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express orders and small
mountains mqstly run In chains and clusters,- crossing the plain at wider or
narrower Intervals, In like manner are there epochs In history when great men appear
- In clusters "also. At first, too, they grow up together, seeming to be animated by
' the same spirit, to have the same desires and antipathies, the same' purposes and
ends. But after a while the genius of each begins to know Itself, and to follow its
I -own. bent; they separate and diverge more and more; and those who, when young,
vera" working In consort, stand alone In their old age. But If mountains
do not shake hands, neither do they kick each other. Their human counterparts,
unfortunately, are more pugnacious. Although they break Out of the throng and
strive to soar In solitary eminence, they cannot bear that their neighbors should do
L the same, but complain that' they impede the view, and often try to overthrow them,
especially If they are higher. Ruskln.
CONDOLENCES ARE DUE
The Republicans of the First District are
entitled to condolences for their defeat on
Monday. , They had struggled heroically,
but Ineffectually, in their convention to
' throw off their ancient Hermannlc night
mare. Their best men, the flower of the
party, had yielded to the oily strategist. But
there was' another chance to be rid of him.
Would the Democracy help them?
The Democracy did. Young Mr. Reames,
bright and unimpeachable, offered the
golden opportunity to the ridden patriots to
unhorse the old, map of the sea. But Mr.
Hermann s has 'downed them all. He has
beaten the Democratic and Republican par
ties put together.. Tie haa even gained a
signal victory over . Mr. Hitchcock and the
President of the United States. -And how
was It done?.
Nobody wanted Mr. Hermann, He is the
Incurable Infliction of his party. Divlnit
--Piwldnc. -acthnr n concert with '"M r;
Hitchcock, ... baa -chastised . the- Republican
' party of the First District." The Democratic
party, as such, has lost, nothing. It only
- suffers infinite regret at .the-futility of Its
effort to relieve Mr. Hermann's party of Mr.
. Hermann. It Is not -t Democratic funeral.
The obsequies Are altogether Republican.
-j So much for the party view. But the peo
ple have other than partisan Interests. They
-do -not- voluntarily- choose men of -the Her-
. manp stampv Why, then, cannot the people
retire, him from public life? The answer Is
a lesson to be learned of all partisans, of
every party. It is simply the want of an
energetic civic conscience.
Inertia is defined to be that physical prop
erty of matter by which a body once in mo
tion continues alwaya in motion till It is
stopped, and a body once at rest remains al
ways at rest till It. Is moved. Mr. Hermann
Illustrates inertia of one kind ahd his party
Of the other kind. He has been in political
motion for a quarter of a century. And as
to him, his party has that long been inertly
at rest.
That is the explanation of the election.
The Republican party Is heavy, unwieldy,
and unresponsive to even Its owri Intelli
gence. Its great majority has stupefied its
spirit and stultified its Intellect.' The' en
ergy of Its young and ardent men Is 'ener
vated by the Hermannlc Influence. They
fear It, and hold out their hands to be man
acled. Hermannism In only a phase of the
A STRANGE DEFENSE.
'The First National Bank, In Its answer to
the county's Butt, states that it sold the dis
credited warrants which it held for 25 per
cent of their face, without computing Inter
est. The face of the warrants was 84,053.75
and the' bank received from W. F. White
$1,913.41. The petition ol the bunk filed in
June. 1901, asked that the county give In ex
change for these warrants an equal amount
of tax sale certificates, dollar for dollar, and
thia was granted by a complaisant county
board. White, as the bank's assignee, de
manded and received certificates whose face
vulue was more than $3,000 In excess of the
face of the warrants.
White was absolutely without any equity
at against the county. He wan engaged In a
speculation, pure and simple, and had the
real facts of his contract with the bank been
made known, not a single member of the
county board would have "dared to sanction
the"" prop'fiSiScr" exchange.""" To" carry the "job
through It was essential that the terms of
this contract should le kept from the board
and from the public. It was also essential
that the bank should appear as the real
party In Interest and should file the petition.
In order, therefore, to obtain the result
desired, the bank appeared as the petitioner,
asking the exchange on the ground of the
alleged moral and equitable claim which It
held against the county. On"the,'-sssump-tlon
that the bank was In fact the holder
and owner of the worthless warrants, us It
declared, and In entire Ignorance, we must
presuuieVof the fact that the bank hud al
ready sold or contracted to sell them to
White, the county board ordered the ex
change.
