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MANCHESTER, IOWA.
A few reverses do not discourage the
girl wlio Is learning to waltz.
Some officeholders seem to forget the
time when tbey were office-seekers.
With the exception of the reason it
self, ft woman has a reason for every
4 thing.
Some people who give skim milk to
the poor expect the Lord to credit it as
cream.
Unless his wife's relations are rich
and distinguished, the average man is
never Interested in them.
/i, The man who saves up something for
rainy day is the one who knows
^enough to go in when it rains.
Buffalo Bill Is going to quit after two
,J\years more of It. Russell Sage must
Pity blm for his lack of enterprise.
In this mechnnical age the mechani
cal man may not reach the highest
a\ honors, but he Is generally able to pay
rent
•^'Hlgh noon Is the proper hour foi'-a
wedding In high life. AYhen It comes
to a divorce any old hour is good
enough.
Possibly General Corbln's advice to
young army officers not to marry was
put forth In the Interest of the future
pension toll.
That anarchist who shot at King
Leopold three times without hitting
him must have graduated from some
detective force.
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The election was a failure In one
thing—nobody had to wheel a fat man
two miles to pay a fool bet. Perhaps
we are getting more civilized.
Some earnest souls get excited be
cause a platfrom doesn't suit them, but
the astute politician waits until after
election, and then he doesn't do a thing
to
Mi
it
Dr. Harper may be right in declaring
that the church Is "alienating the rich,"
but he has the satisfaction of knowing
fi that he is entirely innocent of such folly
himself.
Dancing .is said to be going out of
fashion. This must be due to the fact
that so many society people after play
lug bridge whist have no money to
pay the fiddler.
No sane person will defend Anarchist
Rublno's attempt to kill Leopold, King
of the Belgians. Leopold Is uot of the
type of man that needs killing. A
sound kicking Is about his size.
Mr. Morgan has given one cent to a
charitable organization. Let us hope
the gentleman will not be compelled
now to go without tilings that would
have a tendency to Increase his com*
fort
Gompers fears a war of the unions.
Gompers knows humau nature. Com
binartton leads to power, and power
leads to disintegration, owing to the
desire of many people to use the power
for many diverse purposes.
American school teachers In the
Philippines do not need to teach the
young idea how to shoot The* young
^Jdea already knows how and practices
on teacher when there is no Ameri
can gorrtSSP in the immgdAttfe neigh
borhood.
A whole year has passed without a
single case of yellow fever originating
in Havana. This Is one result of
American occupation of Cuba. The
United States has a vital interest in
the continuance of this satisfactory
sanitary condition, as well as in the
establishment of wholesome political
conditions in the Island.
The love letters produced In evidence
In a suit which attracted considerable
attention recently demonstrate once
more the awful results following the
conjunction of an ink bottle, a quire
of note paper and an amorous young
man. Every time one of these affairs
becomes public it emphasizes the folly
of teaching male children to write.
People on this side of the Hue may
talk of annexation sentiment in Can
ada, bj^o &U4iflHMl0ll£SS£l
The reading clubs that are studying
the life of Sir Philip Sidney, who was
born just three hundred and forty
eight years ago, have a fine opportuni
ty to weigh the comparative value to
civilization of the chivalrous deed that
attracts attention and the cvery-day
usefulness that does not get into books.
Sidneys can never be too common yet
It Is true that the world's advanc& is
won not so much by the exceptional
hero or genius as by "the quiet men
who speak the t^uth, pay their debts,
do their work thoroughly, and are sat
isfied with their just rewards."
Some of the bravest, best-hearted
men of the world are addicted to the
habit of profane swearlug on occasion.
Tbey do not mean anything in partic
ular. They employ the language for
mere emphasis. At the same time, any
clean-minded person who uses profan
ity will apologize for the habit. Why
persist In doing something for which
one Is obliged to apologize? Look
about you. Listen to a swearing boy.
He has caught the lowest oaths that
come from the lowest aud vilest sur
fundings. Along with the profane
fndecent words you realize the
boy must have profane and
Nughts.
Suppose it were
And why not if you
a"e? You are his
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swear. Docs it not go through one
like an electric shock? The Ideal of
womanhood is dragged down. Hu
manity is debased by it. One grows
sick at heart. You feel the brute side
of humanity. The distance between
womanhood and a thing seems all the
distance between heaven and hell. "It
sounds so differently from a woman."
There's your double standard of mo
rality—a false standard that has
wrought incredible mischief. But
again: Does the swearer realize what
it means to bandy sacred words? Has
he not lost appreciation of delicacy?
The name of God ought never to be
spoken save iu reverence, epoken when
the heart is tender and a prayer is iu
the soul. There are those about one
who hold the name in awe and who
love and trust the Great Beneficence.
How shall they feel when a name, which
is to them above every name, is drag
ged into the mud of careless speech?
