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FREELAND, SEPTEMBER 5, 1002. THE DEMOCRATIC SIGNAL GUN. It has bean the extraordinary privi lege ef Robort E. Pattison Ave times to lead the people In a crusade for the overthrow of corrupt forces in Penn sylvania polliles. This is a record un paralleled lit the history of the state. At the outsat of his public career he was entrusted with grave responsibil ities. £B Controller of Philadelphia he instituted reforms whereby mil lions dollars have been saved to the taxpayers. His two terms in that office were followed by the election of a Democratic reform mayor and other officials and the adoption of a new city charter, the outcome of the great pop ular uprising for honest politics and good government. As executive of the , state twice, he gave eight years of j model administration, and through wholesome influence exerted upon the law-making body many things were ac- i complishod in the interest of the peo ple. Durihg the past four /ears there has been a revival of ring misrule tho most odious in the annals of the com- i monwealth. The time is at hand when there must be another mighty union of the forces of patriotism, and in obedience to the manifest popular will, ex-Governor Pattison is again the standard-bearer, supported by asso ciates of superior fitness and ability, ! enthusiastically sustained by every el- ■ ement of his own party and a great host of independent voters, determined once moro to clean house at Harris- 1 burg. This successful reform leader never wastes words nor leaves any doubt as to what he means in his public utter ances. Ifls speech of acceptance at Reading, given in our news columns, ! is a masterly presentation of the Is- j sues of tho hour in Pennsylvania that will bo read with satisfaction and in spiration by every good citizen, irre spective of partisan views. It is, in deed, in no sense a party cry, but an earnest and convincing appeal to the patriotic heart of the commonwealth. It clearly shows the supreme question, the restoration and maintenance of honest and economical legislative and administrative methods. It is pointed out, oleo, how the record gives every ; assurance tout should inspire renewed ; public ti|usf. For 30 years Governor Pattisrm has consistently fought for these high ideals, and he never was so strong wKb a/11 classes of the people as today. His burning words will find an echo Wi tho hearts and minds of pa triotic eltitens everywhere. Read this speech carefully and hand to your Re publican neighbor. The address of Mr. Guthrie is also a clear-cut and vigorous presentation of fact and ar gument that will carry great weight with and fair-minded men. This public-spirited citizen has done much I*>r the cause of reform, and in the present campaign he will press home tho froths which all the people should hear. Mr. Nolan, like the Btrai'ght-towyard man of affairs he is, evidences the worthy purpose to meet every requirement of official station. | Tho campaign for the rescue of the state fvm tho hands of public pirates has mest hopefully begun. The Read ing signal gun will be heard from the Delaware to the Ohio, and at every point there will be a rallying of the friends of clean politics and good gov- \ er n in eat. OASTORIA. Boars *h 1 he Kind You Have Always Bought PATfIMS" SPEECH OFJCCEPTANCE Issues of the Hour Are Vigor ously Presented. DUTY OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP How the State Has Been Misgoverned and the People Wronged—A Ring ing Appeal to Patriotism. QUESTION OF BALLOT REFORM Ex-Governor Boldly Arraign the Machine and Urges Unity of Action For the Good of All. Reading, Sept. 4. —This has been a great day and greater night for Penn sylvania Democracy and the cause of political regeneration throughout the state. Influential men from every county were present to take part in the ceremonies incident to the notifi cation of the nominees of the Erie Con vention. It was suggestively noted, also, that a large number of Republi cans and independent citizens were present to extend their hearty congrat ulations and give open pledge of sup port during the campaign and at the polls. In the afternoon there was a public reception at a beautiful suburban re treat and a banquet at which enthusi asm ran high. Early in the evening the Auditorium was packed with a great crowd to hear the speeches of the occasion, every expression of the candidates being applauded with a vigor which showed the spirit that possesses the friends of reform in the pending contest between the people and the bosses, who have so sadly mis ruled the state. As chfairman of the notification committee, Hon. R. E. Wright, ot' Al lentown, performed the pleasant work assigned him in a happy manner. He said: SPEECH OF CHAIRMAN WRIGHT. We are assembled today by direction ! of the Erie Convention to present to I you Governor Pattison, and to Messrs. Guthrie and Nolan a formal notifiea | tion of your nominations for most im -1 portant public positions. | While