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Dewey as Independent Would Help Bryan. General News and Political Gossip in Washington. Washington, April 9 -If those resposible for Admiral Dewey's an nouncement of bis candidacy for the presidential nomination have the re motest idea that he can get the democratic nomination away from Gol Bryan, they have another guess coming to them. There is not a .democrat in either branch of con? gress, io sympathy whith the Chicago platform, who does not regard Col Bryan's nomination as already made, and tbe Kansas City convention as a national meeting that will be held to ratify that Domination Admiral Dewey says he is a democrat and has always been one, bot that he has never cast a vote If he had made that statement when he first returned from Manila when his friend, Senator Proctor, of Vermont, was repeatedly declaring that he was a republican, it would have carried more weight. Bot, anyway, democrats who do not vote are not the the sort of democrats who help the party to win elections or who deserve office from the party If Admiral Dewey becomes an iode pendeut candidate for president, be will render material aid towards the election of Col Bryan, as he would probably get votes which won id otb erwise go to McKinley. If every democratic member of the noose will occupy his seat and vote Against the Porto Rico bili, thu iniquitous measure can be defeated when it is taken up this week. The republican caucus has decUred in favor of passing the bil) just as it came from the senate, but there are quite a number of republicans who say they will not vote for the bil! and a few who will actually vpte against it, and it is practically certain that owing to absentees, a vote against the bill equal to the full democratic membership of the house, wii! defeat it Both sides are work ing hard to get their absentees in Washington in time to vote Bad as the tariff clause is in principle, the section of the bill providing a civil government for Porto Rico is even worse Under it. the real govern? ment of the island can be put into the hands of carpet baggers, and that auch a government would be pro ductive of scandals was iuliy shown by the experience during the recon? struction period in southern states The distinguished audience which heard Hon Webster Davis' first iectore on the war in South Africa indicates that those who claim that a majority of our people sympathize with the Boers are right Tbe lee tare, which abounds with arguments showing why we should sympathize with tbe two republics which are struggling for their lives against one of the wor d's greatest empires, was applauded from start to finish. Mr Davis is receiving invitations to speak in behalf of the Boers from cvety section of the country Hearings of the Clark case have been closed and the senate commit tee on elections is considering the evidence and the argumeuts of coun? sel An adverse report is iooked for from the committee, but it is generally expected that the voto of the senate will be in favor of Senator Clark. It would require a two-thirds vote to unseat bim. It is regarded as signifie?nt of coming change in the administration's Philippine policy that the official announcement is made that Gen Otis will start for the United States at about the time the new Philippine commission arrives at Manila It is well known that there was much clashing between Otis and tbe old commission although be was a member of that body, as was Dewey I The administration does not intend that a decision from the supreme court shall be had on the question of j the constitution following the fl^g before the presidential election if it can possibly prevent it This bas been shown by the action of Secre? tary Gage in ordering that a contract laborer, brought from Porto Rico to New York, for the express purpose of making a test case, be allowed to land Representative McClellan, of New York, has offered a r?solu ! tion in the boose, calling opon Sec j retary Gage for the correspondence in this case, and Senator Jones, of'i Arkansas, offered a similar r?solu tion in tbe senate, which was at once adopted How this action on the part of Secretary Gage strikes the democrat? and populists in con j gress may be judged from toe fol I lowing expressions of opinion : Sen i ator Tillman- *I don't blame the republicans for trying to dodge the issue, for they must realize that the decision of the courts will be against them. If I had my may I would force the administration to take cognizance of the