It now transpires, two years after the
transaction, that White, who was absolutely
without a Shadow of equity an against the
county and who was engaged in a mere
wildcat speculation,, where he had nothing
to lose, and $6,000 or more to gain, was the
real party In Interest.
It' Is pertinent to ask whether the defense
put forward by the bank has really Im
proved its case.
Although Donald McKay, the famous Oregon scout, died; on the Umatilla (Indian
reservation a number of years ago, Tu-e-pum, his Indian wife, still survives him and
bears up under the ravages of time and a long life of hardships and remarkble exper
iences She still lives on the Warm Springs Indian reservation In this state, has a
retentive memory and willingly, tells the Wonderful stories of her past life. ;
Tu-e-pum, who is now known as "usan," was the daughter of a Warm Springs
chief. Her Indian name signified "fluttering poplar," and the fact that she Still looks
better than the average Indian woman, bears out the statement that she was once the
handsomest maiden of the Warm Springs tribe. , .
' Her beauty, however, cost her her liberty In early days, lost for her her affianced
Indian husband who was displaced by the famous half-breed scout and afterwards
brought to her troubles which would even wrinkle a civilised brow. - ' . 1
While a mere girl drinking In the sunshine of the Warm Springs country and the
love of the great chief, her father, and fTtat of the people of her tribe; and also the
object of love of one of the rising young warriors of the tribe, a great misfortune befell
her. A great horseback rider already she dashed about the plains In the vicinity of her
home with all of the freedom she desired. While on one of these jaunts she was spied
by the eagle eyes of a band of Piutes who were constantly lurking among the rocks
of the mountains adjoining the place. Like the reptile with which the name, Piute, is
synonymous, the warring .tribe pounced down upon "Fluttering Poplar" and led her
away to the South Oregon country from which stronghold it took years for the gov
ernment troops, the state volunteers and the combined efforts of the friendly tribe of
Indians to dislodge them.
The free and sunshiny life of Tu-e-pum was Immediately changed to that of a slave.
The cruel Snakes made slaves of all of their captives and no exception was made of
,the daughter of a rival chief. In fact, it Is said her life was made more burdensome than
that of ordinary slaves.
It Is true that the Warm Springs Indians were not regarded as formidable an
tagonists by the Piutes, for they were of a more humane and civilized nature than the
other tribes, and also weak In numbers, but It may have been for this very reason that
the Indian's contempt for weakness and the white man's ways led the Piutes to Inflict
greater cruelties on the good-natured Warm Springs captive.
Anyway, Tu-e-pum was given up as lost by her people and her Indian lover could
not hope to go against the formidable Snakes alone. v .
I uut rener my in anotner direction ior tne unnappy xu-e-pum. tine naa oeen in
captivity three years and had served faithfully as a slave all of these years. Donald
McKay, a half-breed, belonging to the Warm Springs tribe, had grown to manhood. The
Snakes, the Modocs and other southern bloodthirsty tribes had aroused their hatred by
their deeds of cruelty to his people, both on -the maternal and paternal side. His father
was a white man and his mother a Warm Springs squaw. He was a Warrior and scout
by nature and his services soon became in demand throughout the country. He knew
every Inch of the great Oregon desert and the rocks and mountains were familiar
landmarks to him by night as well as by day.
The story of Tu-e-pum's capture and her servile life, together with the fact that
he had remembered her face In their childhood, fired the daring young scout's blood to
action and with the bravery that characterized his whole life, he attempted the rescue
of the chiefs daughter from the Snakes, and he succeeded after a most thrilling ex
perience that would make a story within Itself. The noma nee broadened by the mar
riage of McKay and Tu-e-pum shortly after the rescue.
But Instead of settling down to humdrum married life, the stories of the cruelties
of the Piutes, as told by Tu-e-pum to her husband, fired his soul deep for revenge and
aroused him to the most daring action. He set out with the fixed determination to'
"bring all of the warlike tribes to subjection and made the Piutes the special object of
his attention. The history of the closing Indian wars of this country tells how well he
succeeded. In co-operation with General Crook he brought the war In the Steins Moun
tain country to a clone. At the risk of the lives of himself and Tu-e-pum they went
Into the camp of the enemy after the battle of Dunder and Blixen, and persuaded the
Indians to come in and surrender, which took place In the early 70's at old Fort
Warner In Lake County. Then he hied himself away to the lava beds, and after that
bloody struggle had; driven the famous Captain Jack as a fugitive Into the rocks and
caverns of the desert, it was Donald McKay, who, aided by a few of the Warm Springs
warriors, entered ' a cavern In the rlmrocks, dragged the murderous chief from his
hiding and delivered hlin to the representatives of the United States government. The
triul and execution of Captain Jack Is still fresh history to the people of this country.
