People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1894 — Grover Speaks. [ARTICLE]

Grover Speaks.

Stockton Mail. You hear me warble! Hear my dulcet tones! I spoke. Spoke; I. Grover, I, And 10, the earth shook, The stars turned pale, And the moon Hid her face. She could not have been, silver, then. I’ll teach her To be a gold moon, Or I'll know why, You bet! A compromise? Never! Nev—l’ll not permit it. There are two of us, The Lord and I I and the Lord— Who do not permit The plans and schemes of little men To stand between us And our end. Who talks of congress? Show him to me! Trot him out! I’ll sit dawn on him, And where’ll he then Be at? Hey? See! Congress? Congress be blowed! Congress isn’t in it With me. I’ll run congress; I’ll own it; It shall do my will, Or ’ll know T why. Hang Stewart at the yard-arm Of the ship of state; He’s no good. Wall Street says so, And Wall Street knows. Wall Street’s my friend; I’m Wall Street’s friend, See! We’re all right, I and Wall street. Remember the watchword “No compromise. ” We'll not permit it, I and the Lord, Who don’t permit Things.

Chicago newspapers have lately gone into merchandising in connection with their efforts to increase their circulation, to such an extent as to involve them in some difficulty with their large advertisers who object to the low prices and good values offered. The most notable instance of this is The Inter Ocean, which was compelled to dispense with its very popular Book Department for no other reason. It continues its World s Fair Portfolio Department, however, which is delivering about 11,000 per day at present and has just added a comprehensive series of “Views of the World,” and a book of music called “Harmonized Melodies” on the same plan. They are sold at a certain price provided the purchaser presents a certain number of coupons cut from the paper.

There are but few papers in this section of the country that can boast of such an extraordinary interesting feature as letters from S. E. .Sparling. Everybody in this part of the county knows Sam and his ability to write. You should read his letters and thereby gain a great deal of knowledge of life in foreign countries, that you will fail to find anywhere else. Farmer’s Institute.