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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1891)
I Part 2. HE EE.Pages 9 to 16 , I T T TWENT\f-FIKST TEAK. OMAHA. SUNDAY MOKNING , AUGUST 1C , ISOl-STXTEEN .PAGES. NUMBER 51) ) . A Look at the Life and Characteristic1 ! of the Picturtsquo Peon. DID THE AZTECS ORIGINATE IN JAPAN ? I'nniliiro , tlio OrcMit Mo.xlunn Sculptor Dclit slavery nml How li Tin : Future of tins Mexi can Indian. il I" ! I'rnnk fl , MIXI : > CITY , Aug. 10. Special Correspondence pondence of Tin : Bun : The bulk of Ihc In dian population of North America Is In Mex ico. The United Slales numbers only about n quarter of n million Indians. Mexico has about 4,000,000 whoso blood has the bluest of aboriginal tlnls and her metizos , or people who have como from the Inter-inlxiuro of the whiles and the Indians , arc 5,000,000 more. Thcro are about 11,01)0,000 ) people in Mexico , and a.000,000 of those nro pure white. " These and the metl/.os govern the country. ' * * " * Tor them the great mountains vomit forth their silver and gold , and this rich soil yields Its wonderful harvests. Under them govern ments rlsoanu fall , revolutions come and go , and to them the Mexico of today practically belongs. The Indian who originally owned the land Is only the silent partner whoso name Is not on the business sign and who re ceives nonoof tlio proceeds. The Indians of Mexico nro unknown to the world. The term Mexican as It Is generally used describes - scribes only the tuling class , and the books that have been written nbout the country nave left out the most Intcresllng part of the population. Tin ; 'Mc.xlciiii Indian. The Indians of Mexico are not at all like oursavagoa. It i.s a question whether they como of Ihosamo raeo and they look moro like tlio offspring ot the Egyptians or the Japanese than of the Mongolians , who arc In face and form so much like tlio Indians of the United Stales. Mexico is moro like the orient than the Occident. Its common people live in huts like these you see today on the banks of the Nile , and they nro of Iho same typo ns those ued by tlioir forefathers In the days of the Montczumna. -f niflr dress i.s not unlike that of the people of India and Egypt , and their customs and hablls are In many roapect-s the Ehine. They cultivate-tho - soli in Iho same way using the snmo forked slick wilb ono handle for a plough and driving Ibcir oxen witli long goads while they merely scratch Iho ground with the Btick. Their women carry water from tlio wells In red jars upon their heads as they do In all the Mohammedan countries , and the draping of the robosu around the mouth .so .that you can see but littio clso than tlio eves , S > may have como from the eastern custom of veiling the faces of the women. I see hero every day features that maico mo think of the Japanese , and the skill shown by the Mexican Indians in pottery and art work , indicates that they are of mixed Japanese origin. Some of the ( lottery of Guadalajara is beautifully decorated and artistically bhancd , and the most famous of Mexican sculptors hnvo Japanese features. This man's name Is Panduro and holivos at Guadalajara , which by tlio way , is u city of 100,000 pcoplo , situated In the wcstorn'part of tno country , mid Is the center of art and culture in Mex ico. It Is the Athens of tbo cppublic , and tbo llnost. art works of all kinds of Mexican make nro turned out there. Panduro Is a wonder. Ilo can take a piece of black clay , and in ono Billing of several hours ho will model for you a bust of yourself which U a perfect likeness , and which will not bo moro than three or four inches high , il you so desire It. I have been in his studio. It Is a hut ot sunburned bricks and tie squntts cross-logged on the floor Just line a Japanese , and bis only tools are his hands and a little knife much like a case knlfo or a putty knife. Ho lias a lump of clay on a board In front of him , and ho works away Us ho talks , turning out his wonderful photographs In clay. Ho made a remarkable staluollo of Uiiimn .Inch , the actress when slio was here , and his types of exican lifo fairly speak and act. Ho willI in told , go to tno Chicago exposition , nml if he docs I predict for him that bis filmo will be International. I speak of him hero , howovor.as a typo of n class ot Mexican Indians. Ho bus the features of a Japanese mid the photograph which I took of him would not bo out of place In any collection of pictures from Japan. Mc.\luaii-lai > nnrHo Art. The similarity of the Mexican and Japa- nc.so art Is fi.und In other articles as well. The Indians of the semi-savage tribes of the western parts of the country make lacquered tables and bowls which are both beautiful and artistic. Tnoy paint these with roses and oilier llowers mid their lacquer will stand water , and , though not like the won derful work of the Jananeso , It may bavo como from the same origin. The Japanese nro fond of llowois and those Indians Imvo-u similar taste for them. The Japanese basket work Is noted and hero you find the finest of baskets of all kinds made of many colors and most ingeniously put together. In their love for chil dren the two people nro alike , and I see babies carried about hero on the backs of ttielr mothers and sisters Just as you will GOO thi'in In Japan. 1 see thorn also carried as you will see Ihem In India , and I uolo that the numbers of toys for children are as many In Mexico as they are In Japan. These Mexi can Indians do wonders In frescoclng , All the houses of the better classes are frescoed instead of being papered , and n Mexican plasterer , at W ) cents a nay , will turn out of- Jccls that would do credit to italy. They have all of iho care and honesty in their work of tlio true Japanese artist and will labor for weeks nn a wax liguro to produce a certain effect , and they make the wonderful pictures out of foaihers that sur prised the Spaniards under Cortes , nml you can buy these same pic tures or have them made to order hero in Mexico City today. They work like the Japanese , each In his own llttlo Jwelllng , and \vhen thov have enough made to start out for a wiling trip , many of the artists take their packs on their backs and peddle out their wares over the country. I met a basket seller out in tbo fields near Mexico City today. Ilo had about fifty briskets on his buck , and ihesc , iho result of a month's work , lie was bringing Into tlio city to sell. His leather pantaloons were profusely patched , Imt his wulto sack-like shirt was as clean as falling snow and Iho cotton drawers that fell down around his bare , brown feet were clean , and In this cleanliness 1 see another likeness of the Aztecs to t'.io Japanese. These people lake frequent balhs and they nro always washing their clothen. The poorest - est Peon wears clean wlutu cottons and 1 fre quently t-ce both vexes bathing together hero as thov do modestly and with no thought ot ihamo In Japan. So far 1 sen nothing about these Indians to connect tliuin with our say- nges of Iho western reservations. They nro II ill lie rent people and they coula never have had the simo ; origin. Ab u class these Mexican Indians are per- hnp.s the pool CM t people on this conlinciit. Thrco