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Ar [ > THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., JUNE 4, 1896. r mP LIMBER JIM. 1 A Mjfanight. Moonlight Horse Raoo 1 ’ /*■ at Rocky Crock. mr ■ f Frcaclipr’s IIopbo II»d Speed and j^jirin" yualltJes-Can't Alwaya Moa*- ■ ire a Mun or a Ilorso by “Gen* ■ oral AppeurtnontB." -fou muybo moug’ht not think i* from tb® general outward n]>pcarmcuts to day, but when 1 was young and sprightly a u <1 supple-jinted 1 w o u 1 cl ruther* ridfi the fastest horse in a half- mile dash than to eat when i %■ w as hungry. And whilst itmought v not look prob able to you, I I have .-■•.'‘U tile day and hour \fhon II could ride a horse-race, or piny the fuddle, or jump ci jig or run a reel w ith any youngster in the. whole discovered ^country. And till this day I never hear tell fast horses but what I recollect * fdflight, moonlight horse-race which took a hand in oncst upon u time years and years ago. Umber Jim Shows Up. At that time I was nothin but a year- j Ihi boy—the onlycst one in the family —mid my mainest runnln mate - a nigger ycungstey_y,'f^-ldngrd to taU rr^Tiur other boyvwne name ^^ry, niTd as we was one year’s ehil- 4Litn, both born ou tho full of f(ho moon, <fce gcne*ft] understandin wn*\ that he ♦mild fall to me when I got dt^enough branch off and aet up business on my •ftrn hook. One pleasant summer A the shank of the eve ♦rftvellln through t stopped over and put u ft our house. In the main tln^ m ferry we made It cur personal aiid j tlelar business to try every grange horse that come along. V.'e had to tend fo the stock and see to it that there W*s plenty of corn in the troft and fod- lor In the rack, aud so we renseined to gether with ourselves that no strange aorse gould got his board and lodgins m our lot free gratis for aythin. The general fact that the hor belonged to a preacher ktindn a blame bit. lie had 'tso show Awn hi regards to his wind atid h!n Iced if he had any In him. The preach- which we had with no that Aifght cftflnl his horse Limber Jim, and aU ter lei him clown to the. lot me and atrrry Vr^de it up between us that he wo'cid have to untie them legs and unlinibler himself generally somewheres befofre daylight the next mornin. lay, )«t6 along jin, a preacher Mttliftient 1 for the \ight- Land ror aotnin. me torse in this case ?r didnVt jar ftnr tTm> 'a*, -i t I Out ln*t!ie AJoooltghS. hei-e was then at that tlrrm » IT^tle »rt^poplcd, long-legged h9tr**e On the <t w^ioh i called mlne. ( yL\*eordIu to fnmHy undcrstonAlh he tnts mine dfeed nnJ corn-anid ride r.nd claim e.« if own; btfga’ull he didn't come in for exemptions under the general law 4in horse racln. I told Jerry fhathe otild have to ride the preacher's iorse hllst I would back the. IlHIe hay ss asnal. Up to that time I neter had !l«ft up agin bnt one horee that could jpass by the little bay, and that was a. frmn mare which belonged to llamp Weaver, a younger brother to Lea Chris. Jt is about the same way*! reckon, wllh most nil country boys, but in them days I would ruther take a lickln any time ^han to ride a horse that couldn't lead fhe pack. It Is human nature with everybody—but boys in particlar—to try and keep ahead and work in tfho lead. You ran take notice of the name thing in old men. They most In gener ally pull Vor the amen corner, or take the. first ry?at In the front row of fhe dress circle. fin In pursuit of adjournment, me and Jbrry„ rctusdemblod ourselves together down there, in thft Irars* lot at mid night, apd how presently we h*d took tho horses out and off dowa the ofd stage road lo^kin for a level Wretch to mn the race. \TJ»e moon kit wan shin In bright an day, and when we got out in a clear opcnln Wve dismounted end got down no I could take a good look at Ijbtfber Jim,' And as I am a fanner from Farmcrs- tine, and a nature.l-bom sonrthern gen tleman, that hoysft was the most ugliest and unpromlsii^ ping I had ever saw In til of mj- borr days. lift was swer- bneked, and Ik neh-leggcd; and box- inklcd and yov -necked, and slab-sided |nd ragged nr 1 raw-bony. Flamed if I conldn’t hniKpiy hnto» his kip bofte and eount. ItJs^pb* by the pale light af , A the moon. II« *t>d looked llki t fall to, pieces L: % luggifth and sleepy ronld break up and at livery step ke took, ally at lakt I come right out and Jerry if ho wanted to run a race ©n old horsejhe could do It, bnt as to vouldn’tjdde hito In a race far love J was plum eatlslcd and fall dowa and or mine—end maybe he wesTnther sllttlsh this time Limber Jim eel and hie head