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Special Washington Letter.J
' It costs nothing to be polite. John
.'Boyd, the agent of the Pacific railroad
magnate, Huntington, became a suc
cessful man of business by being po
lite, lie was an assistant doorkeeper
in the' national house of representa
tives when Mr. Huntington came there
io afak for n certain member of con
gress. The other doorkeepers paid r.o
Attention to him, but John Uoyd went
out of his way to accommodate the
Mrunger. Very soon after that he was
employed by Mr. Huntington and h is
prospered. He owns his own home, and
hl fortune Is made. It began by gocd
breeding and courteous treatment of
others.
There are many employes of the cap
ital building and many more in the
cxecuthe departments at Washington
who might well emulate the example
of John Hoyd. Some of them think
that they own the government. They
look away down at common folks.
(jomo of them are simply overwhelm
ing. They have the shadow of Cheo
terlieldhin courtesy, it is true, but the
substance Is woefully lacking. A rep
resentative of this species Is a fairly
.good-looking man, and rather young.
His barber gies him regular and care
ful attention. He presents a large ex
posure of shirt-front, spotlessly white
ntid creaseletsly stiff, a high collar and
n necktie of the latest bhapc and llgurc.
No writer of books on etiquette could
find a flaw in his manner or word.
'They are us exact ob the multiplication
table. Hut the oppressiveness of dig
nity which be lets fall on those who
uddress him is appalling. The farmer
or artisan who may have talked with
senator, and found him pretty much
ns other men are, will not have appre
ciated how great some representatives
of the people can becomo until he
.meets one of these rare clerks. ,
The young man particularly referred
1o here is a clerk in the state depart
ment. He has more diplomacy in his
head and less in his manners than any
other man in the city. A ery ordi
nary man in size and appearance en
tered the room which this clerk oc
cupies and asked where the ollice of
the chief of the consular bureau could
be found. The dude never raised his
eyes from the newspaper before him.
The question was angrily repeated, and
the department dude languidly je
eponded, without lifting an eyelid:
"Ask a messenger." The visitor
stepped into the room, knocked the
paper out of the hands of the clerk,
.-fdapped his arm und said: "You im
pertinent rascal, get up and lead me
to the chief of the consular bureau or
I'll bate you out of this office in live
minutes."
His dudeship hastened to obey, for
Jie realized that he was dealing with
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" YOU IMPERTINENT RASCAL."
n member of congress. lie never ut
tered a word, but simply acted the part
of a mes'wngcr ns ho was ordered to dn.
ihe Pennsylvania congresman who
told me this story would not allow me
'to publish his name; but he said: "1
found that the fellow has a mother de
pendent upon him, or 1 would hate
had him instantly dihcharged. Hut
Uod help the mother vt ho depends upon
such a son for her bread and butter."
When Abram S. Hewitt, of .New York,
wns a member of congress ho was ie
.garded as the most nervous man in
-the house of representatives. All
-noises were disagreeable to him, and
4 ho hammering of the speaker's gavel
would seem to give, him actual pain.
On one occasion he had a man arrested
-for keeping a roostcrin nn adjoining
yard; for the domestic bird had iir
tquircd the disagreeable habit of lifting
up his voice and crowing long before
daybreak. The court decided in favor
'of the rooster, and Mr. Hewitt moved
'from ilio neighborhood.
Soiuj men are natuially nervous, ai.d
tome aien are naturally almost too
mean io live. It is strange and almost
tvoiicltrful bow distressingly over fond
'Of quiet, how averse to the sound of a
ipleased chltd's laugh, how prono to
growl "stop that noise" at the boy
it .tlay, some people are. One cannot
help wishing that some of them might
be 'transmigrated into a deaf and dumb
world awl kept there until they could
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get over their aversion to juvenile din.
One of these growlers recently wrote
to Major of Police Moore, signing a
name that doca not appear in the city
directory and failing to give any ad
dress, as follows:
''Cannot the children of the publlo
schools be made to 'move on' and into
the schoolhouses or to their homes?
Why should our homes ho made per
fectly wretched for hours each day
with the screaming and bad conduct
of these boys and girls?"
