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THE SCRANTOX TRIBUNE TUESDAY MORNTXO, 31 AT 26, 1896.
CONCERNING
KM JOSEPH MANLEY
Ai Uterestiaj Character Sketch of
Famous Politicise,
A UFE-LONQ FR11ISD OF BLAINE
Bit Whei Blaine Died He Trnsx
IV r red His Allegiance la 3fnie'
Oilier Urent Son, Tom Ket'd--A
Few Word of Ancient History.
Walter Wellraan, in the Chicago Times
Herald. Some men are great, some achieve
treat n ess. others have Kreatnesa thrust
upon them, and now and then there ix
u man who at-quirea Kreatnesn by re
fraction from the llRht of a really great
man. This is precisely the ease of Jo
seph Human .Man ley, manager of the
Thomas B. Heed presidential IxMim. but
better known to fame as the friend of
James Uillespie HIalne. Mr. Mauley Is
not a great man himself, and If anyone
were to make so bold as to Intimate
to htm that he w as he would be the llrst
to lesent the compliment as a Jolly."
Mr. Manley Is not great, but he is
Useful and true and bright, and two of
the most famous men in recent Ameri
can history have been glad to call him
friend. There was a time when It was
dltllcult to Bpeak of Mr. Ulalue w ithout
brluglng Joe Man ley to mind, and cer
tainly it was imiwsHible to think of
Manley without thinking of jilalne also.
How Blaine marched along the road
that leads to fame everyone knows, in
congress, humble and unknown, then
winning recognition, finally iqienker of
the house, candidate for the presidency
again and again, with fute pursuing
him, In the senate, in the cabinet, unci to
his grave with the Inscription of "Most
Popular of Americans" upon his head
stoneall through that Journey, from
first to last, except to the grave, he was
Accompanied ly modest little Joe Man
ley. Mr. Hlulne once said that he did
not see how he could ever do anything
without his friend and Fldus Achates.
He grew to bo bound up In the round
little yankee. He was never wholly
happy without the knowledge that his
other self was well and within hnil
should he be needed. Mr. Ulalue. as all
the world knows, was not all the time
tht buoyant optimist he was generally
supposed to be. There were moments
when the usefulness of all things, es
pecially of ambition, pressed hard upon
his soul. It was In these moments that,
he wanted "Little Joe,"
' BLAINE'S START.
When Mr. Blaine was a young man
he went to Augusta, Me., to become a
newspaper editpr and reporter. He had
then few dreams of fame of power.
His greatest ambition was to own a
newspaper that could pay Its expenses
nd support. a modest family. A few,
blocks from the office of the Kennebec
Journal,-the -weekly newspaper which
he became editor of. lived the Manley
family, where it had lived for several
generation. Every Manley was a
yankee oft the downcast variety, and
every one of them was true blue. In
that family w:as a little hunchback boy
whom every one called Joe. He was al
ways around the 'printing ofllce. He
carried the papers which young HIalne
had edited, read the proof for, and put
to press. While the editor was writing
the adreBses on the wrappers for the
subscribers who received their papers
through the mails, little Joe used to
hang around the olllce begging the
chance to "do up" papers. He also
liked to run errands, and to fold papers
as soon as he was big enough to reach
the top of the folding table from a stool.
There was something about this mite of
D lad thla nrlrl llttlA Villnr.htianlr-tMt
haps his brightness and yankee wit
which attracted the attention of the ed
itor. At any rate, a warm friendship
sprang up between them, and continued
throughout life.
Mr. Manley now soya he remembers
the Blaine of that day very well.
"Even at that early time," says Mr.
Manley, "Blaine was a charming man.
Everyone in Augusta liked him. He
rapidly made strength for the paper
and was a smart editor. Mr. Blaine's
hair and beard were then as black as
coal. He was very active, full of fun,
nd had that thing which we call mag
netism. I can remember when I was
only a lad Blaine used to talk politics
to me. He had an Idea he could make
speeches, and though I didn't know It
then, I know now that lie was trying
them on me. When he would get oft
some of his beautiful sentences, talk
ing about the country and the people
and the party find all thnt sort of thing,
I used to sit with my mouth open won
dering how any man could be so smart.
Tou see, he was trying his speeches
on me. I was the dog, lilglit good
, speeches they were, too, ns the peo
ple found us soon as they gave him
a chnnco to take the stump in the
campaign. From this onward things
came Mr. Blaine's way very rapidly.
You will remember that he went to
the legislative houses to make reports
for the paper, and he and Melville V.
Fuller, were engaged in that work. to
gether." INTO POLITIC!.