hung fixin off to sleep, and ’ll be smeared if he want up the old erowbalt if le J l in the family—which y young bucks such na woe worth a thousnnd dollars a benil. INo HldntsM Race Run. that midnight, moonlllght bone 1 wc* didn’t have any elftrher ftsid no ‘s to sjk-ak of, and so ftonw'Qnent- ve had to make our own rales and bmcets. The way wc managed start even uid gi \ i-U Uiil cow TJhai I .u. •on. The way I most In gencTolly wiaj the raoo was by gettln two or three quick, long leaps nlivad before the other horse kuowed what was comin. I worked the same game on Limber Jim, and the little bay went oIT two full lengths ahead. The run wc picked out was a mile dash, and before we had covered the first quarter my little bay had left Limber Jim by fifty yards. I was just think in about pnllin tip so ns to run a waitin race when by gracious I heard Jerry sing out to mo: “Do your Itest, Mnrso llufc, for we are a comin!" The next minlt he shot by n>e like u puff of wind, and through the. cloud of dust I could see Jerry and Limber Jim nil tangled up there together and goln at the rates of about 40 feet to the jump and ten jumps to the accent. I run tho little bay on out to the end of the stretch knowin that he was way yonder the worst beat horse I had ever flung a leg over. But when wo got to tho stop-, pin place I couldn’t see neither hair nor hide of Jerry mid Limber Jim. I reckon tho old horse must have thought we was in for a ten mile race in three straight heats. He run on down tho road about three miler, before Jerry could pull him in, and 1 had mighty nigh give them both up for lost before thay|got back. Limber Jim come up in Ylmt loose jLtuble-shuflle fox walk of his, and /-Mist me and Jerry was tnlkin over tlie.Vacc hang mr cats if he didn't go to elobp right there in the big roud. Tlie Game They Plnye<3. We got tho horses back into the lot, and rublicd off tho ceddlc marks and sneaked off to bed without raisin any diaturbment around the place, and the next mornin everything was os smooth and lovely ns a summer day. I man aged somehow to toll the preacher off down to the lot before breakfast and got up a private confabulation with him in regards to old Limber Jim. In the final windup I told him if he would borrow a horse from my father und leave his old plug in our lot I would t ry and put some weatherboard in on him and round him »p a -little agin he come back that way. The preacher ho took the bait like a lit tle man and had a'V-t. , Jcjwith father ac- oordin at the break fast tnLfo-.-^ “Limber Jim is all right aud sotilTTi a dollar,” says ho, “but right at this particlar time he Is somewhatly under the weather from hard and constant ridin’. This boy of yours. Brother Sanders, Is a natral-boru horse master, aud I would love to put Limber Jim in his hands for a few weeks, or at any rates till I pass aloug this way on my return back from the hill country." Well, bcin ns they was both brothers )n tho same church it was all right •with my father. You know how that i©. When the preacher went off that roern- in he was ridin the best saddle hors© on the place, and up on three legs and chawin his corn and fodder between naps. The crops was laid by then and nil flic stock was idle, so I had a good chance to take soene of the kinks out of Limber Jim’s hide. I give him two or three dayo to rest up in, and then I straddled him one mornin and put out up the road to eeo Hnmp Weaver. I had a tolerable good fiddle, widely I wanted to swap to Ilnmp for his open fhcc, silver-case watch and some boot. Anyhow that was the story which I give out to him when I got there, Imt to you, I wps playin for even with Lim ber Jim as my winnin card. I set my fig- gen? too high on the watch and fiddle trade and was fixlu off to atnrt back home when Ilnmp up and says to me, says he: “Rufc, wheredn fhe thundorntionr did you run up with that old boneynrd?" I responded back that I Imd picked rrp the horse from a preacher (bnt wo© pnsrdn through the ecHlemrnt, and then went on to remark in n ncfttterln way that there was some goo-1 blood hi him and a right smart speed if I could but only bring it out where ft would show. llamp he laughed fit to kill hhneclf aud lowed he wouldn’t be caught dead and ridin such a razor-back. “Aintyon sheered, Lnfe. they will nrreflt j-ou for cruelty to animals?” “The next thing you know ffco bas- r.ards will come down nnd dose tkeh - mortgage, and you will have to tote your saddle home,” Ilnmp went cm to say. i It TVas «rnt Up or Sliat Ug»" Well, llamp he kept on pokln fnu ftt