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"Applause" to Bg Barred From
Congressional Record.
STUCK IN FOR HOME READERS
Bill for Monuments and Momorlals
Are Numerous This Session
Wave Perry's "Don't Qlve Up
the Ship" Flag.
By GEORGE CLINTQN.
Washington. Congress Intends to
flhut down on "deceitful allusions to
applause" Perhaps tho public doos
not know it, bat a groat many or tho
flno speeches which appear in tho
Congressional Record and which fre
quently are sent out In pamphlot form
to constituents to admlro, novor were
dollvorod. A mombor gots two min
utes' time, stands on his foot, deliv
ers himself of tho opening paragraph
of a speech and then gets "leavo to
print" tho remainder in tho Congres
sional Record. When tho Record ap
pears with tho speeches in full It fre
quently has beon found that tho mem
ber who was supposed to havo do
llvorod tho speech has inserted hero
and thoro in parenthesis tho word
"applauao" and occasionally ho has In
serted "groat applauao" and on other
occasions no may put in "long, loud
and continuous applause," and again
"great cheering." This has beon pro
nounced time and again to bo a potty
Bort of deceit intended for homo con
sumption and tho making of votes.
Congress may take cognizance of
this "applause practice," for Represen
tative Du.vre has Introduced this reso
lution, which it is said may pass:
"Resolvod, That tho Congressional
Record shall hereafter contain no ref
erence to any applause that may oc
cur In connection with anything done
or said on tho floor of tho houso of
representatives, nor shall any method
of indicating approval or disapproval
thereof bo employed in said publica
tion." Thero Is nothing in this resolution
to show directly what It is almod at,
but every member knows and It is
probable that a good many men who
havo written tho word applause a
dozen times will vote for tho resolu
tion rather than have it appear that
they havo been addicted to a deceit
ful practice and would llko to keep It
Season for Monuments.
This seems to bo tho session for tho
Introduction of bills Into congress for
tho erection of monuments and me
morials of various kinds. Mr. Flood
of Virginia has Just introduced a bill,
"To provide for the construction of
a memorial highway, archway and
.gateway in memory of Thomas Jeffer
son at Montlcello, Albemarle county,
Virginia." Tho Democrats make more
or less of a shrlno of Thomas Jeffer
son's old home. Tho approaches to
It aro said not to bo what they should
be, and thero Is a chanco that Mr.
Flood's bill will pass the house. It
will stand a fair chanco of passage
In tho senate also, because although
the Republicans there aro in a ma
jority, no party men llko to let It ap
pear that they are moved by political
considerations to deny honor to the
iiomory of a great man of another
oa. ty.
Representative Legare of South
irollna, having noted tho successful
attempt to secure a monument to
Christopher Columbus In tho city or
Washington, has asked congress to
-erect a monument to tho memory of
Queen Isabella of Spain.
,1i. A, Show Perry's Old Flag.
" Mis'3 other day In congress an ap
penteilation was asked to repair, pro
s'. Sut( and properly exhibit tho trophy
ilijth now In store in the naval acad
ov t Annapolis, Md. In order that
tl .)'-tempt to secure tho appropria
tion might have plenty of patriotic
so.tfraent to Inspire Its passage, one
of i:ho members had secured from
the naval academy several of tho bat
tlo flags which are now In tho keeping
of that institution. Ono of them was
.tho flag flown by Commodore Perry
at tho battle or Lake Erie. It is a blue
flag with these words in gold letters
Inscribed upon it: "Don't Qivo Up tho
Ship." These words, of course, will
bo recognized as thoso or Captain
Lawrence or the United States navy,
who commanded the frigate Chesa
peake in Its battle with the British
frigato Shannon off tho Maine coast
in tho war or 1812.
Lawrenco waB mortally wounded in
tho action and his last words were
"Don't glvo up tho ship," words which
became the motto of tho American
navy. Captain Lawrenco lies burled
In Trinity churchyard, New York city,
hlB grave being within firteen feet of
tho iron fence which separates the
icometery from the busiest part of that
great thoroughfarp, Broadway. Hun
dreds or thousands of people visit this
irravo in the course of a yoar and It la
seen through tho fence palings by as
Hmany more thousands, who ir they
Wwould stop ror a moment, could read
"jfrom tho navement tho lnsnlrltlntr in
scription which tho tomb bears.