Mr. P.lalne went to .the legislature
himself soon nfterwui'd and made his
mark, and then to congress, and the
country knows the remainder of that
irren.t storv. Hut lift) Ji.l i-na fitilv
a stripling then. He had just been
graduated from Albany -law school
when Mr. HIalne came to congress. He
practiced for a time, and. having once
had the taste of the print shop in his
mouth, found it Impossible' to iin.se it
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don with tho wrnewavwmoio wut-.
ora ana wmumt souai
out and became Interested in newspa
pers himself. He Is now and long has
bwii one of the proprietors of the
Farmer.- a ' flourishing agricultural
Journal. He went into other- business,
made a modest bit of money, gathered
friends shout him and of course be
came a politician.
He ought not to have gone into poli
tics. He had been warned against poli
tics as an invention of the devil. His
old father had been nn intense whig.
He had worshiped at the shrine of
Henry Clay. Wnen Clay ran for the
presidency the elder Manley sat up
nights and whooped and bet all his
horses and half his money. When Clay
was defeated his heart was nearly
broken. He lived long enough 10 trans
fer his affections to William H. Seward.
He worshiped Seward almost as ar
dently as he hail worshiped Clay. The
defeat of Seward was the last straw
that broke the camel's back. Jt tum
bled the old man's courage and his
confidence In his countrymen Into the
dust. "Joe," he said Impressively. "I
have one request to make of you. Never
have anything to do with isditlcs. Keep
out of polities as you would out of Jail.
There) is nothing but disappointment
and vexation of spirit in It. Mind what
1 tell you."
But Joe did not keep out of politics.
With the example of his friend Blaine
before him how could he? Blaine was
beginning to win fame, and though lit
tle Joe did not seek fame for himself
he wanted to be In position to help his
friends. So, before he was of age, he
became secretary to some of tlte local
committees and a ruumler-un on elec
tion day and a general manager of the
local iKilltlcs in his ward. He has been
in politics ever since, und probably al
ways will be until he shall be gathered
to his fathers.
nis lainers. tkwuuiu i- u- u, ....
Joe doesn't take things as much toH In If that rule were to obtain universal
heart as his father did. Though he
comes of a hero worshiping family,
and has been something of a hero wor
shiper himself, he lives in a more prac
tical age and Is of a more practical
turn or mind. It does look a little like
fate, though. It does appear as if the
words of warning issued by the elder
Manley were prophet lit. The old gen
tleman has his heart broken by the
failures of 'Clay and Seward. The
young man spent half his life trying
to make a president of his friend
Blulne only to meet with disappoint
ment. Then he transferred his affec
tions to Mr. Heed, und well, history
repeats itself. '
BLAINE'S ALT Bit F.CIO.
For many years Manley in politics
was a sort of Indicator for Blaine.
Wherever he went he was asked ques
tions about the great man from Maine.
While still a young man he became
known as Blaine's friend and confi
dant, and during those days -when
there was more or less doubt as to
what Mr. Blaine did or did not intend
to do concerning the presidency and
other matters It Is doubtful if there
was in the United States a man more
sought by newspaper . correspondents
than little Joe Manley. He went to the
national conventions of 1X7H, 'NO, '84, 'f'S
as a Blaine delegate. He rose superior
to all defeats und subsisted on hope.
Not till the last gasp of the Blaine
presidential Idea, which was at Minne
apolis In '92,. dd Mr. Manley succumb
to the inevitable. Then he remem
bered his father's warning and went
home and wept. .
"The greatest disappointment of my
life." said Mr. Manley recently, "was
in 1876. We were all siire Mr. Blaine
would get the nomination then. He
had a majority of the delegates, and
all we needed was a ballot. It may
not be generally known that we lost
the tight and, as It turns out, Mr.
Blaine's great chance to be president,
through the lack of quick wit on tnu
part of the presiding otllcer. The late
Edward Mcpherson was the president
of that convention, chosen By the
Blaine men. As the shades of evening
drew, on that fateful day some of the
local committeemen whispered In Mr.
McPherson's ear that an accident had
occurred to the gas pipes and that It
would be Impossible to hold an even
ing session. Mr. McPherson, without
stopping to inquire Into the credibility
of the statement, rose in his place and
made an announcement to that affect
to the convention. Of course there was
an Immediate adjournment. Mr. Slc
Pherson did not suspect that a trick
was being played upon Mr. Blaine, and
to show you how close a call we had
on that occasion to circumventing the
plot and to making Mr. Blaine presi
dent, I will say that at the moment
when Chairman McPherson was mak
ing his announcement' to the conven
tion one of our friends was lighting his
way down the stage to whisper in the
chairman's ear that the .information
was false and that a disreputable trick
was being played on the. convention.
Just us the words which caused the
convention to adjourn were uttered our
friend touched Mr. McPherson on the
shoulder. But It was too late. Had lie
been a moment quicker the. history of
the Vnlted States would have been
changed.
"That was the greatest disappoint
ment of my life," continued Mr. Man
ley, "because it was the greatest dis
appointment Mr. HIalne. ever experi
enced. Jt was such a bitter dose to
swallow that Mr. HIalne never cared
about the presidency afterward. He
was n candidate in 18S0 and again In
1S84, when he was nominated, but I
know that his heart was not In It. He
never felt sad about his defeat In 18M).
and the failure' of the voters, or rather
of the election boards, to put him in
the white house in 1X8-1, when he ran,
did not bother him at all. His real
ambition died with the success of the
gas trick In the Cincinnati convention
of 187G."
