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II 4 ' ' - " ' THE SUN, &JNJAY, MAY 15; 'i&tt. . ' ' ' . . ..:... . .. L . - . 1 1 1 I THE FIGHT FOR ECONOMY. tut: oun:iTumna aoais riannxa AtVHK.tr UllttAT ODDS, lion Ho VI n i:nr!irnl by n IlrlElit Yonna LoiiManlnn flnvlnc Asislnst Ike Hirer mid llnrlini- llll " Vnln-A Oirnt Leg. Istnllrs Ner.wr-Tnm Iters! Atlaeklne the Wn(rliHn-'nlle Motemenla lie fore Hi" I'lisii !-! Jlryan'a KlTorta on llrliulrif .rliriit n Tli l'et rriiiiient Ef. fret nl lbs I. n ii lalnnlaiTB Victory. VMitNfTov, Stay iV".'. It was Wodnosday. Jfny-J. Titer.) was qidtoa-intt nttondunco In tlio House. Tlio old Wntchdog wan on tho iiiil vivo. Tlio Diplomatic and Consular Ap propria' ion bill was out of tlio way. and ha was anxious to cut up V10 Huntlry Civil bill. 'Jlio Huuo hail beou VTrniigllng ovur ifomo prlvnt-j pension bill vvlticu bad como oor fioni li iilay I'Mininir. AttW tlio lint ono liad boon dlscttwd tlio Watchdog said: "Sir. i ?, Spuikor. I movo Hint tho Ilonso rcsolvo Itself It p in' i C'lnimlllPi) of tlio Wlmlo IIuiiso on tlio f: ! ISIalonf thn Union for tlio purpossi of consld- I" Ji unnirRi-nor.il mipropihtlon Hills." i Tlio motion was ncioiI to- Spnnkor Crlsti ' k nl 1ft upon Col, William li'.iiuy Hnnnlbnl ip Jlutcli to proldo In Committor of tho Wholo. j n rosined biH gavel to llnltch. deseondod I J fiom his desk, nnd stood rn-nr n lobby door. J! 1 watching tbo proceedings with Jippnrcnt In- , tcrost. U'illl&m Henry llnnnibnn llnluli struck I- l tlni 111,11 Win slab u small blow', crossed his 8 y bands on tlio bauillo of tbo giryol, nnd tbon tt A Mbl In .1 resonant tono of oico. "The Houso I ? Iain C'ommlttpo or tho Whole ontlio Stnto of J tbo Union for tlio consideration of gom-ml ap Ij I luopilnlloii IjIIIh. Tlio Clerk will report tbo r tt lilll upon tlio calendar." II j Clerk Houchtallng comes frorai Albany. In n tono as rn.son.iut ns tliat of Col. Hatch bo H '' iilckoil up n printed bill und read thus: A . v Mil ,11 r, 7.T miUnii iifiiprlUons for unnilry II rMlet:nif' of Hit 'n,irniri-tit for Ihe l-icsl year 'f tuillmrJuiiuSU. 1SUJ. and rur ullir puiwtea. J Tim Watchdog was ehoivlng tol ncco nnd nervously pla)LnR with his glasses. Ho kept l !. is eye upon tlu Chairman. uKltitly expect- ? Iiijt mi antagonistic move. It oime. A tall. II i graceful (rentliira.ui. with bluo t-es. lone, I nuliiirn f ldow lusLnis, n Unlit mousfaelie. nnd j lilit li.iir, aro'i) r,ix feet on bis loft. Ho wns U $ (Iro3t.i-dno.itly. nnd b.ul nil tbo aplomb of an S uxpcrliMicod pnrtinmontiiriun. Inn clear volco :S lio ulil: "Mr. Oiilrmiui. I movo. undorclauso f, 4 of riilo IK, tlial J lint hill bo laid nslde. my , reason flomi: Hint I uroposo to movo to tnko .; nptli' llhor ami llaibor bill instead of tlio ', bur.ary Civil bill " 'flilR irentloman wasv Newton Crnln lllnnch- II nrd or sbrocport. I.a. IIo Is tlio Chairman of tbo Coiiunltteo on Hirers and Hnrborn. Ho J , wns ItsClinlrmiin in tlio I'ifrii-th Coiurross, nnd i tlio leailinc Democratic luombor of tbo com- v niltti-o in tlio 1'ilty-llist. W.iry, careful, con- 'i slilorate. and i'Xii-rloiii'od. no mini wns hotter titled to reconcllo contllctlnir intorosts nnd ' lniiiK In n bill nccoptablo to Uu mnjorityof , ' tbo Hoiibe. Cool, deliberate, and detormlned. ' ' lio ernpi'led with tlio WntcliiAoir. Ono had uri-d twonty-six soars in Conuross nnd tbo J; cthortun. Ono was (j!) years old., tlio other -i'X ' Ono hud tnusrlit school, practised law. beou a ' I Judtfoof tlio Court of IVob.ito. a rrosocutlnc : . Attorney, a member of n Constitutional Con- ,i, mention, and a member of tlio Indiana Los- ! lslnturo. beforo i-ntorinuConuross. Tlioothor had had no proWous leclslntn-o oxperl- nco beyond Renlcu In n btato Constitutional i s Convention. 1".kIi was born in tbo Stnto ho ! f" represented, but tbo Loulsiauiau was only 8 v years old when tbo Indiaulau was first elected ' to(!onmess. . t Tlieyounc man had mado a stratcBlo move. i In mukiniT it. bo li.nl artfully dlscloHnd his & obtoct. to nntnconlyp tlio huiulry Civil bill with . tlio ltiver mid llnrtor bill. Ho hnd hardly ii- closod his Bontoucit before Col. Hatch shoutod K Irom the Chair. "Tho mutton is not open to t?y doluite." t, "Hut," said tbo wary old Vfatclidoc. "tho Eontlnnmn from LouUiana has induleod In , eoinii dobnto. ' .' .ImliTo llolmnn was feeling for an opening. ' Tosstijly tin mieht havn cot It. Hut Tom Hood " btood in tlio lluputilican aisle, in his favorite - attitude. watubliiiT tlio procoediiKTs. Ho mado a break on liolmlr of tbo I.ouislanlun. " lteL'u'.ar order." ho uliouteil. Tbo old Watchdog htill tried to sot a grip. "Mr. Chairman." ho mid, "1 ask ununimous consent that 1 buvo the eamo length of tlino A tliatilio genlleniau fiom Louisiana has had, without oujuUiou." j- It wns a Mimll levernco. Thn gentleman ' from Louisiana luul not consumed ovortwen- - tyseenndj. lint tho iiepubllcan Colossus was InotoiAble. ' "ItegulaV order." ho again blurted out. Tho !' AVatclnlog made another snap. " 1 ask unanl- , - mous oonsont that I may bo allowed as much ' time ns tlio gentleman from Louisiana has 'I occupied," ho implored. J This time lie got it htrnleht fiom tho Rhoul- , der. Tho Clinnnian replied: "Tho ceutlo- , mnn from Indiana is not In ordor. JJobato is ; not In order, and ns soon as tho gentleman " from Louisiana began to make a etatemont ' the Chair called him to ordor." 3 "Not till linhnd uindo IiIb statoment." plead- .' c.l tlio Watchdog. y Col. Hatch cut him off by saying: "Tho , nuosttnu Is on tho motion of tho gentlomnn p front Louisiana." r At this Julius Cn-snr Burrows IntcrforfifL f Ho is a parliamentarian from l'urllamontvillo. "; As Mr. Jllancbard hud minted clause 4 of rulo f li.l. Uurrows had turned to it. Tills clause is us follows: jm tn OimuiURiMt of tin- Whole IIoue. business on tlielr T cnieii'liiri, simil bo t.ikin u,i in regular onlcr, exceia I bula ror iJvUlnif revenue, ifcncral appropriation bill, ; mini bills for thu lniroiai:itt of rlir and harbor. Is whlrli htiall luiio pr-ci-doiii-v. and when objection ti y i.aksini; over any hill or proposition is luaite, the com '. lnttteo shall ihtrtupou rise and report hucq objection ,L to tho lloiue. uhlih nhall deculo without debate V vrheilier such hill or proportion shall be considered or tc ).ild liside for the present, whereupon the Committed sviiatl resume Its sittlnif, without luriher order ol tbo y iiouio. , "Mr. Chairman," sold tho serono Burrows, " I do not understand that thoru Is any motion r to bo put. Tho gentlomuQ from Louisiana 6- as-ks that thn bill, tho title of which has boon road by tho Cloik, bo passed over, nnd X have I not hoard any objection to it. 4s Col. Hatch rose to the omorpency. "Tho I gentlomnn from Indiana objected." hu ropliod. t This waBconstrui-tlvoly but not strictly true. "Islnmld think I did object." growled the )?' Watchdog, and tho llouso roared. i. Undotibti-dly ho did Intend to object, but ho V Was so ongertomnkonspeechthntho forgot It. ?J Thornupon Col. llateh salrt: "Tho commit- AL tee will Use. mid the Chair will report to tho W Mouse under the I ulo." & . Speaker ('lisp thou took tho gavel. Col. fh. Hatch walked into the. arena fronting him nnd ,"'). paid: "Ml. Speaker, the Committee of thu k? Whole Houso on the Btato of tho Union roportH ' that It hah had under consideration the first '? I iiuueial npproprlntlon bill upon tlm calendar, Vk tho Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, nnd that V tho uontloman from Louisiana bus moved that J , tho bill bo laid aside, tn which objection has -L boon inadii by tho gentleman from Indiana." , Thollght was thus transform! to tho open ",, Souse, There was much oxcltoment. Mom- 4, bors directly Interested In the Itivei and Hur- i bor bill flocked together, whllo Messrs. Bayers. V Dookery, Jlrecklnrldgo. und other mombors of Y' the Committee on Appropriations gathored J; around tho Watchdog. 