A 3Tnr4yrel Pun * .
jood story on circuuv.tantial ev"lj
! s told by the Philadelphia Pu/
Sic Lodger. The l.'ite Senator Vest , ' > ,
i , v.ns once defending a you'll ;
from tli" ch.-trge of larceny. Tin
evidence auaiiiHt him was purely cir
coiHStrtiitial , but strong.
Vest urged thai no man should hi
-Qonvictcd on circumstantial evidence
ctkrae. /
"Why , " ho said , "when. I was a IK > :
another lad who.vhile hi :
were absent , went into the pan
"try and nearly devoured a custard pie
Then , fearing the consequencesi IK
looked About for means of hiding tin
traces of Ins guilt
"He seized the eat , smeared her face
< ! U3d paws with the ou.jt.ard , and thei
took the innocent criminal into the had
jpinl and shot her. As he did so , tlu
"boy observed to me :
"There goes one more victim of cir
ouiBStanthil evidence I' "
Vest won the ease.
CONDITION.
by Sluirp 'rwiufftts , ShooS-
Snt ; I'iiiiiN nntl Dizziness.
Hiram Center , 518 South Oak street ,
Slake City , Minn. , says : "I was so bad
with kidney trouble
that 1 could nof
straighten tip aftei
stooping w i t h o u 1
sharp pains shooting
tlvrough my back. I
had dizzy spells , was
nervous and my eye
sight affected. The
kidney secretions
were irregular and
too frequent. I was
in a terrible condi-
but Doan's Kidney Pills have
me und I Lave enjoyed perfect
since. "
Sold by all dealers. HO cents a box.
Foster-Mil burn Co. . Buffalo , N. Y.
Jlnsky
i 'The church was packed , even tht
lses litiod with chairs. Ju.st before
ttiie benediction the thoughtful
clergyman , who loved order as he
'did the Gocnel , thus admonished his
Sieorers : "In passing out , please re
seated until the usher' ; have
( ho chairs from the aisles. "
.x.ippmcoU's.
JPb4it n Ponliry Mtn Sny Aboat li < > -
ilulj- Ten sit Itorjjx.
"As 1 am in the poultry business. I
fead ten -\\hite chicks toash and pre
pare for a show. I u--ed ' 20 Mule Team'
Soap for washing the birds , and 1 can
; sxy from years of experience , washing
white birds , never before have I fouud
si soap or Borax that cleaned my birds
eo fine and easy. I had a great deal
of comment on my birds being so
' wiiJte/1 J. A. Dinwiddie , New Market ,
"Teaa. All dealers. * . 1 and 3 lb. car-
Tfcons. Sample and boolclet oc. Paciiic
Coast Borax Co. , Chicago , 111.
Theiifsi of " "llefor " av w.
"TliP uew bervnnt ha < l presented her
e erences and the mistress read them
de < lures a writer in Answers ,
a doubtful eye.
"I am not quite satis-fled with your
references. Jane , " she said.
"Nayther am I. mum. " responded the
stalwart miid , "but they're the best 1
get"
To "Ladles Only. The wish to be
"Jjeautiful is predominant in every wom
an , and none can say she does not care
VTKftreiher she is beautiful or not. Dr.
T. Felix Gouraud's Oriental Cream ,
or Magical Beautifier elicits a clear
zrjinsparent complexion , free from Tan ,
/Freckles / , or Moth Patches , and so close-
"I imitating nature as to defy detection.
It has tlii- highest medical testimony as
Tarcll as professional celebrities , and en
11s own in rits it has become one of
largest and a popular specialty in
trade. Ff.no. T. HOPKINS. Sole Pro-
/prietor. 37 Great .Tones Street , New
Twk. Foi sale by all Druggists and
Fancy < ro.n < ls Dealers throughout the
JFJalted States , Cauadas , and Europe.
Rare IJIrtl.