"That was a peculiar phrase you used
about the result of the election in 1884,
PURGE LUS
TRY OWE
the alfevfa-tton of pHtit must satisfy the
most MttrutM expeotsXftfoa :
To-'thoee who sXPlnVthV hubit of us-
.in those- batbrtnothlasrifed be writ-
wu yiincv m untnoureu' ill' uiv way
of Areolars or pamphlets to- Induce
then to continue1 the use- of' the' baths ; .
they Itriow the beneficial! effects1 they
reoelvo from them and use- their Influ
ence in- Eettimr otht rs' "to- go and do
likewise.' It Is those who have' never
enjoyed the pleasure and benefit that
we roust rive our attention.- We are
often- asked by' those who hove never
enjoyed the luxury of these baths, 'will
It hurt us; does it weaken a person;
what do you do?" Such questions to
us seem ridiculous. Yet It should not
be so When we reflect how little Is gen
erally known of the baths In this coun
Mr. Manley.- I said. "What do you
mean by it ?"
- "I mean that If Mr. Blaine had really
been ambitious to be president toe would
have been in 1SS4. He was elected by
the votes of the people of New York.
That Is now known tf everyone. 1
could, if 1 wished, tell a tale about the
matter in which the vote of John Y.
McKane's bailiwick was offered for sale
the night of the election. Our commit
tee had a chance to buy McKane, but
we felt sure the result was already
In our favor, and refused to do It with
out consultation with Mr. Blaine. Mr.
Blaine, be it said to his everlasting
credit, put ambition behind him. He
prefered to sutler Injustice rather than
see the country turned into trouble
and turmoil. He knew the nation had
just passed through the agitation of
one contested presidential election, and
was afraid it could not pass through
another In safety. At any rate, he
did not care enough about the presi
dential office to authorize a contest, and
the matter was permitted to drop and
Mr. Cleveland to take possession of an
ofllce to which he was never elected.
Subsequent events have confirmed the
truth of what I am now saying. The
world knows that Mr. Blaine was elect
ed president by virtue of a majority of
the votes of the-state of New York In
1S8I."
Some one has said that Mr. Manley
showed unusual facility In transferring
his friendship from Blaine dead to
Blaine's enemy living, Mr. Reed. But
this was unfair. In the first place,
there never was half as much enmity
between Blaine and Reed as some peo
ple have supposed there was, and In
the second place Mr. Blaine's little dif
ferences with public men did not neces-
sarily Involve all of his friends. This
.would be a pretty sort of a world to live
vogue. As a matter or taci, neeu ami
Manley have been friends all their lives.
"Little Joe" used to labor with, "Big
Tom" anil coax him to become more
friendly with Mr. Blaine. With Maine's
greatest man dead and the second
greatest man coming to the front as a
presidential aspirant, what more nat
ural than that Manley should espouse
his cause? He did so, and has been a
loyal, true friend.
REED'S MANAGER.'.
Mr. Manley and Senator Lodge have
been the managers of the Reed cam
paign, along with Congressman Al
diich, of Chicago. Mr. Manley Is
probably the best politician of the
three because he has more experience.
Yet Manley is no match for the great
politicians of this day for Piatt,
Quay, Hanna and a few others. He is
not in their class. In fact. Mr. Reed's
campaign has not been In the strongest
sort of hands, though they may all lay
the flattering unction to their souls
that It would notiave made any dif
ference If they had not been the great
est politicians the world ever saw. Joe
Manley Is clever, with limitations. He
Is all right up in Maine. He is all right
when swimming along the great cur
rent made by Mr. Blaine's fame and
popularity. He Is all right as a mem
ber of the national committee, work
ing on a campaign under such master
hands as Quay, Piatt and Clarkson.
But as a manager all by himself he
lacks resourcefulness, lacks acquaint
ance with the leading men of the party
in the western states, lacks a certain
grasp and force which characterize the
true leader and organizer.
But he Is just what he Is a clever,
likeable man, true as steel, frank and
manly In character as well as In name.
His short, round figure, his big head
set plump down between his shoulders,
his kindly gray eyes have for twenty
years been In the thick of the fight
for James O. Blaine, and his many
friends In all parts of the country hope
he will live to fight for twenty years
more, or until the luck of Clay, Seward,
Blaine, and Reed shall have run out
tit the Manley family.
FAMOUS FAT FREAKS.
