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IIILLSIJOIlOUGir, SIEKKA COUNTY, N. M., JANUARY 2'A .188G.
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OUT OF THE WAY.
it 0UM,?r my nva the telns'u mini
i.n 10 pionse another.
' vLto nl" himself out of (ho dully rut
lo comfort a neody brother:
"11 8 out of my way, mid 1 haven't tlnitl"
now oouinion are thoso oiensus;
and a elianee in lost at a trlllintr cost
Oi correcting- the world's abuses.
"It' out of my way, unit I linron't tlmel"
oayg the flippant, unfoolhiij beauty,
I Wlibiimeta her conscience every day.
H(Mi8liiif the call of dulyi
f And sno'6 hut one or a uiislily host,
, , prominent puixe proud faction
i ho uuvor out of thuir way will go
l'o do a generous action.
It's out of their way to be kind and true,
lo furnish a balm for sorrow;
I And they haven't time to do (food to dny,
i A,11 they'll navo loss time to morrow.
Thftery nf the writ and needy ones
... J'h"y hear, but limy do not mind It:
1 rouble comes," thoy ay, "and it doeiu't
pay
To to out of our way to Ibid It"
But the holiest deeds that are over done
'Jake on the form of surprises,
And the heart that la enjror for angel taslts
A pliml'nr Its work devises;
For the road or sympathy Is not straight,
And the I nen and the lanes of plly,
Unwind a doubt, are not lad out
Like the streets of u worldly oity.
i A"d every day, all nlonir our war,
There are chance to help another.
Kin. I aid to give and kind words to speak
To a mnltii-hut friend and brother;
And ho baa the sweetest reward of all
In lite as ho Journeys throiiKb. li
ft ho, seelnif the need of n kindly Ueud,
(Joes out of his way to do it.
Juteiihine VuilMd, UN. Y. Luljer.
A BIG HALL.
'lae Assembly Chamber of tho
s Lower Houaa of Congress.
flow the National Leelslaturs Are Ar-ranged-Convanfent
Chairs anil Unused
Waste-Paper Uankets An Exclu 1
"Objector" Salaries, Etc.
The hnll of the House of Representa
tives is tho largest legislative chamber
in the world. It covers fully a quarter
of an acre of ground and six acrobats,
each six feet high, might stand in it,
nno on the head of the other, and while
Hie feet of tho lirst rested on the floor
the hair of the sixth would just graze
the ceiling. The room is thirty-six feet
high, and the floor inside the railing
where the Congressmen's desks are
placed, covers as much space us a city
lot of sixty-nine feet front anil one hun
dred nnd fifteen feet deep. The coiling
is of cast iron and glass. There is a
ciu'cker-board net-work of cast-iron
frames, and tho panels of the board are
filled in with glass which is glazed
roughly and painted with the coats of
arms of the various States. All of the
tijTfit. which the House gct- ftr.or.i
through the ceiling, ns there are no win
dows, except those in tho iw doors,
nnd theso which enter the - llotisu
through vestibules of ten or twelve feet
in thickness give only the radiated
light of windows fur away. This light
is supplied by the sun by day, and by
elpotrfrfty by' night,
, The floor of this big hall is covered
with a carpet of Brussels which was
in; d'! to order for it, Its color is green
mixed with red, and it takes one thou
sand four hundred yards to cover it.
It looks new and fresh now, and there
are no tobacco stains upon it. ISut tho
average member t hews the weed, and
though tho Government gives him a
spittoon beside his desk, ho spits as
often on the floor as in the spittoon.
The desks used by tho members are
mall affairs, much like those used in
the common schools. They havo a top
which can be lifted up anuirives room
below for the stationery and papers of
the member inside. Each member has
one desk to himself, and his namo is
pasted or tacked upon its lid. Tho
chairs of the members aro the common
swivel attachment, swinging ollico
chairs with wicker backs, and these
backs are so high that the Congress
man can easily throw Ms back upon
Ihem and by elevating his feet to the
top of the desk in front of him put him
self in the favorite American attitude
for sleeping. This is not an uncom
mon position in in the halls of tho
House during a session, and the Forty
eighth Congress had members who did
more sleeping than working.
Beside each Congressman's desk
there stands a waste paper basket, but
your average Congressman never uses
this. He tears up his paper in bits like
a moody lunatic and scatters it on the
floor. After a day's session the floor
of the House is littered from one end
to the other and there is enough paper
upon its carpet to buy the country tin
ware for a whole Ohio County.
The desks at the right of the hall
are those occupied by the Republicans.
The Democrats sit on the left side, and
Morrison and Randall have seats in
about the middle point of tho Demo
cratic body. Tom Reed, the Republic
an leader, sits in the midst of the Re
publicans, and Congressman Kelleyvery
near him. Kelley's seat will be the
tame this Congress as last. He has the
choice of scats on the ground of being
lite oldest member in point of service.
