r I r r - m f X ri F J I is ft w t 1 r r 0DD MEN IK COKfiESS SOME ARE MADE CONSPICUOUS BY PECULIARITIES Aiuoiij the Members of the Two Houses HpraKue Is the Richest Kccd the Bitf cst Sulloivay the Tallest Cockrcll tlie Homeliest Pciitobc Handsomest Kitreracs in ConKrcSH Washington correspondence jgwg -T i i l 5- f f N the present o f Representatives ire probably more rich members than in any of its predecess ors from the btKiii ning of the Govern ment Pennsylvania New York and par ticularly Massachu setts are sending wealthy men to Con gress nowadays the poor men come from the South and West nJlWlWIif C Charles F Sprague IVTKnf f Massachusetts MBffT II rhtIs list of pin- in 11 it i r j t - fi 11 xocrais ne married a Miss AItl of Boston who brought him almut 13000000 Some say it was only -10000000 but even the latter sum may be considered a fairly decent dower Mr Sprjigue is a new man in Congress and is only -10 years old Another very rich man from Massachusetts is William C Lov ering who is likewise serving his first term in Congress lie made his money in the manufacture of cotton goods 1 I L5el den of New York is worth four r live millions in vested in hotels iind all sorts of en terprises Ilitt of Illinois is probably as rich as Belden he got his money with his wife Over at the Sen ate end of the Cap itol is to be found quite a bunch of kikixs millionaires of course Turner the new Senator from Washington is appraised at about 4000000 invested in gold mines Wet more of Khode Island now serving bis first term inherited 3000000 El kins of West Virginia may be put down conservatively at 3000000 he owns coal mines and vast tracts of land in that State Eugene Hale of Maine who mar ried the daughter of Zach Chandler is if fit Wyviffiz supposed to possess 3000000 or 0 000000 Proctor of Vermont has 000000 invested iu marble quarries Jam Smith of New - Jersey is credited with 2000000 earned by the man ufacture of patent leather The oldest mem ber of the House of Representatives is Galusha A PUOPTOK Grow of Pennsyl vania He has passed his 75th birthday Harmer also of Pennsylvania has seen the longest service having been elected to thirteen Congresses The fattest and heaviest member is Tom Reed the Speak er The talk st is Cy Suiloway of New Hampshire He measures four inches over six feet in his socks and his beard and hair are long and black It is not certain who is the shortest representa tive but George B Mc Clellan seems to have a fair claim to that dis tinction The baldest is Cooper of Wisconsin unquestionably Over on the Senate side Gal linger of New Hamp shire boasts me least hair The Santa Claus of Congress now as for VXV manv years past is mk mj vr Stewart of Colorado GArriXGicn With his silvery hair and beard he is the very picture of Kriss Kringle There has never been any dispute as to the identity of the homeliest man in Congress since Cockrell of Missouri was elected to the Senate There is no malice in saying this for iie himself takes pride in the fact Even Pelt us the new Senator- from Ala bama makes no attempt to dispute Cock lcll for the distinction Except for reil however Pettus would be an easy win ner in this regard The homeliest man in the lower house is Ed dy of Minnesota and like Cockrell he prides himself on it slA r0m1Ic dnssps liktJ a stfjOfZ j n ianiiiar in u gray r which looks so soiled gkow liat it does not show dirl His mustache is always just about four days old and his whiskers have a growth of two days How he keeps them so is a mystery but he has never been seen clean shaved Withal he is a quaint humorist and a man of considerable ability Better to Xook Cpon The handsomest member of the House in his own judgment is Barrett of Mas sachusetts He -wears a neat Van Dyke beard and gold bowed glasses and he is always very well dressed Every body else thinks that Bailey of Texas easily bears off the palm for good looks in that legislative body The ladies are all of that opinion and they ought to Know i sailey is a big man smooth shaved uil with a strong face full JT x fi - p LODGE red lips and a youthful Iook His atllro is spick and span and his broad brimmed slouch hat gives him a look that is not of the effete East The handsomest man in the Senate to day is Penrose of Pennsylvania He is only 37 years old and though much ad mired by women he remains obstinately a bachelor He is very tall and broad but he carries himself badly being somewhat bunched about the shoulders Henry Ca bot Lodge of Nahant Mass is the swell ed looking man in the upper house fough now 47 years of age he has re tained the youthful look of earlier days to a remarkable degree Allison of Iowa if the most distinguished looking Senator and a handsome