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TWELVE PAGES
A DEMOCRATIC DISCOVERT.
A strfldng example of what one of Cap
tain Marryatt's nautical characters tsrms
"flapdoodle the stuff they feed fools
with" Is sfforded by the New York
Morning Journal, 1b its comments on the
heinous offense of Watson, the People's
party Congressman of Georgia, calling
for Federal supervisors at the polls in bis
district. The onjan jointly of Democracy
and Xcw York disreputability asserts that:
"He hoped that this would result In in
timidating Democratic voters and giv
ing somo advantage to the Populists."
The spectacle of a few Federal super
visors intimidatiDR the poor Democrats of
Georgia so that they dare not come to the
polls and vote is one of the choicest prod
ucts of a cheap imagination. Intimida
tion is something to which Southern
Democrats have been especially prone. It
may bo a merely popular superstition that
they have borne the active rather than
the passive relation to the intimidation;
but the news that the Georgia Democrats
are intimidated by a few Federal super
visors, with no other power than to make
the demand on behalf of the United
States for a fair vote and honest count,
was something that was reserved for the
Journal to disclose.
The People's party is serving the Demo
cratic cause. That Is the only possible re
sult that can come from any success that
it can win. But the fact that the Demo
crats will not give it a chance to poll Us
honest vote in the South ought to show
them their fatuity in serving such a party.
A" ORGAN'S EVASION.
There is a striking confession in the fol
lowing excuse of the 2few York Evening
Pott for refusing to publish as an adver
tisement the biography of GUroy.the Tam
many candidate for Mayor, which it had
previously given in its columns when
fighting Tammany:
We would gladly reprint Mr. Gllroy's biog
raphy, or any other of the series, as an ad
vertisement. If the legal iesponslbillty font
could be transterred to somebody else. We
should rather enjoy, in fact, seeing 'some
body else arrested and indicted for showing
up the horrors of Tammany rule, hut, if the
Evening Pal were now to print a biography
as an advertisement, the editor could not go
before the grand Jury and say It was pub
lished on public grounds and for justifiable
ends, and with a reasonable expectation of
good results; the fnct being that it was
printed for simple lucre, at so much a line.
If the excuse of the Post is to be taken
fts sincere, it is a confession that the
charges which It has constantly made
against the Tammany politicians were
false and libelous. Unless the allegations
which, it must be borne in mind, have al
ready been made in its columns were un
true, it could not be held guilty of libel
for publishing them, whether as an adver
tisement or for its own purposes.
Everyone knowing the circumstances
knows that this excuse is not sincere. It
is not that the charges are untrue, but
that the Post has abandoned its old inde
pendence in order to serve its new polit
ical deities. The evasion is shown in the
pitiful distinction it sets up that it might
justify before a jary the printing of the
Gilroy record, if it did so on its own ac
count But it has already declined to do
so, for the simple reason that it has cast
aside all its former antagonism to political
jobbery, because the needs of its favorite
candidate require that it swallow Tam
many and all its jobbers. The New York
Evening Post bowing to the knee of Tam
many hi order to advance the cause of
free trade is one of the most powerful
moral examples presented by this cam
paign. A PERTINENT EXAMFLE.
The Midland puddlers have just sub
mitted to a reduction of wages which
makes the price of puddling Si" 81 per ton.
"When the Pittsburg puddlers were asked
to take a reduction to 55 00 per ton the
free trade press resounded with the claim
that this was an illustration of the Mc
Kinley tariff policy.
It is, when compared with English
wages. We have in this case an example
of the fact that under protection the wages
of these iron workers are 175 per cent
greater than those of the competing iron
workers in the English Midlands. The
difference in price of product and the per
centage of tariff protection is not so great;
but when we imagine all the labor cost
entering into a Ion of finished iron rated
at that proportion we can gain an idea of
the purposs of protection.
Those who wish to (see American wage3
cut down to the extent represented by the
proportion of SI 81 to $5, will do well to
vote for the Calhoun Democracy.
DIFFERENCE IN LABOR COST.
The New York Times lias been attack
ing Senator Sherman for defining In a
recent speech the purpose of protection to
be to cover the difference in wages be
tween the industries of this country and
those of Europe. The Times heads its
editorial article' making the attack "No
Truth in It," evidently with the purpose
of applying that assertion to Senator
Sherman's speech, but really character
izing by those words its own assertions.
The specific case which the Timet cites
to impeach Senator Sherman's veracity is:
'Tor example, the duty on steel rails is
about CO per cent at current prices, and
the .Republican Commissioner of Labor
has shown conclusively that it is three and
one-half times the difference in labor cost,
or in wages paid per ton." This is an
assertion which might Te considered a
pardonable mistake if made once or twice;
but when made after repeated correction
It simply amounts to persistent mis
representation. The "waices paid per ton
for converting iron into steel rails" is
not much store justly the labor cost of the
product than the sewing of the buttons on
a coat represents its entire labor cost
The compilation of all labor necessary to
produce a ton of steel rails has never been
completely made, because it cannot De.
But the "Republican Commissioner of
Labor," to whom the Timet refers, had 1
made an approach to it, stating the total
labor cost at 524 67 per ton. The differ
ence in wages in the iron and steel Indus
tries between our country and Europe is
fully fifty per cent of our standard,
which makes the duty of $13 44 per ton
on steel rails very near the labor cost.
This is, therefore, simply misrepresen
tation by resorting to the old trick of bal
ancing the wages in a final process of
manufacture against tha; entire duty.
A specimen of free trade logic,
however, is presented by the
Times' assertion "that a duty which
exceeds the entire value or selling
price of an imported product must exceed
the labor cost of that product" Most as
suredly; but it need not exceed the labor
cost of the similar domestic product
Thus let us Imagine an article manufact
ured, say in Italy,at a labor cost of $5 and
Invoiced at $7 for importation. The labor
cost here may bo ?12, and a duty of 100
percent on the valuation will no more
than cover the difference in wages. "Wilt
the Times commit itself to the assertion
that there are no such cases?
A VOICE FROM WAXES.
"We have received a copy of the Llanelly
and County Guardian, of October 20,
with an intimation accompanying it that
the editor would be pleased to have an ar
ticle on the tinplate question noticed in
The Dispatch. "We hasten to comply
with the request, solely on account of the
unique character of the logic and facts
presented.