question, by going to Porto Rico and securing a ship load ol contract laborers and bringing them to the United Mates A tremendous howl would go up from organized labor, which wouid compel the ad ministration to submit to a test of the law." Senator Taliafe ro-"The ad ministration seems anxious that tbe Porto Rican question should remain suspended in midair until after the presidential election " Senator Bat- j 1er, chairman of the populist national j committee-"There is no doubt ic my mind tkat the republican party is afraid to have the matter tested in the courts prior to the presidential election " Representative Suizer, of New York-"They are afraid to make the issue " -na -<>?- mi I There is to be a Wiener Cam? paign in South Africa London, April 10 5 a m -Britons are cow beginning: through reluctant ly, to realize that Lord Roberts is in for a winter campaign lasting several months This is the end, in a few words, of the high hopes based upon Lord Roberts' brilliant dash to Kim ! berly and Bloemfontein Preparations are being made to hold Bloemfontein against surprises L'^rd Kitchener has been given an important duty, being responsible for the protection of the railway., while Lord Roberts is waiting for re mounts and winter clothing for toe troops, whose thin cotton khaki uniforms and boots are worn out Gen Brabant and Gen Gatacre are both at a standstill Lord Roberts wiil probably for some time confine bis operations to clearing the Free State behind bim of raiders and to relieving Mafeking, for which pur pose apparently the eighth division, now arriving at Cape Town, has been ordered to Kimberley Lady Sarah Wilson and other Mafe king correspondents send diaries of the doings there, showing that the Boers have tried, by abandoning their trenches, to lure the besieged out into a mined ambush Fortunately the British engineers discovered the mine cut tt?e wire communication and unearthed 250 pounds of war gelatine | What the chances are for an ad vance to Pretoria may be judged from the fact that only from six to ten thousand horses are on their way to the Cape and from the further fact that the military tailoring department only within the last three weeks be gan making woolen khaki uniforms It is said it will take at least two months to provide 200.000 uniforms. The Fischer Wolmarans deputation ba- full power to negotiate for peace, subject to the raad's sanction. Lady Roberts will remain at Cape town. The Duke of Westminster, the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Henry Cavendish Bentiuick have gone to the front A COMPLEX SITUATION Loudon. April 9 -The amazing activity of the Boers southeast and southwest of Bioefmfontein con tinues, the Boer commands seemingly coming and going throughout a wide region as they piease, but taking good care not to throw themselves against strong bodies of the British The retirement of the Irish Rifles from Rouxville and Aliwal leaves Gen Brabant with communication with the otb^r British officers He has 2,000 or 3 000 colonials holding a fine defensive country, but he is apparently invested so far as London knows Telegraphed and railroad c >mmunication wi:h Bloemfontein are kept up as usual, but nothing comes through for public conaump lion L>rd Roberts' last message as dated April 6th, and the last unofficial message bore date of April Tin The sbeence of news as usual disheartens the people and produces ?n altogether discouraging effect The last unofficial message notes that good spirits at Bloemfontein are continuing and tells of the ar rival of animals and two fresh regiments Lord Roberts bas now 15,000 mounted men altogether In i he Orange Free State the situa tion is complex, with scanty material for forming a correct estimate of the ?it nation CHINA AND THE POWERS London, April 7 -A special dis? patch from Shanghai announces that the American, British, German and French Ministers have sent a joint note to the Chinese foreign office, de? manding the total suppression of the society of * B~xer*,'' within two months and announcing that other wise the powers named will land troops and march into the interior of the northern provinces, Shan Tung and Chi Li, in order to secure safety of foreigners According to the same dispatch the American Italian and French legations are now provided with naval guards from the large gather ings of warships at Taku Rural Free Delivery. Washington, April 8 -The rural J free d*'iivpr7 system of the post office j depa'tmen' ha? grown to such nropor ; .ioris that i' has b^en found necessary : to create rwo new dividions to properly handle it An order, c-rT-'ctive Mav I, i signori by the postmaster general today, [ <>srahliehe3 f'?or divisions, the eastern ^ - vision with hear!quarters at New ' V'-rk ; middle dividion, headquarters Indianapolis comprising Ohio and all j .