' 'I adm > p that parrot of yours , " re-
OMa&ed the visitor , rising to take his de
" ' sensible bird I've
parture. "It's the most
a'oea for a long time. "
"Why , ho hasn't uttered a single word
Ince you came in , " said the owner of the
jgrarrot.
"I know it. That's why I atlinire
Aim. "
Ciiclu Allvii.
" "They sav , " remarked Uacle Allen
Sparks , "Lhnt the corporations are no.
& 'olng to contribute anything to the cam-
vpaign fund1- this year. Then we won't
'feivti as much campaign oratory as usual
There is no loss without some gain. "
Chicago Tr'bune.
Care for a. ' 'A'ajTsriiijc" Woman.
LHuving advertised as a widower in
search of a wife No. 2 , a man of St.
GaiI. Switzerland , showed the fifty re-
Hea and photographs which he had
received to his wife , and , stating that
3f she did not want him there were
oiiers who did , he effectively cured her
of uer "nagging" habits. Petit Paris-
Prob.ilile.
* * ! sometimes think , " said Duhley ,
" ' "thai it would be interesting to trace
! ie origin of some of the common
phrases of lie day. For instance , I
crcmder who originated the expression ,
* It never rains but it pours. ' "
"Very likely , " suggested Kidcjcr , "it
was Noah. "
The iu..a - ot tin- v.oii'da.1oy ] o.OOO-
xj pcr o ; -
Per Infants and Children.
l&s Kind You Have Always Bought
/
Bears the / Xij
Signature of C&Z
In Convention Speech lie Attaci-
Rcpubiican Party c.nd Leader
ship of Roosevelt.
IATT TEDDY'S A TOIITTZ-D" OITI
Chairman Asserts that G. 0. P. Ha ;
Made Many Promises but Ful
filled Pew of Them.
speech of l'orninent Ohairmai
Clayton in iho Domocratir uatioaal con
vuntion was a for x-f iii nn atation °
party aspiration" aud a severe aiTaign
mom of Prrod'k'iu Uoos-evelt and the Ie
publican t'oiiun"-s. FntprMit demonstru
tion of wild I'lirhusinsui eanif from rhi
li tcnin U > ouNjin l < . vjur p.stionuf thi
name of I'rynn bi'iith ) - unfailing igua
for tumultuous applause. Mr. Cln.Moi
said in part :
This is n lJcmovratic yoir.
hloi.s : nre now iiopul.ir Hoc trimahv.ty
and si-Diie.-l at hj OHI
taught l > y our i.irty
opponents are iu > \ \ ur't-d . ! > .1 uoptl o
thfir own. Mpa * > n. < - > and pulicii's of I > cm
ot-ratJc origin au no\v prctcndcdly advo
catcii by the ItMderof the U.-Miibhcan p.ir
tj- . It ino lon'401 anahNtic : to diiclai <
private monopoly to ln > indefen ihlo or tlia
the great transportation coinpani"shouli
be regulated and controlled by public law
Forrnor questioning of the decision of :
bjra majority of the Siipiome court in tin
Income tax case cannot now he he-mi , he
noise of the vt-hemen
cau ' " of the pi eater
denunciation of j il4e and judicial act'
that h.-ue .hoeke'l thi1 country. A deinani
for the levi&ion of the tariff i no longei
ind'i tnal 'stein
a threat to < U.trov oar
Trusts .ire not to be tolerated c\on l y ilu
Republican part.\ . \Vi > nee.l . not now en
large on the livt of Republican admissions
and promises for eluition purposes only.
Ivopt.
The Kemibluan party ba nind market '
ojjiess in piouiis'-s ti the people am'
much greater progresli : ii'm-j : > > i-li.sh in
erects and sitec.al pi : .ilexes. Tlsis paitj. .
guided by expedients and campaiun neces
sity. would camp this xoar on l. emoi-rati (
pround If it Is apparent reeen. prog : ess
Is to continue it does not ieiiiii-e aerj
pi eat sueep of the imaginatbin to srp writ
ten into a Republican jilaform lour jiar ;
henoe these immortal v.ords of Thomas , Ief
fer.son. "nijual rights to all. s cua. ! prui
"
leges to none
In this quadrennial oonte-t M > - . Koo.se
relt has iderititiel himo-lr with Mr. Taft. .
