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CONGRESS HAS BEGUN ITS WORK OF
I MAKING OUR LAWS.
Mr. Wnllnmn Think (he Men Whit Cnnc
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slonnl wheels uro again in motion, but
nothing in tliowliolo legislative iniicliliio
is so interesting no tliu men who intiku it
go nml who nru n part of it. As ono situ
in tho gallery ntul looks down nnon the
400 men who aro hero to niiilto tho tui
tion's laws lie discerns ho many interest
ing figures, so ninny great careers, sj
many individuals about whom gossip
and story cluster, that ho hardly knows
whero to chooso his subjects. I seo ono
bright young man, with a faeo liko that
of a god and a smilo that would win the
heart of a child or woman, in whom I
tako a good deal of interest. His name
is Bryan, and ho comes from Nebraska,
whero ho is a lawyer, who has been sent
to congress for his first term. I want to
watch Mr. Bryan as a tyjw. Ho has
been in Washington moro than a week,
and took an active part in tho speaker
ship contest. In that struggle ho learned
what seemed to bo a revelation to him
that congressional politics is largely
tnado up of lying, duplicity, insincerity,
two faced ness, treachery.
Mr. Bryan is an honest young man,
fresh from tho boundless prairies of tho
west, and this discovery amazed and ap
palled him. "If this is national politics,"
he said, "1 think 1 will go back homo
and stay there. I don't think I want to
engage in politics of this kind." "Oh,"
said an old member, "you will get ac
customed to it altera time, and I ven
ture to predict that when tho next sjicak
ershlp contest comes on you will bo as
smart and admit as any of them." "If
I thought I would bo brought down to
tho sort of duplicity that I havo seen
hero," feaid Mr. Bryan, "I would this day
go and resign my sent in tho house and
tako tho first train out of Washington."
Now, I liked that reply, and this young
man is worth watching. Which do you
think is tho better prophet, the old mem
ber who knows something of tho influ
ences exerted by public life at tho na
tional Capital, or tho young man from
tho prairies?
Another interesting young man is the
much talked of Sherman Hour, of Mas
sachusetts. Everybody expects to find
this scion of a rich and aristocratic fam
ily somewhat. aristocratic himself. But
ho isn't. Ho has already established
himself as ono of the popular men of
congress. Ho mixes with tho wild
westerners, tho Tammany chaps from
tho metropolis, tho lusty fellows from
tho great northwest as readily as with
the collego bred men from his own sec
tion. Ho has a hearty handshake and a
good story for every ono. Ho looks liko
n young farmer as much as anything
else, and now that his congressional dis
trict has beon enlarged to tako in several
rurul counties I imagine he is trying to
become a confirmed and accepted agri
culturist. In this connection a clover
story is told by Mr. Hoar himself. He
was out in tho fields ono day driving tliu
hay wagon for tho laborers on his fa
ther's farm. Ho was attired in a flannel
shirt and an old straw hat which ho had
picked up somewhere, and looked for all
tho world liko a farmer himself. Tho
men sent him with a light wagon after
somo tools, and while on this errand he
was accosted by ono of tho professors of
tho divinity school near by.
"My good man," said tho teacher of
divinity, "cawn't you drivo mo up to tho
railway station? I havo to catch a train,
and mo carriage has not come. Please
do, now; that's a good follow." Tho
youojrVongressman told him to jump in,
On tho way to tho station tho minister
prated of tho beauties of rural life.
"Oh, tho lovely flowers," ho exclaimed:
"how I lovo flowers. My good man, 1
supposo you aro so accustomed to tho
beautiful flowers of tho fluid, as you
pass them in your daily toil, that you do
not tako any notice of them whatovah."
"Oh, yes; I notico them onco in awhile,"
said yoryj Hoar, with difficulty sup
pressing nis merriment. A little farther
on Mr. Hoar's sister was met in tho road,
driving a dog cart. Of course sho bowed
and smiled to her brother and Mr. Hoar
lifted his hat to her. Tho teacher of
divinity went into ecstacies. "Oh, how
lovely! how beautiful!" ho exclaimed;
"what charming simplicity, what a com
mentary on the freedom of social insti
tutions in America, when tho lady of the
town bows to tho rustic of tho field."