the convention which named you represented the organized Demo j cratic party, it acted and spoke for a wider constituency than could be com -1 prised in any political organization. It convened, nlanncd and acted not l'or I partisan victory, but for Pennsylva i uia's honor. It represented and gave ) voice to an outraged public sentiment, demanding that the control of our j state shall be wrested from the hands of those who dishonor it. It spoke for ' all men in our state who stand for pure, honest government and a decent administration of public affairs. It | named you, gentlemen, as the instru ments through which our common | wealth should be rescued from tho j hands of the political freebooters who J have so long controlled it; from a domination which has outraged public j opinion, has prostituted the powers i and beneficences of government to the i purposes of unscrupulous politicians, , and the enrichment of their favorites and which has recklessly and defiantly I disregarded all constitutional, legal and moral obligations and restraints. | In the platform of the convention I that named you will be found a recital of some of the ills that a long suffer- I ing people have deemed worthy of men tion. I need not, therefore, now elab orate in your hearing the painful, but familiar history of Pennsylvania's dis ; honor. As I have said before, in every j newspaper and from every husting tho shameful story has been told; in every I town and hamlet; at country cross roads, in counting house and factory, j in village store and by the good burgh | ers returning from church, the sad story of the Shame of our common wealth has been told and retold with indignant blush. We have seen corrupt and corrupting legislatures moved to their villianies by American senators; we have seen pay rolls padded to reward thieving officials; our law makers make law breaking a thrifty trade: our state treasury temporarily looted to aid tho speculative ventures of favored poli ticians, their relatives and friends; hanks plundered and broken in ex tending aid to impecunious bosses— we have become familiar with the work lof election repeaters, stuffed ballot boxes and fraudulent returns. We have seen senatorships purchased, valuable I franchises stolen and municipal gov i ernments ruthlessly overthrown in reckless contests between rival politi cal machines, and made the sport of personal ambition. To the rectification of all of those wrongs you have been dedicated by the convention that named you; that you will be faithful to the pledges no one questions; that you will be chosen to tne task we firmly believe, as we have faith in the honesty and integrity of the people. As the spokesman of the notification committee 1 beg on its behalf to now formally advise you of your nomination and to express the hope that should find lodgement in the mind of every self respecting Pennsylvanian that suc cess may crown the end of your battle for the redemption of our common wealth. GOV. PATTISON'S ADDRESS. Governor Pattison's reception by the vast audience was an event that will be long remembered. After the cheer ing subsided he spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Notification Committee, Friends and Fellow Citizens: It is with feelings of grateful appre ciation of the honor bestowed foi a third time, that I appear before you to accept the responsible place you have assigned me in the pending contest be tween the people or Pennsylvania and those vho would deprive them of their sovereign right of honest and just self government. I trust it may he taken as a happy coincidence that it was here in this beautiful and prosperous city, so delightfully located In the midst of a community far famed for zealous demo tion to the highest and best principles of economic home rule, that the suc cessful campaign of 1890. along the same lines which confront us today, was so auspiciously inaugurated. The spirit of patriotic protest against the misconduct, of selfish and faithless pub lic servants, has grown with passing years, as the logical result of the more reckless and defiant methods pursued I by the combination of autocratic rulers and their Mercenary followers which has so gri v- 7ously belied the honored name of oar beloved commonwealth ' The Supreme Question. The pressing uut<y of twelve years ago faces • very good citizen with steudiiy increasing weight of responsibility. We are uga.'n called to do battle for that which we regard as the most sac red legacy of the lounders of our great state, it is our privilege, also, to once more unite with unseinsh earnestness to declare and maintain our fidelity to the best interests of all the people. As the lines have been drawn, we may justly demand the most effective co-op eration of self-respecting and right thinking citizens irrespective of parti sanship. The supreme question before us is one which appeals to every pa triotic instinct; is above and beyond the real or imaginary boundaries which ordinarily divide men in the discussion