=e) onic: sr eine Se Sot PenisSe eee eee ee eeg that island than any other city inSubscription 25 dengs per oonth. Patered Af second-ciass mail matter.EVERY APTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY)didate_ of having a freesilver- for Goyernor but they are eon-}-soled by- the fact that theyhaye 4 a plattdrm that oAoes notdeschire for the freeiand unlim-'-The free silveras they have but they are won;derfully pleased at baving acandidate whois anaut and outadvocate of tree silver. Thisis the situation in, ihe State;and the Democrats are confidentof winning.~Thetras home is the happiestplace on earth. Airdun at cline:ter the sweetest memories of life.AS Tat GSUHIS Tite GSS Tt CAD FeAchTno farther than the ideal home.It is the inspiration of patriotism4d has prompted men to deedsof daring thst read like romance.It is related py a Southern writer- -aes4that in some of the battles in the:tich Shenardoah valley the young.the ate ae than in the tene2of silyerat the ra- jmore of the privity, lifehudHog rd jae hands and made it revolyeite of 6 to 1.donTt ifke puchT a platform pressib ")/ jéoimosye | s7 in tment. .In the patsuft of YmbltitionTs!dream, which, with the averagewee tag isto make monhe ties of hos thus antir We willt after a while under )Then the wealth of 4wilkbe more evenly distributedand the great middle will. bebuilt ap- There will be muil"ingT, léds greed, moremore real houClose Figuring oeIt ia said thas a man\who 1 Won'tbuy @ paper be@ause he ale Aor-|:row one bas invented a hineby which he can cook higy dinnerliovaires and paiva ps grasp |conténtmentothe,"families things sometimes ogangaglige.�__ y + ie!A-cortain-imat im our -town setout the other day to celebrate hisdown cellar to make hima freezerof ice cream.He was going to an afternoontea, and had just twenty minutesin which to fréeze the cream-He managed to crack the iceTand three of his fingers im theTfirst five minutes.Then he gouged « hole in thepalm of his. hand with the icepick. He finally got the freezerand flew at the crank withat the rate of a million revolutionsan hour.One can always tell by the waythe freezer turns when the creamtwenty minutes that freezer wasgyrating around asthe smoke from his neighbrTsby -\or o~1and is always borrowing a ride to!on his own horseflesh. Yes, youknow him. He's a first cousin tothe man who never winds up biswatch for fear of breaking thespring- He undoubtedly was anear relative of the man whowent into the back yard duringVirginians ofought like mad men�against fearfa! odds.faced fire and ball and shell to!st them from the invader.owas patriotiem that com-)manded the admiration of theworld, but the thought of homewas at the bottom of it.- In these rapid days is not the7a idea too often lost sight of ?Is this not especially the case in gigas as he would a stick of canthe great cities of tois country * dy"chews it up ard swallows itThey werein sight of their lovely homes and~Topeka Daily Cajntal.the recent cold snap, soaked hithair in water, let it freze, andthen broke it off in order to cheatthe barber out of a hair cut.""_"_"_"_"_"SSEats Giass Like CandyThere is a curiosity at the Er-win Cotton Mills, a weaver, by thename of J. 4. McMillen, who eats,~town to save the- wear--end"tear:when he began ; ; so he flung offhis coat, got a little madder, andincreased the number of. reyola-save Apterest op contribations,| fee by a quarter of a million.At the end of ten minates thething was still flying around withno indications of the cream ~~com-ing.�Finally he jerked off the hdand then fell down in the deadfaint, frothing at the mouth.All that terrific effort had beenexpended on an absolutely emptyfreezer.The cream was up stairs onthe kitchen table.lt was a tirthday and a festiveoccasion, and the dignity of thehead of the family must be main-tained.But he was down cellar andalone."Boston Beacon.The average cost of prodacingan ounce of silverin the UnitedStates is said to be 51.1 cents anNew York has its gilded and gor- with a heerty reliab. He gave 80 | oance, and because of this factgeous palaces and it has its myr- exhibition. of his powers yester-inde'o ~of tenement houses, but nei- day eveni:g when he chewed upa lamp chimney, showed the par-ticles ia hi= mouth, then. took abig @raught of water and down x0!= ther are paradises in which angels" might dwell. There is less real_ home life to the square inch on_ America. In summer many of its_ «@bodes are veritable hells and at_ might the poorer inhabitants haveto flee to the parks in search ofoGomfort and heatth. They spendtheir days trying to keopsoal andsody together. The ricn are bus-'awent the masticated chimney as ifit bad been a ainsy morsel. This|°'*is a fact. He ouce traveled withashow. He saye be can dancebarefooted on red ~bot iron andsplit the back of any chair in Darithe.gold men argue that freeco:n-age ought to be denied to silver.It costs even iess to mine goldBY, a here py parity of reasoning:have to go down topee ay oa £ redaction. "Ral-An agricaltaral sxobeuge: askseratorbam with bis teeth. ~He is indesd: (Ya) Obeerver.oHow to make hogs y pay.t�. Thisr meneessteyenneelittle son's! birthday, ag@ went}is stiffening, bat at the end of)easily as)American barkentine Priscilla,Capt. Klags, arrived here to-day. ;from Rio and Santos, with cofiee. ~Capt. Klages says that at-Santosmen are dropping deat in thestreets, dying by scores in thecity and on the vessels in rort-Some of the vessels bad theirflags at half wast; for weeks,as man efter man of their crewssuccumbed to ths disease. Thedeath boat was being rowed~about the harbor ~day and nigh:from vessel to vessel collectingthe dead and taking them ashorefor burial. Some of the vesselshad only one or two men left oftheir entire crews and many ofthem were anable to get awayfrom the pest-hole of fever owing'to the lack of men.a """""___Sow Field Peas.How long can you get work outof a horse if you never feed him?How long would a cow give milkif she ~was not allowed p-operfood? How long does « amiilwheel turn after the water gate issnut down? Same way with yourJand. Crop after crop is taken off"ncthing put back"the landstarves. Not so with those thatare fertilized generously. Alllands under cultivation needshade and enrichment; pea vinessupply both and make one of thebest fertilizers in the world. Sowpeas, sow them with layish handand give your land what it needs.""""Workirg For Home.The women of Tacoma, Wasb.,are engaged in a very active cru"sade in fayor of ohome indstries�They bave formed a league whosemembers pledge themselyes togive preference always to articlesmanufactared in Tacoma or pro-duced in the State, and to laborto bring others to their principles.Tne women are working in thematter with an astonishing vigorand haye suceeded in boominglocal trade to a notable extent.'}One feature of the crusade isa$;badge worn-"by members of the1S/Home Iudustry League and an-_|Other-is the printing of a list. ofbome manofactured articles whichia supplied to every household inthe town-Oe ae eg ae a oo! ee ae