roe and Limber Jim no till presently I rot sick and tired of It and (old htoi I was ridin the fastest horse in tho netlle- mvnt. He took another l&ughin rpeH then, nnd laughed till the water backed ftp hi his eyes. But when he got through and quit I Iwntrrud hhri for a. race nnd proffered to bet him ftiy fiddle agin his watch, even Steven, that the old horn? could beat his roan ?n*rc hi a mnnto iWcr—one mile dash. Ilftmp thought I was Jokin at first, but when I laid my fiddlo down and told hhn to put up ©r shut up he covered it with his watch and went off after the roan mare. When wc galloped up to the stort-1 n place both of the horses was movto along neck and neck. But when they got the wonl to gt> the marc made a spurt aiy) sliot out ahead exactly like my little bay had done when me aud Jerry run our midnighfy moonlight race. It w as some time before Limber J.’m could pull himself up together tn runnln shape, but after (lint every time he bnnclicd his feet hb would cover three or four lengths, and he bunched cm tremendous quick nnd List, Blamed if he couldn’t go $ind come quicker and do more runnln and make less fnw about It. than any horse 1 have ever saw. ^ow, then, to cut the story short, wiion the rape had been run ton finish Tfatnp Wcsyor’s roan mare was the worst Ixxu Ijorse hi all that country ox- |) my little bi.y. 1 put in and tried If* j.iamJeat to C;\t my father in titw. u> trad«/fov Limber Jim me brtuqia him as tnuiin ’t know ?>otlii i'g a racehorse. FRAGRANT FLOWERS. Is tho Subject Taken by Arp for His Letter. Iffttare’s Ileanttful Itlonrr.s—How They Decorate the Hou.<teR of tho Peo ple—Tho Georgia Philosopher Grows Sentimental. I am not a linguist, but have been told there is no language but ours that has a word or expression signifying “home” in the sweet, sentimental mean ing that wc attach to it. There arc words enough that mean n dwelling house, an abiding place, but home has n broader compass and includes all the emotional surroundings—the garden,, the well, with its okl oaken bucket, or the crystal spring at the foot of the hill —the vines over the door nnd on the lattice—the shade trees, the landscape view from the window, the cradle nnd the old armchair; the clock on the man tle. the pictures on the walls, the faith ful watch dog, tho playful kitten, and even the crickets’chirrup on the heart.!). But more than all these are the loved ones who meet ns and greet us at the threshold. The wise man tells us of the time when man gocth (o his long home nnd the mourners go aliout the streets. Our home here is very brief, we know, but It Is the dearest «pot on earth, nnd should be loved mid cherished by every one whogoes out from lt« snored portnlr or returns within them to rest from t he care© of a busy world. It Is cne of my constant regrets tJiat there are so Biaur good people- In this f real bif world who have no home—*iot au acre oa Ocd> green earth they can call tl*Ir own. ff every family had a home the children wftuld grow up better cl tinea a, better j>atriote; the parents would hold n» their liouAs and bo thankful to (iod for His blessings. Thogooil wlfeend daugh ters would treasure the vines they planted, and the flowers they grew In the frout yard—Cowers that nre Mi'' smiles of God upon n sin-cursed world. Tho poet saj’e: “The world Ixib Mothlnft to beatow; From our ov-n eolvea our Joys must flow, And that dear place—‘ourhowe.’ ” ~ I waifi ruminating about then-’ things ns T'l'tti in my veranda in the shadow of the vines—the- Yirgini* creeper, the madiora and cinnamon- vjnes that by day mid by night arc citoibiTjjg4jJrdieT and higher, enlarging and irnfoldtrig' theto tender lea-.'es tlmt will soon cover the trelHce. I love to watch their daily jirogrese. I Iniilt tlie framework for tliese vines and atn proud *f it, even thougli my wife did boos the Job and mo, toe. ’Tv.xih she who made roe eet the posts out two feet from tho edge of the veranda fioor und brace them to the top of the columns. ’Twos she who suggested canes from the onne broke— kmg canes that were stuck to the ground und their tops cut even end to<i- tened to the crossbar. TVcee canes arc Just one foot apart and arc interloeed with horizontal oonos, also a fooirqmrt, and fhe Ixusket work keeps (he whole fabric good and sirong. fitvmig and vtgOTOUS vines have alreedy eltodied and twined ftround e.Tev\ , cane, but she mid there must be window's In (he kittlce, ro tlmt wc could r,it In our clmirs and see, the trains go by and the mrriaeres and bicycles aud fwieiwl processions nnd picnic