The Speaker's desk ts in the center,
and is a very tine piece of work. It is
throe feet above the floor, and it is
made of white marble with a base of
Tennessee marble. Carlisle, who fills
it, is a tall, lank, black-faced fellow,
B it'n. a niuo!li face and with jaws
which, are always chewing tobacco
when they aro not talking. He sits
generally on his spine, and his body
rests on it in the form of a bow. He
Biakes a good Speaker, however, and is
generally fair in his rulings.
Just beside the right of the desk, on
a pedestal of Vermont marble, stands
the mace. This mace is the insignia
of the authority of she House. It is al
ways in the House when that body is
in session, and the Seigeant-at-Arms
must carry it in his hands when he
wishes to arrest a member, or to force
ira to submit to the rulings of the
'Mouse. The mace is a bundle of lic-
or s rods, bound together w ith silver
-ords and surmounted by a silver globe
representing the wonu, wiiteli is
Crowned by the American eagle.
The House usually begins its sessions
at twelve o'clock noon, and continues
to sit until about four or five o'clock p.
tu. during ordinary times. The House
clock is the timepiece that rules. It
Hands just over tie entrauce door at
the back of the hall and opposite the
(speaker, facing him. It is a very pret
ty clock, and is a line work of art. It
is tho bele noir of long-winded speak
ers, and cuts off many a blowhard be
fore his tune for ending has come.
At tne sines ot tne nail ooor over
which tins clock stands there are two
cloak rooms, ami at Ihu left hand cor
nor of the back there is a barber shot
where the members may bo shaved
while n stormy or dull debate is going
on. .ni nines mciuours are in this har
bor's chair when some legislation which
interests them conies up, and I hav
seen a statesman rush from the bar
ber's ollico with half his beard off, tho
lather ever the rest- of his face, and a
barber s sheet around his neck, and i
Ject to a certain ruling. Such speeches
are nioro Iootl lor laughter than for
good.
Half way up tho walls of the Hotife
hall the galleries begin, and riso by
graueii scats almost to the roof. 1 hose
galleries will seat twenty-live hundred
people. The most important is the
prcs gallery to both the speakers and
Hie people, lor it is tiirouirli this that
they hear of all the doings below. This
is directly back of the Speaker's desk
and above it. it is gilded and Vttei
arranged than the other galleri.'s and
has desks with little ink standi set in
to them for tho uso of the mess. Kacl
paper of note has a right to one seal
here, and about one hundred and
twenty-live men constitute tho oeeu
pants. Just back of this gallery there
is a telegraph oflieo and a wrilins
room. A speech is delivered in Con
gress at two p. in. and the words are
in the ollie.es of the newspapers ah'
over the country almost as fast as tliey
lan irom uie speaker s lips. J ho ira
TV opposite the press irallerv is the
diplomatic gallery, the seats of which
are painted blue. It is often tilted with
foreigners, and nono but the dinlomatit
represeinaiives ot lorcisn counlne
have the riirht to enter it.
At the desk in front of the Sneakci
mo t lei-K stands with ins assistants ho
una mm, lie reads ceneraur in a
nice which is a cross between the
rasping of a buzz saw and tho sharpen
ing ol a slate pencil, lie gets .(.imo a
ear for doing it. Below him at n
shorter desk are th slioilhmid report
rs of the House, who take down tin
matter of debate for the Istcord. The,
men each get $o,tKX a year.
Kiinuui'r. alioul throti'rh tho House at
all times are tho pages, who are paid
aoottt iwo ami one-half dollars per dav.
hese are lively little hoys, fi-cnerallv
ot about twelve or fourteen years of
age. When a member wants tliem he
claps his hands and they run to his
desk. In addition to these, there are
scores of other employes about the
House of Representatives who do all
'kinds of work, from the cleaning of th
spi.llo.n ml earrvinn- in of cards
the aiding the SiTertKeT anil iltairmen
of committees in their work. These
get from P5IH to if 2,500 a year. Door
keepers are paid from fl.JWO to $2.0(10
for m ere ry opening and shutting a door
about six hours a day, and whim the
numerous servants aro considered it is
no wonder that tho expenses of a Con
gressional session run up so high. The
average cost of a session is about, &,
00(1,0110, and the Congressmen receive
mileage in addition to their salaries of
f'o.000 each, amounting to a total of
$1 i:),C21. The newspapers and station
crv consumed by a Congress runs n
high as 70,000 yearly, and the salaries
of Ihe Senators amount to $330,000 and
that of the Representatives to $ l.tifi.i,
000 everv vcar. The Speaker of t';e
House aiid "the President pro tern, of
the Semite each receives $8,000 a year,
and one of the poorest paid men in the
Senate is the Chnplain, who gets but
.f'JOO a year. "Carp," in Cleveland
Leader.
THE FOUNDATION.
The Most Important ounllly to lie Devel
oped In a. Child's Mind.
