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SPEECH THAT MADE BRYAN. A SYKOl'&lg <>K Til K 81'KKCH THAT WON T11K NOMINATION. <? it Captured the Convention and Cauncil tho Defeat of tlio He cognl/.od Candidates. . ? Ilolow Is a synopsis of 1 1??? speech l>y lion, W. J. liryau lu tho Niitloi.nl Democratic (,'on vontlon ut Chicago, 111., Thursday that uiado him famous and that nominated hi "w. ,vMa. Ciia^iman and (Iks ri.?Mr.s'Wr Tin CoNVKNTlojti^^ woulil bo presumptuous, indeed to prosoSiniynelf aguUiatJji* dls tinguisliod geutloiiuJtH ta-w^tflrnT" you have listened, If this woro but a meeting of ability, l>u t this Is not u,^rftit?'?t among persons. TIhh {nimblest citizens In all tlio land wbou clad la tho armor of a righteous cause 19 stronger than all tho whole hosts of error thut they can bring. I como to apeak to you la dcflcnao of ft cause as holy as tho cause of lib6rty, tho cause of Immunity. (Loud applause.) "Nevor before In thehi/tory of this country has there been WlthvasoA such a contcst as that through which woynave parsed. Nevor boforo lu tho history of American politics has a groat issue been fought out as this Issue has boon by tho voters themselves. Oa the 4th of the March, 1893, a few Democrats, most of thom mouthers of congress, issued an address to tho Democrats of tho. nation ?s Hortlng that tho money question was tlio {?aramount Issuo of tho hour, assoiting also ho right of a majority of tho Democratic party to control tlio posltiou of tho party on this paramount Issue, concluding with tho request that all believer* lu free coinage of silver In tho Democratic party should organ l/.o and take charge of and control tho policy of tho Democratic party, Our sllvor Demo crats wout forth from victory ui^to victory until tlicy r.ro assembled now, not t?? ')igc*U6#. uot to debate, but to enter tho judgment rendered by th* plain people of this oouutry. (Applause.) "In this Contest brother has boon arrayed against brother and father against sou. The warmest ties of lovo and acquaintance and association have boon disregarded. Old load ers have been cast aside when they refused to give expression to '.ho scntlmcuts of those whom tliey would loa I, and now leaders have sprung up to givo direction to this cause of truth. (Ohoors.) ?iThus has the contest been waged, and wo have assembled here under <>? binding and solemn Instructions as woro over f.tstenod upon tho representatives of a people. Wo do not ooino as Individuals.- '< Why, as in dividuals wo might have been glad to com plluiont the gentleman from New York (Hen utor Hill), liut wo knew that the people for whom we .sptak would novo* bo willing to {>ut him in a position, jniero lie cYiUW thwart ho will of the Dt inuKratle party, |('hecrs.| 1 Say It was not n^ftfestion of person.-; it wan a quo*4i.oji oL, principle, and it in not with aladness, fflyTrlonds, that wo 1 1 n > I ourselves brought lntoconllict with tlnmo who aio now arrayed omtlie othor side. "Wo say to you Hint you h?vo mndo too limited in Its nfydlcntlon tl liit definition of tin* business man. Tho mint who Is ??iii |?loy??l for wagca ta lis muoli n business man ns'liis omployor. Tito attorney In a country town is na much n buslnoss man as tlio corpora tion counsel in a great metropolis. Tim merchant at lhotH,.ps?ronds" store is as tnuoli n business man as tfiirniWcIint of New York. Tho farther who gouH forth in tho morning and tolly all liny, begins in tho spring and tolls nil Kutumet;, and hy tho application of brain and muscle to thn natural resources of this country crciUcs wealth, Is as much a businosa man as tho man who goes upon tho bonril of trade nud bets upon tho prico of grain. Tho minors who go a thousand foot into tho earth or ulUnh 2,000 foot upon tho cillTa and bring forth from their hiding places tho precious metals to bo poured Into tho channels of trado are iih much business men as tho few financial magnates, who in a back room, corner tho mo my of the world. "Wo come to speak for this broader