parties and the children go ing to school and look at our neighbors who live across tho way. fto there is a space of three feet where the vines cling elewe to the perpendicular poles, bat are not allowed to send out any uorlsortal shoots. This gives us ample i Ision of t£ic outer world, nnd I sltdaily there In my big armchair and rest my feet npon the railing and ruminate upon life with Its blessings nnd am thankful that I live. Just ft word ftliout thr.t railing. It used to be about three feet high ftml studded with upright balusters, (he top rail too high nnd the bottom one too low for ft good foot rest, fj* w hen I trough t the property (he first thing I did was to reform the long veranda. It cost Imt. n trifle to trike out the upright pieces and lower the top rail nnd ran a. middle one and then put short square pieces be tween them nnd alternate them like ft road to Jericho. This makes the cheap est ftnd most comfortable railing in the world, and gives an old man choice of three elevations for his fort and gives a modest woman choice of two. I have flroady observed in my brief life that there are two classes of people who like t» elevate (heir pedal extremities when in a stole of Innocuous desuetude—old men and lazy lawyers. Old age is ex cusable, for his legs are tired, csiiccial- ly whop ' eorporoeity increases with ali-ancl^-, yours, or he iu bossed around the flower garden by his loving wife; the average lawyer is excusable, too, 1 suppose, for It Is the brain that quickens the flow of blood to the extremities, and If the bfaln has nothing to wqrk on—no (macs, no clients—the legs get sleepy and must hftve rest. I can tell a town loafer's age pretty well by his pasture when seated. An old, oonfirmed loafer wnntfl two chairs, one to rest his feet upon; If he la a lawyer he prefers a table. But I am off the subject again, J wns thinking* about the flower*—tlie pew nnd beautiful flowers that Mrs. Arp got from Mr, Berckman—those cannas that nre so gorgeously lovely and nre now blooming into 'beauty. We had some ycUow ones before, but now have other rpfors that are brilliant and attractive. I dftcorated my vegetable garden, lost year with sun flowers, but I don’t think my wife fancied them. She said they made her eyes tired, but she Is delighted with the crimson and orange and varie gated cannas ami her Miiresehol N rwfta and carnation pinks. Rhe w only two or three dollars’ worth of flowers every spring, atul up to thl fciiC; has - had It, thank the good i!i* n;.'. reiefi. The. wcathorjui hot, but I have had | ^ '-U(f ^ ground and ha j^yrrov.- and . ^/'V^hamreii . .-ff ” ments were moist and us salty on loot’s wife. It hasn’t rained a drop in three weeks, notwithstanding my rheumatic pains and my wife’s corns and the rooster’s crowing in the night, and so I have everything to water every evening. We have had no man servant but me for a' long time, and my wife says I look ex ceedingly well, considering age and in firmity, and the g !s smile around on (he sly to see how i little uxorinl taffy spurs me on. Had a letter yesterday from a suffer ing benedict, who says his girls wanted him to stop chopping cotton nnd sowing j peas and send some help to take up the! carpets nnd whitewash the palings and the trees and the pig pen and clean up things generally for some town kin-, folks were, threatening to visit them., lie said he wns about to outdo the girls, but his wife reinforced them and said! they didn’t ask such favors but twice a year and were the best daughters In the world, and she thought he might spare n hand for a day or two, and now lie writes to me for advice. Must he sur render and take a hand from the field o- not. iVo, of course not. The way to do Is to do all these little household jobs yourself. You can take up a enr- j>et and hang It. on the paling and beat tlie dust out of It as well as anybody, nnd whitewashing Is nothing but good fun. You can hang a window curtain or put ^n n pane of glncs or mend n baby carriage or repaint the mantle pie<'e. My girl© papered every room In our hoiwe. Their mother trained us nil to do these things, and It raves a lot df money. My friend, that whitewftshh^- imiHt U' done if the world comes to «« end. Ix't tlie "cotton wiffer for a day. 1 exficct you have too much planted, iuiyliow. Kvcrybbdy around here ham The. food wife and daughters Imre to stay In tho house or about It nearly ftH Ra ir time, und it ehould be made w» pleasant nnd inviting as iKK-riblo. Yours in RyinjMithctlc bond.