If the question were asked by any
mother of thought and character:
What do you consider the most import
ant quality to bo developed in your
child's mind? The answer, without
doubt, would be: Truth; for the corner
stone of character is truth, and there
can be no true success without it.
"Klectricily can not follow a broken
wire, nor success a lying life." With
out truth there is no development. And
how many ways there are of proving,
without speaking, that absolute truth is
essential m the first steps a baby takes
tow ard learning! Give him a box of
blocks-to build a house, and v'ou can
show him that unless the first blocks
laid on the floor aro in line the whole
structure will be crooked; that in mak
ing the lines on a slate, if the lirst is not
straight, not true, the lines will all fol
low tho lirst. or tho spaces will not be
very true; that in copying any work
exactness is the very foundation of suc
cess, and but another name for truth.
In repeating a conversation, in telling
of a scene, to watch carefully that the
actual fact is related, is described as a
mother's duty.
So often a grave fault is over
looked because it is a child, and it
is a pleasant fiction that the child will
outgrow it, Any fault that indicates a
weakness of character should receive
immediate and prayerful care. An ex
aggeration, however amusing, should
be checked at once. Carelessness in
giving ucoouiits ot Us o'.u or its p.i
matcs' doings should be checked by
questions so put that a child will dis
cover, if it is carelessness, that u mis
take has Vcn made, and cprrect it at
once itself: if the. trouble is a want ol
love of truth, the knowledge that falsi
hood is always recognized as falsehood,
whether intended or not, will help to
develop a regard for truth and exact
ness. Another great requisite lor teaching
a child to regard trtib'i is for the par
ents to set an t x.implebf perfect truth,
fulness. In all the intercourse of life;
in the home, the vicial life, the business
life, let truth in all purity be ever pres
ent, and the children w ill by instinct
and principle follow the example that
commands their love and respect.
Christian L'nion.
Ex-President Hayes' farm in Da
kota, which sold the other day tor
f:'l,000, was purchased in 17 for
S'o.'ii'O worth of Northern Pacific !uUvU
Cleveland Leader.
PETHOLEUM WELLS.
The Si-lrrlliin nnd 1'li-st Tupping of 1'roui-
ImIos; HlotN.
Prospectors in selecting a promising
pot to test new territory aro often in
fluenced by a "bolt theory", lirst ad
vaneed by a man named Angoll. In a
grui-ral way his idea has been verified
by e.cporienee. It proceeded upon the
hypothesis thai oil lies in bells or pools
having a northeast and n southwest
trend, sometimes called tho "forty-live
legroo line." In districts known to be
oil-bearing tho wells are frequently lo
cated near the boundary of the owner's
property. The object is to drain as
much of his neighbor's oil as possible,
for.there are no partitions in tho sub
terranean chambers corresponding
to the lines of surface ownership. The
driller's motto is "first come, first
served," henee there is generally a
race to see who shall first tap nature's
till.
When the exact spot for tho well lias
been determined upon, a well-hole is
dug about tifiecn feet in depth, and if
solid rock is not reached, a wrought
iron pipe eight to twelve incites in
diameter is driven down to it. Above
this is erected the "ilerriek'Ta pyramid
al structure of heavy timbers, generally
seventy-two feet in height. At each
side is located a fifteen to twenty horse
jiower engine, which operates a walking-beam
to which is attached a heavy
cable and the drilling apparatus.
This consists of tour parts. The up
per one is called the 'sinker-bar ,
about eighteen feet in length; next
come the "jars", seven feet in length:
then the "auger-stem", about thirty
feet long, of three and one-otiarter inch
cold rolled steel; and Anally, at the end
of this is a "bit" three feet in length.
Thus equipped, steam is turned on, and
the ptrndcruus weight of two thousand
to three thousand pounds, alternalelv
raised and dropped, as in a pile-driver.
drives the bit into the rock at the av-
rage rate of sixty to one hundred feet
laily. After drilling for some time the
tools are hoisted and a fresh bi is in
serted. Meanwhile a "sand pump" or
bailer", a cylindrical tube w ith valves
opening inward, is dropped down the
hole to remove detritus or witter. A
casing"' is litted snugly to the walls
of the well to keep out the water; and
w hen it is necessary to pump the oil.
the well is tubed. The tube is about
two inches in diameter, around which
a rubber packer is inserted just above
tne on ami gas bearing rock. This
cuts oil' the escape of the gas, forcing
it up through the tube, and causing the
well to flow. The bore of the well va
lies from eight to six incites, and its
lepth varies with the geological for
time reiiehlnir twotitv-livc hundred.
The cost of a well naturally depeniH
upon its location, depth and character
of rock. The owner geneially erects
the derrick, engine and tank, at an
average expense of fifteen hundred did-
irs. and then contracts with a driller
to furnish the tools and sink a wen.
This charge will probably average sixty
cents per foot. It is perhaps safe to
sav that wells in the larger fields aver
age in cost from twenty-live hundred
to three thousand dollars.