0 ripeiiuer urisn. vvu-iuou. nis gayei witn occt- tlve onergy. "Tho centlomnn from Missouri, ' Chairman of tho Committee of tho Whole," he I said, "reports that tln committee, on the call 1 of tho calendar, having leiiehud the t-undry if Civil Appropriation bill, objection was mnilo to its present coiu-iderntlon, whorntipou tho 15 cojhimlttoa rosonnd dlreeti'd Its Chnlrnian to I repoit that fact to the House, and the ouus i tlon now Is, Shall that bill belaid aside.'" (i. Again tho old Watchdog came out of his X kennel. Ho was mi nervous that ho called tlio if- Sneaker "Jlr. Chalriiian." "i ask unanimous J' consent," ho said, "tlintthreo mlnutos boul- V lowed for a statement of tlio roai-uns why tlio V motion of the gentleman from Louisiana ;" ahoutd not provnll." "I objoot," said a centlomnn with a tawny, 5 pointed beard. It was Oen. Catchlijgsof Mis i blsslppl. The Watchdog did not hear Mini. v "Objection Is mudo," the Speaker shouted. ' " Who objected r"nskod the Wutclidog. "No i BBiitloman rose to object." " T he gentli-mnn from Mississippi objected," thn breaker ropliod. Tho WntcluloK was gesticulating and shout ing from tho continnt nis economical body guard, but thu r-po.iKcr brought down the gavel, and shouted:!" The question Is. Rlinll this hill tp laid asldoTor thu present V Thoso In favor otlt will fcay. nyo." ' - Thi-ra was a storm ot n es. B " 1 hose opposed, no." B The bodygunrd of economists shoutod no. i ,?llB a'ta boem to have It." the Speaker f laid, t Tho Vatclidrig mado a last effort. "I isk J for n division," iin shouted, ns he rose to his 1 Icot and shook his hnnd at the hpeakor's desk. 1 A dlvlrinn showed laa ayes and 4H noes. ! "Sir, Hpeiikor." said tlm Watchdog. "I do not i all for the yeas and mis, becuuso I do I not wish to cnnhunintho time." i, hpvakor Crisp said: "Tho ayes hnvo It, and I, the House Instiucts the cnmmiitento laynsldo I tho Sundry Olv II Appropriation bill. The com- I. Ultteo will remiuie its session." fl.v Tho Hon. William Henry Hannibal H&toh i tlica ogulu mounted tlio steps and geliod tho j travel. The Spcnkcr rosumod his old place mar tho door nnd watched tho proceedings. "iho Clerk will report tho next cenoraUp proprlatlon bill upon tho calendar," Mr. Hatch shouted, Clerk Itoiiglilallnc load: A hill (It it. T.i'.'U) roskltur approprliitlotn for lh t on stmrtlnn, repair, and presmailon of certain public wutkYun rlicraaiid harbors, and ror other purposes. The tall Loulslanlan roso wltli a triumphant light In hit eye. Hut tho Watchdog was not yet through with him. Ho nindo his Tast effort to shunt the uxlinvngntit monsuru. Mr. Chairman." ho shouted, tlio ltiver nnd Har bor bill Is not ono of tho Kt-noial appropriation bills within tho innanltig ot the, rulo. It has nlwnys boon held tlml ft was not," Thu reader will notion thnttliu rule puts tlio Diver and Hnrbor bill after general appropria tion bills. Tho tall Loull inlun showed no nervousnos". In a clear, deliberate tono ho said: "Mr. Chairman, if tho gentleman Irom Indiana makes that, point, the iiulekettwriy to got over tho dltTlenlty w III bo for tho Clerk to go on down the calendar till lio reaches ..what tiro general appropriation bills, and 1 will nsk. tho committee to lay thorn nslili;. anil, nllur that Is dono tho Itlvornnd Harbor bill can como up under tho rule.'' , , , Col. Hatch replied: "Tho Chair has In structed tho Clerk to i end the tltlo of the no general npproprntlon hill on tho en i-nilnr. If thorn arc no other genor ii appropriation bills on thHcnlcnilitr " , ... . ... "Theronrotwo regular, appropriation bills on tho cnlomlnr." broku In thu atchdog. still making a light. ,. ,, . , , .,.. " Thu (hair will hnvo tlm bills reported un der their titles." Col. Hatch repliod. Thu Clerk then read tho title of n bill, mak ing provision for thn construction . n'1 Mates revenue eiiltur, for Service in thu harbor of Snn riiincisco. , , .. . ... "That Is pot ii general appropriation bill, shoutod Commodore lloutolle. uppnrontly anx ious to worry tho Watchdog. . ... "I ask uimnlinoiis consent that tlint till bo laid iiside." s,il-l thn Loiilsliin bin. " I object," came from tall Hcklor of South Dakota. . ,, .. . . .luliiis C.t-enr llurrows tbon called Col. Hutch's attontlon anew to tlio fact that It was not a general appropriation bill. "thy gentleninn Irom Michigan Is r ght, ' Col. llnteli promptly resppiiituil. Tills is not n general npproprint on hill.' ... ... 5 ho old Watchdog had kopt his place In tho centre of ills bodvgunrd. and Wilts 6tlll ges ticulating wildly toward tbo Chair. Iho next general npproprlntlon bill Is tho Tost' Ofilco bill." ho shouted. There was n lull In tho proceedings. Tho Chair was looking over tlio calendar and islanolngntthorulos. "What Is tho business bforo tho House ?' asked Mr. Wilson of Washington. ..... Col. Hatch rospondod: "1 lio chair will stato to tho gentleman that tho Houso has resolved Itself into Comniltteo of the tvholo on tho (Into ot tlio Union." ,, , . . ,,. "Kor tho consideration of what.?" Mr. V llson Inquired. , , , ... , , ' Oenornl nppioprlntlon hills." ceplled Cpl. Hatch, "and as soon ns tho first bill can bo found it will bo read by Its tltlo." I'nges wero dislilug this way raid that In vain efforts to tlml printed copies ot tliol'flst Olllco appropriation bill. There w-usnuother lull in tho proceedings. I inally tbo tall , f.ou islnnl.in .suggested thatns the ( lert could not llnd any general appropriation hill on tho cal endar, the next IiukIiiu-h in ordor wns other appropriation hill". Col. Hatch replied that thorn was nn oversight in not hnviturtho bills In tho House, but a messenger had been hunt to the Clerk's olllco for them. ,, lloiotho Wutchdog carnotothorosqtie. T w 111 furnish the Clork with tho tltlo of tho next bill." he bald. "It Is on pngoti ot thn calen dar, a bill making appropriations for tho ser vice of the J'ost office Department for tho 11s cnl year ondlng.Tuno.'IO. 1SU." ... Tho ( lork rend the title, nnd tho Loulsinnlnn a"ked that It bo laid over. Mr. Hatch put tlio request to tho Committee. The Watclnlog still held tlio iloor. " I boliovo under the rule." lie-aid. "when thorn is objoetlnn to tho con sideration of n hill, tlio committee rises, nnd tho question Is submitted to tho Houso." '1 hereupon the Chair askod whether there was objection to tho request of tho gontlnmnn from Louislann. Tho Watchdog objected, and tho Committee again rose, hpeakor Crisp ro sumod tho chair, and there was tho usual voto and division. Tho division showed tlint thero wnt no quorum in tbo House. Mr. llutler of Iowa Insisted upon a voting quorum, nnd tollors were appointed. It took twenty min utes to get a quorum. Tho Loulsinnian bad triumphed by l.VJ ayes to ''4 noes. The next gonoral appropriation bill on tho calendar was the I ortilWtlons bill. Mr. Dlanchard nskod unanimous consont that It bo passed over. Mr. llutler of Iowa ohjoctod. Tho Committee again roso and tho following scone occurrod: The Speaker The question Is. will the House illrect the Loinniflttcor Iho Whole lo pass oer the lortlnca tlonn Appropriation bill ' Mr. Hoiiteile la there not some war In which we can tret at this thtnit in bulk amlsavti this see sawlugfroni Hie House back to Ihetomlultteo ' The Speaker The Chair doe not know any. Mr. lloulelle Then we hav e to mine back into tho House each time we reach one of these bills, and tee intr backwards aul forwarJs? The speaker Tho chair uou!d not call It see-aawlne. Air Boutellc Well, would U not be in onUr to uiako some olnuibils motion lo rot er utl these bills r Turn Heed (sarcastically) -Tho sjstein does not per mit it. The Houso then laid aside tho Fortlflcntlons bill nnd again went Into committee. Then Chairman Hatch said that as there was no other general appropriation bin on tno calendar tlio Clerk would rooort tho lllver nnd Hnrbor bill, which under tho rulo was noxt In order. Tho old Watchdog could not givo up tho fight. "I riso to a question of order." ho bhoutod. Ho wanted to know whether thero wnsnnythlng In tho rulo that gavo the liivor and Hnrbor bill priority over current measures on tho calendar. "Why.ceitainly." replied tbo tall Loulsinnian. "Wo went into Commlttou of the Whole to consldor general appropriation bills," sug gested Mr. lloutelle. Col. Hatch ordered thn Clork to rend clauso 4 of rulo -'.'). and tho Watchdog was forced to al low the bill tho right of way. II.