Mr. Taft has ulentitiod himself with Mr.
Roe < e\elt. The Republican party has in
eeparably identiiied the two together. T
praise one JOM must praise the other : tc
criticise is to criti < i-f his pursuing shadow ,
And so. 1 must say. if it should appTnii- <
nny one that in notin.r and denouncing
abuses and failures on the part ot tinpies. .
snt adniinist1 it ion .inv luetise K asb'inuvl ,
I urge the i I'possibilu. . oi M > iarating ? ne
present o ipant ot" the White House from
liis own au , med one.
It lias bet n n-ade evident in the pen linn
ampaign that the Ile- > ! hir < iis will spk t i
Conjure with the nar. ' - > f It , f M vet ! and will
rely upon the I'io& . I.-iii's polk'es aa
prized as-ct
s" t'niJer PJre.
The Piesident has adve lis d hiniKelf ands
-s p.dif' ' s with a fre < : I'wv and nliil'ty
: nat stii'a sci rhe tkst eiforts of the
> arewdeet press agent. A dlsrinjjui ed Ke-
jn iican. a forrr.er 'abl"x < "flicer , oue pub-
icly pvooi-iiPiel the I'i.ileni to b" * the
'reitest ox iri.-nt of tue J.L { of advertising
: he world has ko\-n
The tounti.i las i vn \ > n aid * > ot nl-
" - -m3 K
i&W - & & & - * ff&
THE GREAT COHEIONES , STAS
, lowed to forscr that , in his opinion.
, energies nave lioea l * > v t "l to the arr
plishmcnt of manv hisli purposes , and t' ' i
It his work is jet in'omplote it 5so on !
because his und i takijs were too vast i
be orirrKfl to TV-OSS duriiir his term <
office. "My policies' must continue. S
the ciiaaiiJi .a < > f tho- would tran-fer oih <
and power to nb fav > ; 5te < 'bluet iniaiste
and his spear is tcv have a fellow. Tli
pretense is that the fight must go on undf
the leader designated by him until the Ia
foe shall Lave surreudtre'l or lie-in lor
ous in the < M > t T' o nomination of hi
would be hueeessor Wis largely aeromplislie
by the us" of oflici.i-l pitmna e and eoar1 !
inachiiie nieth * ds ami has delicriited tb
chief , ipo-tie nf strpii'iosity , . .iud.r tli
time , has nor port.inx" ! the
of the one-time chil service ictovmer. no1
the boss , an adi t in the -jowal of pul
lie plunder and forgetful of all hie ieso.m
Ing moral commonplaces *
i Sd'um UolleiTrijjv t'i < i.Ml.
1 No fair-minded American could rejid tli
fiaily account - of tht.rent political doinu
at Chicago without feeiing mortifua'ion an
regret ; 'nortihi-alion t'nit the 1'rpsidei
should have so abused tu.s peer in dli
luting to a great tarth choice of a vi <
censor , and r < gret that nut partj shoul
have submitted &o oowardh to a humili-
lion that was as manifest as it was d >
giadiug.
What are t i poMcie. which ' -onstiii'i
the capital of the Republican party in tin
campaign and .that aio ielie < : upon to sui
port the ( ai.-L la y of Mr. Taft ?
7tctlls J'rf.sideut's Ttli-ssjij t ? .
