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Hickesan., President. : orrie B A THE CAUSE OF THE BOERS The reception extended to the Boer envoys on Thursday night last, at the Auditorium, evidences the fact that the great mass of the people of this city are in sympathy with the two South Af rican republics, in their life or death struggle with England. These Boer representatives have been received with unbounded enthusiasm by thousands of liberty loving American citizens, at Washington, the capital of nation: also in Chicago and elsewhere, since they have arrived in this country. They are making their appeal to the American people in a plain, matter-of-fact way. The English press and the representa tive of the English people in every quarter of the globe have represented the Boers of South Airica as a non progressive, semi-barbarous specie of humanity. The most cruel treatment towards the natives has been repeatedly charged against them. The newspa pers of the United States, especially those who are friendly to the admin istration at Washington, have given wide circulation to the reports that the natives in these two South African re publics are in a semi-condition of slav ery. Dr. Fischer, one of the envoys, who is attorney general for the Orange Free State, in his speech at the Audi torium spoke at some length concern ing these accusations of bad treat- ment of Boers towards the natives. He presented an emphatic and conclusive denial and concluded with the follow ing statement: “I was one who went to the blacks for contributions when matters ap proached a crisis. What did we find then? We found that contributions from them came in ten times as heavy as we had any reason to anticipate or expect. More than this, when burgh ers left their homes for the front, leav ing only the women on the lonely veldt to care for the farms, who staid behind to aid them in the management of their holdiags? The blacks remained, and in many a Boer home to-night blacks are aiding in the work while the fighting men are at the front defending their homes and their liberties. This under a condition of semi-slavery would have been impossible.” History does not record a people who have displayed so much fearlessness, valor and patriotism on the battiefield aéainst sucil tremendous odds. The Boers are fighting for their homes and fireside. Their cause is a just one, and, before these brave people are sub dued by Great Britain thousands of English soldiers must yet lay down their lives. The Democratic party in a number of the eastern and western states have held conventions and the delegates to the Kansas City convention, in every case, have been instructed to vote for Bryan. The Empire state has fallen in line. and sympathetically endorses the Nebraska man. The indications are that Bryan will be nominated without a dissenting vote, and that he will lead a united democracy. The convention will reaffirm the Chicago platiorm, but it is quite certain that the question of trusts and imperialism will overshadow the many questions. The plutocratic tendency of the Hanna-McKinley re gime at Washington has become obnox ious to the rank and file of the Repub lican party. Bryan is recognized as the exponent of the cause of common people, irrespective of party. It is his doctrine that prosperity must first reach the toiling masses before it is allowed to be monopolized by the kings of fi nances. We have moved our flower store to 37 South Sixth street, where we will be pleased to welcome all our old cus tomers and also as many new ones as are disposed to favor us with their trade. Telegraph or telephone orders promptly filled. Always on hand—the freshest of the season; flowers for fu nerals our spccialty. The best of bed ding plants. The freshest of flower seeds (that grow). Mendenhall Green heuses, 37 South Sixth street. Fishing parties or any other desiring a competent camping cook can apply to Peter Gould, No. 60 E. 3rd street. His extended experience makes him es pecially acceptable in that line of work. Barred Him Out. “] suppose that Rev. Mr. Sheldon must have endeavored to set up a mora! standard for his subscribers during ‘Sheidon week,” " remarked a fat ex-Kansan, as he rode with a friend on a South side car, according to the Chicago Inter Ocean. “How so? It looks reasonable to suppose that the worse a man is the more he needed Sheidon’s uww." said the other man. “Humph! that ':i'. But 1 used grh;:zm ~ Tln last’ e .