His mission completed, the Piutes, Modocs and other warlike tribes brought to Justice
and forced to live in peace on the government reservation, McKay then' started out to
see the world. He took with him Tu-e-pum and their only child, a daughter now in
her teens. They visited the Philadelphia Centennial at which place the female riders of
the world were pitted together In a sweepstake horse race. Winnie McKay, the Oregon
girl, won the race.
Then they traveled In Europe and Queen Victoria sent for Tu-e-pum, and, having
heurd her story, clasped her hand warmly. They were well received wherever they
.went. ' -
But the sad day In their 'lives came. While on their way from San Francisco to
Portland, after their return from Europe; " their daughter, Minnie.' took sick and died.
With her went the last hope of the noted scout. For( some unknown reason he left his
wife and went to the Umatilla reservation, whee he" became official Interpreter for
the government. Tu-e-pum returned to her people on the Warm Springs reservation.
Donald McKay died away from his wife and she married a Warm Springs Indian by
the name of Stacona, with whom she now llves'and who is Captain of the Indian police
on the Warm Springs reservation.
Chief Statistician for Population, ,Twelft
b Census. '' '.,. - ? ,
At the last Federal census the , City of
New York, under the act of consolidation,
which became effective January 1, 1898, cov
ered an era comprising, approximately,
208,218 acres, and had a population n June,
1800, of 8,437,202,, with an average density
for the entire city of 18.4 persons to the acre,
At the beginning of the nineteenth cen
tury the estimated population of the 'area
comprised within the present limits of the,
city was, in round numbers, not quite 80,000,
which in 20 years thereafter or In 1820, had
grown to somewhat more then 150,000 In
habitants. Twenty years later, or In 1840,
the population was two and one half times
what It was In 1820, and during the next 20-
year period the population of 1840 was
trebled, giving in I860 practically 1,175,000
Inhabitants, as against a little more than
890,000 In 1840. - '"'
From 1860 the population of the, city In
creased at a less rapid rate, but reached an
aggregate in 1880 of not quite two million
Inhabitants, or, .to be exact, 1,801,091 per
sons. : This population, -when compared with
that of 1900, shows a numerical Increase
during the last 20 years of 1,665,501, which
is more than twice the actual increase from
1860 to 1880, and is equivalent to substan
tially four fifths of its entire population in
1880.
In other words, during the last 20 years,
the population of what is now Greater
New York came within 400,000 of doubling
Itself, and, taken as of the present writing.
it Is fair to assume that it is. today twice
what it was In 1880, or fully 3,800,000.
" The population of New York City In 1900
was very unevenly divided among its tr
oughs, and the average density of the pop
ulation outside of Manhattan Borough was
relatively small, showing that, with a rising
rate of Increase and abundant room for very
liberal additions to its present exceedingly
gratifying numerical strength, there la every
reason to expect a very material expansion
in point of numbers within the bounds of
Its existing area during the next 20 or 40
years, Manhattan, with 1,850,033 Inhab
itants,' had an average of very nearly 133,
perselis to the acre in 1900, as compared
with an average density for Brooklyn, with '
1,166,602 Inhabitants, of somewhat less than .
85 persons; for The Bronz,;wltli 200.607 in-,
habitants, of less than eight persons, and for
Queens' end Richmond, with 153,990 and
87,821 Inhabitants, , respectively, of not quite :
two persona.
Some ldeajf future possibilities is gained,
by assumlngf or the entire city an average
density equal to that shown in 1900 fo
Manhattan Borough, ; namely, 132 persons tfV
me acre. , , x '
Applying this density rate to the Total
area of Greaterr New Tork, we have a pop
ulation, in round numbers, of upward of 27.-
000,000, and furthermore, . unless a signs
fall, It Is more than probable that this
amount of population will be fully or very
nearly attained before the close of the
twentieth century. - Accepting this, then, as
a not Impossible limit to the population that
is likely to be cared for within the present
territory of the City of New York, and bear-
lng in mind that there will probably be very
little diminution, if any. in the rate of In
crease for at least a considerable period of
years, it is not unreasonable either to hope
for a population 20 years hence, or In 1920,
of, say, 6,000,000, or to expect that the ten-
million mark, will be reached within 46
years, or when . the Federal government
makes its periodical accounting In 1940,
If time shall prove the general accuracy
or tnis prediction, then. ' startinar with a
nucleus 01 oniy ov.vvu souis, as reveaieaWv
the first 1Mxnnlnl Miimwitfam n v ?
