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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1890)
Tftat TValTc Through tlio Wheat. SjooctUer wo walked In tlio orcnltifir tlmol Above us tlio Klty spread jrolilon cear , .And lie bent life ln-nd n < l looked In my eyes , AH If lie held mo of nil most dear. O. It was Bit-cut iu the evening -ArxS oar pathway went through flclds of wl > cat : Narrow that path nnd ronpli tlio way. .But lie was near , and the blrdn mm ? true. And tlio slaiBcmno out In tlio twilight O , It wiis sweet in the ovcnlugtlmoJ 25btlr T Fpofco of the dnyfl Ions past , Eofuyjof blcpscd days to bo ; Close to tils arm , and closer 1 pressed. Tliccocu-Qold | > ath WUB Eden to mo. O. It wufibwoctin the uvcniug tlmol < Gr ycr Uie Upht prow , and prayer still , Tlio rooks flitted homo through the purple tslinde. OTie ntehtfugulcs saugr whcro the thorns stood I -Talked with him In the woodland Ktadc. O , ft iKisfiwcct. iu the evening tlmol .And tins latest elcams of < lu : light died ; My bund In Ids enfolded lay : "We swe-pt the dew from the wheat as we pass ed , For imnower. narrower wound the way. O , StwusKwectln ( ho evening tlmol Ho looked In the depth of my eyes , and salfl ; " 8 rrow and gladness will conic for Us , But tojr tlicr we'll walk through tlio Holds of life Close as vrc walked through the fields of wheat. " Good Won ! ? . A JSEW MEXICO DAVID I doubt very much if Lucurio Mon- toya had ever heurd of that ivorulerfnl figh 6n : ago between the shepherd stripling David and Goliuh of Guth. Certainly he had never , read of those -things , for a book would huve been the vimist titconipreiiensible of mysteries to Xiucario. But in the great and won- 'derful volume of Out-of-Doors he \vsis an npt scholar , for in that he had Iliad the most Ieurne4 of school-musters his Mexican father aud his Indian uc- .qualnlanccs. He could go out into the truveled Toad and a'ead from the straggling hieroglyphics of the dust how long it iutii Oceu since the lust party pussed ; whether they were Mexicans or Indi- raiis. men or women , traveling fust or xslowly , liy uight or by day. He could .not read it so well as an Indian , but die' was a fumotis trailer none the Jess. In all out-door sports , too , that -were known then and there , he was an expert. With bow and arrows. Lucurio won many a pony and gay blanket in matches with the Nuvujos and Utes. With the riata he was equally skillful and more than once had lassoed ante lope iu the pruiries along the Agua JVzuL Above all , he could throw the knife. Tt was the favorite weapon of his race , rand one in the deadly -use of which they' have never been excelled. Ever since ; his boyhood Lueurio , hud pruc- 4iccii throwing his knife , and now front forty feet away he could drive it quivering two-inches deep into a foot circle ofvood. . With the arm hanging att full length , he placed the knife-point arivard in the open palm. Then he isboxTcd his arm suddenly forwurd , with si sort of scooping motion , and off flew Tthe glittering missile. All this Lucario was at home in , but "if you Iiad shown him u book , with \those funny little black things chasing each other across the white paper , I am sorry .to say he would have been -quite lost. .ucario was tt shepherd , aud tended one of the flocks of Don Rcfugio when the Indians were sufficiently quiet to -.it dm It of any rallying forth from the ililtic walled town. Though known loc his athletic siccomplfclmicnts , he was neither tstll nor very musculsir , Imt : .u ordinuiy lad of seventeen , who alight weigh one hundred and twenty pounds , but niakin" up in wiriness. I skill and agility t he lucked in I ibrutc strength. truhrht. jet hair i full liclow his shoui .or.i ; his fuce jut showing a faint , dark furze wus th'n , fltufc writ ! : a vivid red shining through iifajet liraiikiM , and his bluck eyes were JargtJTfnol wonderfully bright , &L was in 1840 eight years before "KTeiv 3Icxico became part of the United : Stottss. "Qf our race , who arrogate to themselves /listinctively the name "Americans. " " there were hardly any 'in the province perhaps a dozen iu