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REPUBLIC, SA.TURDAT KVKMMi JJOJ-f JlBT -9. 1887. m ji V w J "IMITATIO CHRISTV' .Jl. olltary monk within liU celt Mbow walls dkl malt nn i-Jaml of hi Ufa, BjiroundtM b tlw w tnof war aril strife. Ilti hours oUlk'Di t the convent bell Util the craw h.il c..hI ujKn hU cvriw. A life soclu (il frttm iIh haunts of men; A soul that f mini an .tt toikv, by tho pen. For 1kik.- ami noitow, j j awl ul remcr?. A soul that long. J for i-unty. that taught Han's duty -.nMo lat tlmrn prul- anil sin. To conquer us.nn. to Li-i all white w ithiu. And shun a w urM v. it h lark an.1 evil fraught. Agra have past, y vt etilL nrald the strife. It heard the muste of trial far off l.fr William H A Aran WIIKELsTx WASHINGTON. BICYCLISTS AND THEIR CLUBS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. lion the Iron Steed urct M:ile to 1o Service for the llulrher, the linker and the Camlleotltk Maker A Wheel on tile l'urapel. f :ei-lal cunvfl.milrnce.1 Vasiiinotox, Jail. '.'(.The irinv vvbo ran In- frjwvial car on rails of glass and v. n. able to s'eep as well while traveling as at home in In-, jialace, was no lietteroff for tin most part than W-iween ",(XW mid 4.UM voiing inen in Washington. Asphalt hero tali's tho place of glass, awl wherever yon go through out this lieautiful capital you fintl it Iving Mnmtli, drv. du.th.-ss ami clean a-, the lloor of a New England or Virginia kitchen. Hail the capital omx- lieen n Venice, anil its canals lieen filed up vv ith a molten tMe of nsplialt. iteouM lie no liotter than it is. And mi it M true that Washington is the jwraJi.se of the bicycler. There are here upnaul of 4.t0 heels nn J as many hunJreil tricycles. Win ter ami summer alike they go spinning nlwut noiselessly, conquering ivaco for their lucky oiruersmth thet.pee.lof a race horse. The bicycler goes where he will, and ii as much protected by customs and courts as the pedes trian or horseman. Ills range of travel is not circumscrilied to any annoying extent by Belgian blocks, Xeufchatel or the old fash ioned cobblestone. Everywhere, or nearly everywhere, is asphalt It") miles of it, in avenues sometimes KM feet wide and never less than s) feet. Americans can Isi proud of this if tbey please: Washington has more street area than any other city in the world. Paris has 23 Jier cent, of streets toentire area; London, about the same: liorlin, 20 jier cent ; New York and Vienna, 35 ier cent , but Washington, 41 per cent Besides the city pavement, there are scores of miles of coun try roads, finely macadamized with flint MILK. The environment is developing a new species of travelers. And it is not all n mat ter of amusement, but a practical, safe, speedy and exceedingly comfortable means of ilaily locomotion. The clerks in the public departments are great riders, and I am told the general average of health among Iheiu has been greatly improved since the advent of cycling. One of the veteran clerks of the postofflce depirtnient, w1k for twenty years trudged back and forth the two miles le tween his home and the department, noiv goes sweeping along through the air as if gifted with wings. His hair is white as snow. At kis side hangs his lunch basket, on his wheel is fastened a haversack to carry 1,'iooks or whatever small daily purchases lie may make. For him life lias lieen made easier and pleasanter, if not prolonged. The Uses to which the bicycle ami tricycle are put here in Washington are manifold and decidedly practical 'ewlioy make their routes on the outskirts of town astride of them. Telegraph Iwys scurry aliout at all hours of the ilay and night on the stout little machines provided for them. Workmen, like pmmliers, rave their precious time by tread lug to their jobs with locomotive sjieed. On Capitol hill an old colored man makes a go.l living peddling milk with a tricycle. He works OVEIt THE BRIDGE. his way about qui kly and easily, stops and starts without delay or danger of having his stock in trade run away w ith and spilled out Some of the largest dry goods concerns keep several tricycles to deliver goods. Several boot and shoe stores send their goods by tri cycles. Laundry tricycles are numerous. Their light willow iamers are large and ra jwcious, and thero must bo great convemence and economy in their use. The saving gen erally in the matter of horse feed and care is liecomiug day by day demonstrably captivat ing to tradesmen who have a great numlier of small artiil to handle and must necessa rily deliver their goods in order to hold their own in the