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icET mm. SMA'.L COY AND DIG VOICE. Chicago the Railroads ,;rh Controls; or the Government? ASAziNfi roisroKATE INFLUENCE. .pn la the Senate Grand Achieve- nt of A me rlean Art The Ilnmptloua Ulng Everything In Sight. . iiif. and the Stranger. WVs,UN0Tcn. March 0.-lSpal.--Thc , , ,Hvs of cons were marked by (loam w tho hoU80 of ft Mll to thcpa-'f- ...ininir. It was nskcd for F?tl,0 railroad companies In tho conn- iU nd tho railway corporations In pass tl7,fw;. 11 tfuvo a BlKiuU exhibition of wr In tho lower branch. Whllo tL u in honest dlfferenco of opinion as I l mbllo rollc-y of driving the ticket i...fiutof liusincss, mo um us u ,.um Lr(J . . I- fur too drastic. For instance, X tTwurt ho purchased hy tho person SL to M then,. A .nun "no under tho law buy a ticKcs ior i . 3i must go and buy it herself. " n-ned by Ilallroad Corporation. tha bill camo up for passage, a ,.n stationed in the gallery and looking rote ior wiw u' "uu ! ti a newspaper correspondent Slior with the politics In roost of tho fl ..That man belongs to tho Vandcr- '"that one to tho Northwestern, to tho Atchison," "there Is Jirwhois owned by the Burlington," !L i. n raht becauso he votes as tho L. and N. tells him." These were samples .wnrterizations. In most cases lie The extent to which tho rail "a nmorations of tho country control votcB upon tho floor of both house and sen u national scandal. The wonder Is that the railroads are not able to get every thin thev want. I do not mean to say w. M the men who voted for this law rtwncd bv railroads, but a majority of them were. There never will be any reform in this matter till political parties w,fnrmiHl. One party is about as bad m another in this respect. IIoollo Sangeely." One of tho amusing incident of tho re mi. Cuban debate In the senate was a bout between Senators Lodge and White oonoerning pronunciation of Spanish names.1 Senator Lodge Is well known as a scholar. A year ago he visited bpaln, nA it la sucDOsed acquired some knowl edge of the Spanish language. It was only natural therefore that when Senator White, in an effort to ridicule the Jingoes who had been demanding that warships should be tent to Cuba, pronounced the name of Julio Sangullly as"Hoollo Sangeely,"and made the senate and the galleries laugh by doing so, Mr. Lodge should come to the rescue. Mr. Lodge accused Mr. White of nlioronounclns Spanish names, and said the Question was too serious a one to be taxafwi In that manner. But Senator Thita turned the tables very neatly. lie ihowed that he not only knew how to pro Bounce Soanlsh names, but that he could read the Spanish language. Senator White is said to be the only cpanlsh scholar in the senate, and it will be a long time be fore Mr. Lodoe tackles the Californian again on a question of Spanish pronuncla Hon. Sorao of the Spanish names trouble our itatesmen very much. Asa rule they get tbera all-wrong. Senator Sherman, the new secretary of state, stumbles over all foreign names, except thoso In most com mon uso. Some years ago he greatly ' Amiiowl f Via uin.f a travel a ton t.1 tr Teforrlncp toSamoaas'Samrov-oh." A senator cor rected him, whereupon Mr. Sherman used the right pronunciation just onoe. Then he relapsed to his"Saimny-oh,,,amld gon aral smiles. Sccretury Sherman admits hie Inability to cope with the pronuncla lion of foreign names; but says, quite truly, that pronunciation is a matter of imall consequence. When Major McKinley stood before tho multitude at the east front of the capltol, ho looked for the first tlmo upon one of tho grandest achievements of American art and architecture. I mean tho new library f congress, which made a mangitlcent foreground for the entrancing picture. Its golden dome, its classical outlines, its no ble facade, were things which every one of liiovast throng of Americans present could be proud of. Those who waited till the excitement of the day was ovr and visited the interior of the building were lost In wnazement The new library is the most beautiful building In the world. Its store sf richness, In both decoration and arcbi toctural lines. Is not equaled by any palace la the old world. It is the show placo of the satlonal capital. It Is the Mecca of all tialtors. President McKinley himself has fleara so much of the glories of the new tructure that ha says he Is going to take a few hours some afternoon and look It over. At last tho United States has a perfect building. At last it has a publio building which is beyond