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Show H jl, . , '' Not having had a half-holiday yester- 1 j' ' day, clerks were no more tired than j usual lost cvonlnr:, j ' '.' Old companions of Mr. Butch Casaidy i will be sure to resent' the report that he i i has been leading: an honest life. 1 j ' Dornocrate crn now look over the Re- J 1 publican platform and the what they are 1 j not going to bcllevo in thla yean J jj 'i Heaponable boys have no Intention of I t i carrying their present Fourth of July H .if'i' J 1 celebration beyond the Twenty-fourth HT J of July. H .d ( , It ' , Do the wheelmen who ride on side- LI walks think they can do so forever it without some watchful policeman scc- : , inc; them? Ji il, ' Being a sheepherder, IIr. Dale saw at Il J once what his new-found friends In the J ! city wero trying to do when they at- J i tempted to fleece him. I'! ij ! On tho other hand, the Democratic j ' National convention will bo a lighting ' body, but after its finish Its party will ii ) ' not have a fighting chance. H i ii'i . H 1 ',' Though they have not had the usual (ji ; ' preliminary training of fighting among ' 'I i thempelves. Republicans aro In fine con- j j(w ditlon to fight their enemy. J'jJ' ' When merchants say there is no good j T I reasxjn for a mid-week half-holiday, do H . Jj' 1 they forget that on pome Wednesday SyiMh afternoons there are ball games? H Pi, I i( When Republicans act In so harmonl- ' 'j' ous and orderly a manner as at Chl- , (i cago, they need not expect to win the ' Hi, approval of the Democratic party. I C j Various Chicago politicians will have .'H J I ' 1 a poor opinion of a National convention 'V'h Ihfrt could not compare with one of their ' ' a' ward gatherings In dbility to start ' j trouble. , I. !, ' ., When It was stated that the purser j j of the Japanese transport Sado threw j overboard the specie she had on board ivhen her capture by the Russians waa i Jv; seen- to be inevitable, no one had any " ( , . idea that there was so much of it as 'h is now l'eported. The amount so thrown I ' Into '-the sea is now put at a million dollars in English gold. That would i ' . be ivo tons. If the story Is true, there 1 ') ought to be rich dredging in the TCo- I 'i rean Straits "when thla cruel war is I over," H 1. , .i, 1 ( Speaking of the underground talk that the Democrats may nominate Ht' ' 1 Grover Cleveland again for President, " ' the Springfield Republican thinks his 1 , nomination would make the campaign the most interesting one In forty years, and that "He would either he the wln- Hl I ner of an extraordinary triumph over 1 , both Republican and Democratic foes i or the worst-beaten candidato since ' 1 jl - Horace Greeley beat the record." The Republican had two guesses, and its I second one was correct. ' ' . ' ' I ' ' It seems that the American corre- ' ' Bpondent who succeeded in getting into ' i, j Port Arthur and was In deadly peril of Hj , I being shot us a Japanese spy, was H i finally released by tho Russian com- , j mandcr on his being convinced that the j correspondent was merely after news, i j ' 9 on the ground that he was an idiot. The idea that a man would undergo such ' danger, toll, and privation merely to i,. Bet news was altogether beyond the Russian icjea.of sano procedure. And ijj , there is something to be said for that ' ' ' view. . , '' Grand Army Day at Park City was 1 Ji i 1 nn enjoyable occasion to the veterans t r ' ' of -the War of , the' Rebellion. They ')!!' I went up to the great camp from thlB 1 i L city and from Ogden, with high cx- ' I) J i pectatlons of a grand time, and came 'l J ? back protesting that those expectations , "ere tame compared with' tho reallza- f tion. Park City outdid even its fa- Hl j "i f. mous hospitality in welcome to and H! ;l' good treatment of the old army boys, Hiil The speaking was hearty and In excel- Hj (l f I lent taste; fully appreciative of the ln- H '' j dispcnnable services rendered by the H! I' f' , vetera.as to thel.r country. Senator i I i Kcurns, who has dono no much In aid 1 , ;i of their Interests, was especially happy H ' In his remarks, and was enthuslastlcal- Hj ,' 1 1 ly cheered. The department command- H V ij) f. cr, Mr. L. H. Clark, spoke well to the Hl l' toast, "The Army and Navy," the H,- i' Rev. Q. F. Cook captured the Jadlcs, and .Col. Geo. B. Squires spoko in happy-vein on "Our Country." It was a genial, pleasant time and. the old lads 'wiil be glad to go again to the Park for a pleasant outing' and campflre. |