: An Essex grocer named Bright lived to
be 2 years old and weighed at the time
of his ileHth tilti pounds, Philip Mason, of
Monmouthshire Is reported to have the fol
lowing surprising dimensions: wrist, II
inohes; waist. 72 inches; calf, 25 Inches,
anil chest, IK) Inches.
lovelace Love, nn Irishman, hnd a 'of
tin 7 feet long, 4 feet broad and 3. feet
deep. Benjamin Bower weighed only 470
pounds. Hums, a German writer, men
Hons a young sylph-like lady of his ac
quaintance, wno weighed 4HJ pounds. Dor
othy Collier, a north of England matron
ttiiued the scale at only 40 uounds.
l-'rederlea Ahrens, a Germun woman who
lived In Purls, must have been a mon
ster. She wleheil 1 DO po'inds when only 4
.years oio umi -idm puunas ai v vears or hx.
.Mr. Uiurrnt tells of a Parisian boy who
weighed 1(4 pounds ut the age of 4.
In the Philosophical Transactions for
1813 there is u. description of a girl of 4
years who weighed 2.V1 pounds, lr. mils,
ton tells of a child who died when 1 veur
old and welshed 1,0 pounds. A .Mr. Pe'll of
Lincolnshire tipped ihe scales of r,t
pounds and Is sulJ to have been buried In
three Collins.
A mun named Essex, who died In thu
reign of (ieorge 111, weighed lilij pounds.
He died when 30 years old and the stair
ease ami side of the house had to lie
taken out to remove him. He was low
ered Into the grave by an engine. A
Kentish innkeeper weighing iui pounds
was very proud of his. size. He went to
London, however, ami saw Daniel ijim
bert. Palmer was so envious that he fret
ted himself to death. '
Lambert weighed 739 pounds. Ho id
said he waa "too broad to be conceived bv
any narrow mind." He used to adve-tls'e
as follows: "Mr. Daniel Lambert, of Lei
cester, the heaviest man thu ever lived.
A.t the age of lit. he weighs upward of tiftv
stone (fourteen pounds to the stonei or
eighty-sevi 11 stones, four pounds, Loncl-m
weight (i. e butcher's weight of eight
pounds' to the stone), which Is ninetv-on
pounds more than the great Mr, Brlg.it
weighed, .Mr. Lambert will see company
at his house, 53 Piccadilly, iiext Albany,
nearly opposite St. James' church, from
H to fi o'clock. Tickets of udmlssion, 1
shilling each."
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finest cooling rooms In the state, every
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the Kusslan, Turkish and Roman baths,
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visitor Is assured of the utmost privacy.
PROPRIETOR, 503 Unen
GOSSIP AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Stories of Eminent Men That Show
Human Nature.
TIB -YELLOW DOG" COMPARISON
It Originated in the tinrlield t'am
. paiguSenator Dolph's Misundrr
tuudin8-Koine Innocent Bridal
fouplc. Other Washington Flot-
tlUlll.
Washington Letter, New York Tribune.
"Though we frequently hear of the
'yellow dog' In politics," said an ex
perienced politician a few days ago,
"there Is not one in a thousand per
sons who has the slightest Idea how tne
'yellow dog" got Into politics, or knows
or has heard anything of the origin of
the phrase. The yellow dog stories
originated In turn city. They seemed
to stnke a popular fancy, and they got
Kha.K'rful circulation. There were In
all three yellow dog stories, and they
were published In a local paper. They
are all formed on Incidents supposed
to be connected with the life of Ueneral
Garfield.
"The first story was written soon
before the convention met which nomi
nated Ueneral Garfield for the presi
dency. It was brief, and was to the
effect that General Garfield owned a
very Intelligent yellow dog: that the
dog knew most of the politicians of
that day, and expressed himself fa
vorably or unfavorably to them as his
feelings und Impressions dictated, and
that General Garfield hud satisfied him
self In a number of cases that the dog s
judgment was invariably correct.
"The second story was to the effect
that the evening General Garfield re
turned to this city after the nomina
tion for the presidency, he rode up to
his residence In a street car, as was his
usual custom, and that when he got
out of the car at the corner of Thir
teenth and F streets the vellow dog
was there to meet him; that General
Garfield thought the welcome by the
dog a happy omen, and that he after
ward took the dog with him to a mass
meeting held that evening to ratify the
nomination. This story was told thou
sands of times In that campaign.
"The last and best of the series was
printed on the day General Garfield
was inaugurated as president. It was
to the effect that as General Garfield
got into the carriage at the white house
with President Hayes, preliminary to
the drive with the Inaugural proces
sion to the capitol, it was noticed that
the yellow dog was under the carriage,
and that after the Inauguration cere
monies President Garfield was careful
to see that the dog was taken into the
carriage, so as to be sure that he would
not come to any harm through the
great crowds.
"I happen to know," he added, "that
General Garfield prized these yellow
dog stories much higher than he did
the hundreds of much better canal boy
and towpath stories which were very
much In evidence during the same cam
paign. General Garfield regarded his
towpath experlence-t-he was on the ca
nal but two weeks as a mere acci
dent, and he would not consent that
there should be any great amount of
prominence given to It. In accepting
membership in the hundreds of tow
path clubs he never referred to the
fact that he had had any towpath ex
periences. He had the yellow dog
stories set up In type, framed and
hung in his library."
