THE SCBANTOJT TRIBUNE-SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 189G.
9
M'KINLEY'S FIRST
. WEIGHTY SPEECII
It Was Delivered Durloj Tariff Debate
in Fiftieth Congress.
IT IMPRESSED ALL WHO HEARD IT
His . Notable Courtesy Toward Samuel
J. Raudall"Thc Closing Debate on
the Mills Bill"u Effort TUat
Packed the Galleries and Won
Praise on Every Side
Globe-Democrat's Washington Letter.
William McKlnley's first leap Into
national iame as one ui mc j -
foremost orators was an achievement
that will never be forgotten by those
who witnessed It. and his triumph on
that day was all the more memorable
and remarkable then, and all' the more
interesting to recall now from the fact
that it was associated with an exciting:
little episode that won for. him the
warm good will not 'only of all Repub
licans, but of large numbers of con
servative Democrat of the old 'school.
Unlike William J. Bryan's recent ora
torical exploit at Chicago, by which he
captured the presidential nomination,
WcKinley's speech was not a clever
piece of verbal clap-trap-an Ingeniously
contrived use of 'ammunition already
spent a patchwork of blasphemous
phrases and sensational sentences al
ready published and paraded; but It
was an original, solid and sustained
cfTort of two hours' duration upon a
subject to which he had devoted long
attention an effort which he hast
since equaled, and an effort whose suc
cess he has since more than justified.
The occasion was eight years ago,
back in the Fiftieth congress, when the
tariff measure known as the Mills bill,
now a mere historical reminiscence,
was under discussion in the house of
representatives, of which McKlnley
was a member. It was on one of the
last days of the general debate on the
bill, and the red-letter date was May
18, 1888. Kx-Speakcr Samuel J. Kan
doll, the heroic old-school Democrat,
of Pennsylvania, with McKlnley and
the silver-tongued l'.reckinridge, of
Kentucky, occupied the lists in sum
ming; up the arguments of that great
forensic struggle, to be followed next
day by Speaker Carlisle and Thomas K.
Heed, of Maine, for the Democratic and
Republican sides, respectively.
By special arrangement, ex-Speaker
Randall was to occupy the first hour of
the tilt on the field day, and McKlnley
and Ereckenrldge were to consume
Jointly the remainder of the time; and
In order to effect this and 'to concede
to Randall even the Inadequate hearing
of one hour he being at odds with the
managers of his own party it was
agreed that the house should meet at
10 o'clock that morning. Randall, ac
cordingly appeared promptly at the ap
pointed hour, In readiness to address
the house, and Springer, of Illinois, was
in the chair. But, unfortunately, a vig
orous "Independent" congressman,
named A. R. Anderson, from Iowa, had
secured the floor on the preceding even
ing, and when the house met at 10
o'clock he insisted on his technical
right to Continue. So, while the over
flowing galleries, in a high pitch of ex
pectation, fidgeted restlessly on account
of the interpolation, Anderson reeled
off a lonj free trade composition with
unintelligible speed, occupying1 the
whole hour that had been allotted to
Randall.
At It o'clock, however, Randall arose
and taking a position near the front row
of the Democratic side, addressed the
assembly. Notwithstanding he had
been a notable figure In congress for a
quarter of a century and had won and
weilded undisputed leadership in the
Democratic party, he had been "read
out" of It for refusing to reverse his
life-long tariff views upon the peremp
tory demand of the new free trado managers-.
Standing up almost solitary
and alone In the defense of the tradi
tional protectionists tenets of old-time
Democracy, and physically weak and 111
unto death of the malady that after
ward laid him low, ha heroically ex
pounded the non-partisan doctrine of
American protection, and; like an In
spired prophet In his old age, warned
his erlrng party associates of the folly
of abandoning good economic principles
for bad. His face paled visibly as he
began, reading from manuscript, and
his hands trembled as ho held the
leaves. His progress was painful, but
his audience- was impressed by the
simple grandeur of the situation, and
his own marvelous will-power sustained
him.
He briefly alluded to the recognized
necessity of a tariff revision and the
promises of his party to that end, and
proceeded to explain the provisions of
the "Randall tariff bill," which he with
mature knowledge had prepared and
Introduced, to demonstrate that a tar
iff revision fulfilling the party promises
and remedying existing abuses could
be accomplished upon Democratic lines
and at tho same time wreak injury to
no American Industry, After adverting
to the Mills bill in a general way, he
next proceeded to analyze the blunders
in It, showing that It left dutiable many
so-called raw materials while placing
on the free list articles made from them,
thus not only erecting an insurmount
able barrier against the production of
such articles here, but actually protect
ing the foreigner against us, and Im
posing benefit. He pointed out, too. that
while the bill's supporters claimed to
bo. the peculiar friends of the farmer.
xney iook irom mm nis protective duties
on wool, hemp, flax, meats, milk, fruits,
vegetables and seeds, and while profess
ing to- give the manufacturer better
rates, deprived him also of his protec
tive duties. And Instead of removing
taxes from necessaries and Imposing
them upon luxuries, the bill gave free
olive oil to the epicure and taxed castor
oil 97 per cent; gave free tin-plate to
the great oil and meat-canning monopo
lies, and Imposed a auty of 100 per tent,
upon rice; gave the sugar trust free
boncback for cheaper manufacture, and
levied a prohibitory duty on grocery
sugar; Imposed 40 per cent, duty upon
the "poor man's blanket," and only 30
per cent, upon' the'Axmlnster carpet of
the rich; and finally, made free the
blooded horses of the gentlemen of the
turf and the fine paintings and Btatuary
of the railway millionaire and "coal
baron."