of puulic affairs. It is the preservation, unsullied ami unbroken, of the fabric of honest legislation and administra tion, with which we are concerned. Twice the people have decided this is sue against their would-be masters —in 1882 and in 1890 —and we confidently believe that they will thus vindicate themselves and maintain their rights in 1902. The Rising Tide of Revolt. You will pardon reference to the fact in my speech of acceptance in 189U, it was pointed out that all nistory taugnt the uanger of entrusting, even to wise and virtuous men, dictatorship in affairs of state; tnat in a democratic government absolute power, the temp tation to misuse whicn is ever present, can only be achieved and maintained through a resort to unrepubiican meth ods, tne abuse of official privileges and the suppression of tne popular will. It was claimed on behalf of the people of Pennsylvania, that tliey had not will ingly chosen the leadership, against a continuance of which they manifested such hopeful unrest; that tuey submit ted thereto under protest, and would surely record their condemnation tnere of at the polls. The historical fact with which that campaign for clean politics and honest government con cluded, is an inspiration for the pres ent hour. The people of Pennsylvania are forbearing and patient beyond all others, slow 10 wrath and careful in action; but wiien there is a moving of the mighty waters of an aroused public sentiment it speedily becomes irresist able. Integrity of Party Organization. Political parties may properly divide upon puuiic issues, but are some questions tnat are common to all, and one of these is the integrity of party organization. Under our system of gov ernment it is of vital importance that each party should be so organized and controlled that in the event of its suc cess this shall mean the faithful ex pression of the popular will, to be fol lowed by the redress of public wrongs, the correction of evils ot administra tion, and the enforcement of true prin ciples. Manifestly, this cannot be when the leadership of a party is either cor rupt or despotic, and wherein vicious influences are exerted over any consid erable number of party workers. The existence of these vices in any party organization must always be condemn ed by an enlightened puolic sentiment. In nearly every great city in this country, from the reign of Yweedism, in l\ew York, which was brought to an end through the dauntless courage and wonderful < nergy of a great American citizen, Samuel J. Tilden, whose mem ory must always be revered by the friends of good government, to the re cent overthrow of a ruinous cabal in the City of the Golden Gate, largely through the righteous co-operation of Republican citizens of San Francisco, this impressive lesson has been taught. Conscienceless political leaders have been sternly admonished that they can not with impunity continue indefinitely to defy the moral law in the conduct of party organizations and the adminis tration of public affairs. It is the im perative demand of all patriotic men that poniical organizations shall repre sent and illustrate the integrity of po litical faith; that they shall be con trolled and directed not by their worst but by their best elements. We must maintain this basic principle or popular government cannot continue. Candi dates for public office must be honestly selected, without undue influence or the use of corrupt means to defeat the popular will. There is no abiding place upon American soil for the political auctioneer and his subservient crea tures. The Machine's Defiance of the People. It is no wonder revolt is in the air in Pennsylvania, when these just senti ments have been so openly derided; when there have been expressions of contempt for the power of tiie people as against corrupt organization. The his torian of our time will scarcely be lieve the evidence before his own eyes when he shameless declara tion made bya political autocrat in Philadelphia, a little while ago. Urg ing his followers to renewed diligence and zeal, and suggestively holding be fore all others the way to secure the favor of the boss, he said: "The cohesive power of the organiza tion is offices. We have ten thousand office holders in this city and they are all ours. Under the present adminis tration no man can r et an office unless he is loyal to tin* organization. Only today the organization voted forty thousand dollars for tax receipts. How could we do that if we did not have the office holders? if you want an office or preferment in political life you will have to get i\ through the organiza tion. The office holders are the back bone of the organization." Under such a debased code of politi cal ethics, government in this country, which the immortal Lincoln declared, upon the hallowed field of Gettysburg, should be "of the people, for the peo ple and by the people," would be sup planted by the political boss, with gov ernment of olfiee-holdors, for office holders and by office-holders. This is