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WAHHIWVTON, BOllI., ai, HlOrt) III Willi
ing In congrcM like cx-8pcakcr Reed ad-
dreatlng the houso. It la a thing from
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J7ll"l I . XZZ LmtZ I ' m,l forretllko eyes and little
rUtcr who sees the house of reprcscnta- rmko ,( lmpoM,bleto
Urea with any other of the M mem- mtltakehl. Clad In hia towsaUeev
bera on the floor gets on view of tho eralalaea too big for him, there is a re
American house of repreeentatlyee. The niniet of tho sawdust ring and the big
visitor who sees the house with Tom ' wauted clown scattering jokes around
Read on hia feet gets another view. A Mi mtonUhlng the multitude by doing
historical painter prciK the houso M the tricks of the experts,
on his canvas would find it necessary The speech of Mr. Roed is peculiar to
to change tho features of overy member felmnclf and Inimitable. He never uses
to depict tho houso without and then ; notc-( but tnore j, aiway, a fln8t, to the
wunm-vuna im ww. mora uiiMiii
be the same races on the noor, out tno
general tout ensemble would bo
changed, and the Individual expressions
that go to tnnko up the whole of tho
soaae would justify a resort to tne
style of patent medicine advertisements '
aad the marking of the paintings "Be
fore" and "During Taking."
The MahnnvJah of Kapoorthells, oar
last Indian nabob visitor, was aware
that ha was getting a treat when the ax
, t MCRD IIURMNO ORATORY,
speaker roso to nddrvss tho houso, for,
though I doNiot know whether ho speaks
ngliah aud could understand what was
being said, his eyes alone would have
told Elm something Interesting had arisen
with tha rising of the big was from
Maine.
There ia nothing theatrical about tha
ex-speaker. Nolong whetting of the pub
Uo appetite precedes hia speechmaking.
When he has something to say, be get
np and aaya it
Ex-Senator Ingalla waa accustomed to
play to the galkrles, aa it were, and have
safe properties aid him la making a
deep Impression. I remember one of In
falls' last great speeches in the senate,
ami what a lot of stage bnalDees preced
ed H, Annonnoetneni waa made nnotl
esally and at first vagoely that the Kan
an would be heard from on a certain
topic, and that he entertained very lad
teal views on the subject and would nay
something startling. Later a day waa
named for the speech. That day the
senate was packed. The pobllo waited
impatiently, and then it was noised
around that the affair would not come
Off then, and that the date announced
had bees unauthorised,
'TaoderUlt'a 10,000 ehet when asked
ihe secret of successful cookery said
That to hate hie dishes thoroughly appro
elated he kept hie patron waiting a half
hour in expectation. Ingalls did like
wise. Public expectation raised to a
ancient degree, be stated on the floor
of the senate that he would address thai
body at a certain time. .,
All being ready, at the proper moment
the page boys brought in the books of
reference, tho ice water and accessories,
and about flvo minutes before he waa to
peak the chief actor strolled in cold as
n winter wind. Though tho day was
warm, hia attenuated form was wrapped
tightly in trim frock coat closely but
toned. - - -
When "Tom Reed," aa he ia called by
every member, ia to speak is seldom
known. The only indications of it are a
O, nervous attention to what ia goiug on in
the house and signs that his collar is bo
ginning to chafe him from supposed
wrath and acorn. Something in the do
bate occurs to stir him, or his darling
rales are attacked. There ia a rising and
nnklaking of a huge, awkward form ia
a loose suit of coarse Kentucky tow, a
high pitched nasal utterance of "Mr.
Speaker" as he rises, aad word goea ont
into the corridors that Reed ia speaking.
The ebb tide of members out of the
hones for, save on special occasions, it
ssim's as though members generally
were leaving and not entering the hall
ceaaes, and a return flow seta in rapidly,
eonstituenta In the corridors being speed
ily dismissed and the pretty girls in the
ladies' waiting space in Statuary hall
told to come again.
