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- vr4JWkn "WwJMWfesj., P !" THE BIMWS Otf WEADM ONE AGREEMENT. a 35? -irl ' l EJ2TX&j&I ATO&V 1 & X I . 4 L C rv v- ASHINGTON. Thn nnn. 1 AH nto of tho United Stntes lfW I stands fartliRiilty. Some- done, but on ono occa sion the sciinto was ifn dignified to the point of striking Fovcrnl of the older senators with horror. Senator Tillman of South Carolina was making nothing less than an Im passioned speech. Ho was reaching toward the skloa of oratory, when Senator Warren left his seat, unseen by Tlllmnn, and took station behind the South Carolinian. The speaker had both hands high over his head di recting tho soaring of his thoughts and words. Warren took a step for ward. His hand stole to Tillman's side, slipped Into his pocket and enrao out ngnln holding In Its clutch a big black bottle. All unconscious, Tlliman went on with his words of flro. Warren held his find nloft In full view of tho pre siding olllcer, of his colleagues' and of tho crowded galleries. Thero was a gasp, then a Binothcrcd nnd simul taneous gurgle of horror from a hun dred throats, and then roaring lnughtor, i Tillman turned and knowledge of tho awfulness of tho situation camo to him. For once, possibly for tho first tlnio In his life, ho was stag gered to speechlessness. Ho strovo for words, but they would not come. His face wns black with something much llko anger. Then the cloud clenred and a smile broko through. Speech returned, and two words .came: "Borncle acid." It was boraclc acid, but unfortu nately for Senator Tillman, It had been j)ut Into a black nnd suspicious bottle. A sore throat was tho reason for its carrying, nnd whllo tho South Caro linian is a man of truth, ho would not let tho matter pass until ho had passed tho bottle and hall forced his comrades to smell the stufT nnd mako clean his tempernnco record. Senator Burrows of Michigan, by a graphic presentation of the case of Ma. Seymour Howell, an nrm pay master, secured an order on tho treas ury or tho United Stntes for $2,000 to reimburse tho officer for that amount which disappeared In tho Phillpplno Islands. Tho story as told "by Senator Burrows to hjs colleagues lind all tho Interest pf a Sherlock Holmes talo, savo that for the mys tery involved thero wns no solution To this day there has been no solu tion. It Is known definitely, however, that tho paymaster was In no wise to blame for tho dlsnppenranco of tho money. MaJ. Howell, paymaster, was traveling through the Philippines with an armed guard. He had with him, a chest containing a largo sum of monoy with which to pay tho troops at tho different camps. Tho chest was double locked at all times, nnd night n'nd.day a sen tinel stood by It with a loaded rlflo In his liands. No ono had keys to tho chest savo MaJ. Howell and ho kept thorn fastened to his person. , If ono of the sentinels hnd been dishonestly Inclined he could not havo opened the chest -without dupllcato keys, nnd tho orlglnnls wero of a kind difficult In the extreme to counter feit. Tho guard was composed of men picked for tho pay Journey at tho last moment. Tho tilp was n rapid ono and no posslblo chanco -was offered for tho making of keys. Money to tho amount of $3,000 disappeared from tho chest at some- time whllo It wns under tho watch and ward of a sentinel stand ing so close to It that ho could reach It with his ride. Search failed to reveal a cent of the money. MaJ. Howell nt onco made the loss good by n.porsonal check drawn on his own bank ncount. Tho case Is ono of the army mysteries to this day, nnd tho recital of tho story gnvo congress an Interesting quarter of an hour. Neither sennte nor house makes light of pen sion pleas In tho presenco of tho galleries, "but some of tho would-be pensioners piny comic roles in the committee rooms and cor ridors. Claimants who can prove things aro treated as old soldiers and old soldiers' wid ows ought to bo treated decently and rever ently. Congress In Its weakness has voted ponsions on many an occasion, though doubtless know ing that pensions wore unearned nnd unde served, but tho day pf that sort of thing is passing, If it hns not altogether gone. Ono member wns nsked to uso his influenco to se cure nn Increase of pension for the widow of a soldlor., Thero wore papers