criticism. Bost of all, it H an American work. The Selfish Benate. There has been a irmaa deal of dls?atls faction at the manner In which the senate took exclusive charge of the arrangements for the inauguration at the capltol. Tho senate acted upon the assumption that this was a ceremony with which the house of representatives had nothlns whatever to do. The house was invited to bo present but only as guests. All authority rested witn the senate. This notion was carried to such an extreme that the stand erected ' for the accommodation of tho presidential party and invited cruests was built alto gether on the senate side of tho capltol, the ursc time this was done. There have been the Usual comnlninta nhnufc unfair distri bution of tickets, the sennto being charged With "hoffffinir" oYrrvt.hin.ff in slcht. I nm reminded of a comical Incident of the Hayes inauguration. There was some squabble about the tickets then, nnd cards Jf admission to the presidential stand were Issued bv rival niithnritVa. It chanced that when Justice Miller of tho supremo wurt walked down to take his seat near President Hayes he found his chair occu pied by a strati cror. ThA luatlre demanded that the chair bo vacated, but its occujunt was not willing to comply. Some words ensued, when the Justice became provoked Jd resorted to violent measures. Justice Miller was a perfect srlant In elxe and strength. The interloper was a little fel- ow. in a twlnkllnff the people in that Prt of the stand were surprised to see the ' Justice grab the little chap by the throat, lift him bodily out of the chair and hke him as a terrier would shake a rat. Aa soon as the Judge let him down the "mailman scampered away, accompanied They Create a Commotion on "L- Train. Tho and his voice were not mules. That was evident tl tho former attempted tuiso tho latter. Tho (mo was r.U quite a "5 foot bnv," while tho other would "7 foot voter." Thtyboth K;lt en v.n Alley h train ut (JonriH streot, rnd tho boy unO-crtoo'c tl fay Kuincthiiv; about having 5 o'clock iKi'.on to soil,' whercuiK-n tho windows; rattled uixl car bewail to rock The nlil in-m vi! had jnniiM'd rohih that his head nearly struck tho ro:,f looked at tho boy re proachfully for u Dioiuent mid thou temptcd to hiDiiorons. 'A little louder, please," ho neid. "Hnhf 'retnrnethho boy iiKiuirin-Jy. "SiHak u lit t lo louder. Havo you lost your voice r Tho other ia::sciiEPrn l-.u-'licd. and the boy Koemed noinwb:;t (liKonlitcd. "Paper?" ho iihLed, going cloro to tho man. "No," replied tho nun, cratificd nt the Kuccess of lii.s little i :l;o. "I m:is merely wondering why yon didn't speak out instead of whispering." clunn:ey, Kinolio is iouriiig. The boy wus elono to tho man's oar by this time, and ho let out u cry of ""Evening pajiers 1" that fairly jarred the engineer. Ho got to the door first, and the hook that tho old man threw after him mere ly raised a bnmp on tho side of the con dactor's head. Chicago Times-Herald. LIGHTNING. A Frrllo That Wan IJeautlful if Terrlfr- tiiff and Hurt No One. "Speaking of lightning rods," said an army oflicor, "when I was at West Point, old Jlank Kendrick, our profess- At five minutes pa t 4 a Kho;;t iv r: tho crowd irdicdtcs tho ajj. roach i f the threo hu-n c.ok wa;,'':in, each wevjlr':!': 20 toii.s and drav:i ,y hjx J,r:;rii. irn tno lirst of them rise three out of which black This wagon carries t!ie Id foot . conki:;-' ranj,-o, where iire'j wcio M irtt d tli! lao inent the w::;;on was uulonded from tho train. Already, while rolling toward tho circus ground., tho ten cooks have been making nctio prcp::rat it.n.s for tho break fast which met bo served within two hours to 700 hungry people. When tho threo wagonn have drawn up on tho H.'to of the Htill unrait-ed cool; tent, threo butchers with heavy cleavers at onco begin work upon tho Bides of beef, legs of mutton and loins of pork (500 pounds in all) that ruist forthwith bo (-hanged into steaming steaks, chops and cutlets. A boiler is ot up and steam pipes are connected from it with tho big urn which must furnish 2,000 cups of colleo Kl.ovtly, and with tho warming pans on the tables wliero tho meats are served. Whilo this is doing by ono set of men, others are raising tho tent, building 12 long tables and unpack ing 20 largo green boxes that contain 6,000 dishes and countless kitchen uten si la McCluro's Magaziuo. Itobert Collyers Father. And now about my father, writes the Rev. Robert Collycr, D. D., in The La dies' Home Journal. I think still he was as good a