II I! II
Ex-Senator Dolph, ot Oregon, when
In the senate, was not regarded as an
absent-minded man. He was not how
ever, quick to "catch on." as the phrase
goes. When the popular secretary of
the senate. General Anson O. McCook,
sent out wedding cards, his friends In
the senate agreed that their acknowl
edgment of the happy event should be
a handsome service of silver. Indl
vldual contributions of $." would make
the required sum. and the head page
ot the senate was authorized to make
the collection. At the same time It
was declared that General McCook
should know nothing of It, and the
young man was Instructed to go quietly
to each senator and state the object in
as few words as possible. This he did
and got on beautifully until he came to
Kenutor Dolph. Approaching the Ore
gon senator somewhat cautiously. In
his anxiety to carry out Instructions' of
secrecy, the young mun spoke in low
tones. In which a close listener, per
haps, would have made out not much
beside the Words:
, "McCook" "tU" "silver service."
! They fulled to urrest the senator's
attention, and he merely turned away
his head and w.'iit on reading the
newspaper. The next day the young
mun repeated his visit to the Oregon
senator with the. same result. Wo It
went on for several days, until it was,
apparently, a trial of endurance, a con
test so to speak, between the young;
man's quiet persistence und the sena
tor's quiet obtuseness. Finally things
got to the pass that Mr. Dolph's usual
ly unreadable face plainlly showed
that he was bored, then annoyed. The
climax was reached at last, when the
Oregon senator, seeing the young man
again heading his way. got up and
went over to the other aide of the sen
ate chamber, where he unbosomed
himself to a brother statesman.
"What under heaven does that fel
low mean!" he .exclaimed, rather than
asked, in tones of dlsguest and nn ex
tremely puzzled expression of counten
ance. "Why, he has been coming to
LINDEN STREET.-
Russian, and Roman.TRY
An Inspection ot these hatha is desired
by the proprietor in order to appreciate
the advantages to be gained by fre
quenting them.
Perspiration Not. Weak
ening. It is common to associate profuse
perspiration with debility, and to imag
ine it to be Wi-akenlng to .the system.
This is a mistake, perspiration induced
by paaslvo means cannot Weaken. Trav
ellers resort to the Baths- for; refresh
ment .and Aivlgoratlon. Perspiration
drains away no living tissue, but merely
me every day for a week, saying; 'My
cook wants $0.' "
II II II
"The proposed art commission pro
vided for by the bill of -Senator Hana-
brough, now pending in the house,
said a leading artist here, "promises
a great deal, in that it arranges that
hereafter no painting, sculpture or oth
er work of art shall be purchased by
the government unless the work shall
have been found to be real art, , The
commission is to consist of persons
who shall have the ability to decide
what Is art, and thus put an end to till
ing up the capitol and other public
buildings with stuff purchased as art.
but which is in reality everything ex
cept art. In addition to artistic value,
the commission will Insist 011 historical
accuracy. Take 'The Deathbed of
Lincoln,' for instance. That picture,
as originally painted by Llttlefield. was
correct artistically and historically,
but before it could be purchased the
artist had to paint out every figure in
it except the dying Lincoln and put in
others of officials and distinguished
men. but few of whom were even in
the room in which Lincoln died. The
surgeon who attended Lincoln, Dr.
Charles 8. Taft. and the nurse, the fa
mous colored James Wormley, of hotel
fame, though undoubtedly present at
the death of Lincoln, were painted out
of the picture to make room for some
prominent men of the day who insisted
on appearing In the picture. Then
take 'The Electoral Commhsslon,'whlc'4
now hangs in the senate galleries. As
a group of portraits it Is of value, but
It is historically wrong In every par
ticular. In the first place the artist
painted In It more people than could
have had enough air to breathe in the
room, and painted herself us the cen
tral figure, when the fact was that no
woman waa ever admitted to the ses
sions of the commission except in the
gallery. The room Is filled with fig
ures and portraits of people, many of
whom, though they had influence, were
not In Washington that eventful win
ter in which Mr. Hayes was declared
to be president. These are but sam
ples, but there are many of the same
kind. If the additional authority was
given the commission to destroy many
of the pictures purchased by the gov
ernment It woud be complete."
II II II
The Innocence of the average bridal
couple that reaches Washington In the
course of the wedding Journey la some
times truly amusing. In the hearing
of the writer a very well-dressed and
Intelligent young woman, leaning on
the arm of a young man, whose rela
tion to her no one with half an eye to
such matters could mistake. Inquired
of the guide accompanying then,
pointing to the picture in the eastern
wing of the senate of Commodre Perry
at the battle of Lake Erie:
"Is this 'Washington Crossing the
Delaware?' "
An equally unsophisticated bride,
looking at a wretched copy of the well
known picture of "Charlotte Corday In
Prison," which hangs In one of the
rooms of the white house, remarkea:
"I always thought It an outrage for
the government to hang that Mrs. Sur
ratt. Doesn't she look too sweet for
anything behind those prison bars?