Our Welsh cotemporary with a long
name starts out with the point that its
town Is the pioneer and center of the En
glish tinplate industry, and "is knowmas
the Tinopolis of the "World." This of
course renders It very reprehensible, in
the opinion of the editor, to encourage
the development of tinplate manufacture
anywhere else. Nevertheless, the "Welsh
journal finds that "a Senator named Mc
Kinley on the other side of the Atlantic"
has been guilty of that fatuity, which the
Llanelly publication regards as flat burg
lary. The article then discursively pro
ceeds to haul Mr. J. H. Rogers over the
coals for the offense of removing
his industry from Wales to the United
States and to perceive in it the fell hand
of that standing bugbear to the English
aristocracy and the American Democracy,
our own Andrew Carnegie. Such a step
as locating tin works anywhere but at
Llanelly the organ of that town regards
as peculiarly fatuous as the election of
Cleveland will be sure to repeal the Mc
Kinley act Nevertheless there is a doubt
on this point, for our foreign critic goes
on to state that the increased cost of tin
in canned goods will transfer the English
canned goods trade to "our own colonies
who will be able to compete and under
sell the Americans in the markets of the
world by reason of there being no tariff
on their tin plates."
The intimate acquaintance with Ameri
can politics shown by the reference to "a
Senator named McKinley," and the pre
diction that the election of Cleveland will
repeal the tariff, is not more delicious
than the industrial acumen displayed in
the prediction that the tariff, which is to
be alone repealed, will transfer the canned
goods trade to the.Britfsh colonies. The'in
creased cost of tin in canned goods hav
ing been figured out at an imperceptible
fraction of a cent per can, the United
States will await the catastrophe pre
dicted with calmness if not with confi
dence. There is, however, a doubt on the
tin plate question strongly suggested by
this article. If the development of
tin plate manufacture in this country
should imply the transfer here of the in
dustrial journalism exemplified by the
Llanelly and County Guardian, the pub-,
lie may think further of it-before taking
an industrial growth so handicapped.
THE CONTRIBUTION ROORBACK.
The favorite Democratic pastime this
year is to credit certain millionaires with
pouring immense sums of money into the
coffers of the Republican campaign com
mittee. The New York World has been
busy at this sort of thing with an energy
that is more prominent than its veracity.
First it quoted The Dispatch as stating
that an immense sum had been sent out
from Pittsburg to the Republican Na
tional Committee. The Dispatch hav
ing remarked that it has said nothing of
the sort,Mr.Frick's recent trip to Ne wYork
was made the basis for an invention to the
effect that he dumped some hundreds of
thousands into the political receptacle.
This story being denied the World
promptly produces the Manufacturers'
Club, of Philadelphia, in the light of turn
ing in the neat sum of S2,000,000, which
was in turn promptly exploded.
The characteristic of the World's roor
backs is the energy with which when one
story is proven to be false it inserts an
other with an Increased amount If it
keeps on wo may yet hope to hear from It
that those eminent plutocrats Payne,
Camden, Havemeyer, Brice and Benedict
have turned in 510,000.000 or 515,000,000 to
purchase victory for the Republicans.
Judge Guesham's letter to Mr. Bluford
Wilson, ns published elsewhere, may be re
garded as definitely settling the "way in
which the former intends to vote. Judge
Gresham has in the past heon rightly re
garded as a man of marked ability and
integrity. The charge that his political
action is due to disappointment in seeking
office under a Republican administration is
denied. These facts make it surprising that
the Judge explains his intention to vote for
Mr. Cleveland by saying he objocts to the
MoKInley bill. There is no attempt to pro
duce arguments or evidenco against Protec
tion, but simply a few general statements of
personal opinions. What shall be substi
tuted for the McKinley bill is not suggested.
In view of the strong evidence of the ad
vantages which the country has already de
rived from the most recent Protective
measure, and the utter uncerialntyof Domo-
tiunc intentions nnu me consequent threat
to commerce, the vote of Judge Gresham
wlllbemoro likely to confirm the crowlne
suspicion that he gets more fickle as he gets.
uiuer man to innuence men of business
Instincts to follow his example.
The office-seeker smacketh his lips and
cryeth ha ha. while the fates are preparing
to dash the enp from the lips or more than
half bis number in less than a week.
What fun the third party would hare
with the nation if they should happen by
any chance to secure a balance of power in
both branches of too noxj Congress! Of
course the danger of ridiculous or disas
trous legislation under such circumstances
is a mere matter of detail altogether incon
siderable to a people such as this is.
SOME adequate measure to suppress the
terrible evil of overcrowding should be
adopted In this city at the earliest possible
moment. That a boarding houso in Pitts
burg snoulcl bo allowing sixteen men to use
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as their sleeping apartment a cellar room. J
eight feet by twelve, containing four bods
each of them occupied by two men through
the day and other two through the night is
almost Incredible. Tet the discovery of a
typhoid lever patient in such' a pest spot
was announced by ono of thQ afternoon
papers yesterday. Places of this' kind, are
discreditable to a city's government and
dangerous to its public- health, and they
must not bo allowed to exist here.
Mayor Godbley'.s vetoes and Pittsburg
streets are apparently both regarded by
Councils as something designed to be over
ridden by traction companies.
Political magnates who are busy dis
tributing batting tip's to their friends and
supporters are laying up trouble lor them
selves. To begin with, it Is a trifle undigni
fied for Senators of this country to stoop to
the practices of the professional gambler.
But no one minds much how dignity suf
fers so long as someone else's money is to bo
obtained without recompense. On the other
hand, a woman scorned is hardly more bit
ter than a bettor led astray. And, since It
Is mnnllest that Senators Quay and Gorman
cannot both be Tight, ono or other ot them
will have to suffer the doom of all discred
ited prophets.
Pbe-eleCIION utterances are all con
cerned with public principle. Post-election
actions not uncommonly depend upon priv
ate interest.'
Ox the assumption that "to the pure all
things are pjire," there cannot he a super
fluity or purity among the politicians who
charge one another with using campaign
funds for. corruptive purposes.
There is little to choose between the wis
dom of the man who votes for Mr, Cleveland
and the folly of him who bets on his success.
All the bright planets but Mars are oc
culted in turns this month. There will also
he a great many political occupations, vary
ing in importance, visible on earth on the
night of the eighth instant.
At last the nation really knows where
Judge Gresham stands. Or itt least it
knows as well as Judge Gresham does.