As you would not couple the name of
your mother or wife or daughter in
coarse ribaldry so you should not take
in vain the name of the noble Naza
rene. There arc worse habits than
swearing—many worse. There are
those who have never sworn an oath
who are liars, thieves, hypocrites, mur*
derers. That is true. Nevertheless
the man who doesn't swear has the
better chance to be a decent, courteous,
self-respecting gentleman.
Roland 1*. Molineux, who was ad
judged guilty of murder nearly four
years'ago, bus been acquitted by a Jury
of his peers! The second trial presented
marked differences from the iirst. Judge
I-ambert, a country judge, who presid
ed, displayed singular fairness, good
judgment, and patience, In sharp-con
trast to Recorder Goff, whose attltud^
toward the defense in the first trial was
the subject of criticism, sharp, If not
harsh. Evidence damagalng to Moli
neux, chiefly in the form of letters
which the Recorder admitted, was de
clared by the Court of Appeals to have
beeu improperly admitted. Iu the first
trial the prosecuting attorney had ev
erything liis own way. All the testi
mony he wished to Introduce was let iu.
Is much room for Improvement when it
costs a father his fortune to establish
his son's innocence, or when a prosecut
ing attorney suggests that a rich man
cannot be convicted of murder.
COUNTESS GOF.TZEN
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PLUCKY AMERICAN WOMEN.
Aided Her Husband in a Fight with
an African Panther.
No woman except a brave daughter
of tlic stars and stripes would have the
pluck and energy to go through the
fearful ordeal that
latterly fell to the
lot of the Countess
Von Goetzeu, the
Lady Curzon of
an A a
Her husband Is
the viceroy of the
Kaiser's African
possessions aud he
rules over a terri
tory of 1,470,413
square miles, with
a population of
0,550,000 blacks. The Countess orig
inally was Miss May Lowney, of Balti
more, Md. After the death of her first
husband, William Matthew Lay, of
Washington, she married Count Von
Goetzeu and thus became to German
Africa what Lady Curzon, another
American, is to British India—the first
lady in the land.
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brother hates us and all our
works, his only leniency being shown
to American embezzlers who take
shelter in the dominion with enough
money to pay their footing, says the
Chicago Chronicle. There Is uo more
prospect of annexing Canada than
there Is of annexing England itself.
By a French chemist ls claimed the
Invention of method of compressing
sea air into tabloids. Those, there
fore, who wish for a change of air will
In future only have to go to the nearest
chemist's and buy a bottle of SJargate
tabloids or half a dozen Itiverf pas
tilles. So long as the drugs are prop
erly dispensed the Invention will be
welcome. It would be unpleasant to
ask fi£^BouniempMh pastilles and to
receive instead the Cologne (not the
eau dc Cologne) variety. The latter
form has seventy-nine distinct smells.
Keceutly while the Count and Count
ess, absolutely unattended, were driv
ing one evening from a plantation In
the Interior to the capital, Dar-cs-Sa
lam, a dark figure sprang from the
jungle into the roadway and suddenly
confronting the two white horses
drawing the open pliaetou, caused
them t9 rear and plunge. The Count
and Couutess at once realized that
they were held up by a lion, or pan
ther, and being unarmed their situa
tion was a perilous one. Hastily dis
mounting and leaving his wife to deal
with the terrified andVplungihg liarses,
the Count seized a lautern i:i one baud
a huge rhinoceros whip, weighing fif
teen pounds, In the other and advanced
toward the. figure iu the road.
The animal was a panther. Its tail
was lashing the air In fury and Its
baleful eyes flashed forth the defiance
of Its savage nature. Cautiously ad
vancing the Count dealt a furious blow
with the whip on the panther's face,
following the first attack with another
aud still another. To the Couut's sur
prise and relief the huge beast of tho
jungle turned tall and fled, uttering as
it bounded into the
thicket a* cry of
rage. Regaining
his seat in the car
riage the Count
took the reins from
his wife's hands
and continued his
Journey, in safety,
to the capital.
In writing of the
In id to
Kaiser the C«unt
warmly eulogized
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OOUTZEN.
his wife. "Who but a uervy American
woman," he asked, "could have man
aged those plunging horses at the cru
cial moment? Ninety-nine out of a
hundred women would have fainted,
the hundredth would have jumped out
to seek salvation in tllglit, or would
have run me over to get away. Not so
her excellency. She held the horses
In a firm grip, and at the same time
coaxed and encouraged them with the
best German at her command. Then,
as we drove home,* I staudiug upright
In the carriage to keep the frenzied
animals under control, the Countess
leaned far out waving her lantern as a
protection against other wild beasts
REFORMING INEBRIATE WOMEN IN ENGLAND.