man at that The dude of the Senate par excellence is Edward Oliver Wolcott who is said to possess seventy five suits of clothes and he never wears a pair of trousers more than three times His clothes ai always of the most fashionable cut and it is even alleged that he changes his cos tume two or three times during a long days session at the Capitol keeping a small wardrobe in his committee room for that purpose Allison McMillan Gorman and Wetmore are all well dressed men Cockrell is the worst dressed Senator it has been said of him that his trousers bag at the ankles Vcll Drc3sccl Representatives The best dressed man in the House is beyond question Harry Bingham who carries the Republican parly of Philadel phia in the palm of his hand Though H7 years old and with a record of service in ten Congresses he has all the air and activity of a youthful beau His ea rnesr rival is a Cincinnati member Jacob H Bromwell It may be declared without any reserve that the worst dressed man in the House is Romulus Z Imney of North Carolina For some reason he ap pears in a very much dresse up condi tion on rare occasions but the phenome non is purely spasmodic and immediately he relapses into his accustomed disorder ly aspect Customarily he looks as if he had on his wedding suit of Q years ear liershiny and buttoned awry Neverthe less he is a brilliant orator in the old time llorid style impetuous and earnest Speaking of oratory it is surprising to find that there are no great orators in the House of Representatives to day no men to take the place of Crisp and Bourke Cockran Such orators as there aVe sit among the Republicans and the only three of any note as such are all of them Iowa men oddly enough There is Hen derson of Iowa fervid and impressive Dolliver of Iowa smooth and mellifluous and Cousins of Iowa who has a fine voice and prepares his speeches carefully All three are eloquent men and Dolliver is a wit of the first water On the Democratic side no man is to be considered seriously as an orator unless Bailey be so termed The Republicans have a rising man iu Moody from the old Essex district of Massachusetts but among the leaders of the House at pres ent there is remarkably little oratorical ability At the Senate end of the Capitol Frye and Wolcott are the best orators Wol cott is the wittiest man in the upper house and is always sure of attention when he talks Aldich of Rhode Island is the most expert debater Stewart of the silver tongue and silver hair talks the most MILLIONS TO PAY OLD CLAIMS Bills Reported to the Senate for Ap propriation of 9765253 Senator Teller chairman of the Senate Committee on Claims introduced two bills in the Senate embodying the results of the committees investigation under the provision of the general deficiency act of last session authorizing that committee to investigate and report upon meritorious claims against the Government which are before the committee One of the bills refers numerous claims to the Court of Claims and the other is an omnibus measure providing appro priations under general heads as fol lows Court of claims cases mostly under the Bowman act 1S400G3 French spoliation claims 1043117 Under naval contracts 712500 On account of churches and schools 3Go974 Claims of state 4603128 Miscellaneous claims S97204 For adjustment and settlement in part 130339 LOtl v t 0tf All but about 2000 of the claims of States allowed are for the refunding of moneys advanced for raising troops dur ing the war of the rebellion by California Oregon and Nevada Provision is made for the investigation by competent tribu nals of the claims of Florida and Tennes see against the United States and the counter claims of the general Government against those States Both these conten tions are of long standing Provision is also made for the adjust ment of claims of fifteen other States amounting in the aggregate to 193250 which are the results of expenditures made by the various States in equipping troops during the war of the rebellion GEORGE E ROBERTS The New Director of the Mint Is an Iowa Newspaper Man George E Roberts nominated to be di rector of the mint lives at Fort Dodge Iowa is a noted writer on economic top- GHOKGE E KOrEKTS ics and a warm advocate of the gold standard Mr Roberts began his careov as a printer in the otlice of the Fort Dodge Messenger and before he had arrived at his majority he was part owner of the plant and a few years afterward its sole owner Mr Roberts won a reputation during the last presidential campaign by his reply to Harveys Coins Financial School and more than 150000 conies of his book were bought by the people He i has occupied prominent public positions in Iowa and has been a political