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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , MARCH 17 , 1891-TWELVE PAG . n
CARPENTER'S ' ASIATIC TOUR
A Most Notable Newspaper Expedition to
\ Japan , China and Korea ,
THOUSAND MILES UPTHEYANG-TSE-KIANG
The NnliolH of tlio I'nr limit Intrr\ lowed
Iiiftldn I'liils A limit thn Army nnd Ximit
1'nrrrn i > t Cliliin A Visit to 1'cklttg
nnd the Chinese \Vnll-Aerosi Koreu.
Tlio Dee , In connection with Bovoral other
af tlio largest newspapers of the United
fUntcfl , 1ms just nrangeil with Mr. Frank 0.
Carpenter for one of the most remarkable
newspaper expeditions on record. Mr. Car
penter lias made a reputation for hlmscll
ns the most famous traveling correspondent
of the United States. About five years ago
ho spent a year In Asia on a great Journal
istic Interviewing tour , and at that time
ho had Interviews with the king of Korea ,
LI Hung Chang , the Chinese premier , the
nultan of Johoro , some of the rajahs of India ,
the khcdlvo of Kgypt , the king of Greece nnd
the patriarch of Jerusalem. During this
trip ho stood on the top of the Chinese wall ,
climbed the Pyramids and visited and do-
ocrlbcd the most famous temples tf India.
Ho maclo out of the way Journeys Into Slam
nnd Ilurrnah and wrote graphic descriptions
among tl.o snows of the Himalayas and the
low lands of the valley of the Nile. About
three years ago ho visited Mexico nnd wrote
a remarkable scries of letters from that
country , comprising among other things a
page Interview with President Diaz. Dur-
FHANK O. CAUPENTEn.
Ing the recent famine he visited Russia , trav
eling thousands of miles through the famine
districts anil taking , photographs every
where , though two American correspondents
from Harper's Magazine were expelled from
Russia just as ho entered tlio country. He
has been half a dozen times to Europe and
ho has written letters from every part of the
United States.
His travels within the past flvo years have
covered more than 100,000 miles , and the
trip which ho has now started upon will In
clude from 25,000 to 30,000 miles of travel ,
much of which Is In the most out of the way
countries of the world. During this trip ho
will write from twenty-flvo to thirty letters.
Think of It' Ho will travel 30.000 miles
for thirty letters , 1,000 miles for every
letter , 000 miles for every column
ho writes. Ills letters will average
about 2,000 words In length , and at
this rate ho will KO nearly half a mile for
every word. It Is the biggest newspaper
assignment on record , and In proportion to
Its extent one of the most expensive. A
largo part of It will bo taken where men
and horses will have to take the place of
railroads and steamboats , and during some
parts of It the expenses will have to bo paid
entirely In copper , and Mr. Carpenter ylll
have to take an extra mule or so to carry
the money required for these Journeys.
The trip begins in America. Striking
the Canadian Pacific In Manitoba , Mr. Car
penter will go from hero fo Hrltlsh Colum
bia , and. will sail from Vancouver over the
northern route of the Pacific ocean to Japan.
Ho will land at Toklo whllo the snow. Is still
on the ground and will spend some weeks at
the Japanese capital. After Interviews and
special feature articles from there ho will
travel by the now railroads right through
the heart of Japan to Klota. He will prob
ably visit .Kara , where there are far more
\vanuorim statues man tnai 01 mo lamcu
nnd much published statue of Buddha at
Kamakura , and ho will visit the great
Buddhist temple of Japan which has Just
"bocri completed In the holy city of Klota at
a cost of $8.000,000. The Buddhists of this
tompfo are the most famous In the world ,
And the logs for It wcro hauled by cables of
rope of human hair. Two hundred thousand
women cut off their locks to furnish ma
terial for the rope.