It would be hard to fancy a home
more wretched than the grave-like
domicile presided over by a silent ogro
such as the one who wrote that let
ter. Thank goodness there are not
enough such people in the world to stop
the whirl of the penny top or the sport
of a game of tag. The man who grum
bles and growls because children are
noisy would kick if he was playing
football. The man who would invoke
the aid of the police department to
strangle mirth and garrote happiness
would complain if he heard an angelic
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choir singing "Peace on earth, to men
good will." As a matter of fact, when
the angels came here singing that
song, they found it to be so unwelcome
a strain that they tlew back through
the pearly portals and hate never been
heard of since.
Senator Turpie, of Indiana, has al
ways been a nervous man, and during
his incumbency of a scat in the senate
he has been almost driven crazy by the
page boys and others who make all
sorts of noises. He does not like to have
senators about him snap their fingers
J to attract the attention of the pages.
He does not like to have himself jostled
by senators and others passing back of
his chair. He is pitifully nervous. But
he is a very good man, and always
speaks in a kindly manner to the boys
and men employed about the senate.
Senator Ingalis, of Kansas, was so ex
cessively nervous that he could not en
dure the scratching of a pen-or the
noise of a typewriter in bis committee
room. Consequently nil of the writing
had to be done when he was absent:
This made it rather hard on his private
secretary, who had to do his work at
odd times and under all sorts of circum
stances. He was not only nervous, but
impatient and autocratic; and some
people said that he was altogether too
aristocratic. He had a brass railing put
around his desk to keep the general
public from coming into contact with
him. He would receive them al) and
talk with callers, but they could not
get to him and make themselves fa
miliar with him. His successor, Sen
ator McMillan, of Michigan, had that
brass railing taken away, and allowed
the people who have business in that
committee room to come right up to the
chairman and talk business. Senator
McMillan is not nervous.
"I don't mean to be profane," says
Senator Money, of Mississippi. "I nm
simply nervous and am obliged to ex
press myself in a nervous manner."
Strange as my ultra religious friends
will regard it, that statement Is abso
lutely true. The senator does not mean
to bo profane, and he is one of the most
refined gentlemen in the world. Hut
he (3 nervous and somewhat excitable,
and on such occasions he is a little pro
fane in his cjaculatory remarks. It was
simply because of n nervous irritability
that he got into an altercation last year
at the capitoi with another congress
man, when they threw ink bottles and
other missiles at each other. It would
beem to be well for extremely nervous
people to carry guardians with them, to
.manage their tempers for them.
Librarian Spofford, the man whose
genius has developed the vast con
gressional library, nnd because of
whose persistence nnd insistence the
magniflcentcongresslonal library build
ing was provided for by congress, is one
of the most polite and magnetic men in
public life. Men and women are. drawn
to him by his manners; because no mat
ter how busy he may be he is at all
times accessible, polite, agreeable, and
even genial. Such men are bound to
prosper in this world, and when they
depart this life leave behind them,
footprints of love in the sands of time.
SMITH D. PRY.
One Way to (let Even.
Mrs. Bingo (excitedly) Say, the Bax
ters, next door, are going to have their
house painted brown; now we must
have our's painted a little lighter shade.
Mr. Bingo (testily) I suppose it
they had their house painted pure
white, you would want one a lighter
Bhode.
Mrs. Bingo No, I wouldn't. I'd burn
oft coal every day the wild was right.
-Harlem Life.
WOMAN AND HOME.
THOROUGHNESS PAYS.
Why Parents Should Develop Precision
and Accuracy In Children.
There is no habit that young people
can acquire that is likely to be so valu
able to them in every relation of life as
the habit of being exact. Indeflnite
ness is a crying fault of youth. It is an.
easy thing to get into slipshod hablU
of thought and work. Such work may
be brilliant, but unless work is directed
toward a definite purpose it is valueless.
Thought that appears in brilliant
flashes Is as useless for guidance as the
light of a jack-o'-lantern. A beacon
light must be steady and certain. Th
value of a fixed definite purpose in life,
steadily adhered to, cannot be overesti
mated. It is the secret of success, end
so fully is this recognized that some
one has defined genius merely as the
power of persistence. He who has
ability to maintain a fixed purpose in
spite of disappointments and apparent
failures, must, in the end,' win, if he U
guided by honor and truth.