leader for several years Henry Goettel a young German baker after making a confession to the Sheriff at St Augustine to the effect that Her man Breets and himself wrecked a pas senger train near Rivera on the Florida East coast committed suicide by hang ing himself with a towel in the jail j LATTIMER TRIAL BEGINS Case Auainst Sheriff Martin for Shoot injr Miners in Pennsylvania The trial of Tames Martin high sheriff of Luzerne County Pa and his eighty deputies on charges of murder and felo nious -wounding was begun in the county court house at Wilkes Barre Tuesday Sept 10 a collision took place at Latti mer between Sheriff Martin and his arm- WvSSHf SIIEIIFF MART1X od deputies and a body of striking miners Twenty miners were killed and fifty wounded Subjects of Australia Italy and Germany were among the killed and these countries are awaiting the outcome of the trial to make claims for janiages upon the United States The defendants al come from Hazelton and vicinity and are all men of considerable standing and good reputation TALMAGES SECRET MARRIAGE The Announcement Thereof Created a Sensation Among His Friends The recent marriage of Rev Dr T De Witt Talmage was a great surprise to his friends and relatives even to his son Mrs Charles Collier whom he married s a handsome widow of 30 and one of the most charming women in the society of Pittsburgs twin city Last summer she visited New York being one of a party of friends who spent several weeks MRS T 1E WITT TALMAGE with Rev Dr Paxou Another of the guests was Dr Talmage It was the first time the renowned divine and the woman who is to share his joys and sorrows met and it was a case where Cupd conquered immediately When the guests parted there was an understanding between the preacher and the widow Correspondence was continued hut no one suspected any thing Saturday Dr Talmage went to Allegheny where preparations for a quiet secret marriage had been made After the ceremony the announcement was giv en out and it created a sensation This is Dr Talmages third venture on the mat rimonial sea His second wife died two vears ago mMAWfgsitJnrvv yjJ Jtpepa2 jrj ffcp m Students held an anti Zola demonstra tion m Paris The carnival festivities have begun at Monte Carlo Sir Henry Irving will soon present a new play at his London theater The anniversary of the execution of Charles I was celebrated in London Serious riots against the plague meas ures were reported from Sinnar India Lord Nevill was held for trial in Lon don England on a charge of forgery bail being refused The French chamber adopted the bill for razing the Paris fortifications between Point Dujour and Pantin French newspapers have advised their Government to be watchful of Ger manys actions in the East It was reported that Russia would com pel Turkey to accept Prince George of Greece as Governor of Crete The approach of the parliamentary sea son has been indicated in London lately by the additional auimation of the streets The German reichstag adopted the measure increasing the salary of Prince Hohenlohe the imperial chancellor to 100000 marks The engineering works throughout Eng land reopened owing to settlement of the strike About 35 per cent of the men were employed A conspiracy has been discovered at Teheran Persia to murder the Shah Muzaffer ed Din and install a younger brother in his place The wife of ex Prime Minister Crispi of Italy has introduced a fad among Italian ladies of having calves as pets following them around in the streets The minister of foreign affairs announc ed in the Italian parliament that no offi cial or agent of the Italian Government had any relations with Dreyfus the con vict French captain The council of foreign bondholders an nounced in London that it had been un able to obtain the installment due- Jan 20 by Venezuela for the service of the external debt of 1SS1 vA x l The District of Columbia appropriation bill was before the House on Saturday but the day Avas spent in political debate The controverted question as to whether prosperity had arrived attracted the most attention and interest and testimony pro and con was offered throughout the day At times considerable acrimony was dis played but as a rule the debate was good natured both sides seeming to recognize that it was merely a struggle to score political advantage The Senate was not iu session In the Senate on Monday two of the general appropriation bills that for the army carrying 23243402 and that for the legislative judicial and executive de partments carrying 21GlSu20 were passed the latter consisting of 121 pages occupying the attention of the Senate dur ing the greater part of the session After a brief executive session the Senate ad