Torpedoes, which were first intro
duced about 180'f), were received with
distrust, but are now in general use,
and hnvo become a necessary part of
the equipment of a well. They are
cylindrical tubes, varying in size, but
generally eight inches in length and
four in diameter, containing fluid nitro
glycerine. These torpedoes are care
fullv lowered into the wells and ex
ploded by dropping a twenty-pound
cast-iron weight upon them from above.
1 he explosion shatters the walls, giving
a greater exposure ot sunaco to draw
oil from, thus stimulating the wells and
increasing their production. Though
this treatment hastens the exhaustion
of a well it is believed by many that
the amount of oil obtained exceeds
what otherwise would be procured. At.
first only five or six quarts of nitro
glycerine wcro introduced, but now it
is no unusual thing to employ one hun
dred and twenty to two hundred quarts
of glycerine, equal to 3,210 to 6,400
pounds of gunpowder. Oeorge R. (Jib-
son, in Jlnrpcr a Magazine.
A POSTMASTER'S CONVENTION.
Their Alleged Grievances, anil the Item-
edles They Propose A Non-l'arlbmll
Movement. .. .
The postmasters of the third and
fourth class have resolved upon a Na
tional Convention, and have issued
their call to convene in Chicago on
Monday, February 15, 1886. As there
are over seventeen hundred of the third
grade, and almost fifty thousand of the
fourth, it is evident that when they get
fully organized they will become a
power in the land. Their movement
is not of a political nature, but. solely
for the purpose of inducing Congress
to grant them relief in the way of cx-
f tenses for rent, light, fuel and clerk
lire. As their salaries are based en
tirely upon the value nf the stamps
canceled, getting a commission upon
them, of course their income instantly
dropped one-third when letter postage
was reduced from three to two cents.
Their revenues were cut off while their
expenses remained tho same, all of
which they have to bear themselves.
They feel sore that while postmasters
of the second class have everything
furnished them by tho Government,
they are compelled to foot all such bills
out of their own pockets. A post
master of the third class may be rated
as having an income of one thousand
six hundred dollars, which of itself
looks very large to those not in office,
but after lie pays his rent, light and
fuel expenses and his clerk hire, these
figures will have become dissolved in
nothingness, and he will have but a
bare living out of hia year's work.
The issuing of money orders at three
and one-half cents each is also a bitter
cause of complaint. They claim that
it docs not begin to pay for the time
and labor involved in transacting the
business, and that the old law giving
them one-third tho fees charged the
public should bo restored. They also
propose to make a move toward having
a change made in tho njctod of trans
mitting their surplus) money order
funds to their deposit uig ofjiecs, as they
feel that the present aiTHtieinent is not
only troublesome In l(fc extreme, but
entirely useluss. .
The question of box-rcHts is also
subject of agitation and wdj receive at
tention during the couvtitioii. They
assert that under the,' present law a
postmaster of the fourto-class is de
barred from receiving aeater com
pensation than $i,ou0 :ycar, while
those of tho third class f out off at
f 2,000. Thev may invest all the way
from $500 to'f 1,000 in beautiful boxes
and other attractive feature, yet
It, lor example, a postmaster ol
the fourth class is entitled to $350 per
annum on his caiH-cllativp of stamps,
he is debarred from reeciYiirg"-Trre
than KM from his box rents, even
though they may amount to $&X, and
the entire surplus must be turned over
to the Government. Considering tho
fact that the boxes aro the private prop
erly tif the postmaster, they fuel that
the United States has no moral or just
right to tho revenue from them in tho
way of rents, nnd they want the law so
amended that they will receive what
ever income -there may be fre-ni that
source.
There is no question but that tho
postmasters have just cause for com
plaint, and it, is to be hoped that they
will succeed in their undertaking.
They have gone about it in a business
like manner, and the indications aro
that they mean business. We aro glad
to hear that the move is upon the part
of Jtepublieans and iJeinoerats alike,
and that thev have no political ends in
view. Cincinnati Tinicn.
HARD TIMES.
An Honest H.illor's Fut He Attempts to Se-
cure Winter (Juarters.
Soon after eight o'clock tho
other
morning a man about forty years old
rang the oflieo hell at the Workhouse,
and to the door-keeper who answered
it, he asked: "Can I come inP"
"Why, yes, of course. Whom did
you wish to see?"
"Oli, nobody in particular. You may
put me down for about ninety days."
It was soon discovered that he was a
sailor who wanted to be locked up for
tho winter, and tho door-keeper was
obliged to inform him that ho couldn't
bo taken in after that fashion.
"So I've got to be arrested and taken
before the police judge, oh?" ho en
quired. "Yes, have you any money?"
"About twenty dollars, which I want
to save until spring. "
"lnen you cant no arrested as a
vagrant. Yon will have ,----."
-"rtmMr nm strictly temperate."