‘{"rl"bfi t pa t ten years. eli, t week that g:ldo' ran it I’BOVfl’ received 3 single copy. Reckon they thought I wass” fit to receive it.” 3 . “Sized you up ‘as esus would,” ” chuckled the (nnj as he slid off the car. Some of the delights of single biessedness were discovered by a British bachelor who was sewing a button on his overcoat without a thimble. When the needle was partly through the closh be would foree it further by pressing the shank against the wall; then be 'oddnidthc-ovmtbydnfii:;m peedie forward with bis teeth was engaged in the latter part of the perform ancw 'bnh-unhnhrpd!muanudh g'h feil backward from bis chair to the . breaking bis collar bone. Perhaps Lot's wife was trmto trace her p.m"i. she looked backward —Chi cago News. Every man thinks that those whom fl owes ::: to m.—mm'(h.l ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1900. NOTES FROM WASHINGTON Items of General Interest from the National Center of leg islation. PUBLICANS PLAYING A SHAM GAME, Fallure of Congress to Legisiate Against Trusts—=The ¢‘uban Steel and Mining Troubles—lmperinliam Gaining Ground—Hanna's Fand Sheort. [Special Correspondence.] The republicans are in a blue funk because they realize that the countr) is already sitting in judgment on the failure of their congress to legislate in restraint of trusts. Their alleged constitutional amendment fell o flat that it became imperatively necessary to construct something else that could be used for a campaign scarecrow. The ways and means committee is holding night sessions and calling in the best legal talent to aid it in draw ing up what the republicans advertise as a “realanti-trust bill."” “This is going to be constitutional and it will squeeze all the water out of trusts and prevent them f{rom op pressing the people,” said a republican who stands very high in administration councils, It was pointed out that the date set for the introduction of the bill would only be a week before adjournment and that the chances were very much against its being pushed through bhoth houses, even if the republican majority desired such a result. “Well, of course, it may not be puswd I this session,” said this same optimistic manufacturer of campaign muh-rhfl.i “but at any rate it will show the peo- | ple what we intend to do and they ought to keep the republicansin power when their intentions are so good.” The trouble is that the people have grown tired of promises and good in tentions on the part of the republic. ans. They had a clear majority in both houses and conld have passed any de sired anti-trust legislation long ago. The fact is that they never intended to meddle with the trusts and have only been frightened into a sham display of opposition at this late date because the voters of the country are already voicing their indignation at a party which not only refuses to restrain the mischievous tendencies of trusts but actually pronioteés thélr fnterests ds far as possible by power of congress, Republican Pretense. Even if a really effective anti-trust law were passed, the republicans coutd always find an attorney general, like the present one, who would declare the law inoperative. A proposition to restrain trusts will be in nice company with the ship sub sidy bill on one side of it and the armor plate steal on the other, not to say anything of the opport unities for trust exploitation so generously furnished in legislating for Porto Rico outside the constitution and leaving the Philip pines in the control of the president—— which means Mark Hanna and his friends. . The republicans are a little late with their pretense of restraining trusts, This congress will be judged en what it actually did in relation to trusts, not - what it proposed to do. The Cuban Postal Frasds, The Cuban postal frauds gave one object lesson on the effect of imperial ism. and the investigation of the Idaho mining troubles and the application of martial law gives a twin lesson as to the dangers of militarism and a big standing army. " The republic majority of the house \committn o 1 litary affairs try to justify the use . United States troops l in imprisoning and finally exiliug men, ' whose only proven offense was men lherwhip in a labor union. The wage workers of the country will not fail 1o | pote this. and they fear that militarism will be found a much more convenient toll than the nsual injunection when ever an industrial disturbance occurs, It is not that the punishment of the rioters in Idaho is condemned. On the contrary the labor organizations all over the country have ¢ ondemned the riot and put themselves on record in favor of punishing the guiity to the fullest extent of the law, The trouble is that the administration and its party seem to think that martinl lasw is good substitute for state