WASHINGTON LETTER.
DEMOO'EATIO CAUCUS POSTPONED.
AMKNDMF.NrS TO WILSON MM..
Knight of Labor, Bankruptcy Bill, Intor
nal Revenue.
(From our Kcgulnr CorroHpomle-.t.)
Washington, Dec. i3, i8ot
Representative Holman, chairman '
nf the democratic caucuf, after ton-,
suiting with his democratic colleagues
decided not to call the caucus which
it has been determined to hold to con
sider the Wilson bill, until after the
Christmas recess. There are several
reasons, all good, for this decision.
Many democrats have already gone
home to spend Christmas and if the
caucus had been held this week, it
would consequently have been slimly
attended. Besides, those who spend
their holiday at home will get an op
portunity to learn just how the Wilson
bill ha9 been received by their con
stituents which will enable them to
lay before the caucus any objections
which may exist. It to in fact very
fortunate that the bill has been delay
ed. It will enable the democrats to
do what has never been done before
consult the people about the details
of a tariff bill.
The republicans of the House have
announced with a great flourish of
trumpets that they will not vote with
democrats who oppose any section of
the Wilson bill to amend the measure.
A more unnecessary announcement
was never made. It was, of course,
made tolely for the purpose of mis
leading the country into the belief that
there arc enough democrats who wish
to amend the bill to succeed in doing
so, if the republicans would only vote
with them. There are, it is true, a
number of democratic representatives
not so large, however, as the repub
licans would like the country to be
lieve who will endeavor to get the
bill amended in caucus, but failing in
that, there are not five of them who
will refuse to vote for the bill.
The House has shown itself to be
thoroughly in accord with the policy
of trie democratic party by taking ad
vantage of the unavoidable delay in
getting the tariff bill ready, to pass
bills admitting to statehood Utah, Ari
zona and New Mexico, although re
publican filibustering made it necessary
for the committee on rules to report
continuing orders before it could be
done. The people of these territories
are not likely to forget this republican
filibustering.
Congressmen, particularly those who
have been so precipitate in their criti
cism, will do well to spend a part of
their Christmas holiday in studying
President Cleveland's special message
and the Hawaiian documents of which
it treats. It will not be necessary for
them to indorse the President's Ha
waiian policy in its entirety to discover
how absurd Senator Hoar's recent re
marks about impeachment were. There
has been neither technical nor actual
violation of either the letter or the
spirit of the Constitution by the Presi
dent; the idea that there had been
was conceived by malignant partisan
ship and nurtured by such men as
Hoar.
Mr. J. R. Sovereign, the new head
of the Knights of Labor, is in Wash
ington in attendance upon the confer
ence of the executive committee of
the Bi metallic League, with which he
is in sympathy. Speaking of the tariff
he said : 'I am an out and out free
trader. The so-called protection of
American labor is a delusion. Labor
is not protected. Invested capital re
ceives a bonus in the form of protec
tion, and it is then optional with the
capitalist to give a share of the bonus
to labor in the form of increased
wages. But this option is seldom, if
ever, exercised." There is no fcod
for reflection in thes? words of Mr.
Sovereign, who is certainly in a posi
tion to speak from the point of view
of the American wage earner. .
Representative Culbertson, Chair
man of the House Judiciary commit
tee considers it very doubtful whether
a bankruptcy bill of any kind will get
through the House at this session, al
though representative Bailey will en
deavor to push his voluntary bank
ruptcy bill, and representative Oates
will introduce a new bill modifying
the Torrey bill, which was recently
killed in the House.
It has about been decided that the
internal revenue bill shall include an
inheritance tax, but it is still an open
question whether this tax shall take
the place of the proposed income tax
or shall be in addition thereto. It is
not considered probable by members
of the Ways and Means committee
that the internal revenue bill will be
report d to the House until after the
holidays. The tariff bill will be re
ported to the House to morrow, unless
something now unexpected shall pre
vent, but it will not be called up for
debate until after the recess.