From hero Mr. Carpenter will go to Osaka ,
. the Now York of Japan , and will write up
the Japanese as traders , visiting their stock
exchanges and telling all about them In a
business way. Ho expects to visit hero a
famous monoptery on tlio top of a mountain
in the walls of which for 1.000 years no
woman's foot has stepped. Ho will then
rush his way by Jinricksha and rail further
on to the westward , out of the lines known
to the ordinary tourist , visiting Hlroshema ,
whore the gro.it naval station of the Japanese
empire Is. and from here will go to the
island of Klushlu. and will probably go right
through It to the city of Nagasaki. During
this whole Japanese trip ho will bo accom
panied by Japanese photographers , and ho
will Illustrate his Japanese letters to n large
extent with Japanese artists. Ho will taka
two cameras with him , and will always have
a photographer to aid him In his work.
From Nagasaki hn will taka ship for China ,
landing first at Shanghai , the Paris of the
cast , and a place noted for its anti-American
Influences. From hero ho will go about
* -1,000 miles up the Yang-tse-Klang river ,
passing through the moat rebellious part of
the Chinese rmplrn and traveling for hun
dreds of miles Into the very heart of China ,
Among the other cities which ho will visit
will bo the old capital of China , Nanking ,
whoso porcelain tower was one of the won
ders of the world and whoso ancient ruins
arc included within a wall thirty-live miles
in circumference. From Chlnklang ho will
KO to the Golden island and the Silver Island ,
which arc inhabited entirely by priests
wh'oso temples cover all of the land of the
Islands , and after visiting thorn ho will make
a trip Into the Interior and write a letter
upon the Orand canal. This canal Is a
great artery of China , and In case of war
wlUi the United Status It will bo an Im
portant highway. It Is In places 200 foot
wide and it runs on walls through the coun
try.
Another Important stop on this trip up
the Yang-tso-Kjang will.bo at Hankow , the
chief center of the tea trade of the Chinese
empire , and ono of the rcatest cities of the
Avorld. There are three cities hero which
Join each other Illto Now York , Jersey City
and Brooklyn , which hnvo a population of
over 1,000,000. Hero the Chinese are at
tempting to build railroads. They huvo big
cotton fuctorlca and they make Hcmlngton
rifle * equal to those used by our troops.
Mr. Carpenter hopes to have an Interview
with the famous viceroy of Hankow , and
ho will wrlto up the curious features of these
comparatively unknown Ctilmso cities.
After some stay here he expects to push
Ills way on about COO miles further to the
wonderful gorges of Ichang , the scenery of
which Is said to bo finer than anything In
the United States or Europe , and the rocks
of which have no counterparts in tlio N oriel.
During this trip ho will pass through Rome
of the chief opium rubln ? regions of fihliia
mil ho will visit sections where a hatred
of foreigners prevails.
Coming back to Hankow and Chlnklang
Mr , Carpenter may poaslbly cross the coun
try to Tientsin , or he may taka a boat and BO
up along tha Chinese coast to Choefoo and
thoncu on up tlia Pelho river , passing the
wonderful fortifications at Taku , and making
ft study ot Chinese defenses there. At
Tientsin ho will wrlto a letter about LI Hung
Chaug and describe this wonderful city ,
which Is the center of trade for North
China , From here ho will go on horseback
across the country to Peking , the Chinese
capital. Ha will spend some time hero
writing special feature articles about the
Chinese and the Manchus and will devote
ono letter to the Boy Emperor. After some
horseback tours through North China and n
trip over the only railroad In the Celestial
land ho will gall for Korea.
Korea has been opened to the world only
about fifteen years. Foreigners were not
permitted to enter It and the Koreans of
today are Just about what the Chinese were
GOO years ago. In sedan chairs , carried by
coolies , Mr. Carpenter and his photographer
will cross over the mountains from Chemulpo
to the capital ot this country. This la a
city of 300,000 people surrounded by a wall.