At this point, his allotted hour having
expired, the speaker asked for a slight
extension of time; but Chairman Roger
Q. Mills, of Texas, then 'head of the
ways and means committee, who had
naturally been writhing in Irritation un
der this parching analysis of the meas
ure bearing his name, and whose plans
as leader of the house in control of
the debate would necessarily be Inter
fered with and disarranged by any ex
tension of Randall's time, sprang down
the aisle and angrily interposed his
veto. With flushed face be shouted,
"J object!"
Cries of "Oh, no!" and "That's too
M4I" went up from all parte of the
chamber. Still Mills stood Inexorable,
despite the expostulations of his near
est colleagues and friends. The whole
Republican side and many members of
the Democratic side shouted "Shame!"
but to no purpose. Then everybody
got up and. moved toward the open
space in front of the speaker's plat
form. A fight was Imminent, and the
entire assembly was In confusion.
Suddenly, amid the din and uproar,
a clear, musical, vibrant voice rung
out, "Mr. Chairman!" and Major Mc
Klnley, with beaming eyes and face
lighted up with glow of a generous pur
pose, was seen making hl3 way Into
the central arena from the Republican
side.
"Mr. Chairman." said he, "I believe
I am to be Tecognlzed next after the
gentleman from Pennsylvania. I yield
him fifteen minutes of my time."
A burst of delighted applause greeted
this magnanimous- offer. Meanwhile
Randall, once the active and all-powerful
commoner, already sick and now
upset by the nervous strain, remained
standing in distress In the nililst of
the gathering storm, begging poor per
mission, to go on. No he paused, and,
bowing, said with simple dignity, "I
appreciate the gentleman's kindness."
Simultaneously Breckinridge, on the
Democratic side, with chivalric Inten
tion, essayed to make a statement and
submit an offer of mutual adjustment.
But the house was.angry and wouldn't
hear .him. II js design was misunder
stood; It was supposed he wanted to
justify or yallinte the interference of
Mills, who had now been led to the
rear by his friends. Cries of " Regular
order!" went u: from ell sides, and
little "Sunset" Oox, who had enjoyed
a special Indulgence of time on the day
before, ran in nimbly, shouting:
"I think it Is only decorous and kind
that the time of the gentleman from
Pennsylvania be extended."
At length Breckinridge, despite many
exclamations of impatience, from the
house, contrived to be heard, and poured
oil upon the troubled waters by explain
ing the special arrangement governing
the allotment of time nnd propohlng
that Randall yield hack the extension
granted him by McKlnley and freely
take Instead such time us he needed,
on the understanding that It should be
deducted equally among time allotted
to McKlnley and himself.
Thereupon tha house and galleries
quieted down, and the unconquerable
Pennsylvania leader was' suffered to
conclude without further Interruption.
Breckinridge's handsome proposal had
averted an ugly quarrel that might have
led to the most serluus results, and it
had been made to his own disadvantage
and detriment, since by giving away
some of his time the delivery of his own
speech was delayed until the end of
the afternoon, when the galleries grew
restless and wearied and gave him less
attention than he would otherwise have
received. Still the popular honors were
accorded to McKlnley. His manner was
so charming and gracious, and the of
fer Itself. was so gallant and natural
so appreciative of tho properties and
finer amenities, and so pregnant with
the spirit of good will and manly fair
nessthat all the spectators, Republi
cans and Democrats alike, felt their
hearts quicken involuntarily with a
warm thrill of personal admiration for
him.
Then McKlnley took tho floor In his
own right, to sum up the debate for the
Republican side; and the house and the
galleries settled down to listen. It
seemed his generous conduct of a few
minutes before, in the Mills-Randall In
cident, had somehow enabled him as a
runner to start out on the right foot, as
it were, and had empowered him as an
orator to rise to a height of eloquence
and reach a goal that he would not oth
erwise have attained.
His conduct had certainly captivated
the house and galleries, had brought
them Into close and sympathetic rapport
with him, and had served to Invest his
utterances with added Interest and en
hance the -whole general effect. At all
events It endeared him to old-lino Dem
ocrats as nothing else could have done,
and he has never made, before or since,
a more superb address, at least in qual
ity of delivery; and In the opinion of
experienced and competent judges no
speech upon a dry economic subject so
interesting and enjoyable In every way,
has been heard In congress with Hue
rapt attention since the days of Henry
Clay, commanding as it did the unstint
ed commendation of both friends and
foes.
It was by far the liveliest and most
vivacious of all the serious speeches of
thut long debate, and though no better
In some respects than a number of the
tariff speeches he has delivered Bince,
It nevertheless had about It nil the
glowing freshness of a new mind and
tho zealous ardor of a new champion.
It was particularly characterized by
an unlimited and spontaneous good
nature, a keen wit, an absolute grasp
of the general subject, and a perfect
mastery of all Its subordinate details.