class of business men. Ah, my friends, we say not one word against those who live upon tho Atlantic coast ; but those hardy pioneers who braved all the dangers of the wilderness, who bnvomade tho desert to blossom as the rose ? those pioneers >n way out there, reading their children mHir to nature's heart, whom they can mingle their volet s with the voices of tho birth; out there where they huvo erected school houpes for Ihe education of their young, and churches where tliey praise their Creator, ami ceimffcricB where sleep tho ashes of their (lend, Vi re as deserving of tlw) consideration of this parly as any peop.'o in this country, (drent applause.) "It Is for these that we speak. We do not oomo us aggressors. Our war is not a war of <i>Diiuost. We are lighting iu tin* defense of our homos, our families ami posterity. (Loud upplause.) We have petitioned, and our pe titions have been scorned. We have <mu rent ed. and our entreaties have been disregarded. Wo have begged and t'.ey have injeked, and our calamity caino. We l>eg n- longer. Wo entreat no more. We petition no more, i Wo defy them? (Urent applause and con fusion in the silver delegat.oiis.) "They tell us that this platform was made, to catcli votes. We reply to them that chang ing conditions make new issues; that tho prlhciples upon which rest "PemoiJ arenu everlasting as the hills, but that ^ney must bo applied to new conditions as they arise. Conditions have ark en and we nru attempt Jug to moqt those conditions. "The income tax is n just law. It simply Intends to put tin* burdens of government Justly upon the backs of the people. I am in favor of an Income tax . V> hen I Hun a man who Is not willing to pay his share of the burden of the government which protects him. 1 llutl a man who i.t unworthy to enjoy the W^sslngs of a g??\ t-rin.n-iit IlKO ours, lib eaya that we are opposing the national hank currency.-. It Is true. It you will read what Thomas Benton said, you will llml that lie said that In searching iil-tory he could Had but one parallel to Andrew Jackson. That was Cicero, wh<i destroyed the conspiracies of Catiline ami saved Koine. II.* ? 1 i < 1 for Home what Jackson dH when lie destroyed tin) bank conspiracy and saved America. (Ap plause.) "We ray in our platform that we believe tho right to coin money and is;.iie money is a function o:' government. We I cllcyc jt. Wo believe it as ;i part of sovereignt y, and can Hotnoro, with safety, he delegated to private individuals than wo could alTonl lo delegate to private individuals tic power to make penal statutes or to levy laws for taxation. Mr. Jefferson, who wits once regarded as good Democratic authority, seems to have a different opinion from the gentleman who Iils addressed uson the part of the minority, j Thosowhoare opposed to this proposition ! tell us that the issue of paper money is a J function of the hank, and that the govern ment ought to go out of the banking bus fi ess. 1 stand with Jefferson, rather than with them, anj tell them, as ho did. that tho issue of money is a function of tho govern ment, and that trio banks ought to go out of tho government business. "They complain al>out the plank which de clares against the life tenure in ofllce. What we oppose In that plank is the lifo tenure that ? being built up jn Washington which ex eludes from participation In tho benefits the ! humbler members of our society. "Let me call attention to two or three great things. The gentleman from New York says that he will propose mi amendment prov.d ' Ing that this change in our laws shall not affect contracts already made. Let me remind i him thnt there 1? no intention of affecting I those contracts, which, according to the pres. j ent laws, aro made payable in gold. But If j he means to any we cannot niango onr mon etary system without protecting those who j Lave loaned money before tho chaugc was made. I want to ask him where, in law or iu morals, ho can Ilnd authority for not pro tecting tho debtors, when the a?t of 1873 was paaeed, but now insists that wo must protect ^the Creditor! He says ho ?U<? wants to ^ amend this law and provide that if we fail to maintain a parity within n year that we will then auap^nd the coinage of silver. Wo reply that when wired vocate a thing which we ?