smt" " ,ys ; IVS.j!'- J-ifrt,j 'WnTWKmmTlrtW :nujkr. J.. ntener entreated. "I hare a right te be heard." 'I will net hear you, sir! Nothing you can say will atone, Winifred, I order you te tell him te go." "Ne," said Winifred, in a low bu steady voice. "If you send him away you will be sorry forever." "What? Yeu threaten ruef said lh colonel, angrily. "Ne, no. I lere my dear father new tee well te threaten him," Winifred an swered, and the (ears rese te her eyes. But" "Wheedling Is worsel" the coleno' burst forth, with unabated anger. He till held his arms around her, but this was rather te assert his right against Jehn Fletcher's. "But if you send him away" Wini fred repeated. "Yeu would dare te fellow him?"' the colonel interrupted fiercely, as he loos ened his clasp of her slight form. Tliis was near being a word tee much for a spirit as keen and unyielding as his own. Winifred's face was deadly white, but net from fear, when she replied, in a voice that did net falter, and with a leek, that did net waver "Whether I would fellow him or net tbete would be a difference, and you would feel it. Yeu would be sorry." "Don't reiterate this sentimental trash te me, WlnifredP cried the colonel, and in ids angry impatlcnce he threw her from him. lie did net mean te be rough, but he forget, for the moment, that she was lame; but Jehn Fletcher did net forget it, and se it came te pass that Cel. Therno threw his daughter straight into her lever's arms! There was an instant's pause, and in that instant Winifred's angry father saw that liis cause was lest. Fer Winifred's beautiful head rested against Jehn Fletcher's heart; its tumult tumult neus throbs half frightened her, but his strong arms held her. She was very pale and her eyes were closed but she smiled w ith supreme content. "Is she hurt?'' the colonel asked, in a tones of horror. Winifred opened her eyes and laughed. "Ne, net hurt," she said, and the color came again te her face. She stretched out her arms as her father bent ever her, and clasped him around the neck. "Nothing can uiake me love you less, dear father," she wlspered. "The mera I leve him, the mera must I leve you." The colonel sighed and turned away. He could net bring himself, alt nt once, te yield consent. "Well! well! tubbe she!" moralized old Gilbert. "When we gits ole hit ain't no use wrastlin' beginst de headincss e' young felkses. Mawstcr, he tried hit, en' he wrastlcd pew'f ul. He had less e' de grace e' givin' in den aire man ever I see; y it he is g wan 'bout new wid ene chile married tcr dem ez he ain't choesened, en' Missy dene preuiused ter a Yankee what lit beginst the seuf. En' de curl curl eusest part is, hit rarely dean seem ter mck no speshul diilunce; de is all settled down tcr be satisfied wid ene 'n'eder. De me' I studies de me hit de 'pear ter me de werl' is mes'ly u?ade fur dem what comes after we i3 dado en' gawn. What you rekin, Glory-Ann?" he asked, affa bly. "I dean rekin nethin'," returned Glory Ann, ungraciously; "I keeps my thoughts ler wysei. uaia my notion e' man ners." "Weill well!" the old man said, with a subdued chuckle, '"I gwan ax Missy, Her manners ain't be pupperuliklar." THE END. PHILADELPHIA'S CATHEDRAL. It AVen Ilecently Coimpcruted AVlth Im - trcsUe Ceremonies. Amid a scene of solemn splendor and imposing ceremonies, and graced by the presence of many high church dignita ries, the Human Catholic cathedral of Isrii'lL !"'"".r,,w Im.v.vh CATHOLIC CATHEDRA!, Or ST. TETEIt AND ST. PAUL. Saints Peter and Paid, en Legan tquare, Philadelphia, was consecrated a few days age- e The consecration corcmeny proper be gan nt a quarter past 5 in the morning, when Archbishop Ryan headed a pro pre cession which slowly wended its way three times around the imposing Cor inthian edifice, sprinkling it nt intervals each tiine with holy water. Then the archbishop ascended the steps, and with the golden crezier he carried delib erately knocked three times for admis sion. Father McQuade responded te the summons and opened the massive doers. The precession then entered and parsed nreund the inside of the church three times, the archbishop spriukliug it at in tervals with holy water, as en the out side. A multitude of priests in waiting were new ndmitted, and the celebratien of the first mass of the day commenced. Dur ing the services the relies were brought te the main altar, and the archbishop depesited them in the altar. The vari ous ether parts of the church were then sprinkled and blessed, and the consecra tion services ended. Then followed a solemn pontifical high mass, the scene being impressive in the extreme. The mass sung was the grana creation of Beethoven in "C," and the sermon, in which the significance of the pomp and ceremonies of the church were fully explained, was by the vener able Cardinal Gibbens. Jehn He) 1 Themiis. Jehn Lloyd Themas, secretary of the national committee of the Prohibition ists, who has been having a wordy war with Funk & Wagnalls, publishers of The Voice, the Prohibition organ, is from Maryland and is the bon of n min ister. In the campaign of 1681 he made such a record as district organizer in Virginia nnd Maryland that he wui marked for early promotion by his party managers. He went te New Yerk mere than two years age and new keeps open