smith as I have ever known, a man who would forge no lie in iron or steel, with soft, steadfast brown eyes, strong and sinewy arms to labor and never sick a day I can re member, always at his work until he fell dead that day with the hammer in his hand. Blacksmiths, I think, are usu ally silent, inen. The old Beechers were, CUPID HAS AN ENEMY PERSISTENT SOLICITORS WHO DETER WOULD BE DCNEDICTS. Matrituoulal Vntur- Mal Extra Hazard uu by the Hunt For ltulu-H A Hair KaUing; Warning From a Life Imturaur Man. When tho young man walked into the newspaper olileo ana timidly nsKeu tno society editor if ho would kindly insert a notice of his approaching marriage, he little thought of tho trouble ho was bringing down upon his head. Tho announcement was printed Sun day. When ho reached his ofllco Mon day, ho found a stack of letters waiting for him, every ono addressed in a hand writing ho did not know. Ho whistled when ho opened tho first, ditto tho sec ond, looked a bit surprised at tho con tents of tho third and swore fluently through the balance of the pile. At noon there were more. At night there were others. Dospito tho evident curiosity of his fellow laborers in the office ho did not take a soul into his confidence until the third day. Then he remarked to his deskmates : "Say, the great American life insur ance man isn't overlooking any bets these days, is ho?" ""Wherefore this outburst?' For answer the groom to be went to a drawer and produced a 6taek containing 147 letters he said that was the exact number, though his friend did not count them the accumulation since that fate ful Sunday morning. "Every blamed ono of them is from some agent for some life insurance com- "lo not leave your" wifo and babies deinhnt on charity." Tho elocutionary ctrec.t the benedict to bo throw into thy reeling of these ex tracts gained him a round of applam-e from liia companions, it also brought to him tho knowledge that every other man in tho office who was married in Chicago had been bimilarly alllicted lint that brought no balm to his soul, and ho continued to kick. Ho didn't think it tho proper thing to do and he announced his intention of writing a circular letter to tho various individuals who had importuned him to "take a risk" and informing them of his feel ings. "Don't do it, my boy," said tho head bookkeeper. "Wait until after you ure married You will get forty of those things then to ono now, and then you'll have to get out another letter. Wait till then, and then you can address yourself at ono and the same time to the life in surance agent, the furniture dealer, the grocer, tho man who has a second hand Bewiug machine to sell, the philan thropist who wants to seo young jieople get along and who offers you a lot way out in tho suburbs that will make you rich in five years, tho rental agent, tho iceman, the milkman, the cockroach ex terminator, and all their kith and kiu. You'll hear from them all, for they all read the society columns of the daily papers and tho newly married are their legitimate prey. "Chicago Tribune. A NTv. jr.-.btv riMR STORV. A WAITER WHO LUST MONEY. He and Intrude! Upon a Conversation Didn't Oft a Tip. From their conversation they were evidently uncle and niece, and the lat ter was from the country. Her gown was trimmed with many ribbons, and GREECE GOES IT ALONE. F" rVSf ile KpruU Inau FquaX UUUl .i tit the Ntal.ea. A fruiit'!: .li.sh m the great Ameri can pame oi draw p-;kcr is such ft rarity that l It s person holding it is regarded as one of the most fortunate and blessed cf mortals. Devotees of that gamo will peruse the following story with incredu lity, but its absolute authenticitj' canw bo t eriiied by ut leat ten thoroughly reliable witnesses: A party of four play ers entered a place not a thousand milosw from Summit one niht not long ago and prepared to enjoy a few hours of' recreation at their favorite game. An other gamo in progress at the time was full, so the four players were obliged to start at an adjoining table. Tho "jack pot" camo around, each of the four players filled in, and the game proceeded. Tho cards, regulation pack, 63 cards, were cut by the player to the?' right of tho dealer nnd dealt out in the regular manner. The first player to the left cf the dealer opened the "jack pot,,r and each succeeding player in turn raised. The limit was 10 cents, and thee- players are usually l'ght bettors, so that the raising and lively chipping im before the draw created considerable eurprise. When the dealer prepared to serve