^afes we*-t to fMissouri and sorjrb e-^i at?*rpe down to aod including ; Louisiana, with E M. Dice in charge ; ; 'he western divi-doo, headquarter*. Denver, and tho southern division, ineiudiog eleven southern states, bead qiarters at Washington, with H. Con quest Clarke io obarge. NEAL MUS r BE TRIED IN COLOMBIA. Judge Benet Does Not Allow a Change of Venue. Columbia April 10 -Tbree prelim inary motions were yesterday present ed ia the case of Coi W A Neal, cbarged with fraudulent intent, but Judge Benet overruled each, and the former superintendent of the peniten tiary now goes on trial represented by Messrs Julius Boggs and Cole L Biease, and Col P H Nelson, the latter having been brought into the case yesterday afternooo Every jurer has been put on his voir dire, and ll members of the jury all good men-have been secured so far When the case was first called up yesterday the motion for a change ot venue was made and argued at Ieogth.Judge Benet fioally overruling it In tbe afternoon Col Neal made an effort io quash the venire of jurors for this term ; the matter was strong ly presented, but Judge Benet failed to see the force of the argument and this motion was also refused The counsel for the defense then pleaded for further delay in that their wit? nesses were not here Judge Benet said that a week's notice had been given This led up to still another preliminary motion-a motion to quash the indictment because it was defective This, too, was overruled, and the trial was entered upon Col Neal was placed in the dock and entered a plea of "not guilty.'T The jurors were then put on their voir dire as called up and wheo ll had been accented, it was found that the panel bad been exhausted, and an extra venire of seven was ordered drawn, the seven reporting at 10 o'clock this morning. The first of the cases against Col Neal, former superintendent of the penitentiary, that for breach of trust with fraudulent intent and grand larceny in the Fowler drnft matter, was tried yesterday, and just before 6 o'clock the jury took the case and retired to deliberate All day the court room was filled with a mixed audience, all listening attentively to the evidence and to the arguments. The triai consumed much less time than was expected The defense after the State had rested its ease concluded that the testimony pre sented by the State's witne6sess was of 6uch a character that it was use iess to put up any witnesses though they were present, and the argument began without a single witness be? ing put ou the stand by Col Neal's ! counsel The verdict was an acquittal. - m* ?>???? mm Ea?ter Novelties. A rush basket, the handles tied with Dresden ribbon, has a tiny duckling peeping out from the nest on top of the covers. These little chicks and duck? lings once walked the earth, though they did not tarry long on it, and are not the manufactured imitations of In? fantile grace in the fowl line which so largely answer the demand at this season. Nothing inore cunning can be imagined than two of these little balls of yellow fluffiness snuggled up in a nest. The knowledge, too. that under it is a satin lined box full of candy ! helps to make it the more convincing, j All these things are imitated, and most successfully, in candy and ices, so that the wboic set out-hen. nest, chicks and all-can be eaten. One of the prettiest desserts to order for an Easter dinner or luncheon would be a ! broken sugar egg, decorated with sugar butterflies and filled with cither icc cream chicks or ice cream eggs-just as you please anil in as many differ? ent colors as you like; or a nest of spun sugar, filled with ice cream eggs, upon which a sugar hen sits, or with some of the eggs broken and a chick ready to step out and a sugar rooster I standing by to give sweet encourage ment Little novelties In the way of j sorbet cups, a broken egg moulted on wheels and drawn by a rooster, silver | eggs on a leaf or little stands would make pretty bonbonni?re? and lunch- : eon favors.