. H.ivii v iuo tuuir
try'e Inhabitants In 1790, Greater New York
would show, after a lapse of only 150 years.
a population of fully 10,000,000 souls, and
with the entirely reasonable expectation,
too, of haying -perhaps by the close of the
present century three times that number,
or 80,000,000 Inhabitants.
The population of -Greater New Yor'k
more than reached the million mark In 1850.
It is now second only to Londonand before
many more decades are passed is sure to be
come the world's greatest metropolis in all
that the word implies.
THINGS 8EEN IN THE 8H0PS.
Apropos of the wedding season are the
candy boxes shown, which are In the shape
of old and musty looking shoes.
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Dainty blue bead chains In braided effect
that are sufficiently long to fall below the
waist line are to be purchased for the small
sum. of 2 dents each.
mong the pretty showings In the fash
ionable long chains are those of amber that
are quite long and have a cross attached to
an ornament.
HAVE NO 8TRAP8.
There Is no hanging on to straps In the
streetcars of Berlin, even In the rush hours.
The police regulations fqrbld the carrying of
a larger number of passengers In a car than
Is authorized, and that number, which Is
posted conspicuously In every car, Is the
same as the number of seats, plus a few
permitted to be carried on the front and
rear platforms, usually six persons cn the
two platforms.
When all the seats are filled no passenger
Is permitted to enter the car. Standing "In
aisles or holding on to straps Is not per
mitted. Similarly on the platforms when
six passengers have found places there.
"This regulation," says Connul-General
Moutseltne de sole In all the dainty color
ings of blue, pink, pale green, ecru and
white Is on sale' on the bargain counters for Mason, "often separates a man and his wife,
only-19 -cents -a yard. ' - ; I who are hot allowed" to return home bv th
same car, but it has the effect that there is
If there Is any truth in the warning given no overcrowding and standfhg on eai'h
that dotted and meshed veils Injure the eyes, other's feet. The conductors and motormen
then will the oculists be busy this year, for are Instructed tJ 'enforce "the regulation and
the modish veils are all In. dotted and meshed 1 they do it without fear or favor. . The con-
and criss-crossed effects. These veils are ductor Is, In this country, clothed with 'the
shown in all black and In black and white, power of a policeman on board his car and
colored dots or colored meshed veils not be- can put off any passenger who misbehaves.
lng so popular as the all white, the all blacK This is probably the meat of the whole niat-
or the black, and-white.
Strips of fagoting about a half Inch wide
are shown In many colors, blue, pink, red,
green, black and white all ready to use in
collars and yokes, thus saving much labor.
terv The Conductor Is amuhlclpaTofrieer
within the prescribed limits of his duty."
JUSTICE TEMPERED
WITH POLITICS.
The arrests In connection with the Rose
biirg Land Office frauds were deferred until
after the Cuiigresslonul election In the First
DiHtrict. so that they might have no inju-
trouble. It has different names st different rlous effect upon Binger Hermann's chunCes
times, but it is always the same thing the j of success. It wan one more illustrutlon of
mastery of the mere machine over a party j the manner in which the machine'.' of the
that ought to be free and. Is servile. ; national government has besn p;ttltutcd
So it is that the victor nominally called 1 to serve the ends of the office neeklnff and
Republican in the worst thing that could ! office' holding Republican ring.,, Undoubtedly
have happened to ttrr Republican "party, and j it would have been unfortunate for Hermann
luce that party in charged with public af-; if the arrests had been" made before the
fairs In Oregon, the worst thing that could j election, for It would have been a reminder
have happened to thecountry. It deprives , to the, voters of the First District that land
the party and the country of the services of I office frauds are a ser ious . offense against
the best man. .; t,he laws of the land, and that those con-
VVhat scope Is there for (latch, and Harris eerneri in theni are sometimes sent to the
and Vawter and 'Huston in a Hermunntzcd : penitentiary instead of to Congress. The
party? Who but Hermann, and In what ' elect Ion returns have removed the only ob
party but his party, could lie come fresh j statin In tho way of the prosecution of the
from a discharge for malfeasance .In office i persons Implicated In the Roseburc frauds.
THE FEAR OF LAUGHTER.
Men' who fear nothing else shrink from a Joke upon themselves. Soldiers who do
not flinch before opposing guns dread to be made ridiculous. Woe to the na
tional hero who makes one trifling mistake which may subject him to clever caricature!