competition of trade. Washington is one of the few places where bicycling has been made the nucleus of club life. The Capital Bicyclo club has a memlier t hip of about 125 young men, whoso vim nnd p'dekhavo been well shown in the building of a very lian lsoine club house on Fifteenth street facing the White Lot liack of the White House. It is n thiwj story lirii k structure, designed cxpi-essly for bieylers and tricyclers. The main ci.traneo is a broad Iloman arch, under which the clubmen ride in nnd out with no fsniill amount of pride. On tho first floor is the "stable, " where each member stalls LAfNIlKV WHEEL. his wire steed, the stall being a slit in the wainscoting, into which his edge of the whl is run to hoi 1 it ill an upright position. To the rear, on the same floor, is a well supplied too', room with bench and wheel horses where he bruised and broken machine may be mended. Here, too, is a washroom with every convenience for removing all traces of a tug over a muddy country road. On the secend floor is the jrarlor. the club room proper, and the library. Each is most tastefully furnished. Polite attendants look after the comfort of the club members and their visitors, and if a glass of wine or a bone of turkey is wanted, it will be before you in a trice. On tho w alls hang scores of sketches, in crayon and water color, of scenes visited by the club tourists on their summer rides across the country. la the windows hang fine, large negatives of bi cycling grouj s. Every picture has n history that weaves it in with the life and purpose of It; '" 0" -' third fluor are the billiard, TilV card and fencing rooms. :vo space is imm for the tyro m wheeling. Every memlierof the club is supposed to lie an expel t vvieii he joins. Out on the asphalt of an evening you mav any time see grouiw of expert club riders practicing. They ride in couples and fours, platoons, echelon and tingle file. Mounting and dismounting at the shriek of the captain's whistle, they look like a coin jiany of well disciplined soldiers. gQ (f " 'h BICYCLE IlAUHACE FXCnESS. The feats that can lie pel formed on the wheel are wonderful To see a lite foot wheel rolling noiselessly nlong. w ith a rigid wheelman standing nearly upright on the saddle, is something Washington bicyclers are used to. Iti.ling "side Kiddle,'4 stopping and standing stock still while still in the sad dle and other feats arc common enough. The letforinanee that is not seen every day, how ever, is one nervy young fellow ' pastime, of riding don n the Capitol steps. No one w ould believe it could lie done unless it had lieen photographed instantaneously. There are eighty of these marble teps, and the daring wheelman can start at the top, mount and continue safely on down to the plaza below and roll dnn ton n as unconcerned as if it were only a matter of ante-prandial exercise. Another thing few have done and thoisjssi bihty of which is proved to us only by instan taneous photography . is riding across the cop ing of the famous Cabin" John bridge, the longest stone arch In the world. This three or four young men have done To fall w ould have been sure death. Ill a place where ever body rides it is sur prising how soon the average urchin acquires the art A 4-year-old is not by any means too young to try and the fivers make slashing and "dashing wheelmen. Xow and then the youngsters cany things too far and word comes irremptonly from the family phj sician "That ! must lie kept off his biey ele." Hut to the ln-y w ho has lialf a Iwdy to start w ith the wheel ordinarily brings out good strong muscles and steady nerves. It is but a few years since bicycling liecamoso wpular in Washington, and the llrst vvheil that came to town is still as good as new and in daily use. When tenor fifteen years more shall have been added to the era of wheeling there is no telling what a nice of athletes may then be darting alout ov er these Iloorhke pavements. J. A. Tni'ESDKLL. A STRANGER IN GOTHAM. A sjtrunce Distribution In DrjCouds store Politenes in Two Cities. SjiccUl Cosspoiidfncr. Xew Yokk. Jan. 24 I was in one of the large Sixth avenue drygoods stores the other evening, and hearing that n rather curious ceremony was to take place, 1 managed to be present It swuis that there is a "found" desk, where all articles found on the prem ises by the employes must be taken. There they are kept to await the owner's calL Strange to say, thero are a great many um brellas and overshoes included in the collec tion, and it puzzled me to imagine how over shoes could lie lost unless they were