Exact habits are best formed In
youth. It. is next to impossible for a
man or woman who has grown up in
"huppy-go-lucky" habits of work to
turn back and learn' to be exact. Par
ents often excuse inaccuracy and care
less ways in children on account ot
their youth. It is a great mistake to do
this. While youth cannot be justly bur
dened with the cares of age, yet what
ever a young person is called on to do
should be accurately done. The com
mon habit of acquiring a smattering
of many tilings should be discouraged
as a vice. It is far better for the young
student to have two studies and pursue
these to the definite purposo of com
prehending them thoroughly than to
take up a dozen, of which he can only
ecure a frivolous knowledge.
The habit of giving simple, accurate
Information is a most rare and valuable
one. Not one person in ten can give def
inite, clear directions on any stated
tubject of which they have full knowl
edge. Yet this is a habit which success
ful business men are compelled to ao
julre. The trained specialist in any
branch of art or science is chiefly valu
ablebecausehehaslearned to crystallize
his information and reduce it from
vaporous theory to something that can
be made practical. From the earliest
childhood, children can be taught to
be exact and clear. This is the chief
value of the kindergarten system.and it
should be supplemented by home
training for the same object. Children
who learn to know what they arc
taught clearly and definitely will have
nothing to unlearn, no superstitions
and false ideas to correct when they
reach maturer vears. An early train
ing in definite, correct methods of work
has trained the mind as well as the
hand, so thnt.tlje small student from
these schools is at once ready to enter
the paths of higher knowledge by a
royal road. N. Y. Tribune. u
A HANGING BASKET.
IIow to Make One from a Number of Or
dinary Dottle Cork.
Ordinary bottle corks may be used
or many kinds of fancy work. One of
the prettiest ways of using them it
given in the Boys' Own Paper, from
which the illustration is taken. If you
do much cork work it is advisable to get
a special knife, for the ordinary knife
will dull with but little use. A small
round of pasteboard must be cut for the
TRETTY WAY TO USD CORKS,
bottom and on this the first cork is to
be glued. Mucllngc will not bold. Ar
range the corks like brick work; that
is, overlapping, and build the basket
like the figure. When finished and dry
coat the inside with oil paint, going
over it twice, so ns to insure that the
basket wll' be water tight, a necessary
precaution against the softening of
the glue. It is better to extend the
wires well down the sides, especially if
a pot is to be placed inside the basket,
left Over from Breakfast.
An economical housewife, whose fam
ily dinners are always good, occasion
ally utilizes the cupful of cold oatmeal,
hominy or wheat left from breakfast in
the following way: A thin layer of the
porridge is put in the bottom of a small
pudding dish nnd seasoned with
sprinkling of grated cheese, salt and
pepper, and then a few tablespoonfuh
of stewed tomatoes added. Another
layer ie seasoned in the same way.
Sometimes the top layer is dusted with
fine bread crumbs. The dish is heated
through and browned in the oven and
served with roast meat. At other times
a cupful of gravy and the tomatoes are
used in making this excellent course.
Occasionally it is used as the base of a
good pudding, either hot or cold, and is
eaten with whipped or plain cream, and
preserved fruit, or a sauce of stewed
truit.
CHINESE WOMAN DOCTOR.
Only One Ever Graduated from as Anar
lean Medical College.
Mrs. Dr. Kim Eca da Sllva is the only
Chinese woman graduate of an Amer
ican medical college. Recently she lee
turcd before the Christian Endeavor
society of the Calvary Presbyterian
church, in Pan Francisco, and proved
that she is a very interesting woman,
worthy of a name which is euphonious,
but occupies nearly a line of type.
It appears, says the New York World,
that she was given by her father, after
her mother's death, and while he was
still a very young child, to Rev. and
Mrs. D. B. McCartee, who were among
the early missionaries to China. When
only seven years old she was brought
to this country and remained a year
nnd a half, returning nine years later.
With the exception of a year in Mrs.
Life's famous old school in Westches
ter county, N. Y., all her education has
been received from masters and gov
ernesses until she entered the Wom
an's Medical college, the New York In-
ONLY CHINESE WOMAN DOCTOH.
firmary for women and children, from
which she graduated with distinction io
1SSS.
This was followed by two years hos
pital practice in New York and Wash
ington. Her stay in the latter place
was while her adopted father was sec
retary at the Japanese legation. The
family returned to the orient and all
took up missionary work, the little doc
tor practicing the while among her peo
ple. In Tokio three years ago she mar
ried a Spanish merchant, Eca da Sllva.