LADY
The State Is often at a disadvantage
in a second trial. Some of its witnesses
cannot be found, as was the case in the
second trial of Molineux. His long Im
prisonment and suffering must have in
fluenced the jury a little. All of these
influences, of course, operated to secure
an acquittal for him. The court found
It necessary to reprove Mr. Osborne, the'
prosecuting attorney, whose eagerness
to secure a conviction exceeded all rea
sonable bounds. It is possible for a
State's Attorney to show too much zeal
in his efforts to send a man to the gal
lows. The trial was conducted with an
orderliness and dispatch which were
creditable to the country judge who wan
taken to New York to preside over this
important trial. The court's summing
up of the evidence was admirable. No
one can review the whole case with sat
isfaction. It has been at once a farce
and a tragedy. Murder was done, and,
in spite of great efforts on the part of
the State, the murderer is still at large.
Molineux has been acquitted, but only
after four years In prison and after his
family has been nearly bankrupted. If
he had been a poor man he would have
been hanged. His acquittal Is the result
of the unwavering courage of bis fath
er, who throughout the struggle retain
ed the best counsel In New York. There
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By Lady Henry Somerset.
The homes for friendless girls in London are well estab
lished, aud the homes for inebriate women, so sadly needed,
are well started, well patronized and are already a success.
We use nothing but kind words to reclaim
the unfortunate women with whom we
tome in contact, and that has proved to be
the best way. Locking up a woman lu
prison is not the way to reform her. When
a woman enters our home, she is glveu
light work to do, and everything around
her is arranged so that nothing of her old
life will be present In her habits.
Auothfcr factor contributing to the ad
vance made in the cause of temperance In
Englnud ls lhc convictlon
DISREGARD OF SUNDAY DEPLORED.
on the part of
the general public that there is too much drinking through
out Great Britain. The people themselves—the working
class, the tradesfolk and the better middle class—are all be
ginning to see that drunkenness is one of the curses of civili
zation and that temperance is its only cure. As to the
upper classes, the nobility, the cause has never been very
popular there, but I really think that there are a better
understanding and a beginning of sympathy among the
upper classes. But in England we have centuries and cen
turies of custom back of us, and it is hard to break through
and see that there is light on the other side.
By Cardinal Gibbons, ct Baltimore.
A close observer cannot fail to note the dan
gerous Inroads that have been made on the
Lord's day In this country during the last, thirty
years. Look at the railroad lines in this coun
try not only are the passangers carried 011 Sun
days, which I believe is unavoidable, but freight
trains are iu full operation. This traffic involves
til? employment of thousands of conductors, fire
men, and engineers, as well as freight handlers,
on the Lord's day. Then observe our system of electric
cars. These linos are in full blast on Sundays, and the
conductors aud moformcn have to serve the same number
of hours on that day as,on week days.
On Sunday mornings the business man is debarred
from going to his place of business, but seizes the morning
paper and devours its contents'of twenty or thirty pages,
its news of stocks and bonds, or pleasures and amusements,
of crime and scandal, until his wliol« being Is saturated
with this unhealthy diet. Like animals gorged with food,
he spends the morning In a comatose condition.
MONSTER EVIL OF OUR DAY.
By Ad!al
C.
Stevenson,
£x-l7ce
Existing conditions challenge the attentlou of
all thoughtful men. These conditions are confined
to no particular section, but exist throughout the
length and breadth of our country. Notwith
standing our boasted prosperity and the Individual
fortunes that have suddenly been acquired, the
sad fact remains that to the mass of the people
this oft repeated boast of prosperity is but a
mockery. Within a brief time articles of dally
consumption—the foods essential to human health and
comfort—have enormously Increased in cost. Meat at
many tables, ls Indeed an article of luxury. The much
vaunted prosperity Is that of the favored few. To the
mass of the people conditions have seldom been more ex
acting, rarely less hopeful, than at this moment. It were
worse than idle to close our eyes to the discontent, the
feeling of unrest so general in this land. It is the part of
wisdom to ascertain the cause and. If possible, to apply
the remedy.
The trust Is the crying evil of to-day. By combinations
of capital unknown to our earlier days, against public pol
icy, and in many Instances in direct violation of State laws,
THE RUINED CAMPANILE.
8trange Spectnclc of tho Celebrated
Square of Vcnice,
The crumbling of St. Mark's cam
panile, Venice, some months ago was
extraordinary in that no one was
killed or Injured of the hundreds who
might have been if It bad swayed to
ward the old ducal palace forty feet
distant from its base and tore its way
through that musty pile which has
been defying .the ages for centuries.
The lofty tower started to Its demoli
tion after giving full warning and
came do^n as gently as If some great
genii had purposely held It back to
save those near by from destruction.
President.
THE WRECKED CAMPANILE IN VENICE.
Not even great noise proclaimed its
undoing, but a huge cloud or dust
arose and settled for a time over the
big tiquare of which for centuries It
was the crowning glory. In descend
ing It leaned over enough to tear oui
part of the front wall of the ducal pal
ace, otherwise no damage was done.