Within the houae all the chairs near
Mr. Reed All, the brass railing at the
hack becomes lined with members, and
a deep fringe gathers in tha open space
beneath the desks of the speaker and his
clerks.
Aa to the Republicans, their faces
seem to say p'ainly, "Yon fellows over
. em the other sidu tiro going to catch it"
The Democrats uro just as attentive and
give aa good an uuiiicnco to w hut U being
anid. A majority of them I rut her believe
really enjoy it aud only wish that Mr.
Reed were a Democrat, All of them are
keen to see an opening.
The scornful manner of the ex-speaker
and hia ridicule r.ro gulling to thu most
'etroogly partisan of tho Douiocrats, aad
McMillan of Tennessee, Springer, Enloe,
Maud, Martin of ludiaua, Henderson of
If orth Carolina and others tako the home
thrasta with evident dislike, while other
ennallT aa good Democrats, like Catca
t'wgs t Mississippi, Tarsuey of Missouri,
Carat1 1 of Kentucky; focVran of New
York. Kilgore aad Cnlberson of Texas,
Allan of Mississippi and O'Neill of Mas
sachusetts, admiro the brlghtaees of the
shaft, oven though hurled At their sldo
of tho houae, ami would rchlly regret to
see Mr. fleet) go out of congress, a tower
of strength tliongh they sdmlt hint to bo
M the Itepnhllcan side.
Thoro i nobody In the houso at all like
Reed. Ho would not fit at all in the eq
ate. In the Iiohm IiIi place ia untaav!
Brawn "IB un aiiucai sun;, linmil,,
ponderous form, with lota of flesh and it
and ao la bin own appearance, His tnll,
g"" J wwm uwi wonio aocreuu 10
King Qainbrlnm, hia big, open, heavy
sentences that evidences his close and
dally reading of good literature. An-
Krently the wholo of his remarks have
en put Into pretty good shape in his
own memory, the best points rounded
off and then the wholo polished In the
cmr8e of his extemporaneous speaking
and the spur of the moment. His dic
tion is good, direct and precise, Tho
stenographer's task is an easy one. Mr.
Reed talks slowly and goea along at his
own gait, seldom hurried or concornixl
aa to getting through rapidly. Tho hard
part about reporting his speeches is that
he plunges right through and never stops
to permit an interruption, due to the
always henrty reception of his cleverest J
points.
A peculiar thing about him Is that
without apparent effort almost overy
sound ponotrntes to the farthest end of
tho hall. His voice is high, aad tho pitch
ponotratcs every where. Professor Dryco,
In his work on "American Common
wealths," condemns the hall of our house
of representatives aa too largo and as
destructive of either good speaking or
elso of good thought, by requiring too
much physical exertion of the debaters
In order to make themselves heard.
BourkoCockran, powerful aa he Is, finds
trouble In sneaking in the house and
uses up u great deal of physical energy
in making n upcoch, but apparently it
conies us easy to Reeil to make himself
heard in the houso as it . Id in a pri
vate room.
Mr. Reed's manner in speaking is' in
dicative throughout of self confidence
and disdain ol the opposition. There is
not the least suggestion that ho can pos
sibly bo wrong or that the other sldo cani
be other than wholly wrong. It docs not
matter if numbers are agaiust xay and
If he knows his cause Is lost the same
absolute conviction that he is right and
that he can afford to wait for time to
demonstrate tha absolute and i .uench
able verities is apparent.
He aeems an incarnation of the adage,
"The strong man is strongest when
lone." His gestures are all those of de
lance and of assertion. He omits the
curling sweep of the right urm so fre
quently used by orators or the down
ward sweep of both arms frequently
need to denote emphasis. In its stead
the huge arm ia drawn np nntil the bl
eeps appear to awell beneath the loose
eoat sleeve and ia then shot outward aa
If daring the opposition to cotno on.
It taken debuto mid heat to draw him
out. Outwardly cool, he is Inwardly
hot, He shows it after ho has flushed
talking and sits down to listen to tho an
swer of the other side. His usual atti
tude at this time is leaning forwurd, bis
arm on his kneo keeping a largo palm
leaf fan in vigorous motion.
