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A DAY WITH THE HON , H , C ,
How Congressmen Whittle Away tlio Hours
of Daylight.
HAVE VERY LITTLE WORK TO DO
The I.ntinr nt ( lie Smnlnn FnllR to n
Lender * , tlio Ilitlnnnc I2u-
Joy TlicnixclvcH . \ tvnn-
of Clerks ,
The belief prevalent In many quarters
that the duties of the average member of
congress are a tremendous drain and strain
on his mental and physical powers appears
to be ono ot these Illusions wrought by dis
tance. To show how well congressional
statesmen earn their $5,000 a year and ptr-
qnUltes the reader Is Invited to follow the
routine ot a day's duties , detailed by the
Washington Star :
The work of n member of congress , un
less he happens to 1 > 9 a leader upon whom
rcrponslbllltlcs fall , Is very light thU ses
sion.
sion.There
There Is practically no patronage hunting
< o bo done , the- republicans having the
wrong sort ot an administration to deal with ,
and the democrats having got about all they
have to hope for In the way of appoint
ments from Mr. Cleveland. With the dls-
ngrceublo tnnk of oldce hunting out of the
way , there Is comparatively little of real
troublesome work that a member's clcik
may not relieve him of. Thcso clerks are
gloat Institutions and the man who comes
to congress now for the first time cannot
appreciate what a hnrd tlmo his predecessor
had before clerks were allowed. The manual
labor of writing a largo number of letters
cnch day and of looking up Information for
speeches or for any other purpose Is now
escaped.
But few men In the present house have the
prospect of hard work before them. Most
of the committees will have ncthlng to do.
The committee on ways and means , which la
usually hard worked , has finished Its labors ,
as far as < iny one can see , and can look
complauently upon the future , The commit
tees on elections have a great deal to do ,
but the work Is divided up , and It Is ex
pected that all will bo soon over with. The
appropriations committee has .Us usual work ,
and those other committee ? , having appro
ip" priation bills cannot enjoy immunity from
labor , but beyoud that there Is hardly any
work In sight that -the committee will have
to do , unless , to get campaign material , they
take up Investigation ? .
Dills are numerous enough , but very few
of them demand attention , or are likely to re
ceive any.
Upon two or three members on the demo
cratic sldo and half a dozen or so on the re
publican side will fall the labor ot looking
out for party politics. These loaders have
to join the Issues on the big general ques
tions and look up the records for campaign
material to put Into speeches. The leaders
must do this ; others may or may not assist ,
just as they feel about It.
LEISUIIE TIME.
The average member of the house has ample -
plo tlmo to think over his own affairs , or to
atudy and prepare himself for a career , or
to devote to theater going and pleasure. Ho
does not have to got to the capltol much before -
fore 12 o'clock , unlew ho happens to have
been assigned to one of the fowj working
committees , and he does not always have to
go to the capltol at all. The present peculiar
conditions makeIt so that he does not have
to work hard unless ho Is ambitious , and
even the most ambitious may be discouraged
of any effort to gratify their desire of emInence -
Inenco through work. What tlmo the mem
ber gets up in the- morning depends upon
what time he goes to bed , and that may de
pend upon many things , among others , upon
what sort of a man ho Is. The average man
breakfasts about 9 o'clock. Half an hour
before , tills his morning's mall Is brought
arcund.
H will consist of maybe half a dozen news
papers , a lot of pamphlets , tracts and adver
tisements and from ten to twenty-flvo let-
tors. All the newspapers except the local
paper of his own home go Into the waste
basket promptly. These are followed by the
pamphlets and advertisements , and finally
by some of the letters. Most of the latter
have to bo answered. Some of them require
something to bo looked .up at the depart
ments or elsewhere- and Involve work before
they can bo answered. Generally the reply
, can bo made at once In a line. Before clerks
wtro allowed 'this letter writing Involved
very trying labor for the member. Now the
stenographer U called in. These letters
which can bo answered off-hand are first
dltposed of. Brief replies , most ot them In
the same stereotyped form , are dictated. The
clerk Is then Instructed to look up what Is
required by the other letters , and to make
reply according to the result of his researcher
or Inquiries. The member then reads his
homo paper and looks over the principal
lectures of ono ot the Washington papers ,
cuts out anything about himself , glances at
the stock market reports , reads the head
lines of the foreign news , reads speculations
concerning congress and politics and then
sets out for the day. If ho has a committee
meeting at the capltol all this morning work
will bo shortened anjl much of It postponed
until later In the day. If the meeting Is
called for 10 o'clock , the usual hour , ho will
manage to be on hand by 10:30 : or 11. If
there is no meeting of this sort demanding
his attention the hour ot his arrival at the
capltol Is regulated largely by hla fondnens
for being seen In his seat or for mingling in
the gossip ante-session assemblage. He Is
likely to appear on the floor of the house
eny tlmo between 11:15 and 12.