>e lleve will bo successful we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity t>y trying to show what wo will do if wo can. I aak him, if he will apply his logic to us, why be doee not apply It to himself? lfo saj i thai fr want* this oountry to try to secure an latefrfcatioaal agreement. Why doesn't ho fall at what he u folog to do if tboy fail to eeouro an International agreement? Tbcrt H more reason 'or him to <lo that tluin for us to full to maintain the parity. They have tr tea for 80 years- for .'10 years to secure an inter national agreement, nud those are waiting for it most patiently who ?loa't wai.it it at all. [ClKOrlnft J.aughter, long continued.] "Now, iny friend*, lot us como vo^he great paramount Issue, If they ask us horo why la it thai wo fcay more on ttio money question than wo *uy upon the tariff quce^on, I roply that if protection lifts ?Vi,n thou?????l?,tli# gold standard has slains its ton* of thous nnds. It they ask us why yvo did not em body all those things in Jour platform whieh WO bollovo, we reply to llietji that wheu we have restored tho money* of the (,'onstltution, all other necessary reforms will ho possible, and that until that is done there Is no reform that can be accomplished. Cheers. Why Is it that within threo months such a change has oomo over tho sentiments of this coun try? Three months ago, when It wo* confi dently asserted that those who believed in the gold standard would frame our platform and nominate our oGJidldate, even the advo cates of the gold Ctandard did n6t think that wo Could elect Ul'rosldont, but they had good reasons for mo suspicion, because there ifi scarcely a Btato hero today asking for the gold standard that is net within tU# absolute control of tho Republican party. "llut note the ehango, Mr, leKlnley was nominated at Kt. Louts upon a platform that declared for tho maintenance of tho gold Standard until it should bo changed into bi metallism by an International agreomout. Mr. McKitiley was tho most popular wajp among tho Republicans and everybody throe mouths ago in tho Republican pur'y prophe sied his ele 'tlon. Ho.w is it today? Why. that mun who used to boast that ho looked llko Napoleon ? [laughter and choorlngp? that man shudders today when ho thinks that ho was nominated on the anniversary of tiie battle of Waterloo. Not only that but as ho listens ho can hear with over-Increasing distinctness the sound of tho waves as they boat upon the lonely shores .of Bt Helena. (Cheers. J "Why this change? Ah, rny friends, Is not tho change evident to any one who will look at tho matter? It Is no private Character, liowo\er pure, no personal popularity, how ever great, that can protect from tho aveng ing wfath of an Indignant people the man who will either declare that hois In favor of fastening thogo'd standard upon this people, or who Is willing to surrender tho right'5 of self-government and place the legislative con trol iu tho hands of foreign potentates and powers. [Cheers.) / "We go forth confident that wo shall vln^ Why? Because upon the paramount issue in this campaign there is not iipot of ground upon which the enemy will damta challenge battle. Why, If they toll us that tho gold standard H a good thing, wo point to their platform and tell them that their platform pledges tho party to get rid of a gold stand ard and substitute lilinetallsm . [Applaused.] "If the gold standard Is a good thing, why try to get rid of it? If tho gold standard, mid I might call your attention to tho fai t thut some of the very people who are in this convention today ami who tell you we ought to declare in favor of international bimetal Ism and thereby declare that a gold standard is wrong and that the principle of bimetal ism Is