-Seleetod. Ru skin*** Collar?. A prophet indeed has no honor in his j own country. An English gentleman J who had gone to Brantwood on an out? ing tour; finding himself in need of ; books in order to beguile :i heavy hour or two, stepped into a bookstore of Ruskin's village and asked the lady at- j tendant if she had any of the thinker's books. "Yes." si:*.' replied. '-There ? were some, but they were nut often ? asked for." [laving obtained the bool: he desired, he asked lier what, she thought ol' the great critic and teacher. Her ideas ?if Ruskin's personality were very vague, j however, and sue excused her igno- ! rance on the ground that the people ? about there did not seem to trouble j much about him. As for herself, she only knew him as "the old gentleman j who only had a clean collar once a week." . i Suggests i hat the Repub licans Read the liibie. MIGHT HAVE GOOD EFFECT. Calm the Troubled Spirits of Warring Factions. GEA VE CHARGE BY PARTY ORGAN Says That Giving Free Trade to Por? to Rico Would Deprive the G. O. P. of a Large Contribution to the Campaign Fund - Democrats Pre? paring For the Fray-Colonel Hep? burn In a Sad State of Mind. [Special Washington Letter.] I My readers know that I have fre ? quently disclaimed the dubious honor of being either the legal or spiritual adviser of the Republicans, but they i are now so badly torn up the back and down the front, their minds are so dis? tracted, their hearts so lacerated and their animosities toward each other so ? bitter that as a sort of amicus curiae I make bold to suggest to them an ex? cerpt from a very old book whose very existence they appear to have forgot? ten. The hook is the Bible. The writ? er of the passage which I commend to I them was King David. If our Re j publican friends cannot get together on the Porto Rican matter, perhaps I they can rally round the One Hun? dred and Thirty-third Psalm, which runs in this wise: "Behold how good it is for brethren to dwell together in uni? ty!*' Senators Gallinger and Penrod when they next give each other the Ira and have a notion to punch each oth? er's head, shouid think of that and cool off; likewise General Grant and Mr. Ray of New York when the former lets his angry passions rise because he is. accused on the floor of the house by the New Yorker of engineering a steal. But the psalmist continues, "It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard; that went down to the skirts of his garments." I know that the Republicans are very slow in turning their minds to religious matters, but they may console them? selves with the history of the laborer who got to work in the vineyard at the eleventh hour, provided they know where to find that parable. There ls a chance that they may be forgiven if they will let up in their devilment even now. Pride goes before a fall. In January they were so arrogant that they bra? zened out everything, however shame? ful, even the G a ge-Hepburn corre? spondence, which is a disgrace to ev? erybody concerned. To every charge they answered by quoting in effect Boss Tweed's famous query, "What are you going to do about it?" Now they are wrangling, the air is full of criminations and recriminations, innu? merable conferences are held, senators threateu representatives, representa? tives retaliate on senators, and they ali appear to be going to what Mr. Manta lini euphemistically denominated "the demnition bowwows." quarreling, curs? ing, caterwauling. Sets Them Howling. The latest thing to set them howling ls an article in the Washington Star, a great Republican newspaper, which runs in this fashion: '.The ac: ion of thc Iowa legislature cannot af? fect the situation in congress. The deal has been made. It is a matter of money for the campaign, and the tariff measure will be carried through." This statement was made by a Republican mem? ber of the house who supported the bill in the house by his vote. "You may as well set it down that the deal will be carried out," he added. "The canyin? out of the recommendation of the president for free trade wit li Pono Rico would have deprived the party of a very considerable contribution. The adoption of the reverse policy insures a very large contribution. The possible unpopularity of the Porto Rican tariff was balanced against the certainty of money to use in the campaign, and the decision was in favor of the campaign con? tribution. It was not expected that the storm of protest would be as strong as it is, but it is now too late for a change." The Washington Post, independent, goldbuggish. high tariff, pronounces the above quoted article to be "remark? able, not to say astounding." Ponto Rico Sacrificed. Then The Post quotes the article itself and adds this commentary, which I advise all my readers to lay