Marines Are Ever First,
The reported request from tho
American minister at tho City of
' .Mexico for marlneB to guard tho
negation thero in case that tho up-
, Arising against the president or Mexico
should endanger tho lives of Ameri-
'- J cans, accentuates tho fact thnt thn mn.
a rlnea of tho United States Bervico al-
most always havo been tho first of
the American armed forces to bo call
ed on for service In case that this
country is threatened with trouble
abroad.
. "Tell it to the Marines" 1b an old
saying and tho Implication In it Is
that the marines will bollevo anything
and thero Is also something of a sneor
In tho saying. This "romark of re
proach" Is not nearly one, for tho sail
ors who originated It only moant to
Intlmato that tho marlnos did not
know anything about sailing a ship.
No sailor has over contended tbat'tho
marlno Is not a good flchtur and "all
for tho colors."
Tho Amorlcan marines had the first
fight with tho Spaniards In Cuba.
They woro sent into China at tho time
thnt the embassies wero bolcagucrod
In 1900 and at the Battle of Tientsin
tho marines lost heavily, Thoy havo
been landed In Mexico before this and
in several of tho South American
countries and always havo they done
good service. Years ago over In
Korea tho marines of this government
fought and fought well. The record
of tho marines is a long ono and an
honorablo ono.
General Gcorgo F. Elliott of the ma
rine corps years ago with 21 marines
and 29 sailors mado a hurry-up march
from Chemulpo to Sooul In Korea In
order to protect tho Amorlcan consu
late and tho missionaries at that placo
during the war between China and Ja
pan. At that tlmo Elliott wa3 a llou
tonant attached to tho U. S. S. Balti
moro. News camo to tho ship that
the Koreans woro raising tho cry
"Korea for tho Koreans" and wero
about to massacre all the foreigners
at tho Korean capital. Admiral Mc
Nalr ordored Elliott and his little com
mand to tako up a "double tlmo"
across country to save tho mission
aries. A Hazardous Trip.
It is probable that few military bod
ies wero ever asked to engage In such
a trip aB that turned out to be. It waa
so hot that the marines turned the
tables and told tho sailors that their
belt buckles melted In tho sun. Near
ly tho whole lino of tho march was
through submerged rlco Colds, tho
mon being up to their knees Ir water
half the tlmo, with their footsteps
ciogged by the plant roots and stems.
Under theso conditions they made
pace at tho rate of five mlleB an hour,
and they reached their destination In
tlmo to perform tho service for which
the call for tho march had been Is
sued. General Elliott has seen service In
all sorts of climatic conditions. Ho
was assigned to the Alllanco for her
cruise to tho Arctic years ago, and on
the voyage the ship's crew reached a
northorn point of 80 degrees and 10
minutes, tho record up to that time.
It was immediately upon his return
from tho Arctic that Elliott was order
ei to the tropics, and ho saw lighting
In Panama, which was then In tho
hands of the revolutionary forces.
During this Panama servlco tho rev
olutionists made an attempt to blow
Elliott and his command off tho face
of tho Isthmus with dynamite. Elliott
and a private of marines caught tho
man hired to explode the stuff Just as
ho was about to light the fuse. It was
perhaps a narrower escape than any
which the general ever had, and his
narrow escapes besprinkle plentifully
his record.
Many Claims In Congress.
Readers of Mark Twain will
remember his story of the great
beef claim and tho course of tho
proceedings before tho lawmakers
In Washington. When a man does dig
ging after truth In tho records of con
gress he can And somo things which
aro stranger than the romances of tho
fiction writers. There are claims to
day beforo either congresB or tho court
of claims which havo their origin back
in the Revolutionary days. The trac
ing of 'tho right to recompense from
tho government for sacrifices mado b7
ancestors of present day people Is
one of tho hardest tasks known to law
yers. Tho trail gets confused after
tlmo, and so It 1b that some people who
may havo legitimate claims against
Uncle Sam aro unable to collect them.