His bearing, carriage and delivery
were Inimitable; dignified, but eusy;
familiar, but elevated; thoroughly ear
nest, and carrying proof from personal
conviction, and withal so amiable as
to win all his auditors. His style, too,
was clearness and straightforwardness
exemplified, and so direct and simple
that no effort was required to follow
him through the changing phase's of
his theme. He displayed to perfection
that happy faculty for which he has
since become famous, of clothing with
magnetic charm of life the cold practi
cal facts of economic philosophy and
experience. His vejeo was sweet, reso
nant, and musical as a bell, perfectly
audible in the remotest corners of the
chamber.! He ennediled, clarified and
illumluatld his subject and tho exist
ing situation as he traversed them, and
when he closed, amid a rapturous whirl
wind of plaudits, he had manifestly
sprung into tho very first rank of Re
publican oratora and exponents of pro
tection. His auditors had fallen In love with
him, us the country has done since.
Millions of copies of that speech were
circulated by the Republican commit
tees during the ensuing campaign, and
it contributed not a little to the suc
cessful election of President Harrison
Jn November following.
Previously, it is true, McKlnley had
rendered efficient and creditable ser
vice to his party and country In con
gress, and had earned high esteem
among hiH fellow-legislators by Teason
of his marked' ability and lovable per
sonal character. But he had not risen
into universal public celebrity and his
name was but little known ouside of
his own state of Ohio and the halls of
congress. ''.'
By that single well-earned triumph on
that field day. May 18, 1888, the name of
McKlnley became a household word all
over the land. His admirable behavior
two months afterward at the Chicago
national Republican convention, his
leadership in the next congress, the
Fifty-first, and his brilliant manage
ment of the tariff bill that bore his
name and won for him (a matter to be
proud of) the enmity of all Europe, to
gether with his steady and continuous
rise and advancement since then, have
all followed from the triumph in logical
I Sequence.
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NORTHERN BOL X
Mr. Richmond's Third Paper on North
American Travel.
INCIDENTS OF THE HOMEWARD TRIP
Sketch of Manners and Cuatoms of
the People of Victoria--: itucus
Noted for Hospitality and SocinbiU
it)--.V tilimpso of Other Cities of
Note Along tlio Pacific Coast.
Written for The Tribune.
Vancouver, H. C Aug. 22. No one
should leave the western shores of or
continent until they visit and become
thoroughly acquainted with Victoria
by the sen. While Vancouver Is re
garded as the starting point of touibiW
eastward over the ' Canadian Pacific
railway, Victoria is the cfctef cii'.y and
nlitei capital of the province British
Columbia, being located some .eighty
miles distant or six to seven hours' sail
across the Strait of Ceor'.a. Until Vic
toria and Vancouver, named by Her
Majesty, have distinctive characteris
tics. Victoria Js a thoroughly Kngilj'.i
city and ancient in u'. its manners
uud customs, while Vancouver is the
uctlve', progressive rival quite remind
ful of New England. We visited Vic
toria the second time to learn more of
its peopla and their customs. Lite in
this city by the western ocean, with
its 20,000 population goes delightfully
easy. Its citizens are jiored for their
se.clnblllty and hospitality. There U
much tea and tennis, beating and pic
nicking, dining and dancing, and mil
itary and naval uniforms brighten
such scenes and maintain the "eillicla!
flavor" of society at this old provincial
capital. It is Interertii'g to hear of
the good old days Wrten British Col
umbia was an Independent colony and
Sir James Douglass (whose memeny
they revere and whose monument a
magnificent granite shaft stands
among tho prominent attractions of
the city) who, together with the early
governors, reigned undisturbed em this
remote ceast. Victorians had great
pride In their city then but since the
province joined the Dominion, Its fur
tune's have grown apace and the senti
ment of the older residents has given
away to grput satisfaction with Its
wonderful later development and pros
perity since the completion of the Can
adian Pacific railway.
The city Is almost hidden far with
in Its rocl:-rlmmed and Intricate liar
heir and the naval station at Esquimau
only declares Itself by the mast h ada
towering above tho tree tops. Every
bravo Briton feels pride In tho wor
ships, the ship yards, the dry dock,
foundries, work shops, store housei anl
magaalno supply at Esquimau, the
naval station, that looks of ter British
Interests on the Pacific Ocean from the
Dominion to Chill. While the harbor
at Esquimau is commodious enough to
receive the largest vessels in the w rid,
tho harbor of Victoria Is not nor as
spacious as that of Vancouver. The
real harbor upon which the city fronts
Is a broad basin, reached by such a
narrow passage between tree-covered
points that larger steamers do not at
tempt to enter It, but stop at tho out
side wharf, at the extreme eastern
end of the city. Ho Intricate is this
Inside harbor, with Its many smaller
bays and arms that no "tide table"
has ever been made out for It, and
that mystery of the moon and the sea
remains a riddle to scientist and marin
er. On one arm of the harbor stands
the old Hudson Boy company's store
houses, reminders of tho day when
tfce earliest pioneers erected their
block-houses nnd traded with the In
dians for pelts.
CLIMATE.