alL But of the descendants of the hardy Spanish pioneers who became Americans long before any English- speaking did. there were many thou sands. But they were heavily out- xiiuuUcrcd by the Indians , ot whom there were many powerful , hostile jtribes. The Pueblos , a race of quiet farmers who dwelt in as good houses us the Mexicans themselves , hud msule their Hast protest , more thun n century be- "fore. against the occupancy of the and were now excellent neigh- But < Utc Apaches , the Navajos , .the Utes-the Piutes , theUucompahgres and xlic Coiuanchcs had never been . .conunercd.and were iuccsssintly war ring upon the settlers. Lucario's iuth- cr. tuothcr , grandfuther , greut-grund- aathcr , live uncles , two older brothers , and I know not how many more dis- : iant relatives , hud sill been killed by sthe fudiajss , und his wus by no means TUI unparalleled euse of bereavement. "This year the Utes had been doing their crudest work in Western Xtsw Blexico. They hail surprised several fiauilels autl mussucred all iu the : : ) , Jiad cut off main * shepherds , stolen iruAiiy fthoii-and sheep , and msnlc un- -successfnl tiut disastrous assaults upon t'eiKsJlctsi siud other smull fortilied itoxvns. It had become unbeuruble , and the chief men throughout New Mexico bad met and subscribed money to send .out against the Indians u thousand volunteers under the command of the 'brave Manuel Chavcs. Lucurio's only -stm'iving1 uncle his father's eldest a-rolher was second in command ; aud lyucarlo. to liis great delight , wis al- j lowed to join the expedition. ! The force marched far north , und lure days later encumped in the plain Sielow the giant range of Jemez. huviug -sighted a large force of Utes in the : timl cr ahead. Tlio New Mexicans. * outnumbered four to . -wko * Atir one. .entrenched themselves as best they - ! ht. to awuit the nttuck. The Utes "e skimming nbout tiie camp on their _ . horses , with taunting gestures , but taking good care to keep beyond the raag pf the flintlocks. Oa gigantic savage , mounted upon i ! er"nd eouw-whtte sniiRtang. made ' * r7 pjirUcuUrlf consiiicuous. JJu i was plainly a chief ! His uuckskih suit of soft black wus bountifully fringed , and resplendent with silver buttons. He was fully sex-en feet tall , aud im mensely broad across the shoulders. His hoiveinauship was wonderful , and the brave New Mexicans who could ap preciate the good points of even uu en emy , were lost in admiration , i Ah , what u man ! " tlioy cried , as ho I swept past them like the wind , now vaulting to his feet in the saddle , now altogether disuppuuring on the further side of his horse , and shooting arrows at them from under the horse's neck with astonishing force um | accuracy , suit ! now leapingIrom suddlcto ground ' and buck from ground to saddle , all without u break in his mud gallop. "Who dares come out into the pluin and light me silone ? " lie cried , sudden ly wheeling his hon-e und riding broad side past them , not more thuu u hun dred yards awuy. "If you have any great warrior , let him come. If I kill } him. you shall go buck to your homes ' and follow us no more. But if he kills me. then my people will return to the country of the Utes. und end the wsir. " ! There were brave men in plenty among the New Mexicans , and I doubt not that many volunteers might have boon found to take up the huge Ute'.s challenge. But before anyone else had stirred. Lucario run to his uncle , who was talking with Colonel Chsives. ' Uncle. " he said. "I sun young , and the hist of the family. Let me go out to meet this suvuge ! If I die , there are none to mourn , but if I kill him. with the help of Sun Esteban , then wo. are relieved from war , und you shull feel proud of your brother's son. Don Jose wus u man of rousrhxter lor. though of a good heart. Brave himself , he admired bravery and loath ed cowardice. "Go. then , " he said , gruffly , "but look out that you are the victor ! " "And if you arc , " said Chuvcs. "I will make you a cuptuiu to-dty. " Lucurio waited to hour no more. I ' Running to where his pet pony Ales- sun wus picketed , he pulled up the