"A snake in the grass" is all the
Wore dangerous from being unsuspec
ted. So are many of the blood medi
c'nes offered the public. To avoid
'lrUk.ask your druggiit for Ayci's
Sarsaparilla, and also Jor Ayer's Alma
nac, which is just out for the new year.
Children Cry for
Pitcher's Castorla.
STATU PRODUCTIONS.
V.'li.t I'armiT nml Mor'.unrn lt;ilo In
nrln:; (iinimnmveiilllK.
Delaware I it r :,0(H) farms, valued nt
f :;-.(i(iO,(M,v The Mnte produced in H; 11
4.(Hl;).n,l!) bushels of corn n ml t.S'm.noo
of liri.l. It c:.p 1 ts every year 7,i'Ki,
t.i:") fjmirts of i trn wherries nnd 55.001),.
.1.1 baskets (if ('I.chcS.
Missouri rrrvs'JitV)00,000 bushels of
corn. H(I,(!(h).P;i ,.t oats, 20,000,000 f
wheat and l.l.'Mii.o.i) pounds of toh.n:
co. The ler.d product l,t: exceeded
ICO.on.reo pounds In a single year,
nnd the r.lno hns equaled l'i,i()) tons a
yenr.
Illinois produces SSTO.Otin.nno of farm
products every year. The rraln proli
ne t reaches SI 15,000,000; live stock,
S50,000,000j dairy products, ?J7.000,o .;;
hoy nnd potatoes, f.jfl.ooo.OOO. The farm
property Is valued at more than Sl.O'JV
000.000.
Ohio raises 100,000,000 bushels of
corn, ST.OOO.ooo of wheat, 87,000,00 i of
D.lts, 12,000,000 of potatoes, il.V)00,0:0
pounds of tohaceo nnd Jl.ooo.ooo tons of
hay yearly. Tho vineyards produce
5,600,000 trillions of wine and 30,000,000
pounds of .Tapes.
Wisconsin raises every year SI 05,000,
000 worth of farm products. The oat
prop Is 4:1,000,000 bushels; corn, Ds.ooo,
300; wheat, 21,000,0.10; barley, 12.000,
900. Tho live stock Is valued atSSD,.
000,000. Over lo,"03 square miles are
underlaid by mineral deposits.
Colorado has ",000,000 acres under
artificial Irrigation. Tho farm products
exceed 812.000,00:1 a yeur; there are 1.
fiOO.noo cattle, 2,000,000 sheep; the coal
fields cover 40,000 nqn.lre miles; tho
supplies of marble, gran i to and other
building stone arc inexhaustible.
Arkansas has 100,000 farms which
produeo C00.003 bales of cotton, 000,000
bushels of sweet potatoes, 1,000,000
pounds of tobacco, 42,000,000 bushels
of corn and 2,000,000 bushels of wheat.
From tho Arkansas forests arc cut over
820,000,000 of lumber every year.
Wyoming has HO.OOO square miles of
coal deports. There are 5,000 miles of
Irrigating cunals, watering1 2.000,000
neres. The canals cost over $10,000,000.
The live stock interests, exceed 100,.
CO.1.000 in value. Over 85,000,003 in
bullion has been taken from the mines
in one county.
WROTE SERMONS WHILE ASLEEP
Tho ItiMnnrknbln Somimmlmllstle Feat ot
nil KnrcltHh Thoilot;lrnl student.
Ono of tho most remarkable and puz
zling stories of somnambulism Is re
lated by tho London News. The y.b
ject was a young ecclesiastic at a. semi
nary. Tho bishop of the diocese was
rut deeply interested that ho went
nightly to the young man's chamber,
lie saw him get out of bed, secure pa
per, compose and write sermons. On
finishing a pago ho read it aloud.
When a word displeased him ho wrote
a correction with great exactness. Tho
bishop had seen a beginning of sonic
of theso somnambulistic sermons, and
thought them well composed and cor
rectly written. Curious to ascertain
whether tho young man made use of
his eyes, tho bishop put a card under
bis chin in such a manner as to prevent
him seeing the paper on tho table be
fore him, but lie still continued to
write. Not yet satisfied whether or
not he could distinguish different ob
jects placed before him, tho bishop
took away tho pieeo of paper on which
ho wrote and substituted several other
kinds at different times. He always
perceived tho change, because tho
pieces of paper wero of different sizes.
