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the first time the full consciousness of
whit rat there came upon him. A thrill
of natural pity tempered his repulsior.
He had known that ehe suffered from a
disease of the heart.
"Poor Martha! Who knowa who
knowa if you hare not died far me, after
all?" was his murmur, egotistical eren
in that moment of recognition.
He wished to kiss her, but he could
not. He backed out of the door, shut it
softly, and hurled himBelf toward the
house to call the servants.
Rando.n Notes.
When Mr. Bryan in the recent cam
paign waa making the untruthful state
ment that his nomination for the preai
dency was the first instance where this
f
g
recognition had been' bestowed on any
one in the Trans-Missouri country, and
was promising bo much for the west in
case he was elected, he succeeded in
arousing considerable interest and en
thusiasm among the people of the west.
Visions of government salaries Ho 1 ted
before the gaze of western free silrcrites
and hopes were entertained that in the
event of Mr. Bryan's election the west
would at last get a president who would
give that great section its just due. But
Major McKinlny, who made no promises;
has undoubtedly gone farther in the
recognition of the west than Mr. Bryan
would hare done. Thus far he has ex
hibited an unprecedented consideration
for this ambitious section of the coun
try. It is a eingular fact that at this
writing every office that has been prom
ised, from secretary of state to door
keeper of the White House, has been
allotted to the west. The east is just
beginning to realize that it has thus far
got nothing, and is likely to receive but
little, and as might be expected, under
the circumstances, something of a pro
test is going up.
e There was a hope, at first, that Tom
Reed of Maine might be appointed sec
retary of state. When that was seen to
be impossible the anti Piatt republicans
in New York brougtit out Wbitelaw Heid.
There was such a lusty bowl from the
naacatee that the candidacy of the New
York editor was not pushed, and then
the east gave up all hope of getting the
secretary of state. This portfolio out of
reach the east began to look out for the
treasury appointment. Cornelius N.
Bliss of New York, whs the only man
who could b i found who was acceptable
to both factions in that state, and Mr.
.Bliss waa offered the place. To the sur
prise of everybody, he declined. Then
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode
Island was talked of for the treasury.
He would not listen to it and so all hope
of keeping this office in the east was
given up. The east had candidates for
secretary of war and secretary of agri
culture, bat it was compelled to take a
back seat for Michigan and Iowa. The
east had not brought out a candidate
or comptroller of the currency, because
it was not thought that that appoint
ment would be made for some time. But
along comes C G. Dawes and takes that
in. So it look, just now, as if the west
were getting not only its share, but
everything. Surely the west will be in
it.with the coming administration.
Since Mr. Bryan entered national
politics he has suddenly manifested a
sporting tendency. Tne symptoms are
the same as were observable in the
early stages of Mr. Cleveland's greater
career that commenced after he was
governor of New York. Whether the
case will develop into anything like the
chronic Cleveland complaint it is diffi
cult to say; but it may. Mr. Cleveland
has found his sporting mania a handy
thing to have about the house. When a
"high bora colored lady" yclept a queen,
came to Washington with aw kward pro
posale it was a fine thing to slip into a
ducking coat and slide out of the back
door of the White House, and on many
ether occasions when something or
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somebody was to be avoided, that duck
shooting subterfuge was convenient to a
degree. Mr. Bryan goes cut o shoot
ducks after the second collapse of his
lecture tour, and having once acquired
the habit it will be a very easy matter
hereafter to slide out of embarrassing
situations by chasing ducks. It is said
that no man of destiny ever shot ducks.
Napoleon did not know duck from a
michete, and the other men who have
played the destiny role wern better at
shooting their fellow men than they
were at bringing down durk. So Mr.
Bryan in his chosen part of a man of
destiny, is taking dangerous liberties
with precedent. Somehow this pastime
does not seem in accord with Mr. Bry
"an's character. So far as I know it is
the only really trivial thing he has ever
done. Heretofore the job of holding up
the nation has been about as much as
his atlas shoulders cou!cL stand, and he
has not been inclined to give heed to the
playthings of life. May be Mr. Bryan
has become convinced that the world
and society will go on even if he does
relax a little. It this is so, he has made
great progress.
The Trans-MifsTssippi exposition is
beginning to attract attention in the
eist. Every man who comes from Ne
braska, or Omaha particularly, has a
story to tell of the wonderful glories of
the big ahow that is to be, and these
stories find their way into print, and the
show is advertised. It is not noticeable
that people who come to New York
from Lincoln are wildly enthusiastic
over the exposition. Why is this? Is
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Many person take a variety of remedies and try manv
novel procedures to reduce their weight We do not refer
to these. If you have been in fair health, with a normal
it because of the lack of representatives amount of flesh, and yet have been losing weight of late,
in the management? surely Lincoln inere is someunng wrong, jli mere is an mnented ten
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neea i, promptly.
has received this sort of treatment from
Omaha for so long that she ought to be
used to it by this time. It cannot be
that anybody in Lincoln hoped to have
a voice in the direction of the exposi
tion. It is the province of the people of
Lincoln to stand up for Nebraska while
the people of Omaha occupy all the
cushioned chairs.
W. Morton Smith.
this loss of flesh is the sijmal of distress.
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of Cod-liver Oil, with hypophosphites, comes to the rescue,
because it supplies a peculiar food in a pleasant and easily
Now thatr said the American visitor digested form. This oil has medicinal properties not found
being shown about the fine m any otner rat ; while the hypophosphites have sustaining
ih mansion, "is. I presume, a and life-giving properties of their own. Don't let yourself
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as he was
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is it not?"
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Millie Charlie Lovelace is a lovely
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Willie He must have skated for all
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Mrp. Litewate I wish you would not
drink so, dear. You do such strange
things when you are full.
Litewate What would be the use of
getting full
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