better, these very people four months ago were open and avowed advocated of the gold standard and telling us that we could not legislate two metals together oven with a!! the world . "I want to suggest this truth, that If tho gold standard is ;i good thing we ought to declare In Jfavor of lis retention and not In favor of nlffUidonlng It; and if Die gold stand ard is a bad thing why should we wait until feme other nations are willing to help us to let go? Here Is the line (J battle. We care not upon wbf'h Itihio they force, the light, we are prepared to meet them on cither Issue or on both. If they tell us that the gold standard is the standard of civ ill/.a/atlon, \Vi? reply to tlnun that tills, the most enlightened of all tie* nations of the earth, has never declared for a gold stand ard, and both tho parties this year aro de claring against it. | Applause. J If tho gold standard is the r.tamlard of civilisation, why, my friends, should we not have it? Ho. if they como to meet us on that, wo can present the history of our nation. "More than thut we can tell them this, that they will s< ar -h lli<> pages,.of hh t >ry iu vain to find a single in-datmtt In Whl> h the com mon poo pi ? of any land have ever declared themselves In favor of a gold standard, 'l'hey can llnd where the holderg of fixed Invest ments have. Mr. ( 'aril- said In 1878 that this was a struggle bet \Veou tho Idle holders of idle capital and the struggling masses who produce the wealth and pay the taxes of the aountry. an?t, my friends, It Is simply a ipies tlou that we shall decide upon which side fiball the I>emocratlo party light? I'pon the side of the Idle holders of Idle capital or upon the side of the strug 1 1 ( I X Illl'.fWtt I I l.'ill fulfil' 1(11' nnwii i ii" ('IIIIJ lllUKt IIDHW'T II-- t ami It lllllst bo (III B\vor?'tl by one 1 1 Individual hereafter. '?Tho iiyini'iil hies of tin' Democratic piuly, lis described liy tho platform, nro on tlio wide id the si niggling masses, who linvo over been tlio foundation of tho Democratic) .party, Thoro are nvo M<'iih o( government, I'horo nro tho:;o who believe that 'f you just legis late to ninku tho well-to-do prosperous tlint llielr prosperity will leak through on tho.?e holow. Tlio Democratic idea has boon that if you legislate to tn.iko tin* masses prosper ous their prosperity will find Its way up and through every oliu>snnd rest upon It. "You come to u.s ami toll u> that tho groat rltlos nro In favor of tho gold standard. I tell you that thogroiit eillos rest upon tlieao broad and fertile prairies. Iltirn down you r ?-lt los nnd lonvo our fnnnn and your eltlcs will spring up again as If by mavl<\ Itut doHtroy our farms and tho grass will grow In tho streets of every olty In t >1 is country. My friends, wo ahull declare that this nation la able to legislate for Its own poopli* on every question without waiting for tin* aid or ?*on m nt of any other nation on earth. Upon that Issue wo expoct to onrry every single State in this t'nion. * ? 1 1 is tho i-suo ?d 1770> o vor again. Our aiioi .-tors, wliru but :i, 000, 000. ha<l tlio cour ago todoohiro ih?"ir j>olltii'iil bob pondoneo of ovory other nation upon earth. Shall wo, tholr descendants, when wo linvo grown to 70,000.000. declare that wo are loss iudopoiid < nt than our foro-fnrtht'rs'/ No. inv friends, it will n?'v?r b?i tho judgment of this people. "Thoroforo, wo euro not upon what linos tho Initio is- fought. If t boy my l>| 11 otalism is good, but w? cannot linvo It till pome nation helps us, wo reply that, Instead of having a gold standard because Knglaud litis, we shall restore I 'invtallsm ami then let Mnglaml have l>lmetallsin pocau-o tin* Culled States huu. (Applause. 