the Alpha and Omega of his political creed. Willi this as his motto, he lives, bargains, trades and thrives. His in fluence over administrative officers and in the halls of legislation is hostile to the interests of the people, corrupt and debasing to the last degree. He is the willing yet always thrifty servant of monopoly, the well-paid lobbyist to whose account may be charged the do feat of many measures demanded by the people,'and the success of others solely desired by those caring nothing for the public welfare. How Official Power Is Abused. It is through the utilization of a de bauched party organization and its sub sidized representatives, that city coun cils and legislatures have become the Scene of iniquitous performances never conceived in other nays, when the law making power was not thus under the Iron heel of the odious political boss. The citizens of our afflicted state will recall many strueeles to secure needful and just legislation. It required tre mendous effort, in the face of the most aggravating obstacles, to procure even a measure of justice lor long-suffering oil producers; to abolish useless and costly offices; and the enactment of a new ballot law. which is only the be ginning of what must be done in this direction. In every way possible, mem bers of the legislature have been an noyed. held up and pursued by this ma lign power, always determined to pro mote selfish interests. Fuels might be cited in connection with appropriation Inns almost beyond belief. So gross have these offenses become, there is a Just demand for some legal restriction or regulation concern*- ing this matter, making it a penal of fense to influence legislators In the manner now practiced at Harrisburg. The very host members of the legisia ture are at limes powerless to carry out the will of their constituents, unless they consent, in violence of their con sciences, to arrangements and deals with corrupt Tien who are nothing less than public pirates. During the past 20 years reform measures have only been enacted by the courageous union of independent Republicans and Demo crats. after desperate conflicts with the powers of evil. The Battle For An Honest Ballot. My distinguished colleague, our worthy cundiuate for the office of lieu tenant governor, Mr. Guthrie, wili doubtless speak to you witn clearness and euectiveness upon the subject with which his name has been long and hon orably identified. He has been a host in himself in the battles' tor honest elections, and in the present contest his influence will be felt amongst all classes of our people in favor of the complete carrying out of this long need ed reform. 1 merely desire to call your attention to the fact tiiat in 1891, in my official capacity as the state executive, 1 addressed tne law-making body as follows: "The constitution requires that all elections shall be free and equal, but such elections are not secureu by ex isting laws. Nor is our ballot secret. Fierce political conflicts between par ties have given birth, here as else where, to many phases of corruption, to the use of money by rich candidates, to traudulent registration, to intimida tion by corporations and by large em ployers of labor, to false counting, and to marked, altered and suppressed bal lots. '1 hese contests have revealed the existence of a purchasable element in our midst, subject to all forms of po litical debauchery. A great popular movement for ballot reform has set in, and 15 states of the Union have al ready responded to it. All political parties in Pennsylvania iiave made open profession'in favor of securing the most perfect attainable expression of the public will, and the only question that we now deal with concerns the most expeditious and efficient method of its accomplishment. The Australian system is the best agency yet devised for purifying elections. It is neither an untested election experiment nor a questionable expedient. Upward of 85,- 000,000 of people conduct their elections by its machinery. It is not the method of any one country or people, but finds a home wherever a free and accurate expression of the public will is de sired. Ballot reform offers not only free and pure elections, but free nomi nations. 1 will heartily favor any well considered legislation which will se cure these or any portion of these re sults." The Australian system was not adopted. In its stead an imperfect bal lot law was passed and accepted by the friends of ballot reform as at least giv ing the advantages of a uniform and official ballot. It was believed tnat per fected legislation would be promptly enacted, but the political machine has stood between the people and ballot re form and rendered all appeals for a more perfect system futile. Yet, al though the senior senator from Penn sylvania, to whose autocratic will legis lators have been subservient, a little while ago publicly declared that if the organization of his party failed to ful fill its own repeated promise to secure honest and effective ballot reform, it