When a piece exactly like his own was
substituted ho used it, and wrote bin
corrections on tho places correspond
ing to those on his own paper. It was
by this means that portions of bis noc
turnal compositions wero obtained.
His most astonishing production was a
pieeo of musio written with great ex
actitude. Ho used a cane for a ruler.
The clefs, the flats and tho sharps were
all. in their right places. Tho notes
were all made as circles, and thoiO re
quiring it wero afterward blackened
with ink. Tho words were all written
below, but oiiee they wero in such very
large characters that they did not come
directly below their proper notes, and,
perceiving this, ho erased them all aad
wrote them over again.
DEPTH OF THE ATLANTIC.
Ono f-'pot Tlmt Mcuiiuro Four nn'i a
Quarter Mile Deep.
Tho floor of tho Atlantio ocean is
now ulmost as well-known to tho ex
perts of tho hydrogriiphio bureaus ol
tho world as tho surface is to tho most
experienced navigators. Its depths,
currents, tide, etc., havo been care
fully and systematically studied from
Greenland and Spitzbcrgen to the
great ice barriers of the antarctic cir
cle, l'rof. Forbes gives some reliable
dula on ocean depths for use in
"Notes for tho Curious." "Tho gen
eral contour of tho Atlantic's unduh.t
ing bed may now be regarded as pretty
well determined. Scarcely
any portion of its floor has a depth ex
ceeding 11,000 fathoms, or about three
and a quarter miles. There- is n re
markuble exception to this last state
ment, however, in a wonderful sik or
depression lying about ono hundred
miles north of Kt. Thomas, an island
off tho coai t of Africa in tho Gulf ol
Guinea. Tho outlines of this depres
sion are similur to those of un old
timo river bed. Tho Challenger ex
pedition traced its meandering for
upwards of 1,000 miles, finding po
tions of It more thun u mile deeper
than tho surrounding cceun, n'.ul-iug
tho depth of tho Atlantio ut those
points not loss than four and a quarter
miles, or about U.ST5 fathoms."
Htutlont.
New words, or tho old words with
modified meanings, have been in t re
duced into our language by railways.
Tho word station, in tho senso of
a place for travelers to stop at, Is
thought to bo ono of theso. That con
jecture is that when a general term
was required by tho early railway
makers to indicute a stopping place for
tho trains, some ono, calling to imud
tho stations with which Britain was
studded in the Roman tlmo, suggested
what was then a new uso of an old
word. .
Gu:j3rri cucTrtucTioN.
Tim Tir.- dc l or.n el n Clouit. Curat la
Dfni 't V.i'lcy.
AUhor.'.S little rain falls In Death
fa I ley, so culled from the terrible loss
tf life from b :it w hlch occurred tliero
in I -50, ( l.tu.l-biirsts of tl.'i utmost
fury are often experienced. The cloud
1-. always fornu I above the mountains,
nnd after n timo its bulbous body
st rikes a p a!t. Hoods of water arc re
leafed on the instant, nml in waves of
incredible si.-.e they roll down tho
cliffs r; rut canyons.
In an hour the face of tho mountain
may be ro changed as to bo scarcely
rccogniznbln, nnd even tho lighter
stormp rip the heart out of a canyon so
that only gulches and heaps of broken
rock ore found where once, perhaps, a
good truil existed.
Cub" Lee, in "Sketches in Death
Valley," tells of sleeping in camp near
the mouth of Furnace Creek canyon
one night with a "bug hunter," as tho
desert-tramping scientists are called.
It was so hot that tho naturalist could
not sleep.
About midnight ho heard a roaring
noise up the canyon, which, ns It kept
Increasing in volume, caused him to
look that way. To hi3 surprise ho
saw, as ho supposed, tho sky between
tho canyon walls grow suddenly white.