-PISCI'SSINO THE BILK It was rathor a mortifying rosult. The old Watchdog seomod to feel it koonly. Ho had his own way with tho Houso for a longtime. Ills Sundry Civil bill had boon reported prior to tho illver and Hnrbor bill. Ono wns noces sary to the carrying on of the Government, and the other was not Ono lopped off $l'J.'J,'iU,000 an compared with tho appropriations in tho preceding session, wUIlo tho otbor nddod Sill. .01.000. Worso than nil. Iho success of tho Loulsianian's parliamentary tnctics moant a distinct repudiation of the Watchdog's reso lutions pledging the Houso to economy boforo tho rules wore formulated. It moro thnn coun terbalanced oil tho pruning nnd cutting tint had been dono In tho Military Academy, tho Ivava!. the Consular and Diplomatic, and other appropriation bills. Tho economical brako fnetonod upon tho rulos by .ludgo Holmnn would not work on the Itlvornnd Hnrbor bill. It applied only to general appropriation bills. The old Watchdog eauly shook his head. Tho Houo was simply running over him. Hut ho did net tt.iy In his kennel. Whllo ofTor ing no fuitlier tevhnlcil opposition, hu boenn to skirmish for time for debate. The Louis lanlan wns very generous. Ho allowed tho dobntu to run on IndellniU-ly. Having secured this much, tlio Watchdog retired to tho room of tho Committee on Appropriations and ro innlned there dutlng tbo rest of tbo day. On tho nextilargener.il ilobato wns limited to two hour, the Watchdog expressing him self as BiitMlod. IIo mnilo a polltlo spooch. Ho said that be approved of a wlso und reasonable system of Intornal Im provements. Ho bad hoped tlint In tho prepniiitlpn of tills bll . notwitliHtand. ing tho heavy jirnssure. tho general pol icy controlling tho House this session would have been manifested to at loast a rea sonable extent. It was the only bill that did not propose any reduction overthe appropria tions for tho current rear. On the contrary, as would ho seen, it involved a largely lnoronted oxpendlturo lor Iho proseut and for theuturo. .' D?U.rr ?a.,'i'i ral I' "'' 1 1 7.000 larg r than thu last bll. a It p,ised tho Honso. Mr. Hlniiehard replied that t lovercd nearly ?4.(H)(),UW less than the bill of Imio. "h0!i' ft', I' ,Jl;,',Vn" ,a 'lw'" "'o Watchdog replied: "but this Involves a miiuli larger ox pendlturo In future than any Receding hill," Tho pressure to liearwh.it Im bad to say wns very great. Mem herb crowded around hiiiifroiinivory direction, ami tho cbalrwas finally forced to Uneaten them with the Scr-:iant-at-Arms to keep onler. 'I hnta Interest isfl frequently Interrupted thn Indlanlan with questions but ho answered Ilium promptly, and did not seem annoyed. Ho Mild whllo the speelllc appropriation of the bill was only S-JL-I'I.OOO there wore contracts authorised to buehnn extent that it ought tonrouso the attention of the House. Thoy would grow nnd beenrao Immense. Tho Inst Congress took tint Initiative step In this contract s) stem by im propriating clO.dOO.tXjO Til,,! Hns tt Hopmai. ran Congress. In this Congress tho contracts authorised had boon incronsod to'JU,7oj,:i21. Hero thu tall Loulsinnlnn got n turn on tho Watchdog, Ho nuked him if ho objected to the contract systom, and Judge Holmau ro pliod that ho did, v i "Well," replied Hr. IHanohnrd. "I hold In my hand tho Sundry Civil bill. Untlor tho head of- JUilldlng for tho Library of Cong rosa ' I llnd a proviso for contracts." "I hopo the gentleman will not consume my time," the Watchdog rapondod. "I am asking you." Mr. Illanclinrd replied. "If you did not put Into tlio Sundiy Civil bill u prnilsloii for a conliactr" "les" answered Mr. Ilol-nniii , "In the n-nn language that Is iifcd In this bill, for tint milking nnd i-ontlnulng of con tracts?" persisted Mr, ilbinch nd. , "lcs. sir," Mr, ilolmnn replied: "I was com ing to that much moro fully. Your bill In XSWJ1 sn, expenditure In tho coming ysar of $.1.'.U1,0()0. and it authorizes and directs eon ttacta to bo made covorlng $'W,70iWa XbU "' ; J Z ' In1;47.0fv:i,O00. nqualto tho onilrn cost of tho Oovcrnment only forty yenrsneo.' Jinlco HolmnnV half hour expired before ho Was through, and he hnd somo difficulty In ob taining nitoen mlntrtes' oxtertslon. Indocd, ho wouldlinve hardly pot It If It hud not boon for thn courtesy of his opponent. i...... Tho tight grow hot beroro tho two Jiours, a lottod forgenernlilj,batooxpl-od. W.nl-ock-wood juinped Into MV. Whlllngot Mlchlcah. nnd hnd a llvoly sklrtiilsli wrth young Dalloy or Texas, Then) wens dlgnlllcd speeches and witty speeches, speeches relovnntntulspcochos Irrelevant. Members -who, had nrgr) appro priations for Imrlioiri ,lu tlielr districts had Iltllo to say. whllo t!roi who worn ovei looked lioeamo cantankerous. Judgo Hnlman tried to stnko out the. pro visions for contract for tho Hnrbor or ltefugo at I'olnl .luilltb. A hot debato oc ourrcd. tho Loulslnlilin inoollnc lilm hilt to iillt, Ho unotcd further' from nppropriatlnn bllH onrn-lng contracts, reported by tho Watchdog's committee. The Commlttop of thn Whole stood by tbo Loulsinnlnn. In fnct. tlio bill wns really Incioasod In tho llouso In stead of being cut down. 111. -saw-asm. It wns on May (1 that Tom Uned went for tho Judge. IIo illecovorod In tlio bill nn appropri ation calculated to boneflt tho town ot Law rencoburg. In tho Watchdog's district, nnd moved to strike It out. Ho was very sarcastic In his plea for oeonomy. nnd wound up by ti listing that ho should have tho nslstnnco of tho gentlomnn from Indlaun. Dobnto was limited to (Ho mlnutos, whon tho linmmcr fell. Tho following eoeno occurrod: Mr Ilo!mn-t hone tho rentleman will ti more lime. Mr Reed Oh, no Mr Holrann-oti. I Insist on It. Mr. Ilre.t Hh. no; I want the help of Iho eenltemnn from Indiana. Ilia aislntance hot more i'lit-ortance lo tills country thin my tiaMBK Ilia minutes adctl Hon ll. At this tho Houso began to laugh. After tho Inughtor subsided the Watchdog himself be came facotious. Ho twlrlod his glasses nnd ran along llko this: "Oh. Mr. Chairman, tho gentlomnn Is usually pleasant and funny, and wo all laugh, as a matter ot course Indeed. tlio pleasant racooi tlio gcntiemnn irom .uuiue Incites us to pleasant emotions. Wo nro always glut! to hear him talk, and lioalwuis tnlksvory well. Ithasbeon horalded around tbo Capitol during this forenoon that some body was to bo literally chawed up by tho goti tlemnn from Mnino. All of us. of course, hnvo boon on the lookout, nnd I thought possibly It might bo mo." "Why, 1 notified tho gentleman," broko In Tom Heed, "No." replied tho Watchdog, "but after I heard tho rumor I wont to tho gentlennn nnd asked if ho was after mo. It was rumored mound among tlio boys that thoru was going to ho a gieat onslaught, nnd I presume that most of tlio gentlemen here who h.ivo miy thing to do with rlveis and harbors trembled in their hoot. Tho susponso was becoming torrlblo. nnd lie told mo that ho was going to pitch Into tho little city of Luwreuceburg. or wotdsto that effect." Hero tlm Judgo dropped ills fncetlonsnoss nnd spread nn array of farts before tbo Houso that put tho man fiom Mnino to his trumps. Tho latter came hack, howevet, in good stylo by arraying his facts thus: "As tbo gentleman from Indiana nplatnq it. It Is it very simple ulTalr. Hero the Ohio lllver comes on ltn way, llko that gi eat aisle in front of tho Chairman, and tlio (Ireat .Miami, like the aisle by the gentlomnn from indinnn, tho supposed bar being nt tlio end of tho gon tloranu'H uisle. Hero where I stand would represent fairly well the pluco where tho dlko is. Lnughtor.l 1 rnni tho Oreat Miami illver the country slopes downward and not upward. Anybody can see t li.it w hen thu Ohiu Ulv or It, nn what thu river nion call a 'big high' the olToet is simply to back up tho water, to ovorllowthis Lottom land: nnd Instead ofin eronslng tho scouting properties of the Great Miami, as wo have been told, tho dlko aliM; lutely stops it for niuo miles: yet that is what tho gentleman from Indiana supports, on the ground tlint it helps navigation. In other words, it Is just as if n great dike wore built ou riorldn avenue, on the bound.ity ofhis city, away back Irom the river, in order tnincrca-e the navigable power of thn Potomac." Tom Heed then cullod fiom his own facts and llguros nnd proved to his ow n sntisfni-tion that tlio embankment was being mudo to Keep a ruilroad out of the wot. Tlio Watclnlog went nt him ncaln nnd came out or tho light In good shape, although Mr. Heed frequently turned tho laugh on him. On tho succeeding day Mr. Brynn of Nebras ka came tn Judgo Hotmail's aid. Tho bill gives tlio Hoard of Lnglneors power to examine spoelllod streams to ascertain whether they canbomado navigable. Mr. Dryan put In an amendment, adding tho Platte, hlkhorn. lie publican, Loup. Neomaha. Niobraia, and Dine rlvors and Salt Creek ot Nebraska. IIo said that ho offered the amendment so tlint the bocrotnry of War could llnd out whether thero wnsnnv rlvor in Nebraskn that would justify tho oxpondituro of public money. "Thero is no tolling what ma) bo discovered there. Mr. Chairman." ho mhled. while tlio House was ootivul.