worn on the hands Well, these articles hail accumu lated lieyond the capacity of the "found1 desk, and as a means of getting rid of them they were to l distributed to tho little cash girls. About fifty of these red-apmuej Mer curies took places on a lino for tho first distri butionumbrellas. One little red-nosed and red-liaired girl received a satin parasol of black and orange stripes. I could see her, dressed in a green frock, a blue hat, a yellow neckerchief and other things, sorting her gorgeous parasol on Sunday mornings in summer. Another iarasol had a strip of dirty lace still attached to it, while still an other preserved a goodly sp-cinien of pale blue satin. Of course, fate willed that the smallest girl got the biggest umbrella a great green affair, w ith a sticR like a stair post The umbrellas being di-posed of, an other squad was formed to receive overshoes. As these protectors from mill and snow had not beeu sorted very carefully, the children were not thrice hle-ss! in receiving. It cer tainly seemed a mockery of the fitness of things for a "So. 2 child to be presented with a No. 7 pair of rubbers. I went over to Brooklyn j'esterday and paid a visit to Greenwood cemetery. While Brooklyn seems to In much more old f ogyisb than New York, there are nevertheless some comparisons w Inch might be instituted with infinite discredit to the metropolis. For in stance, in the car coming down to the bridge from GreenwooJ I Kit next to a fine looking man, who, as far as one can judgo by ap pearances, was certainly a gentleman. A couple of girls boarded th car which was already crowded. My neighbor and 1 rose simultaneously and offered our seats, which were lolitely accepted. We crossed the bridge together and boarded a Third avenue elevated train for up town, beii: fortunate enough to secure seats. At the second station at vv hich tho train storied, a bevy of females entered the car and pro ceeded to hold on by the straiw. I arose and ane of the irarty took tho seat vacated by me without even acknowledging the courtesy by a noil I had, of course, expected that my companion would do as he had done in Brooklyn. But he did nothing of the kind. And considering the nonchalance with which my sacrifice ha 1 lieen accepted, I felt, while swaying from side to side in the effort to maintain a rpendicular isilion. tliat I could not blame him much either. I could not, however, help drawing the inference that New York air or manners is conducive of selfishness and impoliteness, while the con trary is the caso in Brooklyn. The thirteen superstition is revived by tho part that number has play el in tlie history of Boodle Alderman M -Qiiade. who lxst week was finally bundled off to Sing Sing. Some of the papers here ale saving quite a little about it Thirteen is a more unlucky number for McQuada than uay t lieen discovered. He lived on Thirteenth street The number was oli It took 1:1 men to convict him the jury nnd judge. His Uw yers chose 13 exceptions for arguments and Judge Pratt took 111 days to cousider the motion for a stay. He denied it on the l."tU day of the mouth. McQuade was projosed for membership in the Thirteen club, but failed to pay his initiation boodle. Walter Wiberlv. There were J00 more marriages in Xew York city in lK than in 18So. Not le than 1. M0 widowers were married cgaiu, the number lieing !M5 in excess of the widows. About 3.0i)0 of the brides vv ere under 20 years of age. Only one man was married for the fourth time, and only oue for the lltth time, Uaiycr's Bazar. MILIJvRD FILLMORE'S LAST YEARS. Unltalo h, the Home of Two Presidents. Millanl rillimire'a Son. rsptctnl Com- ironee.j BrrTALO. Jan. 24 Since the elevation of Grover Cleveland to the presidency Buffalo prides herself upon liiig a jHilitical center of iniliortaii'-e. Why not? It is no small thing in a Tttiitical way to hnveaiersonal acquaint ance with th president of the United States, and nearly everybody w ho amounts to any thing in Buffalo knew Grover Cleveland. Yet it is not a new experience for Buffalo to have one of lierciiirens president. IUJKith tells you that JliUard Fillmore was of New York, but history is too general; Fillmore was of Buffalo. Millanl Fillmore was originally an obscure lawyer of the village of Aurora, Ei ie county, but tubssm,'ntly came to Buffalo. Hegiad uslly ljecanis prominent in his profession, and from the first ncted with the V hig party. He was sent to congiess, anil vvhen theofiice of KaU couiuti'olliir vra uiadt Iwtiv b ' nominated forlt,nnd wiwJhe first comptroller , I Hinson liv- the ueonle While holding that ollleo he was nominated for vice-president on the ticket headed by Oen. Zarlmry Taylor Both were elected in IMS, owing to the split ill the IH'iiiooiatic -urty by the Freo Soil movement Mr. Fillmore entered upon the dutiesof Ins new oilier on the 4th of Mirth. 