—Bill Arp, In Ai- kmtu Conatitution. SAM JONES’ LETTEB. U Spoalrs to the Subject of Men and Mea jurcs. Sliver Men and Silver Mon—Abusing thft Government Makes n Diving for No Honest Man—The Ulght View of Daw. ONC SENSIBLE SPAN1AR9. « KUltor's Trlbnto to tho rover of efcft United StntoM. The following from the Madrid Nnero Megimen of a recent date apeaka for ift- ec.lf: “It i© lifted to understand bow pftblto opinion can be ao < > aRily deceired. There nre many here why liclicve thrtt 5-t would be a ftlmide thii%' for «a to defeat the United Hlater, in a war. They bellevb'^Jjat country is only a repwkL.. •f Tiierchniiftt.-^-J’hcy believe that aba cannot ftght wItJir"T«5Qj*eaii j>owerii. ▼,hat a mistake! Ameriea'tofta md ft republic yet when ala* first dt fiai'ft# Unglovul. Thirty yearn later the dr- clarerl war with Kr.gland ftfuiu ftnd com pel led her to sign an hoiK>e«1>W peace, notwitiistiuidii^- she saw tKe Kngllfth burning the capitol ftt V.'ftrS- Ingtom. Y.'hi-ii, after half a century «£ yx-ai'e, hor inhcihltant© went divided ■ bout the r Hi very question, and s4c bad to fhgh-t with her own ton©, the war Id war, ft<nvized nt the size of her armleiv ftt her battles ftml at her fonnidulde cT-.gl^H© of wcr. It ivas th<xi (hat sbft produced (be Monitor. On (he fth «n€ fith of March, 1SG2. In rhimptoti rondh, in sight of Uortrera M<mroe, she gave to the world the spectacle of a naval com bat finch ns had never boon witnessed liefore between (no battle ships, the like of which, also, had never been seen before, namely, the Merrimac and the Monitor of Ericsson. “Against England America Is always powerful. In 1846 nhe compelled Eng land to give up part of Oregon. In 1871 England had to Indemnify her for the damage done by the Alabama and other cruisers built In British ports for the enemies to the republic. Decently ©he has compelled England to consent to her Interference in the quarrel about the boundaries of Guiana and Vene zuela. On the American continent how oflen has she acted encfgetlcally with Europe’s opposition! In.lS45 she annexed Texas to her territory. In 1815 nhe. compelled England to give Honduras tlie islands of Kr.ntnn. Trom 1SGS to 1SG7 she openly opposed the es tablishment of a monorohy in Mokico. Rhe did not recognize Maximilian even ns a constituted power. She did nbt at tempt to preserve a neutrality. )She favored Juarez, nnd when the cmjk'TCTr wn© imprisoned at Qucretaro she de clined to listen to the requests of France r.ud Austria and interfere to' save his life. “Excepting England, there is no no tion in Europe which dnres no-w in any way the United State*, at p out mere powerful than ever. TV she fought against England t! time she had not 4,000,000 inhnbj The second time she had more 000,000; to-day she has G2,( she had nothing; now she hi naval force, and ©he can putj a moment’s notice millions? Her regular army is enu peace, 25,000 men, but hundreds of thousan( militia of the Unit "The United nation, Industrie ing, and without^ ing, no matter possible It If rojie, if fold thq war of be Spall Stai Every cause has its champlms and ever}- theory its logicians. Men are in dissolubly connected with measures, and measures look to men for their en forcement. A trip through the south west in the last few days has convinced me that there are silver men and silver men, and that there Is such a thing as the free and unlimited coinage of sil ver sixteen to one with the hope that free coinage will cure all the Ills with which we are afflicted nnd cause rejoic ing among the people from Dan to Beef- shebn. I had a talk with ex-Qov. Hogg, of Texas, who, by the way, Is the biggest man In Texas, measured from almost any standpoint. Bhysically, he is a strong, vigorous, heavy man. He has a head full of common sense, und he Is a ponderous man every way and wields a mighty influence In the Rtntc of Texas. No man can measure arms w*ith him be fore the people of that grand state. There nre many tilings nbont the man to admire. He Is a. free-silver man. This may not be the only faull In the man, but It is by odds the biggest one, measured from a goldbugger’s stand- joint. 