Tho climate here is FUperb. The
warm Japan current, whose breath
melts the snows . along the TacHle
coast nil the way from Southern Al
aska, makes the temperntura h re mild
nil the year round. Southern Cal
iforniiv hardly shows more of
beauty In city door yards than one
sets in both Victoria nnd Vnnnnvr.
where the rose, the honeysuckle and
the fuchsia In particular, astonlBh tho
vlr.itor by their wild luxurlanc . lAvn
ferns measuring eight to twelve feet
from root to tip, entangle themselves
along the roadside, affording every
drive a scene of wild beauty and wnn
der. The sportsman nnd the angler,
too, find as much of delight In the sur
rounding country here as the botan
ist. Southward eight miles from Vancou
ver, along the north bank of tho Eras
er river, fifteen mile's from its mouth
is the city of New Westminister. It
has a population of 8.000. It was the
former capitol of the province, a large
commercial center and a rival of Van
couver in mnny ways. It is the head
quarters of the salmon cannery indus
try where are a dozen of extensive es
tablishments. Here too are numerous
saw mills the products being largely
shipped to China and Australia. The
city has many fine public buildings,
among them the Provincial peniten
tiary and Insane asylum, conspicuous
ly located.
It Is a fact worthy of note that In
our long transcontinental journey
over the Canadian rnclfie Railway,
we shall traverse the four largest
provinces of the Dominion, nnd In
addition, tho districts of Asniniborla,
and Alberta, which ore divisional
parts of this great northwest territory
all before reaching the maritime
provinces.
There Is probably no country In tho
world that can excel or that can vie
with the Dominion of Canada In the
attractions that It offers to th- tour
ist and traveler. It has bee n well de
scribed ael a country of "magnificent
distances," and those distances sup
ply varieties of scenery and climate
almost suHV-lent te warrant enthusi
astic Canadians, (and tho Canadians
are an ' enthusiastic people) in de
claring that we have all within our
selves, what more em we want," and
the longer we travel over this great
domain, tho more we are convinced
of the truth of the above nnd that the
Dominion has the raw material rrd
the resources for a future great and
Independent nation, Independent of the
rest of the world.
Vancouver then may be regarded as
the starting point of tourists eastward
over this great natlrnnl highway. En
tering one of the commodious palace
sleepers for which the Canadian Pacific
Is noted, we resume our Journey to the
North Atlantic coast, the land of the
rising sun. We have before us 4,000
miles of travel through a variety of
scenery not found elsewhere on the
Amerle-nn continent. The route is div
ided Into four divisions of time be
tween Vancouver and Montreal, viz:
Pacific time, extending from Vancou
ver to Donald, 4i.8 miles, called the Pa
cific division; meiuntta'n time, from
Donald to Branden, 881 miles, mountain
division; central time, from Brandon
to Fort 'William; 6G9 miles, western
division; -eastern time, from Fort Wil
liam to Montreal. i)8 miles, eastern
division. "Quebec division" (eastern
fttmc) Montreal to Halifax 758 miles.
"Atlantic division," (eastern standard
time) Montreal to Halifaxfi 758 miles.
Thus,' whi n it Is nine o'clock- a. m. at
Vancouver, It Is ton o'clock ut Regina,
eleven at Winnipeg, noon ut Montreal,
and at Halifax, N. 8 one o'clock p. m.
The twenty-four hour system of
standard time Is used on the Canadian
racillc road at. all stations eastward to
Lake Superior. Tho hours from noon
to midnight are counted from twelve to'
twenty-four hour o'clock. Instead of
saying one o'cloe-k, on hour after mid
day, we count thirteen o'clock, and s:
on till midnight when we begin at one
a new day. The officials of this road
believe their system will become uni
versal ns it dots r.way with different
kinds of time to Indicate different divl
elons'of the day (a. m. and p. m.)
PACIFIC DIVISION.
Probably there Is not In tho world an
other five hundred miles of continuous'
mountain scenery ns that found on this
mountain division crossing the Selkirk
mountains. The railway penetrates the
deepest recesses of Frailer and Albert
canons, with he Invincible power and
calm security of modern scientific en
gineering, and travel over it is tlmpiy
luxury.
With 'the Hotel Vancouver on the Pa
cific, and the Chateau Pontenac on the
fur famed Dufferln Terrace 'at Quebec,
and Queen's Hotel at Halifax, the
North Atlantic terminus, together with
the well appointed Chalet hotels at
Frozer Cunon Field, Great Cinder,
Banff, etc., the tourist is enabled to
creiss tho cont.nent fr:m Pacific l. At
lantic cn Canadian f!1 In all the co;n
fort that capital and enterprise can p-s-slbly
provide fir all these hostelri'8
possess tho qualities which go to make
the sum of a traveler's comfort.
As wo proceed eastward on our jour
ney along the south bank of the Hur
ra rd Inlet, Hastings Is reached in four
miles, nnd Port Moody at tho head of
the Inlet In thirten miles which was
for a time the terminus of tho Canad
ian Pacific. Here tho outlook Is must
delightful and Interesting.- Southward
shines Mt. Baker, a rndiunt pyramid ef
eternal snow, on American soil, whosj
fascination grows upon us as wo recede
from It; while on the opposite shore
snow-tipped mountains, beautiful in
form and color are vividly reflected In
the mirror-like waters of this deep-pet
Inlet. At short intervals along, the
heavily wooded shores are mills with
villages around them tho Indian
mill.