Americans are now putting electric lights
Into the palace of the king and there Is an
electric railroad projected. Mr. Carpenter
will tell something about these queer people ,
and his letters concerning them will be Illus
trated by natlvo artists and will be striking
In the extreme. There are few roads In
Korea. Still the country contains 12,000-
000 people and Its area Is ten times an large
as that of Massachusetts. It Is a big penin
sula something like Florida or Italy In shape.
Mr. Carpenter expects to push his way from
the capital right across the country to the
cast coast by means of horse ? or mules.
Hero ho will get a ship which will take him
to the Island of Ycsso , where the Aborig
ines of Japan live. The origin of these people
ple , ts unknown. They are the Esaus of the
east and are covered with hair. They wor
ship bears and It Is n part ot their religion
to keep drunk. Mr. Carpenter will spend
some time among these people , writing sev
eral letters concerning them , Illustrating
them by original photographs and Japancso
artists.
Ho will leave this country at Hakodate
and will cross over to the Island of Hondo ,
the main land of Japan. After some tours
through the northern part of the country
Mr. Carpenter will come down to Nlkko , and
thcnco go by rail to Toklo. After some
weeks here he will go to Yokohama and take
ship for the United States.
It Is Interesting to know what a corre
spondent requires In traveling upon a
Journey like this. The trip Is nothing like a
short excursion to Europe , where a man Is
warned by the guide books to take nothing
but a hand satchel. For this Journey all
kinds of clothing nnd of all weights are re
quired. The people of the east are particu
lar as regards ceremony , and the proper dress
has to bo on hand for certain occasions. A
full equipment of photographic materials for
the taking of all sorts of pictures will fill ono
of the trunks of the several which will have
to bo taken on the Journey , and last , but not
least , a good big letter of credit will bo
necessary. This letter of credit will neces
sarily have to run well up Into four figures ,
and it Is well to provide against the dangers
of travel by making It as large as possible.
The most important thing , however , for such
an expedition , is good letters of Introduc
tion. These are not to be bought with
money , and they are the only key which will
open the great things In the way of travel
and Information to the newspaper correspond
ent. Mr. Carpenter carries with him letters
from the most prominent men of the United
States to our diplomats and consuls In the
far east , and all tlmtjho officials abroad can
do for any one wllJTbo done , for him. Ho
has also special letters to the leading officials
and cabinet ministers of the countries he
visits , and everything will bo thrown open to
him. It Is his Idea to write of these coun
tries as they are today , and his letters will
enable him to get behind the scenes' and to
examine the wires which move the eastern
world. Plain , practical , and common sense in
his views , there Is no man better fitted to
Judge the condition of things In this
regard , and It Is safe to say
that there are few writers more
able to present this condition to our readers.
It Is safe to say no such volume of news In
formation has ever boon presented to the
world about these countries as they are today
as will bo contained In Mr. Carpenter's let
ters , and those who wish to keep up with
the times , to know what the other half Is
and how the other half looks , acts , talks
and lives , will do well to watch for them In
The Bee. The letters will begin inside of
a very few weeks'and they will run through
out the coming summer and fall.
_
JU.1G1Z1A7JS ; OF THE MOXTJl.
The Book nnd News Dealer , a San Fran
cisco publication , has a very novel method
of advertising periodicals upon its cover
pago.
The March number-of The Harvard Gradu
ates' Magazine opens with a portrait of
Francis Parkman , the historian , and a criti
cal review of his career by Jamrs Schouler.
His value as a historian may be better
Judged , tlio writer explains , from his view
that history Is rather a reflex of the Ilfo and
spirit of an ago than a detailed record of
facts. It Is the creation of Judgment rather
than the aggregation of successive events
that constitutes history. Even the subject
of football Is .now becoming a theme for the
agitation of the reformer , and Lorln F. De-
land , under the title "How to Reform Foot
ball , " gives the new reformer's football the
flrst kick. The Harvard Graduates' Maga
zine Association , 0 Beacon street , Boston.