The immensity of the campanile
could not be comprehended when it
6tood the lofty -sentinel overlooking
Venice and the Adriatic 330 feet In the
air. Now that It was turned into de
bris, filling a space 300 feet long by
100 wide and 70 feet high. Its colossal
proportions could be understood. Even
the Venetians who were born within
its shadow, and lived beneath it to
old age, did not realize its mighty di
mensions until it was turned iuto a
crumbling mass.
To recover the figures and designs of
various kind used to embellish the
lofty plunacles the great mass was
fenced In, the public excluded and la
borers set to work to sort over the de
bris before consigning it to the barges
which carried It out to sea. Singularly
enough nil the Iron and brass used to
beautify the tower was recovered and
found to be practically uninjured. For
a time a good-sized lump from the de
bris brought 25 cents. But the supply
soon outran the demand and souvenirs
of the catastrophe came to be had for
the asking. To-day the foundation is
laid bare and swept clean of everything
tcudlug to remind one of the catastro
phe. Money to build another campa
nile lias been freely subscribed and al
ready more than half the amount that
will be required to restore it is pledged.
It is expected the balauce will be
raised before the new campanile is
completed.
8NAKE VIRUS USED ON WEAPONS
Scri Indians Poison Their MiBsileB
with Rattlesnake Venom.
"I scarcely can think they are canni
bals, but one day we killed a deer, and,
tossing the Indians a hind quarter, they
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JAMEB B. KEENE.
on fish and turtles mostly and cat them
raw."
Thus spoke Edward De Ilavcn con
cerning the Serl Indians of Tlburon
Island. He was one of the participants
in "Arizona Charley's" expedition to the
Tlburon island, and lie says the trip
was a success. The party met at Her
uioslllo, Mexico, and consisted of
Charles and Frank Meadows, of Ari
zona John Arnold, of Randsbtirg War'
uer Weakley, of San Francisco, and
George Furgard and Edward De Ha
ven, of San Diego. Cal.
They stopped two days at Heriuoslllo
and then proceeded to Guaymas. At
this place the serious work of the ex
pedition commenced, namely, that of
getting a boat and an outfit. When
ever the name of Tlburon was men
tioned 110 one would go.
A Yaqul Indian was hired, but he
backed out as soon as he heard of their
destination, saying: "I would not go
for a million dollars."
The party finally bought the sloop
Ella, of eleven tons, and sailed to Tl
buron, which Is about 125 miles down
the gulf. They sailed around it for thir
teen days, making two trips Inland, one
of eight miles 011 the Sonora side and
the other four and a half miles on the
gulf side.
Whenever they saw any Indians they
made a landing. At first the Indians
were very suspicious, but finally they
consented to do some trading.
The party obtained some of the na
tives' bows and poisonous arrows and
a peculiar bamboo boat. The Indians
poison their arrows by taking the liver
of a deer, allowing a rattlesnake to bite
It and then dipping their arrows into
the Inoculated liver. The Serls are sup
posed to have horses, as the party saw
several hoof marks. Tho island is about
thirty-two miles long and eighteen
wide.
Members of the expedition shot many
doer and reported that the island is
filled with rattlesnakes.
A Strange Story.
The Engineer tells this story of an
electrical plant in Montana being run
all night by a corpse, the engineer hav
ing been killed: "The machinery cpn
tiuued to ruu with only the dead dec
triciau In charge until the day men
came to work the next morning. The
body had evidently been Jead since
before midnight. That this plant
should have continued to run all night
by itself without the slightest mishap
Is another evidence of the almost
human-like state of perfection that is
f4rMue}
by
mor"*n
ma»»h!norv."
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the small dealer has been driven from the field. He can
not compete with the trust. His occupation Is gone. The
field being clear, competition destroyed, the managers of
various trusts fix prices to the consumer at their own
pleasure. Is it possible that the people are indifferent to
this growing evil? It virtually destroys competition, "the
life of trade." In 110 small degree It usurps the functions
of government. By Intelligent machination, exclusively to
its own gain, the trust has greatly increased to the con
sumer the cost of articles of daily necessity. The shadow
of the trust has fallen upon, every hearthstone in this landv
and the end Is not yet The trust ls the monster evil of
our day, a constant menace to our welfare as a people.
VALUE or GOOD LOOKS TO BUSINESS WOMEN.
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By Zerllna Rosentleld, Stenographer, New York.
It may be set down as a rule that good looks go
a great way toward making a woman successful
in business. But In saying this, I am not forget
ful of the fact that plain-looking and even homely
women have been known to distance the others in
the race. Take two women of the same average
ability and common sense, and the prettier of the
two will make the more rapid headway in the
matter of promotion, and therefore will earn more
money. I have heard it said, or rather I have seen It stated
iu the newspapers, that good looks are a handicap to a girl
in search of a position that many employers will not have
pretty girls in their offices, because they receive too much
attention from the clerks.