1 also had a very pleasant talk with Gov. Culberson. He is an affable, t>ea«ible, pleasant fellow, looks to be noft over 30 years of age, but he told me he w»fts 41. He is also for free silver. Wc talked pleasantly together over the of the day. Our meeting was in lb* state oapltol, ami ox-Gov. Hogg wns pieftent at the time. I don’t know' how' a fellow contracts the disease, or malady, or affection, or whatever this free-silver idea is. I don’t believe it Is contagious in every ease. Is so, I would have taken it Rome time ngo. It may be epidemic. Certain it Is that free silver has many friends and champions in the south und west, and I believe that they are honest In their convictions. But Fiber will no niftre bring prosperitj-, in my candid judgment, than baptism by emersion will f ire a man absolution In the sight of God. or that believing in the doctrine of final perseverance ever took a man to glory, or that confirmation In the Epis copal church ever made n paint. There are ftoiiK* other things to go with all (Wftse things which are jierhaps more c*©«*»](hil than the things I have named. •a*t where men honestly differ on m«ftp»rtV!S. Jf they be true men. they' will not faeii and qYwrcl or fight. It see ms to • ip that gold buggers are less in- cliftcd to quarrel and fight than ©Dvcr- dlfce.-a. The idlvor crowd seems to be rnftd at something. I don't know wbfttdicr they are mad at what they are mod at or not. I have seen fellows very rmd am! found out afterwards that they w-ftrft not mad about what they were mod about. If a fellow Ik right ho can afford to champion his cause in cour- tcrniR terms, in a kindly spirit, with 'rteftr logic nnd convincing jiroof. A man who nil! es himself with the right and the cmiso of right has the universe to Iraw on to Illustrate his j'osition and make plain his point*. If n man wants to iljustrnte a wrong position he must get out of the universe to find some thing that God has made to illustrate his wrong position with. I have never tried to be a silver-digger or n gold- bugger. On that line I can only say I am what 1 am, and I thank the Lord I am no ammer than I am. I know some tilings, I believe some things, I think some things. I don’t know some things, I don’t believ** some things, I don’t think some things. One thing I know; the trains of commer cial and financial and agricultural In terests have been moving upgrade with brake© on for more than three .years. The hilltop is not yet in sight, Whnt Is the matter? I am one American citizen •vho frankly confesses he does not know. I believe in the past ire have been too extravagant and too indolent ns n peo- jfle. Wc have not econorobril enough, we have not worked enoirgh. I don’t believe the free and unlimited coirigc of eilrer means that nil a fellow jiqs do is to take his bag to mill or t and they will fill it up for him. r re that the parity of gol ed with we can all see; cheaper goods, cheaper oil, than] combinations an* them rich, do n< railroad under bracing 10,000 mlj traveling public ter service and they ever had bef^ company is giving than it ever had b| company was fc Sleeping Car comj the best service' beds for the monej had. Phil Armour! ing the world the i beef it ever had. Things will ue\ by the means nov age champion of days reminds me tucky neighbor wl* breaking land with^ one of the horses It filly —was kicking i plow. The owner down Into tihe field : wilted darky: "Tc out of that plow; I ■ not plow. Take hel “My God A’mlghtyJ negro, "how you ei lenime work her an<j here and talks dat her and her a-heari] say?” How wo ever Just the public tp | with tho poUttemiiB K ight befo 5 ’em dat curing It ell is a some one else solve, western democrats sj plank, or wo are not must hare an out-and-| YVe will have two dei this country, orul 11 don’t core If we have| erotic parties. Tc McKinley is not a goj digger, but a strode follow riding two hor around the ring and It was In a circus, man cap ride two hor the white house is But if the democratic ; will have no horse to rl didatos will bo in the! jxraios, and I am afrak buck- and two candidat up in the fence corner running out of their November next. And will wont to attend suppose the democrat them, like Pat was wltlj she visited him in the fore he was hung and I am goingtobringthei hanging.” “No,” said Pat, “don’t j Bte-le things to see their 1 ©he said, “Pat, you have nlwnyfc been. Yl ed our children to have wfl I wish wo had peace on ear will among men. I want rig] vail, manhood maintained on saved to God and the rlglj man don’t get what he wo world. He generally takes w, get. I am not losing any s| feel sorry for some of my fr pity for someof my enemies. Sam P. AN IMPERIAL BANQ] Stately Ceremonies That Fo Coronation of thq Date J The Granovitaya Pajlata endless associations in Bus In appearance It is vcryiclj a room that one does uoi already very fdli 1 monetl there, one corner of canopy; and fd hidden by the up the ceill^ ohoir who the’ feast, ferent waitin* had nnd four