On tnii bay are seen ocenn steam
ships and sailing craft loaded with saw
ed lumber fcr all parts of tho world,
while on our right tower gigantic trees,
.somie twenty, thirty and forty feet
around, and often two or three hundred
feet high. Enormous stumps are seen
all along the railway.
In forty-three miles Mission Junction
is reached. Here is an lniportnnt Roman
Catholic Indian school. This is the
Junction point of branch roads leading
over the British border. The C. 1'.
line here crosses the Frazcr river nnd
runs to Hammond, where connections
are made with 'the Great Northern
railway for New Whatcom and Seattle,
and the Northern Pacific to Taeoma,
Portland anel all Oregon and Califor
nia points. Here is the finest view ye t
se'en of Mt. Baker in looking back anel
down the Frazcr river, which has now
become a smooth and mighty, stream.
This liver may be considered the most
Important river of tho Province of Brit
ish Columbia, from 'the fact that it lies
entirely within British terrlteiry. It is
7'It) miles bir.g, butonly navigable for
large steamers from sixty to eighty
miles. It has a rapid current of fifteen
miles an hour anel often overflows its
banks, so ns to render necessary the
use of dykes. Catholic missions and
churches are seen, along its bunks. At
Mission Junction our train tukes on the
observation car. These cars aro unlike
any found In the states. They tire sui
stcirtial and commodious, fifty feet
long, and built with a row of folding
seats, twenty on each side- and ends,
with a row of double settees through
the center.
Here our train was reinforced by the
private car of President W. C. Van
Home, of the roael, escorting Vlce
IVesident Stevnson and family. An-'
other with Receiver H. C. Payne and
Judge Jenkins, of the Southern Pacific,
and their families. Another with Vici
President W. G. I'urdy.of Chicago.Roe k
Island and Pacific with his party, nnd
also another with President C. J. Ives,
of the-Burlington Ccelar Rapids nnd
Northern railway nnd his family, nnd
Dr. J. F. Force and daughter, of Minne
apolis, and a distinguished company of
railway magnates, with whom we ha el
traveled through Yellowstone Park and
over the Northern Pacific railroad, tend
to Alaska on the strainer Queen, and
were now enjoying a return trip over
the great national highway of Canada.
On leaving Mission we forsook the
drawing room for the observation car,
that wo might be hedd untrainmeL'd
by car windows the glorious scenery
of the Cascade 'Mountains and V rarer
Canon. Just beyond Nidomen wv havi
our last view of Mount Baker to cur
right abuut fifty miles away, a beauti
ful Isedated white cone rising 13.00J f ot
above the railway level. As we pro
ceed the scenery becomes more rug
ged nnd grand. At Hanlson Lake ar-3
hot sulphur springs, noted for ilK'lr
curative properties nnd visited by In
valids from everywhere on the Pa
cific coast. Here Is a fine hotel and
the country around Is most interesting,
Mount Che-am overlooking tho v.ill-y.
In ten miles we reach Ruby Creel;,
named from the garnets found in the
vicinity. All along the Frnsor river nre
fine granite quarries, remindful of those
found in New Hampshire. At Agas.-iz
we found rich lands and one of the gov
ernment experimental farms. As we
advance through the r.inen. the water
grows green in ci lor, the mountain
peaks become mote barren ami natvhvd
with snow, and wlirre the mountain
sldt3 were stripped r.f ffil-.ge by the
forest fire th"y pren't 1 a rude r.r.d
barren aspect. -In cifil.ty-n'n" r.t'.lrr, tho
road has overcome a.: clevntU'n of '2V)
feet and reaches Hove, a mining town
nnd trading post, whore trails lead over
the mountains In dlTerent directions.
On cur right are the Hcpe praks. whcr-
great hndlrs of silver civ lies expr.S'd.
oniy waiting development to be made1
meet profitable. We are notv leaving
the broad and cultivated fields and lux
uriant vegetation, for rude Imiian f -irna
afd scenes of ploccr gold mining; for
miles along the Frase-r river nnd
through Frascr Canon are rich gold
washings manned by Chinamen, who
are seen washing gold In paying quan
tities on the river bars. Here Is an In
dian hut, there is a Joss house, and ca
the canon narrows, enclosing the Fraser
river, the cliffs rise to gre-ot height on
either ride. Leaving Heipe we pass
through tunnels In quick succession and
mountains of tall pine for fourteen
miles, when the river turns abruptly to
the left and the railway to the light, wo
enter a long tunnel only to emerge Into
Yale, the heademarters of navigation
and formerly the outfitting point for
miners and ranchmen northward. Yale
is surrounded by an amphitheatre of
mountains 3,000 feet above they appar
ently shut together and seen) to bar the
way; the scenery for twenty-five miles
is not only lntvresting, but startling.
One describes it as "mate-hies," another,
"ferocious." The rive-r is forced be
tween high vertical walls of black rock,
where U madly foams and roars as It
rushes over the ponderous mass of fal
len rock. The railway Is cut Into tho
cliffs feet' above, and the jutting
Epuis.oe rock are pierced by tunuel3 Jn
quick succession.
At Spuzzuni the "Cariboo wagon
rocd" seen at Yale following. alug tne
oiriositff banks of tho river, as If seek
ing company in this a'.A:l pi ice, crosses
the chasm by a tail r-uspemiuti bridge.