would "sink finally into merited in famy," the pledge was deliberately broken, by command of the organiza tion itself. How the Farmer Is Oppressed. Upon no class of our citizens has the evil of political machine domination borne more oppressively than upon the farmer. Without detracting fiom the importance of other pursuits and occu pations, we may observe tnat the tiller of the soil always stands at the front, the ever faithful mainstay of the in dustrial world. It is a significant fact that in our state the general course of legislation, under the direction of the baleful influences to which we have referred, lias been towards building up all forms of monopoly at the expense of agriculture. The farmer has been taxed greatly in excess of his just pro portion for the support of government. In some localities tjie possession of land has become a burden instead of a source of profit. The demand for relief has been denied. The appeals of the agricultural interests, through the for mal action of a great number of Far mers' Alliances, and the earnest repre sentation of facts in the columns of rural journals, have all been in vain. Permit me to repeat and emphasize what I said upon this subject to the law-making body in my annual mes sage in 1893: "The inequality of our tax laws still continues. 1 have suggested on two oc casions a more equai distribution of the burdens of taxation. Taxation to be just should he distributed as nearly as possible on all alike, and should be even as practicable upon all classes of property. In our state, values chiefly constitute the basis of taxation, the value of real estate and the value of personal property. Nearly all the rev enues of cities, towns, boroughs and counties, school and road tax. are de rived from values as a basis of taxa tion. If the two forms of property, real and personal, are equal in value, under a just system they shouni equally bear the burdens of taxation. Real property, comprising the farms and homes of our fellow citizens, is apprais ed at two billions of dollars for tax purposes, and personal property, in which is classed all property not real, is in excess of this appraised value of real estate. The whole amount real ized for all purposes is approximately $40,000,000, of which real property pays about $30,000,000 and personal property $10,000,000. Appreciating the principle that taxation should be laid with some regard to the encouragement and diver sification of industry, and believing that in our state this idea has been kept constantly to the front, neverthe less, I am of the opinion that real es tate has undoubtedly borne the burden Of the day in taxation. In order to pro mote and encourage the industries of the commonwealth and to invite capi tal and enterprise, real estate, especi ally in the form of farms, has become so depressed as to need relief in a more equal distribution of taxation. There is no disposition nor desire to pursue or oppress any form of property. The injustice of our system must be admit ted by any searcher after truth, who would distribute equally the burdens of government. So long as we continue raising our revenues upon the basis of values, the Injustice of compelling a value in land to be taxed beyond a value in personal property, is heavily felt by many of our fellow citizens." Promises Made to Be Broken. Notwithstanding all their many sins of omission and commission, the men who have made Pennsylvania's polities a byword and reproach, have always been profuse in their declarations of a desire to promote the public welfare. They are always promising to do what is right and then as steadily doing what is wrong; giving the promire to the ear and breaking it to the hope. At times the audacity of the machine forces have boon without a parallel in the political history of this or of any other state. It will be recalled that in the Republican state convention of 1895. the same declarations being sub stantially repeated, the following year it was said; "We decry the growing use of money in politics, and the corporate control of legislatures, municipal councils and political primaries, and demand the en forcement of the laws to correct such abuses. "\/e earnestly Insist upon a reform of civil service which will prevent the enslavement of public officers and em ployes and the compelling of those ap pointed to preserve the peace to con fine themselves to their duty, which will insure absolute freedom and fair ness in bestowing state and county and municipal contracts, and will punish any form of favoritism in granting them; which will forbid the grant of exclusive franchises to deal in public necessities, comforts, conveyances and sanitary requirements; and will insure the recognition of ability and fidelity in the public service, keeping service to the country forever foremost, when accompanied by ability and fitness. "We demand that public offices shall be for public benefit and the term of subordinate positions shall he during good behavior. No public