-cd Willi laughter. "Agen-, tlcmnn insisted that the Ohio lllver should have a lnrcerapproprlatlon, hecauso It carried sovon million tons of commorce annually. Now. if I hat proves anything, it proto-thnt the Ohio Itivor is already a uavlgahlu stteaiu. nnd does not need any appropriation. Hut the poor rivers of my Statu do not have nn com merce and it seoms to mu tlint that fact alone is sufficient nvidonco that they need to bo im proved. If the engineers turn u search light upon thoso streams out there In Nehrasku, they may find that thoy can bo mido navigable. My theory Is that tho Platte Illver was oucos large stream, rolling down between pleasant bluffs, several miles wide. Hut snags got Into the bed of the stream, tho fiovurn ment dentist negloftod to extract them, sand and soil gathered around the snags, tlm bed of tho river lllled up. and tho water went somowhero olso. 1 believe if tlio present flow of that river weio conlliind to u stone-walled channel, .'10 fo-t wide und 'JO feet deep, thero would bo sufllelent water to carry on great commerce. Amlifthu wntei should prove to bo insufllelent. tlm oxperimrnts wo have nl renily mado with aitel,tn wells show that wo might secure a supply of water at tho went end of the rlvei. It may ho that the engineers will bo able to discover an om client place out thoro for a harbor of refuge. I have ono place in my mind's oyo. where I think tlint. If wo could get water onougli lntolt, our navy might float In absoluto secutity In tlino of war." mint mnuo the npoucli moio amusing was thofnet that Mr. Ilryan had stihmittod to .Mr. Jllancbard a list of surveys or streams In that State, and Jllaiichnril, believing It to be gen uine, had aceopted it. The Loulslanlan stated Ibison tho floor of thn House, and thon asked Mr, Ilryan if ho hud offered thu amendment In good fulth. "Personally," ropliod Mr. Ilryan. "I do not boliovo these rlveunre navigable." "Then." said Mr. lllanchiud, " I cannot ne ropt tlio nmniidmunt, and trust that It will bo voted down." .. ','."".? JIr Chairman," perslstod Mr. Hrynn. I belioiotlicr arejiit ns enpnbbi of being mudo navigable nsu-iany ot thu rivets men tioned in tho bill." "I do not nccopt the amendment," Mr. Iilarichnrd said, and it was rejected on a di vision by 10 yeas to !:t unit. 1V.-THC ltl'SPI.T. Hut tho Loulslanlan won hlsflglit. Ho swept everything boforo him, nnd now lio Is a candi date for tho United States Konato. Tho ox travnganco of tlio lllvor nnd Harbor bill will lead to a scrimping In noccssnry expendi tures. The Post Ofilco clerks and othors who nro looking forun increase of salary will look In vnln to this Congress. Sevonty Southorn Domocrats, ,14 Northern Democrats, fjtl Itopublicsns, and !i Parmcri' Alllanco members votod for the bill. Twenty Southern Democrats, 35 Northern Democrats. 7 Hopubllcins, and !l I-'urmois' Alliance mem hers voted against It. Tlnqu aio moro North eru Democrats in tho Huuso thun thero uru bout hern Democrats. It has been nllogod tint mnny Southern IlnmoiTiith voloil for (ho bill hecauso they think ttthoiroiilychnncu of getting some of I ho benollts dlstiiiuitud from tho Tjc.ifuii. liy tho passigo of tho Direct 'lux llefundliig bill. Ill tho lai-t Congress, .Northern States drew over ?17,(mi.(Hjii from the Trensuiv. Thu mine Congress lolused to return Iho ioi ton tav. paid by the South. Tho Southern Mutes each oar mo compelled to pay their propoition of thu Pension Appropilnlinn bill. This year the total punslou up prnprliition bill will amount to si 47,l)lH).(jix). Thus many of the Southern States will pay forponslons far moro than it eots thorn t sustain their Mate and local (invoriimonts. Tuko Alabama. fnrinMnuco. Her shaioof the pension taxes is S7.01H),(J00. All this inoney Is tnkeii from tho State, nnd hardly a dollar of It returns. Thu only clinueo helms of getting nnitlilng buck thiougli tin) 'i'ronbtiiy Is through thu lllver and Harbor bill. All this gives color to the statement. Wheth er true or not. one tiling is ocitnin. it IiioLm as though Iho appropriations Hindu by the llrst bosslonof the Ilfly-second Congress will sur pass by many millions thoso mado by thu first nosslon of the I'llty-tlrst Congress. At both sessions ltiver and Harbor bills wero passed. The main put of the Increase will bo found In tho Pension Appropriation bill it Is under stood that tlior-enalo willliieteasoby sl:i(MHi, OtiOthn amount upprnprinted by tlio lloueo, Nor l- Ihls.all. A leulliu r-onntiu- l said to bin oannt'iinccd that tho Senate will hold tho , lloii'o by thu gills nml keep it here till 0tober, ' If necossai y, unless it agrees tn the Senate's proposition. And In the face of nil this Iho revenues bid falrto bo at least S.r0,0u0.ixi0 less than tho disbursements. This means Jn ci eased taxation. Thu ponple must llx tho re sponsibility. Auoa J. CvMULNua. TERRORIZED BY LIZARDS. ASSAULTS AND 11WFT8 ill A fM.Yfl OS OltAXUK MUVXTAUiS. rieennar Itcikten I.oalrr Were Tolcrateil for "Vrnris, ItrMrtenfK Herk Protection Now from Itnt-ct.-irt nml Uleliunymen The Care nnd lteftortfl on the Mnnntntn. Tho LlrnrdB. who for flvoorslx years pnst hnvo tcrrorlzod tho ronpeotnblo rosldonts ot tho Orangos.nro beginning to break out again. As tbo warm vvcathor approaches thoy aro becoming bolder and holder, knowing tho snfoty of their retreats, wbloh aro In the wild est part of tlio Orango Mountains. Tho Wost Ornngo pollca force of four mon Is unnblo to eopo with them. During tho wlntor sonson somo of tlio Lizards work, but during tho sum mer most of the mombors of tho gang loaf In low barrooms nnd live in a big envo nt tho top of Wntchlng Mountain, Tho doings of tho Llrnrds during tho past fowyenrs hnvo boon well known, nnd nt ono tlmolast summer mallei. s were so bad that womon couldn't venture nut alono with safety at night, and mon carried rovolvors when thoy had occasion to vUltWc't Ornngo nftor dark. Thn police tried to break up tlio gang, but tho lorco wns bo smnll'thnt llltlo headway was nindo until ono night when n policeman caught tho leader of the gang with stolen properly In ills possession and locked lilni up. Afterward tho gang kopt quiet I ? itf JET THR LIZARDS' COT. The gang has been rcenforccd this summer bv recruits from this city. Threo or four cases of highway robborv havo bcon reported within tho past rnonth. On tho evening of April 'Si Mrs. Charles dinger of llonvlck nvenuo. Orange, whllo walking homoward nftor n visit to a Irlend In West Ornngo. was accosted by a tall, rathor good-looking young man. whom she recognized ns a Llnini. Sho trlod to oseapo from tho mnn, and when she screamed for hell) ho grabbod her by the throat and told her he would kill her If sho didn't stop scream ing. Ho began to drag her from tho street Into a lot, but she screamed again, dcsplto his throat, nnd he lot go of her nnd rnn across a flcld. Tho young rascal's retreat was ac counted for a moment Inter when two sturdy farmers rnn up In nnswer to the woman's cry for help. Thoy ehnsod tho highwayman, but ho escaped. In two other cases of nssnult and robbery tho Lfj-ards wero active that night ,T. C. Venablo. n coachman in tlio employ of V. W. Haldwin of WostOrnnge. w.ns nttneked by threo mon, who. relieving him of nil tho money ho hnd. S1.00. knocked him doin. and beat and Mckod him ( into insensibility. Ho was picked up by a roo- 4 tiir ninnoov. Ident and convovod to a houso nearby, nnd was iu a precarious condition for two duys. Tho othor victim of tho gang was Georgo Lyons, n colored drlvor In tho employ of Mr. Joseph Campbell. Tho three mon nssnulted him, but ho mndo a stubborn light and drove them away. Thoy caught him ngaln tho next night and beat him so brutally that ho has been In bod over since. The- pollco wero noti fied of tho outragos, but no arrests wero made, and tho Lizards contlnuo to run things to suit themselves In that part of Orango. Tho Liard gaug. tho pollco i-ay. was orsnn i7ed on Jan. 7, !h3.