house at Prohibition hall. The secretary of a national party which has almost every thing te win ia naturally n very busy man, and the Prohibition ists find in Thom Them as a genuine stenm engine, whom his admir ers inny be ex- f cuied for backing as a coming man in third nartv jeun lleyd Themas, ranks. Mr. Themas is about 30, under medium gire, active, nervous and leudy as a siienlcei or a manager. His parentage is Welch. IIu is a geed tenor and sings in the Onv Onv terip society. ha "unrnvsmmmmmmm "UtVft -22lKK& SQUIDS AND ABALONES. CHINESE FISHERIES ON THE ROCKS OF THE PACIFIC. IJttl Cfceaka of Asia Which Det the CaUfbrala Coast tot Mite A Meltulk Who Grip I Daagareua te the Un Wnrjr. The tourist visiting the Pacific coast finds few stranger things than the camps of Chinese fishermen along the shere in sheltered coves from San Diege north te the Klamath. These camps leek as if they were elder than the discovery of America, se weather beaten are the red wood shanties. It is impossible te ascer tain the results or profits of these fisher- ? VILLAGE Or ABALONK FISHERS. ies, for a large part of the product Is dried and sent te the flowery kingdom for sale, and the Chinese are proverbially close mouthed about their business. The two most interesting features or! the Chlnose " 'long shere" Industries are nndeubtedly the squid and the nbalene fisheries, both of which can be observed in the Bay of Monterey, which is in fact the center of the squid business, but net of the abalene, the latter being mere or less known te the entire coast of Califor nia, especially off San Luis Obispo and Ventura. On the shores of Monterey Bay, south of the old town, are the remains of the ence flourishing works of a whaling com pany. "The ground," writes a recent visitor te the plnce, "is all se saturated with oil that it gives under feet like a peer asphaltum pavement en' a het Au gust day." ' An occasional whale and a geed many basking sharks are still tried out for their oil either here or en the shores of Carmel bay, six miles walk, and between the two whaling camps are the Chinese villages for squid fishing and abalene catching. On the rounded bewlders below the cliff, in the midst of "unspeakable dirt," are the Chinese shanties and hundreds of drying frames of pine laths. These frames are covered for many weeks in the autumn with the oily squid, a fish about as long as one's hand. They enter the bay in vast schools and are netted by tens. They nre split and boned, dried for two days en the frames and then thrown en the sand te complete the proc ess of drying. The packing is dene by trampling tliem close together in great sacks. Ced and halibut come and go, but the great schools of squid, which no American will eat, are the main re liance of the Chinese fishing companies of the region. The Chinese villages, as seen in the afternoon from the bay, with their junks and lateen sailed fishing craft drawn up en the beach or coming in with their freight, the widespread nets, the children in red and yellow, the curious balconies projecting ever the water, the flags and high scaffolds, and acres of drying fish, all seem te be thoroughly Asiatic, and the Asia also of the great Mongolian lowlands of sleepy rivers and squalid little fishing villages, such as travelers in China describe. Sometimes the Chinese build en the cliffs, but by far the greater part of their "camps" are set "between sea nnd cliff," and often miles from any town or rail road. There are Italian fishing villages, tee, but these are net unlike such villages the world ever, nnd they are far less pictur esque than theso of the Chinese. They are perhaps been nt their best en. San Francisce and Tomales bays. The Ital ians never go very far from their mar kets, for they nim te supply all the feed fishes nnd leave the squid and nbalenes te the Chinamen. Crabs and shrimps are gathered in by Italians, Portuguese and Chinamen nlike. The oyster trade is in tlie hands of Italians and Americans, the latter controlling some of the larger California companies. But the most curious feed product of the Pacific coast is probably that beauti ful nnd useful mollusk the nbalene, which has made many a Chinaman rich enough te return te his native land, buy it rice farm and settle down as the nabob of his ullage. The abalene is a univalve -S3-s5fc- 3fT eaCiEaTVv r. g')' r ' A YOUNQ CHINESE ABALONE CATCHER. and clings like a limpet te the rocks. Its single shell Is ear shaped, nnd many specimens have been found that were nearly ten inches in length and eight in width. The "abalene jewelry" is made from n small button of pearly accretion in the iniddie of the shell. The nbalene exists in its fullest per fection south of San Francisce bay, but it is found for many miles nertli of the Gelden Gale. It thrives along the coast of Baja, or lower California, as far as Ctw St. Lucas There nre two vr'. ties, ene with dark shells, the ether wlt reddish shells, both being nlike pearly inside. When ground from the outside, se ns te show the red and black alje Plat ing with the tinted mother-of-pearl, the effect is very attractive. The nbalene used te be ene of tb.em.Ost common of Pacific coast shells, but the Chinese discovered its edible qualities, nnd l)cgan te ship tens of dried abalones te China. The