ON the whole the country is to be heartily
congratulated on having a car famine in
stead ot a grain famine. Inconvenience is
a long way trout starvation, and a good deal
more easily put up with.
The professional gambler and the pro
fessional politician are not always easily
distinguishable these days.
The abolition of grad e crossings in Alle
gheny, like the burying of wires in Pitts
burg, is of an importance proportionate to
the persistency with which Its performance
is postponed.
The education of the campaign will be
over jusc in time to prevent any attack of.
brain fever.
MASTERS OP HEX.
Jonathan Reedy:, born in Berks county,
Pa., in 179S, and now living near Mlllmonc,
Union county, that State, cast his first Presl
dental vote for James Monroe in 1S20. There
are not many of 'em left.
Akabi Pasha, the Egyptian exile, has
written to the London newspapers from
Ceylon to say that the hot, moist climate of
the Island is ruining his health. Bis eyes
have especially suffered.
Wilson G. Hunt, the millionaire mer
chant of New York, who was said to have
been stricken with soniie paralysis, shows
signs of rational improvement and is able to
receive calls from his friends.
, Senatob Gorman, who has usually en
tertained a good deal at his home on Rhode
Island avenue, in Washington, in the winter
time, will not reopen the house this coming
season, but occupy apartments in a hotel,
the Portland..
Thomas Lincoln, who lives in Fountain
Green-township, Illinois, is a oousln of the
lamented. President. He is more than 80
yearsold. One of the things that make him
notable is that ho possesses ono of the fines t
portraits of Lincoln extant,
A bronze statue of the late Albert Pike,
the eminent Free Mason, has been promised
to the Supreme Council of the Scottish into
Masons by Mrs. Vlnnle Ream Itoxie. It will
be her own work, and the casting is to be
done under her eye and at her own expense.
Judge John T. Scott, brother of Mrs.
Harrison, arrived in Washington yesterday
morning and will be the President's guest
for a few, days. Ho started from Port Town
send, Washington, to attend the funeral in
Indianapolis, but failed to reach there in
time.
Baeon PavA, the Dean of the Diplo
matic Corps, in behalf of his colleagues, a d
dressed the Secretary of State In apprecia
tion of the courtesies extended to the corps
during their going to and returning from the
dedication ceremonies at Chicago recently.
The Secretary has replied in felicitous
terms.
The report that the Pope had already
given Prince Ferdinand, of Hobenzolleran,
a dispensation for his marriage with the
daughter or the Duke of Edinburgh, was
premature; His Holiness Is Inclined to grant
the dispensation, but only on condition that
Prince Ferdinand agrees not to renounce
Catholicism.'
BAIN MAT HELP OUT.
Bad Roads Give tho Railroads a Chance to
Believe the Blockade.
Sionx Crrr, Ia., Nov. L A general rain
throughout the Xorth wost for 24 hours has
given the railroad officials encouragement
in their efforts to raise the grain blockaae
andbroak the general car famine. They say
that it will make the roads bad, stop farmors
from hauling in grain and give them a
chance .to get, loaded cars oat of the way
and relieve the overflowing elevators.
At the same time they are fearful that the
rush- of business will greatly complicate
affairs at Minneapolis 'and the lake ports
and create a blockade there even worse than
hasyetbeen -experienced. Thoroare hun
dreds of loaded cars in this section that have
been standing on side tracks several days
waiting for motive power to move them.
Receipts at nil points during the last two
weeks have been unparalleled.
HEW WOBLD'S FAIE PLAHS.
Burns Cottage to Be Reproduced and the
Liberal Arts Building to Be Erected.
Chicago, Nov. 1. "Bobby" Burns' cottage
at Ayr is to be reproduced at the World's
Fair. The Scottish Home Industries Asso
ciation has applied for the concession,
which will nndoutbedly be granted. The
trinkets, tho manufacture of which it is the
province of tho association to encourage,
will he lor sale in the cottage.
The plans lor the Liberal Arts Building are
complete. The ground scheme is similar to
that ol the Grand Opera House in Paris, a
trapezoid. The exhibit space aggregates
160,000 square feet and can be increased to
200,000 by a gallery.
AMcKeesport Convent Dedicated.
MoKEEsroRT.Nov. L Special. This morn
ing the new convent of St. Peter's Church,
built for the Sisters of Mercy, was dedi
cated. Rev. Father Nolan officiated, assisted
by Fathers"McCraran and JlcCartey. Pitts
burg, Allegheny and Braddock were repre
sented by visiting Sisters. Father Nolan
held mass, and alter an impressive address
the dedicatory services were finished.
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The Socialists Out of It.
Philadelphia Ledger.
. The existing Presidental situation makes
It reasonably safe to predlot right now that
Wing and Matohett will be beaten.
Upsetting a Popular Belief.
Boston1 Herald.i
There has been a great rise in the Niagara
river. It has always been supposed that
Niagara falls.
Qalescat In Face.
Sew Orleans Picayune.
After next vear Columbus will he ullmrnri
to continue his peaceful and eternal slocp.
CAMPAierNEWS AND COMMENT.
It is .now practically conceded that the
Republican majority in, Philadelphia will oe
JO.OOu'. or possibly 20.000 larger than in 18S8.
Harrily has paid noattention to the canvass
In his own eity, and tho Democratic loss
there will go far toward assuring a big lead
for tho party of protection in the Stato as a
whole. This being the case Interest in Penn
sylvania centers on the Congressional and
legislative contests, particularly the former.
There are five districts which the Republic
ans are endeavoring to rcolalm from the
Democracy. These districts are the
se venth, composed of Bucks and Montgom
ery counties: tho Eleventh, Lackawanna
county; the Thirteenth, Sckuylklll county;
the Twenty-ronrth, Washington, Fayette,
Greene and part of Allegheny, and the
Twenty-sixth, Butler, Beaver, Lawrenco
and 'Mercer. The last named may be dis
missed Jrom anyconccrn. It was lost two
years ago through a bribery scandal and tho
candidacy or two Republicans. This year
there is but ono Republican candidate who
has 7,000 majority to fall back upon. With
tho complications in the Twenty-fourth dis
trict all Western Pennsylvania Is familiar,
and the -uncertainty ns to whether the
Greene county kickers will defeat the regu
lar Republican nominee will not be dis
pelled until next week. The strongest
rights, will he made in the Seventh,
Eleventh and Thirteenth districts. In
tho former, two the chances nro in favor
of the Republicans, while tho Democrats
opparently hnvo the best or the latter con
test. The Republicans have nominated
Charles X. Branim, who in tho days when
there was something of a Greenback party
in Sclinvllcill wns nblo to tret elected. Ho
was beaten in'18S8 by James B. Reilley by a
majority or CS8. Reilloy was ngaln eloctod
two years ago by the increased majority or
L80, and is now the Democratic cuudidato
for re-olectlon. The Twelfth is another close
district, although now represented by a Re
publican. It is composed of Luzerne
county, which turns up variously, some
times one way and sometimes the other.