Perhaps this, is true in some cases—for instance. In an
office in which the employer has a jealous wife but gen
erally it is not true. In most instances the young woman
of prepossessing appearance who is seeking a place will
secure an audience with the head of a firm when her plaln
ooklng sister would bo turned away. There ls no use moral
zing over the situation aud saying that merit ought to dis
count good looks In such cases. We must take the world
as"we find It.
Now, I want to sny a word about the treatment that
young women In offices receive from the employers. If you
were to believe all you see In the sensational newspapers
you would have the opinion that a majority of the type
writers aud stenographers accompanied their employers to
lunch, to the theater and other places of amusement and
were presented by them with boxes of bonbons and bou
quets of American Beauty roses.
The truth is that the number of girls of this class Is
small indeed in comparison with the thousands of young
women who earn their living In offices. Business men, as
a rule, respect them aud treat them in a gentlemanly man
ner. They have too much work to attend to duritig business
hours to devote auy of their time to paying compliments to
their typewriters. Moreover, most men are proud and have
too much regard for their reputations to pay marked atten
tion to young women In their own offices. Girls who have
been brought up properly, who are sensible and have will
power need have no fear that they will not be treated wit*
respect wherever they may be.
MORE MONEY IS NEEDED.
We must have circulation sufficient to
meet tlic growing business of the country.
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Dy James ft. Keene, Stock Speculator.
There are no signs of diminution in the general pros
perity. Our foreign debt is smaller than at any period of our
history, and our resources arc immeasur
ably greater. The Industrial and railroad
outlook of the country is thoroughly satis
factory. The greatest menace Is our
financial system. When our business Is
expanding and there is a growing demand
for funds, the United States treasury
withdraws money from circulation. The
financial stringency which we have pass
ed through has not been due to lack of
prosperity it has been the result of it
FRENCH DIPLOMAT HONORED.
Tribute of American* to Retiring
Ambassador M. Jules Cambon. 1
Seldom in the history of the United
States has such a flattering tribute been
paid a representative of a foreign power
as was tendered to
MEN
M. Jules Cambon,
the retiring ambas
sador of France to
W as in to
a rewell reception
was held In New
York, and 240 rep
8 entatlve Ameri
cans from all sec
tions of the couutry
assembled to do
honor to the dlstlu-
M. JULES CAMUON.
guished Freuchman.
At the gathering were famous states
men, sculptors and arttats of world
wide fame. Governors of half a dozen
States, Senators, noted churchmen,
leaders of commerce and finance, dis
tinguished men of the army and navy—
all met to show the nation's regard for
the French diplomat who had proved
at a critical time that he and the nation
he represented were interested In and
Jealous of the welfare of this country.
Senator Chauncey M. Depew and
James H. Hyde, of New York, were the
hosts. ^1. Cambon goes from Washing
ton to the court of Spain, and takes
with him an unsual degree of regard
and respect from those who have been
best able to appreciate Ills zealous ef
forts to more firmly establish the
friendly relations existing between
France and the United States.
It was during the war with Spain
that M. Cambon won the lasting friend
ship of this nation. He was one of the
two representatives of foreign powers
chosen by Senor Polo, the last Spanish
minister at Washington before the out
break of hostilities, to look after Spain's
affairs here, and as such bore an Im
portant part In the conflict that ensued.
M. Cambon is one of the most distin
guished diplomats In the service of the
French republic. He has had long years
of experience In foreign courts and his
career has been most honorable. At
Washington he gave evidence of un
usual ability In treating with affairs of
state, and the interests of his govern
ment never suffered from Ills connec
tion with them. He has been an elab
orate entertainer, and during his stay
in Washington the French embassy has
been the scene of numerous receptions
at which the wealth and fashion of the
capital were largely represented.
United States Patents
The whole number of patents Issued
by the United States Patent Office is
more than 050,000, of which 45,000
were to foreigners. The number of
live pateuts is about 375,000.
The industries and appliances upon
which the larger number of patents
have beeu issued are, approximately,
stoves and furnaces, iiO.OOO steam en
gines, 14,000 railways, tracks, and
harvesters, each, 12,000 electric lights
0,000 bicycles, 0,000 pumpsr 5,000 re
frlgeratlng, 4,500 telephone, 4,000:
electrical railways, 3.000.
It has been csllnialed that the four
motion feed for sewing machine pat
ents earned $3L',000,000 for Its owners,
a larger amount probably than any
other patent Issued prior to the Bell
telephone patent.
Asylum in Memory of Victoria.
It lias been decided to found an eye
hospital nnd :i 11 asylum for the blind
as Ceylon's memorial to the late Queen
Victoria.
Women, like poker players, raise tlie
blind to sec what tliolr neighbors hav»
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VETERANS OF SENATE
No other living man has served so
long In the legislative halls of bis coun
try as Senator Allison. His eight
1
WHO ARE SERVING
THEIR SIXTH TERM.