and federal taw and that it does not .natter how many inpocent men are punished on suspicion that they are exercising their rights as eitizen. in belonging to a union. The minority report on the Idaho trouble shows that Gen. Merriam and Gov. Steunenberg cooperated in an application of martial law which has no precedent in this country. Vivery accusation as to the craeities of the bullpen was sustained and it wax shown that martial law is still in foree in fdaho for the sole purpose of enfore ing the “permit” system. The wage workers of the country are alarmed at this disposition to take away from them the protection of the sonstitution and substitute an frre sponsible militarism, One of the first results of the Idaho investigation 1= shown in Speaker Henderson's repart to President MeKinley that the army reorganization bill eanpot pass the bonse. He said if it did the next house wonld surely be demoerstie. The dem oeratic congressional committee issure that it will be demoeratic anyway, but the administration fis very much &kfid over the failure of the army Appliention of Tmperialiom. While an adjournment early in June is ronfdently adveriised by the repub licans, there is plenty of work on hand for eongress. The house makes slow progress with the Aludkan code. Itis a most voluminous bill and the demo crats show an exasperating tendency to thoroughly sift a pumber of it most objectionable features. Among other things it is proposed to very much extend the power of the ad ministration-appointed judges and to curtail the cases in which trial may be had by jury. The whole code shows the application of imperialist notions, that is taking the power from the peo ple and putting it into the hunds of the administration, The Philippine bill tarries in the senate but will probably get through the house without much debate. It is a foregone conclusion that congress will let the Philippings alone and di rect the president to pursue any policy he chooses. The republicans are so thoroughly scared over the Cuban rot tenness that they dread any mention of the Philippines. The scandals are much greater there, but the adminis tration hopes to censor every thing un til after election. Hannn's Campaign Fund, Mark Hanna’s campaign fund is by no means as large as he desires. The various interests whieh he assessed so successfully four years ago arve very slow in cm"rihming?:h titne, So the republicans instead of bousting of their $23,000,000 cmmpaign fand as they did a few weeks ago, ave tilking of a “'cam paign of education,” " That is a pleas ant euphemism for a pampaign of mis representation, Tt even that tnku} a lot of money. Aund ¥he congressmen who voted for the Porto Rico bill and otheradminist rmiumqumen. undera promise of a big campaign fund, are very much disheartened over the pros peet of facing indignant constituents und tryving to make a campaign on principle. The demaoctats can do that, hut it is alittle difieult for the repub licans with the record of this congress in evidence, ADOLPH PATTERSON, TO DEMOCRATIC CLUBS. Willinm R, Hearst, President of the Natlonal Association, Issues an Address. Waushington, May 31.-Mr. William . Hearst, president of the National Association of Demoeratic Clubs, had a formal conferenee with the prinei pal democratic leadess in Washington at the Metropolitan hotel regarding the plan of campsigh to be followed in the approaching presidential strug gle. Senator Jones, ehairman of the democratic national sommittee; Rep resentative Richardson, demoeratic leader in the house, and enairman of the congressional s 0. b Chauncey ¥, Black: Representative Flayden and others were present. It was agreed that the demoeratic na tional committee, the Associution of Demoeratie Clubs and the democratie congressional campaign committee should work in harmony. At the close of the conference President Hearst fs. sued the following: “To the Democratie Clubs and Bocleties of the United Btates: Recent events in the history of the United Btates point to the approaching anniversary of the birthday of the nation ax a day that should be cele brated with special fervor this year. There are those in the nation who seek to create the tmpression that the American people have outgrown their love for the just prin ciples of government expressed in the Dec laration of Independence and are ready to surrender their moral leadership among nations in order to gratify a newly born in stinct for imperial power founded on A colonial system. All the democratic clubs and socleties are earnestly requested to as semble on the Fourth of July, and all patel otie citizens, regardless