It must be nriniit'ed that the republic ca
not long survive if fraud and eorruptio
bopome material factors in our election1
No man ha- , said mor. > thin the I'resijer
about tne corruption of elections. Voa n
cnll his meN az * ' Jo fongie-ss , in Ipceaili < \
itU."i , where he ahl :
"It has open oily too nearly shown tin
certain men a * the head of the c large coi
poratmiis , take hut small note of the eJ.'Icj
distinction between honest , and dishonesty
thry draw th < i line oniy this side of win
may 1 - called law-honesty , the kind of h.
c-ty necpssarj in order t > avoil ; falltng Ini
the ( lufch'S nr tie law"
\Ve have here tiie condemnation of tb
practice. Has he proved his filth b > !
voilv > Is it true or not than fo ir yeu
ago lie select " 1 for his cacipai rn manxsre-
no\ce ! in yolM"s ! who e jji'ncipal q-ialiti
tion for the iio > i < Iii was the po vet ' i- 1 e'
over the" c ) ' c-ition of the lindV 1 < i
true or not tnat t i- ctlic'a1 pj : < e as Se
rctnry of onii > ej p.nid La. ) t * give ii ;
knowledge of t ic e I- ) u < -p-iet and r
lations of co'porations to caia
CLAYTON'S HOTTEST SHOTS.
There has not been a session of Con
gress in twelve \oars at which the Repub
lican party could not have passed a law
prescribing , defining and regulating the
issuance of injunctions and providing for
fair trial4 ; iu contempt ca es. Yet noth-
i'ig has been done to give the wage-earner
fair treatment , and less than nothing is
offomi to him in the Chicago deliverance.
Koosexolt is the greatest exponent of
the art of advertising that the world has
b.'iown.
Nomination of his would-be successor
\\as- largely accomplished by use of official
patronage and coarse machine methods.
HP selected for campaign manager a
novice in politics CCortelyoii. then Secre
tary of Colnmerco and Labor ) , whose
principal qualification was the power he
held over the corporations.
He has placed aud kept in cilice men
who were not appointed by and with the
advice and consent of. the Senate.
I'o has intinencofl or attempted to iii-
fiuemo courts and juries in the adminis
tration of public justice.
Itis no longer "anarchistic" to declare
private monopoly to bo indefensible or
that the great transportation companies
should be regulated and controlled by
public laws.
A demand for a revision of the tariff
is no longer a threat to destroy our In
dustrial $3 stern.
manager , and clothed him ivlth power , -with
the a-sent of the I're Ident. to punish or
reward them by publishing or withholding
their s erets that he had collected as such
S ' ( ietar.\ .
Fniitl.s.
; in Cnmimin
Is it true or not that , with his power
j held in terror over the corporations , he
[ solicited or had his agents solicit campaign
contributions from themV Is it true or not
that .such a request under such circum
stances was a demand upon the corporations
tionsa demand that they acceded to , know
ing that the man who made it had the pow
er to punish them in case they refused ? Can
it be doubted that in this way vast sums
were raised ? If so , how much of these
contributions weie ti-ed lor legitimate ex
penses and ho\\ much for corruption pur
poses we do not know. Notwithstanding
ba\.ige ante election denial we know that a
.subsequent imestigation of certain insur
ance Companies uncovered the fact that
large amount * were contributed "by these
companies to the Republican campaign fund
- not the nioiiej of the men who gave it ,
lint money covertly taken without consent
of stockholders or point holders and entered
on the books in a way calculated to conceal
the embezzlement.
II 'jjiIiiit-iiiN and Publicity.
All this wa.s done in the interest of the
Republican < andidate for President. The
monej was u ed. the candidate was elected ,
and he continued to deliver lectures on de
cency and for honesty in elections , sending
messages to Congress on publicity and cam
paign contnimtious. but at times when
these were certain to he mm ailing.
The Chicago convention has met , has
triusacted its bu.sines : , . and has adjourned.
The question of a publicity bill was mooted
there.vas defeated , and it would never
ha\e sei-u the light of day except through
the unaided effoits of one solitary member
of the Committee on Platform and Resolu
tions.