1M!i, and by the death of President Tn lor in July, liid, lieoaiiH) president of the 1'nited States. Here I may mention a curiou. coin cidence. When Ta.v lor succeeded Hanisonin , 1M1 Mr. Fillmore was in isirgress. A delir. i arose over Tyler's title; whether he should lw called acting president uin the death of a I president, or what nut It was strongly I argued that he could net constitutionally j become nresident: that there must lie a dis- , Unction. Finallv the opinion prevailed that be should hold the same title as if elected to thenfllcp. Mr Fillmnietook strong ground in support of this view, little dreaming that he would lie the second to lie promoted to the presidency in thi. way. The events of his administration are parts of the history of the country After his re tirement from odlce in March, l-s's't. Mr. Fill more made an extended Euroiiean trip, and had not returned in lsVe-the j ear of the Buchanan-Fremont canipugn when be was notified that he had Ivn nominated for president by the American Know Nothing party. Maryland was the only state of tlie Union to give him her electoral votes. It is not politic in these days to talk of Know Nnthingisin. Millard Fillmore was a Whig, and had little confidence in his election by the American party When his Buffalo friends gave him n serenade upon his return from Europ-, he made a brief speech, accept ing the nomination. "These words," shouted a friend from' lielow, "will mike you presi dent of the United States.'" The answer "I hope so, sir, most sinivrely" was made tho campaign cry of the Democrats and Free Soilera of Buffalo. As ex-president. Mr. Fillmore contracted a sec Kid marriage, his choice U'ing the wealtliv w idow of one of theopiosition candi dat ' - holders. The contract of the ma is drawn up by Nathan K. Hall, wh ex-president's iersonal friend. It i ' s.urse, simply to the second Mrs. 's Tsonal estate. Aft 'ennination of the presidential contest : F II more lived here in retirement, and wa-throiulily esteemed by citizens re gsrdlessof iartv. He died in 1ST4, and was buried at Fort Iawii cemetery. He was of commanding present, and, as one of his friends descrilieil him to me recently, a man I few iiersons could piss on the street without turning to look Imck at There was that aliout his gentle dignity that semrcd respect 1 from unexpected sources, and few citizens met him out for a morning walk who did not lift their hits as n natural token of deference. He was, notwithstanding his reserve, always ready to take part in any public event. The Fillmore mansion was one of the hand somest of palatial residences of Niagara j square. It is now known as the Fillmore, I but has degenerated to a fashionable board ing house. The laudlidies are sisters of a i celebrated turfite of Coney island. Mrs. Fillmore died a few years ago, making litiernl liequeststothe Buffalo Fine Arts academy, the Buffalo Historical society, and local charities Her private library was given in tart to the Historical society. Every volume contains her autograph. One of the park -1 proaebes, Fillmore avenue, was named in honor of the departed ex-president, and the city is taking good care of it, having during the last season aved it with asphalt at a cost of t ',0iU I Mr Fillmore was not considered a brilliant I man, but he was consi ered deep, sound and logical On of his chief local jiohtical op- ponents was a well known local character of that day, wbom I will call Jones. It is re I lated that their greatest wonl duel look place inachurchat Ablmtts Corners, lieing hotly contested for six hours. Dr. I.. P. Dayton, who is a jiersonal friend of the present occu pant of the White House, heard it, nnd his idea was that Jones, on account of las re markable brilliancy, got the Utter of the argument Dr. Dayton told ino a story about Jones which should lie preserved. In the early days Buffalo's largest hall was tho old court house on Lafayette square. A noted temperance orator from Albany was adver tised to address a mass meeting in the after noon, but failed to arrive. The only man the committee could think of who was equal to the emergency was this same Jones. They found him in his office lying on u ccsich, engaged in rubbing out of his head the effects of the previous night's hilarity. When