journed In the nouse all day was spent in debate on the Teller silver resolution 3ft was defeated by a vote of 132 to 182 The feature of the short session of the Senate on Tuesday was a statement made by Mr Clark Rep Wyo as a matter of personal privilege concerning his vote in favor of the Teller resolution no maintained that his vote was in no way inconsistent with his Republicanism and declared he would not permit anybody to fcead him out of the party as he was satisfied the masses of the party would not convict him of political heresy The House devoted most of the session to the District of Columbia appropriation bill but had not completed it at the time of adjournment Some politics was injected into the debate just at the close the fea ture of which was a bitter denunciation of W A Stone of Pennsylvania by Mr Mahany Rep N Y for the formers position in favor of the immigration biii Mr Stone did not see fit to reply Before the district bill was taken up several bills and resolutions of minor importano were passed After three days spent on the District of Columbia appropriation bill mostly in political discussion the House passed the measure on Wednesday and then took up the bill to provide for fortifications and coast defenses Several Democrats nota bly Mr McClellan of New York criticised the measure because it cut down appro priations for these works below what has been appropriated in recent years Beyond the reading of the agricultural ap propriation bill and agreeing to the amend ments proposed by the committee the Senate transacted no business of import ance in open session The greater part of the afternoon was passed in execu tive session the discussion being upon the Hawaiian annexation treaty Thursday in the House was spent os tensibly in considering the fortifications appropriation bill In reality the major portion of the time was consumed in the discussion of political topics The exist ence of prosperity in the country was again the main question of dispute All attempts to increase the appropriations in the fortifications appropriation bill or to amend it in any respect were voted down One of the features of Thursdays session of the Senate was a speech by Mr Caf fery of Louisiana in support of the reso lution reported by the Committee on Priv ileges and Elections declaring that Henry W Corbett is not entitled to a seat in the Senate from the State of Oregon Mr Corbett was appointed as Senator by the Governor of Oregon after the failure of the Legislature to elect a Senator to suc ceed Senator Mitchell Mr Caffery main tained that the Governor of a State had no authority to appoint to fill an original vacancy a vacancy beginning with a new term after the Legislature had had an opportunity to elect and had failed to do so The agricultural appropriation bill was under consideration during the great er part of the afternoon and was finally passed After a brief executive session the Senate adjourned Friday was private bill day in the House but by systematic filibustering the private calendar containing the bills re ported by the Committee on Claims was not reached the whole day and evening being consumed in passing thirty seven private pension bills favorably acted upon by the House at the session last Friday night During the consideration of one of the bills an interesting discussion of the sale of the Kansas Pacific Road was precipitated by Mr Fleming Dem of Georgia who with his Democratic col leagues desired legislation to require the President to bid the full amount of the debt principal and interest Mr Powers chairman of the Pacific Railroad Com mittee contended that the real purpose of the opposition was to compel the Govern ment to take the road aiuL operate it He said he thought the administration which had secured every dollar owing from the Union Pacific could be safely trusted to protect the Governments interest at the sale of the Kansas Pacific In the Sen ate no business of importance was trans acted in the brief open session After the executive session of three hours the Senate adjourned until Mondav A Musical Mousetrap Acting upon the idea that mice are very sensitive to music a Belgian man ufacturer has substituted a musical mousetrap for the commou trap In stead of baiting the apparatus with a bit of cheese or bread the inventor has hidden in a double bottom a small mu sic box which plays automatically various popular airs of the country The mice he insists are drawn irre sistibly toward the music box aud in order to hear better they step into the trap and find themselves prisoners Her Pace Often Soiled Lady to bouse girlj You should take a lessou from the cook You are slov mly whereas she washes her face three