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Red Wing (Minn.) News: Possibly
the administration has overdone the
business the least little bit in stud
iously repressing Miles.
San .Francisco Star: Senator Gor
man Is being "boomed" by Mark Han
na and the reorganizes for the demo
cratic nomination for president! The
real democracy will "none of him."
St Cloud -(Minn.) Times: The
United States is, not making much
ii ogress towards building the Panama
canal, but the salaries are going on
all the time so that some people are
entirely satisfied.
Danville (Pa.) Democrat: Next
year, when the campaign is on, it will
be found that, the G. O. P. is getting
financial support from its old-time
friends the trusts. How long. O
Lord, how long, will the people be
fooled?
Tiffln (O.) Advertiser: Roosevelt
V now sticking closely to New York,
for fear it may get away from him
TiPYt vear. He hasn't even attempted
to kill any more trusts with his mouth
since he returned from his western
pilgrimage.
West Union (b.) Defender: The
four great frauds of the country have
occurred under republican administra
tions. They were the "whisky rjng"
frauds, the "credit mpbilier" frauds;
the "star route" frauds, and now the
"postal" frauds.
Franklin (Tenn.) News: The party
vill not return to true Jeffertonian
principles for the reason that it has
been nowhere to return. A party, no
more than an individual, can return to
a thing it has never left. It is Senator
Gorman and the like of him that has
left Jeffersonian principles.
Fulton (111.) Journal: Why don't
Giover Cleveland or some of his ad
mirers spring Jimmy Eckles, lie of
4 asset currency" fame, aas a demo
cratic candidate for the presidency
He is about as fine and as attenuated
h specimen of the sycophantus gold
fcugus as the effete east or tho stren
uous west can produce.
Greenville y (111.) Item: There is
only one man in tbe country who
Ftands any chance of beating Roose
velt for the republican nomination for
the presidency. That man is Grover
Cleveland. He is very popular with
the republicans, and they may yet
throw Teddy overboard and make
0"over their standard-bearer.
Wichita (Kas.) Commoner: Uncle
Sam has been trying to Introduce new
coins into .the Philippines, but the
Filipino is prejudiced against the
row-fangled money. He may have
boen reading the campaign speeches
o 189G, which had so much to say
about "none3t money" and "fifty-cent
dollars," and Tiave taken the speeches
seriously.
Sidney (la.) Herald: The demo
cratic party pure and simple is a
l'arty of the people and not a party of
trusts, combines and protected inter
ests. Only "by being faithful to the in
terests of the people can it hope to
gain their support at- the. poles. Let
ne party do its duty and remain loyal
to principle and 'that support will
surely come.''
Your Serves
Furnish the motive power of the en
tire body. Dr. Miles' Nervine will
keep the nerves strong and healthy
or restore their strength if weakened,
torn on guarantee. Write for freo book on
wrvou3 diseases:
Da, Milks Mbdxgax. Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Haskell (Tex.) Tree Press: When a
democrat talks about the money ques
tion the republicans sneeringly say
that tho money question is settled,
then they confer among themselves
and caucus with the president about
passing an asset currency bill when
the congress meets in special session
i ext winter. They know that it Isn't
settled, but they want to do all tho
settling.
Roff (I. T.) Trade Mark: The
smallness of President Roosevelt and
Secretary Root was plainly demon
strated last Saturdav whnn finn. MrI-
,son A. Miles was retired by reason of
tno age limit from the command of
tho army. They allowed this hero and
patriot to retire from the active ser
vice of his country without a com
mendation, all because of some little
spite.
Waterville (Wash.) Press: Why is
the "glorious nanonlv" of war kent.
so persistently before the public mind,
especially the youth of the land? Why
is war made so much more attractive
than peace? Why is it that sin is so
much more attractive than righteous
ress? There are no songs set to
"glorious panoply" of peace, and yet
wo have for nineteen hundred years
been pretending to be followers of the
Prince of Peace.
Johnstown Democrat: Trade is not
following the flag much faster than
the constitution in the case of the
Philippines, exports from the United
States to the "dependency" having de
clined from ?4,814,404 in 1902 to $3,
598,613 in 1903. But there has been
a notable growth in imports from tho
archipelago, the figures for 1903 being
$11,089,980' against $6,447,500 in 1902.
Such an "adverse balance" will prob
ably make the lamented Dingley turn
ever in his grave.