Allison the Most Adroit, Hoar the Most
Learned, Morgan the llcat Fighter—
Jones, of Nevada* and Cockrell, of
Missouri*
There are five men In the Senate of
the United States who have had more
or less connection with all important
legislation from reconstruction days
down to the present. Their years, ex
perience, wisdom, combativeuess—all
have combined to keep Allison of Iowa,
Hoar of Massachusetts, Morgau of
Alabama, Jones of Nevada, and Cock
rell of Missouri among the senatorial
leaders. Each name, from its own pe
culiar cause, Inspires respect. Allison
is the "Father of the Senate." His
first term began In 1873. and March 4
next ho will have completed thirty
years of service in the upper house.
Jones of Nevada, erstwhile high priest
of the free silver cause, now back in
tho Republican fold, will compete bis
sixth term at the samo time. The oth
er three are uow serving their sixth
terms.
WILLIAM IS. ALLISON.
(Iowa.)
FRANCIS M. COCKRELL. J. P. JONES
(Missouri.) (Nevada.)
years lu the House, added to his thirty
years in the Senate, give him a record
of continuous service of thirty-eight
years. Yet to-day he Is hale and hearty
and his face is rosy and plump as any
girl's. While he has been a hard work
er and a fairly good liver, his life has
been an even one, and lie has not al
lowed the chase for the dollar nor the
ambitions of politics to contract and
distort his soul. Always well dressed,
he makes you think of a New York
clubman or banker rather than of the
average' American statesman. His
black clothes are well cut, and the lin
en of his shirt aud bis broad, expan
sive collar, which exceeds even that of
William M. Kvarts in size, Is of the
finest material and "as white as the
driven snow. Ills hair has whitened
aud it Is fast becoming iron gray. His
eye, however, Is bright, and the rosy
corpuscles that shine through his fair
skin show that his blood Is full of iron.
Allison is probably the best politician
in the Senate.
Tile learning of George I\ Hoar, of
Massachusetts, is almost revered by
his fellow Senators. He is regarded as
the ablest lawyer nnd the most pro
found scholar in the upper house. IIt«
is perfectly Inflexible in the matter of
principle. People who are moved to
temporize, to compromise or abate in
the Interest of courtesy are sometimes
Jmpatient of the man who says: '.'This
is right I will advocate, maintain and
enforce It." Such a man Is Hour.
Morgan of Alabama hits straight
from the shoulder. He is a flghter who
knows not compromise, aud to whom
surrender Is an unknown word. Witness
his fight for an Isthmian canal.
Through dark days, when few believed
that an Intel-ocean waterway was pos
sible, he strove for It, and now lie sees
his dreain nearing a realization. He
was ever a fighter. He joined the Con
federate army I11 18151 as a private, and
before tlic war closed was operating as
a brigadier general, with Longstreet,
Johnston and Hood. He practiced law
lu Selina, Ala., until elected United
States Senator in 1877.
Before William Jennings Bryan had
attracted national attention by his ad
vocacy of free silver, the voice of John
P. Jones, of Nevada,,was often heard
proclaiming the imagined advantages
of a white metal currency nnd demand
ing the enactment of laws favorable to
It. He had studied the money question
deeply, had taken part In monetary con
ferences, and, as owner of silver mines
iu tho West, lie could see but one side
of the argument as to the relative mer
its of the white aud yellow metals.
Jones is one of the luckiest and richest
men lu the Senate. He Is a native of
Wales, but was only a year old when
hlB parents settled in Ohio, where lie
grew up. The California gold fever of
1849 caught him, and he went to the
Pacific slope. When the silver strikes
were made in Nevada lie went over Into
the Midget State and got his share of
Its vast wealth. He bad been sheriff,
legislator and candidate for lieutenant
governor, and when he felt that Ills for
tune was secure lie took kindly to the
suggestion that he become a Senator,
and he has, since 1873, been a member
of the upper house.
Cockrell of Missouri, though vet
eran, has not been conspicuously Identi
fied with any legislation of importance,
but has always been recognized as one
of the nblest men on his side of the Sen
ate. He Is a lawyer of ability and was
a colonel In the Confederate army.
Wheu Carl Scburss left the Senate in
1875 Cockrell was elected to succeed
him, and has been there ever since.
Burled on Horsebnck.
Lord Dacre, who died fighting for
the Lancastrians at Towton, England,
iu 1401, directed that if he were killed
lu the battle his favorite war horse
should be buried In the same grave
with him. According to his wishes,
when his Interment took place in Sax-
W'"
on church yard after the battle a
mendous grave was dug aud in It
warrior was burled, seated uprlghtj&n
his horse. For centuries reflecti&s
wore cast upon the accuracy of tm*
tradition, but a few years ago while*
excavations for new graves were be
ing made close by the reputed burial
place of Lord Dacre the pick of a dig
ger struck iuto a great bone and upon
further search being made the skull of
a big horse was brought to the surface.