At that moment Lee rolled over, and
the "bug-hunter" asked him what
ailed the sky. Leo gave ono glance,
and shouted:
"Cloud-burst! Climb!"
They scrambled up tho steep walls
ns best they could, just in timo to savo
their lives. Leo thinks tho foaming
V'all of water that whitened tho sky
and swept everything beforo it was
not less than ono hundred feet high.
THE FUTURE OF AFRICA.
Etplnrom Think tho Durk Continent Will
In Time fiencmlilo South America.
There Is no country in tho world to
which so much, attention has of lata
been directed ns to Africa, and, If tho
powers of Europe can only smother
their rivalries and jealousies, tho pros
peels are bright for tho development
of tho "Dark Continent."
In thj opinion of explorers, it will,
when progress has been made in tho
work of civilization, bo liko South
America. There Is a strango mingling
of tongues nnd of tribc3 in Africa.
There aro three great families on tha
continent tho Niger in tho west, tho
Runlas in the cast and south, and tho
llamits In tho north.
Hut there are hundreds of different
kinds of languages spoken in Africa,
nnd some of the tribes uro lis different
from tho others us aro Cltfncso from
Europeans. Many of them are Indus
trious, wb.'.'.e others steal and murder,
but tho latter will undoubtedly bo ex
terminated in tho course of timo.
There tiro reasons for believing that
away back in history white pcoplo
camo from tho north, and established
an empiro around the great African
lakes. There is a tribe in that region
called Recjina, which Is evidently de
scended from them.
Tho men and women aro a very light
brown. They bury their dead in tho
snmo way as the old Egyptians did, in
pyramids; only they do not usa stone,
but timber. Many of tho pyramids
havo crumbled away, und only tho
mummies remain. Each ono of theso
pyramids means a generation. It
would bo strango if Africa should
again bo ruled by tho white race, ns at
tho beginning.
A TURN ADOUT.
Tho f.lon V.'oro l'ur, 15ut tho Car Wr.s 0
llcro.
Tho Zoophilist of London repro
duces a good dog story from a Roman
paper. "A ten-year-old little girl had
fallen into tho Tiber that day (July
24) from tho parapets of tho I'onto
Marghorita. Tho crowd who witnessed
the accident merely ran hither and
thither oa tho bridge nnd tho banks
culling for some ono to help tho child
nobody daring to do bo. Two police
men spent tho time in making inquir
ies as to whether 'it was a case of mur
der or suicide.' Tho child, meanwhile,
was visibly drowning, when a dog a
workman's misserablo dog, destined to
Mill a wretched day in tho Stabulario
muuieipalo (lost dogs' yard) leaped
barking into tho Tiber under tho eyes
of all tho screaming, but useless crowd.
"Tho poor beast, accustomed to fcod
upon street offal and to bleep in any
shed it could tind, swam out to tho lit
tle girl in peril, caught her dress nnd
3rew her to tho shore. When ho saw
her in safety the dog jumped and bayed
for joy, licking tho child's fuco and
hands. It appears they had been
friends. The child had known tho dog
n a manufactory at l'rati di Castello,
And tho poor animal was grateful to
her for some crumbs or careKf.es.
l'ho crowd then tried to catch tho do3
to see bow on animal moro bravo than
so many men was made, llut it ran
through their midi-t nnd disappeared.'
Tea-i-lriiUIn;; In lCiiffl.tnd.
The London Hospital has been sound
ing a note of alarm regarding tho cx
tent to which tho habit of tea-drinking
is indulged, no less a quantity
than 207,055,0! 9 pounds huviug been
consumed in Circa t Britain lust year.
This paper states that "not only uro
,ve yielding, with all the weakness of
r.n inebriate, to tho diseases of nerve
und stomach which execssivo tia--.Iriuking
brings in its train;" but, after
Instituting a comparison between teas
of Chinese and Indian growth, it con
tinues: "Wo drink more tea than our
parent:.; we take it oftener, stror.gti
nnd of coarser quality. Tho remits
uro less obvious than those of alcoholic
f:ito::icatio:i, 1-ut not less serious; ar.d
in truth the time may not bo fur dis
tant wjea tho curliest disciples of the
ricv temperance will plead with us,
v:th tears in their eyes; 'tlivo up this
accursed to a, uud take to cocoa, or
even to Leer.' " ' .
f.'liuj of .ipi:o Treed.