"Well, get up a row with somebody,
smash a window, or run off with somo
VJody's horse. It ought to bo an easy
matter to get arrested."
Tho man walked down to the hay
market and looked around for some
body to get. up a row with. Ho selected
a farmer who seemed to be a good
hearted man, and walked up to him
and said :
'Say! I want a row with you. I want
to be arrested."
"Look n-hcre, young man," replied
the farmer, "don't you come fooling
around me! I'm cold and mad, and if
you give me tho least provocation, I'll
make dog-meat of you."
The sailor turned away and picked
up a rock and walked down to a saloon,
determined to hurl it through the win
dow. The old man who keeps the
place saw him coming, aiid ho went
out and said:
You keep avhay! If you throw
dot shtono in my window I 11 shoot
you so help me gracious!"
Hut 1 waut lo uo something to oe
arrested."
I can t help dot! you keep avhay
or I put some bullets into you!
The man passed on about a square
to where a horse was hitched, and ho
was untying the animal when tho
owner came out and said:
Say, you get tip and skip or 1 11
break your back for you!"
Ho drove oil", looking back and ut
tering threats, and a policeman came
along and asked what mm Happened.
Whv. I want to be arrested, and 1
was going off with his horso. Will you
arrest mo if I abuse you?" j
" I rv it on!
"Well, you are a bow-backed sheep
thief, an infernal liar and the biggest
coward on the force! I wouldn't havo
your face on me for ten thous !"
i he ollieer seized nun linn iiting mm
over a yard fence into a lilac bush, and
then looked after him and said:
If you don't leave town before night
I'll hunt you down and hammer you
until your own mother can't identify
the mangled remains!"
I'll bo hanged if I don t! you haven t
fi-ot enterprise enough to keep the
moss off mv back, and I'll
gct
out if I havo to goon my hands
knees!" Detroit Free Press.
and
Sun-Glows in Sweden.
Toward the end of October tho re-
markablo sun-glows wcro again seen at
Stockholm: In the western horizon a
yellow cloud-bank, strongly illuminat
ed, appeared behind a number of tiny
clouds, grayish in color, the sky above
the former, to a height of forty-live de
grees, being lurid, entirely coloring
the clouds. Later on in the evening
the glow imparted to the edges of the
clouds the most remarkable reflections
of color, varying from ochre to yellow.
violet and pink, with shadings of blue.
At times the higher-lying clouds formed
most remarkable formations. It
seemed that the glow was situated be
tween cumulus and cirrus clouds. W.
Y. Post.
Gcorgie Felt Ho Was Safe. They
were standing at the front gate.
"Won't vou come into the parlor and
sit a little while, Gcorgie, dear?" "N-o;
I think not," replied George, hesitat
ingly. "I wish you would," the girl
went on; "it's awfully lonesome.
Mother has gone out, and father is up
stairs groaning with rheumatism in the
foot." "Hoth feet?" asked George.
"Yes, both feet." "Then I'll come in '
H. Y. Ledger.
ARAB JOCKEYING.
Baslnese Method That Have Heen Pre
served for Two Tliousund Vear,
The formalities of business methods
aro among the last habits of a people to
undergo any change with time' or eir
cumstance. They af o of native growth.
j and show much of (hp character of those
who use them. It is said that the busi
ness habits of the Arabs living in the
desert of Syria tro just the same to-day
as they wore -more than two thousand
years ag'adesbrjtwd by Herodotus.
An Arab who wishes to' sell a horso
will never consent to be tho first to
name a price. .Sumo one comes up and
savs: "Sell, thou wilt'gain."
'The vender replies: "Buy, thou wilt
gain."
"Sneak thou first,"
"No, speak thou."
"Was ho purchased or rearedP"
"Reared in my tent, like one of my
own children."
"What hast thou been offered for
him?"
"I have been offered one hundred
dottros."
"Sell him to mo At that price thou
wilt gain. Tell mo, then, what thou
askos,."
"See what is written with Allah."
"Come, let us drive away tho previ
ous bidder, and do fiiou take ten oiro
over and above his offer."
"I accept. Take the horso, anil Al
lah grant thou niayst bo successful upon
his back as many times as ho has hairs
upon it."
Should the seller bo desirous to avoid
all risk of ftituro annoyance on the sub-
ject of warranty, ho adds, in tho pros-
cure of witnesses
"Tho separation between us is from
this very moment. Thou dost not know
mo, and I have never seen thee."
l'outlt'ti Coutjianion.
LITERARY BACHELORS.
Men Who Considered ihe Married Slat
liic-oniparal.li- Willi their II Calling.