-, when Michael, alias "Sleepy" Burke. James Edmonson, a wayward young man ot good fumily. and Pat McKouno. tho present lender, stolo a keg of beer In Orange nnd carriod It to tho mountnln. Tho police traced tho young fellows, nnd caught them drinking the beer. Tho worst flint could be said ngulnot the prisoners nt that time was that thev wero a shlltlonlot of good-for-nnth-lngs. Thoir senteneos wore light, and alter they had been liberated thoy found a secluded cavo In Wilmording's woods, just off the Northlleld roid, which runs up the side of the mountain. Ilttod it up ns a rendezvous, and used It as n hiding place for vvhatuvor they could steal. Tho disappearance of thu young men from tho local bar-rooms mmi:o HAHRISON'S Illl.N. was commonted upon byoverybody. and West Orange thought that It had rid itself of throo veiy uudesirablo rosldonts. shortly uftoi ward. liow-ever, stoios mid houses In Orango und West Orange were brokon Into nightly, nml hundreds of doll hh' worth of gooda wore stolon, 'I ho police had no dilllculty In tracing tho burglaries to the throo young mon In the mountain, butt heenptiirlngof them was nn ptlipr thine. Shiftless charactors In tho neigh liurhpoil jo ned the mnn. nnd n regular gang was formed. Owing tothulr hnblts and modes of living, tho residents called them "Liruids." Ldnuiiison was tliu leader of the gang. Ho disci need his family many tinios, and whon liobecninoeoiniiianderiif tho Lizards nobody i.!!hliV"i''0'1' ''bonlTnlrs of the guru- run ? !l' '0r1h0l''al yeais. Sovoial members w no in rested nt different tlmoH for odd jobs i id wore sent Id prison, but thoy worn not ii h-scil, becaiiFo reciuits took tlielr places. no night IMmonsni, nasc.iuglit with nstoltn ! ', m,"."' ,l"-"'- Ho was tried mid sentenced I J i i,,.V l'fli'n 'r font years, but was pardoned through tho Itilluonco of his fnni Lhnrii. rr. Ilu ''.n J, no" vod two mouths. " nrk'twnr!1 . '." !""okn into the J, iJ?I i 17",lik 'Ibroekiuorton in Or liSMh,?1 -Vn Tbi-ockmorton sonsolo-s Sliina n!"1'! nmI' witl1 two couipnnlonH, ran fv.aniVT 10"SV ,roni parret to cellar. Ho wnsnrroslcd and sent tii jail, but was pur ilonccl ngniii. '1 he exntt location of tho gang's eaio had been a secret. 'Iho pollen scoured homoun iihiM lorweiSksin tho hope of llnd Ing It and gelling someof the stolen propeitv. J"',1 'lJ,',,,lll no success. One day. how over, a private detective in thn disguise of a wood man found thu cave nnd drovo Iho thlnienuiit. Thoy found another cavu higher up the iiioun aln. but wore drlvon from that also. 'I hen they found new nuuitcrs. nnd for a time the pollco wero bafllod. After three places had been entered by burglars in one night the residents organised a posso to llml tin. I.lrards. located them nanubaniloiiea hut back from the read and In the wildest prut of tbo mountain, nnd nr iestd bvo men, Inclnillng Ldmnnton. All w eru tried und sent tn pilsnu for two ears nml ii half each, but worn pardoned before they had served half tiui time. That was a sovorif blow to tbo LU.irii. mid thoy disbanded for a time. After coining out of inll JWmonson went-to work iu a hat factory, but he gavo up his job soon to reorganize the Lizards. That was about two years ago. Tho capg found 1 now envo. and began operations on an extoR stvo sc.ir. 1-or a tlmo Kd mon son had luck, but one night ho wns arrested for stealing a horso from Samuol .lonos of Ornngo. Ills fam ily furnished ball, and ho was liberated. Whon he loft tho jail ho rnmnrkod to his Into koopor: I'll nover bo taken nllvo by thn police again. If thoy should catch me again it would mean ono or two deaths, probably tho lattor." A any or mi lator Policeman Mcllitlrkof tho West Orango lorco saw n man acting suspl oiotisly lu a lonely road. Tlio man hail a bundle under bin arm, and when tho police man hulled him ho dropped It nnd ran. Mo (lulrk, overtaking tho fugitive, thrust out a foot nnd tripped him up. Tho man fought ilesporntoly, und when the pollcomnn jorked his prisoner to his foot ho discovered for tho first timo that ho had In his grasp the notori ous enptaln of tho Llrards. lJlmonson. In tho bundle wns n clock that bad boon stolen by Ldmonson und "Hloopy" Ilurko in Orango. Ldmonson, whllo In a cull, wns visited by Ills mother. Ho asked hor for a drink of Water and she handod It to him In a tin cup. IIo emptied n whltopotvderln ltnnd drank It That night -he had convulsions nnd was removed to the Momorlal Hospital In Ornngo. where ha died a few dayn Inter. Since L'dmonson's death his llontcnnnt. Tat MoKouno. a wicked young loafer, has been at the bond or tho Lizards. Ho has kept them quiet, mid. bovond ono or two small rohhorljs, thev were not very aggravating during tho past winter. They nro well oqulppod lor a Hiimmor campaign, however, nnd. unless Ls sex countv rounforces tho local pollco. tho rosldonts may uxpoct trouble from thorn. About twonty-threo men nro in thu gang now. nnd n tougher looking lot of loaforn would bo hard to llml. Mchotinn. the tender. Is n hardy foung mnn. nblo to work nnd support himself, but hn proTors to lonf. The wonder Is that ho Is toleiated In tho neighborhood. On the Oinngo Mountains nro places that nro as wild as tlio wildest outlaw could wish ror. and the Lizards are located In ono of them. Tliey havoneavoin tbosldo of thu mountain that is hidden from vlow by treos and vines. A ensunl observer would rirto by tho place n dozen tltnomidny nnd nover notlco anything out of tho ordinary, butn Iltllo poking In and out nmong tho vines will soon dlsclosuto vlow a good-sized holo surrounded by rocks. That Is the Lizards' cavo. and in It thoy ox pect to store away a lot of plunder (bis summer. Tho road beside It is old ami used seldom. About half n mllo from the cave Is a barroom in a ltttlo wood and Mono hut that Is rroiiuonted by thn gang. v bother Its proprloior is a Lizard or noils not known, but It Ib ii fact that tho Lizards were soon thero frequently. It Is a ramshackle af fair. Thu foundation Is of stone, and grnnlto blocks, rudely mortared together, form the first throo ur four foot of the walls of the build ing. Tho rest Is logs and rough boards, mak ing tho building In its wild location a plctur-t-snuo object. The Lizards loafed for awhile nt tho St Jnmes Hotel, a tavern kopt by Oeorgo Kuf In n less secluded part of tbo mountain. On Saturday night Inst Iluf and soveral friends put out tho w-hologang, nnd now tho Lizards have sworn vongeanco on him. Ituf told a re porter that ho hud received nn iinonymous letter signed "Linrd." benringthousnal skull nnd cross bonus, and warning him thnt his time had come. Ho Isn't nfrnld. mitfho tins a big gun loaded with buckshot for tho first Liz ard Hint shows his face near Iho St. James. Simeon Harrison, nn uccentriooid character, whoso ciandfiither purchased almost allot Lssex county from tho Indians more than 150 yours ngn. died about a year ago. In his will ho put usldo enough money to knep In order n big barn for tho accommodation of stray tramps. Tho Lizards tiko advantago of thnt, and from two to ten of them sloop In the bnrn overy night. They drink, light, and rnlso tre mendous disturbances, nnnoylne everybody In tho vicinity, and- nllow only thoir own friends to sleep In the bnrn. ThopoUcnmon havo been petitioned to put them out of tho place, or. at least, to keep 'thorn qulot. but untiling hns been done. Thnt Is the presont stntoof nffairs In Wost Orange, nnd although the