hundred years a o they were the rich est aiulMontcguma gave Cortes plates of gold mill silver as big as their horses. Since then they have been the slaves of their con querors. They have been oppressed nml beaten and worked for generations and it Is only within a few years that they have had the chance lo bo anything i'l < o. As they are today hundreds of thousands of them are liopoloasly In debt mid are ns much tlobt slaves as are tha debtors of Smm. Millions of them llvo from hand to mouth , and only the fowesi have what the American negro of the bouth would consider a compe tency. Peon debt Muyory was abolished ( ished In Mexico In IbTH , but in practice it still iirovulis , T lies o Indians manvof ihom are uonorable and all ot them great lovers of homo ami the locality in which they live. The huts which they occupy on Itin farms of their master creditors have been the homes of their families for uaueratioui , acd though they are not bound by law to work out their debts they do so and Incur olhers , so that they keep themselves and their families m bondage for years to como. They have no hesitancy about irolng again In debt when once free , and Americans who are trying to farm hero on our methods tell mo It Is almost Impossible to keep their men without they are their debtors. Tnoy never get any thing ahead , and when they want to get mar ried they usually borrow enough to pay the prloits and llio fees and get the wedding outfit , and this makes thorn debtors for yearn. Their employer * pay ihorn so much In food and wages each day , reson-lng n sir-all amount oul of each month's wngo.s to go towards the debt , and as their wages raniro In different localities from nbout IS to 50 cents n day. It will bo seen that there Is littio hope for their supporting tlioir families and paying thnir debts In some parts of Mexico boys got 11 cents a day , and In others the aver- ttgi1 farm wanes Is 111" cents per diem. On the Mexican pluto-ui the wages range from 18 to ji ; cents , and along the lines of railroad where track layers and construction com panies have nu'ld moro they have become considerably higher. On thu farms these Mexican Indians work right along for these wages. They lay off only forSundaysand feast days , and they appear to bo industrious , quiet , subservient and good laborers. Even. If tho.\ are In debt they can change their masters by sayini. ' that tnoy wish lo loavn and by getting a new muster to assume their debt and take them. In such a case a new contract is entered into ami the Indian stays with his now master till ho eels dissatisfied and gels another master lo pay his dobls and lo lake him In. Tnls debt nliwory exists in other branches of industry as well as farm ing. Factories bavo their Peons and mines have ihcir debt slaves. The company store exists hero as It does in the mining and man ufacturing regions of Iho Untied Stales , and Iho Peons get deeper and deeper in debt as they llvo on. on.How How tlie Peons Llvo. The Mexican , however , spends but little upon himself or his house. Tlio houses of the poor are huts or hovels , differing according ' ing t'o tlio locality. On tbo Mexican plateau , wiiero there Is lillle wood , the Indians live in low , square one-story huts of sun dried brick , often constructed without windows. Tho.su hovels are like great mud boxes. They have flat roofs , no chimnoNs or lire places , and the door of each hut is of roughly made boards and so low that the men and women of the family hnvo to stoop in entering it. Most of these huts have but ono room. The family sleep on the Moor on mats and there are neither tables or chairs. The cooking is done over a fire built out of doors or in a cor ner of tlio hut and the cooking utensils are of burnt clay and not of iron or copper. It costs but a few dollars to build such a hovel and the average Indian can build his own house. Near the towns the o huts are In a collection of a dozen or so , making suburus or villages of mud , and on the haciendas they are-oiton insino Iho wall surrounding the adooo buildings where their masters live or they are built clcso to the wall on tho"outside. . Along the railroad you often see them made of discarded railroad ties , the tie.s being sot on end anil , tortnlnir the walls of the but , while a thalch of cactus or other loaves makes the roof. If you will rbmembor the average , leuntli of the railroad tlo you will know ttio height of the Mexican railroad hut. In the rainy regions of Mexico , where the water comes down in showers every afternoon for several months of the year , tlio huts nro built with ridge roofs , and in the valley of Mexico and amid the pictur esque mountains along Iho line of Iho Mex ican National railroad you see roofs made ol board and tile. The board roofs , are tied on and held down by means of stones placed upon then" , and the tilfs nro fastened with mortar. In few of these Indian huts are nails used , and ropes and withes take their places. The cheapest huts of all are those of tbo hot country or low lands along tlio coast. These' are made of coneor poles , which nro driven into tbo ground and tied to cross poles with strings. The poles are of the same length and to their tops raft ers are tied and on these n thatched roof is fastened in the same way. Sometimes the pole walls are plastered'with mud , but gen erally ttio poles stand about an inch apart and you can see all that is going on in the hut through Its walls. I saw whole villages of such huts In the state of Vera Cruz , anil the Indians who swarmed in and out of them were often half nuked. Hero there was plenty of wood and the cooking .vns donu in the open air. On the plateau much of it was done with charcoal , and the lire was kept alive while- the food was on it by means of a fan made of rushes , which the women moved vigorously to and fro during tbo operation. Both on the plateau and in the hot country 1 saw many huts which had several rooms , and the homos of the boiler classes of the poor had now and then n table and a chair. In Ihe cities I find the majority of the poor llvlnc in tenement houses , and hero in Mexico City there are streets where the people fairly swarm and where whole families and several families nro crowded at niu'lH in ono dump , ill-smelling room with nothing but this foulest of sewerago-lauen ground to sleep upon. On tno outskirts of the city you may see the homos of squatters mauoof all kinds of refuse malorials from tin cans lo store boxes and sun-dried bricks , and some of the huts nro so low that the pcoplo have to got down on all fours to gel luo Ihom. Such places ura occupied bv the poorest of the poor of this great city. Their Inhabitants llvo by bogging , odd Jobs and often by stealing , an1 they constitute what might bo called the residences of the llvo points olonieut of the capital. How They DWHM and Wlrit th y Hut The Mexican Indians are not the blanket savages of our western territories. They do not cut the seats out of their pantaloons before - fore they wear them ns our Indians do. They are in fact as cleanly and particular about tlioir clothes as any pcoplo in similar circunutancos llio world over. The poorest man has his white shirt , wide-legged panta loons