1 ylf ih<y ilaro to ooino out ami in tie- opi'ii inid defend t lie gold standard as a good thing, we shall light tlioin to tho uttermost, having behind us tlio pro iliioing masses o! this nation and tho world. Having behind us tho commercial intere>ts and the laboring Interests, and all the toll In^ masses, we *ha!l answer their demand:* for a golil stamlard by saying to them, you *ha!l ii"t press il >wn upon tlio l?row of lnl?or this orown of thorn*. \ -hi shall not crucify mankind upon a Toss ol go' I." ANO I 1 1 IC r< DKFAI'Ij I KK. Cashier Myors, of t ho A. L. at Cliar lotto, N. M a It os Away ?Joseph (l, Myors, ca.si.ior ol tho Seaboard Air-I.ino at Charlotte, N. C.,h?allod t ?.? parts inknown and loavw his hook.i m bad shape. Besides lie Is a ib-'a,:'*. r to the amount of thirty* six hundred dollars, and I: is thought that a closer cxamfnnti-in of tin* books will Increase this amount at least II vo hundred dollars. Myers is bonded in tho American Surofy t'oinpiiny, and the Seaboard will liot lose :i cent, as Ills bond is for II thousaud dollars. At tho bottom of tho affair Is a notorious woman, who has ruined mora than two prominent mou In South Carolina boforo coming to ( hnrlotto. It Is said that Myers left with her Saturday, going to New York where they expected to sail for Europe. Myers had nearly nil 0/ tho ?t d"iwnonoy on his |orsop at tho time of his lllght. II" leaves an excellent wifo nnd threo .small olilldron. Myers belongs to ono of tho 11 ost prominent families In tho State. A serious incident occurred at Kalyvea, Greece, on Sunday. The Cretans on ^b^ro II rod at a Turkish vessel which was coming a Christian coaster. A Turkish crew of ulna men wero landed and all were Immediately kilh>l l>y the inhabitants. Tho Turkish v.n wl Chen fire,] amongst the women nnd ohil drch^on jhoro ami killed a large number. Tho consuls of tho powers at Can<*a have protested against th? affair a* a violation of tho armistice. Murders of Christians con tlr.u9in the province In Crete, With M.irderlng Christians. JJvmocratlo Womtnfc for Vtculdcnl. W. J. Jiri/fiii, of A fhraaka. Democratic IS' online# for Vice- P resident * Arthur Scwa?lt of Main o. TUfi CHOI'S IN DIXIR. Tho Outlook for Cotton Hotter ? Too Much Kit In 'In Virginia and North Curolluu. Tho following ?rc extracts from tho'sum inary of tlio weekly cllvintd nud crop bulletin of tho weather bureau at Washington: Virginia ? Itiehinoml: Excossjvo ami con tinuous rainfall has dono nintfh dumngo to wheat, oats, corn, tobacco anil' ootton in tho southern t lor of counties; northerly, two thirds of tho Htato are free from Special in-, Jury nnd crops are rouortud In good condi-' tlonj cultivation and harvesting Impossible. North Carolina ? iinlclgh: Week extremely unfavorable, with excessive rains. Hooding rivers from tho French Droad to llyanoko. destroying thousands of bushels of lowland corn. Other crops injured by standing water' and local atortrts on tho 8th; cotton but tdightly damaged, though shedding souio forms; a week of fair weatV-r will probably lessen (lie estimate of damagNi, Huuth Carolina ? Columbia: Heavy rnir.s iu western portions caused overflow*; <lnm?K ing bottom land crops seriously; high winds blew down nod bioko corn, tangled largo cotton and shook off remaining fruit; very little sunshine; falling oIT in general condi tion of corn and cotton, but minor crops Im proved decidedly. Georgia Atlanta: The heavy rains during tho early part ol' tho week seriously injured crops in tlio lowlands, but exceptionally lino cotton and corn weather has prevailed for several days and all crops an* doing well; cotton Is fruiting heavily; grapes uro good but other fruits are inferior. Tennessee Nashville: 1). imaging rains in enstern portions nnd excessive in Wiidflle por tions; warm, humid weather promoting growth but unluvorublo for cotton and to I Hccc ; corn developing well; cotton with lino prospects, fruiting well, tobacco extra line, .