away for future use and reference: It is quite unnecessary to say to our local read? ers that The livening Star is not a yellow jour? nal or a sensation monger or an irresponsible purveyor of scandal and excitement. If The Star declares-as it does in this instance-that a mem? ber of congress has made the statement above quoted, it is perfectly safe to assume that it speaks the truth. The Star has everything to lose and nothing to gain hy disseminating falsehood j and we may add, upon our own motion, that The Star does not bear the reputation of reckless or I unsupported statement. We feel that we are j warranted, therefore, in assuming that our es i teemed contemporary speaks with knowledge and I conviction when it quotes-if anonymously-a j member of the house as declaring that the Porto Rico tari;! bu", has been inspired by the detest? able and base purposes cf a campaign fund. To say that is to say that the Republican party ia using the administration and the congress as the footpad exploits the defenseless waverer-for mere plunder in tt:e form of cash! We have frequently wondered, and as frequently asked, what there is behind all this astonishing j determination ir. congress to afflict Porto Rico : willi :! tariff. Unable to understand it ourselves, ?ve have appealed t.> the country at large for cn : lightenment-for even a suggestion, livery con? sideration <>f honor :ind good faith and justice de? mands that we shoul? treat Porto Rico as tl.i president eloquent!} indicated in Iii- message last j December. Almost without exception the press, | especially thc Republican and the independent press, lias supported this demand. And now come:; Tin? Kvening S??r. as if io answer the al? most passionate anxiety of tho country, explain? ing in deliberate terms that the tariff against Porto Rico !:?> been devised, not for any purpose ol statesmanship, mt even in mistaken loyalty to national honor, not evco to establish a precedent in the public interest, but simply and solely to placate certain corporations which will contribute handsomely to A party campaign treasury! If this be the case, if Porto Rico is to be sac? rificed to the sordid uses of a political contest; if these innocent and trustful people who welcomed 'jg with open ?rms and confided their destinies to the :i...r of a detestable and mean party gency: ?: ?t be tru.- s!.at the Republican con backed i>y tlie Republican administration, erat, iv intends to tm le upon the misery an h??p.cssncss "f a people who have thrown t sci ivs up..n our mercy, then we say-and w iii vi-that the country wi;] make leste ti nour;' e and io condemn and to rebuke an ir fco mun.-trous and so indefensible. Great \Va?:sini? of Tonprae?. Tho foregoing paragraph from Star, together with the common: Tho Post, caused a great ruc among Republicans, ti great lavin;, gether ol' hoads and a vast waggin tongues-in whispers. Their cu. wore deep if not loud. "Ah. thou there was hurrying to ami fro/' consultations hold in hot haste in cret corners: much talk of an inv< gation, which has not materialized which will never materialize, il Hauua took the bull by the horns swore roundly that the whole tale several different sorts of a lie. Wh upon The Star reaffirmed the trutl the interview and boldly stated i the reporter who wrote it was a r< table gentleman who stood ready make affidavit to the correctness the same. Mark in his interview ? all the gabble about the Porto Ki tariff was nonsense, idiocy, rot, He said something offensive about Indianapolis Journal, Republican gan of Indiana, whereupon Hon. J C. New. its proprietor, who wa; statesman of international reputal before the Cleveland boss impin upon the public view, without any cumlocution whatever, said, "H Hanna is an infernal old liar." Tba sad, awful, hair raising, stupefying, explicable-sad to hear one Republi? cursing another openly and abc board; awful because it is proba true; hair raising by reason of audacity displayed; inexplicable cause he put in the adjective "ol Whether that time honored word 3 any peculiar significance in that c nection I do not know. Another straw which shows wh way the wind is blowing is the spl did reception tendered Judge Crt; packer of Indiana recently at Hoosier home by his fellow citiz< without regard to political affiliate for his vote against the Porto Ric tariff bill. The judge was the hero the hour, and they are talking of ele ing him governor to show their fe lngs and as a rebuke to the rest of 1 Indiana delegation. Hon. James Ta ney, Republican