There is one more hot contest in the State,
that in the Erie-Crawford district, usually
strongly Republican. Thero Rev. Dr. Flood
and Sibley, of kite-shaped truck fame, are
indulging in a battle royal viith about even
chances of sneccss.
Democrats complain that sample ballots
bearing the name or Congressman Hallowell
as a Prohibition candidate are being circu
lated among tho saloon keepers of the
Seventh district by some of the opposition.
Joseph H. Manley, who is as thor
oughly acquainted with the details oftlie Re
publican canvassas Chairman Carter, speaks
most Highly ot the prospects for the
National ticket. He rays: "For tho first
time for many years, New England will ba
found sdlfdly iu the Hepubllcan column.
Connecticut is conceded by the shrewdest
Democrats to bo hopelessly Republican.
This State has so prospered under the ef
fects of the McKinley bill that Its electoral
vote will be given in ravor or that policy
which has increased its material wealth and
added to its gcnetnl prospeiity. In the
Northwest, when the campaign started, it
was feared that several of tho hitherto
strong Republican states might bo swung
into the Democratic column, either directly
or indirectly, by choosing electors favor
able to the People's party. These States
are now safely back and no danger is to be
apprehended' from any of the North western
or Pacific Slop e States, save alone Nevada.
In West Virginia, it must be remembered
that the steady trend for the last 20 years
has been toward the Eepubllcsn ptr(yand
away irom the Democratic party, and to
day the Ilopublicans have much the better
chance of carrying that State. Xew Jersey
is not claimed to be in the Republican
column, hut all careful observers know that
a terrifio contestis being made in that State.
In Indiana there aie conditions which are
more favorable to the Republic in party than
tnev n ere in 1033. in mo great .mpire state
of .New York it would be folly to say that
the Republicans are absolutely sure of carry
ing it. lr the Republican vote is polled and
every effort will be made to poll it. New
York will smelygive its vote to Mr. Harri
son. It does not seem possible that tlio
American people with their "rent instruct
to do right would consent to such a national
calamity as would result from tho election
or Mr. Cleveland."
The New York World figures -that the
next House will consist of 143 Republicans,
106 D emocrats and 15 independents.
CHAir.MAN Hareitv ha? written a brief
letter giving his views.upon the registration
in the Empire State antlfjparfiotilarly in the
metropolis. Among other things He cays:
"I regard the .registration in New York
City as very large, and am not disappointed
because the legislation on the last day did
not reach the extravagant Azures some peo
ple claimed it would reach. That the regis
tration wns light the last day is due largely
to what I call the reserve Republican vote,
which Jailed to register, and which will not
be cast lor General Harrison. The feeling or
confidence among tho Democrats and inde
pendents that tbo Democratic electoral
ticket will have a large majority has had a
depressing effect upon the Republican vot
ers of the city. This has intensified the
apathy and indifference nmong tho Repub
licans and explains why the registration on
Saturday .was not up to expectations of
many w.ho take an interest in such matters.
From what 1 have learned thero
nre extremely few Democrats in the city of
New York who have not registered. From
the best Information I can obtain and an
analysis of the icgistry lists the claim is
justified that is so confidently made by the
Now York -managers that New York City
will give a handsome majority for Cleveland
nnd Stevenson. The registration in Brook
lyn indicalos that the Democratic organiza
tion thero has been doing most effective
work. Thero are many reasons for beliov
ing that the vote or Kings county will show
very large gains. I see nothing to shake
our confidence that New Tork is Democratic.
Furthermore, this w ill bo a Democratic year
in several other close and doubtful States as
well as in Now York."
According to the St. Louis Globe Demo
crat "tho real people's party is the Hepub
llcan party. Most.pr the Western Populists
will be found in this party on election day."
It is now claimed that the Democrats of
Michigan were not smart enough to draft
the Miner law which will give them a por
tion of Michigan's electoral voto. It nas
presented to tho Legislature by Representa
tive John Miner, but it was suggested and
draftod by ex-Senator Jone3, orFlorida, who
for some years has been an inmate of tho
Dearborn Ilelreat, near Detroit. He is pos
sessed with tho Idea that he is being perse
cuted by tho British Government, but.in
other respects his mind is clear, nnd ho' is
otton consulted by loading Michigan Demo
crats, on mutters of policy. Estimates are
being made on tho probablo division of the
electoral vote. An impartial investigation
shows that the Republicans will probably
chooso eight electors In Michigan, viz., in the
Western district and in the Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Ninth. Eleventh and Twelfth.
The Democrats will probably secure six
electors in the Eastern district and in tho
First; Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth
Congressional districts. Fusion complicates
the situation in one or tno ot the districts,
and the Republicans may got ono moro or
one less than tho eight figured on, hut that
is the range of probabilities except in the
event of an unexpected candidate.
Indiana -Republicans have a new plnn
for political rallies. Nightly meetings are
being held in rural districts, and ten
speakers each talk ten minutes.
In Alabama the Kolbites have made a
deliberate practice of withholding them
selves front tbo public discussions or their
adversaries to such an extentas to causa tho
Democratic 'managers considerable annoy
ance and to practically frustrate the main
object for the accomplishment of which
publlo meetings are held. Those who have
strayed from the Democratic fold cannot be
recovered, since thoy will not come wlthla
the sound of the voice of their former
shepherds, but persist in wandering In new
pasturages. General, Shelley, tho Chair
man of the Democratic State Committee,
realizes the significance of this 'manifesta
tion, and, ' with an apprehension for
the results that may follow, has Issued n
circular letter to the ministers of the gospel,
soliciting their assistance in reaching the
recalcitrant wanderers. "Many 01 our
good people' says 'General Shelley, "have
broken away from the great bodv of con
servative citizens, llnd gone off after teach
ers of strange doctrines and dangerous
polities. Politicians cannot reach them
they, will nothoar the-truth .from such
sources, and ' other means must be em
ployed." He can think of nothing so of
lectlye. to accomplish the purpose desired .as
tho counsel and advice of the miulstors of
the gospel, and the Chairman of the Demo
cratic Committee, thorerore, appeals .to
them. 60 it stems that Mr. liagee will have
to contend against not only the Democratla
politicians but the Democratic preachers as
well.