Let me ? o on. There has been and Is
now a pub ic demand for legislation regu
lating , not abolishing , the pioeess of IP.
junction , and the power to punish for al-
has been done or might have been done in
thl ? direction during his entire administra
tion.
tion.Thus , mj' countrymen , in this view we
have the spectacle of a President urging a
icfractory Congress to pass needed reform
and appealing in vain , or we hare another
spectacle , that of a President for the sake
of his own popularity or for the sake of the
popularity of his own candidate making a
political play by urging that Congress do
what he mast know it would not do and
what we are forced to consider he did not
wish done.
The President stands sponsor for Mr.
Taft. lie desires that the laboring man :
that those who would have the government
effectively regulate the railroads x that those
who would revise and reduce the tariff and
destroy the trusts ; these should believe that
Mr. Taft is not a reactionary but a militant
reformer , saturated with his ideas and that
he will carry out "my policies. " Mr. Taft
will have to receive about seven million
votes before he can execute any policy.
C'liarse'j Fed oval Usurpation.
Piesident Roosevelt has constantly clam
ored for more law and has frequently dis
regarded laws already on the statute hooks.
He has sometimes arrogated to himself to
say. what laws should he enforced and what
should not. He has e\erciskl the unauthor
ized privilege of deciding against whom the
laws should be enforced and who should be
immune from prosecution. He insisted on
the punishment of certain railroads and of
certain men for giving and receiving re-
hates , and then ordered the discontinuance
of the case against one of his Cabinet offi
cers who had confessed that as an official
of the railroad he gave rebates to a com
pany in which he was a stockholder and offi
cial. And this man remained in the Cab
inet until he left with the President's rec
ommendation for a more lucrative position
as head of a great corporation.
Roosevelt and the Conrti.
Indeed , by his defiance of legal limita
tions and the safeguard of the constitution
he has done more to inculcate contempt of
law than all the mobs that have claimed
victims for their violence in all the States.
The President is upon an eminence. If he
violates the law , men cverj-whcre know It.
If he does not himself respect it to the full
extent he robs It of the reverence that
might be willingly bestowed by others. In
this same overbearing spirit he has placed
and kept in ollice men who were not ap
pointed by and with the advice and con
sent of the Senate. II < ; has influenced or
attempted to influence courts and juries In
the administration of public justice , not
only by deciding who should and Avho should
not be prosecuted , but by making known his
personal feelings or sympathies between the
prosecution and the accused.
Let us confidently hope that the time
will never be ripe for the change of the
constitution by "executive actions" and by
"judicial Interpretations. " If such a time
should come then a go\ernment of law will
perish from the earth and a government of
caprice v , 111 be created on the ruins of one
established by a written constitution.
Mr. Chairman , delegates , and fellow coun
trymen , the time and the occasion in our
national affairs impose a duty -we cannot , If
JOHN W. KERN'S CAHEEB *
VJce-PresIdeiiiial Aspirant Active In
Indiana Politics.
John Worth Kern , candidate for Vice
President on the Democratic ticket , v.as
born iu Howard County , Indiana , Dcf.
20 , 1S49 , and lias lived in Indiana all
his life. Active In politics from his
early manhood , he has been regarded
for several years pabt as one of t.u/
leading Democrats Qf his common
wealth. Twice he headed the State
ticket as candidate for Governor , in
1000 and in 190-1. being unsuciOhsful in
each campaign. In 1005 lie rcconed a
complimentary vote of his party i r
United States Senator. His home is in
Indianapolis , where he is a lawyer. lie
held the oiiice of City Attorney from
1S07 to 1901. Previously he had been
State Supreme Court Reporter , from
1SS.1 to 1SS9 , and State Senator ( row
1S02 to 1S9G. lie is an alumnus of
the University of lichijran. cla s ot
1SU9. Mr. Kern's career is here given
briefly :
IS 10 Horn at Alto , Howard County. Ind.
1831 Family removed to Warren County ,
Ohio.
] s.G4 Family returned to Alto. Ind.
1SGG Entered fniver ity of Michigan.
1SGS Graduated from law school.
IJcgan practice at Kokomo. Ind.
1S70 Defeated for the Legislature.