picket-pin und removed it from his long risitsi of braided horsehair. Huv- ' ing'takcn sill the kinks out of the rope and seen that the noose would run eas ily through its loop , ho coiled und hung it upon his suddle-bow. He loosened the heavy knife in its sheath , which was sewed upon the side of his buckskin breeches , tested the arrows in his quiver to be sure that they were sill well feathered ; und , leaning lightly to the saddle , rode slowly out into the plairovith a quiet , "Good-by , mv friends1' ! When the Utes saw how small was the horse , und what a slender stripling its rider , they set up yells of laughter. The giunt chief was purticulurly mer- " | ry. and rode dawn" toward Lucario slowly , showing his large white teeth and csilling , "Are there no men among vou , thut you send out a child to nie I for a mouthful ? " Most of the New Mexicans were u-omewhut familiar with the language of the Utes , sind Lucario understood the taunt perfectly. "Truly. I am but u small mouthful. " he culled bac-k , "but , perhaps , a bitter one ! We shall see ! ' When he was within lift- yards , he sent a sudden sir'row whistling at his huge foe. The motion was so cat-like and unexpected that the Ute hud scarce lime to "duck" to the side of his horse , und the arrow pierced his ear. With a grunt of mingled ustonish- | ment and uppreeiution of the Isid's skill , the Indian drew his own heavy bow , giving the string a tug that would have sent its shaft through a buffalo. But Lucsirio wus wutelling , und when the arrow came it passed : i foot above the empty saddle. Hi.s second -arrow merely grazed the Ute's horse , and now , seeing that he hud no ordinary msirksnian to deal with , the Indian clung to his horse's side und begun galloping around und around Lucurio. shooting ut him from under the horse's neck , but never exposing so much of himself sis u whole hand. Lucurio adopted the same tactics , und so skill fully that in a few minutes each hud spent sill his arrows siud neither was more than scrutchcd. The Utes hud all ridden out from the timber , und were drawn up in au ir regular line u few hundred feet uwuy. watching the curious light with in tense interest. About us'far siwsiy on the other side were the Nuw Mexicans , who hud ulso mounted to get a better view. Lucario swung erect into his paddle. "With the riata ! ' ' he shouted , uncoiling his own rope , und running it rapidly through his hands till.he hud the long running-noose ready and trailing from his riirlit hand buck upon the ground. The Ute understood , und did likewise. Then they went gulloping around each other , wheeling , charging , dodging , swinging the-long nooses sirouud their heads , und watching their chance. The horses understood this game sis well sis their riders , and played as im portant si part in it. Lucurio found this u very different business from lussoing even antelope. It took all his qujcl-ncss of eye and a'1 'his agility to Icccj tTiut deadly noose from settling dowu over his own neck. At iust the Indian let hi.s liutu lly sud denly us he wus passing , ut the sume instant whirling his horse iuwurd to gain the necessary distance. He hud calculated wonderfully well , and the move wus too quick for Lucurio. but Alcssuu hud seen it und niude a might } ' sidewisc bound. The noose swept across his Hunks und fell empty to the ground , und Lucurio. us his intelligent horse wheeled buck with wonderful rapid it } * ; dropped his own rope deftly over the head of the Indian before the lattered hud recovered himself. Giv ing a quick turn of the rope sirouud his suddle-bow , the boy touched the spurs to A'.essun. For an instant it looked us though he "hud" the Indian , and would unseat und drug him to death , aud the New Mexicans yelled exultantly. But the vast strength of the Uto. and the quick ness and superior .weight of his horse , saved him. Snatching the taut rope with his brawny arms , he gave it u turn around his saddle-bow , lifted the re lieved'noose over his head , and cut it with his knife. _ i His fuee was no longer smilinir. but contbricd with savsige passions. He for- mt his challenge to u fair