The average election board is likely to
have moro trouble with the Baker ballot
than the average voter.
WOK'T BE BULIDOZED.
Chicago Grocers Rornso' to Be Dictated to
by the Sugar Trust.
Chicago, Nov. L A local paper has the
following: "New "Jtoik ana Philadelphia
may surrender to the Sugar Trust, but the
World's Fair City will not bo bulldozed
worth a cent. At least that was the purport
of the decision reached at a meeting of all
tho largo wholesale grocers in this city. Tbo
meeting was held on the request of Mr. W.
F. Osborn, the NewYoik representative of
tho American Sugar Trust. The "plan pro
nosed by Mr. Osborn was the ono known as
the 'equality nnd rebate plan, and after a
half-hour's deliberation it was unanimously
rejected. The plain English or the attitude
or Chicago's wholesale grocers is that they
do not Intend to be dictated to by the Sugar
Trust ns to how and when they shall sell
their sugar. If they want to buy sugar lor
Scents and sell for I cents it is their busi
ness and not any concern of the Sugar
Trust.
"The rebate plon was pioposed at tho
national meeting or tho wholesale grocers in
New York last June, anil would have been
adopted bad it not boon ror the native oppo
sition of Chicago supplemented by nearly
all the leading houses in Milwaukee, De
troit, Indianapolis, Kansas City nnd St.
Joseph. St. Louis and a few other Southern
points were In favor of it, but it was tem
porarily shelved. The meeting had no'
sooner adjourned than sly work was begun
by tho Trust and its friends to work the op
position over to the scheme, nnd a few
weeks ago u very ingenious circular was
sent out confidentially to tho wholesale
grocers. It is Ingenious because it seeks to
evade the trust law of Missouri by claiming
it would promote competition, and at tho
same time it contains the outline of a plan
thatnould totally destiny all competition
and put the sugar trade entirely in the
bauds of the Trust with power to dictate
price and limit the output."
A GAY T0DKG SIKHEB.
Two Society Women Complain That He
Took Their Diamonds.
Nrw Youk, Nov. 1. Walter Guy Furnald,
the young Massachusetts sport, was to-day
dischaiged on the charge of cashing a worth
less check on the Murray Hill Hotel. He
was immediately arrested, however, on
what appeared to be a more serious charge,
It seems that the young man forced his ac
quaintance upon two young society woinon.
one irom Boston nnd tho other from Chi
cago, during a trip to Europe. Tho Chicago
woman's diamonds the value ot $3,000, were
mlsied when the other side was reached and
Furnald suspected.
In Jefferson Maiket court this afternoon
Furnald was charged by Mrs. Katharine
Post, of Chicago, with the theft of $2,500
worth or diamonds from her house in that
city. Ho is said to have stolen the Jewels 011
or about October 11. Furnald was held in
$-2,000 bail by Justice Rvan to appear for ex
amination Monday afternoon, fie could not
lurnlsli bail and was remanded into custodv.
The identity of the Boston woman was not
learned.
ADIiAl'S LITTLE LETTER.
It Is a typical Bourbon mixture. Cleveland
Leader.
M11. Stevessos's letter will not prove much
of a voto-changer. Indianapolis News.
There are indications thru Mr.Stevenson's
letter was delayed so as to give time tor
some artistic work with the blue pencil.
Washington S ar.
Adlai is suie to catch the South, but he
he will catch a storm in the North that will
make him n ish he had nevor written a letter
of acceptance. Harriiburg Telegiaph.
Adlai may possets the qualifications to
pound a desk with a gavel, or break bitu
minous coil, but he can't write a dignified
letter of acceptance. Grand Rapids Herald.
He really had nothing to say, and has said
it, for several hundred words. It is muddle I
and twaddle. Take nothing from nothing,
and the product is nothing. Brooklyn
Standard Union. '
His letter, coming in at 11 o'clock and 45
minutes, will not chango a vote and calls
for extended comment. It is rather signifi
cant for What it does not say than other--wise.
Philadelphia Telegraph
Tnu letter Is a failure. Its author might
better have said: "Thank you: I accept," sev
eral months ao, than to point to his mug
wump chief at this late day and timidly
whimper, "Mo too." Chicago Mail.
Adlai's letter has been long delayed, and
it would have been better for his party In
the Northern States, as well ns the intelli
gent pottion of it in the South, had it been
deferred altogether. Kcw York Advertiser.
It i3 brief rnd purely formal, the writer
evidently seeing that.at this lute day his ut
terance would have no effect on the result.
Mr. Stevenson does not undertake to dlsctvs
the questions of the campaign at length;
really he does scarcely inoro than say
"ditto" to Mr. Cleveland. New 1'orK Tiibune.
As tho questions ho touches upon in his
letter aie those which have been foremost in
discussion during the canvass, he pays a poor
compliment to the intelligence and clear
ness of his own speeches if ho has been un
able until now to put together a short letter
containing such platitudes as he indulges
in. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Deadly Work of a Live Wire.
Camden, N. J., Nov. 1. HIrara Mcllvane, a
lineman employed by the Camden Heating
nnd Lighting Company, while changing the
carbon in an electrio light tliis afternoon,
grasped a live wire. The unfortnnnte man
was jerked from the pole and hurled to the
pavement below, dashing his brains out on
tho stones.
The Taylor Hospital Open.
Scrantoit, Nov. L ISoecial. Ths hospital
which the late Moses Taylor provided for
in his will, a legacy to the city, Is now com
plete and was opened for reception of pa
tients this morning. It Is n fino structure,
located on a high knoll which commands a
view or tho entire city.
DEATHS UEEK AND 1LSEW11BEE.
I SInjor Henry S. Goddard.