forwnrdod to him which bore on the case, and these he turned over to tho committee on pensions nft or his bill had beon Introduced. Tho widow did not got her money, nnd It -wns not long bofore tho whole houso knew It. The member who had espoused tho widow's cause hnd been In congress for years, and the Joke nt his expense was too good to keep, and one niter another of his colleagues walked up to his desk and congratulated him on tho -wisdom shown In the plea which In wrltton form ho had turned In to tho commlttoo to win the widow's case. It Is perhaps needless to sny that tho mem ber had novor read the plea. It set forth tho fact that whllo tho amount of ponslon In crease that tho widow of tho soldlor hero asked for was large, it must bo understood that sho came of good family, moved In the best social circles and was in need of a large ' -sum of monoy tokoep up appearances. Upon occasions senators and representatives permit theln constituents to do their talking for them In congress. Petitions come In floods at times, with the object of securing legisla tion by external pressure. In tho Sruoot case and in the pure food and canteen matters the pleas of tho people came in by the tons of thousands. Tho members of both houses present these letters, call attention to their import and then allow the petitions to do the tOSfcrS mcr of South those who mndo fftmTSrUii nTHinMjTfflllllillllililllTrrTTTrq Carolina onco In- It. Tho inslnun- XTfflflTlUjjjlll' lllllllTnTfillllTrTTrfty' roads bill calling mado that tho ; MlJBgcsJLr I I J "a'jS ono lottor on tho (Mr. Gardner pJH3 0-S. li I jfrj'' good roads' sub- had his answer f lWv-T7l t'-JlL fadMfa Sonntor Cullom. charges In tl 'Hlll LLLLUy It read likothls: ISriUtiJr "Dear Mr Cul- jfir lorn Please vote for this d d bill, and you will oblige a fool friend of mine who runs an automobile. Yours more or less sin cerely. '." It was n Chicago man who wrote this appeal. Thero wore others like unto It. Tho good roads bill still sleeps. There nre two things which tho houso of representatives infinitely would prefer should never come before the members for consider ation religious matters and Immigration mat ters. Immigration tho houso must, of courso, deal with directly; religious matters it Is forced to touch Indirectly, much to tho In ward discomfiture of many of tho legislators. We aro living supposedly In an enlightened age, and yet religious bodies have not forgot ten how to uso tho instruments of coercion. It makes no difference at all how utterly with out foundation the chargo of bigotry mny bo It always finds its believer, and tho charged one suffers personally and at tho polls. An 'Immigration bill wfnch wns beforo tho houso of representatives had no bigotry in nny of Its provisions, unless it be bigotry to wish to deny admission to America of n class of people who can work little but .Injury to tho land which they wish to enter. Tho real reason that tho chargo of bigotry was en tered was because the men making use of tho accusation knew well thnt when every thing else failed tho Insinuation of narrowness was bound to have its effect. Tho bill contained a clause which forbado cntranco to America to Illiterates. Unques tionably It was not tho desire of tho frnmers of tho measure so much to keep out people who could not read and wrlto as It was to keep out certain disorder-breeding elements nnd certain pauperized elements. Most of tho Illiterate and those who nro likely to becomo public chnrgos come to America from certain well-defined sections of Europe. It would bo utterly Impossible for congress to pnss a law saying In plain words that Immigrants from these sections woro not to be admitted. If such geographical dis crimination woro made mortal offense would bo given to somo nations of Europe, and like wise mortal offense would bo given to tho people already In America who owed former allegiance to those nations. Tho illiteracy prohibition wns put Into tho bill as tho best way to accomplish an end without giving of fense. As it wns, tho members of congress whoso duty It was to press the measure to a passage wero made bright and shining innrks for thoso who choso to hurl tho "bigot" missile. It was n hard duty which tho friends of tho exclusion measure had to porform. They knew thnt nine-tenths