the case was explained he poured out and swallowed a glass of brandy, and, leaning on the arms of his friends, made his way to the halL For the first hour he dared not trust himself to loose his grasp on the sieaker's table. But such was the power of his eloquence that after he hail done sjieaking 1..VW persons signed the pledge. It is not relabsl whether the sjieakcr signed or not The late ex-president's son, Millanl P. Fill more, resides in Buffalo, and Isjlongs to the Tifft House Bachelors' club. President Cleve land and Cousin Ben. Folsom were lioth mem bers of this club, and neither ever comes to Buffalo that he does not renew the old asso ciations connected therewith. Powers Fill more, as he is familiarly known, is a man over 50 years of age, and is said to 1 lw sessed of a fortune ample for all his needs. Ho docs not practice law now, but President Cleveland, who undoubtedly Lnows him liet ter than any one else, has often said that he possesses one of the bi ightest legal minds be has ever known. Mr. Fillmore is a man who lives on old associations, and of the hundreds who pass him daily in the lobby of the hotel, but few know w ho he is, or ever beard him speak. He cares for no new friends, but on his list of old ones he counts presidents, governors, sen ators, congressmen and judges of the higher courts. He is tall, gray hcaiksl, weighs 250 pounds, is not fond of dress, and of late years has lieen abstemious in his habits. He cans more for a quiet that ami a dinner with an old friend than for anything else. Charles H. Thomas. In the northwest prof inco, of India, in eluding Oudi, thero are 4,000.000 Hindoos and Mohammedans crowded into an area of 100,103 wU ire miles. Salmon Driven Away. Formerly the salmon in the spavniin;; eawin ascended the 1'rnscr river by the million, ard they could bo scoojieil out of the water by the barrelful with any kind of a vessel large enough. I!ut Bince the Canadian I'.icillc trains ha e begun nin nins regularly nlong the banks of tlie Fniser the 11th have begun to desert the btreara, nnd it is feared that in a year or so there will be very few of these fish where in former years they were present in countless numbers. Tlie noise of the engine nnd the vibration imparted to the water by the trains running along the lianks nro supposed to have scared then, and therefore caused their departure. ToroLto Globe. A Saw Without Tenth. One of the most ingenious ruecluinical devices recently intmlueod is a saw with out teeth, which will cut 11 steel rail in two minutes. The saw in question is run by an eighty liorso power engine more power tlian is required to run all the other machinery in the shojw is thirtv -eight inches in diameter, and three cightlis of an inch thick at the edge. Tlie disk is made of Dejtsemer bteel, and runs at n very high rate of speed. While in operation a band of fire encircles tho saw, tho many ppaks flying from the revolving disk resembling a display of pyrotecluiics. To keep flip saw cool and prevent it from cracking, a tank of water is placed above tho machine, from which a small stream runs down and drojis on iho saw whils in motion. New York Sun. It is reported on excellent authority that no pet dog i3 properly accoutred now un less he wears a silver bangle on lug off Mail leg. IX CHICAGO. BIG THINGS DONE BY THE GREAT CITY OF THE WEST. UftliiK Ht-r. IfO.it nf tin- Mini. IlilllillliK Anew rp.ni Ahe mihI I'IimIIiiu u Wmj to Pour llor ltrjilnnf Into tit- Citlf of Mritto. CHICAGO, Jjiii '2' -ThK city has now n romniKMon of exerts at work ikinj; the lst "minium of tin .'ii;;in.i'rnt pioLilVm quito uniqiK' anl inti'nMm In her eimroumeiits Chicago pr,',!itiMiHif font lire nltogvtltrr un knnnu in nnv ntliiT 1'irgi' -it in the nor Ul. One tiny last iiutumti I .Umh1 with a Usitor to the city upon ou of the many liril;;es inn niiiK the Chitnco river, nhosn course lies, with its two (lit frying ttrunclios directly through the centre of th town. My friend wn struck with the drht elevation of the ktiwt vurfarv nUne tho nriter leveL Vhy," villi ho, tis but six or seven feet from the street down to tho water Is that true of tho gonernl level of the place f It is," I rfplieil. "Anil. niorover, this level of tho ground w largely artificial. Fifty year ago the land upon which Chicago has since rwn was no more than three or four feet alove the water. It waa in eomo places a nwanip; in others, a low, flat, wet prairie. After thousand of buildings were put up the citizen saw that they were too low down in the mud, and that something would have