or four times a day House Girl No wonder The fellow who comes here to court her is a chim ney sweep The Erk of the Ostrich The largest egg is that of the ostrich It weighs three pounds and is consid ered equal in amount to twenty four hens eggs 0UE BOYS AND GIRLS THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT Or THE PAPER Quaint Sayinjjs and Cute Doings of the Xittle Folks Everywhere Gathered end Printed Here for All Other Lit Sle Gaca io Itcad A Brave Little Girl Just one more kiss for good night mamma Just one more kiss for good night And then you may go to my dear papa And yes you may put out the light For Ill promise you truly 1 wont be afraid As I was last night youll see Cause Im going to be papas brave little maid As he told me I ought to be But the shadows wont seem so dark mamma If youll kiss me a little bit more Aud you know I can listen and hear where you are If you only wont shut the otor For if I can hear you talking I think It will make me so sleepy maybe That Ill go to sleep just as quick as a wink And forget to to cry like a baby You neednt be laughing my mamma dear While youre hugging me up so tight You think I am crying to keep you here You and I guess the light Please kiss me good night once more mamma I could scarcely my promise keep If youd only stay with me just as you are And kiss me till I go to sleep Harpers Round Table Dr Junkers Escape Dr Junker the Russian explorer who did not see a white person for years while he was studying the natives and natural history of the Upper Mobangi Makua River made use of an ingenious expedient to get to the coast on bis way home in 1880 He could not descend the Nile for tlie Malidists blocked the way He could not follow the beaten road by way of Victoria Nyanza for the Waganda and other tribes bad been killing whites and if they did not mur der Junker they would at least detain liim as a prisoner Arab traders would not take him in their caravans for fear they would lose the friendship of the native chiefs along the road At last the doctor went to one of the traders with this proposal You cannot take me with you as a friend he said but you can take me as a slave Look at this And Dr Junker showed the trader an order written in Arabic and signed by a well known firm in Zanzibar authorizing the doctor to make any arrangements he desired with the Arabs of Central Africa and the firm would honor his drafts Now continued Dr Junker I have written out a contract and if you Avill sign it with me I shall reach the coast It provides that when you deliver me alive at Zanzibar the sum of 1500 Austrian thalers will be paid to you by this firm You cannot take me with you as a traveler or a friend and you must therefore take me as a slave The bargain was made on this basis In passing through the hostile tribes the white man was represented to be a slave -who had been purchased from a negro tribe further north As a slave he passed muster even at the court of ruel King Mwanga and was allowed to pass on in peace with his supposed master Harpers Round Table in Africa So Big How big is my baby So big So big is baby Lift your little arms to show O my baby how you grow io big So big is baby How big is my baby So big So big is baby Stretching up his rosy hands Tall and straight my baby stands So big So big is baby Kindergarten Review Wrong Tinie for Dust Cobby had been to church and Avas very much impressed by the minister saying that man was made of dust Mamma he exclaimed after a thoughtful silence was I made of dust too Yes Bobby she replied Well said the youngster I dont see how it happened My birthday comes in January and there aint no dust then Chicago News One Use for Rats One day not long ago a San Francis co hardware company received an order from a great wine owning company worded like this Send without delayfifty rats to the Ltica mine There was consternation at once What could it mean Was it a joke If it wasnt how Avas a hardware com pany to get fifty rats But it -was a serious order and that night a dozen or more men went into the basement of the store and prepared a rat banquet of cheese and bacon in one of the rooms When the rats big and little came Inside the door wass quietly closed and the rats were trapped Then they were boxed np and sent away Rats are needed in the mines to eat up refuse food or other matter that would decompose and the great Utictu mines previous colony was suffocated at a recent fire That is why the San Francisco firm received its queer order and promptly filled it Impatient Tommy said a mother to her six-year-old hopeful you must not in terrupt me when I am talking to tho ladies it isnt good manners You must wait till we get through and then you can