and Iho Indian girl wears a while chemise and a shirt. She has it Is true , not the corset , Iho hip pads or iho bustle of our advanced civilization and the covering of her long black hair is only a shawl as costly as tor meager purse can buy , still she looks neat and tidy in her simple raiment ami when young she has a straightness and roundness ot form and feature , which many of our belles might envy. The feet of both sexes are bare nml are half clad In sandals made of two pieces of solo leather about Iho size of Iho bottom of your foot and ono bouud on the top and the other on the solo of the foot when worn. TLcso sanilals cost about -a cents a pair , and you could dress an Indian woman so that she would look respectable hero for JJ.WI. It would cost considerably moro to lit out the man , mid the clothes of the Mexican Peon nro ono of the big Items of the family. His blanket or scrape , which ho wraps pic turesquely about bis shoulders nud which ho wears when not working both day and niirhl , costs all Iho way from $ ' as high ns he can afford lo go. I navu seen some that were worth ? " > 0 , but these were hand made and very line. His hat , broad-brimmed and of straw or felt , may cost less than $ l or II may cost f. > 0 and his pantaloons or co it a like amount. If. however , ho is the ordi nary Indian ho willconllnohlmself to ncheap serape and his cottona and ho will march around tin Jer his big straw hat with all tbo airs of tlio brigand of the stage. Neither ho nor his wife will wear underclothing , and they will sloop at night in thu same outfit that tnoy wore during tbo dav. Thu cost of their food will not bo proportionately greater than th > cost of ihulrclothing. Three-fourths ot Mexico Hvis almost entirely on black beans utid cakes made of Indian corn and the frijoles and tonlllas muci-a with red pep pers make up tbo diet of the Mexican In dians. The tortillas form iho chief occupa tion of the Mexican house-wife. Every woman l. her own miller and cook , A rough , flat stone a foot wide and eighteen Inches long is her null , and she so.iks the grains of com In llmo water till they uro soft and llien rub ) them on this stone with another round stone like the whetstone you use In Miai-poning a scvtbo m > tll she gels them into a paste. She pats this out like a griddle cake and cooks it before her open lire. U is by no mean : ) bad eating , and with a * auco of rod popper It Hews down the great Mexican throat by the millions per diem. As to the frijolo.i. or black beans , they are sweeter and bettor than the baked beans of Boston , and iho boiler classes of Indians have many dishus which uro both cheap and good , Indian Villagi > n. Many of the Indians of Moxlco llvo in vil lages of their own. They hold their lands In common , cmltlvalo them together and divide the proceeds. These villages have their own customs , mid while under the general govern ment they have certain regulations xvhlch govern Ihelr own peoplo. All over Moxlco Ihe Peons , Aztecs or Indians however they may bo called have traditions , queer cus toms and superstitions , many of which have como down from thud ays of the Montezumas , and It t.s n wonder the ethnologist does not make thorn n study. There are , it Is SMIil n hundred different dialects In use among them lodny , and thoueh the most of them Spanish , ncarl ) alt speak their own language us well. They are a people of moro than ordinary culture , great lovers of music , easily governed and very pollto Thov ex hibit great love towards each other , and In their families and the question as to their future Is ono of the questions of the Mexico of today. They have produced many good men , Proslden Jatircz , ojio nf the greatest men of Mexico's past , wivi a pure Indian , President Diaz has Indian blood in his veins , the Mexican congress contains a number of pure luiilans , and the great Mexico of the future is bound to bo greatly influenced by its Azlec blood. F'llVNK G. CAHI'CNTCIt. co.v.v When a woman applies for a divorce- - nowa days , the lirso question people ask Is"Whom does she want to marry now1 ! No railroad stock over depreciated in value so rapidly as a set of ardent , love letters dur ing the first yo.ir after marriage. There are some women foolish enough to believe that their lovers will keep all tlio promises they make wlilio thov are engaged. "Marrlaeo has its redeeming qualities , " said 1'orpor as he paid oil Iho mortgage on Ins house with some of bis new wife's money. "Hello ! where is your engagement ring ? Is your engagement with Harold olfj" ' 'Oh , no. indeed ! Ho took me out to got some ice cream last nij- lit , and wo had to leave tlio ring as security for the cream. Harold didn't have a cent. A notable marriage nt the Windsor hotel. New York , lust Monday nvening was that of John Fowler Buck , the younger son of Colonel E. A. Buck , the odilor and proprietor of Iho Spirit of the Times , lo Miss Bella Louise COOKO , ono of Clovel.ind's prettiest and loveliest women. Kansas City Journal : A Lincoln , Neb. , boy of nineteen lies Just married e woman of titty-two , and the dispatches say naively that tlio courtship has extended Over a period of live years. A woman of forty-seven court ing a boy of fourteen ! She must have com menced "bv combine bis hair and spanking him on" to bed. A romantic wedding took place in Cedar county , Nebraska , on July 'J'.i ' , s iys a Yank- ton paper. Thu contracting parties were second cousins and residents of Dakota , the law of which docs not sanction marriage be- twpcn parties so nearly related. Not lo bo outdone iho wedding party went on u picnic live miles out of Yi.nuton into Cedar county and had the ceremony performed. Iir the supreme court at Bath , Mo. , lust week was witnessed the spectacle of a fif wife for divorce teen-year-old pleading a from her husband , aged twenty-two. They had been married n few months onlv , but the husband had already assaulted his inoilicr-in- law. who appealed in court , with a gasncd forehead and a blacic eye. Their marriage wus apparently a failure. The Now York Herald tells this matrimo nial story in hoaolinos : Kl.-.io Van llor.io's Homanco Ends in Elmira PrUoa Thursday , Elopement I-riday , Marriage Summy , Kollowlin * Airest- Separation Thursday , - Friday Sentence Saturday. Imprison men t Husband Arnhoim a Thief Ho Married tlio Girl Thinking She Was Kicli , and She Eloped with Him Believing His Father was "Wealthy. To tbo Washington list of fall brides and grooms , in which Mr. Garland and Ml.ss Heap , Mr. Balch and Miss Fleming , Miss Virginia Williamson and Mr. Hancock are already prominent , may bo added those ot Mr. Blair Dee and Miss Anna Brooke , whose wediiing day is sea for October. Another wedding with a diplomatic lluvor and also sot for the fail is that of Scnor Don Antonio Leon Grnjeda , third secretary of the Mex ican legation , and Mis Ani3 * Darncs of Georgetown. Miss Duhlgron of Washington will antici pate the autumn lido of weddings by having hers at the season when her mountain home is taking on its most romantic phase , about September in. As already announcjd , her marriage to Mr. Joseph Pierce will talii- place at "Dablen , " Mrs. M. V. Dahlgrcn'H country place , and will