r j THE I 1 hon W V J bryans new S I 1 entitled athe first battle aih ln he ilk aich chich contains man many y beautiful illus allue tt i and bound in extra fine anglish M ng lish doth and the broad ax agn r six ax months for F I 1 THE ladies who attend our theaters deserve a great deal of credit for the manner in which they have observed the anti hat law with v very ery few exceptions the ladies all remove their hats and it is certainly a pretty sight to see so BO many handsome ladies elegantly costumed with their hair becomingly dressed while attending our theaters we want to say right here that the city of zion contains more beautiful women to the square inch than any other city in the world THE hon thomas Buck beer reed beed of maine seems to be running the house of representatives single handed banded and alone and he has as fumed the role of the big dictator by absolutely refusing to appoint any standing committees heretofore we had always alwayn entertained the idea that the speaker of the house of representatives was nothing more than a servant of seventy million free american citizens but bat we perceive that we have been grieve bously mistaken now in the name of all the gods at once upon what kind of meat does the hon thomas reed feed upon that enables him to best bestride lide the united states like a mighty colot colossus sus and that compels all allot of the people of the greatest nation on the face of the earth to walk under his huge legs and peep about to find themselves his dishonorable slaves hon george L ruffin baffin who was appointed 1883 one of the state judges of massachusetts by governor butler was born bom free in 1834 in va and educated in the boston city schools he studied law with jewall goston and graduated in 1869 from harvard law school elected abare anare and reelected elect edan an alderman lie he attended several national conventions conventi on s he presided at many tn mass 8 meetings in faneuil hall and Sadre addressed aged audi ances ill company with Judge Hoon gen banks mr mi d Q F adams and lion jo jofin fin D long he died in 1886 hi i dow is edit editor of boston newspaper and ancl one of been a member of f the ciar council 4 aia A ia