residents are timid about taking any notion, they nro highly In dignant over tho lack of activity in suppress ing the gang, and it would cauo no surpriso if the whole depattment wero turned out bo forelong. Soiern! New York morohanta llvo in est Orange, nnd they nro particularly an noyed over tho lax management. Thoy nro tho chief sufferers from tlio descents of tho Lizards. They talk of forming a vlgllnnco committon to break up the gang and drlvo McKouno out of thu county. A bl.COSD SV1Z CAXAL. Tho TrnsnrcciN(nl Scheme Tor JPnrallellnB 1,chkci'n Illtcli. When tho Sultan of Turkoy sjnt to Cairo the firman investing tlio now ruler of Egypt ns Khedlvo, ho took occasion to adlrm tho oxclu slvo claim of Turkey to the Sinai peninsula. Nobody has over. known very clearly whoro Egyptian territory In tho desert of Sinai ondod or where Turkish dominion begnn. Tho Bed ouins of the desert pny tribute to nolthor powor. nnd lu fact.tho sovereignty of the pe ninsula is supposed to bo about as worthless n possession ns can bo Imagined, Mnny poo plo wondered, therefore, why tho Porte should hnvo gone out of its wuy to advanco Its claim to the peninsula. The London Standard suggests that an ex rlnnntion may bo sought In tho negotiations which took place some yoars ago with respect to tho construction of a second Suez cnnnl. At that tlmo tho I.essops canal was nt tho height of Its success. Tindo was brisk, freights wore high, and there was ovory prospoct that tho canal would yield ovou largor dividends than it hnd already declared. Cortaln capitalists, nmong whom were a fow Englishmen, but more Lcvantino flnanclois. thought it would bo a monoy-ninking schemo to build nnotlier cnnnl through tho desort of Slual parallel to tlm Mi,-, Canal. J bore nro no engineering difficulties in tbo way. Lesseps hud proven the practicability o' tlio Suez Canal. Tnowr" rylng out of a similar work was only a ques tion of money. Tbo promoters estimated that they could construct cnnil with largor ear ning powers at n fourth ton third of the out lay expended on the original work. The only difficulty was to obtain permission for Its con struction, nnd with this object In view they applied to the i'.gyptlun Government. The prorofnl was nt llrst viowod favorably by tho Ivhedivi), Teivfik Pasha, and his Minis tor. Their idea was that Egypt as a btato derived al solutoly no benollt from the enor mous traffic passing daily across hor territo ry. Ton Ilk was disposed to look kindly upon a project by which Egypt would become a partner in a now canal, mid would bo ontitlod fon large revenuu or bonus from tho prollts of tho enterpriso. The only titiestlon was vvhotlier J-'gjpt had the power to grant a con cession for a second canal parallel to tho one Count do Lesseps hud built. It hnppenod that whon Losrops built tho canal lio had omitted to insist that no othor water connection between tho two sens should bo allowed through Egyptian territory during tho period of the concession. Tho matter was dually submitted to the Inw officers, of tho Crown. who were wholly under lirltish Intlu ence, and thoy doclded that whllo mfspocllled monopoly wns given In tlio original conces sion, the ovistonce of such a monopoly might bo nigtied from tlio assumption that Lesseps would novor havo constructed his canal If it had not beou takon for granted thnt, if his speculation proved a success, a socond canal should not bo ullowod alongsldo the llrst Thnn tlio project was dropped uud has not sinco been heard of. Tlio Standard Intlmntos that tho Sultan do sires to obtain from llgypt nn admission that tho territory In Question is part of tlio Porto's own dominions, nml lu this event ho could cither directly or indirectly obtain a largo pecuniary consideration fur tlio right ho would uciiuini of either permitting or forbidding tho coustiuction of u computing Sum cauaL VISITISU CAItDS. The Kir; and Hbnpe Now In Vogue, Well as tla Proprr Inscription, Card otlquetto is one of tho finest and most dellcato tests by which n woman elassluos her ncrjualntnncoH. Its laws nro nnaltorable. Its sins of omission or commission anions the few that nro absolutely unpardonable This bit of snowy pnstoboaid by which judgment Is melcd out to you by tho social tribunal must bo linn in toxture, pure while in aolor, a llttlo smnllcr than thoso of lust year In slz.o. nearly sijuarn in slittpo. nnd hnvo a smooth but tin glnznd surface. The name, ongrnvod In script through tho centre of the curd, has the address below It In tho rigtit-hnnd comer, tho day for receiving-in the Inlt corner. This mime should never Includon husband's tltlo or prufosslon. but should spoil out the hubatni'H name In full, nnd not bo written With tho initials nlone. nriuon A daughter. In tho Hist year of hor social life, linano cnid, but engraves hor iinmooii h6r mother h enid. Alter tills probationary year the eldest or the only dnugtiter In a family writes only Miss before her family name- tho i oungor d iiiclitiirs write thn fultnutne. It has been decided that on a widow's card thu dear nnmn go long borne, so hard to rellmiulsh may ho r; talnpd with propriety for social use. though In nil practical matters the widow w rites liorowii Christian uumo instead of thnt of hor husband. Thr line Knnv Wlirr to .lump. Pom le lUnyu JiPv ,Vrrs, A vory knowing dog got Into tho train which was cum nc doivn irom up river, at (ireat Sorks. .Monday. Tlm train started up. nnd the dog still stu od aboard. The train begun to muvu Inster nnd '.inter, until It was gulug nt tlm rate of twenty miles an hour, Tho dog tlld iiotdnrotojump. Tho animal got out on tho lowest stop. At last tho train reached a swamp. Hu thon gavo a tremendous ap and landed In safety, in tho soft mud and water, 'iho dog wau uninjured and ran back. Ifil AT TtiS XtCKKT CUOITER BA)T. The Hui-prlalsB Experiences of Couple nt sin Elevnled Rtnttoa. At ton mlnutos before 0 o'clock tho othor evening a young man was standing nt tho far lowor end of tho down-town platform of tho Sixth avenue clovatod station nt Fourteenth street Ho wns cnrofully drossod. and n cer tain freshness In his toilet Indicated that ho had ehangod his clothing after the day's busi ness in anticipation of un ovcnlug away from homo. Ho loaned against thn railing, and straightened himself up only whon n train stopped. Thon ho examined cnrofully tho passengers who got off. Aftorcaoh examina tion ho loaned back again. llrst unbuttoning ids ovorcont and coat looking nt his watch, and thon carefully buttoning hlmsolt up again., Atthosamo end of tho platform, across the way, a young womnn was standing. Sho wns well drossod. and w hen the lights from tho train windows shono on hor Inco. sho wns scon to bo vory good to look at Sho hnd jot blaok hair nnd big, dark-brown eyes, and pretty features, Sho wns tall and stood straight. As tbo young man watched tho down-town trains nnd tho passengers who bad left thorn, so sho watched tho up-town trains and their passengors. 