How could they ever hang her?"
Still another bride stood musingly
before the statue of Hancock In the
capitol, on the pedestal of which are
chiselled the words: "He wrote his
nnme where every native should behold
It and time Itself should not efface It."
"Ah!" she murmured, as she nestled
closer to her protector, "that's the man
Garfield beat for the presidency. I
don't wonder wearing such clothes!"
II II II
It is generally admitted that Senator
Wolcott is quicker at repartee than
any of his colleagues. During a recent
debate concerning some local legisla
tion, opposed by Senator vVolcott and
advocated by Senator Kyle, the Junior
senator from South Dakota lauded the
man who was the father of the meas
ure something' after this style:
"This gentleman, sir, is a man of In
tellect, a man of brain, 'a man of strong
moral force and purpose, and he has a
bank account, too, which will enable
him to carry out his philanthropic
Ideas. In fact, this gentleman Is In
every way the superior of the senator
from Colorado."
"If the gentleman In question has a
bank account, he Is. Indeed, the superi
or of the senator from Colorado," said
Wolcott to the amusement of every one
on the floor and In the galleries.
II II II
A certain member of congress has
been very loquacious this session,
spouting forth volumes on every sub
ject that Ivis come before the house,
much to the dissatisfaction of one of
his distinguished constituent. The
latter Is In town for the purpose of at
tending to some business before one of
the departments, und believes that the
services of "his member" should be at
hl.-i disposal, but hus been unable to
get the smullest assistance from that
gentleman. He has been heard to wish
on various occasions, that the Hon. M.
C. would talk less and do more.
"About all John's gut," said this wor
thy to a group-of sympathetic listeners
recently, "is the gift of gab, and about
nil he does Is to use it. lie doesn't do
I can see. and I feel very much as my
little K-year-old who hunts up the eggs
for his mother did the other clay when
he went out on a false alarm of crack
ling and found 110 eggs, '(.;-sh darn thos
hen.'H he said, 'thut cackle and don',
luy.' "
RHEUMATISM Is caused by lactic acid
In tho blood. Hood's Sursnparilla neu
tralizes this acid and completely and per
manently cures rheumatism. Be sure to
yet only Hood's.
HOOD'S PILLS cure nausea, sick head
ache. Indigestion, biliousness. Sold by all
druggists.
BAT
poisonous matter that la highly Injuri
ous to the system and in the loss of
which the bather Is the gainer In many
ways.
'The Baths are endorsed by the most
eminent clergymen and physicians, the
press and public to be the greatest re
lief and cure for all bodily ailments.
The frequency with which the Baths
may be taken, depends on the object In
view. For thoaa. In health one. a week
may be sufficient. Fof Invalids the fre
quency must be regulated by a medical
adviser who understands its effects and
proper application. This is Important
as It is a great and powerful remedial
Agency requiring car. and Judgment In
Its. use. ..
THE TRACES OF
A LOST
RACE
telle Found on an Island Off the Call.
fornia Coast
POINT Tfl EARLY INHABITANTS
It Is Supposed That Thcr Were a
Tribe of Indians Who Were Mariners
nd I'i-kcruicB"An Interesting
Discovery.
From the Troy Times.
A party has Just returned from San
Clemente island, about fifty miles off
the coast of southern California, ana
reports some Interesting finds. The
trip was 01 gunned by J. Neale Plumb,
of New York, who chartered a steam
yacht and took with him a number ot
guests, guides, boatmen and all the
facilities for a week's stay. The ob
ject was to try the fishing and exca
vate In some of the localities where
ancient stone implements are still
buried. Camp was formed about two
miles above what Is known as the isth
mus, on the east side of the Island.
The latter is about twenty-two miles
long, and differs entirely from Santa
Catulina In being very level on the
summit, so much su that aouarentlv a
carriage could be driven almost the
entire length.
"It was a very curious-looking place,"
said one of the party on his return,
"and I should Judge the Island is to a
great extent Volcanic, and, while bar
ren. It had In the past supported a lurge
population. We found a number of an
cient camp sites, and, in all probability,
could have discovered many more A
high cliff rose over our camp, and In
Its sides were large, deep caves, inhab
ited by the sheep kept on the Island,
hundreds using them us a retreat dur
ing the night. In some of the caves
were bits of abalone shell, showing that
the natives had been there, making
their homes, perhaps, during the winter
months. .