of past party amii atlons, ure urged to join with them in a new pledge of fidelity to the repubic as the fathers muade it. Let the people of the United States unite in their various citles, towns and villages in & demonstration of the confidence they feel in the form of gov crnment under which the nation has grows to Its present greatness, The danger whick threatens the country in real and mmminent. It seems approprinte, therefore, that citi zens who believe that the Declaration of Independence is not merely an academic document should meet together on this day and give volee to the naticnal sentl ment that all men are ereated free and equal and that there must be no subject colonles under the American flag. “W. R HEARST, “President of Natlonal Aszociation of Dem ocratic Clubs.” rorte Rico to He Pitied, The Porto Rican consumer- by the Juugling of the administration burred s 4 citizen of the republie ~must im port from the United States allarticles entering into his daily life, The Ding ey law prevents him importing from elsewhere, and it charges him this toll: Corn, 3 cents per bushel; corn menl, 3%, eents per bushel; ontmeal, 2 mills per pound; oats. § cents per bushel; brooms, each, 7 mills; cotton cloth, per yard, valued at 12 cents, 6 mills; wire nails, per pound, 17, mitls; boots and shoes, valued at 81, 057 cents: clocks, each dollar of value, 6 cents; lard, each pound at 6 conts, 3 mills; butter, each pound valoed ut 14 cents, 6 mills; soap, on each pound valued at 10 eents. 3 mills; beans, per bushel, 7 cents; household furniture on each dollar's value, 067 ¢ents; earth enware, common, on each dollar's val. we, 082 cents; glassware, common, on each doliar's value, 067 cents: dried herring. per pound, 1 mill. Macheies, it is pleasing to note, goin free of duty, The Verdiet, " A Repubiican Triek. 1 the republicans in congress resily had # remeds for trusts, why did they hold it till the lzxt dasgs of the sension, when it is impossible te get it through” The econstitutiona] smendment will take years to become incorporated in that instrument, even if it is started on its eourse immediately, As a rem edy 1t is & joke. Thix report of the house jodieiars compiitioe is so trans parently s eampaign dodge that it wil} tall flat, The republican MeKialey ad migistration bas se diligently pro moted trawis and afl their works that a pompous spii-trust deelsrafion by & congressionn! committee will not de eeive the propls as to the pariy atti tude on the subject. After election we shall hear no more of the proposed smendment 5. Louis Post-Dispateh. ABUSE THE MARKETS. On the Naked Plea of Overproduction Disaster Has Heen Forced Upon the People, The alarmist has a poor vocation, Men, generally speaking, who are en gaged in Active industries, are much given to discounting the prosperity which seems apparent to almost every one who is not profoundly thought ful on the conditions necessary to and the interruptions which are a constant source to the necessary con ditions. Therefore it is that the hon est masters of trade are constantly on the lookout for an interruption of the essential conditions which insure prosperity. Were these dependent on supply and demand it would not be difficult to gauge the relations be. tween the producer and the vonsum er, and if honest principles were in control between the two forces, pro duction and consumption, the crisis would in most instances be averted, or certainly controlled within the small est space of the business affected, A large, intelligent lesson has been taught in the last few weeks to those controlling the productive market, 1t it a notable fact that prices of stoek in all the actives had sailed into the skies, aud insatiate greed was doing its full part to keep them to their flight. The conservative buyers fully apprecinted the situation. They felt that the speculators had taken a fear: ful hold on the manufacturing indus tries, and the result could not be any thing but disastrous, They would not be losers. They could hold their hold ings. They could give warnings and thus prepare the publie for the slump. They could go still further. 