8hn bad nrj wntch to look at, so sho walkod down to tho office and examined tho clock about ovory tlvo minutes. At o:li o clock both the young man nnd tho young woman wero stniidlng at tho onds ot tho platforms and were showing signs of lm patience. Just about that tlmo they noticed ench other. They looked each othor over care fully nnd then turned thoir oyos away. Tho trains begun to como In moro frequently nml tho crowds grow larger. So both wero kopt busy for tho next fifteen minutes. At tlio end of that tlmo tho young womnn loaned on tho railing nnd fell to looking down nt crowdod Sixth avonuo with n vory disconsolate faco. Tho young man across the way exarnlnod hor more carefully. Uo looked at his watch again, waited until two more trains bad passed, leaving no ono for htm, thon bo slowly walkod down to tho oxit, and so down the steps to tho street A min ute later ho reappoared. this time on tho up town platform, where the- girl wns still watt ing". He lighted n cigarette and s it down on tho bench a few foot away from her. . She turned nftor awhile, end saw him look ing at hor. sho walked pnst him, keeping hor oyos straight In fiont of hor. ns though ho wero not there. She looked at tho clock In thn office saw that It was at 10 minutes to 7. nnd walkod back to tho far ond of tbo platform. Her ovos showod Hint sho wns not In n vory good humor. Iho joung mnn watched hor. und soon sho began to look at him. At 7 o clock ho left the bench nnd walked to ward her. He leain-d ngilnst tho railing about two foot from her and watched the crowd bo low, an sho was doing. Pretty soon he said something to hor. Sho straightened herself up. and, without seeming to hnvo heard, walked down tho platform nnd sonted herself upon tho bonch. ltoth watcheii tlio trains como und go for ten minutes moro. Then tho young man drew on his gloyos. settled his lint and darted down tho pint fuitn with mi air tlint said plainly: .Moll. I've got enough. I'm going." As ho reached tho bi-noh ho stopped, looked nt the girl, and talked to her rapidly, earnestly, and nt considerable length. At trst sho seemed not to bo listen ing, thon her face lookc d as though sho were debating somotlilng. then sho looked up at him and smiled. "Como on." ho said, as plainly ub rannnor can suyansthlng. Sho got up and noddod hor head, and dropped the least bit of her Inconsolablo look. They walked to the oxit together, lly tho timothoy reached tho foot of tlio stairs they were well acquainted. So they didn't get leftuftm all. asthotwopcoplo who failod to keop engage ments In thol-ourteonth btroot station of tlio hlghth AycnuoLlovated road that oveningvvlll pleabo tako notice. 8TATES3IEX HALTED 11Y A SXAKF. With the Help or Wnrrlnr They ManaKe lo Do X'p the Reptile. from Oi Prortrtmet Joum.ii. Tho first Inspection of land Miid to bo desir able fora military camp wus mado yosterday aftornoon by the joint legislative committee appointed to secure a pormanent camp for tho Ithodo Island militia. The committee consists of ono Fonntor and twollopresontntlvcs. Tho committee was ae compuulod by Jlrig.-Gons. Dennis and Ken dall. Col. Thornton. Col. Phetteplaeo. Capt liarker. Capt Oeorgo A. l'orsyth, Capt Howe, and Senator Andrews. Tho llrst proposed site vlsltod was tho sov onl hundred acres nt Hill's Grove. Tho expedition mot with an advonturo in pushing Its way through several acres of brako and briar. Tho party was marching In Indian tile, along tho old Poquot trail, whon tbo noadot tho column was abruptly halted by a large black snako poised on tho decayed limb of a tree. Its head orccted, its fangs ready to strike, and Its entire attltudo botokentng doflunco to tho Ithodo Island militia, thu Legislature, and tho commlttoos thereof. "lorwardl forward I" called Uon. Dennis, who was In tho rear, but thoso In tho van do clinod to budge un inch. Tho roptllo gavo a warning hiss, and its g itilng jaws closod with n suggestive snap. Its sinuous body advanced to n higher limb, und again its crest was erect ed to do battle. It gave a spring to another branch, and tho head of tho column wavered: a moment more uud It would have brokon. but just thon Senator Titus Andrews, who had boon gathering a bouquet of mushrooms, ' enmo up and slzod up tho situation. 'Hack, back!" exclaimed thoso who had recovered speech, and who wore fo.irful of los ing a valuable Senator. "For what " "Tho . snake, the snakol" they cried. "Oil. yos. I seo him. Why. tho varmint. Anyofyouwnnthlm f" Ho spoko as though ho would pass tho reptile to any ono short of a snake. Col. Phettoplacu was sorry ho hadn't his sword, and Col. I orsyth regrottod that ho was without a gun. Tut-tutr' oxclalmod tho yeoman Senutor from Smlthllold. nnd. pnsslng boneath tho snuko. ho seized it by the tail, just as Capt tors) tli aimed a blow at it with a sapling. I will shiny you u llttlo trick." observod Qou. Kendall, lilting tlio dead snako by the tall, "beo mo snap his head off." Ho snapped the snako as ono would snnp a whip, but tho trick did not work. The shook revived the snako and tho trick was not ronowod. INDIVIDUAL A.EXATIOX. The ITeBlra of Canadian to thn VuKcU Htutex Constantly Increaelnic. from las Toronto GlUe. Tho French-Canadian papers contlnuo to bo wall Hip Might of population. At Sorel In ono day JiJO tickets wore sold to porsons going to the United States. In the parishes below guobeo tho numbor going exceeds all previous records. At Levis, a concentrating point. J.riOO porsons a week tnko train for the States. AtShorbrooke. nnothur (.onceutiatlng point, tho exodus is evon moro remurl.abloi they come from tho north shore nnd from tlio j Bouth shore: tho whole province Is being omptipd of pooiilc. A French eontompotai) says tho ourcs aro alarmed nt tlm extent of the exodus, and so are the local bauLurs und storolceopers. The clorgy havo dono thoir best 1 1 dl-.su ulo tho people from going to New Engl mdi mis sionaries llko lather Dugns hnvo lelt nothing undone to persuade thorn to goto thu ( nn.nl i iu Northwest; but tlio stream continues to How in undiminished volume. A correspondent snys he happened t lio In n Post Olllco not far from tho oil) of yimbee tlio other day and found that lm pel cent of tho lettorsenino from tho I'lilled Slate", and finpei cent or over contained money sent by I reneli Canadians over tho line totheir friends uti tills side to enable them to join tlm c.irai.iu. Tho majority of the i migrants are farmers. In old times the sons and ilaiightersof fanners went, now tbo old folks aro pulling up stakes. It Is. as the French pnpers say, a ' loiriblu plague." Tho Tories have done their host. within Ihe Tory policy, to diminish tlm out fjotr. Thoy have built craving ioek nnd wet docks, branch railroads nnd mnlii lines into new regions like tlm Lake hi. John, now post offices and now oust. -in Ii uises, now wluiivos nnd new harbors, these hnvu cost millions of money and furnished employment tn largo numbers of men: but withal the exodus grows nnd shows signs of waxing greater in future years. The run's hit) tlm In inch railroads havo hlmplf iuov filed u eln up means of ogress. In old times It cost a lint Hunt 0 or slfi to reach llostou nftor lie had ilnieii Iililos to the (Irnnd Trunk on tho south sle re Now ho can oiu bnrl: mi his branch i-i el and got to Hoston. u colonist's faro on u co1 nit car, for ouu-third of the money, ,Iu at nh 1 1 Cnrkrr la. -.onl Ihe Chi I" in'y .Vrv tltenrtt, Iho word "corker" is n much-abused one. for tho reason tls.it Its roil moaning Is un kiionii to Iboviisl m.iioilly of thoso who i;ga the vv'iril. It is denvod fiom the French word "coMiier. and that comas from the litln "eircaro.' wlih-li, lu turn, was born of tho (!r,.-k word "korkii." slgnlf) jug "Incoinpa rnbli'ine." Tliiotigliout the lioinerluii utiles tbo guild ess whom wo eallvonus is referred to asNonus the coiker. and tho epllhot as orli'lnnlly applied seemed to Imply not only iiatuf,"1"1"1 Inlierent.itiiilit en. but also shining mid distinguished nceonipllslininnts personal mid Into lectunl beauty, nttructloiiR, charms clflH. nnU arts. Our word, perverted by tin ribald usage of tho profanely heedless, has co-no to imply n eortaln dlsregaid ol eouso (liiences. so that when ono spums of another as a corker thu multitude, gathers therefrom Unit ho who Is designated as n corker must noeessarily be u surt of wi-ll-moaulnc but Iho word thoroughbred," oorruptod nnd de te ,'? ibr thu r,rYtl fftmlflnrlty of idfe tongues, has come to Iibvo u Blmliftr meanlniiv I .SO GOES THE WORLD. tlOOD ISIE11EST OS A DOtLAK. Memitnr Nnw yer's) Keturn to a ItrolherlVh ' -'Tltil lilm a tertian Favor. Vom Ii5. finiti GtofDmvmf. Senator UnwyeVof Wisconsin ncctimnlated on linmenBo fortune In tho lumbor regions of tho Northwest IIo left Now York Stale com paratively a pdor bov. with. $200 in bis pocket, which ho earned by working on n farm. Ills brothor wns llten.n woll-to-do former In his nntivo Stntc. As younc Sawyer was bidding fnrowoll. bin. brothor nskod him how much money ho hint tobceln llfo with In tho West, "-I've got H1) In my pookot." said tho Sena tor or the future. His brother gavo him a dol lar to make it an oven two hundred. , A few years ngo Senator BAwyor. returning from A visit to Huropa, stopped nt his brothor' liouso In New lork State to spond n week amid tho bcoiios of his youth. Ho noticed a cloud on his brothor s faco. Ono evening nt supper tho Sonator casually inquired Into hi for tunes, nnd. before the conversation closed, de veloped the fact that ho was troubled ovor somo outstanding notes. They wore not ex nctly pressing, but us n thrifty farmor and a conscientious mnn generally they troubled lilm. lly ndrolt questioning tho Henator as certained tho amount of oach noto and the nnmi) of tho bolder. Tho next morning nt brenkrnst ho said to his brothor: "I want to uso your horso and buggy to-day. to tako a drive over tho ooun,try and call on somo ot my friends. Jlut Igoalonu." Tho horso and buggy wore got ready, nnd nvvny went thn occontrlo old Sonator. They wero silting togetliortliatnvnnlnirnfinr supper, vyhon out of his Inside coat pookot the Senator drew a small packago ot papors and bniided them to his brother. Thoy were tlio notos. representing an aggro cn,,.'i' ,f -m- " "?"'