AT THE CAPITOL.
Whatever tlmo ho has to spare between
' his arrival and the hour of prayer Is de
voted to gossip with his colleague ? . Near
the elevator , by the basement entrance prin
cipally used , It- the IIOIIBO postofflce. Hero
the member stops on his way to the hall of
the housa and gets his second morning mall.
He may get from two to half a dozen letters.
Those ho usually reads during the session of
the house. It ho did not have a clerk he
would have to answer them as ho road them ,
but , ar , It now is , a note * on the back will ro-
mlnd him ot their contents , and ho puts
them away until he can get hold of his
stenographer. Some members do not have
any of tholr mall delivered at their lodgings ,
but get It at the postoIUco on their
arrival at the capltol , and read it during
the session. Some also postpone reading
. tholr newspapers until the house meets.
If the member has any bills ho has been
naked to Introduce , or which he has had his
stenographer prepare for him , ho hands
thorn to one of the clerks at the desk or puti
them In the receptacle designated for bills
at some tlmo during the day. If he has a
bill or resolution he wants unanimous con
sent to have considered during the morning
hour , ho endeavors to see the speaker bc-
fore the house meets , to arrange- for recog
nition , and if ho does not succeed In this
ho takes his place In the semi-circular space
In trout ot the speaker's desk Immediately
after prayer , and , with bill held In the air ,
awaits the speaker's recognition , meanwhile
making frantic efforts to catch that cvaslvo
orb , the speaker's eye. When the recogni
tion has been arranged beforehand , he has
but to stand In his place on the floor and
address the speaker. During the session ,
after the morning hour , the member seldom
pays any attention to the regular proceed
ings unless they personally interest him.
THE DAILY ( WIND.
Ills tlmo is then demanded between reading
letters or the newspapers , looking over the
necord , discussing same question or ex
changing gossip and stories with some of
his colleagues , at his seat , In the cloak roomer
or In the speaker's lobby ; receiving visitors
in the lobbies , going to lunch , and making
an occasional visit to the other wing of the
capltol to see his senator. If he Is easily
entertained , and Is not given to talking , he
may lean back in his chair most of the day ,
With his hands folded , and listen In an ab
stracted. Inattentive sort of way to what Is
going on about him , without participating
In It or fully realizing what It U. Some
times , seized with a fit of Industry or with
the view of having his evening free , ho may
retire to the speaker's lobby or to a com-
mlttos room , with his clerk , and fln'sh off his
correspondence. An occasional trip to the
restaurant may relieve tte monotony , or ho
may taunter through tbo corridors , seeing
the crowd and being seen , or he may sit for
awhile wltb a visitor In one ot the galleries.
Usually aa much timeIs occupied In going
to the corridors In response to cards aa In
any other way , H Is seldom that ho pays i
any attention to the business ot Iho home ,
except on semi special occasion , or when ho
tiai a dlrocl Interest In what ta up , After
adjournment he either get * another mull at
the postofllcn or It Is delivered at his lodg
ings , and this agiln demands his attention.
All told , ho may have a dozen letters during
the day , or ho may have fifty.
The lighter mall nt tl.o afternoon ho may
dispose of before dluner , or ho may let It go
over until morning. Alter dinner It la a
call , the theater , visitors , an evening In the
parlor with the ladles , a loaf In the hotel
corridors , or a hunt through volumes In
preparation ot a speech held In contempla
tion , to bo delivered at same time , according
to aentlmont and circumstances. The the
aters and the hotel lobbies arc the most com
mon places ot resort In the evening.
The men who , from their positions , have
responsibility for the policy of the house
and have to take charge of the business , In
the capacity of leaders , have much mure
wurk to do. They linve scarcely time to dis
pose of what Is forced upon them , and some
times they point out lines of work for other
members , whosetlmo Is not so much occu
pied. They delve themselves , and endeavor
to Inspire the lean responsible and , there
fore , less actlvo members , to work and re
search which may bo useful to make a po
litical point or to aid or Injure a proposition ,
You rhotild keep Salvation Oil on hand ;
It will cure all aches and pains. Prlco 25
cents.