Major Henry S. Goddard died Mondav
mornlogin New YorK. of Hrlght'8 disease. Major
Goddard was born in New York, and ivas 55 years
old. lie was the eldest son or lie Rev. Kingston
Goddard. During the early years or the Rebellion
Major Goddard was a commissioned offlcer in a
Pennsylvania regiment or volunteers, anil he was
severely wounded In action. Later he was com
missioned by President Lincoln as an additional
pivmaster with the rank of Malor. He leaves a
-widow, two daughters, and a ion, allofwiiom lire
In France.
Conscience Money Sent In.
Harrisbcro, Pa.,i Nov. L State Treasurer
Morrison to-day received an anonymous
letter from a Philadelphia correspondent
inclosing a contribution of J3.) to tho con
science fund. A few weeks -ago H enn
scienco .money was received at the Stato
Treasury lroui an anonymous cprrespon-
Qonc.
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Obituary Notes.
CnoATE Buns ham, one of the oldest and best
known cltt7ensof ISoston, -died Monday morning,
after an lllness-.of several weeks' duration, aged 73
years. . -.
Miss Luuxda Harlan, of Marshall, III,. Is
dead, in her 81st year She was the widow of Judge
Justin narlan, .once a distinguished jurUtof East
ern Illinois, and wastne mulhpr or Captain E. D.
Harlan, Department Commander Illinois Q. A. 1(.
THE Bev. C. J-Glbson,'D, D., rector of Grace
Tpiscnpal Church In Petersburg, Vs., died la that
city Mo.iday Ofi heart r.l rouble. He was born In
Richmond and was, 73 Jf ars or age. Ho was one or
the must prominent Episcopal mlnlitirs In the
country. , ,
LIEUTENAST COLOSEt W. S. noUTOV. orth
Sixteenth Keghncnt Sr G. P., died yesterday nt
Wdgeway from malaria lever, contracted while at
Homestead with his reglmont. Colonel Horton
wasProthonotaryoIEIk county and a prominent
Democrat. ;
Mrs. Matilda Bresk ajian,- 71 years old.
widow orthe late Captain Ueorge Erenuaroan, of
Fort Terry, died "yesterdar morning at her home
at Huntcln station. She leaves lour children all
grown up, Messrs. Stuart, Wlhlam, Park and Miss
Alma Brennaman.
Deigo Xehjiixrs, a Spaniard more than 100
years of age, died at Phoenix. Ariz., Monday. He
was a participant In all the Mexican revolutions
since 182s. and at onwthric had a colonel's commis
sion. Afttr the treaty or Guadeloupe Hidalgo, ho
Was banished from Mexico, and spent the remain
der of his uneventful lire in Phoenix, dying In a
uoTel.
ART AND MlfelC
Combine to Make's Pleasant Evening at
the Pittsburg Club Theater X Dtdl
Tuesday Evening-Heady for the-Fair
The 'Debut of a Bad Society Gossip.
The pretty Pittsburg Club Theater was
fnll last night at the opening of'the one
hundred and cl'htv-secon&rpceptlon of tho
Art Society. These receptionsiareiahtais
enjoyable, and it -is seldom-that anjnvita
tion is not used. There was arj exhibition
os attractive photographs and. autotypes,
part of th'e large 'and varied assortment of
art objects gathered in the course"of his
travels by Mr. Charles S. 'Graham, who
kindly loaned thorn to the' Art Socjety for
its reception. Besides this therp'was nn in
teresting musical progra'mme,uhdor'the-dt-)
rection of Miss Lois EolU Cory, 'the soprano,
wliohas recently' returned from 'Dresden,
where she has been pursuing her-muslcal
siuuics. uer voloe Is verv cloar an,u sweer,
nnd her selections were wftnrily anplaiftcd
by her listeners. Mr. John T. Irwin played
several numbers on, his violin in bis own
inimitable manner, nnd Mr. Carl Better pre
sided at the piano. With these 'artists, and
n programme that included the names of
most or the (treat masters, it is almost su
perfluons to say that a rare mmlcal treat
was enjoyed. The Art Society Is a popular
organization, and is becoming better known
and liked evory day.
A delightful entertainment was given
Inst evening by thn Epworth League of tho
North Avenue M. E. Church, Allegheny, be
fore a very large -audience. Miss Sue E.
Lytle was in charge, and'she did her work
well, for her selection of contributors to the
pleasure o( the evening could hardly have
been excelled. Tableaux, illustrating scenes
from different books, ' wero prosontod,
the audle.ico guessing tho names of the
works represented. Some of the guesses
wero a long. way from the right answer, but
eventually all were named by some one in
the room. Miss Stella B'luher.road 11 paper
on "The Origin ot lieu Hiir,"andn charac
ter sketch or Portia was the ottering or Mhu
Miallenberger. There was an oration by Mr.
Edward Young, a flute solo by Mr. Jackson,
n pianoforte selection by Miss Lillian
Smith, and singing by the Epwortn Octette.
Tho entertainment was brought to a close
by a well-considered address on-"The Book
of Book," -by the paster of tho chnrcb, Rev.
W. S. Lockward,
Tuesdat is regarded as one of the fash
ionublo nights of Pittsburg. As a rule, there
aro a number of receptions and other social
affairs in progress on that evening, and
society generally "tnkes up its , mind to bo
puzzled to attend all the entertainments to
which it receives invitaiions. Last night
was rather an exception to the rule. It.
offered very few society events for consid
eration, tho principal one being the Art So
ciety reception, which was certainly enjoy
able enough to make up for the scarcity of
private parties and the utter Inck of fash
ionable weddings. It U postble that All
Halloween, which this year Ins'stod upon
coming on the plebeian Monday; took the
place of the uual Tuesday gatherings.
Whntever the cause, it is a fact, that a
quieter Tuesday in the' society world of
Pittsburg has not been seen tills ie'nson.
The final meeting of'the Ladies' Aid
Society of the Sonthslde Hospital 'n rela
tion to tho fair to be givep ifex'tweek was
held yesterday afternoon in the' old post
office building. All the committees reported
progress, and the indications are that when
the mir opens next Mandav everything will
be In apDle-pie order, the ladles have
worked verv hard, and it ii to be hoped
that their efforts in a noble cause will be
crowned with success.
The coming-out reception of Miss Lillian
Eastou will he given by 'her patents, Dr
Andrew nnd Mrs. Enston, nt tlielr home,
Montgomery avenue, Friday afternoon'and
evening. Mr. and Mrs.1 Frank Whitesell
will be-the guests of honor. Mrs. Enston
and Mrs. Whltesell, her sisterwill spend the
wlntor months in St. Aiumtine, Flu., sailing
together from New York on' the S6th of this
month.