ThiSffhs too much for young Mr. Hoar,
and t-'s a result of tho laughter which he
was unable longer to suppress, it was
necessary for him to roveal his identity.
"If 1 cau get this story in circulation
among tho farmers of my district," says
Mr. Hoar, "I shall havo no difficulty in
winning r. re-election."
Speaking of this aristocratic New
England family reminds me that I saw
in tho senate corridor tho other day a
pair of fine lads from Now England,
walking arm in arm to look for their
fathers. Each of theso boys is tho son of a
senator and tho grandson of a senator.
Tho father of ono is Senator Hale, of
Maine, aniof tho other Senator Chandler,
of Now Hampshire. Tho grandfather of
young Halo was Senator Zaek Chandler,
of Michigan, and tho grandfather of
young Chandler was the famous Senator
John P. Hale, of Now Hampshire. Tho
n;uno of ono lad is Chandler Hale, and
of tho other Halo Chandler. About a
quarter of u century henco I expect to
see both of them members of tho body
of which their fathers and grandfathers
wero members before them.
Why it is time tho state of Maine al
ways manages to make herself felt so
strongly in tho two houses of congress is
a mystery to ine. Perhaps it is becaubo
a man who gets to thu trout in that state
is permitted to remain there long enough
to accomplish something. Those good old
Yankees of Maino have a way of build
ing a man up instead of tearing him
down, liook at (ho nati;ca that fur away
state has contributed to history: Ulaino,
Morrill, Fessenden, Hamlin, Heed and
many moro in tho earlier days. Tho
pr-?ient senators from that state came
into tho senate on the same day, and in
nil likelihood will stay there till they die.
Maino is tho only state in tho Union that
sends back to this congress all of hei
representatives in tho last congress, not
taking into account states which havo
but one congressman. Tho Maine dele
gation is, without question, tho strong
est on tho Republican side of this house.
Maine's most famous statesman, who
is still larger in tho public eye and moro
conspicuous in tho public gossip than
any other man In tho country, lives a
rather peculiar life in Washington. Ho
is really living a life of retirement. At
his house or his office ho is much less ac
cessible than most public men. Ho
rarely is seen in public, except driving
or walking on tho street. Ho takes no
part in social activities, and the mem
bers of his family tuko very little. Mr.
Blaine is, however, becoming a great
pedestrian. Every day ho may bo seeu
taking a stroll through Lafayette park
and along tho streets near by, Some
times he walks as far as a mile or a mile
and a half before returning home, and I
am sure this habit of daily exercise is
proving of great benefit to his health.
Ho looks no per cent, stronger anil
brighter than ho did when ho camo
from Bar Harbor two months ago.
Ono of Mr. Maine's favorite walks is
to tho magnificent new houso which his
friend, Senator Halo, has just occupied,
but a fow blocks from Mr. Blaine's own
residence. Another walk which Mr.
Blaine often takes is to tho houso of
John H. McLean, three squares from tho
lied House, as thu homo of the secretary
tf state is popularly called in Washing
ton. Now that Congressman Hitt is
back in Washington, a third houso has
been added to Mr. Blaine's list, and as
often as not ho takes in all three of them
in ono stroll. So far as I can ascertain,
theso three aro about tho only families
in town with which lie keeps up any con
tinued and familiar intercourse.
Senator Palmer, of Illinois, is one of
tho most interesting of all the now men
in congress. He lias already become a
prime favorite with everybody about tho
Capitol. Ho is a good deal such a man
as Mr. "rhurnian was plain, kindly, ap
proachable and as full of good humor as
his old skin cau stick. Ho has one re
markable characteristic, and that is a
lovo for locality. Having become at
tached to one particular seat in tho sen
ate chamber, Isupposeif General Palmer
wero to live fifty years, and remain in
the senate all that time, nothing could
induce him to givo up this seat. When
ho gets in the habit of banging his coat
on a particular peg that peg takes such
hold of him that if the peg wero to be
removed ho would think a bright pago
had been torn out of his life's history.
He likes the old things, tho things which
he knows. Ho always eats at thu same
table in the senate restaurant, and al
ways tho same thing. When ho goes out
for a little bitters to ward off tho ma
laria of this Washington climate, as
most of tho senators do, ho always stands
in ono particular place and adheies
strictly to ono brand of medicine. At
home he has one chair dedicated to his
own use, and when it is occupied by
some one he stands.