combat , und thought ohly.or-kiiHuiJ this saucy boy ntirtuviug /r iisoJIJ oni disgrace , if not ( loath. Ho begun circling ajruin nrouml Ln curio , all the time stealthily eilginij nearer to his people. Suddenly , onq of thorn dashed one from the line an l tossed him u long , sharp lance. ll < j caught it deftly , und brandishing i ) aloft came charging down upon Lii curio like a thunderbolt. For an instant the boy was confusc < ] by this treachery. His arrows "one. hh riata useless .should ho lly ? No ! Ho knew well that his stern iinele wouhl rutlier see him dead than in flight. Ah ! His knife ! Ho whipped it from its sheath and held it down beside him , putting Ales.sun to a gentle canter to ward the Ute. They were not more than fifteen yards apart in an instant the shock must come. And then , his big eyes shilling like coals , Lucario rose suddenly in hi.s stirrups with a flashing , overhead motion of his right arm. and then dug the rowels into Alcs&m's flunks , twisting his head sharply to the left. The Ute giant swayed in his saddle and lurdietr heavily to the ground , while his scared horse went on down the valley like the wind. The New Mexicans dashed forward , und picking up the fuintiu r Lucario. carried hilt into camp. The Ute hud hurled hi-i heavy lance at the same instant , und it hud passed through Liicario's arm , making a ghastly hole. But when they went to the fallen giant , he was quite dead. The boy's heavy knife had done its fatal work in the head ol the savage. According to the compact , the Utes were already galloping awjiy. It wus " " muny months before "they "made an other foray into that portion of New Mexico. Lucurio recovered from his wound , and distinguished himself us a captain in several subsequent Indian wars. Ho bade fair to become one of the noted men of New Mexico ; but in January. 1850. he was among the victims of that bloody night at Sun Miguel , when the lurking Apuehcs surprised und massa cred the flower of New Mexican sol diery "the Brave Thirty of Cebol- letu. " Chas. F. Lurnmis' in Youth"1 ? Companion. IS THE SUN GROWING COLD ? TFo Cannot I'rovo That It Is , Jfotwith- fltniuUng Great Changes in Climate. We want to know whether the sun is showing any symptoms of decay , says the Story of the Heavens. Are the days us warm und us bright us they were ten years ago , 100 years : igo ? We can lind no evidence of UHV chsinge since the beginning of uuthcntic records. If the sun's heut hud per ceptibly changed within the last 2.000 years we should expect to lind corresponding pending changes in the distribution of plants and animals , but no such changes huve been detected. There is no reason to think that the climate of ancient Greece or of ancient Rome wus appreciably different from the climates of the Greece und the Rome that we know at this day. The vine siinl olive grow now where1 they grew 2.000 years ago. We must not , however. Isiy too nfneh stress on this argument , for the effects of slight chsiuges in the sun's heut muy huve been neutralized by corresponding adaptation in the pliable organisms of cultivated plants. All we cun certuinly conclude is that no marked change has taken place in the hesit of tlu > . sun during historical time. But when we come to look buck into vastly earlier ages we find the most copious evidence that the earth has undergone great changes in climate. Geological records cun. on this question , hardly be misinterpreted. Yet it is curious to note that these changes are hurdly such us could uriso from the gradual exhaustion of the sun's radiation. No doubt in very early times we have evidence that the earth's climate muet have been much warmer than sit present. We hud the greut carboniferous epoch , when the temperature must almost huve been tropical in arctic latitudes. Yet it is hurdly possible to cite this us evidence that the sun was then much more powerful , for we are immediately re minded of the glsicial epoch when our temperate zones were incused iu sheets of solid ice as Northern greenlund is ut present. If we suppose the sun to huve been hotter than it is at present to account for the vegetation