'l‘lwyl could punish the vicious clement ‘ which had assaulted prices without just cause, and whao, it was claimed, were amenable under the lnw, With in a day the slnmp came. Thousands of people were ruined. A great enter prise which had involved $100,000,060 to perform a service which only re quired 50 per cent, of that amount ($30,000,000) was straggling with bank ruptey, There were other means of disor. der which could have assailed the “Qteel and Wire trust” other than the one which did. Either of them would have been ns effective in destroying the prosperity of the concern. A strike or a lock-out would have been highly injurious., Or a combination of the controlling interest in the stoek and other securities of the “trust” would have worked deplorable dam age, On the naked plea of overpro duetion shis disaster was forced on ‘N’Mmm done had not its principul officers countenanced the movement, and thus gave the strength of their names to the reduction of values. It seems strange that no legislation can be en aeted which will insure punishment to those commercial outlaws, That it is not reflects severely on the class of people whom the publie selects for the discharge of legislative life. The lesson tanght in the above deseribed iHustration 1 one which it is wisdom to heed, The labor, the wage-earners, are less given to the destruction of estiblished industries than are the men who are in possession of the wecurities, and who speculate to ille gitimate returns on the capital they have invested, even though it be of a liquid character.—Cincinnati Kn. quirer, POINTS AND OPINIONS. At the close of the Bryan cam palgn,” shouts a republican, “the gold in the treasury was only $97.000,000; pow it is $426,000000." And every dol lar wos taken out of taxpayers’ pockets e half~of them democeratic taxpayers, A hieago Chronicle, wAn the trusts are already for warding contributions to the repub lican eampaign fund, it is not a violent presumption that they are entirely sat isfied with the antitrust resolutions of the republican eonventions— Helens (Mont.) Independent, wdPhe politieal situation jn the far west may make it necessary for Mr. McKinley to again journey toward the setting sun before the summer is over. The republican campaign managers are hearing unpleasant news from the region beyond the Mississippi.—~Boston Truveler, e Had the MeKinley administra tion observed the pledge of congress and made Cuba free and independent ~withdrawn the troops and allowed the Cubans to govern themselves—it could not be eharged with responsibil ity for the Havana postal scandals. Grand Hapids Democrat. < v Retiet from the trusts through a republican congress that openly ap proves every piece of legislation auo- | thorizing these commercial brigands to put their hands deeper into the peo ple's pockets ix as hopeless as trying to bale out the water from the sea with a sieve.— Kansas City Times, wwThe reckless manner in which money has been squandered in the ad ministration of Cuban affairs as well us stolen by favorites of the white house and of Hanna does not give en couragement to look forward with ap proval to the passage of the aet turn ing the Philippines over to the pres ident with a free hand for the next wix months, —Boston Pobt, ot im wtill sald that the para mount issue of the presidential cam puign will be the reelection of Wil tiam MeKinley., Is William stili a saint? Have pot some of the expos wrew of the war with Bpain, und some of the more recent startling revela tions, done s good deal to dim the MeKinley haio”? Or will the people be satisfied with the assurance that the eabinet is diurpsily considering the post office frauds with great grav ity and that the president is still & dear, sweet man?-Cineinnati En- NAIL THE GUILTY ONES. The Natiom Is Reaponsible for the Looting of the Caban Post Ofice, Unless congress shall take in hand the Cuban post offiee frauds and thefts, whereby the Cuban people have heen robbed of hundreds of thousands of dol lars by appointees of President MeKin ley, and the United States has been put in the position of an unfaithful trustee, the facts of the crime are likely to be smothered in the interest of McKin ley's reelection, At present the pur pose of the administration seems to be to make a show of activity in dealing with one or two of the culprits, and then treat the whole subject as no Jonger of public concern. Then the plea will be offered that the wrongdo ing was liable to occur under any ad ministration. and that, when detected, it was vigorously prosceuted, An answer like this, however, does not cover the case. There have been dishonest officials, it is true, under democratic as well as republican rule, although it is equally undeniable that dishonesty on the part of public men Ras been much more frequent in re publican administrations than in dem ocratie, and that the era of fHagrant corruption eame in with the advent of the republican party to power, These Cuban frauds, however, have a turpitude all their own, They belong to that moxt odious class of erimes— breaches of trust, and—worat of ail-— they