Hero is old Senator Morrill with u:i
again. Tho senate chamber would not
look natural without this fine old head
and those studiously bent shoulders.
Mr. Morrill is now tho oldest man in
congiess, being nearly eighty-two. An
interesting meeting took place in the
senate chamber yesterday. Senator
Coke took over to tho aristocratic end of
tho Capitol tall, lusty, western looking
Mr. Bailey, a now member from tho
Lone Star State and introduced him to
Senator Morrill. Extremes mot in tin
instance, for Morrill is tho oldest and
Bailey the youngest man in congre.
Tho difference between their ages is
moro than half a century, or fifty-three
years.
Tho question much mooted in Wash
ington, Cau a congressman ride a bicycle
and preserve ids dignity? has been set
tled in the affirmative. Two of the
brightest and most promising of thu now
members of tho house Johnson of
Cleveland, and Owen Scott of Bloom
ington, Ills. brought their wheels with
them when they came to Washington,
and may be seen any lino day rolling up
and down thu avuuuu on their way to
and from tho Capitol. Other congresu
men are talking of indulging in the same
luxury, and tho day may como when, if
wo speak of the wheels of legislation, it
will bo necessary to pause and explain
whether wheels within wheels or wheels
tandem and rubber tired are meant.
The Taylors we always havo with us.
It is becoming ono of thu standing jokes
at thu national capital that a house of
representatives without five or six Tay
lors in it would be an indication that the
universal cataclysm was approaching.
In tho last congress there wero four Tay
lors ono from Tennessee, ono from Illi
nois and two fiom Ohio. Now we havo
five, tdl that wero in tho last house, with
one more from Ohio. An odd thing
about it is that tho threo Ohio Taylors
Ezra 13., John D. and Vincent A. come
from adjoining districts, are all Repub
licans, and no two of them aro of the
same family. Waltku Wki.i.man.
Tim liiM'iitur ii f tlm New Ciiiiklni;.
Biioukmni:, Mass., Dec. 10. The not
ed author of numerous books and pam
phlets on political economy, banking and
general science, Edward Atkinson, is
now in his sixty-fifth year and apparent
ly has laid aside Ids pen, though lie still
adds to his wonderful collection of
hooks and manuscripts in tho library of
his magnificent mansion in this Boston
suburb, his birthplace and always his
home.
His whole energies at presont aro de
Toted to tho promotion of a knowledge
of the merits of his invention, an im
proved stone oven, called tho "Aladdin
cooker." Ho often lectures upon tho ex
cellences of this domestic appliance,
furnishing practical illustration by cook
ing upon it van us deleciao dishes,
which he distributes to his audi tots.
P '?.
A HOUSE FOR THE DOLL
A CHRISTMAS PRESENT THAT MAY BE
MADE FOR THE LITTLE DAUGHTER.
All Vou Nrnl la Himin Ilium, Hmiin C'urtl
biinril,Sonie Wnll rnpnr, Klfiirtl I'hlnU
mill I'lrnt)- of ThuIi-, IiiuiiiiI t y ami
I'emitrri nnre.
t.HiK-cfitl Oirrcimtenco.)
Nkw Yoiik, Deo. 10. Teachers aro
complaining of thu want of imagination
in children, and lessons are being given
to develop that faculty, which seems to
Ho dormant. Tho cause is partly trace
able to tho completeness of toys now fyr
sale at prices which almost every purso
can afford, They are Switching, hut
they leave nothing to that divine faculty
which is almost creative.
IIOUH HOUSK COMI'I.I'.TK.
Better than all tho French roofed,
glass fronted, modernly built doll
houses for sale at high prices is ono
made of threo or four wooden boxes,
whoso rooms open full to tho touch, ami
which leaves the whole front of the man
sion to the little owner's imagination.
To make a satisfactory one, and now is a
good time to do this, for Christmas is at
hand, procure threo boxes of uniform
size, a foot and a half long and wide,
and about a foot deep, or any dimen
sions that will make them resemblo min
iature rooms when set on their sides.
Tho outside may he painted somo plain
color, and thu inside may bo covered, all
but the part that forms tho floor, with
plain paper, or scraps left from small
patterned wall papers. Tho floors can
havo bits of ingrain carpet, or stair oil
cloth, or any pieces of shirk, heavy cloth
tacked neatly down.