If every one of the articles in the March
number of St. Nicholas could speak It could
In a few words give the reason for Its bolng.
Its "Owney , of the Mallbags. " Is a quaint
picture of a cur who serves no less a master
than the "U. S. M. " and travels from "Dan
to Beersheba" without ceasing. "Joseph
Bourwlaskl , " wo are told by Mary Shears
Hoberts , was the rarest ot wonders , a dwarf
worthy of admiration a thorough little gen
tleman. In "A Man-o'-War's Menagerie"
Don C. Soltz Introduces us to the pots of the
sailors aboard the U. S. S. San Francisco ;
Dr. Eastman continues his fascinating reve
lations of Indian boy life ; Gustavo Koffa
carries us along In tha midst of thrilling ex
periences with "A Boy Whaler. " Gleams of
sunshlno and glints of humor sparkle In
Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer Abroad. " The
Century Company , Now York.
A delightful pleco of reading In the cur
rent Worthlngton's Magazine Is written by
Prof. G. Frederic Wright ot Oborlln college
entitled "Scenes In the Snake River Valley , "
It Is an account of a trip taken for scientific
purposes through nearly the whole length of
this strange and desolate region. Ills way
lay over tlio shoulder of the Teton moun
tains , rising to a height of over 8,000 feet
nbovo the level of the sea , and down into
the lava plains stretching for hundreds ot
miles , with hero and there the sontlnol-lllto
cones of extinct volcanoes and enormous
gorges worn through the rocks by the Snake
river , In ono of which Is the Shoshone falls ,
a canon three times ns wide nncl twice as
deep as that at Niagara. A. D. Worthing ,
ton & Co. , Hartford , Conn.
Much has been said and written ot the
persecution ot Jews by the Russian govern
ment and people , but little has been known
In America of the reasons for this cruuado.
In nil article on "Tho Russian nnd His Jew , "
In the March Harper's Magazine , Mr.
Poultney Blgelow discusses the case from
the Russian standpoint. Five Illustrations
by Frederic Remington depict some of the
types ot Hebrews who have aroused the
enmity of the Slav by subjecting the un
thrifty peasant completely to the power
which the unscrupulous creditor has over
the Ignorant and friendless debtor. In an
article on "The New England Negro" Mrs.
Jane Do Forest Shelton has collected some
curious Information regarding the Con
necticut slaves and that unique custom , the
annual election and Inauguration of n
"negro governor" of the atnto. Harper &
Bros. , New York. *
The complete story In the current Llppln-
cott Is entitled "A Desert Claim , " by Mary
E. Stlcknoy , and gives a vivid picture of
far western life. Annlo Nathan Meyer ,
under the tltlo "A Prophet ot the Now
Womanhood , " contributes a valuable criti
cism ot Ibsen's attitude to the question of
woman's place In the world. The writer
says "thoro may bo those who fancy the
now Ideas will rob love of Its poetry , who
think with Ilelmnr that 'womanly helpless
ness makesa wife doubly dear , ' who fear
for the future of marriage If tbo old reglmo
gives place to the new , I can only say to
such , read your Ibsen n little further and
you will BCD that the same man who has
slvon us Nora and Mrs. Alvlng and Hedda
Gablor has also given us Agnes , the wife
of Brand , and Solvrlg , the sweet guiding
* tar of Peer Gynt two women , the beauty
and Ktreneth of whoso love have not been
excelled by thu pen of any poet , not even
ot the romantic age ot Elizabeth. " ' J. B ,
Llpplncott Company , Philadelphia.