This old cjverrment road Is over 300
miles long, and so expensive tJ build
thrt tl'o .vprnmpni e-herpes were one
dollar per pound for eirdinary freight.
Arriving at North Bend, 12 mile
from Vancouver, at an elevation eif 425
feet, la a divisional point eif the road,
and a drsirati? r.nd delightful "stop-l
over" fer the t.'Uiist who wish to see
more of Frawr Canon than is possible
from the train. Hern la the charming
Chalet hotel referred to, encircled by
mountain Fcenery end rock formations
too various, stupendous and glorious
for pen and pencil t.i depict. Like an
oasis In the ele-sei t, the hotel Is reared
amid an array of natural and artificial
t lowers, and olayin? fountains, a most
restful retreat to end our nrst day's ex
perlelie on Canadian seill.
J. E. RICHMOND.
IXSJ-'.OT POISON'S.
What to Bo for Stings of Spiderfr,
Wnspu, SJtsuniloi nnd Jiggers.
There 13 a widespread Impreasl-jn.
that of ail Insects .'pld.-rs are'the rno;t
to be dreaded. There K however, but
one species In this region capable of
Ini'lclinsr a dangerous wound, nnd even
not then unless the sting Is on the lip
or ether plaete where the skin join3 the
inucuous memhr.-.r.e. Small children
and di'licate adults may suffer severe
ly, but hardy people escape with but
lltllo more pain than from a bee sting.
These spiders are black, sometimes
with a red spot on the muter siele of the
abdomen, nnd the body Is only as large
as a pen. They lie iu ambush under
logs or boards, and nre not, therefore,
great ppinner.-i. They seldom invade
the house. If stung by one, send for a
doctor and give a stimulant. If the
pain In severe the doctor will probably
Inject morphia and apply cooling lo
tions. A solution of borate acid U as
good 03 anything. Sometimes a mem
ber ot tho family Is bitten In the night
by the common gray house spider, and
an 'Inflamed swelling with a hard white
cent.'r appears, much like that produc
ed by hives or jiggers. Bandnglng
with witch hazel und common baking
soela or borax wil! gemerally cause the
wound to disappear in a few hours.
Dees nnd wasps and horneta are far
more numerous than stinging splderj,
nnd are more to bo dreaded, as many
persons are extremely susceptible to
their stings. Tho black and yellow
"bumble heos" moke their nests In the
clover anel umong flowering brambles.
They nre iat to become entangled In
long skirts and sting in thelrfrantic
struggle te ret free, or they resent
having their nests disturbed and delib
erately open battle. The digger wnsp
is oft'n seen in July and August and
he is a fellow ono id willing to give
all the rond to. Ho Is an inch long,
black, with yellow bands, and Is very
ferocious, even going out of his way to
attack.
Tho poison of all these Is acid In char
acter, and alkali kills it. Ammonia,
seida, borax, laundry soap, nre all good.
They are also g,xd for mosquito bites.
An ounce of prevention is worth a
ptunel of cure where mosquitoes nre
concerned. A goed thtek. uciid smoke
made by burning brush will rid a neigh
borhood for an i-veiiiiig and Is often
re-Siiiied to by campers. If you e-nn
finel some pennyroyal to throw on the
fire all the better, fur pennyroyal la n
herb the smell of which mosquitoes
can't abide.
PeiMiyroyol or clove tea aro food
things to spnrire the body with to pre
vent Jiggers from coming to art un
timely end under your fkln. When,
walking through Inw-trrowing vegetal
Hon, in field or wo.id. one Is pretty
sure to brush off these Irritating but
invisible creatures. The first indica
tion eif their presence is a white spot
which Itches violently. On close ln
s.pecilon a tiny scarlet point may bo
found In the middle of this. Scratch
Infr causes It to Inflame and then get
sere. Tho remedy is, don't scratch;
take.ri sponge ba'.h of ammonia or seula.
water und press out the red points.
These nre the heads e f the inse ct und
the -source eif Irritation. Teach chil
elren not to scratch, how to wet the.
surfnee nnd then apply dry soda or
powdeii-d borax to nny kind of insect
sting. After the Itchiiijr stops anoint
the wound with vaseline or sweet 'oil
nnd It will rcnerally have disappeared
by the nuxt morning.
VUAP WAS SUE DOING f
.Ur. linxlrr Showed Poor Judgment in
Asking the I'ooM'h (hcmoii.
From the Detroit Free Pres.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Baxter were going out
together the other evening, and he
said as he sat with his oigar In his
mouth reading the evening paper:
"Now, we musn't be late, Murln, I'm
about ready, but will you Just brush my
a hat a little?"
L "Yes, dear as Eocn aa I get the baby
to sleep.
"All rlcht. Ard Mill you just iiponre
that spot out of my vest something
I got on It at dinner."
"Yes, after I attend to tho baby."
"And v.i'l you lay out a clean collar
for me and my evening necktie?"
"Ye-F, dear," and when she brings the
collar he says:
"Just fasten It on In the back, ptease.
I want to finish this ae-connt of that
murder trial. Put on my tie for me, too,
won't you?"
When thi3 la done he says: "Ju3t put
p. dean handkerchief In the pocke: e.f
t -.TiV rnnl. won't von nrl ,.S T f.,ri.f.t
but I twist; d a button off my overc.it
today, tin button I:; In r.r.a of the pock
ets. C.in't you rew it on before we go?