A writer on this subject savs: I can
not but admit that many men of genius
have, from somo cause, repudiated
matrimony altogether. When Michael
Angelo was asked why he did not mar
ry, ho replied, "I havo espoused my
art; and when a young painter told
Sir Joshua Reynolds that he had just
taken a wife, and was preparing to
pursue his studies in Italy, the great
painter exclaimed: "Marrietl! then you
are ruined as an artist!" It was an
axiom with Ftiscli, that tho inarriago
state is inconibatablo with a high cultir
ttppuma ro iiae ueuu nic Tccnng oi
many distinguished painters and sculp
tors. The groat metaphysicians, llobbes,
Locke, Tcnlham ami Iiutler aro us soli
tary as Spinosa and Kant, and tho celi
bate philosopher Hume conducts us to
the other bachelor historians, Gibbon
and Macaulay. The bachelor Hishop
Iiutler brings us to Harrow, Chilling
worth, Hammond and Lcighton princes
of English divinity. The tioets, Ariosto,
Akenside, Ileranger, Collins, Cowper,
Gay, Goldsmith, Gray, Herrick, Lamb,
Petrarch, Pope, Swift," Shenstone, Tasso,
Thompson and Voltaire. Among our
countrymen, Washington Irving, Henry
Thorean, Kitz Greene Hallcck, and many
lesser literary lights never married.
Exchange.
COMPLETELY CURED.
Why Tailor Sclinillt I Down on Newspa
per Men.
"I don't vant nodings to do vid dem
noosbaper vcllers. Dcy ish too schnnu t,
all tier vile."
"How's that, Schmitt?"
"Veil, do oder day von noosbaper
man gums my blaso in undt ho says:
'How ish der vail vashions, Schmitlio?'
Undt I says: 'Bietty moch tcr game.
Vant a suit?'
"'Vy,' he znys, 'goats ish vorn lon
ger dish month as Joy vash last month,
ain't it?'
"Aadlzays: 'No, ain't I a duller?
Don't I know my tirade?'
"Un't ho r.ti) s: 'I pets you unt oflor
goat.' Unt I zay: 'Allcr'right.' "
"Did ho provo'itP"
"Veil, ho gots undt allamach undt
shows how Soptombcr haf dirty lays
undt Ochlobcr dirfy von. So dr goat
vos vorn von tay longber dish month
So I hafo to makes him uitd seoxtv-lif
toller ofl'ergoat, gost me veeftecn toller.
1 hafc no yose vor dem noosbaper vcl
lers." The Wasp.
Over-Garments.
Although hip basques are very mnct
worn there aro many ladies who prefer
their overdresses made after the princes
polonaise stylo. Only very good figtirej
can wear with grace the present fashion
of dress basque a model cut off so very
short at the hips that unless the form ii
slender there is a two bunchy effect near
tho waist to look well, One of the pret
tiest modes for a polonaise is the "Cor
inne." Tho waist part in front fits
close and the vest is very pointed. Over
this arc two plaits that extend below the
waist lino and terminate in along, flow
ing overskirt opened in front. Ihu
sides aro draped high and tho folds ar
gracefully extended at the back in a neat
touriiure, where are rich ribbon bows;
on cither sido the long flowing ends run
down In a careless manner over the
folds of the skirt drapery. The "Lido
na" skirt can be worn with the "Maple"
overdress with excellent effect. The
latter garment has a round front, carried
low over the hips and buttoned close;
this model has been called the "boxing
in" style it so admirably gives toalarg
figure a small look. The back of the
basque has three long box plaits turned
under and faced with some sort of bright
contrasting goods. N. Y. lleralet
Within tho limits of Washington
Territory are 23,000,000 acres of land
yet unsurvcyed, of which at least 16,
000,000 acres are excellent agricultural
lands, well timbered. The Territory
has a population of about 150,000, and
a valuation of over $50,000,000. t'ii
oago Inter-Oeean,
EVOLUTION.
Mr. Nra Deeldea to Jerk th RUIng Gen
eration Into tli Hauling- Effulgence ol
fermenting Uraln.
The following paper was rend by raa
in a clear, resonant tone of voice, before
tho Academy of Science and Pugilism
at Krin Prairlo, last month, and as I
have been ao continually and so earn
estly importuned to print it that life
was no longer desirable, I submit it to
you for that purpose, hoping that you
will print my name in largo caps, with
ivstonisliers at tho end of the article,
and also in good display type at tlf
close:
OME FEATl'RKS OF KVOLUTIOW.
No one could possibly, in a brief
paper, do the subject of evolution full
justice. It is a matter of great impor
tance to our lost ami undone race. It
lies near to every human heart, and ex
ercises a wonderful 'influence over our
impulses and our ultimate success or
failure. When wo pause to consider
the opaque and fathomless ignorance
of the great masses of our fellow-man
on tho subject of evolution, it is not
surprising that crime is rather on the
increase, and that thousands of our race
are annually filling drunkards' graves,
with no ot her visible means of support,
while multitudesof enlightened human
beings aro at the aaiuo time earning
a livelihood by meeting with felons
dooms.