1S72 Chosen City Attorney of Kokomo.
1SS4 Elected Ileporter of State Supreme
Court. Removed to Indianapolis.
1SSR Defeated for Reporter's ollice.
1S91' Elected State Senator.
1894 Re elected to State Senate.
1S9T Elected City Attorney of Indianap
olis.
1899 Re-elected as City Attorney. *
1000 Defeated for governorship of Indiana.
1904 Again defeated for governorship.
1905 Democratic candidate for Senator.
190S Democratic vice presidential nom
inee.
demonstration had the sanction of the
convention leaders , who had vainly tried
for many minutes to quell tliat tendered
the Maine leader. The name of William
Jennings Bryan was cheered for thirty-
six minutes at the Chicago convention of
1S9G , when placed in nomination , the
"cross of gold" speech delivered two days
prior having introduced and endeared the
unknown Nebraska ! ! to delegates and
spectators.
The name of William McKinley was
cheered for thirty-two minutes at the
MR BEYAN ADDRESSING ADMIRERS AT FAIRVIEW.
S K ' V-S
$ & $ i ® ' % & * .
t FC > & J * < * * % N iH 4"V7. . ' ?
'M Ji '
v . .vvC. .
DIXG ON THE FSONT STEPS OF HIS COUNTSY H03SE. IS ADDRESSING LINCOLN PEOPLE WHO CAME
OUT TO SSJOICE WITH KI3C OVES HIS NOMINATION.
leged indirect or const"ueti' e contempt of
courts. Ever s nee 1S9 < the Democratic
party protested against hasty and 111 con-
sidero i use of infractions , and has been
in.si nng ou the right of fair trial in all
i asp > of ( onstructhe contempts.
There h.is not been a session of Congress
in twehe yeirs at which the Republican
party could not hive passed a law prescrib
ing. defining , and n gulating the issuance of
injunctions and providing for fair trials in
contempt cav s.
The Tnrif ! Isxue.
The Piesident and his p.nrty declare that
a pre ejection ,1-eMsion ot" t'ae tariff would
be unwi.se. i
This ab > e"tion has be n repeated in ad
vance of every election since the eaactaient
of the Dingles law. and surely the country
will not again he deceived by Republican
promises to rcvi.- - the tat Iff after the elec
tion. Their appeal to the people is this
ghe us another chance to make you a prom
ise and the promise will V made.
It is safe to say that the people pay at
least S. to the already w < M'thy beneficiaries
of protectionism for everv dollar that is
paid into tiie treasorv. IVhind the wall of
high protection , which in some cases is
altozetuer prohibitive , the tri-t > levy enor
mous tribute on the people. This has
amounted to not less than $10.000.000.000
in the last decade
President ; in l tZie Trusts.
The President has made great pretense
of destrov'ng trusts. Let him tell of the
res-nr In a message delivered to Congress
he said
"The Department of Justice has for the
la t four y-ars devoted mor > * attention to
the enforcement of anti-trust legislation
than anytnin , ; e'se. Much has been accom
plished : particularly marked has been the
moral effect of t'u > prosecutions , but it Is
iicica iuTi ' evid < nt t'laf thi > re will bo a
MTV insuffl 'ientiy beneficial resu'.c in the
v. ay of economic c'la'-ge The su 'cessful
prosfcation of one Invic ? to evade the law
rnn > ediatelv d.-velons nnotne * device to nc-
coni [ lish the same purpose Whit is need
ed . . ; ii-v sweeping prohibition of every ar-
ianjemenT. rood or bad , \ vhih tniy tend to
restrict competitf > n , bit : > uth adequate su
pervision. and .regulation ? s will prevent any
lestrlction of competition thn i h the reg
ulitio'i qf otbei i ii crp jn n < > w iy connected
wi'h restriction of ciacpetit'on. "
Be > t Cure.