As this was found almost at tho very
spot under which the body of Lord
Dacre was said to lie It was accepted
as confirmation of the tradition, par
ticularly as tho skull was found to be'
standing vertically In the soil. Tho
skull was replaced carefully in its or
iginal position aud the excavation filled
up.
GETTING RID OF A FORTUNE.
Young Englishman Who Hopes to
Spend $1,500|000 In a Year*
Andrew Caruegle Is not the' only man
who subscribes to the doctrine that to
die rich Is to die disgraced. A young
Englishman, Edward Arthur Robinson,
holds the same view, but seeks an
other remedy beside the giving away
of libraries to avert the disgrace. Re
cently this young man, on attaining
his majority, came into the possession
of $1,500,000 and forthwith announced
his intention of getting rid of the
amount in a year. It is more than
likely that he will succeed, provided,
FIVE VETERANS OF UNITED STATES SENATL
GEOUGE HOAR.
(Massachusetts.)
JOHN T. MORGAN.
(Alabama.)
indeed, that he lives, for he has set a
pace of prodigality iu London that
makes tho most confirmed "rounder"
stare lu wouder and which bids fair
to abbreviate his career.
Iiobinson lives In a fashionable hotel
where he pays $500 a week for his
rooms. He lias surrounded himself
with gay iind Tecklcss spirits, who are
ambitious to ]ur» the candle at both
-cuds, nnd all his time is devoted to
pleasure. One of Ills little suppers re
ccntly cost if5,000. The cigars cost
S1.50 each nnd the wlucs and brandies
cost $1 a glass. Itobinson Intends to
EDWARD AHTIH'II ltOlllNSON.
visit Monte Carlo, where lie hopes to
break the bank, and Ainerlca Is one
of the countries on ills visiting cards.
His money was made in the dry goods
business by his father, who died some
time ago leaving •?10,000,000 and who
began life as a clerk at $15 a week.
Tho Young Amoricun Spirit.
Sooner or later the young American
is bound to Issue his own declaration
of independence, but usually the young
gentleman—or lady, as the case may
be—waits uutil lie lias passed the kin
dergarten stage before he expresses
his determination to go and live his
own life, unrestrained by parental
rules.
Not so with a slender, blue-eyed
young gentleman, aged 4, who has Just
been initiated Into the delights of kin
dergarten life. A day or two -after
his iirst experience in the wide, wide
world his nearest and dearest femluine
relative having offended him In some
slight matter, tho young man declared
Ills Intention of leaving her aud going
off nnd living by himself.
"People don't get along very well
who live by themselves," she remarked
ill answer "something's likely to hap
pen."
"Huh!" was the contemptuous an
swer, "I can do It. 1 went to kinder
garten two dnys by myself, and noth
ing struck!"
Merely an Impression
"They say coal is going to be cheap
pretty soon."
"No," said the man who loves to look
011 the dark side, "it Isn't going to be
cheap. It will merely seem cheap by
comparison."—^Washington Star.
l'iireo "Ages" of Man.
Most meu spend one-tlilrd of their
lives trying to make the world differ
ent, nuother third iu learning to live
In it as It Is, and the remainder In ex
plaining how much better It used to be.
—Washington Times.
A Self-Evident Lesson.
Teacher—Now, Johnny, what do we
learn from the parable of the prodigal
sun?
Johnny—Why—!r—I s'pose it teaches
us not to be a calf.—New York Sun.
Somehow cut-diamond rates are al
ways higher tli{tn the original privetk
$
Hlllis—Whew! Why do you have
your office as hot as an oven? Willis—
it's there I make my daily bread.—"
Town and Country.
Grandma—So that ls your parrot, my
dearl Ethel—Yeg, grandma but papa
says we'd better sell him now that
you've come to live with us.
Why, Harold, I'm surprised! You
should wait until the blessing it ask
ed." "I did ask mine." "You did?"
"Yes: and God said 'Go ahead!"'—
Life.
Class in hlBtory: Teacher—Jamie,'
can you tell me why Lincoln la called
the martyr President? Jamie—'Cause
he has to stand for all the Lincoln sto
ries.—Ex.
So you are going to get an automo
an re a
ls always thinking of bis health "the.
doctor says I must walk more."—
Washington Stnr.
Mrs. Fortyodd—A man is as old aa
he feels, but a woman Is as old as she
looks. Mr. Oldbcau—Really, madam,
that doesn't apply to your case, I'm-'
sure.—Chicago Daily News.
The Browning clubs
you still read BrowiUf^ in Boston"?"
'Oh, dear, no. We/hll learned him
by heart long ago. We merely dis
cuss him now."—Chicago Record-Her
ald.