It wl'l take but a minute."
It tai.-os nearer ten minutes for lu-r to
find nerelle, thread, rf!"seu and the
missli g button, and while she is eew
ir.tf on the button he says:
"Won't you pUr.se put the sleeve but
tons iniv'y cb an i iifi'.;?"
"1 can't find but one button. Harry."
'Oh, well, things are always getting
lost In tills house. Loeik around and I
gucs." youil find ii." .
She l down r.n her knees, peering
unticr the vnrlov.j artleits ef furniture
for the button, v hen he rays:
"O. here It is. I iorpvt and s!lpred it
into my racket. New, if you'll just
Great Scott! look at that clock, Maria!
We ought to be oX five minutes ag!
What have you been doing? Hj-.v
many hours dres It ta!:e a woman to
d'.ces? Here I'm all ready, and you
haven't even get your dr.ia on. What
htive you been doing the last half hour?
I'd like to know that! It's always the
way when you try to go anywhere! I'm
alwuye ready, hours before you begin!"
VAUAHIKS OF THE MEMORY.
One Muu Hud to Get Drunk in Order
to Remember.
From the 8t. Jumcs Qusette.
Men have, been known tp leaye home
for a few days, commit some serious
crime and return, quite oblivious of
what they had done. Very interesting;
Is the cas. so common among soldiers
who have forgot a battle and who
when it is over cannot recall the events
for-several pours. . .The same thing
happen to those who have escaped
from shipwreck end to aeronauts who
have just descended from tho clouds.
This Is the temporary loss duo to strong
emotion. Then there are curious ex
amples of temporary loss of memory
owing to Wtlsue.
Sir Henry Holland when down a mine
In the Hara mountains and suffering
from fatigue completely forgot his Ger
man and cjuld not remember a word
of It until he had rest und refreshment
after ascending. Wo all extrlence
this In a less degree. Sometimes It Is
nn Injury which causes the blank in
the backward gaze. " An Tingllsh pro
fessor once received a violent blow on
the head and nt once forgot all his
Greek and a musleinn lost all memory
of music from the same cuuse. Mr.
Whymper In his book on the Alps tells
how he fell over a frightful precipice,
M0 feet high, with the result that his
past was for a time wholly blotted out
of his memory.
The most singular cases of memory
loss arc In connection with language.
It is quite common in our hospitals to
se-o a sick Gorman unable to speak a
word of the English he had thoroughly
mastered.
A clergyman some time ago lewt all
re'colleetlon of words, but be could still
remember the letters of which they
were composed and could express his
Ideas freely by spelling the words. An
oflii'er suffered from a slight attack of
apoplexy nnd as a result forgot all but
a very few words. When he tried to
speak he merely uttered nonsense, but
If a book or manuscript were handed
to him he read It with perfect propri
ety. Ono of the most extraordinary c-f
all memory tesses Is when a persem
forgets , how t -vslit'e with his light
hand, but still has the power to do so
with his left hand. Ih such a case after
he has written with his left hand tho
desired sentence he can cony it with
his right h.and.
When the memory of words U grad
ually test It Invariably progresses in
one particular order. First the proper
nouns, then atijeetlves, and this stage
Is followed by failure of power to rec
olloe't events. Very many people suf
fer froin the first degree; excessive
smokers, for Instance, it Is said, some
limes find It difficult to recall proper
names. Drunkenness Is a well-known
cause and there Is the very curious case
of a mau who mislaid a package while
drunk, fen-got where he had put It when
sober and had to get drunk again to
find it.
MEN CLEVEK HOUEX MARRY.
Bluestockings Prefer Not to Wed
Husbands with Brains.
From 'the London Answers.
Why do clever men almost Invaria
bly choose wives of Inferior Intellect to
themselves? They select gentle, caress.
Ing, doll-like little persons, as a rule,
who never read anything above a
three-volumed novel, and cannot talk
about any topic more exciting than
their babies and their bonnets.
The reason is pretty evident. They
want a bialn rest at home, not a brain
strain, and the woman of mild Intel
lect has very often specially womanly
characteristics and ways about her
which the clever man cannot resist.
There are the Sponcer-Joneses, for
instance. Ho is a fellow of the royal
society, and has a string of letter3
after his name. She Is a pretty llttlo
person, with a passion or smart fi?k:i
and for fancy work. She yawns If
anyone discusses science In her pres
ence, and if her husband should by
any chance hapitn to mention a five
syllable word before her she makes a
Utile grimace, and says pathetically,
"How tiie'ume you are, dear!" Yet
Spencer-Jones Heems to like it In her,
and adorvB her to an unlimited extent.
So It Is iwith the clever woman the
woman who has discovered she has a
mind, and Is working It to tho utmost
of her power. Dees she select a hus
band from the many-lettered men of
science? Not she. The Girton girl
who has come out at the top of the
list seldom marries the muster of the
colle-ge. When she docs the circum
stances are quite oxi'eptlenial. As a
rule she gets engaged to the rowing
man, or the cricket man, or the cham
pion tennis player.
The lady doctor doesn't marry the
masculine practitioner except In mod
ern novels; the lady who speakj upon
platforms doesn't marry the politician
of tha elay. Aa an almost Invaiablo
rule, the cleverer tlw woman is the
n:eTe commonplace Is her hnsbsnel.