Only tho other day an adverse re
port on a Revolutionary claim was
made by Senator Townscnd of the sen
ate committee which has chargo of
suqh matters. The claim was for the
payment or 30 loan certificates alleged
to have been issued by Richard Ralph
Randall, May 15, 1779, which certifi
cates were for $500, continental
money, specie value, $47.73. Congress
was asked that theso certificates
should be paid with Interest to a very
remote descendant of Randall, who
died In 1790. Ho left a son, William,
who, when he was an old man, adver
tised ror tho lost certificates and me
morialized congress for their payment.
Tho lawmakers refused to pay any at
tention to tho matter. Others have
presented tho claim but without suc
cess. Claims growing out of tho war be
tween tho states are, of course, more
numerous than those growing out of
tho war of tho Revolution, because the
ono war la nearer to us than tho oth
er, and many or tho active claimants
aro living. Tho scnato has Just given
tho Shawnee Indians or Kansas tho
right to go to tho proper United States
court to havo their claims adjusted ror
indemnity ror losses sustained by
them during tho Civil war. It Is claim
ed that theso particular Shawnoo In
diana remained peaceful during tho
troublo between the states, did not
commit depredations, and yot on tho
supposition that they had dono so,
Union soldiers seized tho Indiana' pro
visions, household goods, cattle, horses
and bogs and used them without ren
dering any paymont thorofor.
It has been said that tho Civil war
la nearer to ub than tho Revolution
ary war, but the length or tlmo that
It takes to havo a claim adjusted or
even to start it on tho way to adjust
ment y be made known when It la
said tu-i this Shawnco matter has
been pending In ono way or another
for 45 years.
SoueotnG
'Sr.fje.
LittleOnes
OPTICAL TOY QUITE AMUSING
Can Easily Be Made by Using Piece
of Cardboard With Two Ojects on
Different Sides.
How many children know what a
thaumntropo Is? Very few, by thnt
jnamc. But most of them havo seen
thaumatropes. Tho dictionary says
that. a "thaumatropo Is an optical toy
depending ror Its action upon the per-
The Juggler.
slstonce of an image on the retina of
tho eye. On opposite sides of a disk
aro depleted two obJectB or different
parts of the same object, so that
when tho disk Is rapidly twirled
nround a diameter tho two sides np
pear to bo Eeen at once and their Im
ages aro combined."
Thaumatropes aro not hnrd to
make. Just cut out thoso pictures,
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Reverse Side of the Disk.
paste them on opposite sides of a
cardboard and twirl It by means of
the string ns shown also in tho illus
tration, wind you will have a thauma
trope. i
OPINIONS AS TO FRIENDSHIP
Healthy-Minded Girl Faces Facts
Squarely and Looks for Reasons
for Shattered Idol.
"Most of us start out In girlhood
with rather definite opinolns as to
friendship," snys Anne Bryan McCall
in Woman's Homo Companion. "A
friend should be this or that. Wo havo
the matter all settled in our minds.
And then, along comes some 'experi
ence entirely outside our expectation.
Tho friend to whom wo have vowed
undying devotion falls us In somo es
sontlnl and disappoints us deeply. The
structure we thought secure for all
time falls suddenly. Somo of us may
perhaps Bit among tho ruins, bewail
ing and embittered; but tho healthy
minded girl faces the fact squarely
and looks about for reasons.
"One reason our friendships fall
is that we think of them as complete
and established things. Friendship is
a thing nover complete it is always
In tho making. A vow of friendship,
no matter how earnest, Is at best,
only a promise to pay; whereas many
of us mistake It ror a payment In it
seir. Take any or those big qualities
and requirements or every honor, un
selfishness, fidelity does It occur to
you that any one or theso can bo es
tablished once and ror all? Indeed, It
cannot. Loyalty yesterday Is not loy
alty today, nor will an unselfish act of
tho day that Is past servo to meet the
obligation of usefulness or tho day
that Is here. It Is not a luxury, this,
that can be bought and paid for and a
receipt given.