C. H. Mekillat.
A NATURAL ICEHOUSE,
Discovery ufu I'rmcn 8utUrrnuciiu laks
In Montana.
Lewirtow.n, Mon., Sept. 14. About
15 miles north of Lewistown, Mon.j
and two miles from tho Gilt Edge
mine, there has been -discovered a caw
similar to none known in tho United
States Thv discovery was made by Mr.
Charles Kelly whilo prospecting. About
n week later a party of six, headed by
Mr. Kelly and equipped with minors'
lamps, axes, picks, ropes and overcoats,
visited tho curious cave for the purpose'
of exploration.
The party reached the entrance of the
cave about 10 o'clock in the morning
and immediately began their investiga
tion. The mouth of the cuve is, an .ir
regular crevice in the sloping ledge. .For
a distance of about 100 fcot tho bottom
is almost level, and tho crevice widens
gradually to n width of nearly 50 feot.
Then thoro is an incllno of about 20
degrees for a distonco of 50 yards. Hero,
instead of a rocky floor, a solid body of
ice was fouud, Fifteen minutes of hard
work with the axea and picks showed
that the ice was solid to u depth of more
than two f eot.
Tho party continued their jourbey for
about three-fourths of a mile from the
entrance till the winding avenues and
rooms made it hazardous to proceed far
ther, danger of losing their way buck to
daylight being imminent, owing to the
fact that n compass carried by one of the
Crty had become useless on account of
ing affected by vast deposits of iron iu
the walls of the cave. Mnch difficulty
would have been experienced in return
ing only for the forethought of a mem
ber of the party, who marked the route
taken by strokes of an ax.
The width of tho cave varies at differ
ent points from 25 to 800 or 400 feut, aud
the roof at some points reaches within
four feet of the ice, and in many places
so high that it could not lie seen by the
light given out by the lamps carried by
the explorers. At uo point in the cave
was any water found, only an occasion
ll dripiiing from the roof, In places
drafts of air wure encountered that al
most extinguished the lamps carried.
Mr. William Armeaux has located a
mineral claim at Ute entrance of the
cavo. and in this way intends to secure
it from tlw government
P. M. CAR.
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"Yotidoaa awful amount of resting,"
said au active Piiuuurger to a Uy one.
"I know," was the eaudld reply. "It
takesaieou ileal of rvNtlag w
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Uimnihh Wkllh, Bahama ieland,'Boit.
ainninn n r.i'i.r,jniiniunjBiniiwi,OUil,
4. If yon uro in need of quiet and rent,
take passage in a Uultlniore fruiter and
come to the Dalmtiin. Coma to Spanish
Wells, at tho north end of filrathera is
land. It is worse than n house after the
family has moved out. I have been hero
n week, and now I would pay a dollai
for n last year's nowMiuinr.. But aside ,
from being dead, tho mhco is not so bad,
after all. Tho settlement is not pretty,
but tho surroundings are very attractive.
Tho town Is on a small Island, with
Eleutliem just across tho way. A chan
nel rutm ltclween them. It is narrow at
the mouth, broadens into a harbor aud l
then in iv slender piM.ige runs out toi
tho west. Palms and other tropical
Slants grow thickly on each island,
punish Wells numbers about 8ti0 peo
pie. Here we see the Bahaman in hit ,
pristine beauty. The type does not vary
muoh. Swarthy aa the sua can makt
him. Broad brimmed palmetto hat,
loose shirt and patched pants. He chowt
and smokes If he can got i weed. He
never wears shoes j therefore in these
lands we see real feet. The toes are
widespread andcapabloof Independent
motion. They are innocent of that fash
ionable appendage the corn. These
feet are covered on top with a sun
burned skin, while on the bottom tho
epidermis ia as tough aa leather. Nay,
I believe a Bahaman could walk whero
a ahod foot could not tread. At first I
nsed to gaio with admiration at the feet
that visited our schooner.