Dorothy—Say, auntie, is religion
something to wear? Aunt Jalla—My
dear, why do you ask such foolish
questions? Dorothy—'Cause papa said
you used your religion for a cloalc.—
Judge.
Fuddy—There Is one thing about
Flanders that I like. He never has
anything to say about
IIIB
aches and
pains. Daddy—No but he's all the
time bragging about his splendid
health.—Boston Transcript.
Miss Ascum—Wasn't that Mr. Bonds
I saw you walking with Inst evening?
Miss Coy—Yes. Miss Ascum—He's a
landed freeholder of .the county. Isn't
he? Miss Coy (blushing)—Well-cr-ho
isn't quite landed yet.—Philndelp&la
Press.
She was a teacher In, one of the
lower classes, and she was trying to
remind the young scholar of the letter
r. "Now, Tommy, what comes at the
end of dinner?" "Oh, yes, ping-pong!"
shouted Tommy, Joyfully.—Yonkera,
Statesman. ...
Tourist—Do these racing automo
biles give you farmers much trouble?
Native—No end uv it! It's got so now
that when we see a dark, tune/-1
shaped cloud approaching we jM't
know whether to run fer a gupOOr a
cyclone cellar!—Puck. 'f
Forgot himself: Mrs. Ilcnpeck—Wo
hev bin married twenty years to-day,
Hlrnm. Hiram (with a sigh)—Yes fer
twenty years we've fought— Mrs.
Hcnpcck (scowling)—What? You old
wretch! Hiram (quickly)—Life's bat
tles together, Mirandy.—Judge.
No call for leisure: "What, you back
to work, Pete? When I saw you fall
off the building yesterday I never ex
pected to see you work again." "I
t'ought dat, too, boss. But mnli wife
done let mail accident assurance ex
plah last week."—Indianapolis Ne\vf(.
First Comedian—Did you score a hit
with your new specialty? Second
Comedian—Did I? W.hy the audience
gazed in open-mouthed wonder befora
I was half through. First Comedian
Wonderful! It is seldom that an en
tire audience yawns at once.—Chicago
Daily' News.
"Are you the defendant?" asked a
man In the court room, speaking to an
old negro. "No, boss," was the reply.
"I ain't done nothing to be called
names like that. I'se got a lawyer
here who does the dcfenslng." "Then
who are you?" "I'se the gentleman
what stole the chickens."
"Education," said the impassioned
orator, "begins at home." "That'a
where you're off," said the calm spec
tator "it begins in the kindergarten,
is continued in the boarding-school.j
foot-ball field, Paris, London, nnd Wall'!
street, and ends In either Sing Sing or
Newport."—Life.
Cbolly (proudly)—By Jove! I'm qutti
a professor of swimming, don't you
know. I taught Mabei Galey how "to
swim in two lessons. Jack—Gad! That
was a quick throw-down. Cholly (ln
dlgnnntiy)—What do you mean? Jack
—Why, she let me give her ten lesson*
before she learned.—Brooklyn Life.
"The new railroad has been a great
blessing to us," says a rural exchange
"in less than six weeks we got enough
damages out of it to build a town hall
nnd grade the cemetery. A few mora
enterprises of this kind, and our town
will rise to heights undreamed of In
the history of new settlements!"—At
lanta Constitution.
Easily Explained: Nurse (of insanig
asylum)—! can't make out what allA
that new patient. 8he keeps scream^
ing, "Mondays in January, first and\
third Thursdays, Sunday afternoons,
second and fourth Wednesdays, Tues
day evenings In February," and things
like that. House Doctor— That's easy.
She's a society woman trying to keep
track of her friends' reception days.—
Judge.
Science: "Wasn't it a terrifying ex
perience," asked Ills friend, "when you
lost your foothold and went sliding
down the mountain side?" "It was ex
citing but extremely interesting," skid
the college professor "I could not help
noticing all the way down with what
absolute accuracy I was following
along the line of least resistance."—
Chicago Tribune.
Not a Good Likeness.
The little daughter of the house
watched the minister, who was mak
ing a visit, very closely, aud finally sat
down beside him and began to draw on
her slate.
"What are you doing?" asked the
clergyman.
"I'm making your picture," said the1
child.
The inlulster sat very still, and the^
child worked away very earnestly.?
Then she stopped and compared her
work with the original, and shook her
head.
"I don't like It much," she said,
"Taln't a great deal like you. I. guess 'i
I'll put a tall to it and call it a dog."—.
Duluth Tribune.
Would Take Him Back.
Maud—Why did you break your'e
gagement with Tom Hotchkiss?
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Edith—Hush! Don't tell anyone—bu
he was growing so horribly fat When
grief has pulled him down a bit I shall
lake him on again.—New York News.
Gold in Rhodesia.
Southern Rhodesia's gold output
Mny was the highest recorded, bell)
over 19,600 ounces,