In tho Buinlwich islands tho applo
lias become wild nud forests of many
acres nio found i:i various parts of tho
country. They extend from the l.-vel
of tha sea far up into the mount;.' iu
sides. It is said miles of theso npj la
Jjrcsts can occasionally besceu
Jlovv Un i.ticnv.
Lawyer Are yon sura that occur
rence was on the fccventeenth of tha
mo n tli?
Witnci Yes, It wm tho seven
tcetith. Lawyer Now remember, you are un
der oath. Ibe.t do you know it was tha
seventeenth?
Witness 'Causo tho day beforo that
Lawyer Do careful what you say,
now. (!o on.
Witness was tho sixteenth, and
tho dav after it was tho eighteenth.
N. Y. Weekly.
An Ininrnhnbla Yarn.
"Ono of my ancestors won a battle
during tho crusades by his skill in
handling his nrtlllcry," Raid the baron.
"Hut, my dear baron," said his
friend, "at tho tlmo of tho crusades
gunpowder had not yet been discov
ered." "I'know that ns well as you do, and
so did my ancestors."
"How did ho win tho battle, then?"
"Ho brought his artillery to bear on
tho Saracens, and tho stupid fools,
seeing tho guns, supposed that powder
had ot last been discovered and lied in
dismay."
THIS WAX HE SrENT IT,
Mrs. Wellment Why, you aro the
same man I gave ten cents to last week.
What did you do with it?
Hungry Harry Well, I'll tell yer
honest, mum. I spent it fcr a Turkish
bath, a hair cut, a shampoo, a shave,
n shine; a whito flannel yachting suit
an' a diamond pin; an' I'm sorry ter
say, mum, dat I'm busted agin. Judge.
t anae for Divorce.
Mrs. Friendly What's tho trouble?
Can't you get along with your hus
band? Mrs. N'ewdywcd no's all right, but I
can't get along with his salary.
Mrs. Friendly Oh, I understand.
It is income-patibility. Texas Sitt
ings. An Abnormal Squint.
Tho other day T saw a friend of
his sitting at a lunch In a restaurant
and reading his paper at tho same time.
"Why, how on earth can you manage
to eat and read at the same time?"
"I'ooh! I read with ono eye and I eat
with the other." L'Escaut.
Sareil the Trouble.
First Domestic I never have to wash
dishes at our house.
Second Domestic How do you get
out of it?
First Domestic They are broken
beforo they get that fa. Detroit
Tribune
Knew Iter Falling.
Mrs. Ncwhonso Katie, Mr. New
house says cook must boil the drinking
water after this. Tell her to have soma
boiled for dinner to-day.
Katie Yes, ma'am.
Mrs. Newhouse And, Katie, tell her
to bo euro not to burn it. Judge.
A Choleo or Terma.
"I'm suro wo shall be on good
terms," said the man who had just
moved Into tho neighborhood to the
corner grocer.
"No doubt of it, sir. Especially," ho
added as an afterthought, "if the
terms are cash." Washington Star.
l-he Had Heard of Them.
Mr. Jason I wonder which one of
them heathen goddesses that there gilt
flgger represents?
Mrs. Jason Fnllns, I guess. I've
rend so often in tho papers of gilded
palaces, and I allow this is ono of
'.hem. Indianapolis Journal.
Not Much of s Feat.
Ilcrtie Auutio, the car was so
crowded I had to stand on one foot all
tho whole way from Harlem.
Caddie Why, that's nothing. Any
goose can do that and never think of
talking about it. Harper's Young
I'cople.
OiiKht to 1 eol Tired.
Madge I don't believe Mr. Twaddler
knows what it means to feel weary.
' Florence How unjust!
Madge Why?
l'Torenco Ho has to listen to his own
conversation. Chicago Intor Ocean.