toliodone. Sothev went to work ami raised their buildings five or six foot, and in some cases ten foot, all around. (Jreut brick blocks and hotels were thu raised, no tortion of the j business usually caniefl on within them lieing ftuspended on account of the raising and no Injury lieing done the structures. Under one great building there were placed no less than S00 jackMrews, and for eat h jackscrew there was a man. Whenever tho foreman fired a pistol each of the .MW men gave a twist on his screw, and in this way the whole mass, weigh ing many thousand of tons, was lifted as easily and uniformly as a steam crane hoists a building istone. Before many of tho buildings were raised, the (streets in front of them were filled up to tho new grade, causing tho first stories to le httle bet ter than Iwsements; and it was the eeuliar appearance of those, buildings that led one of thoo wise Knglf-hmen. who used to spend a few days looking at this country for tho pur poo of writing a look aliout it, to send wonl liack to Kugland that a man would lie foolish to invent auv of his money in Chicago real estate, for tb city was liktly to dis.i jar any day, and that already many of tt'.e houses had sunk so Ion in the mud as ' to Jorco the streets up 111 front of them. But Chi'-ago did act slip down through the mud on which it was built," 1 nil.li!. "any more than it lav smol- 1 deriiig and ruined in j MVP snowt.vc rmCA-the, ashes of iU great ; go's iikaiwvof. ANOroiiflagration, as was! THE it c N X c r I s so freely predji-t.-l it casai. vviild he. And I ' think vou will admit that it is a pretty fair city which our people have built on top of tho mud and aUive the ashes. J Ws." said my friend, who was gazing j intently at the water a few feet leloiv the bridge, "but how is a city like this drained , Where do you get your waterf Very natural iius'ionsthse eretiH3. For , reply to the latter query. I inted to Lake Michigan, no mote tliau half a milo awa, ' where the masts of many vessels und the tops ' of two lighthouses were visible. ! "You get )our water supply from the great lake which lies at v our feet, there And you pour your drainage into this river, and this river empties into the same lake whence your water supply comes I Qutr r taste you Chicago ans have. Being a Prohibitionist, I don't think I should like to live in Chicago." But I t.ade m friend reserve his sneers un til he had learned more. Takuig a piece of paper I threw it 111 the riv er beneath and asked him to watch it. He was presently astounded to observe that the piece of paper floated slowly away from the lake. "What!" he exclaimed, "doesn't Chicago river empty into Lake Michigan!- "No, indeed, and that simple fact explains a good many things. Did yon ever think what a unique engineering problem this is! A city built a few feet above the level of a currentless river and a titleless lake. Into tho one the drainage must be turned, and fiom the other the water sup ply taken. But that piece of paper there, slowly floating westward, is the key to the sivjution. It hapjiens, luckily for Chicago, that the divide lietweeu the Lake Michigan water shed, and that of the Gulf of Mexico, is but fifteen miles from the lake. Through that divide the Illinois canal was cut many ytars ago to the Illinois nver, which traverses nearly the whole length of the state, and finally mingles with the waters of the Missis sippi at historic Alton. This canal was Chi cago's salvation. By dcei-niug its channel she was able- to change the eoUrse of nature, and send the waters of I.ake Michigan trick ling through canal and rivers to the t.tilf of Mexn-o. In other wonls, audacious Chicago has made the Missivq.j,! river her liacLdour gutter, and tlie great gulf her is-sHsl By sending her sewage to the. west an.1 sou.h she keeps swivt and clean the waters of the gieat lake at her feet, and thus insures the punty of her water su,, ly So you see, my friend, that Ctii.