-till much frenohlng; wheal aid oats sprint ing in shock ; thrashing au<l haying retarded; young crops growing well. KIIA'KU IN CKKAT Klil TAIN. Much Pleased Over the Work for Sil vcr in America. The Bimetallic I. cage of Creui Prltaln held ' its annual meeting Monday In London. Tho j animal report declares that tho cau*o of in ternational bimetalisiu has made substantial j progress during the yef.r, both in tireat l'.rit aii and abroad, it mentions resolutions adopted by lhA Chamber of Deputies lu France, the Chamber of Kcprcsontativcs in j Itelgluin, and the 1'russlan l>lct. declaring ) for bimetallsin. A largo se. tion of the peo| In : there are, however. ?o strongly convinced (.f ; the urgent necessity for the femonctl^arloii of silver that they ar1 indisposed to wait *or i International agreement. Nq parly of any j importance lu tho United Stale* favors gold j monotnetalispj." The report conclude# ns follow: "The re- ! sponsibllity for the present and growing dan gers to the industrial life of th<> nation re.>ts j upon those who oppose that monetary sys- | torn under which our prosperity advanced by j leaps and bounds." ClfICAUO'4 11 KS II lOWICK. To Ho the Tallest Structure Kvor He- j fore Krected Chicago expects to have a tower which will bO/the highest structure of it- kin<l ever coastrtrctcd. It Isto bo called the City Tow er, and will be 1,160 feet high, and 300 feet square nt the base. The tower company has been Incorporated and the lofty *t<el struc ture will beerpilppod with a theatre, restaur ants, searchlights and telescopes, while bikOi entertnlnmoots as airship flights, balloon as censions, parachute drops nnd high tiirht rope performances, n< well a? tight-rope and pyrotcebnlcal displays, will l?? given. Its promoter* say that tt will have fourteen ele vators and claim tnat it will surpass th? Eiffel Tower io r?r.s. DEATH OF HX-(iOV. ItUSSKM-i. Thrlco <*overnor of Massachusetts anil Spoken of for Presldont. A apodal from 8t. Adelaide I)o Pabos, Quo boc, Thursday, horaldod tlio death o( Kx Oovornor Wra. T. HussoH's death nt liis fish ing camp. Ho wns accompanied by his broth er and Francis Peabody. They all retired early, th^Jovornor apparently In good health and spirit^ Upon his ccupanlouB trying to nrouso him tliuy discovered that ho ipasdead. Death must bavo resulted from yfieart dis ease. The position of the body and tho ex pression on tho dead man's faco showed that bin death was painless. After an inquest tho remains woro^taken at onoo to his homo In Boston. Tho Hon. William Kustls Russell was born. In Cambridge, Mass., lu 1K>7. Ho was edu cated in the public schools ami In Harvard College, where bo graduated In 1N77. Ho thru bog sin the study of law under his fath er's direction and took a oourso of threo years In tbo liostou University Law Hcliool. Ho wa.< admitted to tbo Suffolk Bur lu tbo A pril term of 18M0. Air. llussell was only '28 j^ars of age wbon, In 1886, h<? was elected mayor of his nativo <*lty, having already served as councilman and alderman. In 1888 bo was nominated for Oovernor, but was dofeatod by Ames. It wad in tbis year that Mr. Russell pave evi dence of his gifts as a stump spef.kor. Ho worked and talked incessantly, going from one place to another. Ho was renominated for Oovernor In 1889. Thin time his compeiltor was Oovoruor lirnokott. Mr. RusshII, atthoeud of a vigor ous campaign, reduced (ho plurality of bis opponent from 29.000 to f>,77(>. Next year on bis third trial, ho waa uloctod by a plurality of 9,000. In Ills Inaugural message bo suggested many reforms in Stato management, bat few of them became operative owing to a hostile Legislature and r. hostile council. Russell was ro-eleetcd Oovernor of his gtato twlco. He retired at thwciid of his third term to ro sumo the practice oT Inw. Russell's name was mentioned by HI* ad mirers In New Kngland as one which would look well at the head of tho Democratic na tional ticket. At the Jefforson celebration In Montlcello, Va? early lo this year, tbo ox Oovernor made a strong declaration to fr.vor of honojt money. IIo wa a associated with Henator Hill nnd ox -Secretory Whitney In tlio oontest over the platform At tho recent Chi cago convention '-J tJul)#c?ibo for tills frifxsr. Ki-novt uxor. nnssKix, TRUfV.