which produces coal , then we ought to as sume the sun to be colder than it is now to account for the glacial epoch. It is not reasonable to attribute such phenomensi to such oscillations in the rsidiatiou from the sun. The glacial cpociis prove that we cannot uppeal to geology in aid of the doctrine that u seeulsfr cooling of the sun is now in progress. The geologicsil variations of climate muy huve been caused by changes iu the earth itself , by changes in the position of its uxis , by changes in its actual orbit ; but , however they have been caused , they hardly tell us , much with regard to the previous history of the sun. The heat of the sun has'lusted for countless ages , yet we cu uot credit the sun with the power t jf actually creating heut. We must ap ply even to the majestic muss of the sun the sumo laws which we huve found by our experiments on the earth. We must sisk : Whence comes the heut sufficient to supply this tremendous outgoing ? A Peculiar llequcst. One of the curl- settlers of Oscoda county , Michigan , made a peculiar re quest when he died a few years ago. For some time before hi.s death his stock wus being stolen , either by men or bears , and the old man's mind wus affected b } * his loss. He asked that hu be buried standing , on the east side ol a tre1 which grew on a hill overlook ing nis farm. From this position he hoped to detect the thieves. An Advertising Dodge. A Vienna baker is advertising his business by putting a gold ducat in on loaf out of every thousand that he bakes. The people in the poor stiburh where his shop is situuted fairly iijrhl to buy the loaves. An aged lady died suddenly in c. hotel ut Birmingham , Alu. , and in her bustle § 2,000 wus found sccretciL BAD BLOOD CONGRESS.- flow Cannon nnd MoAdoa Hot the Uuuil l y llio Knre. There are ordinarily no two more cou- > tcous members of the Housa than Can non , of Illinois , nnd McAdoo , of New Jersey. Perhaps it is to be attributed to the effects of the long continued strain of very hot weather that these two members , one of whom is noted for a certain routh suavity and the other for a polished courtesy , should have been the means of one of the most lamentable outbreaks JOSKPU O. CANNON. breaks that ever characterized Congress. The lard bill was under consideration , This bill has aroused more bad blood than any other bill this M-ssion. The Democrats , aided by certain Republicans , have filibustered against it , and this at lust aroused old Joe Cannon , who seems to have had the passage of this bill much at heart , and he introduced his famous resolution to recall all leaves of absence , designating in the preamble certain members sis being absent without leave. The resolution was a bombshell. The acc'ised members were full of wrath. At hist Mr. McAdoo ( who was not among them ) took up their cause , and in a speech of great irony and invec tive , bore so hard upon "Old Joe" that he writhed under it like a man in torture. And when the New Jersey Rep resentative sat d o w n , Cannon sprang to his feet and hurled at him a hasty and uncou- wax. MCADOO. sidered phrase that speedily cleared the galleries ami nrouscd the House to the utmost pitch of excitement. Mr. Mason , of Illinois , a brother Re publican , rushed at Cannon , and hurled a string of epithets at him that even the sensational dailies only represent by dashes. Two other Repub licans , Messrs. Lohlback and Beckwith , of New Jersey , fell to a bout at fisticuffs , and when Mr. Williams , of Ohio , at tempted to part them , he was laid out across one of the desks by a blow from the flit of the redoubtable Beckwith. Confusion reigned paramount , and it was only subdued when the sergeant at arms appeared on the scene , and paraded the mace between the ranks of the com batants. The lard bill ( or "pure lard" bill , as it is called ) is a blow directed at the cotton seed oil industry , and both interests are repiesentative of largo capital , and have active lobbies in Washington. The contest over the bill promises to be the most sensational even of a decidedly sensational session. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL Krupp employs 20,980 persons. Southern cotton is growing finely. Baltimore has a $10.030 thermometer. Matches are packed 1,000 boxes a minute. New York unions will probably enter politics. Grand Rapids furniture hands average § 8 a week. Massachusetts leads in boot and shoe production. ' Carnegie's workingmen's hotel will cost § 300,000. Corporations must pay wages weekly in New York. Colombo sends us § 6,000,000 worth of cocoanuts a" year. At Joliefc , 111. , 1,000 convicts compete with honest labor. Plump frogs average a dime apiece in ihe Philadelphia market. The New York Central Railroad has 26 female station agents. A Detroit electric company insures its employees for § 5,000 each. At Chemnitz , Saxony , 10,000 textile strikers ask American aid. Boston is receiving § 933,000 license from her saloons this \ ar. Jamaica ginger is getting to be a staple tipple in Bridgeton , N. J. Southern negroes arc being imported North to compote with Italians. The Miller estimates that there are 16,000 flour mills in the United States. The Croloa Lake , N. Y. , tunnel will be 33i miles long the longest in the world. The use of copper has been greatly in creased by the demand for it for electri cal purposes. The ten hour law is practically a dead letter in Rliode IsUiud. Girls of seven are also employe.l. The Canadian Pacific Railroad has 6,180 miles of main track in operation and under construction : A Richmond , Ind. , traveling accent , rfiur 33 yeai-j' faithful service , appro priated § 5.000 the past three years. The longest railroad bridaje span in the United States is the cantilever span in the Poughkeepsio bridge over the Hudson River , CIS feet New Yorkers spend over $70.000,000 every year for liquor , beer , und wine. There are in the city 7,737 places licensed to Fell alcoholic drinks. Persons who will be born on February 29. 1806 , w ill not have another birthday until 1904 , ei ht years afterward. The year 1900 will not bq a leap year , and consequently February in that year will have only 28 days. A similar misfortune befell the individual horn on the last day of February in 1696 and 1790. The McCormick Reaper Company re cently paid § 100,000 for the Keller bind ing twine machine. 'J ho instrument is of apparently simple construction and seems to do its work to perfection. A roll of over 1,000 feet in one piece , made from slough grass , M ns exhibited , and it 5s put up at a cost of one-quarter of a' cent a pound. Those who have seen it fray it is destined to revolutionize the bind ing , t Tine business. THE RATIONAL CAPITAL : TJIJSAfFJtO.I ClllXO AJJO CliXMEST 01- ' Mr. I-ortRn J TtpMcent Tlio Anxiety of Mnmburft- Civil Service Sllll Lively Ttirliiiloiiro mid KI-ctlctiiTrt la tlio House of JUcprcxci.nui.lvn * . [ Special WasbliiRton Lcttcr.l CongresH is soon to come to an end. That much , fnt least , is settled. The leaders off both , sides in the Senate have agreed that the elections bill shall he pobtpono.i ; that debate upon the tariff bill shall elose early in September , which means the adoption of the bill as finally nt-retd upon in conf-ivnco committee ; ami that the appr. . nation bills and other nipusurosell advanced on the calendar of either House shall bo hustled out of the way sis teen ns possible. Congress \ \ ill : idj .urn. How soon , no body seeim to Know t-xaetly. I sought iuforiiintin'i fromaDimo'Jvitic member. "Not ( ill alonj in October , " he re- plie.l. "AVe'vc g ) t 'em in a hole [ mean ing the opposition ] , suulwo want to Lave us much fun as po-sible. " I next buttonholed a Republican mem ber. ber."I "I was just in to see I/nlgo in his room , before he stavt.nl for Main ? . " he said. "You SL'i ? . if thu friends of the elections bill in this end of Hie Capitol try to force the Sonatt ; to take up that bill again , urdcr threat of bloc-king the tariff bill , it mc.ins that we won't get aw.