention of proceed ing against other corporations. Catholic Editor Dies. ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Dr. Edward Breuss, aged 70, for thirty years edi tor in chief of the St. Louis Amerika, a German Catholic da41y, died here of nervous debility after an illness of three years. Dr. Breuss was born in Koenigaburg, Prussia, in 18S4. In 1809 he came to America. After serv ing as professor of theology in the Lutheran Concordia seminary he en gaged in newspaper work. For a time Dr. Breuss was a director in the ro^ gymnasium at Berlin. LIGHT TURNED ON. Why Judge Parker Sent the Farr.ous Telegram. ESOPTTS, N. Y.—Light was thrown on the history of the now famous Par ker telegram and the reply to it made by the democratic convention at St. Louis by a close friend of Judge Par ker, who declined to allow the use of his name. “When Judge Parker retired at 9:45 Friday night,” said this man, “he did not know anything at all about the financial side of the platform, which had been agreed upon, more than was outlined in the very brief bulletins telephoned from Kingston. When in formed by the Associated Press cor respondent, at 6:50 a. m., of the bare fact of his nomination, he knew no more, and the first real knowledge he had of the action of the convention on the financial plank in the platform was when he read the New York morning papers. Immediately after breakfast, that is to say, a little after 9 o’clock, he started for a horseback ride. Just before mounting his horse a telegram was handed him, giving a concise outline of the platform. From the moment of his reading of that tele gram it was noticed that he was very much preoccupied, and as he rode off his head was bowed as if in deep thought. “About 30:30 o’clock he rode up to the railroad station, asked for tele grams and received quite a bunch of them. I happen to know that ncne of them gave him the information he wanted. He chatted with the report ers for awhile, and it was afterward recalled that some of his questions tc them betrayed the fact of his lack of first-hand knowledge of the conven tion’s action. He waited about the station, almost irresolute in bearing for fuily ten minutes, and then sud denly galloped back toward Rosemont An hour afterward his famous tele gram was filed with the operator, and the remarkable series of events wa? under way. “That night while the convention tossed and billowed with the sensation he had produced, he did not go early to bed, as he had done the night be fore, although the local celebration in his honor ceased and the people dis persed as early as 10:15 p. m. He sat up until after 3 a. m. closely watching the bulletins, and made no move to ward retiring until after the action of the convention on his telegram was made plain to him. As he proceeded, the sympathy of his audience for the man who had lost much of the power ho had held, ad miration for his power as an orator, and beneath it all that liking for the man that endures in so many hearts was manifest and contributed toward the great silence of respect with which he was heard. Although he did not mention names, Mr. Bryan’s address was manifestly directed against Judge Parker, w’hom he characterized as the candidate of plutocracy. When he closed by sec onding the nomination of Senator Cockrell of Missouri, he was greeted with rapturous cheers from the startled supporters of that candidate His address occupied forty-seven minutes, and at its finish even his well tested physical strength was far gone PAUL KRUGER PASSES AWAY. Former President of the Transvaal Republic Dies in Switzerland. CLARENS. Switzerland.—Paul Kru ger, former president of the Transvaa’ republic, died here at 3 o’clock Thurs day morning from pneumonia and su pervening heart weakness. Mr. Kru ger lost consciousness Monday. His daughter and son-in-law were with him at the time of his death. He had been out only once since his arrival here, at the beginning of last month. The ex-president’s body was em balmed. and this afternoon the re* mains will be placed in a vault pend ing funeral arrangements. Application will be made to the British govern ment to transport the remains to the Transvaal. In the meantime they will be temporarily interred here. Mr. Kruger, who was staying at the Villa Du Boichet, had been gradually failing for a long time, but he was able to attend to affairs, read and receive visits until Saturday. A change foi the worse set in on Sunday. He be came unconscious Monday and remain ed so until his death. HIGH HONOR FOR AN AMERICAN Secretary Hay Witt Be Given Grant Cross of Legion of Honor. PARIS—The most important an nouncement of the forthcoming list o! decorations following the French na tional holiday will be that of President Loubet conferring the grand cross o* the Legion of Honor upon Secretary Hay. The grand cross is the higest gradf and is given only to personages thf government desires to signally honor An official said it was evidence of Foreign Minister Delcasse’s high re gard for Mr. Hay’s conduct of foreign affairs during the last five years. This has constantly strengthened Franco American relations, the latest being American recognition of French para mount authority in Morocco under the Franco-British arrangement. Bey of Tunis at Paris. PARIS—The bey of Tunis arrived here. He was accorded military hon ors, received a notable popular rectp tion an visited President Loubet at the Elysee palace, where they had a long and cordial exchange of friendly sentiments. The bey will be the guest of honor at a garden party. The visit of the bey to Paris is significant of the strengthening of the French protectorate over Tunis and the de velopment of the governmental policy of building up the French North Afri can empire. Senator Hill’s Statement. ALBANY, N. Y.