These I would ask in all seriousness
and in a tono of voice that would melt
the stoniest heart: "Whv in creation
do you do it?" The time Is ranidlv
' approaching when there will bo two or
un ee ieious lor eaun doom, i am sure
that within tho next fifty years, and
perhaps sooner even than that, instead
of handing out these dooms to Tom,
Dick and Harry as formerly, every ap
plicant for a felon's doom will have to
pass through a competitive examina
tion, as he should do.
It will be "the same with those who
desire to fill drunkards' graves. The
time is almost hero when all positions
of profit and of trust will be carefully
nn'' j'i'lit'iously handed out, and those
; ''" 'U V"'m?ulvcs for tl,os" l'-
sitious will bo left in tho lurch, what
ever that may be.
It is with tins fact glaring me in tho
face that I have consented to appear
before yon to-day and lay bare the
whole hypothesis, history, rise and fall.
modifications, anatomy, physiology and
geology of evolution. It is for this that
l have poured over such works as those
of Huxley, Herbert Spenser, Moses in
Ihe HulriiNlies, Anaxagoras, Lucretius
and Hoyle. It is for tho uurpose of
tion out of barbarism into the dazzling
offiilgcneo of clashing intellects and
fermenting brains that I have sought
the works of Pythagoras, Democriltis
and Kpltirebus. Wherever I could
find any hook that bore upon tho sitb-
iect of evolution, and could borrow it,
have done so while others slept.
That is a matter which rarely enters
into the minds of those who go easily
and carelessly through life. Kren the
General Superintendent of the Academy
of Science and Pugilism here in Krin
Prairie does not stop to think of the
midnight and other kinds of nil that I
have consumed in order to fill myself
full of information and to soak" my
porous mind with thought, Even the
O'Reilly College of this place, with its
strong mental faculty, has not informed
itself fully relative to the great effort
necessary before a lecturer may speak
clearly, accurately and cxhaustingly of
evolution.
And yet hero in this place, where edu
cation is rampant, and the idea is
patted on the back, as 1 may say, here
in Erin Prairie, wdiere progress and
some other sentiments are written on
everything here, where I am addressing
you to-night, for two dollars and feed
for my horse, 1 met a little child with a
bright and cheerful smile, who did not
know that evolution consisted in a
progress from the homogeneous to tho
heterogeneous.
So you see that yon never know
where ignoranco lurks. Tho hydra
licaded upas ttee and bete noire of self
acting progress, is such Ignorance as
that, lurking in the very shadow nf
magnificent educational institutions
and hard words of great cast, Noth
ing can bo more disngrecabln to the
scientist than the beta noire. Nothing
gives him greater satisfaction than to
chase it up a tree or mash it between
two shingles.
For this reason, as 1 said, it gives me
great pleasure to address you on the
subj -ct of evolution, and to go into de
tails in speaking of it. I could goon
for hours as I havo been doing, de
lighting you with tho intricacies and
peculiarities of evolution, but I must
desist. It would please me to do so,
and you would no doubt remain pa
tiently and listen, but your business
might suffer while you are away, and
so 1 will close, but I hope that any one
now within the sound of my voice, and
in whoso breast a sudden hunger for
more light on this great subject may
have sprung up, will feel perfectly free
to call on mo and ak mo about it or
immerse himself in thenuinerous tomes
that I have collected from friends, and
which relate to this matter.
In closing 1 wish to say that I have
mad.: n j st.itemeuU in this paper rela
tive lo evolution which I am not pre
pared to prove; and, if anything, I
have been over conservative. Por that
reason I say now, that the person who
doubts, a single fact as I have given it I
to-nigiit, bearing upon tho great siiu
jeet of evolution, will have to do so
over my dumb remains.
And a man who will do (hat is no
gentleman. I presume that many of
these statements will be snapped up
and sharply criticised by other theo
logians and many of our ioremosi
thinkers, but thoy will do well to pause
before they draw me into a controversy,
for I have other facts in relation to
evdj'.Vion, and some personal reniin
iscenes and family history, which I am
prepared to introduce, if necessary, to
gether with ideas that I have thought
up myself. So I say to those who may
hope to attract notice and obtaiu uoto
ncty by drawing me Into a controversy,
beware. It will bo to your liu'rest lo
Uiwatc! BUI Ajye, in liotlon (Jlvbt.
.!?.
LITERARY.
PERSONAL AND
Nathaniel Hawthorne never used
an italicized word in any of his works,
his style furnishing all the nooded em
phasis. Mrs. Dahlgren, the novelist, in a
Znnesvillo (O.) girl. Sho is wealthy,
and she owns several houses In Wash
ington. Lotta, Mary Anderson, Emma No.
vada and Mane Wiltnu aro all com
municants of the Roman Catholic
Church.
The tallest man In Washington
Territory is John Hutchinson. He
stands seven feet four inches in hi
stockings.
Robert H. Nowell. the "Oruheua
C. Kerr" of popular remembrance, en
joys a serene old age at a cosy home
nest iu Jersey City.
-Hon. Galtisha A. Grow and Hon.