-ago luis 111 her tune solved sever! interesting problems. She found a way to lift herself out of the mud, she lose from her ashes, and she has made the great Father of Waters her servant. Chicago is no slouch: that you're lmnd to admit." My friend was amazed. He, like a good many other jieople, had heard something of Chicago's drainage flowing into the Missis?,q pi river, but the caso having never Uen plainly and intelligibly stated to him, ho had paid httle attention to it, "Uwilly, he said, "I am much interested "But is this canal big enough to earrv off the drainage of all Chicago and vn mitj C "No, it is not, m its present condition. And we now have a commission of high priced exjierts at work s,v Ling the lest means of en brging thecnimcily of the drainage channel. It is estimated that an cximiditure of three or millions of money vviil do it, 1111.I in case the Hcnmpm anal is constructed it may bo utilized not only for Heating ships from the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Michigan, but for carrviug Chicago's diaiuage in the other di rection. I think that if the truth were known it would be f.und that Chicago's chief anxiety to have the government dig that canal lies in its desire to solve the drainage problem fore,'ir and ever. Chicago may Lo a lilt selfish, as vv ell as great. At any rate, something must l done. Even now enor mous engines must bo kept tsjnstjtitly at work pumping water from Chi. ago nv r into the canal to aid the sluggish current in earning sewage awny from the river. Chicago is very careful of her water supply. " -But she is not really fond of water, is she!" "Fond of waterf Indeed she is. Why, sir, no city more so. Tho impression seems to lie general that Chicago onlr u-es water to bathe m and xt put out fires with, but that is a mis take. Chi -ago uses a greater quantity of watei in proportion to lier jsipulation than any . her city in the world. How much? A very big lot. No less t ban 1(A'.("W, W gallons a d.y, or S3,UUU,UlU,liiU gallons in a year. Y01. cannot appreciate the signiacance of such overgrown figures' Then let rae express their meaning in another way. Chicago's wattvr tousiuupliou ii vqual to 140 galleni, or WOXOERS i 1 J vrauABT t V i nearly five InrrvN for each ituin. woman and child in the --.Ty dally The water ustd by Chicago in a ear would make a hike mile wide, twenty ft deep and no loss than eight miles lung; or it would till a canal tii fwt deep and twenty fret wide, extending fioai i Ibiston t San I'mncivsi What do you think 1 of thntr My friend smiled at mv earnestin-ssaniliny ' odd way of putting it. and said he should like ' to vWt the works wheresuli wonderful tpian 1 titk-i of water were p'imiei. In that desire he wo indee.1 but following in the footstep ofiiHist Yjltont to Chicago. The all want to ve tho water works, and, ha nig soon them, ftdsPlf-ns-uired that it was g'-l for them to 1 Owe Walter Wellmw BISMARCK'S OPPONENTS, WlmlllKirsI mill lllrliltr. Win, SjhiL Aeitln.t tlie Army Hill. II-clal Corrf ponlc ncs; 1 Derli.v. Jan. 12. All Kiirojie a eicitwl ovi-r the ilclati. ill the reirhstag lietweell Biv marrk on one side anI Dr. Hhii!tln7t and Dr. Itichter, leaders of the C'leri-al party and the rritfn"Jist. on the other, on the army bill, and I suppose that the excitement lian in Mime degree, extended to the l'nlte.1 Stated. It mo malie thi. an invasion for giving your rentiers some few fact concerning the tvro remarkable men who have opposed Bismarck men who, though widely differing cm many subject! and in many debates, were united on this occasion. Ludwig Windthorst, lender of the Clericals, 1. Mn intel lectual eiant but a nhvsical dwarf. Ho has a fine head of flowing, white hair and j wears gold rimmed siiectacles. He is called by hi. admirers "the pnnrl of Meppcn," a I place famous for nothing but that It has pro- duced him. He was tiorn .ov. !-, lor.-. and, notwithstanding his advanced age, is htill vigorous. He studied law in fioettingen. IS' ib'eoniicliuli o? The consistory at Osnabruck. Hanover was i then an iialependent kingdom, with a hatreil of Prussia. Windthorst was a memlier of the Hanoverian house of delegates from 1M0 to l'A In IS.11 he was the president, and nftrr Sadowa made a national reputa tion in his defense of jsoor King George against King William, wresting from the latter's hands the t'uelph fund, which was finally grautol the blind king In 1"17 Windthorst was elected to the Prussian house of deputies, and then to the reich-stag. When he speaks his sen tenees are ele.ir cut and smooth, his ideas flow logically. His achievements on the floor of ' li rcichstag won for him in lbil the title of the -little excellency." Ha has shown himself to be more than Bis marck's equal in parliamentarian tartics on more than one o.