Brant Stoker , BO well known us the busi
ness manager of Henry Irvine , In an article
on "Dramatic Criticism , " In the March num
ber of the North American Review , declare )
that after a considerable experience o
dramatic critics , both In England am
America , ho considers them as a body o
earnest , liberal-minded gentlemen , sympa
thetlc In their attitude toward the work
and patient and fearless In their discharge
of It , having no private purpose or rnd o
their own to serve , but helping to purify the
public tnsto by their appreciation of excel
lence nnd their condemnation of evil things
Sarah Grand , the authoress of "The Heavenly
Twins , " In an article entitled "Tho New
Aspect of the Woman Question , " argues tha
while there have been times when there
was n doubt ns to whether man was to bo
raised or womnn was to bo lowered , wo have
turned that cifl jjr nt last and that now
woman holds out a strong hand to the man
and Insists on keeping him up. She defines
the woman question as the marriage ques
tion. The North American Review , 3 East
Fourteenth street. Now York.
That the thought of the times Is not cqua
to the demands of the day Is made very
manifest from the rambling remarks of E
L. Godkln who writes In the March Forum
on the subject , "Tho Duty of Educated Men
In a Democracy , " In which ho deplores
present conditions , saying "there Is nothing
from which the public service of the countr ;
suffers more today than the silence of Iti
educated class ; that Is , the small amount o
criticism which comes from disinterested
nnd competent sources. " In the same ntim
her Edward Bellamy presents "Tho Pro
gramme of the Nationalists , " In which ho
arraigns the despotic form of capitalistic
rule prevailing W , G. Sumncr replies under
the caption "Tho Absurd Effort to Make the
World Over , " In which he takes exceptions
to "tho method of measuring what wo see
happening by what are called ethical stand
nrds- and of proposing to attack the phe
nomena by methods thence deduced , " The
Forum Publishing Company , Union Square
Now York.
The opening article In the current Century
Is a sketch of life in "The Tullerles Under
the Second Empire , " by Miss Anna L
BIcknell , who was an Inmate of the Tullcr-
les as an Instructor of the children of one o
the court families. The writer conveys a
graphic idea of the dally round of Ilfo at the
place , and the article Is Interestingly Illus
trated with full-page portraits of the Prlnco
Imperial , "Napoleon HI * and Eugenie , " ant
an engraving of the head of the empress
from Wlnterhalter's famous group the last
being printed as a frontispiece With an ap
propriate Second Empire decoration. A
paper by Joslah Flynt , In his series of per
sonal experiences among tramps , deals wltl
"Tho City Tramp , " and sots forth the char
acter , motives and general methods of pro
cedure of this ubiquitous class. It has boon
carefully Illustrated from Ilfo by I'opo end
Martin , and Is of unusual Interest at the
present time In connection with the admin
istration of public charities. The fiction of
the number includes the continuation oi
Mark Twain's "Pudd'nhcad Wilson , " in
which the action moves rapidly , resulting In
a duel between the Judge nnd ono of the
Italian twins. The humor of the extracts
from Pudd'nhead's calendar Is of Mr. Clem
ens' best. There Is a striking -illustration
by Louis Loeb. The Century Company
Now York.
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Dewitt's Witch Hazel salvo cures piles.
Telephones fur Hi or , ) body.
The expiration of the patent on the magnet
telephone places a very useful pleco of
mechanism at the free disposal of American
householders. Magnet telephones , says
Harper's Weekly , are not commonly used as
transmitters , but are convenient and satis
factory for talking over short routes. The
lapse of the patent which protected them
Is hardly likely to have much effect upon the
general telephone systems of cities. People
who wish to bo In communication with many
places or many people will doubtless keep
the service which they have newt But for
private lines connecting dwellings with ono
, or two points the magnet telephone will
answer very well. It Is a very common ex
perience for families to have one or two
places with which It Is a special con
venience to be able to talk. Near relatives
or Intimate friends often doslro to be so
connected , but do not care for a telephone
for general use. The magnet telephone
will lit such cases , and has now the great
recommendation that it can bo bought out
right , no that the flrst co t of It Is the only
outlay that It Involves , and even that will
not bo great. The magnet telephone will bo
especially useful in the country , where the
matter of stringing up a wire is a simple
thing , involving no electric risks and no In
vasion of property.