For windows cut oblongs of white
paper, ruling tho snshes and panes with
heavy ink lines. Over theso curtains
aro to bo draped dotted Swiss edged
with narrow laco for tho parlor and bed
room and muslin half curtains for the
kitchen. If these materials aro not at
hand, use anything old pieces of wldu
lace or embroidery, or scraps of bright
or palu coloied wool goods whatever
can bo found in thu piece hag. It is the
purpose of this description to tell how
the toy may be madu aluio-t entirely
with things found about thu house. For
the parlor walls there should bo a few
pictures, constructed perhaps out of ad
vertising cards framed with a flat oblong
of hristol board or stiff paper gilded.
The picture cau be pasted behind the
1 opening and a pin will hold it all on tho
wall. If one can paint or draw, a few
strokes of brush or pen will make a sim
ple picture to delight the child owner.
An easel may bo cut out of hristol
iHMird (see diagram), the center leg to bo
i bent back after being strengthened by a
piece of stout muslin pasted where tho
angle comes. A picture can ho pasted
half way up tho easel, which is colored
with dark water color tiaint or gilded.
( The parlor furniture is mado entirely of
.pasteboard, covered with any bits of silk,
wool or velvet that will do. Assorted
colors will mako tho tiny room moro
gay. Each piece given in the diagram
must bo coverd on ono sido, or both,
with goods, which is held firmly by long
stitches of thread connecting opposite
sides. Tho pieces are then overcast to
gether, ami silk to match the goods is
used, and tho stitches aro fino. This can
be dono on tho outside. The sent is
mado by cutting a piece to fit tho open
ing and padding it slightly, then cover
ing one side to match the chair.
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Tho loungu is made by cutting one
piecu as in diagram, an oblong pieoelike
thu lower half of hack, and two ends to
fit. These last three pieces and the seat
are to bo covered on one sido only.
When all is put together, make a tin)
roll of cotton or rags, cover it to match
tho lounge and sow it at the end where
tho hack is highest, attaching it to the
back. This makes tho lounge pillow.
Thu bedroom fiii'iiiHliincH miiv h.i i-nv.
lured with cretonne, and if this is used
curtain tho window with a piece of the
same. Cretonnu may bu pasted smooth
ly over tho outside of a good sized spool
box, to form the bedstead. Spools sawed
in half and glued to thu coiners of the
box will mako legs, which can bo con
cealed by it valance. If tho lid bo placed
over ono end of tho lower half of the
box, ho as to stand at right angles to it,
u foundation for a canopy of cretonne or
laco will be madu.
The bedstead tmirV tn lv- iltO-.
cotton mattress and pillows and all tho
mnn furnishings. Shams and a coun
terpane can bo Hindu of tlotled Swiss,
laid ovei plain colored cambriu and
edged with narrow lace. A very cun
ning bureau Is miiilo of III mi 1hii boxes,
which open by sliding thu box part in
and out of tho other part. They aro
pasted over one another, and handles to
tho boxes or drawers aro made of shoe
buttons. Chairs, covorod with cretonne,
may bo constructed after tho pattern of
those in thu parlor.
l''or the kitchen a tin stove can be
bought, with a tiny boiler, stewpan ami
teakettle for ten, fifteen or twenty
five cunts. A wooden table and chairs
aro obtainable for a few cents ouch,
though bettor ones can bo made by any
ono who uses a jackknlfo deftly. A
wash bench will help fill tho room anil
a dresser may bo manufactured by fah
tenlng an inch wide strip of board on
one wall, half way up, and hanging It
with a calico curtain, A row of tin
plates, two or three for a cent, ranged
along thu top will finish it, and when tho
dolls aro In their places and tho bits of
furniture arranged thu builder of the
toy pnlnco of delight, bo sho mother,
aunt or elder sister, will havo forgotten
what it means to bo a child if she does
not feel liko getting down on tho floor
beside tho happy ownor and playing
house onco more.
An.nik Ihaiiui, Wu.t.ta.
'WASHEEI WASHEEI" AS A FIGHTER.
I'ndi .Siikk"I'I tlm Illinium iif
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turlmiirc In tlm Umpire.
HiktIiiI Corresismilonco.