To tell the truth, it is the intellec
tual woman who finds the greatest
charm In the athletio man. . Just as
the clever man prefers a womanly wife
to one with an oveTpowering amount
of brains, so does the woman who Is
clever admire the man who is manly.
Athletics do not always go hand and
hand with brain. She is content to
let the one go If she can't get the
other.
There Is onother slele of It, too.
Woman, dors not woo, but she may
oft! n be won by wooing. Her choice
In marriage la greatly fixed ley tne
Fdeetlon of herself. She is more fre
quently wooed by the man of Inferior
Inteilect to herself, for whom she nan
un attraction which amounts to posi
tive fascination.
And do marriages of this soit turn
out well?
A woman who has seen a vast
amount of the world and has a wide
experience was speaking on this sub
ject the other day 'to the writer. "I
advise every clever woman," she Eaid,
"to marry a man less clever than her
self, for certainly by far the happiest
marriages In this worlel are where the
balance of Intellect Is on, the woman'1?
ri.'." And facts beer out the state
ment. Where there is sn intellectual
inequality, the superiority had (far bet
ter be with the woman.
Where the husband Is the cleverer
he does not make a companion of his
wife. She may be his pet, his play
thin?, his amusement she is never his
friend. He gees outside his home for
irtellectual companionship, and as
time goes on she becomes less and less
necessary to him.
- This is never the care with a woman,
horvever talented she may be. She
adapts hprsalt to her husband: she
nev- lets him feel his Inferiority; r.av,
rather. If she loves him, she draws
him up to a pedest&J and sits at h3
feet.
This position Is delicious to a man
who secretly if els his own deficiencies,
and In his elation and gratitude he
goes on lovins her more and more
every day they spend together.
A man always thinks hlmscIC clev
erer than a woman through life. If
he cannot help recognizing his wife's
powers it makes him Intensely satis
fied to feel be surpasses even that high
standard.
UIHTHPLACEB OF PRESIDENTS.
8eveu Were Bom in Virginia an Foal
in Ohio.
From the Florida Times-Union.
Tha Republicans are discussing Me
Klnley as the next president, and re
ferring to Ohio as about to supplant
Virginia as the mother of presidents.
Ohio is far behind Virginia as a birth
place of presidents. The old dominion
has had seven of her sons elevated to
the chief magistracy, two. of them, tho
elder Harrison and Taylor, elected
while residing In other states, and Tyler
succeeding to the presidency throuKa
the death of Harrison. These presi
dents, toget;!ier, held office thirty-seven
years.
Ohio has had only four president,
and of these Grant and Benjamin Har
rison resided in other states at the timo
of their election. Their combined terms
amounted to seventeen years.
Next comes North Carolina, with
three presidents, all residing; in Ten
nessee when elected nnd inaugurated.
Their terms amounted to sixteen years.
The two Adamses, from Massachusetts,
held office for eight years. Van Buren
and Fillmore, who held office seven
years, were from New York.
The other five presidents were born
In New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ken
tucky, Vermont and New Jersey, though
Arthur, born In Vermont, lived In Newt
York when he succeeded to the presi
dency. Lincoln, born in Kentucky, was
elected from Illinois, and Cleveland,
born In New Jersey, resided In Newi
York at the time of hip election.
The four presidents elected from Vir
ginia were chosen when that state was
the most populous In the union. This
probably accounts, to some extent, for
the succession of Virginians during the
early history of the country, though all
four were worthy of the otttce. No res
ident of Virginia has been elected sine
1821.-
Tho two presidents chosen from Ohio
were elected when that state wag third
In population, and they were nominat
ed largely for sectional reasons. New
York and Pennsylvania, populous as
they are, have fared badly. Twelvo
times have New Yorkers been defeated
after nomination for the presidency.
Pennsylvania has had but two candi
datesone elected and one defeated.
THE uk;ht tariff.
By Hon. Daniel Agncw, of Beavor.
Importation may give the citizen a fef
articles of cheaper clothing, much of it
shoddy, but all the great volume of tho
maintenance and comfort ot himself and
his family, Is bound up In the grand
mass nnd sum total of his country's in
dustry and affairs. Tho doctrine of a tariff
for revenue only is so contrary to hlBtory,
30 false to ourselves, so full of blight and
ruin, so disloyal, tt cannot have the con
sent of sound reason, of patriotism, or
good sense. It is but the perpetuated
dogma of sectionalism and Blavery. What
we need is neither a high nor a low tariff,
but a sufficient turlff-one which protects
every lending manufacturer, to enable It
to compete successfully with its foreign
rival. These words, high and low tariff,
are misleading terms, and enable carping
free traders to take advantage of errors
In the degree of duty and charge high
duties, as favoritism. Tho duty should
be hlRh enough to protect the Industry to
be fostered, nnd so low as not to give it
too great advnntnge. It is protection, not
great profit, which is to be reached,
nrcarfctifotlt is not nrntpptlnn. Vint nmlut
favor. So the mnnufaotiircr should no
be protected at tho expense of the farmer
the land owner and tho laborer.
CTiti-kMtpr'. Fniltih nioaond Tlnni.
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'fit alht ('mm datiar ( tuA'fiM-
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