the cards for thedr3W, each of tho players stood "pat," and tho betting again started. When each of tho players had chipped, in $10, it was decided to stop the bet ting, as that amount had never before been wagered on a game in the place and none of the players could afford to risk a greater amount When the hand were shown, some of the players almost succumbed to hoart disease, for there lay four straight flushos, ono of eacht suit and all running from four to eight. The pot was divided, and the dards; were carefully put away in a case to be preserved as a reminder of the greatest poker hands ever held in this section and probably in the United States. Summit N. J. ) Record. OLD "JIM CROW." Chi or oi cuemiMry, eiwuiwijr forth, used to give us an experiment with lightning rods, which is the only thing I recollect In connection wun thorn. He had a battery rigged up to furnish the lightning. Then he naa a house of blocks, a nice two story house pained white, with green shutters un this house was a lightning rod, a minia ture affair, made like tho ordinary light ning rod of commerce. He would make a few remarks on tho necessity oi uav- itio tlifl rod properly connected wun tno ground, explaining that wot earth or water connecting nirecuy wm earth was the very best Then ho would make a ground connection oi this Kino and proceed to fire a few big- ekctrio sparks, or lightning flashes, through tho rod. They would go through all right, not doing the slightest injury to the bouse. Then he would mae a iew i .L 1 - i.t tn f Via AfTMTt more remarics, mm w, that a little learning is a dSfigerous thing, and tell about a good mimai in the neighborbooa woowbdw w tect bis hotwe by a lightning rod and who had heard that water was a thing for the rod to end in. So he set j J V.nA if nA fft hUciS- UP t-DO roa anu u . tern, whore, as it was caiuv ed, there was always certain to be wa ter The old professor would then put tho end of the rod in a glass of water, to represent the cistern, ana iu his lightning.. The big spark would leap across to tho rod and down would como the house, a heap of blocks. "One of the most beautiful and at the samo time ono of the most terrifying eights I ever raw." roid anotl ior mem trr of the group, a veteran of the war "was down in Arkansas in 1802. I was drilling my regiment one summer after "hell n sudden t". camo up. The men had bayonets fixed, and as we started for camp were carry Eg their muskets at a right .houldcr shift. Suddenly there began at the tips of hose bayonets the most marvelous electrical display I had ever seen. Tho fightninf? played about them, dancing. oUing, flashing, Raping from one to another, as if it hugely en joyed the frol fo For an instant I thotight the whole company would be struck dow .. and tho men themselves were badly fright- ned No one was hurt or even shocked by tho brilliant dfcplaj.- York Sun. " Plalo. Mary Jane-Why does the man in tho the ban so iw yem .rw.n to Abner can i Juu t kit Bal him so mad lie can mn OUtW TUin Deal. as I have heard, who were cl this craft, silent men who left the pent up speech to their sons and grandsons. This was my father also. He was a silent man, while both father and mother were as free from contagions and infections as the sound oaks aro and the stars, so that the microbes, when they came in tho dread ful form of fevers, found nothing in them for prey. The Influence of Ferala. To understand the relation of Mussul man rule to religious and intellectual freedom we must note the influence of" the conquest of Persia on the Arab mind. When the invaders took the cap ital city of Known, they did not know the value of booty. Some offered to ex change gold for silver, and others mis took camphor for eulphur. They came like Bwarme of half starved locusts to devour the land. They were banditti of with no culture but tDe in pany who wants to insure my life. Each one represents the bost company on the face of tho earth. Each pays tho largest dividends. Each invests the money of its patrons to tbo very best advantage. Each moralizes on the uncertainty of lifo and seeks to impress upon me the solemn duty I owe to my wife that is to bo to get my life insured for a million or two of dollars. And each blessed ono has como sinco the announcement of my approaching wedding was priutod." The young man paused a moment, then ho dug into the pile and after a few moments' search produced a docu ment which ho shoved at his friend, imply saying : "Just look at the devilish ingenuity displayed in the