business seen became se profitable that colonial of Chinese dotted the coast from Santa Cruz southward, and thousands of shells still lie en the cliffs te mark their camps. Only a few years age any ene who wished ceidd easily find nbalenes se large that when well pounded, sliced and fried three were an abundant meal for a hungry man, but me.it of them new are quite small, hundreds of shells net being larger than a watch raw. , Tim tlesh is white, nutritious and very palatable. I liave many times taken a sack und u croeke I bit of iron te pry the abalones off the rocks, and followed the retreating tides a mile westward down the dripping bhale Marching the novices for choice sjiecimcns for the Ikij-s in our summer cabin en the Kstere cliffs te frv for dinp-r tanmmarTU . " - - -JLf . -4 VttffiV-r. St. LATia "-Jbr- HXf, W5"1 i X -- la tethrn California a were of yews age it was a very common thing for Spaniards who had a saddle bone of which' they were particularly proud te cover the bridle, reins nnd trappings with bits of polished abalene shells, and they certainly were much prettier and easier te carry than the heavy silver dol lars which were spiked In patterns ever the saddle leathers a few years Inter, and were bored and hung from the reins. Thus far in this narrative it would seem that there is nothing dangerous about the gentle abalene. He is simply a large shellfish, clinging te the rocks near low tide water mark, and he has seemingly no defense whatever against his numer ous fees. But in several well authenti cated cases the abalene has deserved the title "dangerous." In 1878, en the coast of Monterey county, n Chinamen disap peared from a large camp of nbalene fishers. They were working en shares and great emulation existed, se it was thenght that he had ventured tee far and that the incoming sea had Bwept him away. But in a few days his body was discovered bent ever a crevice his hand held fast by an abalene, nnd firmly secured In this position, unable te escape and tee far from camp te make his cries heard, the peer fellow hail seen the tide rise inch by inch till it drowned him. He had lest the small flat bar of Iren used for loosening large abalones from the rocks, and seeing a very large speci men far down in the crevice had inad vertently placed himself at such a dis advantage that he could net exert suffi cient strength te withdraw his hand, nor te break the shell, nor even te ferce his hand further In se as te destroy the firm clasp of the mollusk. This sad event caused abalene hunters te desert the camp at once, nnd the place Is still known ns "Chinaman Point." .ta;:it..l.illlmj.TrlT-Hwt.jjw.tr;rrttJJL"1 sJi DRYINn SQUID AT A CHINESE FISHERY AT MONTEREY. There is also a story told among some of the old families in San Luis Obispo te the effect that ft young Mexicnn who went out en the rocks nt low tide te pro cure n very large abalene shell tq take ever the Coast range te present te a young lady was caught In like manner, and waving his red scarf and shouting for help was dragged loose by half a dozen men, who reached the place while the tide was rapidly rising abeve Ids waist. Even the ordinary sized abalones re re ro quire a strong jerk te get them from the rock. It is probnble that the largest abalene that ever grew could be taken off by any person if it was dene quickly, but the slightest delay would bring ene te grief unless he had a lever handy. The shell is se bread and flat that it can not be seized. The only way Is te in (ert the fingers or some instrument be neath the edge, which is usually raised half an inch from the rock. The old American settlers near the sea coast have learned te value the aba aba aba eoeo highly ns furnishing an epicurean feast when properly broiled and served piping het. But few modern cooks knew hew te prepare nbalene, and the tooth some morsel is fast becoming a tradition. Se indefatigable in its pursuit nre the Chinese that in a decade or two mere this curious and delicious mollusk will probably be almost extinct. Cuari.es HowAne Shinn. A BEAUTIFUL DECEPTION. Tlie Mlrage Lake In One of San Fran Cisco's l'urks. San Francisce has discovered a new wonder within her borders a mirage that transforms the bread reads and green lawnR of Gelden Gate park into a beautiful luke. The phenomenon may be seen throughout the day, but shows te best advantage early in the morning AN EARLY MORNINQ VIEW. from a point where the main read from the McAllister street entrance and tlie North Ridge read converge. All the usual details of a tnirage are carried out, and te the observer the distant pedes trian or wagon en entering, the charmed confines appears te be going deeper nnd deeper into the depths of n placid lalee until tlie center is reached, and then te lx'gin the outward progress. The mirage can be seen ns long as there is daylight, no matter whether the skies are clear or cloudy. The rirtt Weman Lawyer, In Trance. France is doing her best te Keep up with the times, nnd recently turned an other lap in the race of progress when she admitted n woman te the" practice of the law for the first time. Her name is Sarmisa Bilsosce and she is 23 years old. She went te Paris from Bucharest, her JILLE. BARJHSA IIILSESCO. native city, where, when she was only 10 years old, she had been