Business interests took him to Hono
lulu, but the enervating climate did not
agree with her, and it was decided to
come to California. With them is their
little year-old son.
Dr. da Sllva is recuperating, and the
stay in California may be prolonged in
definitely. She has been induced to
take up a work recently instituted
here that of interesting the 'young
people's societies in foreign missions.
To that cud she will lecture next month
through southern California. Her last
talk was replete with interest. She
gave an insightkinto the life of Chinese
women, and told of the possibilities for
them. She urged a course in medicino
for those who would go into missionary
fields, as in that way the home lifo of
people could be reached, and while
healing the bodies the hearts could be
reached. She gave as the reason why
Christianity had not done more for her
people that it had notreacbed the wom
en, who, even in virtual bondage as they
are, exert a far-reaching influence.
Dr. da Sllva speaks fluently in the
most cultuted English and seems ever
ready with bright anecdotes. She is,
after her race, small, has a cheery,
bright manner, and superior intelli
gence has robbed her face of even a sug
gestion of Mongolian stolidity.
About Winter Crepons.
A practical hint of the future is gath
ered from the gossip of the shops. One
of the richest yet most conservative of
the dry goods stores when sending two
buyers abroad in search of woolen
goods for next winter instructed them
not to buy crepon, believing this fabrio
to have had its day of fuvor with Amer
ican women. At last report these buy
ers cabled home that they must buy cre-
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on ns there is little or nothing else in
e European market for the next sea
son. At another house at great repute
more than two-thirds of the wool sam
ples received for next winter are crepon,
but in new and fanciful weaving, dif
ferent from anything now seen. These
crepons of the future are also two-toned,
Fonie ot them changeable, others in
stripes and plaids.
These facts are of value to economists,
who find crepons at greatly reduced
prices filling the counters of the shops,
many of them a dollar less in the yard
than was asked at the beginning of the
season. Black, cornflower blue, golden
brown, and violet are apparently safe
colors to buy, and it is well also to look
for those barred or striped in two colors,
nnd also dotted, as a season of fancy
fabrics is predicted. Harper's Bazar.
New Thing for Housekeepers.
Qelatine capsules that can be turned
into a soup in a few minutes and pow
ders that are quickly transformed into
sauces for meats are some of the re
sources for light and instantaneous
housekeeping. Some of the capsules
while perhaps they do not provide very
nourishing food, are certainly a bless
ing to the dyspeptic traveler who can
not always procure a good cup of tea or
coffee. A box of the capsules, a cupful
of not water ana salt ana pepper, and
lo, one bos a well-flavored hot drink
more tempting than a cup of hot water.
True religion is sweet reasonableness
ana sanctinea common senswj
Thomas.
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REVIEW OF TRADE.
Business Stagnation IacMentto- Day Fr-
ceding Election Th Week' radiant.
New York, Oct. 31. E. O. Don 4
Ca's Weekly Review of Trade says:
A market without anything but politics to
rtile It h not often seen. Business Is almost
abolished until after the election by th extra
ordinary pressure for money, by the tndlipo-,
sltlon ot anybody to sell who thinks a great
change for the better Is near, by the feeling
that It Is now of no use to contract or buy,
when so little time remains before- a decision
and by the general absorption of business meat
In political activity. The feature of the week
has been the pressure In the New York mo nor
ma ket. In spite ot the heavy arrivals ot gold.
Quttatlons of call loans at 10) per cent, or
mors have no real meaning, except that, with,
practically four holidays to come la succession,
them Is really no market
Wlieat has declined sharply, but la. rtstasr
again, closing about Ho lower for the week.
Heavy realizing of tVe spot sales, extreme
monetary pressure In carrying- supplies and
bellel of foreigners that they can get what they
want at lower prices by present abstention,
have mate-tally helped the powerful Chicago
influence, which has labored to depress prices.
The speculation In wool continues, and has
taken during the past four weeks :&.8Jl,luO
pounds, against 23.783,830 last year and 2S.US.
053 In 1892, although less than halt the capacity
of mills Is employed. It Is a gratlf jrlogf eature.
however, that about 12 establishments have
started during the week, In confldence that
business will be larger hereafter. There is yet
only a slight Improvement In the demand for
light-weight woolens. Iron has been bought
largely by speculators.