construction of that thing." t , - The "thing" was about the site ox a theatrical poster known as a three sheet, in other word, three of them will paper tho side of a barn. Down the center, at piration of.the cW The only idea of j regular intervals, were a lot of mc4toe flovernment fn these tribea ' was the ' and warning exhortation printed In typo leadership or age ana vaior, aa rrprw-1 tnroe wmw ww -- ( k ,oiV -with a natural mix- i in red ink. Here is one choice extract On tne aoatu : frrsn the document: xa wiw tnra of hereditary respect. of Mohammed they broke into rebellion. Islam really came on the world like a fierce descent of desert clans on their foe Mohammed's ideal of government of life we are in death. ' "Let us call your attention that it k every husband's duty his solemn duty to provide for those .dependent upon ..,a v,;. onmrTwmi thronffh ' him No one knowoth when the angel Arabia to establish Islam and then to j of death may knock at the door of hovel collect tribute from the poor in camels , or mansion and how can one be prepared and sheep; also as plunder to meet the j for hia coming unless time is taken by ,ta of his cumfiaicn. Under these the financial forelock? Think of the ray circumstances it was an absomte neccs- 0f hope which breaks through the ciouos sity for the founders of the Mussulman empire in the east to adopt in the main the financial and administrative experi ence of their more cultured subjocts. Arabic names, customs, language, rites, penetrated the empire, but under their external forms appoared the native ideas and methods. Persians were the leaders and ehapers of Islamic culture The simplo Arabs learned of these larger brains and moro sensuous imag inations, music, architecture, sculpture, philosophy, wino and fine apparel Per sians wero the real founders and teach ers of tho great academic clubs and pchools. Johnson's "Oriental Reli gions." Afnjardi'e Tolee. Agnjari, hotter known as La Das-, tardella, had an incredibly high range of voice. Mozart heard her in 1770 and of bitter bereavement when the sorrow ing ones reflect that by the careful fore thought of the dear departed poverty has boon prevented from adding its horrors to those of the grave It is your duty to provide for your loved ones. Do not put it off until tomorrow, for in the lan guage of the poet, 'Tomorrow never comes. ' " There was another paragraph in the document that showed the touch of a master hand. It ran something like this : "Our policies aro devised and de signed to meet tho wants and needs of all people desiring insurance. They are liberal They are honest They bring the very best returns. We have ideal policies which we can safely recommend. Wo can and will guarantee endowment results at much less than endowment rates. And again we pledge ourselves to furnish paid up policies at far below the u in J I V i.oTu times as large as those of otner com- performed d! SSSii mUapolicies. Wealsomake for the human voice. During a great J""?". - rjaking liberal loans to tfJJ&oTA " lSA We are in car lima HTKre"the unmlstakaLle stamp of rural dressmaker. Notwithstanding that fact, she was good to look upon, and her interest in everything around her was vigorous and broad. . They found a table in a restau rant in the Tenderloin not far from the intersection of Broadway and Sixth ave nue at the dinner hour. "Yes," said the uncle, "I have been here long enough to become a pretty thorough New Yorker," and then he ordored a modest dinner. "This is one of the bang up restaurants, and you 11 always find first rate people here My boarding house is bang up, but this beats it all hollow." The niece straightened out a ribbon and then looked around in an emDar- raised way. She was struggling with a question. As if tho suggestion were al together improbable she asi:oa: "Did you ever see Jay Gould?" "Sure I have," he answered; "lots and lots of times. " "Did you ever seo Mr. Vanderbilt?" "Cornele?" said tho uncle inquiring ly. "Yes, indeed. When I boarded up town, I usod to soe Cornele noorly every day." "What did he look liko?" asked the niece, beginning to feel the importance of dining with a New York unolo who had seen millionaires. "Why, Cornelo Vanderbilt is ono man in a thousand," Baid tho uncle, puffing up with prale. "He is a tall, fine look ing man with a heavy black board. You would know him in any crowd for a man of imnortance. Ho wears his hair long and'V- " Pardon, m'sieur," interrupted the waiter, who had. begun to serve the soup, and who had stopped