Nr.w Yoiik, Dec. 10. Although thorn
ports from China regarding tho rebellion
in thu Celestial empire aro ho conflicting
that it is difficult to get at the real truth
of tho matter, yet there is no doubt that
the trouble is serious. It is indeed quite
possible, if tho Killing of foreigners con
tinues, that western nations may Inter
fere. This contingency renders tho Chi
naman, considered as a fighter, an object
of interest.
Most people in tho United Status are
under thu impression that "Washeot
Washeel" is a harmless, good uatured
sort of it fellow. This idea is absolutely
erroneous. Tho Chinese aro fighters, and
good flghteis at that. In foreign coun
tries, whero they aro outnumbered, they
seem meek and forbearing, but in their
own country they aro insolent, arrogant
and treacherous. Having lived in China
nearly two years and mot numbers of
Chinese sailors, soldiers and pirates in
river encounters and on thu battlefield, I
havo no hesitation in saying that an ed
ucated Chinaman, and especially one
from tho north, is just as bravo as any
American or European soldier, Tho
lower classes aro worse than savages.
Manly qualities such as may be found
among thu Indians aru unknown to
them, but in sheer bestial cruelty thu
subjects of hia Celestial majesty surpass
even cannibal)'.
A very strong trait in tiio character ol
a Cliliiaiiiau is that ho doesn't lose his
head under any circumstances; in diplo
macy, on tho battlefield or wherever it
be, ho coolly counts the cost and pro
vides for it. If tho odds are in his favor
he will light; if not, he will run before u
shot is filed. Superior numbers always
inspire 'him with confidence, though dur
ing tho Toiiquiit war the Chinese found
out too often that mere numbers do not
always count.
Chinese soldiers of tho regular army
are drilled and armed in the same man
ner as tlie regulais of any civilized na
tion, and while I cannot say that they
aru as skillful and etllcieut in the uso
of arms or as deft and tractable
in maneuvuiing as Americans or Euro
pean soldiers, they havo qualities
which must not be underrated. In
fantry fire lias little effect upon them,
for if they die in that way it only shows
that Buddha evidently wished them to
live no longer. What John tho soldier,
however, hates above all things is shrap
nel, and during thu Tonquiu war I often
heard thu remark, "Flenchmun big gun
killee too many." During thu fights from
Cliti to the Chinese wall tho position of
tho Chinese had invariably to be taken
by assault, and even then tho Celestial
only ran when tho enemy was almost
near enough to grab his pigtail.
I have referred to the barbarous na
ture of the Mongol, and givo thu follow
ing instance to illustrate it: One day an
infantry soldier was missing, and it was
at once suspected that the man had been
killed. After a diligent search ho was
i found on the following day, his arms and
legs outstretched and pinioned to the
i ground with pointed bamboo sticks. One
stake was driven through thu palm of
each hand, another through the breast
anil ono through his feet, which were
crossed. His fife and other parts of his
body were covered with unslaked limo,
which had burned deep holes into thu
flesh. The mo-t common way in China
of killing an enemy is to sever thu head
from the trunk, which generally is done
with a dull knife.
It is very seldom that a Chinaman
will light man to man, but he will at
tack his antagonist when thu majority
lis on his side. During thu battle of
I Dong-doiig 12,000 Chinese soldiers at
tacked 00(1 Frenchmen and were only
.driven back by shrapnel. The aault
J was repeated five times, but it was not
until tho .Mongols lt ."i.tXH) men that
they desisted. Americans. uel Europeans
nieapt to look upon the Cniii-M- sohlier
as a little fellow as haiiuhs and pen)
as the ordinary laimdr) man, but this is
a great mistake. I have seen among the
hills skirting the river Mm, on the deck-,
(of Chinese men-of-war and in tho junks,
! thousands of st.ilwait fellows, straight
us palms, over six feet high, supple and
quick in movement, with brawny arms,
wide shoulders and deep, powerful
uhestB, F. Di: TiifMMi'.i.-Ci.oru.
(Irl Lovo,
Sho (greatly smitten by Lord Nabobb)
Havo you met Loul Nabobb?
Hu (a smart )oung man) -Yes, and 1
think it's a shame the way girls poke fun
it him.
Shu (suddenly reformed) Ile-hu! Isn't
,.j ttuiculu ' lvi Yon tveokly.
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