of tho Democrats nnd tho Republi cans In tho houso wero In favor of the reten tion of tho illiteracy clause, but they knew nlso that theso men feared personal criticism and campaign antagonism if thoy votfd for the bill as It stood. The measure did not pass in Its original form, but perhaps it will pass at nnother session. Representative A. P. Gnrdnor of Massachu setts, n member of the house committee on Im migration, nnd a representative who favored the passage of the Immigration bill as It stood, mado a speech in favor of the measure, and stated openly on the Hoor of the houso that ho, had been acuscd of bigotry because of his advocacy of the educational test. He defend ed himself so successfully against tho charge that ho brought conlua Ion to thoso who mndo It. Tho Insinua tion had been mado that tho tn o v o m ont to excludo Illit erate Immi grants was a re vived "Know Nothing" scheme It was said that Amer icans who, so to speck, had bean long enough In this country to have had a grandfa ther born hero wero desirous of shutting out the foreigners for purely self ish reasons. ,Mr. Gardner had his answer ready to these I yii charges In the form of a lotto from Samuel Gompers, prcsl dent of tho A m o r 1 c a n Federation of Labor. Ho nlso had petitions from 4,000 local labor unions asking that tho Illiteracy clause be kept In tho Immigration bill. Thousands upon, thousands of these laboring men who urged tho passage of the measure as It stood were foreign born. The fathers of thousands upon thousands more of them woro foreign born. Tho petitions ef fectually disposed of tho chargo that the desire to keep out Illiterates was born of natlvo American bigotry. As for Samuel Gompers, ho was born In England, but his letter, which Mr. Gardner rend, a letter writ ten to Representative James E. Watson, showed conclusively how tho laboring peoplo represented by Mr. Gompers felt upon the matter of tho ndmlssion of Illiterates. Tho letter was as follows: "Tho organized workers of this country feel that tho existing Immigration laws, whllo not without their value, aro of trifling effect compared with tho needs and tho Just demands of American lnbor. . . . Tho Nashville convention of tho American Federation of Labor, by a voto of 1,858 to 353, pro nounced In favor of an educational test for Immi grants. Such n measure would check immigration in a moderate degrco, and those who would bo kept out by It are thoBo whose competition in tho labor mnrkot is most Injurious to American workers. No other measuro which would havo any Impor tant effect of this kind Is seriously proposed. . . . I earnestly hopo thnt you will bo able to procuro tho embodiment of an Illiteracy test for Immigrants In the bill which the house now has under sldorntlon." A Now York representative had his sneer ready when this Iettor wns read In the houso. "I would llko to ask tho gentleman," ho said, "If Mr. Gompers tepresonts the Mayflower or thoso who landed at Jamestown?'! Tho truth of tho matter Is that tho Insinua tion of tho New York man that the old-tlrao native Amorlcan element was back of tho movement to bar out Illiterates was baseless, nnd tho houso knew It. Curiously enough, perhaps, tho strongest opponents of tho Illiter acy clause In tho whole lnnd wero men who traced their descent back through tho centu ries to those first immigrants who founded tho nation in Araorlcn. Theso men, whllo holding thnt It was tho part 'of wisdom to keop out tho criminals and tho paupers of Europe hold also that It wns un-Amorlcnn to bar a man because ho could neither read nor write. Tho bigotry chargo was used solely bocnuse it is an ugly charge and because it hurts. No man, even though ho Is as broad as tho sea In his views, over can clear himself of suspicion when tho nccusatlon onco Is made. It is not hard, therefore, to understand why tho men who nro opposed to tho Immigration bill used tho weapon thnt they had in hand. It may, however, prove useless to them on an other occasion. WHERE THE WOMEN DO THE WORK. Americans nro greatly Impressed In visiting foreign countrlos to Hnd out how hard foreign women toll, oftoti shouldering moro than their Just responsibilities. This Is certainly true in southern countries, whoro women ro some times degraded by hard and menial labor. No