CUSTOM OF SHAKING HANDS
Display of Friendly Feeling Origin
ated When Men Were In Habit of
Carrying Swords.
Did you over nsk yoursolf why you
shako hands with persona whom you
know? Hero Is the reason:
In tho old days, when every man
who bad any pretensions to being a
gentleman carried a sword, It was the
custom for men when thoy met to
show that they had no Intention of.
treachery to offer each other their
weapon hands that Is, tho hand that
would bo used to draw tho sword, and
to withhold tho hand was usually the
Bignnl ror a fight.
So fixed did this habit become that
long alter men ceased to wear awordB
they still offered tho weapon hand to
a friend nnd declined to offer It to an
enemy. To this day when you refuse
to shako hands with a person It signi
fies that you aro at war. Among
savages, who nover carried swords,
tho practlco of shaking hands Is un
known, nnd It affordB .them amusement
to see tho whlto men do it.
Origin of Words.
"How did thero como to bo so many
words In tho world?" naked Ilttlo Lo
la, who was turning tho leaveB of a
dictionary.
"Oh," replied her eight-year-old
brother, "thoy camo through xfolka
quarreling. Ono word brought oh an
other, you know."
JES' INJUN STORIES.
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1 Jen' lovo Injun stories.
An' snake stories as well:
An' my olo Uncla Snm'l
Is tho in nn what shore can tfIL
Slcli stories till ycr hnlr stands;
An' yer blood fer fair does creep;
An' after you have heard 'em
You Jes' can't no to sleep!
You're thlnkln' an' you're, thlnktn'
About them Injuns wild.
An' of them slimy serpents
Llko tho ono olo Evo beguiled!
But Jes' tho same, you llko 'cm,
E'en though your blood does creep.
An' nil Ivors up an' down ycr spine
Does make you lose yer sleep.
REALISTIC DOLLS NOT GOOD
Better to Give Children tho Old-Fash-
loncd Beauties They Love Than
New Weird Creations.
For many generations tho doll has
been growing moro nnd moro beaut!
ful; her eyes havo become larger and
moro languishing, her rosebud lips
moro perfect, her dimples moro al
luring. If every child could not bo
pretty, nt least no child need bo with
out a pretty doll.
But suddonly a cruel tidal wavo of
realism has swopt over doll country.
Tho realistic doll has como, snys the
Boston Herald. Thoro Is a popular de
mand for truth at any price, and the
price In tho nursery Is bought at the
expense or childish Imagination. Tho
Installment or "real land" means tho
abandonment of dreamland. Tho real
istic doll may bo found upon tho coun
ter or every toy shop. It Is a repro
duction of ugly little pcoplo. It has
squint eyes, or a snub nose, or pro
truding cars, or all combined. It Is a
weird creation of a distorted con
scientiousness. The modern child haa groat advant
ages, but It lias also sustained many
serious lossos. Perhaps tho greatest
of theso Is caused by tho literal, real
istic, scientific form of education,
which Is diminishing ns rapidly as pos
sible tho priceless gift of Imagination.
The doll is the embodiment of tho
childish Ideal, tho symbol or beauty
and symmetry. In tho kingdom or dollB
thero should bo nothing admitted that
la not beautiful; and ho or she who
trespasses against this law has tres
passed against that ideal world which
should .be tho special property of lit
tle children.
SAFETY SWING FOR A PORCH
One New Feature Is Its Collapolblllty
Footrest Keeps Women's
Skirts From Floor.