"Our first excavations were made
among the sand dunes near the Isth
mus. Here were evidences of occupa
tion In every direction abalones plied
In heaps, and other sheila In such
masses that It was evident, that they
were the accumulation of years. We
set the men to work here, after pros
pecting, but found little to repay the
labor, to the next day we took the
yacht around the Island, and were land;
ed successfully through the surf by
Mexlxcan Joe. From here we walked
more than two miles down the coast
to a remarkable series of sand hills that
covered several miles. The sand was
almost white, and was evidently flow
ing inland, covering everything as It
went an insidious sand river. The
lower sloue had In plnces a peculiar
coating, and at intervals were stony
trees and twigs, apparently covered
with lime. Hut the most singular fea
ture was the shells. As far ns one
could see the surface was dotted with
white snnll shells, all empty, and so
closely placed that nt every step n
number were crushed. There must
have been millions.
A GIGANTIC PIT,
"In walking over the dreary waste
we came upon a singular scene. The
sand suddenly dipped down like a
Gothic roof to a depth of InO or 200 feet
forming a gigantic pit, looking very
much like the crater of a volcano of
sand, and so deep that In jumping over
the edge you slid rapidly to the bottom
There were several of these remarkable
places that we came upon suddenly.
"It was near these vast depressions
that we made our first find. We hnd
picked up a number of Interesting ob
jects on the surfuce, as mortars, pestles,
rings of stone, etc., when suddenly the
men who had been digging in a bluff
near the shore raised a shout. We
hurried over, and there, in a shallow
excavation, sow the recumbent skele
ton of a large man. It was lying partly
on its side or on Its knees, the legs
doubled u: and the hands clasped be
hind the head. The sand was care
' fully worked out. leaving the skeleton
In high relief. Al'otit two feet behind
It were three flutes or musical Instru
ments, the mont lnteret!nr; finds we
mad. The:- were nearly a foot in
length, a:ul made of a deer's lcrbone.
On the larger portion was a patch of
ar.nhnlttim. It which hud been set a
squarii of richly colored abalone pearl,
showing hat as wild a.nd savage ns
these people were they had aesthetic
tastes iircl w'l-defined Ideas of orna
mentation. The flutes had evidently
been laid in the grave of their owner,
who rmnv have been the musician of hp
tribe. The skeleton was successfully
taken out, and will be mounted.
"This s'iot was covered with bone"
and mnrtP.rs, broken in many pieces,
broken Intentionally and the pieces left
where they were, so that they could
be fitted together with little trouble.
Not far away we discovered a body ly
ing near tho surface in a mass of
charred wood and ehc'l, and in such a
curious condition thet sonic of tho
' naiiv rtiTgestfd that the natives were
"!l nil II 'Mia. and this was a victim. He
'fles the bones, we found some curious
bjects: e.no resembled a bell clapper,
and we found two of these; another wns
a s'one objtct ubont three Inches In
length; another a Ions- bone pen-like
nffair marked with two ridges Us entire
Ii-ntrth with notches, ns though some
one hnd been keeping tally of some
thing. That the inhubi'unts hnd some
communication with the natives- of
Santa Catallna wns shown by the mor
ONE,
Effects of the Bath
Its first physiological effect la to per
fect the respiratory function otthe ekin
to give a living and healthy ctrtlcla
The skin Is thtlai fitted for Imbibing the
oxygen ot the atmosphere throwing eff
the carbon from the blood two most
Important processes when we-consider
that tho sidn is provided with no less
than seven million pores, designed to
anslst the several secretive organs In
discharging refuse matter from the
system. Bome idea can he formed of
the importance of keeping It in a per
fectly healthy state. To a person lia
ble to take colds from exnoaure to sight
drafts, the feeling of defiance to ccld
Imparted by tho Baths Is one of tho
StreeJ, .Cpurt
tars and various articles of .stoatltaj
found only on Catalina.
IN THE PLACE OF BURIAL.
The great burying ground extended
over a large area, and aa far as
could see- down the const similar evi
dences were discovered. The natives)
must have deiK-nded to a great extent
upon abaktneti for food, as great de
posits ot shells were found when thejr
had camoed; and that they were fish
ermen was apparent from the fish
hooks, cut out of the pearly abalone.
that we discovered. We found numer
ous bends or wampum by sifting th
sand through the sieve carried over
for the purpose. In walking over the
sandy waste that is gradually en
croaching upon the Interior of the Is
land, some curious object was seen at
short Intervals, suggesting the story of
an ancient life. Here would be a mass
of boies uncovered by the winds that
toss the drirting sands about; there a
broken mortar or a numlier of pestles
or a stone ax, sinker, or arrow head;
and in a big dozens of beads, placed
there, perhaps, hundreds of years ago
at the head or foot of some body that
had long since dlxanneared. We upent
several days at this fascinating work
and then did not begin to touch upon It.
"The island Is a fiat-topped mountain
range with literally no good harbors,
the only landing places being little In- .
dentations that are rough or smooth,
according to the direction of the wind.
The climate differs from that of Santa
Catalina in being harsh the nights of
ten cold and raw, with hard winds. We
found the fishing beyond criticism, and
could have filled the boat with large
whltetlsh. sheepshead and rock bass,
while. If live bait could be secured
there, the yellow tall fishing would be
very fine; as It was, we took numbers
of these fish.