where Is this more noticeably true than In Italy, where the women do their own work, care for the children, and help support tho CZ3ZMJZZ family. In the north wages aro bet ter nnd tnxes nro lower, so tho bur dens of women nro not so heavy. But In Venice, Romo nnd Naples lifo menus hard toll. Tho women nro forced to onm a living, nnd so they do whntover thoy can put their hnnds on. They clork In small shops nnd stnnd In tho squares selling flowers, Jewelry nnd plaster casts. But competition Is so great nnd tho wares so cheap that mnny nro forced to entn n lllng by hnrder methods. Tho nnrrow Btrcots nro thronged with women carrying In fants on thotr nrms, hnwklng their fruits nnd flowers. Othora trudgo nlong carrying heavy sneks and ?rcat loads on tholr backs. Many walk for miles nlong tho country roads selling their garden product and tho Iloeco Just shorn from tho sheep. In Romo nnd Nnplcs more especial ly tho women do most of their work out of doors. Thoy nro usunlly seated beforo tholr doorways spinning, card ing nnd wnshlng tho wool. Others aro hard at work junking strnw baskets ,nnd cording them of rope. Most of tho poorer homes nro without water, nnd theso woman aro often compelled to trudgo mlloa with heavy copper Jars In which they got their wator. They ennnot wnsh tholr clothes at homo, so thoy nro compellod to uso a st renin or rountnln. When work Is senrco thoy rent n stand nenr ono of tho old walls and sell fish, fruit nnd baskets. A mother often has n bnby In her nrms nnd three or four otfier children plnylng nbout her. Tho long rows of tene ments simply teom with human life. It Is not unusunl to find families of ton or moro crowded Into ono room. Somo of them nro so crowded thnt the clothes after they nro wnshed hnvo to bo hung out of tho windows. But this poverty nnd struggle for livelihood does not mar tho sunny dis position of tho Neapolitan. Tired look ing women nro heard singing populnr nlrs as thoy trudgo homo from work. When n protty Italian girl finishes selling her (lowers sho often Btnrs out at nightfall cnrrylng a gullar and serenading utrnngers, who lncrenso her small living. But to mnko tho best of lifo is tho motto of tho Nca- IPllilllliP con polltnn. Though many of tholr farms nro well cared for, they aro chiefly cultivated by tho women nnd children. Mnny tiny tots nro to bo seen digging potatoes nnd working with the fruit trees. It Is not unusual to see mothers cnrrylng loads of grain on their heads and In fants In their arms. Tho women mako nearly all tho clothes for tho family. Their faro Is limited to bread, macaroni, cheese and port wlno. There Is such a heavy tax on salt that to theso poor pens lints snlt and mont aro a luxury reserved for Sundays and holidays. Tho German peasants aro tho hardest work ing women In tho world. Thoy toll out in tho fields all day long; thoy do not question their Btrongth, but do whatever tholr husbands com mand. It Is not an unusual sight to see wom en thinly clad, hard nt work In tho blinding rain. No less hard Is it for them to work nil day under the burning sun. In southern Ger many tho women cultlvnto tho land way up tho mountains, but their hearts know no fear. Though these women work uncomplainingly, thoy enjoy fow comforts. Their little houses are almost bate of furnishing, and they are compelled to wash their clothes In the stream. Tholr children are not Idle and they help on the farms before thoy are half grown. A German of the middle class ta"kes It for grant ed that his wife docs their housework, looks nfter tho home, ami helps him In Ills shop, In n bnkery a Gorman woman, replying to the quorles of an Amorlcan woman ns to the work sho did, said: "You hao no Idea how glad you ought to bo tnat you arc an American woman you have such good tlmos. Look ut me. I do all my housowork, tnko caro of my throe children, and urn ucaicoly finished with my work when my husband snys: 'Cathorluu, como down and wait on tho customers.' Somo of these men think that we aro ns strong as horses." I I fill ' " l II Viafwf itwEK9 JBYBYBYBYA I I ! "3llL.ll Mr. Hcnpcck It's no uso. Wo can't agree on n single subject.