A now kind of porch swing, which
the makers claim has several points
of advantage, haa been designed by
an Indiana man. Ono' feature of the
swing Is Its collapalblllty, which
makes It easy to put and tako down
and requires Ilttlo room when It Is
not In use. Another feature Is the
footrest, which is hinged to tho bot
tom and can bo folded up, If not
needed. It would probably bo In use
Wf w i i w
8afe New Porch Swing.
most of tho tlmo, howover, as It saves
tho porch floor from having paint
scratched off by tho feet or Bwlngcra
and keeps women's skirts from drag
ging on tho floor nnd bocoming colled
and frayed around tho bottoma. Tho
swing fastens to the porch colling by
chains and cannot bo tipped ovor by
children. A lawn swing of larger
size la mado on tho same principle.
Wasn't Going to Be a Man.
"Well, Ilttlo chap," said tho stranger
In tho family, picking up one of tho
chlldron, "what aro you going to bo
when you aro man?".
"Nuilln," said tho child.
"Nothing? Why bo?" asked the
strnngcr.
"Because," said tho child, "I'm a lit
tle girl."
Holes for tho Rain.
"Mamma." queried Ilttlo Ethel.
"what aro tho stars In tho Bky for?"
"Each star 1b a world llko ours.
dear," replied her mother.
"Why," exclaimed tho astonished
Ethel, " I thought they woro Just lit
tle holes to let the rain through."
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CONSTRUCTION OF HEN HOUSE
Few Practical Suggestions That Will
Bo of Much Assistance to the
Poultry Keeper.
(Uy J. Q. 11ALPIN and C. A. OCOCK,
Wisconsin.)
For success In poultry keeping It
Is necessary to have a suitable house
which will protect tho fowls rrom In
clement wenther and rrom their nat
ural enemies.
It must bo remembered that from
tho standpoint or tho hen, nppcaranco
makes very ilttlo difference, but tho
houso must bo so built and bo ar
ranged thnt It will bo a comfortnblo
placo ror tho hens to live; otherwise
they will not thrlvo nnd production
will not bo Bntlsractory. On many
farms tho Iiciib are not provided with
a houso constructed especially for
them, but nre housed In nn old build
ing originally mado for somo othor
purpose. As a rule this sort of a
houso la not economical, for, unless it
Is constructed especially for hens, It
will seldom bo found possible to re
construct It In bucIi a way as to
mako economical production possible.
Poultry houses should bo located
whoro It Ib dry and well drained. If
tho ground la not naturally dry, it
Bhould bo ditched nnd drained, artifi
cially, for poultry will not thrlvo in
a houso when tho floor is constantly
wet. A damp location menus a damp
a
Proper Way to Moko Partition.
poultry house all tho way through,
and tho result 1b that tho fowls aro
affected with many troublesome dla
cases. Houses Bhould he placed bo that
they will not bo subject to violont
winds, yet good air and draluago aro
casontlal. A houso should never bo
placed in a low, damp spot whoro
early fall frosts are likely to occur.
Theso places aro always cold nnd un
healthy for fowls.
One hundred hens will thrlvo In n
pen 20x20 feet, thnt Is four squnro feet
of floor spao per hen, hut ono hen
will not thrlvo in. a pen 2x2 feet. In
a largo pen each one has a chanco to
wander about over tho entlro floor
space, thus getting moro exorclae.
Generally speaking, it is far cheaper
to build a wide houso than a narrow
one. A houso 20x20 is cheaper than
a houso 10x40 nnd contains nB much
floor apace for tho hens. A Iioubq
20 feet wide, howover, will bo found
Impracticable for some types of roofa
and will not bo round satisfactory
where ono wishes to keep a number
of Binall breeding pens. Thero nre
several common typcB of roofB used
on poultry houses. '
Juat which Btylo of roof Bhould be
chosen Is largely n matter of personal
preference, but tho typo of roof will
bo found to Influence tho cost of con
struction to quite nn extent.
Wherever thero 1b only ono poultry
houso a partition ia always advisable
no It permits ono to keep tho hens sop-
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' Different Types of Roofs Used In
Poultry Houses. 1 Is a shed roof, 2 a
combination roof, 3 a gable roof, 4 a
semi-monitor roof, 6 a monitor roof,
6 a slanting front roof, and 7 an A
type roof.
arated from tho pullets enrly In the
winter nnd makeB it possible later to
mako up a breeding pen of tho beat
fowls. In a small house, that la ono
not over 30 feet long, ono should uao
boardB for tho partitions for about
two feet from tho floor. Tho rest
may bo mado of wlro or cloth except
botwoen the rooato of tho different
pena, where tho boards should run to
tho roof.