"The Island abounds In many natural
curiosities, and there are peculiar
ridges and mounds suggestive of some
rites and ceremonies among the an
cient inhabitants. Who these people
were and where they disappeared and
why, no one seems to know, but there
is every evidence that years, perhaps
centrales, ago the now almost desert
island was Inhabited by a large and
vigorous race of Indians, who were
mariners and fishermen and the equal
of any tribes found on the mainland,"
A COMPLICATION.
The small boy had a restless, unhappy
look as he approached the young man who
was cnlllng on Ids sister.
"I wouldn't tell anybody but you about
it," he said confidentially.
"About what?"
"About whut's happened to me. But X
thought you might help me."
"In what way ?"
"Do you remember that little bit of ft
gold watch my sister had?"
"Yes."
"1 was fooling with It. and sister was '
coming, and 1 put it in my mouth to keep
her from seeing It, and the first thing I
knew I swallowed It."
"How long ago?"
"This afternoon. If you put your ear
down to my chest you can hear me ticking
Inside."
"You'd better have a doctor."
"Then I'd have to let the folks know.
Sister says you hnve wheels in your had,
sometimes, and I thought mebbe you'd tU
nui iL-hnt vml ilr, fi ,.m nn'ithal It mluht
lit this case."
NOME ALTITIDFS.
The Kiffel Tower Is 90 feet. -The
Kock of Gibraltar Is U70 feet.
The famous tower of Utrecht Is 4tS4 feet.
Mount Pilatus In the Alps Is 9.UU feet
high.
me Brooklyn bridge Is 278 feet above
the river.
The imrcelaln tower at Nankin was 24S
. I.I..U
irri iiikii.
The famous Mount Hood, of Oregon, Is
ll.riTO feet.-
Harvnrd Is the highest land In Colorado
14,452 feet.
A part of New Orleans Is below the level
of tho river.
The Holland dykes are from 10 to 40
feet In height.
Carthnge is the highest town In Kan
sas fi,ow fet.
Mount Heela, 5,001) feet, is the high
est In Icledan.
The Sea of (Jalilee Is 633 feet below the
Mediterranean.
The towers of the Cathedral of Cologne
are 511 feet high.
.Mount Ophir, 13,800 feet high. Is the tall,
est In Oumatru.
Highland Trail is the highest land In
Florida, 210 feet.
Pine Knot Is the highest place In Ken
tucky, 1,428 feet.
The Washington Monument Is 553 feet
from base to tip. ,
The steeple of the Milan cathedral l
355 feet In height.
Vesuvius, tho famous Italian volcano,
Is 3.M2 feet high.
The Caspian Sea is 650 feet below the
level of the ocean.
The note.l steeple of St. Stephen'B, In
Vienna, Is 4B0 feet.
Mount lilcii, 3.:.w) feet high, Is the tallest
In South Carolina.
The statue of Liberty, In New York har
bor, Is M feet hlh.
Alta Is the highest town in Iowa, 1,519
feet above sea level.
There are three mountain peaks In Idaho
exceeding 10,000 feet.
one of the highest peaks In the Andes
is Snrato, 25.5SO f-'et.
Warren Is located On the highest land
In Illinois, 1,(10.) feet.
Alaska has four mountains, each over
10,000 feet In height.
.Mount Whiimy Is tho highest peak In
California, 14.SHS feet.
The greatest altitiiile In Arizona Is San
Francisco. 12.5'12 feet.
porcupine .Mount is the highest elevation
In Michigan, -'.OJJ feet.
A large pari of Holland is from 10 to
30 feet below sea 1jV-1.
.Mount Kn-.mons, 13 Wt feet, Is said to
be the highest In I'tati.
The tower of the Parliament House in
Lumiou is 210 feet high.
Altamont Is the. highest recorded point
In .MarylHinl, I.til'o feet.
Meade Point, 10,511 feet above the sea.
Is the highest In lihiho. ,
lien Ni vis, 4.1oo feet. Is one of the high
est ilevntlons In Scotland.
.Mount I'arnusstis, the home of the
Muses, is only :1.!I50 feet high.
liul'nnl's Is the highest place In Dela
ware, 2h2 feet above sea level, St. Louis
GIobe-Demoi rat.
Ladies, Gents,
s and Children.
most striking results, The habitual
use of these baths remedy this, giving
at the some time beauty to the akin aud
health to tho body. ..
Attendants."
In connection with the baths will b
luunu uve nest attendants as won
as
I'S
a sKlllcd chiropodist, also a flrst-c
barber. Tht. llafha k.t..Hta
tn-
calculable, Intensify health, melancho
" iinvrn away,- ana removes
cravlns- for artificial mimiiiani.
the
It has become a question with me not
what tho Baths will cure but what they
mm qui uure.
House Square.