made a bachelor of arts, and a year later had received tlie degree of bachelor of science. Fer fie years she has studied in Paris, and her recent success shows that she is a woman of ferce ns well as intellect, for her admission te the bar was bitterly opposed by many influential men. The Wealth f Iliindura. The recent discoveries of coal in north ern Honduras seem likely te prove te be very important. Borings have revealed besides the coal valuable deixjsit.s of salt, veins of natural gas and artesian wells of considerable magnitude The coun try Is in an unusually prosperous condi tion. During the year 2,000,000 bunches of bananas were exported, besides large quantities of oranges and coceanuU. Mahogany is also Ht-ntoutef the country by the ship lead. SSciSS' ? FRUITS OF AIL KINDa REAT QUANTITIES OF THEM ARE SOLO IN NEW YORK. Anetlen Bales In the Karl? Morning at Which Geed frlcet Are Realltetl Heme Interesting ComparliteAi Pllei Higher Than the Washington Monument. The season's auction sales of California fruits opened in New Yerk one Saturday net long age with a sale at ft o'clock. The fruit offered comprised royal apri cots, which sold at $2.20 per half crate, of four baskets of five pounds, net, each; Alexandria peaches, at (2.20 per IS pound AN AUCTION SALE. box; delicious cherries, at $1.75 per 10 pound box, and plums at 3 per 15 pound box. These are geed prices for this fruit, nnd this is the earliest hour at which a fruit auction sale was ever held In New Yerk city, and shows that dealers are net only ready te pay geed prices for geed fruit, but nre anxious enough te get it te ceme out early in the morning. These fruits ceme In refrigerator cars, and their arrival is k accurately timed that the hour of sale Is advertised ene or several days ahead. Upen arrival, from ene te three pack ages of encii let or variety are exhibited in the auction room, catalogues are pro vided, nnd the bidding is spirited. Frem thirty minutes te ene hour is sufficient time te dispese of a car lead of 20,000 pounds. These sales will continue nearly every day until October. In addition te the fruits new arriving' there will be later varieties of the same, prunes, Bartlctt pears, nectarines, empe ror, Tokay and Muscat grapes, and nt the last of the season a large variety of winter pears. With the partial or com plete failure of many of the eastern sources of fruit supply the 'California product assumes greater interest te east ern consumers. The luscious quality, uniform grading nnd packing, nnd fiue condition of the fruit nre all that could be desired. Transportation facilities have licen improved nnd freight charges reduced, se that the fruit is delivered In New Yerk in much less time than for merly. The condition of the fruit is often iKitter than when it started, and the excuse for freight Is f 100 per car, just ene-third of the old rates. These facilities will probably be still further improved. During the past year auction sales have been held at nearly every hour of the day from early morning until 5 o'clock p. in., and at all there has been spirited bidding and geed prices have been obtained. That the auction is umic cessful and established methed of hand ling perishable fruits is evidenced by the increased offerings, Jiy the uniformly geed prices obtained and by the general satisfaction expressed by all parties. Several carloads of New Yerk State grapes were sold nt auction last autumn, and ns this beginning was. very satisfactory mero will probably be offered this season. It is intended by the promoters of these 6nles te extend the system se as te include the sale of all perishable products. But ene-third of the orchards nnd vine yards new planted in California have readied a bearing nge, te say nothing of the millions of trees nnd vines which are being planted every year, se that the fut ure supply is likely te be largely and continuously increased. T?hree hundred carloads came te New Yerk last year. A 0 s C . O COMI'ARED WITH THE WASHINGTON MON UMENT. These would form an obelisk ene-third tlie size of the Washington monument. It is estimated after careful observation that nt least 000 carle ids will nrrive this year, or material enough for a monu ment two-thirds the size of the one nt Washington; while if the snme ratio of increase continue another ear we may reasonably exjiect enough material for n monument of equal or greater size. The latter, however, would ben monument te the enterpriMi of a living, active, pro gressive people and net te dead here. The (cars hearing the expected fruit of this season if' formed into a continuous train would extend nearly five miles. The amount of ether fruits reaching New Yerk is enormous; but rather ftrangely? the only kind besides Califor nia nnd imported fruits and Flerida or er nnges of which any statistics nre kept are apples and cranberries, and even of these the returns are only approximate. Fer the 6ecn years ending 1S90 tlie Mercan tile exchange reported an average of 033,701 barrels of apples jier year. These would make a monument considerably mere than twice the size of the Wash ington monument, while in the years of largest supply three such menumenU could le built and still have it surplus. New Yorkers de net consnme nil of these, however. Besides tlie large