constitute breaches of trust not anly on the part of those immediately guilty, but of the national government. As on employer is responsible for the acts of his agent, so President MeKin ley is responsible, and the nation of which he is the hend is respansible, fog the looting of Cuba’s post office treas ury by knaves whom McKinley selevted and appointed, 1t is, in one sense, as it a minister or ambassador of the United States, ad mitted to a foreign ecourt on the strength of his eredentials, should steal the purse or rob the treasury of the sovereign rnmlvl? him, The only way to elfar the honor of the United States, which has been marreds and tarnished by MeKinley's Cuban carpet-baggers, is for congress to make an honest and exhaustive in vestigation, and fix the guilt and the responsibility where they belong, no matter how high the offenders. The cryof the democrats in congress should be that of Gen. Grant, when some of his trusted associates proved to be scoundrels: “Let no guilty man es cape!” THE PEOPLE APPEALED TO.- KEunvoys of a Natlon Strogxling for Freedom Ignored by the Hes pablicans, A Chicago MeKinley organ, the Trib une, anxious, lest the Boer envoys fall into the error of appealing to the peo ple direetly, instead of through the government, expresses its fear that in so doing they are in danger at the outset of becoming the plaything of & demoeratie political gathering. It is a trifle surprising that the for eign envoys of a nation struggling for freedom are pot entitled to receive the sympathy of the American people or of that part of them allied to the demoeratie party, The suspicion is axeited that if, in the beginning of the Bouth African war, when the Brit ish were being mowed down lke grass with the Boer seythe, an English deputation had appealed to the sym pathy of the republican party it would have been granted with a fer vor enhanced by large contributions of money. ‘That indeed was the re publican sentiment unconcealed by the republican press and official Anglo maniacs, The real fear of the republican managers is nol that the llvr envoys will fall into the hands of the demo aratie Philistines, hut because the pol iey of the MeKinley administration naw put itself so far out of Hne with free government, whether abroad or at home, that it sees slipping away “rom the party the affections of s freedom-loving American people, and cannot avail itself of any expressed sympathy for a struggling people, to adfl to Mr. MeKinley's chances of re clection fince when is it that the American people are not free to express senti ments adverse to the poliey and prae tices of the party in power? Is not dint 8 greater right in the people of this country than it is the right of the party in power to adopt a poliey in direct oppurition to the people and in jurlous to their interests? We might bring on a terrible war, Peshaps, but would it not be in a bet ter cause than bringing on an equally terrible war at the request of non combatants to collect a few paltry thousand dollars aileged to be due from Turkey on scconnt of highly overvalued second-hand wearing sp parel?--National Democrat, The Republican Polley. Is is melancholy in these eclosing weeks of a session which promised so much of solid advantage to the nation to look back and see how little has really been achieved and how mueh of that has been inexcusably bungled. It is 80 obvious as to be undeniable that in this cougress the democratie ni-l nority has thus far surpassed the re publican majority in the two vital qgualities of skill apd “sand.” We have had, not perhaps o wasted, bat certain- Iy far from fruitful, sexssion, Phe pop ular feeling .oward republican con gressional leadership is one of uncon cenled discontent. It may easily be come o feeling of disgust if affairs are not eonsiderably bettered before ad journment. ¥For five months the re publican poliey in congress has been in large part one of :rfltlag. COmpro~ L mising and surr ~Bosten Jour pal (Rep.). ; - NUMBER 21. GRANULAR EYELIDS. A Disease That May Be Easlly Cons tracied Through Contagios, and How. This is a very distressing and often serious form of conjunetivitis, or in flammation of the mucous membrans covering the eyeball and the lids, As its panme implies, it is usually confined to the membrane which lines the lids; but it may also creep on to the eye portion, und even when it does not it often excites other troubles there which may endanger the sight. The disense is much less common than it used to be. At one time it was slmost constantly to be found in orphan asylums, sehools, armies, and wherever pumbers of people