—Former Senator David B. HiM on Tuesday gave out the following interview' on Judge Parker’s declaration for the gold standard: “I am gratified that the convention so enthusiastically en dorsed the brave and manly stana of Judge Parker, and that the whole country so favorably received it. The party is in the position in which l wished it to be, having endorsed the present gold standard. The financial question is now entirely out of tha campaign.” (TICKLE GRASS sr , BYUM WILLIAMS Jog Along. Jog along! Jog along! Keep in de line— Gwine ter be rag-time in de ebenin'! Pick all de tatah-bugs off'm de vine— Gwine ter be rag-time in de ebwnin'! Jog along! Jog along! A11 o’ yo nigs— Gwine ter be rag-time in de ebenin'! | Put on yo slippahs and yo Sunday rigs— j Gvine ter be rag-time in de ebenin'! I Jog along: Jog along! To black an' tan— Gwine ter be rag-time in de ebenin'! Gotta earn money fo’ de fiddler-man— Then there'll be rag-time in de ebenin’! Be Merry. Pure merriment, that which leaves I no regret, is the most cheering of all | nectars. It gives lightness to the heart, health to the cheeks and good cheer to all mankind. ! The gentleman that can make oth ers merry has a passport into any com pany. A merry heart goes blithely on its way, while a heavy one is aweary ere ; the journey is begun. We may not all be like Old King Cole—“the merry old soul’’—but we can at least keep our faces from sour | ing the cream, if we try. JSLiDeibxKSlrixi\ on nonnee. *t*r ? Ore TW*e o onr-J --r AT GRANDMA S FI'NERAL. Our office boy is a descendant of King Solomon. Another grandmother dies every time there’s a ball game! Poor Man. ; Oh woe! is the poor suburbanite! , He waketh up early in the night— To eatcheth the train that speeds to town: I And misses a trade ere he gets down! | He cometh again by sad m<>onlight Too late for dinner—an awful sight! He lieth to sleep in downy bed. But hears the alarm clock’s burr instead! Oh woe! is the poor suburbanite! ! We wouldn’t be him by a dog-gone sight! Odostoh in The Journalist—What ex aetly is a “society” girl? She ofteD figures in the news Items. For in stance, a young woman masquerades ; as 9 man in Philadelphia, is mu in by 1 the police and discharged when it is known that she is a “society” girl from the West. Or again, a pretty “society” girl of Cambridge enters the gallery of the Memorial Hall while the Harv ard students are at dinner. She places her foot on the rail of the gallery, takes off one of her garters and throws it to the cl.oering boys. What mean ing exactly has “society” in these con l nections? Foul Ball. Upon the Pcdunk field the Rod Birds smite the ball. And strive to drive the sphere out where the weeds art- tall! And now the haps are filled, with Skinny Jones at bat! Loud blares admonish Skin to “hit 'er in th’ slat!" He strikes! Once! Twice!—while groans rise up from out the throng Again he strikes! Hurrah! To third he drives it strong! “What’s that?’’ “A fowl?” “Oh’ Ow’! The crowd with rage is hoarse! A rush! The umpire yells: “Play ball!” and acorns their force! Mid jeers and wild complaint Jones takes his .place once more! “Three strikes! And out!” the umpire calls! A bas the score! Then madly runs the crowd to tell the outraged press That fights it o’er again! Oh! awful baseball m*‘ss! Earl ville (III.) Leader—Many a woman goes out shopping dressed in silk and enveloped in perfume, whose hard working husband hasn't had a new suit of clothes or a decent meal in live years. Yes, and many a loafer stands on the street with a stinking pipe in his face; his tank full of booze and his mouth full of profanity, whose hard working wife hasn't had a new dress or a kind word since she was married. We read in one of the city papers that "Miss Eliabelle Mae Swanks, the well-known poet, has again favored the Hickey Harpoon with a contribu tion. It is called 'Lonesomeness Well, I swan! Instead of using rougg, the Japa nese women are saving their paint money and giving it to the war fund that the soldiers may have powder! He struck her, but she did not strike back. It would have been useless. He had not a dollar to his name else he would not have struck her for car fare. This is a cruel, cruel world! It is more blessed to give than to receive. That is why the kid in our alley licked the newsboy around the corner. He had to give—or take. Some of the fellows have been dis cussing ‘‘How would you like to be the man in the moon?” We wish they would cheese it! When a provident your.g fellow tells a rich girl he loves the very ground she walks on, it is time for her to tie a can to him! First thing we know the trusts will have the law of gravitation repealed. Reed A. Bible is a resident of Chi* 3ago. And may his tribe increase!