I'oor Thins;.
"Jones, your dog barks so much at
night that I haven't had a quiet sleep
for a week."
"Oront Scott! Docs ho bark as much
ns that? I'm afraid he isn't well."
Chicago Record.
Summer Hotel Amonltlea.
Sho (suddenly pervading tho piazza)
What, no one here! Where have all
tho nice men vanished to?
He (bitingly) Where all the nice
girls havo vanished to. Voguo.
The Dictator.
Hor Adorer May I marry your daugh
ter? Her Father (dejectedly) I don't
know. Ask tho cook; she runs the
house. Brooklyn Life.
Affliction Kupiireaied.
Ethel I could havo loved Harold
Vincent but for ono thing.
Yvonne What was that?
Ethel I was engaged to him. Chi
cago Record.
He Tickle I'eople to Dewth.
"How do you liko your now family
physician?"
"Oh, he's perfectly killing!" Truth.
' ' CHILDREN.
Oeorgo Crefty, of Sellnsrovo, Tfl., Is
(he happy father of twenty-five- chil
dren, Hij lost of which was prese nted
to him by Mrs. Orolty tim other doy.
There arc sold to lie 81,0(10 Muttering
children In the -e hool of (1 riii.m.v
The Increase has been great dui'iiu
tho past four years that the defect Is
considered to be tfiinsmltted from the
stuttering scholars to tin others.
Inquiring Hoy Atnminn. don't the Ut
ile nngelrt have n gMxl time In heaven?
Mamma Certainly, my child; why do
you nsk? Inquiring Hoy Heeuuse It
says here in tin' prayer book, "Tlie
cherubim and seraphim continually do
cry ."-Life.
"Mamiiiii," sold .Tiitnlo- lnyntorlously,
"did I ever have a llttli brother that
fell into the well?" "So," said his
mamma. "Why?" "Why, I looknl In
to the well this morning and there
was n little fellow down there looked
Just like me."
"I'm six nnd you're only four," said
Bessie loftily to her little sister Belle,
and then added In a still more aggra
vating tone, "nml when I was four you
were nothing but dust" "Yes," re
torted Belle, spitefully, "nnd If I'd
been n mini puddle I'd splashed yon,
no I would." Harper's Young People.
Toople who nre bent on fun enn
have it in splto of poverty, says a
New York paper. Small, unwiished
boys nre often seen in City Hall Bark
playing marbles without marbles, the
substitutes lM-ing rounded pebbles.
Along the river front it Is no uncom
mon thing to see 'longshoremen play
ing checkers on squares they have
chalked on the sidewalk, the strlng
picco of n pier, or perhaps a cellar
door that does not slant too much, the
checkers being grains of corn for the
white pieces and pebbles or beans for
the bli'i l; ones.
Little Lady Alexander Duff, first
granddaughter of the l'rlnee of Wales,
has overcome the dislike to the bag
pipes which she so strongly manifest
ed ns a small baliy. On previous occa
sions when she wns In Scotland she
screamed luxtlly whenever the "skirl"
of the national mimical Instruments
has fallen upon her irs. This year,
In the role of nn elder sister, she evi
dently feels that she must display dig
nity, and she has been present on sev
eral public occasions with her parents
when the bagpipes hare been sparing
ly used, nud has borno the ordeal un-tliuekiugly.
EDUCATION.
f-,
The usual series of military hops hna
been begun at Cornell this year.
("rent Britain has eleven universities
with 344 professors' nnd 13,4(X) stu
dents. There nro seven women In the coun
try who havo received the degree of
LL. I).
Since 1S.T3 Wesleyan hns graduated
sixty-one classes, with a total member
ship of 1,772.
Tho Lehigh University Is to have tho
finest laboratory in tho college world.
It will cost $200,000.
The Yale faculty havo framed a rule
Imposing hereafter a severe penalty
for yelling and other noises on the
campus.
At Lake Erie Seminary the elevator
Is inn by girls, who pay the greater
part of their expenses for tuition and
board in this way.