lived together in more or less intimate contact, and often in such places extensive epidem jes of the disease ocenrred, We now know, suys Youth's Campan jon. that the trouble is contagious, and may be sprend from ane person to an other through the sommon use of tow el pillowsand so forth: and this knowl edge has led to a marked reduction in the prevalencd of the affection, through the enforcement of isolation and the observance of greater eleanli ness, - The dizeare usually begins in acute form with rednesx of the ey balls, swell ing of the lds, itehing and watering of the eves, and an extreme intoleration of light. The eyes feel hot and teuder, and there ix usually & slight glalfy discharge. At this stage the symptoms are the same % those of an ordinary confine: tivitis or cold in the eye, but whes the acute stage begins to subside, the eyes do not get well, The under surface of the lids becomes covered with lttle grannles of a deep red color. After awhile these grannlations may uleer ate, and then the discharge from the eve inerenses and becomes thiek and yellowish, Pollowing this stage, whieh Is some times very slight in degree, the mem brane lining the lids becomes dry and parchment-like, and contracts, volling the Hds inward, so that the lashes rah against the eyeball, This rabbing ennzes irvitation, blood vessels grow down over the upper part, and a fleshy mass forms which remains as a perma nent disfigurement, ax well as an im pediment to vision when it encroaches upon the pupil, Thetreatment of granular lids is very difficnlt, for the disease is exceedingly obstinate, For.this reason prevention ie n matter of the utmost importanee, A ehild who suffers from this, or any eye affection, shou'!d have his own and in every possible way should be prevented from coming in close contact with others, so long at least sx there ia any discharge from the eyes, BLIGHTED HOPES. A Book Agent's Uncomfortable Kxe perience with & Work an Canines, “I've gone back to my first love, the great Celebrated Compendium of Uni versal Knowledge, bound in calf and wold ut a price within the reach of all,” sald the book agent, with a sigh, relates the Detroit Free Press. “The other day the head member of the firm that ! am proud to represent ealled me into his private office and showed me a book that the firm had Just issued. 1t was a book on dogs, telling how to take care of them, what . to feed, what to do for the mange, how to tell & mastiff from a pug, how to handle a mad dog—-in fact, it was & regular dog encyclopedia, bound in cloth and sold at & popular price. The “moment | set eyes on that book | saw great possibilities in it. | knew from bitter experience that nearly every. one kept a dog; and, no matter what kind of n eross-eyed purp it might be, the owner couldn’t be vonvineed that kis own particnlar dog wasn't the finest dog on earth, | made up my mind that there was a fortune in the sale of that book, and 1 secured the exclusive right to this eity before 1 left the office, Cautioning the head member of the firm to keep the presscs going. »o there would be no possible chance of a shortage, | started out to place the great work before the pube lie, The first house that | struck my hopes received a sudden chill. | was o sooner in the yard than a big dog came tearing around the corner of the house and made for me. There was only one thing to do, and I did it I made for o tree that was near and managed to get out of the way be fore the beast arrived, As he showed no desire to leave, 1 yelled for help. A man came to the door, and, after ealmly looking the situation over, asked me what | wanted, “f am selling & work on dogs’ 1 said, rather weakly, from my posi tion in the tree, ‘lt tells how to eure the mange, what to feed, what to-' “'Well,' said he, cutting in, ‘explain it to Tige, and if he cares anything sbout it I'll buy it.' And with that he went inside and shut the door. “For two mortal hours that miser- able eur sat under the tree and licked his chops. Then the owner eame to the door again and said it was time Tige had his dinner and that I could finish explaining the book to him aft er he got through. If he hada’t called that dog away just as he did Tige would have had his dinner right vuder that tree, and the firm would 'mave neen short one boot agent, An tsr a 8 I am concernsd, every cussed dog in this eity may die of the mange. In fact. 1 hope they willl™ Knew from Experience, Jephthah—The bank elearins in New York amount to more'n & ._ dred an’ fifty millions a day. There's a pile of money changes hands ia New York in a day. o Jedediah (who bas been there)—lf