An encouraging feature is a further advance
in prices of leather, wool, bessemer pig Iron.
whcat,r Indian corn, lard, raw and refined
sugar and for crude and refined petroleum.
Only moderate orders have been placed for
woolen goods for spring delivery, but manufac
turers are disposed to buy some raw material.
Total exports ot wheat (flour Included as
wheat), from both coasts ot the United States,
amounted to 3.340.00J bushels this week, ex
clusive of shipments from Galveston, no re
port ot which his been received, compared
with 4.0CT.0J0 last week. !,7,000 In the last
week of October, IS9V, 2,931.003 bushels In the
like week of 1831, 2.880,003 bushels In 1893. and
as compared with 3.714.0-0 bushels In the cor
responding period of IE92. Exports ot Indian
corn amount to 397,00) bushels this week,
nearly 4W.000 bushels less than last week, one
third more than In the corresponding week ot
1895, 15 times as much as In the corresponding
period of 1891 and three times as much as la
like weeks of 1893 and 1892.
Mercantile failures throughout the United
States have declined In number this week, the
total being 2S, against 292 last weolt, 99 In the
same week one ear ago. 153 In the correspond
ing period two yean ago and as compared with
8S3 In the like week of 1693. There are 37 busi
ness failures reported from the Dominion of
Canada this week, against 43 last week and a'
like number In the same week one year ago,
but as compared with 49 two years ago.
D EATH IN A KISS.
The Diphtheria Microbe Gets In Its Work
on it Lover. f
iNDiANAroLis, Ind., Oct 31. Dr.
Hurty, secretary of the state board of
health, is very much disturbed over a
case of diphtheria in Bartholomew
county, lie insists upon withholding
the names, but it is the case of a young
lover whose sweetheart was taken ill,
and the young- man hastened to her
side and kissed her before the discovery
was made that she had diphtheria.
The microbe got in its work and now
the younsr man is at death)) door. Dr.
Hurty said to-day; "I am convinced of
the difficulty we should meet with in
trying to taboo kissing among lovers.
Although a most dangerous pastime,
there seems to be an inherent tendency
to indulge in it, and we have little
hopes of ever being able to do away
with it I may recommend a disin
fectant for the use of lovers."
Cardinal Hohentohe Dead.
Rome, Oct. 31. Cardinal Prince Gus
tav Adolph von Ilohenlohe-Schillings- ,
furst, brother of Prince von Hohen-
lohe-Schillingsfurst, the imperial chan
cellor of Germany, died here this
morning. lb Was born, February 20,
ISiS, an.4 created cardinal June 22,
18CC Cardinal Uohenlohe was the
ranking member of the sacred college
in respect of priority of appointment
and held the appointment of arch
priest of the Basilica in Rome. He had
been ill for several weeks. J
Mormon War in Kentucky.
Asulasd, Ky.,Oct 3L Reportnfrom
Elliott county state that the oppo
sition to the advance of the Mormon
religion is becoming very violent
throughout that entire country, and
that all tho ciders have been fright
ened out of the country. Several seri
ous affrays have resulted between the
opposition ond tho sympathizers, ani
a recent shooting affray near Sandy
Hook has only aggravated the already
threatening conditions.
Anthracite Coal Discovered In Canada.
Tobosto, Ont, Oct 31. Coal has
been discovered near Sudbury in the
Algoma district which is believed to
be Identical with the anthracite found
in the region of the Lehigh valley,
Pennsylvania, except that it contains
no sulphur. The extent of the deposit
has not been definitely ascertained,
but as far as investigation has pro
gressed it is known to cover an area of
at least 100 acres.
A Young Itrlde.
Linn Cheek, Ma, Oct 31. Nathan
Jackson and Effle Woods, of Nonsuch,
Camden county, have been granted a
license to marry by Recorder LaswelL
The bride is a mere child of ten years
and the groom 20. It is the only mar
riage on record in this county where
the bride was under 14 years of ago
and the people of the community are
indignant at the parents giving their
consent to the marriage. &
Rain and Flood In France.
Paris, Oct 31. Heavy storms and
floods have occurred in southern
France. The river Rhone has risen to
such an extent that it has overflowed
its 'banks in several places. Roge- "'
maure, Becuaire and Velabregue have"- '
been inundated and the ancient am-
phitheaters and casino have been "
flooded-
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