The Inhabitants of tho place call us
Yankees. They are a very kindly but
exceedingly inquisitive people. We keep
open honse all day and night. Crowds
visit os, much aa Americans do n circus.
But we pay, not they, Thoy rarely sco
strangers. Probably we are the first
Yankee landsmen who have over been at
Spanish Wells. Being Americans, they
wanted our money. Men and women
come to us from even Current, 10 miles
away, and try to bull us curious shells,
etc. One man offered us a poor lone
chicken. Ho asked ns if wo bad ever
aeon such an ntiimul. That illustrates
tho simplicity of theso Buhutnans, They
do not envy us. They li.ivo no Klea of
the life led in the great ontstdo world.
PHIM, THE BAHAMAN.
I know old men in Spanish Wella who
have never seen a horso or n four wheeled
vehicle. Persons live and die hero and
never go SO miles from the settlement.
Thoy do not know what a sidewalk la.
Nassau, 40 miles away, is their ideal.
"Why," aald Joe Pindar to me, "Naiaau
his a city, boy. Hit 'as 6,000 people.
hand the streets nro so wido carriage
cjn drive along hand lcavooom for per
hand the streets are so wido carriages
SOUS 0 WHIK lion IICHCII H1UO. Al CH
be seen, tho Bahnmuns are "cockneys."
weioiujoo we uveu i.iuumuesirpm
water. "Hand his thero land enough
for that?" hu exclaimed. Fancy run
ning an electric car through the islands
sonio dark nik'ht when tho trolley and
the wheels spit fire! It would send the
poor devils on their knees in a twinkle.
After tho chicken episode Philip
brought a sack of land crabs to ns.
These crabs nre enormous and swarm on
the islands. Tho natives catch them at
night, when tho animals coma out of
their holes. Hnrdly u night passes that
wo do uotseo lanterns flubhiiiK along the
shores, giving evidence Unit a crab hnnt
is in progress, Tho crustaceans are
eaten greedily by tho inlanders. The
eggs are esteemed a delicacy and really
are very good, Plillip deposited the
squirming sack on thu deck. Ho is a
typical Bahumun, and I took him and
the crabs at one shot with a camera, He
is a wonderful diver. Most of these
pcoplo are. Plillip says ho cun go down
nino fathoms 54 feet. That is a loug
dive, as three fathoms caiues a fellow s
head to ring.
The colored Bahaniuua are different
in some degree from the whites. Tin y
offer the finest specimens of the nej;ro
race that can be found. Spanish Wells
has a white population, but I have met
the darkiea at other points. They are
great, well doveloped creatures, with
splendid chests and arms. We were
dredging once near Androa island, and a
lot of black fellows came aboard. They
are terrible beggars, but very religious.
They wanted a Bible first, then an old
hat, then a pair of pantaloons. One of
the darkies acted as captain and took ev
erything we gave them and blessed uc
fervently. "We so po' such mlk'able
critters gib us em thlug," ho said.
The local name for colored uaiiamann
is "conchs." Despite their powerful
physique, hey are arrant cowards, and
tin American can bluff them with ease.
They are also dreadful liars. They dis
tance any feats of which I have heard.
Anaulas would havo to hump himself.
But, white or black, the Bahamans are
scrupulously clean, and that covers a
multitude of xius. V.o L. Sabi.n.
"Why, Sum, how do qii expect to get
that mule along with n uur only on one
alder"
"Wull, bon, If IprUdatxIdetoKo ain't
dftiiWrroueUiuu U keep up"
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THE HEART OF FINANCE.
Hniin-Niilril I'MiIrs of lh pastA Hrrnnrk
utile AtuneUtlon.
Nkw Viiiik, Scpl. at).Tho pHHt two
months havo witnessed some of the most
exciting scenes onUlie Now York Stock
Exchange in the history of Its existence
. - 1700
nco -
Whenever tho market is active and ths
many bankero on tho floor nro shouting
their offerings or bids it seems to bo u
scene of great excitement, but it is in
times of panlo that tho oxcltemcnt grows.