Social Chatter.
TnruE was an enthusiastic and well-it-tended
meeting of the Woman's Clnb yes
terday. Mrs. Wade, a niece of Mrs. C. I.
Wade, tho President, wa) in the chair. A
very warm aiscuston followed tho reading
01a paper by Mrs. Shallenberzer qti tho
closing ot the World's Fair. on Sundav, Mrs.
FIeisclinifln,rend a well-prepared pauor on
"American Authors oftfio Day."
St. BaitXABUs Guild for NPR.ses4held an'
ODeiimeetlnir nt tho -Church of the' Asc'en-
( sion last ''evening. Bishop Whitehead de-
uvoreuan interesting naarci aurinz mo
meeting, nnd after the servicesintnechnrch
he and Mrs. Whitehead entertained the'
.'guild at their Shadyslde homo.
Miss Mutxie Jacobs, daughter or Mrs. W.
F. Jacobs, was married to Mr. Benjamin
Bactch, last evening, nt her mother's resi
dence Rev. Ruoff officiated. After n short
bridal trip tho Joiuig couple will live on
Taggart street, Allegheny.
Tnis Is the day of the Needlewotk Guild
gathering in the Third .Presbyterian
Church. Thn Pittsburg branch only will
benefit by the collection of made up gar
ments on, this particular occasion. .
Prop. Leonard Eatox and his daughter,
MiSs Sadie Eaton, are home from Philadel
phia. Miss Eaton spent several day in NO w
York visiting friends and places of Interest
in the metropolis. ,
Miss Askie M. Stabler, of New York, ad
dressed the I'ittsbuii; Tlioosonhlsts in the
Mercantile Library Jast evening. .
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.
Major J. O. Kerbey writes to a friend
from Moyabama, Peru, saying tfcat he ar
rived thero September 2, after 18 days of
canoeing and tramping on the Upoer Ama
zon. Ho is on his way to Lima, Pern, over
tho Ande. Ills many Pittshuri triendscan
icacli him hv addressing him at Lima, Peru,
caro of the United States Legation.
Major Lambing, of Corry," registered at
theSeventli Avenue Jastevcning. Ho thinks
that Dr. Fiond will beat Joe Sibley lor Con
gress in the Eric-Craw:ord district.
Dr. Young, the Moderator of the last
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, returned to his home in Louisville
last evening.
Captain James G. White, of Chicago,
General Superintendent ot the railway mall
.service, called on Postmaster McUean yes
'torday. Frank A. Slocum. the advance man for
Mansfield, and Ldcar J. Pershing, of Con
nellsvlllc, put up at the Central Hotel yes
tei day. ,
Geortre E. Sheaslev- and J. IC Crawford,
of Franklin, and Jonies Dunn, of Mussillou,
are stopping at the Anderson.
Samuel Warden, of Mt. Pleasant, and
Cyrus Elder, of Johnstown', are as the
Seventh Avenue Hotel.
Ah Spaulding, the Chicago base ball
magnate, was on the limited last evening
going west.
George A. Barnard, of Salem, and Eoss
Hcynold", or Kittunuing, are at the
Duq.cesnp.
Ex-Ecpublicsn State Chairman', W. H.
.Andrews, of Titusville, was in tho city yes
terday. J. E. Balsey, of Connellsville, is at the
St. Charles.
Pittsbnrgers in New Tork.
Xew Tonic. Xov. L Special Tho follow
ing Pittsburgers nro registered at New
York hotols: Mrs. J. Brown, Alue'marle;
Mrs. F. E. Bufflne, "Gllsey House: S. E.
Cavanugh, Broadway Central; J. Gardner,
Jr., Holland House; T. W. Hnrtman, Im
perial; A. Hewlett, Tremont Hotel; D. H.
Hostettors, Gtlsoy Hone: W. G. Johnson,
Eurle's Hotel; G. E. Lurch, Broadway Cen
tral: Mrs. ftodd. Grand Hotol: J. W. senver,
Westminster; W. C Stovenson. St..DenIs:Ct
A. Terry. Windsor: G. S. and W. Murray,
Imperial; K. Solomon, Holland House: J. K.
Cass. W. -. Mngee, A. iteed and J. W. Kobin
son, Fiith Avenue.
The Fatal nnd or a Frolic
Emz, Ta., Xov. L-rSiwcfa.l Miss Etta
Miller, the 15year-old dnugliter of Amos
Miller, .of .Glrard, was. visiting Swanvillo
with a party of young people on a Halloween
frolic last night. She attempted tor cross the
Lake Shore track in 'advance or her com
panions, in iront 01 tho lai-t mall 'and- was
run down and Instantly killed.
Amounts to the Same. r
Baltimore American.
Senator Hill's contributions to the litera
ture or this campaign are about as yalaablo
as buttons' in the church colleotion plate. .
There Hasn't Been-Any' Tet. '
Washington Star.: '
There is still time to disturb the, campaign
quiet with 1 low vigorous explosions. ,
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
There ire 17,000 styles of silk,
Coal was first used in England asfus
in 1330.
The currant grows wild In Europe am
America.
Processes for printing colored calicoe
were invented In 176L
The Korman armor had breeches ant
jacket in the sarao piece.
In 1760, 15,000 pounds of cocoons wer
grown in South Georgia.
There are now in this country 383 eleo
trie roads with 3.9S0 miles of line.
Bom is made from the refuse of sugar.
The best comes from the West Indies.
The first daily morning newspaper wa:
the Dii'y Courant, published In London.
New York has the greatest number of
newspaper;, namely, 1,958; Nevada, the least,
The Greek theaters bad no scenery, the
staso walls being painted to resemble the
locality intended.
The lost soldiers in France to wear de
fensive r.rmor were the plkemen, whose or
ganization was abolished In 1675.
The Turkish turban came in during the
reign of John of France. It was sometimes
3 feet high and as big as a barrel.
. An Indian on the Grand Bonde reserva
tion, in Oregon, Is claimed to be the Only In
dian in that State that draws a pension.
. Bather more thou 69 persons in every
1C0 in London are living in comfort, while
rather more than SO In every 100 are living in
poverty.
In 1860 we prodnced 60,000 tons pf
paper; in 1S0O 1.2CO.O0O tons, or 150,000 tons
more than the total product of uropeati
paper mills.