His meritorious, career Is henceforth shadowed by one colored Illustration. A comic
paper will tip the scales of. Justice, snatch the victor's prize from his extended palm
and rob the orator of hln choicest laurels. A brilliant satire will mar the fortunes of
the greatest statesman; a laugh will turn the tide of a political convention. Indeed, the
Joke is fast becoming mightier than the pen. The orator has learned Its value, and
even the clergyman resorts to it when he desires to stir the flagging interest of hlB
flock. It furnlFhes sufficient excuse for the impertinence of children And In its name
the daily pupers deride the highest national dignitaries. What Is the meaning of Its
steudy growth In power und what results may we predict from its humorous tyranny?
In there a chance than our keen relish for fun may finally produce a kind of humorous, j
dyspepsia resulting from over-indulgence, unless with epicurean discrimination we de
'twutid quality," not quantity, and si uhbornly refuse to swallow other than that which
should appeure a wholesome, nay, cultivated, appetite in Jokes? Atlantic.
INVIDIOUS DISTINCTION.
The cadldate for ordination had been wor
ried for the best part ot the day by the
learned doctors who were examining hl tho.1
Among the handsome sash ribbons Is one olo,v nd hl. blbI,Cfli knowi. '
of heavy white sink, the edge bordered with ,.wlll the youn broth ,lva , ihm namtta
a pink satin stripe and having a design of of the mlnor prophets?" solemnly asked one
of the dignitaries.
Just the suarrestlon of n nmllo niavad nv
Bureau scarfs in white lawn or dotted tne ot . few thmw Wnou
t .... ot - x .l. . m I ' " " "" iuk
Bw,B8, nrnue wun a ru.ue aoout me cage ana one of tnem cou,d do whftt worHed can
naving several smau, square aouies 10 dl(jate had asked dQ
match, are on sale as low as 25 cents the set.
But the worried candidate was not alto
gether a fool and he concluded to imitate the
A pretty and washable sofa pillow Is made example of the traditional worm and turn
ui nue piue mercerisea caumoray or sing
ham and Is ornamented with rows of Ten
"Would It become one so young as I,"
QUOth he. "to be ranlclnr InvlHnm r)lainn,inna
eriff wheels set around with edge, two rows and odloU8 comparlBOns ln Bpeaklnff of th9
being used. - I T
Decorum was thrown tn tha uirwia . k.
Unique boxes for the. holding of bonbons -ounefl took to, a ..
come in the form of ' blacksmiths' and ma- brother" Dtt,.ed withnirt . rfi-.f
chinists' tools. There are anvils, bellows, or vote -
and wipe all compel!'..,, s off the face of the
earth?
The minority party is not under nuch a
burden. It can Justly be proud of It? nom
inees. It has no Hermanns on Its list. It
chullengfs a duplication of Its ( "larnber
lalns and its Reames.
BRIEFG FROM NEW BOOK8,
Things always run In streaks; don't matter whether It's politics, love, farmln'
or war. They don't travel alone. Before the Dawn.
The most agonizing fear of a true lover Is that his lady shall think him a weakling
On Satan's Mount,
Success undoubtedly often covers- mistakes,-but human nature - is- orr the whole,
generous, or at least good-tempered. Retrospect-and Prospect. '
You never could bet on that woman. If there was one or two things she'd be likely
to do, she wouldn't do either of them.Tloba.
When prudence and reticence are off guard the man himself, present and future,
comes into View. Kent Fort Manor.
pinchers, monkey-wrenches and also horse
shoes, all made to look like the real articles
themselves.
Justice may be blind, but she Is not deaf
when Hermann whispers in her ear.
There Is no occasion for any controversy
over the employment by the county cf spe
cial counsel to aid in the conduct of litiga
tion for the recovery of county assets lost
The cheapness of the Hermann metho,ds : tin ough the notorious "tax (settlements."
Illustrates the lost serine of pride and" de
i-ency In hia machine; imagine, for i:i
stance, Claud OaUh or
From present appearances there will be
more than enough work for the law officers
Lawrence Harris "f the county to attend to. Probably the1
District 'Attorney already realizes that he
will have his hands full.
CONSECRATED GROUND. -
In the corridor of the Waldorf a member of the Meadow Brook Hunt colqny told this
story to an amused trio belonging to his set:
"I was visiting my neighbor in Hempstead last week "and started to look'over the
establishment. As, I was about entering the passageway leading to the stables one of the
grooms rushed out and cried excitedly: -
"'Stop sir! Oh, please stop the ground Is consecrated!'"