Til' , Ss -n adr.i slcn of fi.l inn 1 one
' ] OfM not ! ) i"l to < i\e. ! o * . t 'is admission
t --ther thin toMiy thil ! > in'tirisonnvnt
of all those who violate i the law would
have a more salutary effect than all that
we would , evade.Vu must go out from
this Lall with one h art and determination
to put our loved ship of state on an even
koel. That keel ha been too long beating
the airV < > must bring it down Into the
deep abiding waters of the constitution.
NEW HECOE.D TOE CHEEBING.
demonstration for William Jen
nings Bryan in Denver , in length of time ,
far outdoes any similar outburst recorded
in the history of national conventions.
Outbursts o enthusiasm that have swept
delegates off their feet , altered the plans
of political leaders and nominated "dark
iiorses" have not been infrequent , and
have been the most dreaded features of
great party gatherings to the professional
politicians.
Until the recent Republican convention ,
where die "vale" to Roosevelt was sound
ed , the tribute of the admirers of James
G. Elaine , paid him in the Minneapolis
Republican convention of 1S92 , had re
mained unparalleled.
Th re again it was a farewell. The
aligned ami firmly held delegations of
Benjamin Harrison remained impervious
to the tumult for the "Plumed Knight , "
who on that day parsed out of the high
lights of American history. For forty
minutes the convention was halted , while
Blaine delegates and the crowded gal
leries shrieked the old rallying cry.
"P.laine , Klaiue , James O. Blaine. " The
passing salute to the Republican leader
was declared dhe greatest tribute ever paid
a living American.
On the first day of tiie recent Repub
lican convcnt'on iu Chicago , 'however ' , the
r.lainp Brecon ? was shattered , when dele
gates and attendants cheered for forty-
cigltt minutes the name of President
Roosevelt , \\hil" the galleries chanted the
refrain , "Four. four , four years more. "
Theodore Roosevelt , in the Philadelphia
convention of I'.KX ) , when nominated for
Vic , . Pr . ( > ident , also had been cheered for
ferry mmutes , and , although equal in
length , to the Blaine tribute , the latter
St. Louis convention of 1S1HT. where the
name of Mark Ilanna also e\oled enthu
siasm that lasted twenty-four minutes.
William II. Taft was cheered for tweutj-
five minutes whr n placed in nomination
at Chicago , and John Sharp Williams ,
Benjamin R. Till man and other leaders
have 'inspired convention outbursts lasting
from twenty to twenty-five minutPs.
Looking Abend.
"Now that I have provided you with
a good dinner , " said the kind lady , "will
you saw some wood for me ? "
"jMadain , " replied the hobo from Bos
ton , "nothing would afford mo more
pleasure than abbreviating timber for
you , but Iu behalf of posterity I am
compelled to decline. "
"But what has posterity got to do
with it ? ' ' queried the k. 1.
"It's like this , madam. " explained the
self-conducted tourist. "With the revo
lutions of the whirligig of time my
grandchildren may become multimillion
aires , and if their daughters have oc
casion to purchase titles it will be M >
much more pleasant for them to b *
able to say that their srreat-grand-
fatiier was a gentleman of leisure in
stead of a common wood sawyer/ '
A vest.ls.cncA.
Towue Do you believe in dreams ?
Browne I used to , but I don't any
more.
Towne Not as superstitious as you
were , eh ?
Browne Oh , it wasn't a question of
superstition. I was in love with one
once and she jilted me. Catholic
Standard and Times.
Couldn't Hear Anything 1mt Talk.
Hixon I don't care a fig for opera ,
Dixon But you go once a week.
HixonYes ; but on society's night
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1203 Venetian Crusaders took Constan
tinople.
M : ( > Cliaries VII. of France crowned
at Rheiins through the instrumental
ity of the simple peasant girl , Joan
cf Arc.
1G10 Foundation of the famed Bodleian
library was laid in Oxford.
1G2S Kirke defeated Koquemont in the
Gulf of St. Lawrence.
1GG9 Locke's constitution for Carolina
signed.
1GS3 Combined armies under John So-
bieski defeated the Turks under the
walls of Vienna.