Petty (Tex.) Enterprise: Some pa
pers say Mr. Bryan ought to "let up"
ou CJeveland. Why so? In persist
ently tajiirig. Cleveland for his subject
Bryahis fighting tho silent chief .of
the conspirators who are covertly
seeking to reorganize ' the democratic
rarty. The bolters, headed by Cleve
land, will have no compromise. If
they are not permitted to dictate ev
ery plank of the platform and name
the platform, every mother's son of
them will give open or secret comfort
to the republicans.
Lewistown (111.) News: t W. J. Bry
an, in speaking of the Cleveland move
ment, says: "It is a comedy as it
now stands, but a tragedy if It should
succeed." No seer or prophet ever
more clearly expressed the sentiment
of all genuine democrats. Cleveland's
attempt and his friends' efforts to foist
him into the presidential chair, is a
laughable farce, but the success of
such a venture means thts utter col
lapse of the democrat party. It is
hardly able to swim" now, owing to
the "ducking" he administered during
his term of oflice, and if he is hung
onto it" again like a dead weight, it
will send it down to keep company
with McGinty.
Rt T.nnfn Labor Compendium: Mr.
-Bryan states truly that "the demo
crats in 1892 played a confidence game
on the people and put a bunco stcerer
at the head of the party," and he
ailves the nail home with a vengeance
when he warns his friends: "Don't
be deceived when they tell you it was
the silver question that drove people
out of the" party. Those who left the
democratic party are divided into two
classes: those who left because they
, -nrWRfnrvi tho Issue in the campaign
and those who left because they were
,ij-r,nfi in Hi issue of the cam
paign. Those who understood the is-j
suo and left because they understood
it can never roturn to the party until
they repent and show that their hearts
and sympathies are changed. The fight
vill continue in this country until one
s!de or the other is triumphant" As
Tom Johnson says: "It was frco men,
not free silver," that the Wall fctreot
gang feared. Their fear that the pop
ular uprising o" 1896 and 1900 threat
er.ed tho country's financial standing
was assumed. They are even now
seeking to foist a system of money
issuance that cannot fall to impair our
nation's credit after having "gold
tricked" the people In two campaigns.
traordlnary color, since thoy aro
neither white nor yellow nor red nor
blue nor violet nor green nor orango
r.or brown nor bladeKansas City
Journal.
Colors of Flowers,
i Some interesting statistics in regard
to the colors of flowers were recently
compiled by a German scientist. Ac
cording to him, out of 1,000 species of
flowers 284 are white. 223 vnllmv 59.n
red, 144 blue, 72 violet, 30 green, 12
oiangc, 4 brown and 2 black. Fur
thermore, he says that only one spe
cies out of every ten has any perfume.
Among white flowers fifteen out of
oery hundred snecies havo nnrfumn
among red flowers nine, anions ernnn
, fight, among yellow and violet, each
joi vuii, umuiig orunge anu urown, each
six, and among black flowers none.
At flrst glance these figures seem to
be complete, but anyone who takes the
Itrouble to add those which are given
in regard to the colors of flowers will
find that the total amounts to 997 and
not to 1,000. Consequently it Is evi
dent that in every 1,000 species there
are three which must be or some ex-
The Large Family of Jones,
Sixty-two years ago a man named
Jones moved from Kentucky to Dado
county, Missouri, taking with him hla
fimlly of ten children. At a reunion
rfcently held at Everton, 1,019 of his
aescendants wcro present, and thero
are a few who were unable to attend.
Almost all of his descendants havo
married and settled In tho same neigh
borhood in southwest Missouri, and as
thoy are clannish a stranger who goes
hi thero and talks unfavorably about
anybody he has met 1b very likely to
find ho Is talking to a relative of the
person who has incurred his displeas
ure, and that he has got Jii:.isolf Into
trouble. They are said to be tho larg
est family living in a single neigh
borhood in tho United States. Chica
go Inter-Ocean.
Whistler and the Cat,
One day a lady came to Whistler,
tho artist, with tho request that ho
would honor her by painting her por
trait. When she came to him for her
first sitting she brought a cat with
her and placed it upon her knees. Tho
animal was very restless and was con
stantly mewing. Whistler was much
annoyed. "Madame," he said at last,
"will you havo tho cat in the fore
ground or in the back yard?" Scott
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