quantities exerted, a large surrounding territory depends uien New Yerk for its supply. Of cranberries the number of pack ages received averages nearly 100,000 per year for the past seven years, some times exceeding that amount, but often net reaching lialf the nveiage figures. Very few of these are exported, the Yanl appreciating them tee highly as at empauiments of the famed Ameri can turkey nnd etliT favorite dishes. These wouldn't make a monument ever one-fourth the size of tliat at Washing ton, but it would far exceed tliat planned and lwgun but never erected by a grate ful ix-ople te the memory of the "grand mother of our country." Marv Waehiiu- ft 15 J k 1 ten, mm! it would commemorate the en terprise of the native Jerseyman and the dwfUer en Cape Ced in producing ,anch an appetizing fruit from what would otherwise be well nigh waste land. There are nearly three times as many foreign oranges Imported into New Yerk as are received from Flerida, and thf combined receipts, approximating 1,700, 000 boxesweuld be sufficient te build feui Washington monuments nnd have soma left besides. California is producing large quantities of superior eranges.but the lm lm mense numbers received here from Flor Fler ida and from foreign countries, and th low prices nt which they nre sold throughout a large part of the season, pretty effectually preclude California from sendiug ns many of her oranges, however much she may wish te de se, and however willing we may be te receive them. The lemons used te flavor ent lemonade and for ether purposes an mostly of foreign growth, Flerida fur nishing a very small part of the supply, They exceed oranges in bulk, aggro aggre gating about 2,100,000 packages, nnd would easily build five Washington monuments, and enough remain for a large supply of picnie and circus lemon ade. Besides the fruits mentioned there is a vast amount of various ether kinds re ceived, including all kinds of berries, cherries and ether stone fruits, pears, quinces, grapes, etc. The bananas alone would make a mighty pile, and they are tlie cheapest fruit sold in the market. Then there are pineapples, pomeles, sap sap padilles and dozens of ethers in mero or less nbundnnce te tempt the appetlte nnd deplete the pocket of the peer unfor tunate who is forced te depend upon bought fruit for bis supply. THE JUDSON MEMORIAL OHURCH. II t Being Unlit la Hener or the First American Missionary, On Aug. 0, 1788, was born into the world a boy who was destined before hjs career in ripe old manhood was ever te earn for himself a name and make n rec ord in the religious world, te be known, beloved and honored of all men. And new, nearly n hundred and two years after his birth, has just been laid the comer stone of n fitting monnment te his life and holy labors, the Judsen Me Me eorial Baptist church, at the corner of Washington place and Thompson street, In New Yerk city. Very many years nge, when religious America conceived the idea of sending into foreign lands missionaries bearing the standard of Christianity, the Rev. Adenlram Judsen was selected as the man most fitting te be the pioneer. Cheerfully he accepted the work assigned him, nnd thus he shines in history as the first American missionary. The scene of his labors was among the fanatical Burmese, and there he toiled for a period of forty years. He trans lated the entire Scriptures into the Bur mese language, and eventually had the proud satisfaction of numbering his con verts by the thousands. Out before that happy result had been attained he had undergone some terrible sufferings. Imprisoned at one time for teaching ills JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH. belief, he lay twenty-one months in the fearful prison of Ouug-Pcn-Lu, at Avu. subjected te savage cruelties and marked with scars that he bere te his dying day. While returning home from ene of his missionary trips he died nt sea and was buried in tlie Indian ocean. And it Is te perpctuate the memory of this zealous Christian worker that the Judsen Memerial church is .te be built. The conception and execution of the plan should he credited te Rev. Edward Judsen, the missionary's son. The church will tie a handsome struct ure, 180 feet wide and 100 feet deep, and facing Fifth avenue, opposite the Wash ington Memerial arch. The style of architecture will be Romanesque, ac centuated by a strong admixture of the early basilica, and the tower will be 103 feet high. There will be seven magnifi cent memorial windows, all of which are already provided for. The total cost of the odifice will lie 820,500, of which $230,070 has already been subscribed; FOR GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA. Rebert Kmerjr VnttUen, Recently Noml Neml nuteil hy the Democrat!. When the Pennsylvania Democratic state convention nominated Rebert Em Em ory Pattison for governor of the state it chose a man whose name has already been fre quently written in the state rec ords. Mr. Patti son was elected governor in 1883 by a plurality of 40,203 votes, and many important bills which be came laws dur ing his incum- EMORY PATTISON. !,-.. rn wild in hnve originated in his brain. Before his elevation te tlie gubernato rial chair Mr. Pattison had served two terms as controller of Philadelphia. Mr. Pattison was bem in (Quonticeko, Somerset county, Md., Dec. 8, 1830. His father was n clergyman und six years af ter the birth of his eon removed te Phil adelphia, in which city the son has lived ever since. The rmpernr of China. When the emperor of China made his pilgrimage two or three months age te the tombs of his ancestors he allowed himself te be seen by the jeeple, and even conversed with and received peti tions from them. This is the first time in thousands of years that a Chinese cm cm jierer's face lias been seen by the lower of his subjects, and formerly an effort en the part of ene of them te speak te the emperor would have been cause for excruciating torture and final death. Te proneuueo tlie real name of the omperor is a capital effense even new. He ia known as tlie Sen of Heaven. The Uetllne of the Whaling IiMltifttry. New Bulford, Mass., was at ene time the greatest whaling pert in the world. With the decline, of the whaling indus try, however, mills were elected, and new the town hnsbecomen manufactur ing rather than n seaport town. A dozen abandoned whalers Jyii.r ut the decks tell of long past days. It is a strange fact that the tiinlHsn of n whaling vessel seldom decay, Thy boeoiuo se perme ated with oil that thoyire capable of re sisting time's ravages for a long time. But their peculiar shajpe renders them useless for ether trufllii What whaling Is new dene is iiKwtly ju the hands of the Portuguese. n. AH0TDAYINTHEH0USE. THE SPEECHES THAT MAKE VOTES FOR THE TALKER. The Ceiigrriimnu or TeiUy In SpeeUI Ut anil the "Alt llmincl" Stntctmnn Ii Dying Out Tim CunBreleiial Recerd nml 11 four Hunilrcil Writer. (SxcUI CerrpKut1ince. Washington, July 10. It Is a het, dull day In the capital of the United States, nnd I sen no reason why I should go hustling nlieut for something Inter esting te write of when a panorama of h'tuum nature is spread out before me. I sit in the press gallery of the house, fifteen feet nbeve a great iloer which is fnll of desks, chairs and men. There nre seven rows of desks, each describing n half circle. In all there are 8.15 seats, but net mero than ene-third of them nre occupied. A nan Is making a speech en the proposed federal election law. He is a partisan of the most bitter type nnd is making a savage party epeccJi. He denounces the people of the sec tion of country In which he does net chance te live, as If theso peeple were net his countrymen. He is very much' excited himself, but try as hard as he may he is unable te preduce any excite ment in ethers. Of the hundred men in the hall net mere than a couple of dozen are listen ing, nnd they only in an indifferent sort of way. Iu the galleries mere attention is paid te the orator. Up there it Is net se well understood ns It Is en the, fleer that the honorable gentleman Is speaking te his constituents. He cares mero for the printed speech nnd for its effect upon the voters of his district than for the impression it may make upon his audi tors, A heuse page puts an ncute estl estl niate upon the value of this effort when he says te ene of his fellews: "Wp'U make something out of that speech. Bet we enn sell 600,000 of them." Yeu ste, the pages of tlie heuse nre merchants In speeches. They knew the value of an oration better than any ene else. A speech which Is bitterly partisan Is geed wares In their market. They knew It will lie in demand by ether con gressmen of the orator's party as a cam paign document. Therefore the pages go out among the members nnd take orders. One inemler wants 5,000, an an ethor 10.000, nnd In the aggregate the orders may run up te hundreds of thou sands. The prices te be paid are the prices set by the government printing office, but by taking the work te private printing offices they get cheaper prices and pocket the difference. In this little matter of the speech de livered te iv great nrrey of empty benches, nnd tills business of selling speeches for mailing te voters, we get n gllninse of the spirit by which most congressional efforts nre actuated. Tlie statesman is always losing for the approval of the voter in his state or dis trict. He keeps his "ear te tlie ground" that he may catch the first sound of a change of sentiment among his peeple. If you want te see with what facility, what cusennd rapidity n great statesman can shift his position upon any publia question set semething nt work among his constituents that will chnnge them. I sometiines think that the voters out in the country, in the cities, towns and rural districts the very men who will read this letter, i fact de net rcalize te what extent they nre tyrants. It Is common te talk of the sovereign voter, but nowhere Is the sovereign voter such a real person, se material, actual and im portant, ns here iu the Capital City. Why, about all the people of Importance in this city spend their time, bother their brains nnd wear out their lives trying te please, placate and winfavorwiththe sovereigns who live away off iu the country and rarely or never make their appearance here, I think that is why Washington is such a pleasant city te live iu. The chase for dollars is here less keen than In the distinctively commercial cities, nnd iu its place we hnve the pursuit of popu larity. This desire te please becomes a habit, and it is a habit which makes an