bo a quiet but stalely ceremony , .since Cardinal Gibbons is to olllcinto and lit Key. Bi-.hop Kcano is to assist. Miss Tjrexel , the youmrcst uiui now the only single -sister of Airs. John Dahlurcii and Mrs. Erie Dahlgreii , will bo the brides maid , and some others of ttie young people who have figured in tlio marriages of the two indies Just named will attend these two young aspirants for matrimcnial dignities upon this momentous occasion. Owen Clarke of Cleveland , n merchant sixty-llvo years old , summoned Attorney M. W. Beacon , Tuesday morning , the 4th insl. , and dictated what ho wanted in his will. Laler in Iho day lie visited Graw Brothers , undertakers , and had prepared a bill of ex penses for a respectable funeral , which he en dorsed as correct. Tlio next morning ho and Mrs. Murphy , a widow , drove to the church of the Immaculate Conception on ( jyinnii streetwhere a marriage ceremony was begun by Hov. Father Sydney. Before the last words which would pronounce them man and wife could bo .spoken , Clarke fell forward ir an apoplotlo spasm , from which ho never re covered. Ilo expired in a few moments in llio arms of his bride It was learned later that Clarke bad made a solemn rromiso to bis first wife on her death bed that ho would never marry again under any circumstances. In his will , Clarke loft his entire estate , $10,000 , to Mrs. Murphy. Eton , or the collection of schools which constitutes what is popularly known us Eton , has 1K)0 ( ) scholars. A public school law recently passed In Now Mexico has caused a great demand for school teachers. The applicants so fr.r have not been above one-third the number re quired. With the Idea of preserving the Gaelic lan guage the duke of Athol's daughter Is pre paring for the instruction of the Gaels of Perthshire in reading , writing and speaking their native tongue. Dr. Frederick M. Fling of Blddoford , Mo. , has been elected professor of European his- lory In the university ot Nebraska , In place of Prof. Howard , who has gene to the Leland Stanford , Jr. , university. General John Eaton , at ono time United S'atos commissioner of education , mid lat terly president of Marietta college , Ohio , has resigned the latter post In order lo devote his time to educational lecturing and writing. The London national training school for cooitiiry reports that .1,001 pupils entered for training In Ib'.H ' ) , seventy-seven teacbors ob tained diplomas , aim since tlio opening of the school tire total number of pupil- , has slightly exceeded 10lOO. , ( A recent applicant for a teacher's cerlltl- cato In Lake county , California , wrote in an swer to a question that Iho vegetable king- dfin of Australia was divided Into two grand divisions known ns the animal and mineral ; " and in answer to iho question as lo how our law * were "enacted , " answered that they were "enacted by iho grand Jdry. " The Argonaut : A Yale student recently handed In a paper to his professor , and wa's surprised the next day to have it returned with n note scrawled on the margin. Ho studied It diligently , but was unable to de cipher iho note , ami BO ho brought his paper back to the professor. "I can't quiio make out what this Is , if you please , " mid the student. "That , slri" said the proiu ser ; "whv , thai says I cannot read your hand writing. You write illegibly , sir. " At a recent mealing of the board of trns- tce.s of Yunkton , S. U. , collegeE. A. Bechtel of John Hopkins university , Baltimore , Md. , was elected to the profct > sor&hlp of Latin , to succeed Prof. J. T. Shaw Mr. Bechtel Is a graduate and past-graduato of Johns Hopkins and has made a special study of Li'.tin and kindred languages Including Sanskrit , and is a specialist in philology and ancient history. Ho now holds a fellowship In the famous Baltimore university. A CONFEDERATION FETE , Oalobntion of the Six Hunurath Anniver sary of wtz ! dand's ' Freedom. A PEOPLE OF.PROGRESSION. . . Modern Modes ol" Alpine Clltnhliif * Thu M-iKiilflucnt VliHv fi-oin the Itifjl Thu St. IJeriHir.lH and 'llii'lr .MlHSon of Itll'o Saving. LuriiuxR. Switzerland , July 20. [ Spccm Correspondence , of Tun Uii : : . ] Commencing on the last it ay of July , * thcro will opoa In Schwyz , n confederation fete , which tslo ln cluiloiin hiuorio pl.iy , given in linaor of the GOOth anniversary of tlio taiclng of the oath of allegiance. Scnwyz Is one of tlio throe confederate canton - ton mentioned in WlllUn : Toll , the other two being Url and Uiiterwalden famous for ho oath of Kuotli. A Coiifbdor.Uinn Koto. Briefly outllnocl , the first sketch represents 'liberty" ' showing to the three Helvetian fam ilies Jaeger ( hunbmon ) , Fischer ( lishernieu ) , and Hirtea ( shepherds ) , nbaut iOJ H. C- , the shores of thu lake of the four cantons ns their future liome. Sccno ' 'a Hoturn of the conquerors from Mor arUm on November IB , Ktl5 Tliero is joyous erecting by the people at Brunnen. Thou follows a description of the battle , and a renewal of the oith : of allegi ance. Secno IJil Murtun In 14TO , showing camp life , with flight of llio Burcundians , and victory of thu confederates. Seeao 4th Tlio day at Stans , Decem ber , 1481. Quarrels occur between town folu and the peasantry , tri-eolor.s vs duo. Scene 5th Pcjtalozzl at Stans , Scptem- ber , 1703 ; adoption of the orphans after tlio terrible day. Last scene Ore it fete of the confederates nt Sehwyz , August 1 , ls 9l. Assembly of all the various iri'oupoi in above scones , and of the Swiss people of nioJera times around Mother Helvetia Between each of the scenes there will bo tableaux vivauts , lepresenting pictures of SU'iss history. That part of Switzerland Oejng about the lai < o of the four cantons commonly known to English speaking tourists ai the Lalco of Lucerne , will bo en fete , and the shores of tlio lake .will bo Illuminated with Chinese lanterns , wliilu the summit of the lligi and Pulutu.s mountains will ouch have its bon fires and Bengal lights. . Oil ir.iutor.sticri of ti ! ; ; Swisi. The Swiss arc a slow.ploddiug , industrious people working liarJ at. ttiolr labor , and mak ing the most ot any diversion which they feel disposed to grant themselves. It is certain tliat tlioy earn the right of a fete , and will enjoy the present one after ther , own quiet manner. Here , in the playground of Europe , rich in soil , salubrious air , and 5.01110 of nature's ( 'rainiest , works , thn Swiss toil from day break till sunset , be it in his pastures on the mountain slopes , or upon the rude bench in the isolated chalet , in the volley , where no sits carving his bit of wood , sometimes no longer than c cherry stone , " jynich combs out of his hands a marvel of tlligree work , and of such beauty as to mock us with the pa tience-displayed tucrccu ' Itcncllis of Invention. Switzerland , like othorcountrics , is rapidly showing the practical results of modern in ventions. Over and up mountains , through passes and valleys , whore a few years ago travel was ilone ontireb by dilligonco or car riage , now boast of their narrow and broad gouge r.nlw.iys. until soon no snow Alp will ho complete without its luciculurocog wheel system. That picturesque figure of Swiss climbing , the Alpine gui.lo. will