employe or officer should be permitted to influence primaries or elections, nor upon any pretense be assessed upon his salary and all unnecessary positions and sal aries should be abolished and expendi tures and taxation reduced. There should be uniform valuation of prop erty for public purposes, corporations enjoying public privileges should pay for them, and schools should be di vorced from politics and kept absolute ly free from political influence and control." The Record That Condemns. Everyone of these pledges has been systematically violated, in accordance with the derisive enthusiasm with which they w; i re received by the men who went through the farce of making such manifestly insincere declarations. The betrayal ol' public interests never was co shameless as during the last two sessions of the legislature. There never was such a corrupt use of money, so much legislative debauchery, so lit tle effort made to correct crying abuses and to purity the public service. Fav ored contractors have reveled in fat things, dividing their ill-gotten gains with powerful political and official pat rons. Valuable public franchises have been appropriated without compensa tory returns to municipalities or the state. Debauchery of the ballot, at pri mary and general elections, never was so flagrant and widespread. And now it is sought to evade all those burning questions, and to turn the people's minds away from the consideration of the crushing record. This self-con demr.atory course will not answer. The incorruptible freemen of the Key stone State are weary of shams; they have had their fill of illusions. They demand the restoration and mainte nance of cleanliness, honesty and ef ficiency in all departments of local, municipal and state government. Unparalleled Betrayal of Trust. The Erie convention adopted a sweeping arraignment of the men who have led in the betrayal of public trust. Therein it is declared that the powers of government have beeen pros tituted to the purpose of public thieves —a scathing denunciation, but one which the facts sadly justify; that con stitutional restraints and commands, the sanctity of the law, the obligations of official oaths, and the demands of common honesty have been thrust aside, and methods hitherto unknown substituted to satisfy the greed of pub lic plunderers. That shamelessly and openly the votes of legislators are traf ficked in. That the last session of the legislature was admitted to be the most corrupt legislative body ever convened in any state of the union. That the election of a United States senator was accomplished in a carnival of corrup tion. That the session closed with a franchise theft that shocked the moral sense of the whole country. For these crimes against political de cency and official honor, this odious machine organization is indicted. To aid in the abolition of all these evils the effective co-operation of honest men of all parties and all organizations sincerely intent upon the reformation of public affairs, is earnestly invited. No partisan advantage or victory is sought and none will be claimed. The call is to all the people for the good of Pennsylvania, the promise being equal and just laws; pure, honest and economical administration. An Appeal to Civic Conscience. The issues of the campaign are there fore clearly defined. He wno runs may read them. During the past four years they have been discussed in every part of the state. The time is at hand when the record must be passed upon. The deplorable facts recited and the history of public affairs in Pennsylva nia, for many years, teach one impres sive lesson. It has been shown over and over again that selfish, corrupt and tyrannical misrule debases citizenship, degrades the state and defies correc tion. It can only be overthrown when under the spur of an aroused public conscience the people intelligently and vigorously unite for the redemption of government and the restoration and maintenance of their just rights. The unit of powr. the unawed, unbribed and self-controlled citizen, is the hope and sheet anchor of the nation. To him we once more confidently submit our cause: to his sense of civic duty we trustfully make our appeal. Fidel ity to the true principles of popular government must result in vindication of the steadfast friends of honest ad ministration of every public trust. Upon such a cause we may reverently ask the blessing of the God of justice and mercy and truth. To its trium phant vindication, like the patriot fathers of other days, we may fittingly pledge our noblest efforts, our unfal tering devotion. Mr. Guthrie's speech was a charac teristic deliverance on ballot reform and the urgent need of the purifica tion of all departments of the state government. Mr. Nolan responded to the address of notification briefly but earnestly, promising if elected to administer the duties of the office of Secretary of In ternal Affairs with fidelity and im partiality. London'* Sewer Hunter*. The London sewer hunter before commencing