whip on the Republ an side of the house, has been missi for some days from his usual haun It is whispered around that Jeems at home in Minnesota endeavoring whip his recalcitrant constituents ii line. Whether he will succeed as w with them as he did in whipping Republican representatives to stulti themselves remains to be seen. The news from Minnesota is th Governor Lind has consented to r for governor again and that the fusi forces have high hopes of sweepi: the state this fall as Old Harper Kentucky used to run his horses "from eend to eend." Democrats Get to Work. Democrats are waking up and gil ing up their loins everywhere. Kv? in Rhode Island they are making brave hand to hand light. They mi not win. for all the powers of hood! corruption and coercion are combim against tiiem. but even the fact th; they have hope enough to light "Little Rhody" should give Democra everywhere hetirts of oak. If th< should wiu ont, the jig would be i with William McKinley. Indeed, great Republican newspaper iu Phil; delphia is advocating the side trackir of McKinley and the nomination ( Thomas Bracken Reed as the onl possible way of saving the party froi defeat and disaster. No wonder tbi all these things make the Republicar irritable-so irritable that Rep?blica members who hitherto have pride thc^mselves ou their Chesterfieldia manners are now as cross as tw sticks or as a sore headed bear. On Illinois Republican of high degree not of the house-confided to a frien not many days ago that he would nc be surprised to see Illinois go Demc eratic by 100,000 majority by reaso: of the Cullom-Tanner fight and othe things too tedious to mention. Here is a nice campaign document: SOXC OF THE TRUSTS. Mark Hanna, 'tis in thee, Strangler ci liberty, In thee we trust! Helj) us to swell our chests, Not our unmanly breasts. Till in our coffers rests The nation's "dust." Oh, Mark, to thee we fly, Viceroy of the most hi?h Mammon, our king:! Help us to win with wrong:; Oh, thou, our sins prolong. And t hov: shalt hear our sonf In triumph ring: Our bonded country, thee. Sold into slavery, Hiv wealth we love. We love thy "rocks" and tills, We take thy coin and bills, And then lo cure thy i ?ls The iiuecr we shove. We make thy people toil, Slave to enrich our spoii, With hunger faint. Long may thy land be blight Hy greed's unholy fight Trot ci t us by thy might, Great Mark, our saint! -Dante Barton. To show still further in what a heav? enly frame of mind Republicans are toward each other I quote the follow? ing poem fi om the Portland Oregonian, a thick timi thin Republican organ: MU. FACING EVERYWniCIlWAY. We've been hoetin you. McKinley, but we don't know where you -ir: When we clap our fingers on you. why, we find you're never there. When wo hunted :!;rou;:h the tariff, in the place you'd ousb.t to bo. Why, you wasn't round there nowhere, least a? far ni wo could see. In this Porto Rico thingumbob we thought we'd find you so.re; When wo got there you'd been trekkin, like the smooth arni wily Hoer; So we asked the poid supporters if they thought we'd lind you there. And they said they guessed so, some place, bu; tliey didn't just km>w where. Alger said lie hadn't seen you. and he shod i bitter tear When he said you'd gone and left him. lik<* ?. sinkin ship last year. When we viTTtl-?*""T?anna, v.lio was "busy couriin peif, Why, he said he couldn't tell U3, fer he dide'i know liisseiL So we've yist k-.p* on a-!iur,tin till we're r.-:-arly petered out. And, although we thought we had you, now wc find we're stLl in doubt. If these lines should ever reach you, arvi you'd write u* wiii re you Lc, You'd confer & gooJ sized favor cn your friends, the G. 0. P. Colonel Hepburn's Dilemma. The Hay-Pauucefotc treaty huns? over house Republicans as a pall and is interfering with the passage of Colo? nel Hepburn's Nicaragua canal biiL which is the apple of the colonel's eye, for if he can get his bill through and have the canal dug he thinks, perhaps not incorrectly, that he will not only be doing his country a vast service, but will be laying hold of imperishable re? nown for Colonel William Peters Hep? burn. This is a laudable ambition if it can be realized, but there is the rub, and the colonel knows it fuH well. He can see as far into a grindstone as the next one, and he knows that, the Hay Pauncefote treaty, unless, witi^rawn or defeated, will lose, him many votes for his canal bill, perchance enough to beat it Consequently the colonel is not in a beatific frame, of. mind and is lik'-ly to heat