-iy at all , but that next December will Und us still pegging away. I guess it's all right , though , and that we'll get siwav along in September. Lodge \ \ a < si ting with his Lack to the door. and didn't seem to want to talk. He's MR. LODGE 13 HETICEXT. a mighly fine genial fellow , too. but I inferred that he's pretty sore ; still , he'll Bcaicely make a fit-litagainstanarrange ment that seems inevitable. We nearly all w ant to get home. " 'J here is some talk of th < j President calling an extra session in November , to consider the Federal elections bill , but it does not seem to receive much ciedence. * * * The air is full of rumors. Isaw Speaker Reed aiv.l Frank HUcock riding up the avenue in a coups after adjournment the other nig'it , aud they had their heads together in a way that would have made a 1'ne "snap" for some enterprising cor- resj oudent with a "kodak. " Consulta tions suv I he order of the day. No Con- Kiess has bsen more full of cliques und intrigue. It is evident that the deals being arranged look beyond the result of this falls elections , lou can t go up the avenue just after adjournment any afternoon without observing a dozen groups in earnest consultation as they \\alk aloig. Knitted brows , emphatic gestures , and earnest assent or dissent , i-.ttiacfc the notice of passers-by. The people's representatives undoubtedly rec- ogniza the gravity of the political situa tion , and it is safi > to say that more doubt and anxiety exi , t in regard to public ecutiment than sit any time within the past 20 yours. Everybody expects diffi culties or anticipates danger , and so the situation is full of perplexity to all. v * * Many things have been left undone by this Congress and some of them wisely BO but no failure stands in a more ludicrous light than the proposed smash ing of the Civil Service Commission. The much bedeviled gentlemen who compose tlio three headed "Monstrosity" ( its enemies delight to call it ) seem to be all smiling and happy. Perhaps Deacon Lyman has hardly recovered his usual composure , particularly as he has just fallen under the dUpIensure of some misguided working women's association or other , which is evidently being > .n- properly used by shrewd politicians ; bui I notice that both Roobcvelfc and Thomp son seem happy , and the former has just been breaking a lance with Mr. Grosvenor. of Ohio , with more than his usual dash ami success. The examina tions go 0:1 as usual , and the Commission Bcems to have nothing t > worry it except the- absence of candidates from certain [ 8r j2 = & Sirwfeei $ EZAMINATIOX3 3T1LJ , O3 OZT. { Southern States , which are evidently far behind the ago in the matter of spoils hunting. I was talking with a certain member of the House the other day who affects an abhorrence of civil service reform in theory and practice , and who ically says some bright things against it. "Yes. " ho said ; "we're in the glorious position of Jolm Phoenix' , when he firmly inserted his ness in the teeth of his ad versary and pulled him down to the ground on top of him. 01 COUPSS , I'm Berry ; and I am pouring out my soul in anguish to some hundreds of my disap pointed constituents ; but , d- > you know , I tremble to think of Ihs consequence if wo had been successful. Tlio fact is , I wouldn't have dared to run again. I would have left it to some other fellow to tnke.caro of the hungry crowd thai would have been down here frcm nv district. " * * fc What is thy mutter with Congress ? " is n question evcrvbody is sislcing , speeiVJ reference being had to the House. II is not to bo denied thut the present body of representatives has made an unenvi able record for turbulence , and on several occasions members hat'e come to actual blows on the fioor. The galleiies weru entertained during the week by a SP ries of exhibitions that it would be difil- cult to parallel in any other legialativa body on the face of the clobe. T 1 4 TOKT MUST "KEEP TllUK BEATS. It is a little curious "that , while the Senate has been decorously discussing the evil influence of an open bir in the Senate restaurant , the Ilouit ? , whose bar was suppressed early in the session , ha ? exhibited ir.ore intemperance of lan guage and conduct than ever before. The suppression of the House bar ia. however , largely a fiction. L'quors are sold as freely as ever , the only restriction being