in surpriso as the city undo began to doscribo Cornelius Vanderbilt. "Pardon, m'sieur, but I haf had ze honor to serf Meoster Corne lius Vanderbilt, and you mako rocs mis take. Ho is not bceg, and he has not ze black whiskers, full beard, so. Ho is ono" "Just bring me a large spoon, wait er," interrupted the uncle. As the wait er got out of earshot he said: "You see, I haven't seen Cornelius Vanderbilt since I moved down town. He's changed a good deal since then, and I have heard that his whiskors had been trimmed." Tho waiter didn't have another op portunity to intrude in the conversation, and he received no tip, New York Sun. "Anna, your lover was 'gain in tna kitchen till 10 o'clock last night 1 can not allow that any more. " 'I, too, have .been thinking it wa eouldn't have supper a little earlier." Fliegende Blatter. IIow Bice Introduced Thla Unique acter to the Stace. In the early twenties Thomas Dartf mouth Rice first entered upon his theat rical career by "doing little negro bits' between the acts of plays, says tbtr writer in the Boston Herald. While in Louisville the theater at which he per formed looked out back upon an old! 6table yard, around which there was constantly lounging an old, decrepit slave named Jim Crow, who was so frightfully deformed as to appear inhu man. His left shoulder sloped off fromt the neck in a way that would indicate that the bone had been inverted. His lower limbs were dreadfully distorted, the left knee being a huge bony knot- . larger than his head, which caused hir to move about with a pitiful, yet ludi crous, hobble This forlorn darky was in the habit of crooning a queer old tune, and desig nated the close of each verse by taking: a peculiar step "rockin de heeL" Rices closely watched this unconscious per former, and concoived the idea of pro ducing a Bimilar stage character, whicbv he felt assured, would "tako" wonder fully. Accordingly, he made up precise ly as the original and appeared upon Louisville stage siDgiug a 6core of hu morous verses to the air slightly changed and quickened of the pocav wretched cripple. The audience received this innovation with bursts of applause encoring him a dozen times the first night. And thns "Jim Crow" jumpeol into fame and immortality. An IinpoHnible Sacrifice. A Hungarian paper says that Francist Deak, the Hungarian statesman, used to got rid of, troublesome visitors by telling them the following story : "Once,, when in Paris, Napoleon and I paid av visit to a hospital for old soldiers. Hero he perceived among the rest a inan who had lost one of his arms, and he entered! into conversation with him. "Where diAS you lose your arm? asked the emperor. "At Austerlitz, your majosty.' "Theny no doubt you curse the emperor awl your country every time you look at your mutilated limb?' 'No indeed, pro tested the veteran, "for the emperor ana my native land I would readily sacriffciv my other arm if needs ba.' "lean hardlyv believe that,' the emperor remtirkeOh and passed on. But the soldier, axudotaa to provo that he was in earnest, imme diately drew a saber from its sheath and loppod off his other arm. " Hero Deak would pause and tlx at penetrating look on his visiter. "WelL, what have yon to say of such a man and such an action?" "A mo wiblimo act of self sacrifice ! A truly noble char acter!" This was the style of reply in variably given. "But the story has one flaw," he weohl gravely add. "What is that, pray?" "It is simply imprac ticable. How could a one armed mam contrive to cut off his only remaining: arm?" A Small llnalneae Da 11 ding". The distinction of being the smallest business establishment in this city ik claimed for a diminutive Georgia pino building at 85 East Houston street,, where is located a candy, fruit and soda water business. The structure is fitted! tightly between two towering brick walls and covers an alleyway surface? which had not hitherto been considered susceptible of utilization. Ihe cost of tho tiny place was $150, and it rcnt for $200 a year. Its actual measure ments are 5 feet 4 inches front, 15 foa$ deep and 9 feet high. New York Her ald. Single Men Chaatlaed. Plato condemned the single men to m fine, and in Sparta they were driven stated times to the temple of Hercules by the women, who there drilled ths&a in true military style Married a VoreljrneT. "So old Brown is married at lartt . "Yes, and a furrinerI 'card,' . "A foreigner? No, an English lmdf.m "Ob, I 'card as 'ow she was a Tk tar." London Judy. - " worn ec laughter. WALTXa WBLIlf AX.