"I stopped short In. amazement dud presently I had a quiet laugh when I discovered
that a floor of concrete had Just been laid In the passage."
et'Ii-fi himself furreptjously snapshoted
with Mr. Roosevelt end mtkins n cunl'palgn
ornjvt out of the President of the United. :
. .: 1 Jip's'ne e.'theione. of thjem mdei The Hermann campaign has left a dark
t:e53cefil neceJty of such an artifice! j brown taste i ttte mouths of the Republican
And jet tl.ere were tlie, men V. horn Mr. Her- editors who supported tylm "for election,
jv ir bent. - j .
. -ff-werjil.t J'ot?Q:ciK-e are due the , "Nov I realize that riches tike unto them
- rty." and. barHnff the Iler- 'selves wlriss," mured the insured man, as he
-IMlU,'- U -.B 'a "''1 und-iild taity." ' 'noted the plsmage on his 'wife's hew hat.
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THE OMNISCIENT STANTON.
"Dltl, Stanton say I was a d -d.fool?" Abraham Lincoln once remarked in surprise
to a delegation that reported to him one of the many Instances In which the Secretary of
War refused obey the President's orders. "He did. sir, and repeated it." After a
moment's pause the President is said to have remarked, sadly: ."Well, If Stanton said
I was a d d fool, then I must be one. for he Is nearly always .right, and generally
moans what he sayt. I will step over and see hin."
A STICKLER FOR HARMONY.
Richard M. Hunt, the artist, honest in his
ODlnlon and blunt in !
BUT FEW CHOSEN. predated by budding students. Wh,t
rtSX.e. playing the great American Mld ln crlUclam sometimes necessitated the
destruction of a picture, but the advice
eventually was profitable,
A lady called on Mr. Hunt one day, re
questing him to select a frame suitable forSk
game, in tne crowd was the Religious ed-
Itoi, who always comes in with apt quota
tlons If he can't. with anything else.
"I open It," said he next the dealer.
They all stood pat and then Came cards.
'"Three." said number one.
"Two," chimed In number two.
"I'll take four," announced number three.
"Give me two," number four said.
The rejlgtous editor took one lonely
"A frame in harmony with the thought sug-
sn.ei.cii wnicn a aear nepnew had, painted. U k
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zested bv the nfctiir" ra " I
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Artist Hunt betook himself to the woods
A few days 'after he called on a picture
dealer, saying that he wished the sketch
Some are called, but few. are 'chosen," said framed in the material he had -collected
;he as' he took that one unprotected card and
bluff el on a. bob-tail flush
Delaware Is no longer unrepresented in the United States Senate, but the compromise
effected cn the Senato.-shljs between the two Republican factions of the state has not
brought about polfUcal harmony there. Each 6f the factions . Is to hold a separate
primary, and next year, when Delegates are to be chosen to-the national convention of
the Republican party, then will be, from present, indications, two rival sets of delegates
from Delaware, the"tecogn1tlo, of either carryihg with it membership in the Republican
national committee for the state, a position now held by J. Edward Addleks.
, MY . FALLEN IDOL
To far-dff days my memory uies,
And fondly treasures yet
The longing look within his eyes
T,hat day when first we met. '
figure was so slender then,
My skin so qpft and white,
I tilled the eyes of many, men
, With covetous del IghJ.
w .;' ' - t
Wooed by his breath my color soon
Assumed1, a. warmer tone, .
And to a deep, rich' amber,' tint
Had ultimately grown.
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But.- broken b)Wa. dreadful' fall,
I feel a Jealous grlpt;
The briars In my' path all scoff .
. At this old Meerschaum pipe.
"Impossible!" exclaimed the dealer. "Can't
frame the picture with this tituff; it's rotten
wood."
"You must," said Mr. Hunt, erufriv-
frame Is to be In harmony with the picture."
THE ONLY CONCLUSION.
The following notice was posted the other
day on the bulletin board of a famous Lon
don club: '
"Will the nobleman who purloined Capt.
-s umbrella kindly deliver It to the hall
porter?" s-
A well known peer, taking umbrage & this
slight onhU order, accosted Capt. ifcil
demanded-an, explanation. . .; '
; "Mn yu the reply, "the rulesH J
state that , this la a club for noblemen vand V,t
gentlemen. am certain no. geutlenian took
my umbrella; hence there was no other con
clusion to come "to." ' ' J ,,
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