amiable, companionable peeple. It is net nlwnys the greatest statesman that remains longest in favor among his ticople. The trade of catering te the popular will, the art of making friend friend shipe and avoiding enmities, some geed nnd able men nre unable te master. Keine of the most nble men in public life lament their inability te give careful, laborious study te the questions of the day, simply liecnuse they must spend their time winning popularity or else be crowded out of olllce by ambitions men who liave no public business te attend te, A senator, one of the best known of the members of his branch of congress, comes te my mind. He might be a great statesman if he went net detennined te be a great iielitiuinn. His state is full of ambitious men, crowding him closely for front rank, and he knows that if he steps for n moment in his efforts te swim en the surface he will quickly meet n fate resembling that of the late lamented Mr. McOinty. This senator apparently thinks of nothing olse than means of popularizing himself, Every word which he utters, every word he writes, every act of his life is in se far ns iMjssihle well considered with it view te Its effect upon his popularity. Thus it happens that this gentleman, well fllttsl by temperament and training for a career as mi nil round statesman, famil iar with and active and influential in the pettlement of all great questions, has become a mere specialist in legisla tion. In fact the old race of statesmen is running out. Soen it will disappear forever. The modem statesman ia be bo be ceming mero and mero a specialist. One devotes himself exclusively te thu tariff, another te Interstate commcrce, a third te international reciprocity, a fourth te land laws and se en throughout the whelu list of enduring public questions. Great, rouipreheiishe students of the machinery of government are becoming fewer and orators niuie and mero rare. As ene sits up in tlie gallery of the heuse of representatives day after day it is easy te tce the truth of tlie state ment that tlie business of tlie body is in th'i liands of n few men. The hand ful of men who excrchj influence ever the progress of legislation nre men who have nude legislation their trade during u long beriua of years, 'f hey are men like Cmuen, McKlnley, Springer, Blount, Mills, Tayler, Onte?, Culberson, Ilendur Ilendur ren, Rew ell, Burrows, Hohnan, who have mastered the business, who knew every cioelc and turn of the leglhlatlve path. One of tlie ablest members of the hoiibe, Judge Reed, of lewa, was talking te me alsmt this the ether day. "This is my firt term in cengresi," said he, "and it will be the last. I don't care for any mere of it. Net tint it is unpleasant work, for it" isn't; en the contrary it is rather ugieeabl?. When I first- came down here 1 had tlie usual notions of a new cengi wsiuan as te what I was going te de. Of courhe 1 quickly discovered tliat I was n mere boy, an apprentice among a let of journeymen. I have learned that if n man is going te make a success iu this profession he must doveto his life te it. I am tee old te take up n new line 6f bushier, and hence I shall retire from congress ut tlie expiration of my term. Fer a young man this part of thu public service eilers great opportuni ties, und if I were vemurer and had a seat here 1 would strive te held it And te make something of myself." , Though Judge Reed 1j te retire from congress, he has remained long enough te de one act which mutt have given Urn much satisfaction. As chief Justice of tl supreme court of Iowa seme yean age he delivered the first "original package" decision, which the supreme court of tk United States reversed. As member of the judiciary committee Judge Reed hat just written a report in favor of the act, designed te change the whole law relat ing te that part of interstate commeresj covered by what is known as original packages. Tills is the season of the year in which congressmen become nervous. They an afraid their constituents will net renom renem inate thorn, or, If nominated for aaethtr term, there is always before their tjm the unpleasant possibility of defeat at the polls. Every year seventy-five or hundred aspiring statesmen are thus eat off in the flower of youth, and the reas sembling of congress in the fall will probably find the usual number of tis.,. urns. 'Ai tne same time we near tna very congressmen who straggle hardest te be re-elected saying they are disgusted with congressional life. "Why should I give up my profit nble business or my great law practice," Ihey say, "te coma down here and Iw nn errand boy for every Tem, Dick nnd Harry in my dis trict.' Why should I, who love independ ence as well as any man, be forced con tinually te get down en my knees and crawl liefere the omnipotent veterr mat is tlie way they talk, with many nn explotlve expressive of their disgust, but they lie nwake nights just the same tievising scnemes wuicu win make tnetr ;. calling and election ns sure as anything &Ci , . I i . ,i. .. . f can 1m in politics. ft the heuse of representatives is net an imposing body. Grcatness is here in perspiration, dignity suffers in neglige, nnd vanity Is sacrificed te all manner of seersuckers, flannels and linens. Cabet Ledge, the aristocrat, has shown ns that It is Kssib1e for an orator te be im- presMve without whlte shirt and waist coat. Te the average observer it seen a very dnll and commonplace legislative body, often boyish nnd trivial. But I have little sympathy with that fad which is well nigh universal In Wash ingten of decrying congress as a sympe sium of smalt notntee.s. Sema of the fituwv1ttt4 nm ililll tn llulnn in If la em &? ;' . 