eventually have to live upon tlio memory of his many ascents his vocation , like that of the Danish , prince , will be gone. The lunifUlaro railways swell in number eachyearand | even that bride of all the Alps , the .snow-covered .lungfrau , will soon be as coudod , not as of yore by means of pickaxe , ropes and alpenstock , but by the favorite nar row gauge railway. With what , many may consider this modern desecration , much of the ron.anco of Alpine climbing must disappear. A Very I'niKJ'ivsHlvo People The Swiss , like the rest of tlio world , are progressing , and with their well-known love of gain see in such changes many thousands of francs pouring into the now company's ex chequer each season , For , the number ol of those who are adventurous enough to bravo the physical fatigue and the trials at tending the ascent , is very small in proportion tion to those who would willingly reach the summit in a more comfortaulo and less haz ardous manner , no matter what the cost. Tlio Higi was the first of tdo mountains to claim the attention of civil , engineers. What was , at that moment , moio or loss of an ex periment , has proved sufltcluutlr ' successful to suggest many others to follow.'until today not only in Switzerland , but In Italy or.dGo > - - many , every well-known mountain'where an uninterrupted view may bo obtained lias its furnicularo trains running to the summit. The View KIV.III Uifjl is wide and enchanting ; ouo seems to bo look ing down upon an illuminated map. As far as tbo eye can see arc villages , green fields , blue-green lakes , with a back ground of snow Alps ; peaceful villages , with reu-rooled houses and churches with tall , slender spires ; mountain slopes dotted with burnt brown chalets , and winding roads so white as to suggest a slender thivad. The sunset is superb.Tho following morning At the sound of the Alpine horn wo JUastonto the point of outlook with the cold snow air brus'hing our faces , and witness that graiul- of Swiss slghls , an unclouded snnrno. The sun , looking like a great ball of fire , slowly rises from behind a mountain and ' casts 'its glow upon the , snow po.iks of tlio " Dcrncsu Uborland ; onu utter "another the different snows catch the crimson coloring , until in a moment , the entire , ' range Is vivid with ttio Alpine ( 'lube. I'lc'tiiri'Hciun Costume * of thu Women. The costumes of the 'peasant women nro extremely pretty , anil yaVyhti style accordIng - Ing to the canton 10 which they belong. The prettiest of tlmso are \yprn In St. Gall anil the Anpopzoll , consisting of a black uc- cordlan plaitcil skirt , rather short ; white linen waist with full slouVea reaching to the elbow , black velvet bodice | accd before and buck with silver ohtdus and 'fusionIngs ; sil ver chains also falling from below the elbow ending in hnniUomo lllugrco oanamonls. Around the neck of the cqnage Is a V-slmped collar of pnio rose or blye surah , closely platted , which is worn so ns to leave the neck exposed , a wldo dog collar of gurnet beads with filagree silver clasps , and handsome largo silver buckles or pins la the hair com plete tllO COitU'ilO. ' Caught Iho Spirit ol'Pro'ross. Trio .shepherds no longer wear their orlgl- nl costinni ) ; they , too , seem to have caught the spirit ol progress ami now dross like their brotuors in the village. ' Onu reason I have heard aligned for this is that the pictur esque costume Is expensive and so long as Klein & Co. , try to undersell Guggenheim ft t' the peasant will dros < uftor the modern style Splendid St. HcrmmlF. Ono sees some splendid specimens of that line breed of dogs , the St. Bernard , in moun tain places , for Switzerland is the homo of this particular race , ulthouch th.o original brot'd came from Spain. Thu.io nonlo crea tures , witli their ulmoat human liitvlligonco and kcon instinct , dciyrvo nioro than mere mention , for their work In rescuing lost trav elers and snow wrecked guides entitle them to muro ttmu passing notice. Powerful to look upon , gcntlo ovcd nud Intelligent , capa ble of undorstandlliL' the work expected of them , they take their instructions from the monks and masters with u complete know * ledge of how th6y will proceed to not , and with blankets strapped about their body and a llask of brandy about the neck , they are off to their work of rescue. Often woarv and foot sere : climbing dan gerous snow peaks and leaping over crevasses - sos , they push onward and upward , for hour after hour and rarely return to their clois tered homes without fultlllm'ir their mission. Could men do more than this ) HlillliMlllllK About S\vl M ( "llli'M. The Swiss uro largo manufacturers- the silk , cotton and woolen goods nude in Zurich compare favorable with those of oth er countries. Geneva , independent of its Immense trade in watches and music boxes , has Its educa tional side , and the university anil schodls , are well known for their excellence. JJnlo is the wealthiest cltv In Switzerland. Its chief wealth llc.s in its manufacturing In terests. His also the Important railroad center - tor , a network of roads running into the city , conducting to all directions. Lucerne and Intorlnkon nro but summer places where the tourist comes with knapsack - sack and alpenstock , ptvp.ireJ for long tramps and mountain excursions. NirrlnV. : . COU.INM. .vjir i-'oii rni : i..i/ > ; / . Satin effects appear very prominently In the new ribbons , A pretty girl and a gold dollar pass cur rency everywhere. A now dressy glove lias a point on the wrist , plain or embroidered. Both round and oblong clusters of llowers tire noticed in the now brocades. It is hunt for a girl to bellevo that a man isn't sincere when he is paying her a compli ment Yes , Dress Uofonn. You are probably cor rect. The ' 'Common Sense Corsot" titii no doubt come to stay. Mrs. 1'Vank Stuart ParKer suys corsets have filled moro graves than whisky. They both make their victim * very tight. When gloves are laid away in a box they should bo wrnppeu In parallno tissue paper. Never lay gloves together clean or soiled. All undergarments nro more nearly fitted to the liguro than they have over been. Kven nightgowns are bolted , though loosely , or are sloped ! n about the waist. A pretty dress for the house is In white lawn , the corsage tuckered so as to form a front. The sleeves , the collar and the laps of the corsage are In guipure. Tlio riding habit is of gray stockinet , wild waistcoat of white coutil checked witli blue. Since it is for country wear a white sailor hat is added with cheeked ribbons. A graceful walking drcs : is In chestnut foulard. The corsage forms a scarf o\vr a front of old lace. A narrow bonier of laeo runs down the sides ; tlio bottoms of tlio sleeves are ail adorned with lace. Pearls bid fair to take ' .he place of diamonds mends in popularity. At many very swell af fairs it was noticed that the ladies wore beau tiful pearls in place of the brilliant diamonds which had previously been used as favorite jewels. The chemise most used suggest ? a combi nation of the corset coyer and short under petticoat. The Marguerite chemise , with low , lound neck and without sleeves , is shaped in the back ny three box plaits that extend alinoit to tlio