- Mrs. Henpcck You'ro wrong, dear. I always agree with you on the weathor. A Boomerang. At a small country boarding-house sort "down In olo Vlrglnlo," this past summor, tho girls decided to glvo a dnnco In tho town hall on tho mutual bonoflt plnn, so to apenk. Half of the expenses of tho hall, muslo nnd re freshments, it wns nlnnned. should bo homo by them nnd tho other half by tho men. Tho fair chairman of tho re freshment committee, In exhorting the prospective dancers to mako no mls tako In tho dotalla agreed upon, wroto: ,- "Tho girls will furnish tho sugar and tho mon will bring tho lemons." Sheer whlto goodsL In fact, nny fine wnsh goods when new, owo much of tholr nttractlvencsa to tho way thoy nru laundered, this being dono in a manner to onhanco their textile beau ty. Homo laundering would bo oqunl ly satisfactory It proper attention wns Given to starching, tho llrst cssentlnl being good Starch, which has mifllciont strength to stiffen, without thickening tho goods. Try Doflnnco Starch and you will bo pleasantly surprised at tho Improved nppcaranco of your work. Standing Fad. Tho wandering ugent who was sell ing cigar-bands found Remua sitting on tho porch mending his fishing lilies, "Do you havo any fads down hero in Dlxlo?" nsked tho agonL "What am them, mister?" Inquired Remus, curiously. "Why, take tho collecting fad. Dp you mako nny collections of anything down her??" Remus laughed. "Oh, yeas, snh," ho chuckled, "do samo collodions wo'vo always made. Do collection of pickaninnies on dog3, sah." ' Only Sure Cure for Tubercuolalt. In vlow of tho constant agitation nnd misrepresentation with regard to tho treatment of consumption, tho National Association for tho Study and Proventlon of Tuborculosls has issued9 a statcmont in which it states that the only sure euro for this dlseaso is fresh air, rest nnd wholesomo food. Hardly a week passes without somo quack "doctor" or "eminent specialist" In forming the public that ho has at last discovered tho sure cure for tubercu losis. After examining every one of r theso so-called cures, several hundred In number, tho National association states thnt, one and all, they are mis representations or fakea. a WHERE PAT DREW THE LINE" Patlent and Long Suffering, But No Man with a Face Like That Could Work with Him. Pat had been nt work for three day digging a woll, nnd ns tho foromaa wanted it finished within tho week he had promisod Pat anothor man to help him. It wns getting on for It o'clock, and Towser, tho foreman's bulldog, waa looking over the edge of tho pit, when Pat said to hlmseir, "Smoko-o," ty V ? tl t t A, Ho had Just filled his pipe, and was about tq light It when ho glanced up -r tj 0 z f 1 and beheld Towsors handsomo fea tures. Slowly romovlng tho plpo from his mouth, ho said: "Bc-e-egorra, Ol've wor-rked wld Germans and Hengnr-r-rlans, and Ol'vo wor-rked wld Oltal Inns nnd nnygors, but If a man wld ft faco llko thnt cornea down hero to work besolde mo, I gets up." LIGHT BOOZE Do You Drink It? A minister's wlfo had qulto a tussle with coffee nnd her expcrlenco is in teresting. Sho says: "During tho two yoars of my train ing as a nurse, whllo on night duty, I becamo addicted to coffeo drinking. Be tween midnight and four In tho morn ing, when tho pntlonts wero asleep, thero was Uttlo to do except mako the rounds, nnd It was qulto natural that I should want agood, hot cup of cof fee about that time. It stimulated mo and I could keep awnko bettor. "After threo or four yoara of coffee drinking I became a nervous wreck and thought thnt I simply could cot - llvo without my coffeo. All this tlmo I was subject to frequent bilious at tacks, somotlmes so sevoro as to keep mo In bed for several dnya. "After being married, Husband begged mo to leavo off coffeo for ho feared that It had already hurt me almost beyond repair, so I resolved to mako an effort to reloaso myself from tho hurtful habit, "I began taking Postuin, and for a few days felt tho languid, tired fooling from tho lack of tho stimulant, but I liked tho tnsto of Postum nnd that answeied for tho breakfast bovcrQ all right. "Finally I bogon to feel clearer head ed and .had steadier nerves. After a year's uso of Postum I now feel like a. now womun havo not had any bilious attacks since I loft off coffee," "Thoro's a Reason.'" Read "The Road to WollvlUo," In pkgs. Uver rend Hip ubuve lfUrt A new one upprnm from time to time. 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