7, . --".-.-,. -, ,ij nm inu great majority ei mem seen in-iK'j 'Thy Congressional Recerd are better MS. nnuin-nin. , ,1111 la ttftlllnfv tt iliiit, r! And this lioer Congressional Recerd is irsM in my opinion a much maligned publl-;ffj nnll.... fl I. ul-Ail M M AI.A .MAa.A.WA .1. . i4 tiittnl iiu tlif. ttiAnrnfitlnn nt ,ltilltna mji Sv J ....,.,.,.., ... ...v.... ......... ... muuiiwi, -l,j. the no plus ultra of vcrbose stupidity, jl'S But it is really n very useful, and at times 'fg&M a very entertaining journal. As a rule i. in wuit" -iiit$ .vm uuu vim w ,iw - ether, I read it mere or less thoroughly uvury iiiuiitiiiK, no j. uu mu iiuws jour- ., m mils, and ns a reflector of the opinions of JSj'.'J studious, often earnest and sometimes p,- very niue men i am astenisnea n tne mass of information nnd evidences of fei- learulug which It contains. It is a journal -v i which nas lour nuuureu writers, araw inti puiiiuun ui Kj,wv ;u;it jcr year, hm i these men nre always nt work In one way 'i( i or Miintlinr tiilnlfinrr. T.lnnn.ntr. 4nTAatlTv ' Rating, writing, talking foriUceliuniifJ If. la niHmr.l Ia HtirtivnuA n. vn.ft n 4miw. 5 mil thus enuinned can nlwavs be stuntd or valueless. -& w Journalists ns n rnle affect te'.siplan' Tlie Congressional ltecerd,faiHiWl worth mentieningjuat a sa!rwp printed in The RecAti no attention whatever from the papers, would, if given entasaaV view iu advance of The Recerd, ba ed in full nnd with display hrartrla n dozen or mere prominent journal.' Notwithstanding its faults and fSmV in cm,, and the many unfavorable fiOBdbV tieiiH under which it exists, I believe thai legislative service of the United Stats is en a higher plane than that of anjT. , ether nntieu; tliat our legislators eclips a ' iu brains, character nnd industry theatl of any ether country. rj5i 1 Waltbb Welucan. What It It t.i Be IUllgteuT sk'J It is net te pray all the time, although &' i earnest, sincere prayer is one dgn.d jm13 .I.,- Ttlum.l (n AlunMIrt fUM. nMaMAhlaa U IS IUCVJ lb in jiwi luuimei y v www u uuwiu mm, t i irtittr1t tlm ntiarnm nml nAMtnnnv tiawtl .tti i itw iifit i,iiu VIS-31VJ uuu vjsuusvsm mmy mf i iiicir piace in religion, it is net ve com- y ; iicunu uu uiuiigiib ui wju JvibY iuitj vnw uny unit Heur ei mu ween, auueugn un -vv: historic day of rest has profound shrnia- cance for religion. It is net te atteedv .......Im. nt .. 9 i.nl. I...1 (. I .1.. 1. ...I.. '- 4M & I our best, and listen' te sermon and ritual, SV . although public worship is one evidence U " ei leaiiy w our cruuti. ve may pray, jp-jj faht. kiss the scroll of the law. wear h' phylacteries-os large ns cobblestones and $. Iw regular at service, and yet the seuL im r'niifir nr. flnrvieft. una vnr. me um. ;' uie spirit, inny i) mu ruvunte ui rcug- , ions. Te be icliirieus is te be. net te ap- K J pear; te act, net te feel; te translate into me prayer ami symoei inni our susesp i tibllities and powers awaken te fresher ' and richer bloom. With humility ia our hearts, with kindliness in our thought, with consciousness of our de pendence en a common Father near te nil, whatevcr their race or faith, and with'u resolve te make our service te hu manity the truest service te Qed (Got (Get tesdicust), we shall be approaching Um religions ideal. Jewish Messenger. ui?iajj Cant. Miirrell's Marriage. Probably there is no enptain of any ene of the hundreds of ocean steam ers which cress the stormy Atlantic between Kurotie nnd America whose name is mero familiar te the ordinary, uon-rengeiug public than that of Capt. Hamilton Murrell, K. D. His gallant rescue of the 7t9 persons en beard the nnfortunnte steamer Danmark Aprils, 18S9, was the act of a true here, and all 'i humanity loves and Honors a true here. Fer that reason the marriage of tha gallant captain in Baltimore the ether day was an occurrcnce of mere than or dinary pubue ia terest. The bride's maiden name was Mary Cettmnn McCormick, and she Is ene of the handsomest of Baltimore's many beautiful daughters, and up te the time of her marriage was numbered with the most alluring of society's at- THE BItlDE. tr.ii-timm In that city She has a light complexion and hair, big, gray eyes, and iinr intelligent face bIiews her te baa fHtlmr consort for the captain. r ii The wedding was a brilliant one, ang the happy principals were fairly bur- - dened down with guts ana goea wisnes when they left the Monumental city for New Yerk en their wedding tour te Eng lund, Scotland ami the continent. llreml lluklutf In New Yerk. Nine-tenths of the bread eaten ia Naw Yerk city is baked at night. Seme of the hiir bakeries never clese. The knead ing is doue by uuichine, as is also tha fi shaping of the leug, narrow leaves uss in reetnurunts. All ether bread Is siupea by hand. 'K' 3, 5n I -T, '' . v.. &M A i $y ; -i m . . ' is' j M .ft "3 ; &. IV ; ?56e-w' an J X " ,?M J i V '
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