The three men holding the highest
grades in tho military drill at Yale
will receive a certificate equivalent to
a diploma at West Point,
Over 1,000 applications for admis
sion to tho new Armour Institute in
Chicago were received, but it has been
decided that only COO can bo accom
modated. Trof. Clnpp, who has been connect
ed with the Creek department at Yale
since 18! Ml, has accepted the entire
charge of Greek in tho University of
Cnllfornla.
Mrs. Ixvl P. Morton has leased the
house formerly occupied by Senator
Jonet, of Nevada, In order to super
vise tho complete education of her
daughters.
Everett Chauncey Bumpus, of Quln
cy, Mass., a member of tho present
freshman class of Harvard, is com
pletely blind, but intends to take the
full course for the degree of bachelor
of ails. .
Centre College, In Kentucky, of which
Vice-President Stevenson is nn alum
nus, has graduated in the last fifty
years two Vice-Presidents, fourteen
United Suites Representatives, six
United States Senators, six Governors
and ono Justice of the United States.
Senator Morgan's old school teacher
says that the Alabama "Ambassador"
went to school for but one year. Ills
lack of education, however, did not
prevent him from studying law at an
early age, and lieeomlng a successful
practitioner. Ills literary acquire
ments, for which he hns a reputation,
wero gained by rending In later years.
NUGGETS.
Two girls In a Chestnut street car
were talking of a third, whom they
evidently didn't like. "She always
looks to mo," said one, "ns If she had
expected a surprise party and it didn't
come." Philadelphia Record.
Tho Tenant of the Second Flat (hot
ly) I thought you assured the land
lord that none of your family played
tho piano! The Tenant of the Third
Flat They don't play tho piano. Why,
they're nil only beginning to learn
now. Chicago Record.
A little live-year-old boy, who had
been taught to repeat "Iiove ono an
other" ns a text to spenk on his first
appearance at a suburban Sunday
school, made even the minister laugh
when, on his mime being called, he
shrilly shouted, "Love little girls."
Boston Transcript.
A letter written with one's own hand
Is considered moro respectful nnd cour
teous thuu uny other. Bishop Barring
ton, whose handwriting is execrable,
wrote to a correspondent: "Out of re
spect I write to you with my own
hand, but to facilitate the rending 1
send you a copy made by my nmauu
ensis." Louisville Western Recorder.
Ono of the bureaus of the Treasury
Department received a document re
cently In which a claimant's name was
spelh-d In two ways. The office sent
word to the claimant that ho must
iniiko nn ntlldnvlt ns to tho correct.
Fpelllpg. When the uftldavlt camo the
claimant spelled his name in one way
In the body of tho paper nud slgus It
In another. Washington Capitol.
CIIICAfiOJiETTER.
THE CIVIC PRIDE OF THE LAKE
CITY ILLU3TRATED.
fe.intm11 FIpM's Nulilo ilft-A fSre-t
llllllnrtt Mutch Defcuo of the lJke
-Mmili lml 1'ulltlr iM-hrU of the
Fair N11 lliilldliiKH Sacrificed. 4
Hticclnl C'lilcro Lcttor.
The peculiar civic pride that charac
terizes Chicago's men of wealth has
'ledi again manifested In a striking
Miy. Marshall Field, our mlllionalro
in 'reliant, hns contributed a million
inll.-irs towards founding 11 Columbian
Museum, In which will be preserved
onie of the best ntuilts of the World'
''oliiinblnu Exposition, nnd will re
main a perpetual memorial of that
great enterprise.
It Is not ns yet known what pnrtlcti
):;; shape Mr. Field's bequest will take.
t .."..1
MurHiiull Field.
Probably a handsome memorial build
ing will be erected, In which will be
presented a complete picture of tho
great Fnlr. together with such exhibits
.is will best illustrate the progress of
art and science at the present time.