(l nntl tuk!jn them up. His brothor was at llrst diimfoundod. Still ho wns not avorso to tlio Sonator's course. The notes had boon scattered among three or four men. In tho Senator's hands they wero all to gether, and then tho Senator was his brothor. and It was only natural that he should prefer lilm ns his creditor. "Now. you make out n nolo forthowholo amount and I wHlsocUrolt." ho said. "'""' " Wlion I wont Wost," saM theSonator. loofc Ing up nt tho border of the wall papor."yoa cavo mo a dollar to make up the two humlriul with which I began liro for myself. I'rebabl? you have forgotten It hut 1 never forgot I nnanclal transaction. , Every dollar I look Wostcareod Sl.-tSU. The notes I took up to day wero for only $l.riOt). and so. instead of bofh(fiInmydobt.l8llIuwe you $150. I ore it Is' And lio handod him the amount in crisp bank notes ulready counted. l.V IXDIAX LEOESD IS SUllllLK. AISIoiix Mnld Who Died IVir f.ove or Ono mt 1TncleHnm'a Soldlerfi. Iom tht Mlimrtilott Journnt. CmxtnKRLAiv. 8. D May lO.-Reulptor nior dan or Dendwood hns completed tho Sioux In dian maiden etatuo upon which ho has boon working for some time. Tho statue will be a pmt of tho woman's exhibit ot this Stato at tlio World's Fair. Mr. ltlordan took for his subjoctu Sioux maiden named Minnehaha. In conuoction with whoso llfo nud death there Is a rcmantio legond. Minnehaha was tho daughter of 8lttingHenr ?,m! hor birthplace Is eredltod to Uiolilacic Hills, but tho family movod to a reservation in, tho eastern part of tho Territory (this occurred In about ISiOlnear an agoncy where United States troops woro stattonod. lllnnolmlm fell desperately In love with Liout Dupont u tolL noblo. stately looking follow, and was unhap py when out ot his sight Dupont Wns married and did not reciprocato tho lovo, and endeav ored to lndnco hor to go away, but she would not Shocould not comprehend tho matrimo nial laws of tbo palefaces. Sho requested to bo made his servant, thnt she could always be near him to wait upon him and to shield him, from thotreachory of tho Indlnns. Dupont could not boar to boo bor sorrowful race, and thought If he was out of the way she would soon forgot him and would dlspol hor innd passion, so ho nppllod to bo movod to Port Laramin. Wyo.. nnd tho request was granted. Ho. thon quietly movod to his new station, un had boon thoro ovor a year, and hnd entirely forgotton Minnehaha, when ono light ho was called to his ofilco to soe a vis itor. Upon entering ho saw a femalo standing besldo tho ilroplaco. hor head bowod. and upon nor face was an expression of great sorrow. Ho stared In wonder nt hor for a moment when Minnehaha (for It waH she) said: Oh. pan. don't you remember me any more .' 1 walked all tho way from Dakota to die In your prpsonco. Oh. Dnn. don't drive m away. Fvo only got n fow days moro to live. My heart broko whon you left mo. Circum stances compelled mo to livo with mr people, hut wo had nothing In common; their war was not mine, und now that I am dying I want to bo hurled among tho palofacos. and I will dlo happy to think thnt you will sometimes como to my grav o and pity poor Minpohabo." Hovon dnys lator the soldier tenderly laid poor, brokon-henrtod .Minnehaha under the sod on a hillsldo near tho fort, and a- pine tree was planted at tho head ot tho gruvo. The treo still marks hor resting place, tho above legend Is frequently told uround the camp Ore of the Sioux. Kaiser Wllllnm'a Private Railway Traia. I from tht rhitadtlphttt Kmnt A member of n promlnont firm of ratiwar I f.ar 13!'11'.1?"-. f,1 Vr llmlngton. Dol.. who wss at the Stratford Hotel yesterday told some Inter- est ng details of n remarkable special train I which was recently constructed In Germany I Tt'.f,."0 personal uso of tho young Emperor I William. Ho snid: , "1 havo it from an Insldo soureo that the I train, which Is mndo up of twclvo of thefor- I elgn cars or enrriupos. as tlio English call them, has cost no less than $7.r0,000, that lingo sum including, of course, the complete furnishing of tho train. Tho twolvo care nro nil connected on tho vostibulo5 plan and include a reception room, which con tains several pieces of stayrnary. a draw ing room, decorated entirely In white and gold, tho furniture being of wlilto satin; a li brary hum: with Gobelin tnpo&try: a dining ruom finished nnd furnished In elaborntolf cnivod oak, a luxuriously appointed smoking room, thieo bedrooms, each of which has a bath attachod: two completely fitted up nur series for the numerous imporlnl youngsters; a kitchen and a car arranged for tho Em peror's suitu und servnnts. It has taken noar ly threo years tn construct tho train bo as to bring It up to tho Emporor's viows of what It should be, and he Is said to bo delighted with the result. Ho will new probably travel about moro tlmu ever." Mere fsplrlted than Hplrltnal. from Ihf tnttiannoftt Jourwl. Wntls I was at a spiritualistic seance. P.itts Wero any spirits exhibited 'I Watts Them wero. I oxhlhltod a spirit of investigation, tho faithful exhibited a spirit of lesetiiment, and that's what is tho matter witli my eye. MY BABY HAD ECZEMA On Her Knee nml Hotly. SuffVrlnfr In. tense. We Doctored with Doctors Without Avail. r-icil f'ntlciirn Remedies. Tho Child Is Cured und Hag Now u lH-uutlftil Skin; from tho ago of two months my baby lias 1 sum-rod with the eoioma on hor faco nnd body. f Hiulpctoiod Willi doctors, but without nvoi!. Loading of your CUTIOURA RE.MEDIl'H w i used tho samo. and found thorn In eieir- J spoct satisfactory. The child has now a bo.iu- i tlful skin and is cured. Appreciating Us vahnx f wo cheerfully recommond tho same to u i mothers who havo children sulfrtinir from eczoma. Mrs. j. KOTHKM'EW', ,. I 1.003 lstov,. New 1 erk, N- 1. f Another Eczema Cured I For the bonoflt of those who are nftllctnd with B.WL?k'n 1 sense, and have ni ' """ the UTICUIU IIKMEDIFI I V ' I like lo make I tlio following tatoinnnt I n iidieteil with oczoma in my tight limb'- "'" nee for 1 "isnyyeaip,- Itrk-d inn r r.-l.-". all, of jv wlijeh i failed to give mo r lunilly.seolng (-'UTICL'KA HKMLUIli v rli ed. I doter- I mined to try them, nml a i , "".'.'i.S.SM " scquoiiCDor tills. I eoii-e . i lb I'llA HKM- , i-DILS invaluable fm i - ".'l'"'0, , g. JAMLSC. HI', l l I IIjxUO ft Ogd. s'. N- i. A Cuticura Resolvent Thnnewlilnod and -k ' I'ur llor. ond purest" K and best uf lltiinnr I t, cleanses the tf, blood of all Imptiill s ml jioisonous ele- V monts, nnd thtis n n " thu euuse. whlhj) ClITIcr II . tlii- gre,.' n cure, and OUTI. ('UltAsnvp, nevi Skin Purlfior and Ileniltlller. el ir th- ' m every trace of (llso"! He, - the I - . I H L'RA JIF.MEDIkJ cum oven ii mso a -I humor of tho skin, sculp, nnd 1 1 d. wit !j-isof hair, from plxo pies to scp f i ' Sold even where. I'rlco. CUTICUIIA. ROat SOAP, 'jrc. I.IMHVRNT. SI. Prepared by thnllVl'TTU Hlll'ii AND CHEMICAL C0) POilATKlS. ll-'St..i. a- "ili'W t" I ur- klti DIsonsKS," 04pagos, f( lllustruti ;'. and 100 testimonials, mailed frivi-. DADI d i !' I'll Mil" Ablutlrpur. i gj WEAK, PAINFUL BACKS, XJiFnn KUnsy snil Pterin Pains n4 Wknsiss yJIHl reliiidi In Dim lainute br Hit Cuticura AM- .Intl-I'uln Tinnier, lti only Iniuvas II v I Urigns puis killing pUilsr. ft aaaal MajaaajaaaiaiaaMaaUMUikAaMaAHMaaMaiHflHHH