that customers must be seated. As a mattcr of ethic * , bibulousness would iiofc seem to be any less an evil when in dulged in sitting than when standing. As a matter of facr , members have indulged more tha : > they did before the bar waa closed. The truth should be told some of the members who disgraced this week's proceedings were plainly and conspicu ously intoxicated. Still , the intoxication is probably an incident instead of a cause of the turbu lence. In the opinion of many observ ers , the House of Representatives has become too large a body to be manage able. The interests represented are so diverse and complicated that even party lines have ceat-ed to be of effect in pre serving a working majority. It has been suggested that the usefulness and dignity of the House can only l.e restored by cutting down the membership under the new census ap portionment. This probably will not bo done , so that the prospect of improve ment in the popular branch of our na tional legislature wculd seem to be a doubtful one. KOTHSCUIX.D TOO SMOOTH. [ loir Ho K at a Committee of Commun- IslH That Wanted Him to IJlviile. Dining a revolutionary period inParia in 1848. says the Chicago News , a com mittee of seven Communists called at the Rothschild establishment and de- miiirlfil to s ( > o thft famous hnnl-pr. child appeared , as suave as you please. 'Pray b > seated , gentleman , " said he ; now , what can I do for you ? " "Rothschild. " said the chairman of : he committee , "our time has come at ast. 'Ihe people are triumphant tht ) Commune is on top. " "God for the people vive la com mune ! " cried Rothschild , gleefully. "The time his : comj.n continued ( lit chairmin of the committee , "when each must share equally with his fellow citi- 2en. We have been delegated to call upon you and inform you that you must s' are your enormous wealth with yout countrymen. " "If it is so decreed , " mid Rothschild , urbanely , "I shall cheerfully comply. At how much fc my fortune estimated ? " "At 2JOOJOCOO , francs , " replied tha leader , boldly. " "And at what is the population of Franco estimated ? " ashed Rothschild. ' We figure it 50,000,000 , " was the an- SWCE. "Well , then. " sai.l Rothschild , "it would appear that I owe each of nvj countryman about 4 francs. Now. here , gentlemen , " he continued , putting his hand in his pocket and pi educing a lot of silver , "here are 23 francs for you. I have paid each of you , have I not ? PJcase give me your receipt there for ; and so , good day to you. " The committee retired , and the Com mune never i-cs.ered the wary financier airaiu. Hovr to BIsloiIcB . * > i > arri > TVs A hcrdf of noisy sparrows has chosen for ; i rocst si tree in the yard of a citizer. of Orange , X. J. For several evcninvs he has been c-xjierimentincr with a spsir * . ow disturber , uhich is at least ; si partial success. He hsvi tied t-tout cords to nearly every limb of the tree and gath ered the ends at his window. When th purrows settle down fur the night ha 7oes to the window sind jerks the stiig. : The sparrows become " rattle J" and 11 t away in the dark. Another citizen of Orange has si line growth of ivy on tha side of his hnus ? . and the sparrows have been i-ihalr'ing it thn u hout t'ie year" until rocen y. He has diiven tl en awsiy by going into the attic nnd s-iftin - Scotch bnuff and cayc-nnc. pepper i through the The AVelsht of a Dollar Kill. Do you know how many one dollar I bills it tsikes to weigh as much as a twenty dollar gold piece ? Driving out to White Bear recently one ofthose - walking compendiums of useful information mation sprung the above query , and the , opinions that it eiicted show si rusr.nrsi ! ble range. One nu'iiibcr of the pirtv. : whose business it is io handle mo ex * it large sums , after profound thought iiiig gestrd that the number would befron , 1.000 to 1.200. Others guessed down f , " line to 500 , but noon _ - less tltnn tin number. AftiralHiadpIaccdtlsom-elw r. rrcordtliocompendiuuisfciJcdtVa t , nun-ib-r of bills was thirty or thirly ' recording to their ccnd'tifii as to" mrii- , K i iifi ? g" [ St. Paul Pioneer T.J-- /