1701 Gibraltar attacked by the British
and captured two days later.
1773 Pope Clement XIV. signed bill for
the extinction of the Jesuits.
1779 Americans surprised and defeated
the British at Paulus Hook Miu-
nisink settlements in Orange county.
New York , attacked by Indians.
1793 Execution of Charlotte Corday.
1797 Bonaparte defeated the Mame
lukes at the battle of the Pyramids ,
and thus subdued lower Egypt.
j 812 British and Indians captured Fort
Mackinaw , one of the strongest out
posts of the United States United
States brig Nautilus captured by a
squadron of British frigates. . . .Brit
ish and allies defeated the French at
battle of Salamanca.
1S40 Bill for the union of Upper and
Lower Canada received the sanction
of Queen Victoria Pioneer Cunard
steamer Britannia , arrived at Halifax.
1SZO Thomas Corwin of Ohio became
Secretary of the Treasury.
1S53 First pier of Victoria bridge at
Montreal begun.
1SG1 Confederate Congress met at
Richmond.
1SG3 Assault on Fort Wagner.
1SG4 President Lincoln issued call for
500,000 more volunteers.
1SGG Austrians defeated the Italians at
Lissa.
1S6S Wyoming Territory organized.
1S70 M. Prevost Paradol , French minis
ter at Washington , committed suicide.
1S74 Charges of Theodore Tiltoa against
Henry Ward Beecher made public.
387(1 ( Boisrand Canal elected Presi
dent of Ilayti.
1SS ( Gen. Manuel Gonzales elected
President of Mexico.
1SS1 Sitting Bull surrendered at Fort
Btiford.
1SS2 Indian battle of Big Dry Wash ,
Arizona.
ISS-t First message received at Boston
over the Benuett-Mackay cable.
1S92 Election in Manitoba favored Pro
vincial Prohibition.
1S93 Boycotting decided to be legal by
the Supreme Court of Minnesota.
1S91 President Cleveland signed the act
admitting Utah to the Union.
IS9G Cleveland , O. . celebrated the 100th
anniversary of its settlement.
1897 Dingley tariff law went into effect.
1S99 Secretary of War Alger re
signed because of severe criticism on
the conduct of the Spanish war.
1901 Intense heat prevailed in the east
ern and central parts of the- United
States.
I90o United States naval squadron ar
rived at Annapolis with the remains
of Admiral John Paul Jones.
L90G Peace signed between Salvador and
Guatemala.
1907 Thirty killed and many injured in
a wreck on the Pere Marquette rail- V
vray near Salem , Mich The Ko
rean Emperor abdicated in favor of
the crown prince Fifty lives lost
by the sinking of the steamer Colum
bia off the California coast Sev
eral thousand persons prostrated by
heat at a parade of Elks in Phila
delphia.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Farmers in the vicinity of Cameron ,
l > xas , claim that they are clearing from
> GO to § 150 per acre by raising water-
nelons and cantaloupes.
The destruction of a barn by lightning
m the farm of Chai-Ies Bert , near Michi-
; an City. Iowa , caused the death of ISO
lead of cattle and seven horses.
Farmers throughout Connecticut and
> ther New England States are sending
igents to New York and Boston to Induce
lewly lapded immigrants to go to work
in their farms.
Experiments made at Cleveland , Ohio ,
ndicate that denatured alcohol can be
nade from garbage and a plant will b *
istablished there if further experiments
onfirm the first tests.
W. n. Uardwick , who owns thirty
.cres of land in Milan county , Texas ,
vhich , seven years ago , he considered so
> oor that he could not sell it , set it to
> each and plum trees and cleared $1,000
ast year.
Dr. J. C. Whitten of the Missouri Col-
pge of Agriculture has by nine years' in-
estigation and experiment work proved
hat any farmer can raise asparagus that
5 large , tender and without any of the
oughness that characterizes moat aspara-
; us. It is mainly a matter of seed seleo-
ion.