The Ives-Sehaefer billiard match here
attracted unusual attention and lllus- -i
rated thoroughly the present progress
.if the game. The defeat of Champion
Ives by the "Wizard" Schaefer was a
very popular result.. Ives has attrib
uted his defeat to the partlnllty of tho
umpire, but It was In fact due to his
own loss of temper. Nobody doubts
the ability of Ives to defeat Schaefer
If he plays his game. He Is a marvel
at billiards and well deserving of the
title of the "Nnpoleon" of the cue. But
he lost his head entirely, owing to hla
peevish temper, which was In striking
contrast to the cheerfulness of Schaef
er. The game developed a new billiard
trick, known ns Uil-"anchor nurse." It
was by the use of tlds trick that tha
surprising runs were made. The trtct
consists in making a depression in the
cloth by a masse shot and getting one
of the obJiK-t balls securely "anchored"
in this hole. By skilful manipulation
caroms can 1k counted In this manner
almost Indefinitely. It is a trick, how
ever, and will probably be barred in
future games.
A subject that Is likely to bo brought
up in tho present Congress through
Chicago Interests Is that of the naval
control of the lakes and tho defense of:
our northern frontier. It runy be ar
gued that we are In no danger of at
tack from Canada, and under the treaty
.f 1S14 lMth the United States and
(Jreat Britain nre confined to tho em
ployment of only two ships of war on
the lakes. It Is proposed, at least,
that the representatives of our navy
shall bo modern cruisers, and Illinois
representatives will make nn effort to
have one or two new steel war vessels
built for lake sendee.
The new Roby Athletic Association,
located in Indiana, opposite this city,
and which Is ambitious to emulate the
pugilistic successes of the Olympic
Club, of New Orleans, has scored a
victory that will carry Joy to the hearts
of the fistic fraternity throughout tho
country. Practically, the club has es
tablished Its right to hold boxing con
tests under the laws of Indiana, and '
nn effort will now undoubtedly be
made to secure tho Corbett-Mitchell
light.
Chicago will now hiwe the satisfac
tion of seeing New York repeating on
a small scale the wonders of the great
Columbian Exposition. The last of
the Midway Plntsance exhibitors has
Anally departed, and tho West will
know them no more forever. But jok
ing apart, the exhibition of the prize
winners In New York is a most com
mendable enterprise. It will, if well
managed, afford ninny who could not
afford the time or means to visit Chi-
Bound for Xow York.
o:go a sight of the most meritorious
ob.liH'ts exhibited, nnd no doubt many
a !i did visit tho Fair would like un
,qioi iiinity for a narrower and more
T'.tleiil view of the choicest objects of
die great exhibit.
Municipal politics will assume great
'mp.'i-tance In this city during the com
i.g year. It would lie unjust to the
I .n.k- spirit of tho city to say that the
!i v:.-i!.-i of Chicago did not keenly feel
lu-iitg the Fair period the many do
1. 'eiH-les which are apparent to tlis
w of the stranger In the exterior view
oi our progress und taste. There are
-. -:... very serious problems awaiting
i.-i.:tinii, and public sentiment Is about
m tuned to the point that It will brook
.1.1 further delay. The late elections
ii 1 vc.l that the public mind is wide
ival.e, nnd a genuine reform niove-
II 'lit is likely to result. Chicago Is not
: j-erfivt city. It is by uo means en
:-:.e:.l municipal corporation. Tha
ul.ed character of Its population, Its
oiiee nu-ihods, the facilities for Inter-u-'.'iui
passenger transportation, and
ivuiy o:lier perplexing problems d--
!:.ir i wiser handling than they have
yi t received.
H l-i u fiir'nm fact that nil of the
m i-t. valm-bK- Ktnto buildings at tho
V.'oi'V's I'n W- Fimuhl have gone to tho
I n k hiiip. Stii'etu.'cs like the New
VYi'x, li;n-i,vl-;in!a nnd Massachusetts
b.i11 la.;,N wc.v well worthy of prescr
vi .i .'i. Tin y '.vere substantlnllv built
nt )-'V.-.t hm:, :i!i1 represented 'distinct
a"..-1''! -h iiirul si'luvtltf. Yet It was iui
jsiswible to preserve the structures.
WILfc 8. COOKK. .