the chilly spring atmos? phere to a high degree if he is balked in his ambition. Republicans are ac? quainted with the colonel's powers and endurance as a fighter and would be glad to placate him, but ?be chances are that the administration is so en? tangled with Mr. Bu^. that it cannot recede and will endeavor tp, force the ratification of the treaty. Ff it does, there will be music io'tie a?r and lots of fur and bits of cuticle. "On with the dance! Let joy be; nuconfined!'7 while Republicans wool, each other. They can render the country more service that way than at anything they have undertaken lately. I am somewhat it? the dumps myself; not by reason of any political mishap, for things political are gelag on swim? mingly, but because the mournful news comes that Andrew Carnegie and Hen? ry Clay Frick have fallen on each oth? er's neck and made it up: ? was antic? ipating much undiluted pleasure by reason of the disclosures which they would have made in their great law? suit had it not been smothered a-born in. They have not only made up, but have formed a new corporation capi? talized at $300.000.000. Now, if they made $42,000,000 annual profit off of $25,000,000 capital, as Carnegie estimat? ed lt, it makes one dizzy to contemplate the profits of the new concern. They are enacting before our eyes and under our very noses a scene woich double discounts the wildest dreams of the al? chemists. Louisiana Parchase ?eatenn?al. The best nonpolitical tiing bruited in congress now is the world's exposi? tion at St Louis in 190a to celebrate the centennial of the Louisiana pur? chase, the greatest achievement of finance and statesmanship ever per? formed by any one man. My friend Professor T. Berry Smith of Central college. Missouri, has set forth his views of the great exposition in the following verses: TS DE CITY OB ST. LOUIS IN 1903. Ole 'oman, listen to rae-now de cbillun's all ia bed Jess listen whiles 1 tells yo' wh?t I heah de parson said. What he tole us at Je meetin cb ce '?cial board tonight. For de parson reads de pupers while he ten's de gospel light. Dar's gwine to be circus-3at egzac'Iy ain't de name What do parson tole de crcdren, but it means about the same Dar's jrwine to be a circus, an he say it's jjwini to bc in de city ob St. Louis in 1903. 'Twill be de bigges' circus dat de worl' has eber hid, An it's gwine to be a circus whar dar won't be nothin bad; De pasture an his people widou* brcakin ob di rules Kin go to soe de circus as well as the animulea. All sexes ob religion-de gentile an de Jew, De Baptis', an ?le Mcthodis', an de 'Piscopalian*. too All sexes ob religion, he say, was gwine to see De circus in St. l^ouis in 1903. Dar's gwine to he percussions, an de ban's an . gwint to play, j An de tents will cubbcr acres-dat's what de parson say ! An when yo' gits yo' ticket-'twill cos* yo' fifty cents- , Dey'll let yo' in for nutbin to go through all den? tents. Dar'll be jess scads cf goobers an dc pinkes' lem? onade, * Dar'll be fried pies an do'nuts, de bestes' ever made. An dey'll let yo' in at mornin to stay all day aa see Dat circus in St. Louis in 1903. * t Ole 'oman, yo' ought to bin- J2r to heard him 'spaciate About his country's glory, on pro7idenee ?n fate; Ile say de Lord was in it when JefT'ecn tock de chance To purchase Loczzannie from Donypart ob France. An dat dc Lord intended from far creation's birth To maniitst his glory to all do tribes ob yearth In de Miss'ssippi valley-de time an piace to be In de city ob .St. Louis in 1903. To help de Lord to show us de glory dat awaits De parson say dc congress ob these United States Would gib live million do??ahs to help de cause along. An den. de whiles de choir was singin ob a song. De states an corporations would march up to dc table An plank dc-'se money down ss much as de' ?3 able; No doubt ct all about it-dat circus gwine to be In de city ob St. Louis in 1003. Ole 'oman, we mus' soe it. we sho'Iy can't aSbrd To miss dis chance ob secin de glory ob de Lord; Although we's bin good Mcthodis*, wc might backslide and fall AT not git into heaven to see de Loni at all. Ss we mus' take de chances dis side de pearly gatos De parson say de railroads will gib e.\cur/.ioa rates An ye' an me, ole "oman, mus' sho'Jy go to see ? Dat circus in St. Louis in 1903. A *<?fi? c u B A N 01L curos ruts? TEI?V Burn*, Bruises, Rheuma? p tism and Sores. Price. 25 ots. '.'oM hi H'lfHoon I - rr ? - - ????.??? - Fr*nk L * ie'? Popu *r Mor.iblv etropo litar MH????-e, Man?e Jooiort fo April at H G Os'een ? Co