A. Gilmore are the only surviving?
members of the Thirty-second Con
gress.', i. moune.
Mmo. Sophie Menter, the famous
pianist, is now enioving the possession
oi a loniino oi three million dollars,
left her by a Russian admirer.
.-A -Calcutta paper any- that a na
live woliiHU has become the editor of
a Christian periodical, which she con
ducts n itu remarkable ability and suc
cess. Catherine Gregory, who died in.
Now Yerk tho other day, was a
school teacher for twenty-two years,
and never missed a day during that
period until she was taken sick. jV.
Y. Post.
Tho Mexican Congress proposes to
change tho press laws to the end that of
fenses charged against newspaper
writers shall be tried before a special'
jury, and not as is now done, under tho
criminal code.
Lord Hotchkiss, ono of the swell
cowboys of Montana, recently won a
heavy wager by walking from hie ranch .
to Miles City, ar! stance of twenty-two
.!).,.. :.. l. i ......
Ex-Governor Hishop, of Ohio, is
sixty-three years old, nut is still very
active. Last summer he went to hia
son's home in Clifton, and, passing
through a high gate, was attacked by a
savage dog who tlid not recognize him.
Tho Governor took a running jump
nnd cleivrijtl,ltholiJcili,ffi,ijAtt.hti
Rolle, has just died iii England at the
age of ninety years. She was married
at twenty-eight to a gentleman who
was seventy-four year old, and if ho
were living now ha would bo one hun
dred and thirty-live years of ago. At
his death ho settled an income of $50,
000 per year upon her, and she has de
voted more than fifty years of her long
life in charity.
HUMOROUS.
Why is the barber's trado ef-sy fo
men to learn? Uecause every man
was onoe "a little shaver."
"Is the man honest?" asked old
Hyson. "Honest as the day is long."
"Ye-es," said old Hyson; "but then he
won't do at all. I want him for a
night watchman." Boston Bulletin
Huston jKsthetioism.
What to me are lieavonly pleasure.
That from earth my fancy woansf
What care 1 for worldly treasures?
Walter, pleasu, more pork and bean.
Chicago Telegram.
Our Countrymen Abroad (In lh
Champs Elysess). English Gentle
man (inquiring way) "Pardonnei
moi, Monsieur. French Gentleman
(very politely) "Ccrtainmcut, Mon
sieur." Together: "Good gracious!
Smith, Jones, is that youP" JJarper't
Bazar.
"Do you allow drunken people on
the train?" asked an ohl gentleman at
the City Hall elevated station. "Some
times, but net when they are too
drunk," replied the brakoman. "Just
take a seat near tho middlo of the cat
and keep quiet, and you'll be all right."
iV. Y. Sun.
He "My dear, we can't possibly
take this flat. Why, when our furni
ture is in there won't be room for me
to walk around in it," She "Non
sense; you are not expected to walk
around in a modem fiat. VV'lien you
want to walk what is the matter with
outdoors?" AT. Y. Tribune.
A four-year-old, who has a drum
nnd is not so slow to beat it, heard a
hand-organ the other day, and was
particularly struck with the fact that
tho organ-grinder took up a collection.
After the "musician" had departed tho
little fellow remarked: "I don't diuuM
any more only for money."
We aro told that more than eight
courses at a dinner is vulgar. Snibbs
savs ho is in tho height of the fashion,
fof he has only six, as follows: Soup
aqua pura, beans a la oven door, pork
de scored top, brown bread a la steam
er, oleomargarii".! in a butter-dish and
toothpicks ad libitum. Boston Budget.
A few days ago two men were in
Smith's barber-shop. One bad red)
hair and the other was baldheaded.
Red hair to haldhead "You wcro not
around when they wcro giving out
hair?" Haldhead "Yes, I was there;
but they only had a little red hair left,
and I wouldn't take it." Bow rsvttl
(Oa.'i Unimu
"Now, John," said tho keeper of
the cigar store at closing up time to
his boy, "take the Indian figure from
the door and lay it down behind tho
counter." "Hadn't wo better let it
stand behind the counter?" said Joint.
"Why so?" asked the employer. "Bo
cause figures never lie, you kuow."
Boston Courier.
Drown to Smith, w'io has been an
Invalid for years "Hulloa, Smith!
How are you now-a-days? Has Dr.
Dubbledose helped you any?" Smith
"A little, perhaps, but not nearly so
much as I nave helped him. You should
see the new house ho has just built!
Nothing like it iu town elegant, per
fectly oleflaut!" Boston Transcnid. -
i.in-n, in iwiii iiiiinn aim iuui luiuiiies.
Chicago Tribune.
Senor Quesada, the new repre
sentative of the Argentine Republic at
Washington, is a journalist and author.
Ho is distinguished as a writer on in- '
ternatioual law, has filled several
prominent posts in tho civil service,
and for the last four years has been
Minister to Itrazil.
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