-casion. The speaker never has to call Wind h- st toorder. for healways sticks to the matter under discussion and . never makes misstatements. He is never abusive nor coarse, but he often exposes his ' opponent to derision by the use of clever in- uueitdo. His greatest stroke was his succesa- 1 ful urging of tho abolition of the law exiling I refractory clergymen. Eugene Itii'hter is a very different man. I Windthorst is the pink of ijlitenvs, IUchter 1 is the reverse Windthorst defends the ideas I of the ist. Kichter lights in the vanguard of j progress. Windthorst is a pigmy in size, Itichter is b giant Windthorst is an aristis- ( crut, itichter is a plebeian Socially they do ', not mnsort Trey hato each otlier bitterly, but their intense dislike for Bismarck often brings them together. Itichter was Uirn July 'JO, ISIS, in Du-sseldorf. He studied jurispnidenttt and national eoiiomy in Bonn, Heidellierg and Berlin. In lMVl, ho vvasenrolhsl in the government ser-vi.-es, but bis socialistic ideas got him into trouble. Atternard, he was elected mayor of Neuwil.l, but the government would not sanction the election. A year later, he was ordered transferred to Romberg, but was in dignant at the proiose I change, and threw tip his position and moved to Berlin. Since then he has devoted himself to 'solitical and journalistic work. The present efficient organization of the Irogre.s.sit part is al most entirely due Ut his skill and real as an organizer. He has liecome the mouthpiece of the people, and often is naturally arrayed against the Clerical party H bus a wonder ful memory ami has fought siicct-ssively the propo-ed governmental alcohol monoxvlyt ties increased corn duty, state control of the railroads and other project tending to cen tralization. At first he sided with the gov ernment to briif; about the May laws against Catholicism, but seeing Bismarck so firmly wrapied up in this measure, be opposed it tooth and naiL In lb5 he founded a Liberal journal, and he grows more radical every year. Ho has more enemies than friend: among thos" who hold office, but he is tli idol of the Berli'i masses. J. K. S. AtlTlce to Journalists. It is worth any journalist's while to study a specialty. Jourralism is a crowing pro fession. It is better paid than it was ten years ago. and good men will earn more and lo in better demand five years hence. New nevspapers, a wide raugo of topics and the growing desire for all that is new and that makes the world go, are to increase thi! demand. As journalism develops it become more like other professions. Time was when a physician "doctored all diseases, sawed off limbs, "pulled" teeth, prolwl ears and attacked all imperfectionsof the human body with oi'ual confidence. And not long age lawyers w ero supposed to know every phase of the international as well as police court law, and to be able to make and break wills, settle lioundary disputes, Kniash titles f and grapple any i-ible topic that might I get into court. Itut in this jcars, 1-"ii. the physicians of greater phenomenal succes ' practice a sin-cialty, and the lawyers of note follow-a given line of law So with news paper writers. Those who master n s'lecialty and their juiis in constant demand. Manag ing Uditor I-ord. Or No Vulun at All. Tlie famous txvasurs of Hue, captunl by Gen. DeCourry in tho imperial jmlaco ami vnt to France, and which was suppiso.l tc be worth 1.1,000,000 francs, turned out on examination to lo of no value at all. The supjw-sod liars of hilvcr are Minply lead. Taris IntranMgeant. Boo jer or later all great fortunes are al oibeu by the people, Augusta (.'hrutucle. Tlie Hymn 1 k l Their IVelingi. I There wai a missionary concert at Kocklaud i clitirt'h tli other vniii' iin.l utniiiiithor ' things n..iiuir on imMtniai ho L read by a youti lady. When shu had finished the leader of the m'trting aid: "We w U now Mil 'llnllelujali, 'tUdone" Whereat eei y tioily siuileL Kocklnnd Courier Journal. MHi"ielou If True. A Politician walking nhug th Stit.t ac cidently dropptil a Lie. A Gentleman called after him to ttll the Politician if hw Ioa. Oh, it .: of no Consequences "smd th Lat ter; '! lnve Plenty more " Tins Story ttaches that even a Politician can Som-'tmiet ?lHuk tlie Truth. Boston Transcript. ortian AValer for the Itoj nl Itaptlsm. A curious oiler was made the other day siy n lady who recently returned from trauliii!, in l'alestme. She hud liiought ui:kvvith her a keg full of the water of the river Jordan, vvh'th she tent to Wind sor with a note olfermg it for the bapt-sm of 1'nmcss. Ueatruc '.-. luiby. The m.een at oi:cc aneptcd the gift nud i-ent to the donor an nutonrap'i letter of thanks Liverpool Courier. A Strelrh of V..&1. n.iprl. The stretch of desert ly.ng between Pal- lsodcnnu WclHis noted os being by fur the coldest region hi Nevada, thcrmonie- tors frcfiucntly markinir a tcnipcrature of 50 degs. below zero. Chicago Times. 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