One word describes It , "perfection. " Wo
refer to Dewitt's Witch Hazel salve , cures
piles.
> The Strungo I'rlnro of Wulca Inland.
James Millar , who has long resided on
Prince of Wales Island , and who , by reason
ot his bolng the first white settler nnd now
controlling the largest Interest , IB referred
to as the monarch of that Island , has arrived
hero , says the San Francisco Chronicle. Mr.
Millar is located at Hunter's bay. where ho
has been for four years In the business of
catching and salting salmon.
The strange Island of the Prince of Wales ,
on which Mr. Millar has elected to make his
homo , lies at the mouth ot Dlxon's entrance
and only about throe miles from the northern
line of British Columbia. The Island Is
about 200 mlloa long and from ton to thirty
or forty miles wide. U U singular in Its
make-up , having a fringe of lowland all
around. Toward the center are ridges of
mountains , some of them reaching lofty
heights and covered with perpetual snow.
There U magnificent Umber iu great quan
tities , It consists pt spruce-fir , hemlock
splendid yellow cedar" and a very superior
red cedar.
"Tho Island has never been surveyed nor
explored , " said Mr. Millar , "and some day
It must prove , I think , a most Inviting field
for exploration. The Indians , of whom
there nro probably some 3,000 , are scattered
around the Island shores In. llttlo villages ,
usually of about 100 Inhabitants each. They
consist of many different tribes. Most ot
those I came in contact with are Hydahs ,
There nro between 300 and 400 of them at
Hunter's bay , nnd they nro quite Industrious
as fishermen nnd sailers ot the salmon. The
Hydah Indiana came up from tlio Queen
Charlotte Islands many years ago nnd made
conquest , driving the natlvo trlbo out. The
former nro very superior Indians. They nro
Intelligent and Industrious. "
Dewitt's Witch Hazel salvo cures ulcers.
Dewitt's Witch Ityzol salvo cures piles.
RECORD OF JTfcEW YEARS.
The Itellglotii Clmngrn Noted In an Old
l > tirltiln''Tmvii.
It would bo dlfllcul , Jo find a more signifi
cant summary of the social nnd religious
changes that have 'cdhto In American Ilfo
than nro portrayedJu an article In the
March number ot The Forum under the
title of "A RollgloU * Analysis of a Now
England Town. " The town selected for
study Is Mlddleboro , Mass. , which Is n typi
cal Now England ( Community situated In
Plymouth county where Puritanism and Con
gregationalism held their day and genera
tion undisputed. In this town now nro all
the religious sects , and all lack spiritual
vigor. Entertainments of one sort or an
other have to a great degree taken the place
of religious exercises , and the Idea of wor
ship has passed almost wholly Into the Idea
of entertainment. The author of this very
striking comparison , Rev. William Bayard
Halo , Is rector of the Episcopal church
there , nnd ho writes with a frankness and
kindliness which add not it llttlo charm to
the Interesting analysis that ho has made.
Early In this century , ho writes , the Con
gregational society of Mlddleboro , Mass. ,
had grown to such strength that It was able
to build the meeting house which now stands
on the green. Daniel Webster , riding by ,
used to rnlsu his whip , point to Its Ionic
columns and Its generous porchnnd de
clare it the stateliest building In the com
monwealth. Seventy years ago , on any
Sunday , fair or stormy , you would have
seen gathered thither the entire population
of the Namasquet country. Together up the
aisles of the meeting house families took
their way. Every townsman was In his
place. Neighbors saw neighbors , nnd felt
the Inspiration of common Interests ex
pressed In common worship. Together their
hymns and prayers went up , and when the
minister took his place In the high pulpit ,
ho looked Into the faces , not of a party
held together by some peculiar notion or
practice , but of the whole town. In the
morning , the women In the great porch ,
the men on the benches In the burylng-
ground , kindly talk of the neighboring con
cerns , the public policy , the conduct of the
government , the Improving methods of agri
culture , commerce , and Industry , went on.