Feed for Qrowlng Ducklings.
Growing ducklings thrlvo beat on a
feed composed of, equal parts, by
measure, of corn meal, ground peas,
bran nnd middlings, all mado into
thick mash, either with scalding hot
water or milk, tho latter being tho
bottor. Tho mash is improved by add
ing Bhort-cut green grass, clover or
somo other green stuff, and a few
handfulla of coarso sand.
Bad Air and Incubation.
Tho atmosphere of a cellar whore
vegetable aro kept Is not fit for an
incubator. Tho air, according to Pop
lar Mechanics, Is charged with car
bonlc gas, which 1b fatal to young
chicks.
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Wind o' tho south, como whisper now
Tho spoil thnt shakos tho blossom-bough,!
Tho spell that wakes tho waiting leavcsj
Until they dunce In wondrous weaves
Of Jewel-green nxnlnst tho bluo
And show to us a world mado new.
Wind o' tho south, como now and call
Tho vines upon tho crumbled wall
Until they till with sprliiB'B own blood
And open ninny a swelling bud
And till each Bray and empty space
With restful strnnds of curving graco.
Wind o' tho south, como breatho nRaln
Ahovo tho enrth's old wintry stain
Until tho cugcr blades of Krass
Leap up to greet us ns wo pass,
Let 'spring's enrpot bo outrolled,
Starred with tho dandelion's gold.
Wind o' tho south, comu o'er tho miles.
With promise of tho Bummer whiles;
Como wako tho silent, sleeping trees,
And blow rovolllo for tho bees,
And waft to us tho raro porfumo j
Caught from somo regal roso In bloom.
Wind o tho south, como bring your song)
For which wo hnrlccn ovcrlong. i
Como singing gcntlo, singing low, ' '
The drcnmlng strains our licurtn would'
know,
Until tho vibrant world shall bo
Attuned to your glad melody.
The Happy Oyster. ,'
A common everyday church Bodal
oyster roposed within its can for It
was a canned oyBtor and it ro-t
pined.
It waB unhappy.
Yes, Ilttlo ono, it la enough tot
mako any ono unhnppy to bo cast forj
tho pnrt of a canned oyster.
But thnt hnd nothing to do with this
Instnnco. It waa moroly a phllo-J
Bophlcal sentiment, bo to Bpeak. Let!
us go on.
Tho canned oyster repined. All
about it it saw lobsters and crabs andj
fish with which It had onco mingled'
socially, going out on daintily deco
rated china to mingle with tho best.
Bocloty. And oven a canned oyster
haa aspirations. O, yes, child. '
But at last, when tho canned oy
ster was saddest, tho chef, or some
body, approached it, speared It on a
fork and laid it carefully on a shell!
that onco had held a bluo point. '
Tho shell, with five othors similar
ly supplied, waB placed on a bed of
cracked ico In a dish and. given to a
waiter who was waiting.
"O, Joy!" exclaimed tho oyster. For
by tho mnglc of the mnn in tho kitch
en It had been raised to tho bluo
point degree
And then it was Berved to a nature
faker. NO CHANGE IN THE MENU.
Star Boarder I see that meat haa1
advanced in prico.
Mr. Sourdropp That won't bother
ua. Tho lenther market 1b firm. !
Foilsd.
Din fierce mosquito on her cheek
Was humped up Hko a camel,
For her complexion bent his beak
You sec, it wan enamel.
Sound Allko.
"It puzzles rue, Indeed," says our'
friend, tho heavy thinker, mopping hl
beaded brow.
"What puzzles you?" wo ask, ns la
expected of ua.
"1 waB Juat wondering If nn cton
jacket ia in tho samo class as a din
ner' coat,"
Just So.
Tho mnn who blows hla own horn
often has to play second fiddle.
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