operations provides him self with a bullsoye lantern, a canvas apron and a pole some seven or eight feet in length, having an Iron attach ment at one end somewhat in the shape of a hoe. For greater conven ience the lantern is invariably fixed to the right shoulder, so that when walk ing the light is thrown ahead and when stooping its rays shine directly to their feet. Thus accoutered they walk slowly along through the mud, feeling with their naked feet for any thing unusual, at the same time rak ing the accumulation from the walls and picking from the crevices any ar ticle they see. Nothing Is allowed to escape them, no matter what its value, provided It Is not valueless. Old Iron, pieces of rope, bones; current coin of the realm and articles of plate and jewelry-all is good fish which comes to the hunt er's net,—Chambers' Journal, NEW SHORT STORIES lie Grew In Ded. If the truth ever gets out about the resignation of T. Holliugsworth An drews from the Philadelphia police de partment, says the Press, it will prob ably be found that his constant re fusal to pass applicants for the force who were even an eighth of an Inch under the regulation height had much to do with it. Very often applicants with good political backing were sent to the police surgeon for examination who were quite one-quarter of an inch below the required height. He always "turned them down," no matter who recommended them. For this reason he was not popular with the adminis tration men, who were unable to dis sociate politics from police. Not long ago a man was sent to Sur geon Andrews with very strong back ing who was just a shade below the required height. He was n promising fellow and very anxious to get on the force, but he was below standard height. The surgeon pondered a mo ment. "You go straight home," he said to the man, "nnd stay In bed for three days. Don't get up and walk about the house, but stay in bed, as I tell you. You'll stretch. A man gains height in bed that he loses by walking about all day. When you get out of bed, come straight to me; then you'll pass all right." The applicant obeyed orders, and hQ now wears a uniform. Pniiiiliilnhle Stnuo Drink. In the reminiscences of J. 11. Stod dart the old actor recalls an experience which came near being his undoing. It was during the run of "A Celebrated Case" In 187S, in which Mr. Stoddart played the role of the sergeant. "I have reason to remember this character," writes the actor. "In the prologue I had a scene with Mrs. Booth, who played the wife of Jean Bona ml, the hero, In the course of which she was supposed to give me, as the sergeant, a cup of wine, which I "o LOUD!" I SAID. •had to swallow. It so happened that the property man had been using kero sene on the stage during the day and had left the bottle containing that liquid upon the dresser, where Mrs. Bo th was in the habit of hading the drink for the sergeant. During tlio business she poured a full cup from this bottle, handed it to 1110, and I swal lowed the contents at a gulp. 'O Lord!' I said as I received the potion. 'What have I done?' asked Mrs. Booth under her hreatli. I could only gasp out 'Kerosene!' nnd make a hasty exit. For almost a week every one who caino within range of my breath sniffed and inquired if I detected the odor of coal oil." Geography nnl Poker. According to Representative Kyle, this episode happened in Pickaway county, O.: There is in the county a certain cross roads where a patient teacher strug gles daily with the development of the young idea. One morning she was giv ing the school a lesson in geography. "What is a cataract?" she asked. There was absolute silence in re sponse, and she explained the meaning of the word. "What is a cape?" This was better. One of the children knew it was a point of land jutting out into the water. "What is a strait?" Over in the corner a hand went up. "I know, teacher," said a small boy. "Well, what is it?" "It beats three of a kind," was tlio triumphant answer.—Washington Post. liuppert Didn't Know Hopn. Congressman liuppert of New York Is one of tlio best known brewers in that city. It is of this same brewer that a story is told which is worth re peating. lie was traveling in the upper part of New York state along the line of the New York Central railroad when he noticed some vines growing in great profusion. "What kind of vinos are those, con ductor?" asked Mr. liuppert. "1 notice a great many of them along the rail road here." "Those," said the conductor, "are hops."—Washington Post. "Which One Wn* ItT George Fletcher, a vaudeville per former who gives Imitations of Mans field, Irving, llerns and other eolc brated actors, includes an imitation ot Ezra Kendall, the inonologist, In liis repertory. He gave the imitation re-< cently in New York while Kendall was in the audience. After the performs anoe Fletcher asked Kendall: "How did you like my imitation of, your act?" "Well," said Kendall, "one of us is rotten."—New York World.
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