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.
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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.
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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
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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. "
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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
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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--
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