Here , while the minister sought unction
for the afternoon hour-long prayer and
longer sermon , among his people fellowship
wjs warmed , mutual understanding of citi
zens was accomplished , friendships were ce
mented , troths were plighted , society was
made a Christian society.
At present there are In the town 2,300
church members , belonging to eight different
churches , and 4,500 persons who have no
affiliations of any sort with any religious
body. There were last Sunday In the fifteen
churches of the town less than 1,200 people ;
that is , for every three persons who went to
church there were seventeen who did not go.
Most ot the religious societies are In debt ;
every church Is of wood , and several of the
organizations have neither a church nor a
hope of ever having one.
The congregations 'are fluctuating. When
there Is an immersion at the Baptist church ,
or when a converted Turk gives a magic lan
tern show there , pretty nearly all the people
become Baptists. When the Congregatlonal-
Ists announce , by a largo placard on the
street , a concert by { be' town band , they may
always expect a crowd. The Methodists pay
the salary of their pastor -largely by.- the pro
ceeds of an annual clam bakeon Labor day.
The flrst act of tlio vnewly Installed Congre-
gatlonallst minister was1 to announce a course
of Sunday evening lectures on such subjects
as : "Tho White Clty.t' "Health , " "Choosing
a Partner , " "The Burlnl of an Ass. " Inev
itably , through the lowering of the dignity of
the services , causedJiby the competition of
the denominations , I reverence has disap
peared , and the Ideatof worship has been al
most lost. Few , Indeed ! kneel during prayer ;
the most that can boisatd Is that nearly all
listen , some- with respect ; after a prayer ts
done ladles lean toward tholr neighbors and
comment on Its beautiful passages.
It Is the most temperate ot statements to
say that the people .do not see Christ's re
ligion in its beauty and Its dignity. They are
led to think of the service of God's house as
a performance ; the minister who can got up
the most entertaining iprogram has the best
" . " .
"house. t.
"Tho lUcmcl Is the Life , "
Runs the old saying , and everything that
ever nmkes part ot any organ of the body
must reach Its place therein through the
blood. Therefore , if the blood Is purified
and kept iu good condition by the use of
Hood's Sarsaparllla , It necessarily follows
that the benefit of the medicine Is Imparted
to every organ of the body. Can anything
bo simpler than the method by which this
excellent medicine gives good health to all
who will try It fairly and patiently ?
The Itiiroiiiutnr < > f thn .Semite ,
The movements of the press gallery over
looking the senate chamber are doubtless
the safest barometer of the Importance of
the doings on the floor below , says the
Washington Post. If Che gallery seats are
well tnken up , something Is surely transpir
ing In the chamber that is worth watching.
If they are empty , the proceedings are apt
to possess no Interest. The public may bo
mlbtaken and the visitors' galleries may bo
overflowing , but the curiosity seekers do not
possess the delicate Instinct ot foretelling
Impending crises , and If the press gallery
bo empty , though expectancy be written on
every face that peers down from the crowded
balconies , no gladiatorial feats of com
peting oratory need bo looked for , nnd dis
appointment will overtake htm who disre
gards the signs. This was well Illustrated
yes'terday , When Mr. Gorman arose to
reply to Senator Sherman not moro than
two or three heads appeared above the row
of seats In the press gallery. Once or twlco
Mr , Gorman's eye wandered carelessly In
that direction and encountered n tier ot
vacant seats ; but ho had not got far Into his
subject before head after head appeared
over the row of desks , and ns If by some
subtle magic , forty 'or fifty men wore In
tholr seats following the debate with close
attention and mentally registering tholr
comments on the proceedings. Each man
had como from n different dfrectlon and
front every conceivable' corner of the vast
blockof corridors and committee rooms. No
one bad told them what was on. It was the
indefinable Instinct of Impending news de
velopments.
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