waist. A fad of tlio season is the use of yellow pearl , white and lavender cl.amois glavcs , plain or stitched with blaco. They cannot he worn as close lilting as kid gloves , as they are not elastic. They soil , easily , but the yellow and white especially was well. A pretty bonnet consists of a shape of gold cloth embroidered with pearls of various colors and surrounded by a fringe of tulle , which rises behind after the manner of Normandy bonnotn. There is a rose satin bow in front anit the strings are of black velvet. WLite sorpo Is the material of the boating dress , cheeked with tonjuoiso blue. There is a band of plain blue about the skirt and blue braid outlines tlio coat rovers. A blue corded ribbon fastens tlio white cambric blouse , and tbo sailor hat has a blue iin'J white ribbon. Wreaths of bramble flowers and riponinr blackberries are laid about rustic straw hats and tied with knots of green velvet libbon. Hats of chilTon trimmed with bunches of car nations back and front are as picturesque us any now on display. Black hats are going out ol favor. Corset covers for slender figures are "baby waists" of nainsook shirred to a br-lt of linen set on as a facing , the ends extending over the hips. The low , round neck is edged with narrow luce or embroidery , and the fullness is held by faro beading , through which baby ribbon is drawn. A nogligo costume for the country is in the form ol a loose blouse , with a deep'collar cut in squ-ires and embroidered in boft tones of silk. Around tlio hips are short buiqucs , also embroidered. A heavy coru i.s fastened around the waist under the blouse , and mils down the front of the skirt. Kccenti lollies of shape herald the autumn not of color. A bcasido dress of white bon- giuinc was finished this week. The front was trimmed witli a flounce put on in points and edged with white velvet , but the dark Creole b 'anty who ordered it expected to bo more than equally impressive from tin back view. Turned down collars are a ivlief for which to bo grateful after the tilch , torturing stocks in Which necks have been imprisoned so long , They are made of pleated or gathered lace , in white or cream. Small capots made entirely of ( lowers arc worn by women who object to tbo big hats or gauze toques covered with jewels. Black hosiery Is quito as safe a choice as In any former season , notwithstanding the re peated warnings of'its retirement. It is worn oven with colored shoes , and often is pret tier than matching hose would bo. Black lioso with a light embroidery , in some color brought out more strongly In other portions of llio costume , are effective. In the way of shoes russet leather oxfords are worn ns mu 'h as over ; but tbo colors are rather darker than last year. In fact a well- dressed man is almost always eminently 'quiet1' in tils colors , although the bright red neckties worn this year with gray and brown suits nro such pretty innovations in the way of color that they have become very popular. Miss Willaru says that the Clmutaurina dress reformers , ol whom she is a moving spirit , have not rcneeed the point of opposing or recommending the divided skirt. Their present assault is made against hlL'li-hicled shoes , dirt-gathering skirts and ' 'thu death- line bodice. " The question of trousers for women , sde says , is a matter for fuluro dis cussion. Soft yellow sheepskin Is recommended for travelers' shoes. Slippers are perfumed by sifting some choien scent powder between thu lining and outer leather. Americans show no disposition to give up the piccadilly too for the clumsy square too to which tlio ISnylisli women nro returning. A hinh gloss is a Persian notion just now for dressed kids and leathers. \Vliito shoos will bo moro worn this season than formerly , and are being brought out , in many varieties. Tlio white patent leather tlo Is liiiiulsouio. Whi'e undressed kid slipper * have gold heels and soles , and white satin rovers nro on green kid tics. With white cloth and wool t'owns are worn shoes of black patent leather having while cloth tops. Several oral kinds and colors of leather often nro combined in ono slipper , the va p being of one sort , the quarter of Knottier , the Instep of a third , \vhilo heels and soles may match one of thu three. Tlio favorite materials j'it now for even ing wear are the line silky cropona , silk mus lins , China crepes , organdies , nets and tulles with either velvet spots , iloral embroideries or a powdering of tiny gold , hilt pr or crystal br.iuUngh and M.irlu Antoinette brocades of nil designs nt splendor In tint and patterns. The greatest liberty is allowed In evening dress and ro > ulii > In striking contrasts of sim ple organdie , wiui toilets diu/lmgly joweltod and elaborately ornamented. Precious Mones enter largely Into the con struction of evening gowns fur matrons , and the potsessoM of ninny dels of jewels have n gowu to match each sot. A lady whoso or naments are justly ci-lnbratcd In the fashion able world wore recently a white gown bro caded with gold , draped with folds of yellow muslin clasped on the shoulders and at ttio waist with topaz clasps , ilknnond epaulets , girdles and buckles , opal clasps , and real pearl fringes add to the glory of many a so cial queen's toilette du bal , the point bolng not to wear the jewels not as oanainonts , but ns component and essential partsiof the gown. If your completion Is n dctlcalo one and you freckle ana hurn easily , bo sum and pro vide yourself with a ivd veil. This gives the best protection to the face. Wear it In the MIII and on the water. The nut-brown maid Is n popular fad during thu summer , but rossos and cream an- preferred at the cot IN lion In the wlntii. Unfortunately , the sonsa- live- skin , after being exposed to MIII and wind , docs not alwiu's resume its lair , healthy appearance. Therefore bo ndvlscd and use tin- ounce of prevention. Butter milk removes a sllgnt coat of tan and keepi the skin soft and fresh. Uncle Snm tuts TOO lady preachers. The Methodist general conference of Mon tana voted i"i to Sto admit women ns lay delegates. Fuller Molllnger , whoso miraculous euros at Troy lllll shrlno have made him famous , lias accumulated a fortune of $ IUKOOU. ( ) The annual conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church ts In session in Sacramento , presided over bv Bishop Ur.tnt , n well known colored theologian. The free Methodist churcn of Allontown. Pa. , allows no ono who belongs to a secret society , uses tobacco or wears Jo\volrv to become - como a member of tlio congregation. Hov. Mr. Unwan of Strudslmrg , Penn. , has docllncd u SI,400 call , although ho gets only $1,000. The call didn't como from an other church , but from a baseball club. Out of the British Isles the Salvation army have now I.TO.'i corps and 1,010 societies , alto gether ' . ' , " . " ) I separate salvation societies. These are led forward by fibOO olllcors. Hov. Joseph Bailsman , pastor ot a Prosby- toriau church in Rochester , this stnto , has tendered his rcslgnitlon , he being In accord with the views held by Professor Briggs. According to the returns published In the British house of commons the annual Income of the Church of England is about fti.iiOU.OUU , of which f''T , ! ! I. > , S.V > are from ancient endow ments and $ l,4\l \ ! , ! > 30 from private bounty since 170 > 1. Hero is the prayer of the minister of the Cumbrays , two miserable Islands in tlio mouth ot tlio Clyde : "O Lord , bless and lie gracious to the greater and tbo lessor Cum brays , and in Thy mercy do not forget tlio adjacent islands of Great Britain and Ire land. " The Congregationalism , are doing well. Ac cording to their year boolc the denomination numbers over fiX ( > ,00) ) members , with more than 1)00,000 children in tlio Sunday schools , The amount of money raised and expended last year for bcnovolenco and houu' expenses ngerogatcd almost f',000OJO. ) The total propoi'tv valuation of the Catho lic church In tlio United States in ISTiO wis $ ! V-fcii.Vi. ! ( in IbliO it was WOTT4,11I ! , In 1KTO It was $ i0'Jsirir ; > ( M. That Is to say the aggregate wealth of the Catholic church increased about 18 per cent from Ih.VJ to 1800 ami about I''S per cent from IbllJ to 1S70. It is said that the tract written by Hov. Dr. Newman Hull , the English Congrega- tionallst , entitled "Como to Jestif , " has tiad a greater sale than any other rclleious work , the bible excepted. Several million copies bavo been printed , and it has been translated into moro than thirty languages. The author li now Vioventy-llvo years of age. Tl-o risks of a pilgrimage to Mecca may wed make the most earnest Muaselnian hesi tate to undertake that pious duty. Of the ( ili,0)0 ) pilgrims who have sailed from various oriental ports for this sacred spot during the last six years some 'JJlll , ( ) ) have never re turned. A few. it is thought , may possibly find tlioir way back by other routes. Mr. Spurgeon. the great English preacher , is as fond of being a gentleman farmer ns Beecher was. Ilo has a tlno country estate atB-mlah Hill , Norwood , whore ho has gath ered an unsurpassed collection of plants and shrubs from all over the world. The grounds arolmndsomelylaidoiitnndr.il the appoint ments of the place are on a magnificent scale. The Baptist Missionary union sends out this year the largest number of missionaries ever sent in a single year. Forty-four of the .sixty are newly appointed , The largest band -eiuhtccn go to Btirmah , tu ! t Hold where Baptist effort has been so greatly blcsssd from the beginning. Ten go to Teloogoos of India , eight to Assam and the romalndcr are scattered in China. Japan and Africa. The Hoy. T. W. Bristol of Beaver Falls , Pa , draws the lino. When ono of his lambs , Solomon II. Myers , wrotoof him that ho was 'sharp as a tack , " ho prayed that the sinner's hard heart might bo softouod , When ho added "cunning as a fox , " he turned the other cheek. When upon this came tlio averment that tlio shephoid of tno Hock was "sly as arat , " the said Fhophord shod a forgiving tear. But "deceitful ns hell" was ono too many. Ho rose and brought suit for .f''jODO damages. The second Ecumenical Methodist con ference will assemble in the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal church , Washington , D. C. , October 7 and remain in session two weeks. Tlio first conference was held in London , England , in 1881. The October con ference , which will represent the 45,000.000 Methodists throughout the world , will be attended by BOO delegates. Three hundred will represent America , called the western section , and the others the balance of the globe , designated as the eastern section. Next to Phillips Brooks , whoso gigantic size Is well known , the bishop of the Episco pal ctiurch , who possesses the greatest girth and stature , is Bistiop iValker of North Da kota. Ho is three inches above six foot In height , stout in proportion and has a strik ingly handsome face. His hair and beard are black. The bishop i.s an entertaining talker and a man who thinos as brightly in society ns In the pulpit. A few days airo ho won some notoriety by introducing a "mis sionary car" Into the service of thu church , and with it hu carried the gospel by rail through the northwestern states. Mr. Gladstone recently said : "Tho older I grow tbo moro confirmed I am in my faitli and religion. Talk about tlio question of the day ! There is but ono question , and that is the gospel. Thai can and will protect overv- thl.iir. "AgnosticismI I am profoundly thankful that none of my children or kin dred have been blasted with It. I am glad to say that about all tlio men nt the top In Great Britain are Chridtlans. I have been In public life fifty-eight years , ami forty-seven in llio cabinet of tlio British government , and dur ing those forty-seven yonr.s ) have been asso ciated with sixty of thu master minds of the country , and all but live of the sixty wore Christians. " .WB.V Of MA II 1C , Herr Alvary , the toner singer , boars an as sumed name. Ilo is really the son of Andreas Athenbacb , the well known marine and land scape painter of Duossoldorf. When the monument to the tuneful Burns was appropriately unveiled at Ayr the other day , HO.OOll people caino to do honor to tlio exciseman who was so poor In all but brains and feeling , Stephen A. Douglas , prosecuting attorney for the city of Chicago , mid son of thu famous democrat of that name , never visits Springfield , 111. , without going to the tomb of his father's old political opponent and friend , Abraham Lincoln , Archbishop Ireland , who is likely to become - come n cardinal , is a native of Ireland and llft.v-throoycara of ago. Ilo has resided In St. Paul for many years and during the war wus chapUin of the Fifth Minnu.oU in fantry , no was ordained to thu priesthood In ivil nud raised to the archoplscopal dignity In IbbS. Charles Francis Adams has turned from llio charms of tunning a railroad to those of elcclrlcity. Ho is expected snon to ( usnmu the presidency of the Westinghouse system. General | < ; . nurd Urubb. the minister to Spain , will M'll for Now York August'Jllto be present at the reunion of llio Phil Kearney brigade , of which ho is president , and also to look after his uhancos for the governorship of IS'HW Jersey ioxl : year. General I'Mtner , iho now commander-ln- chlot uf Iho Grand Army of IhoHopublio , has turned hU attention of late years to fresco painting and decorating , and most of iho In- tenor painting of the state capilol at Albany U his work. Ho Is utlnblo and has many warm friends. Ho is an excellent presiding officer , but a blow and not particularly elo quent speaker. CRAVE TONCIAL They Are Quietly Dhotmjd by Secretary Foster aid Senator Shor.iuu. QUITE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION , The KoriiK'r'N l-Vnir mill a Hull' L'ot CiMit Soli 'iiia Not li'iivorc.l by tlio Iiattor Sonuitltln- ; .Must Itu lioiu > . M\Nsmu : > , O. , Aug. ir . Wlnlo politics wcro warm yeiturday and Mnjor Molvlnloy and n woman by the name of Oiijgs from Kansas , who represents tlio farmers' nlllntic * wcro debating economic- questions In a grove some twelve mlles distant from this place , speeches upon gr.ivo subjects were being miulo by twodlsitnguUhod moa in this town. Tlio audioiii'econslsto'd of only two and they wore also the speaker * . The conference was an Important oao , If It m.iy bo sj designated , but In reality It was a