The exchange has known many dm-
tnaMo and thrilling moments. In 1831
the first panic of great importance in the
history of tho exchange occurred.
In 1857 there was another panic of hj
great or greater importance. But it wa
on Black Friday, tho 24th of September,
1809, that tho most exciting day perhaps
known to tho Stock Exclmngo occurred,
Tho government had suspended all sale
of gold. Jay Gould and others, boliov-
ing that tho policy of tho government
was sottlctl, bought during thrco month
a largo ninount of gold at prices rnngln
from 125 to 140.
The trouble, -however, was really
caused by James Fisk, Jr., who joined
the movement on Thursday. Ho began
early on Friday to buy lurgo blocks, run
ning the prico up rapidly. Tho govern
ment promptly ordered the salo of
5,000,000. Tho prlco fell in two hours
from 100 to 133) Fisk's brokerhaving
orders to buy nil ho could at 100, con
tinued to bid that while sales wero mado
elsewhero in tho room at from 140 to 150.
Fisk afterward repudiated his contracts.
His brokers failed, throwing immense
losses upon many others. In 1870 there
was n panto from tho effects of which
tho oxchango and tho country have
scarcely recovered yet.
There is much speculation or gamblin'
upon the exchange, but if Unit wero tl
solo aim of its cxistenco It could not li c
It is tho financial heart of the natioi
Through its aid money which wool
otherwise lie dormant and not repr
THE HEW YORK STOCK KXCHANOn.
dnctive is directed where it is most
needed -to tho building of great rail
roads, maybe, or to tho development of
great enterprises.
A hundred years ago New York was a
very small city compared with what it
has since become or compared with many
other then existing cities. It was far
behind its sister city, Philadelphia, in
the race for commercial supremacy which
had already begun. But oven then the
business in stocks and bonds must have
been of importance, and the brokers do
ing business in New York must have
felt tho need of someorganization among
themselves.
At all events, 23 of them met on the
17th of May, 1703, and agreed among
themselves that "hereafter no person
shall buy or sell for any person whatso
ever any kind of public stock at a less
rato than one-quarter per cent commis
sion on tho specie value, and that we
villgivea preference to each other in
onr negotiations. In testimony whereof
we have set our hands this 17th day of
May, at Now York, 1703."
From the small beginning of that pe
riod it has steadily grown nntil it now
numbers 1,100 persons. Its transactions
a decade ngo had reached tho enormous
sum annually of nearly $13,000,000,000
at tho purvaluo of the stock and se
curities dealt in. Tho commissions on
such an amount of purchases and sales
amount to over 032,000,000. This amount
divided among the 1,100 members
amounts to an averugo of over $30,000 for
each.
Tho rcgnlar commission aud that
charged to all not members is one-eighth
of 1 per cent on tho vuluo of tho securi
ties sold or bought. But of courso in
each transaction there is both a seller
and a purchaser, and thero uro there
fore two commissions, amounting oa the
transaction to one-quarter of 1 per cent.
to be paid by the principals. The semi
annual duea are $33, and $10 is charged
for the gratnity fund on death of ono of
the memberu. From this fnnd the sum
of $10,000 is git en to the heirs of a mem
ber upon bU death. The assessments
upon the ivdnbers have more than met
the death peyments, and the fnnd now
accumulated ia about $750,000, In a
short time n:ore the invested fond will
amount to so much that the natural in
como from it will be enough to pay the
death losses, and no more assessment
will have to bo levied.
The exchange has never sought a char
ter or to become incorporated, and it is
therefore not enabled to hold real estate
of its own. The building devoted to its
uses, however, is owned by the Now
York Stock Exchange Building com
pany, a corporation so closely ullied in
membership to the parent organization
that the building is as if owned by the
Stock Exchange itself, It is a hand
some, showy, but strong, structure, de
tigui d by James Renwick, the architect
of Orate church aud St. Patrick's rathe
dral. It rust nearly $,000.000.
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