If early every State in this country w
represented In the 100 old army nurses thic
wero present at the late Grand Army Ea
cuuipmeut at Washington. ' '
The highest lakes in the world are ia
the Himalayas, in Thibet, where there am
somo bodies of water as high as 20,000 fees
above the level of tho sea.
The Ganls to make handles for their
axscleft tho branches of a tree.placedtheax
in lc and left it till the wound in the wood
had been completely healed.
It Is said that Massachusetts is the only
state in the Union which provides, by act o"
Legislature, that banks may piy checks
lor a certain time after the death of the
drawer.
A curious circumstanco In connection
with the recent epidemic of cholera at Ham
hmz was the departure of all the birds from
the city only a few days prior to the out
break. The honor of the invention of printing
has been claimed by Mentz. Strasbnrg.
Haarlem. Venice, Rome, Florence, Basic ami
Augsburg. Tho flist three only are ontltled
to consideration.
Recent experiment has proved that if a
delicate piece of lnce be placed between an
iron plato and a disk of gunpowder, and the
latter be detonated, tho lace will bo clearly
stamped on the iron.
A. Boston inventor has invented a
strainer for mixed drinks, consisting of a
circular plato, nroimd the clrcnmference of
which Is a spiral spring. Thn coll forms the
straluer,,whfcli is removablo at will.,
According to a study of the climate of
Egypt, nuida by Dr. J. Hann, it appears that
for three or four days in March or April
Cairo is visited by a hot, dusty wind that,
destroys the foliage of many Of tho trees. ',
The origin of the symbol "cwt." for
hundredweight isas follow: C is the initial
letter of the Latin word "centum," meaning
a hundred, and wt aro the f!rt and l.i-t let
ters of the word "weight" and are used as a
contraction lor lr.
When the schoolhouse of the Gallagher
distiict. in Mason Valley, Xev., was opened
after the summer vacation it was found that
bees were in possession of the desks, and it
is claliuxd that about 3'JO pounds o; honey
were taken from them. i
The first double-deck twin screw ferryA
boat in use in tho United States is the Cin
cinnati, which runs over the Pennsylvania
IC.'iliroad lorry from Jersey City to Sew
lort. ,-wie is sue loei long, m iect wide ana
makes 12 miles an hour. v
Without opening c single additional
seam, there is probably enough-cool iTyvIew
in JTew South Wales to enable JO.COO.OW tons
to be jput-out-'shmiuaUv'xar nwyears to
.Come. This nmnnnt is more than doub.o
the present production. .
Five Presidents of the United States
were elected without tho assistance of tho
Stato of Xew Tork. These cre George
Washington, (flrst time) In 17S9: James Mad
ison, i 1 ISH!: James Buchanan, in 1S5S; U. S.
Grant, in 1S63; IJ. 15. Hayes, In 1376. v,
Of railway stations open to ordinary
traffic there are fewer tickets issuod to
c'oleshlll a station on it branch of the Mid
land Rail war, between Whltacre and Hamp
ton on the London and Northwestern Kail-1
way. than tn nnv other railway station ia
the United Kingdom.
A comparative examination of the skulls
of savage and civilized races shows that the ,
increased brain development of the latter is
always accompanied by a marked modifica
tion in the form and size of the Jaws and
teeth. This modification is usually spoken
of as a degenerate condition.
The originator of the theory that the 1
earth is round was probably ThaloJ, of
Miletus, about C10 B. C. He not only tuugiiS
that the ear,th was globular in form, but of
the five zones, some of the principal circlet
ot tho Hphere, the ennacity of the moon and
the true course of the lnnnr eclipses. "",
In Para people of Indian blood pre- '
dominate, and aro found in nil classes of so
ciety from street peddlers and servants to
wealthy capitalists and high Government--"
officials, lliere are very lew Portuguese or
Africans, nnd the descendants of both tbeso
races fchow a large admixture or Indian
blood.
Except himself, but two members of
Oliver Wendoll Holmes' class a t college still
survive. The famous class dinners at a
public hotel have been discontinued, bnt ,
those who reinuin are still annually enter- )
tatned by Dr. Holmes In his own house. It
has been CS years since tho graduation exer
cises of these three octogenarians.
To decide abet two young men at Laba
non, Pa., pnt a wasp and a black hornet un- ,
der a glass tumbler to determine which '
would whip tbo other. So sooner had the
vicious littlo beasts been imprisoned than
tho was attacked the hornet. They fought
quietly hut valiantly, each using Its stinger
to the Aillesc extent. In less than ton min
utes tho wasp was a corpse, and two minutes
later the hornet expired. The bodies ofi
botn wore swollen to three times their not1'
mat size.
ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE.
TO MT TELEPHOXE OIBt.
Steal my good name if you will,
Qr rob me ormy tin.
And I'll forgive you lryoa ask,
'Tlioujih guilty you or sin.
But Hyou value this dear lire.
When I've been outat night, -Don't
wake me at tho early dawn,
(Ring) "Telephone aUngbt."
He took his stook of cuffs iu hand and
carelnlly looked them over, no had not had them
lone, but m os t of them had been tothcsteacilaundry
at least twice, consequently, they were crackeJ,
frayed and shiny. After examining the whole lot
without flndlng even one lit to wear, he didn't, as
you would suppose, throw them down la disgust,
bnt gently put them back In his drawer, and thca
sat down at his writing table, and. after psnnlng a
few lines, folded the paper on which he had wrlttea 1
and put it in his pocket. Arising he donned his
hat and hastened around to the editor of the
Wttkly Joker, handed him the paper, and the editor
read:
Chlny-Why are my cufTs like the baskets of
fruit we buy irom the Italians around the corner la
mid-winter?
Bottles-I give it up.
Chlny Because there's not a good pair amonl
them.
The editor was nnt a. rrnrf man. but he handed
Jiack the Joke, and the author went borne and.put
on a pair of frayed and shiny cuss.
Jasper Wasn't that a pretty girl we just
passed?
Kasper-K ot very pretty. int strong. Why. thst
girl threw over 170 pounds lait evening without a
struggle.
Jasper-Dead weight?
Basper-'Xls now. she was enraged to it.
Wooden No, vou are wrong. If you
plar the game- too are a foot bill! at, but if too.'
merely yell, 'Bah I Bali! Baht' why, you areaj
root bswler.
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