friendly cjaimiinioii between two important nion who wore facing each other upon national financial affalM ami the present condition of iho money m-irtot. ; Kverslnco .Mr. Foster became secretary of the treasury there h.u bjoa moiv or less dif ficulty about adding to the circulation , and when ho proposed the scheme of continuing the \4 } P ° r cent bonds at 'J per cunt Interest , It was expected that the oft'or would be laken with avidity. After making duo arrange * mcnls for its acceptance , Secretary Foster catno to his homo at Fosterin for a short visit and then wont to Middle Bass inland , In Lake Brie , lor a rest. Mr. Footer was resting comfortably and enjoying hlmsolt with important , men that lie know , who every year go to Middle Bass for comfort and repose , when ho was summoned bv the announcement that white the batiks generally - ally were willing to accept tils proposition the pcoplo who bold the -I' . , per cents were not , and , after six weeks of trial , only a llttlo over f 18,000,000 out of f.ll.OOO.OUO were con tinued under tlio secretary's .scheme , Ho was not particularly content with this showing , and started nt once for Washington , but caino hero first to see Senator Sherman. Last evening , ivliilo Major McKinlov was addressing the husband men at Blackmail's Grove , where they were holding a picniu , Mr. Foster reached .Mansfield for consulta tion. Ho hau wired Senator Sherman of his coming and llio statesman was at the depot to receive him. They drove at once to Sher man's residence and then began ono of tlio most important talks upon financial mailers that bus taken place In tlio country for a lone time. It continued for live ho'nrs , during which the entire financial question was re viewed and the question of continuing tlio 4 , ' , per cent bonds was naturally the central figure of the discussion , Politics , or the present situation in Ohio , did not cut a prominent liguro in the confer ence. Secretary Foster put some very inter esting hypothetical ana practical questions to Senator Sherman , which very soon demon- sirnlcd Ihe fact that the ox-secretary did not agree with tlio present ono about contlnuliiff tbo4J per cents. Secretary Foster took no pains to conceal the fact that his idea In en deavoring to continue the $ . * > 1,000,000 ofjiff per cents at U per cent was to use tlio money in other directions for the relief of trade. Ho thought that tlio stringency of the market could bo relieved If this project could bo car ried into effect ; but If only SI8DUO,000 or $ 1,0011,000 out , of the $31OOO.OJO could bo turned to account , llioro was some oilier1 plan necessary lo bo considered instead of the ono ho had proposed. Senator Sherman did not .share the secre tary's views upon the subject. Ilo thought that secretary Foslor should pay Iho ! , ' < , potf cents , and bo undertook to show how easy it was for him to do so without making iron bio in the financial world. The question of where Ihc money was to come from was freely discussed. The ox-secretnry's propo sition was that the money already in the treasury that could bo spared from the sink ing fund , and that might accrue in tbo tnoan- tlmo , would bo sufllcient to pay off ttio bonds when duo. It was evident from tlio discus sion that Senator Sherman never had been in sympathy with the schema of continuing ; the ! ' < , ' per cent bonds instead of paying them off when they matured. Ho explained to the now secretary If the chat may bo called an explanation that Hie month of .1 uly , the worst in the year , had been passed in safety , and that now gold would rot urn lo us as our elTorls began , and Unit the move * incuts of iho splendid crops ami tlio payment of new revenues .would make lliings'easy , saying that thu bonds could bo paid or retired without difficulty or danger. As about $18- 000.000 had already boon continued , It loft only Si3,000,000 to bo provided for , and llio ox-sccrolary considered that it was easy to make provision for thorn. The question of what effect the retirement of the securities that have boon held by the national banks ns a deposit for circulation would have on the banking system was nat urally one of the foaluroa of the discussion. Senator Sherman did not think it would have any except to eventually somewhat cliiingo Its character. Ills opinion Is that while It will not change the system after these bonds , which are held as a guarantee lor circulation arc retired , Ihe government would issue the notes directly from the treasury dop irtmont upon llio deposit ot bullion in tlio treasury to cover tlio amount t suod. Mr. Sherman took the ground thai it would not atfect the banks rind that they would very soon adjust them selves to the new conditions wlion the gov ernment would furnish the currency to thorn direct. How far Secretary Foster iicccptod or will accept Senator Sherman's views upon this subject remains to bo soon. Being a banker himself and having dealt In practical finan cial affairs all hU llfo. his Ideas In proofing tocontlr.no the -I1./ per cent bonds at ' * ! par cent was to avoid any friction or now experi ments nt the tinio when paoplo uro bogging for more money. Secretary Foster took fho 11'l : \ train for Washington to decide his coiimo after his arrival at thoj.reasury department , and what ' may bo the 'outconio of thU important and rather unusual meeting will doubtless bo dis covered within the next twenty-four hours. Secretary foster exhibited no nervousness as to the grave emergency ho must very soou meet , and certainly Senator Shoriii'in's man ner today and advice of last night exhibited nothing but perfect conlldenro that ovory- thlnL' would go along smoothly and Soero- lary Foster would find no dllilculty what * over In meeting ovary obligation , Mol Stone , who founded the Chicago News , was a reporter on the Inter Ocean when Llgo Halford , the president' * prlvutu secretary , was managing editor. Slorio was an aggres sive fellow , with ideas of his own , but Hal- ford took a dislike to him and discharged him lor Ircoinpoteno.v. Some years after that , when Stone was In tlio zenith of his success' with llio Nuws , Halford wont to him for a Job. Stone refused to give htm work , re marking that ho believed Hallord had bad Judgment because bo hif ! discharged him ( Stone ) from thu Inter Ocean. Tills was rather humiliating to Halford , but when Stone's News was worth lour of the Inter Ocean Stouo's argument was forcible and conclusive. _ Ex-Senator Spoonor has shorn tlio lonu' and wavy locks that usud to fall thickly over his Dvronlo collar and glvu his tlio name In Washington of the "Laureate of tli.t Senate. " Ho is now as well groom 3d as any man In congress. Mr. Spoonur Is lending u quiet llfo In \ \ Isconsln , but ho occasionally runs dowu to Chicago to make n political 'prognostica tion. CardinalLavlgorio wutoncon boausnbrcur ; Cardinal Howard formerly held acommmloii In the Llfo gtiardu , and the car.atml arch- blshop of Perth was In youth the smartest ot Austrian hussars. Thostatuoof Pope Lee which wan presented to Iho I'ullioiio university of Washington by Joseph F. DoLoubutof Now York has ar rived aim bus boon placed for the tlmo being ; In the prayer room of tuu university.