talk But mamma re torted the youthful observer 3 011 never get through and mj tall wont keep The Mugwumps Little four-year-old Maggies father had the mumps Avhen one of her little playmates came in to visit her Why Maggie exclaimed the little miss whats the matter -with your papas face Taint jist no matter tall replied Maggie Hes only dot tho mugwumps in his jaAvses An Unfair Deal A little boy Avas fishing and drawing in bis line found that the bait bad been taken off Avithout result Avhereupon he burst into tears and said Its eheat t ins- CYCLISTS DARING RIDE Kentucky Girl Risked Her Life Riding Across u High Bridge Miss Motle Coffman 13 years of age of Nicholasville Ky has earned the reputation of being the most daring feminine cyclist in the old Blue Grass State When she pedaled over and back across the famous railroad bridge which spans the Kentucky River be tween Jessamine and Mercer Counties Kentucky she performed a feat that for reckless daring has no equal in thu history of the State The bridge on account of its being the highest strut ture of its kind in the Avorld Is known as High bridge The structure and tho surrounding scenery are among the greatest marvels of the South Trains pass over it hourly day and night There is a railroad station and a litthj village at the north end of the bridge It is a typical railroad bridge there being no railings on the sides and tha only floor is that formed by the regiw lation railroad cross tics which are six inches apart Being a single track bridge it is only fifteen feet wide Thus bad Miss Coffc man lost coutrol of her Avheel or had she not guided it in a direct line she would in all probability haA e been thrown off and have fallen 300 feet forthat is the height of the bridge from the water But this Aas not the only danger for a train Avas liable to conjfi along at any moment and while it is true that there is barely room for a man to stand and let a train pass ther are very very few Avho dare take such a risk The narrow railroad bridge ia 800 feet high and 1161 feet long and on account of its dizzy height but few people dare walk out on it a dozen steps Miss Coffman is the youngest daugh ter of Mrs Sallie Coffman She is ex ceedingly modest and childlike in hen ways Why she ventured on such perilous ride she herself cannot fully explaiu She says it just occurred to her to ride across and she neveT took into consideration that there would be any danger - y - The Drying Process for Vegetables Among the new and important indus tries Avhich have been developed in Cal ifornia may now be numbered the dry ing of vegetables Vegetables like po tatoes and caiTots are poured into the hopper of the cutting machine Avheru rotating knife blades cut them up into slices a quarter of an inch thick After being sliced the tubers are slightly phured in a Avooden chamber Here great discrimination must be used If they are sulphured too much the pota toes will taste of the fumes if too lit tle they will not contain enough anti septic property and bacteria attracted by the starch Avill develop A littles sulphuring is absolutely necessary to preserve the color of the vegetables to some extent and to prevent decay The next transition of the fruit is to the evaporator a sort of small Ferris wheel consisting of a brick oven with glass Avindows This is revolved close to hot pipes for a few hours Wheni this stage is passed the potatoes resem l ble dry chips and it takes G or 7 pounds of the fresh to make one pound of thej dried Onions are so pungent that bac teria do not take kindly to them They are therefore only slightly sulphured before drying The drying process shriAels them so much that it takes twenty parts of fresh onions to makej one of the dried The sight of the tearsf of the employes whose eyes are smart I ing from the fumes of the onions un j der preparation is almost pathetic Car i rots dry in the ratio of one part of dried to nine parts of fresh vegetable The industo has proved very prolita t ble as the dried fruit is in demand all over the country and especially in the mining districts It is not unlikely that further imprpvements may soom be made in the dryng process It has been suggested that steam be In such case tlie starch in the po tatoes Avould be partly cooked and axer l - and after this the tubers could be evaporated as before In this vrav the potatoes could be rid of sulphur well dried and yet be capable of beingij quickly soaked and there Avould be no chance for bacteria to develop Value of C nban Coins The silver peso of Cuba is 92 cents of United States moneyamj1 the gold doubloon is equal to 3017 We see no reason -why the spirit off mortal should be proud unless he ownsj a coal mine lf