^ET CALLS. ' Vam't Horn ?orLi<lt? u Warning Noto to (ho ^uri'(lr?uied> < T H M 1* T ATI ON realiited, !tt a Hum tdaln. No man ovor 'hroko Ids hii^k by tryinvj to llfl tlio JoaJ Cod gine lilni. Men who try to serve Clod for gain are willing i to horvo the devil for nothiug. The world was plunged Into sin, because the ilrnt Milr looked at the forbidden fruit ; uot tr eatise they climbed the tree. 1'Hlti^c tlio roil will do no good unless the hand that holds it Is) moved hy love. Tho moro an enemy, ha too ?i?, tho hotter tho lire kindness will kindly on his head. * There aro too many popple j In the church who wouhl ruthor bo comets than suns. I ( Many a procession that Vis marcJi^ng Straight toward tho pit Is beaded by n knod Miito drinker. . Skeptics mi^ tear tho Hlbloito pieces, hut they ran mako no reply 4$o a con sistent Christian life. f f There Is hope for the man ^ho doeai^H )mvo to fall down inoro th^n onco to learn l ow to stand up. \ ' The lessons wo learn In tho^ school of 'experience cost tho most, but^they are lieiuetubered the longest. V i The devil never wastes anjJ powder 'on tho man who only wants to^bo relig ious to make him feel good. J A 'revival meeting Is sure, to drag when the leading members feel most comfortable In tho back-seats. Whoever keeps close to Christ will soon learn the meaiilng{of being perje cnted for rlghjeousm'ss' sake. In h!s 'wisdom (Jed has ordained that tho samo golden opportunity shall nev jr knock at the same door twice. ThoC devil Is not tlirowlng any darts at tho man Who thlnka he can bo u Christian without going' to clwtrch. Living to please (lod is tho most .<pi portnnt of all things to us, becauso nothing else can do so much for us. / I'nde'rtake something for tlio Lord, In tho name of the Lord, and you will soon be surprised at how much you can do. The devil spends a good deal of tljno In persuading one-talent people to be lieve that nothing Is expected of thv?m. There is too much singing, "Tnkonny sliver and my gold," and putting noth ing but copper and nickel In tho bas ket. O rnnilmottier'B Diplomacy. J Evn, the fair, with soft^flaxen hnir, And clear azure eyes, like her father land's skies. Said, tdfyly and low, with dimple* aglow^ ''.Mamma, will you bring /' A little gold ring f From tho town, when to-morrow you' go?" JJul the grave mamma's eyes were solemn and wise; , ' "Why, Eva, my dear, you are only o child, / And should think of your books ^ Instead of your looks;" So, sagely, the grace mamma smiled. "Uf vain, fnoiisa tilings, Like jewels and rings, t Don't think till you're older, my child.". Grandma, the fair, with soft silver hair, In Lor eyes .n "long-ago" look, With a half-inuring sigh her glasses laid by, And dreamily turned from her hook. "Kings did you say? My thoughts were away; 'I -remember so well the tjpst^that 3'0,i wore! S You often had coaxeU me for trinkets before; And once, in the town of Hamburgh, 1 bought A tiny gold ring, b:> quaintly wrought ? How you danced and sang for joy that day? . Do yon remember it, daughter May 7 Ah, me! ah, me! f\ i So long ago.! You scarcely were old ns Eva, I know." Eva shook dowirthe ringlets bright, To hide in her eyes the mischievous light; Mamma carefully guided her seams; Grandma went back to her "long-ago" <lreani8. , O! rare diplomacy, ' ' V W Quietly wrought, In the town on the morrow the ring wa? bought! , Lottie M. Hose. May Bo Stanley's Pgymle?. It Is sii itl that a young Philadelphtnn named Donaldson H111 1 1 li. who has been traveling In Africa, claims the discov ery of a race of pygmies previously un known. The brief description of them given in tlip Philadelphia Times would Indicate that thepe are the same people described quite fully by Henry M. Stan'-' lcy" ? ? ' Kon\e Journalists are born great, and Botno acquire greatness through expe rience. The late Col. John A. Cockerlll belonged to the fojmer- category. Ho jiosKe^aed an instinctive quality which won for him success in his profession. He had a nose for news, and ho knew how to treat it to the best advantage. 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