T1IM DIPLOMAT WAS COLD.
Anil Huiln't HOI-NO Sonac nnotiRh lo
Know tliu Hirincilj- Win nt llunil.
A member of the house who has acrvcd on
the foreign affairs committee , and who has
often como In contact , and still comes In con
tact , socially , with many ot the diplomats ,
remarked to a Washington Post man :
"I have Juit had a remarkable proof of
the fact that our South American neighbors )
lack a good deal ot what wo call horse sense
In Anglo-Saxon. It was furnished by the
minister of ono ot the South American re
publics now In Washington. He IB Intelli
gent and hard headed enough , geto al y sp.ak-
Ing , but ho fell down completely In regard to
n very simple matter , a heating register.
"Ho occupies'a fine resilience In a fashlon-
able part of the city. The cold snap cnme
on and the minister began to shiver and
freeze In his own house. He endured It In
patlenco two wceko. The other day ho scut
for the landlady.
" 'Ah , madame , ' he began , In his charac
teristic accent , and with despair In every
line of hla face , 'ah , madame , I cannot
stand de house , it ces simply 'orreoble < lees
cold ! Aht I nm wretched my
wife , who Is wretched , de 'ole 'ouse'old ces
freezing to dead. I hut sect up In dat
corner a Turkish roog around my
shoulders a blankcl around my shoulders
so and yet I cannot keep warm. It Is
"orrceble colt. '
" 'Why. that 1 strange- said the land
lady , 'last summer I had the furnace com
pletely overhauled , and I have never had the
least complaint about the house bslng In
sufficiently heated. '
" 'I no can help dat , ' said the minister ,
'vat I tell you eoa de truth. I freeze to dead
in your 'ouse ever since do colt weather
commence , net Is 'orreeble. '
"Tho landlady looked around the room.
" 'There are two registers here. Do you
know how to work them ? '
" 'Weerk dem ? ' exclaimed the minister.
"Ow ? No , I novalr touch dem , nevalr. '
" 'Don't you turn the little brass knob
when you want heat , and push It the other
war when It gets too warm ? asked the land
lady.
" 'Nol' exclaimed the minister , in a high ,
long-drawn breath of helpless surprlsf , lookIng -
Ing exceedingly puzzled. 'What I know
bout dat ? All I know Is dat I die ot de
'orreebla colt. '
" 'Well , ' said she , 'perhaps that explains
It. You see this llttlo brass thing In the
register ? '
" 'I sea dat Injtle brass t'lng In de regees-
ter , yes. Veil ? '
" 'Well , all you need to do Is to push it
this way. See how it's done ? '
"A hot wave of air suddenly shot up Into
the diplomat's face as he bent over the reg
ister to study the mechanism. He almost
screamed with Joy as he saw the simple pro
cess ot converting his lea chamber into a
tropical hot house , and the landlady had a
narrow escape from being hugged to death.
"And for two weeks , " concluded the con
gressman , "the minister had swathed him-
slf In Turkish rugs and California blankets
In a desperate attempt to keep from freezing
to death. It had never occurred to him or
his Irish butler , or the rest of his household ,
to push the button In the register. "
TlircYV A-wny Ilia Cunen.
Mr. D. Wiley , ox-postmaster , Dlick Creek ,
N. Y. , was so bully afflicted with rheumatism
that he was only able to hobble around with
canes , and even then it caused him great
pain. After using Chamberlain's Pa'.n Halm
ho was so much Improved that he threw
away his canes. Ho says this liniment did
him moro good than all other medicines and
treatment put together. For sale at 50 cents
per bottle by druggists.
LAHOIl AM ? IMJDSTIlYi
Printers have $43,000 In their national
treasury.
The total annual product of the workers
of the country Is $7.215,000,000. and the
average value of the product per head $1,800.
Carnegie has ordered seven large blowing
engines of a Milwaukee , Wls. , concern , to
cost $210,000.
Although there were twelve bicycle fac
tories In Toledo six months ago , there was
not a foot of steel tubing drawn In the city ;
now there are three plants turning out tub
ing and two more will bo In operation by
spring.
It a shut-down takes place In the window
glass factories of Indiana , as seems likely ,
about 4,000 workmen will be rendered Idle.
There are 062 pots in the district , with
an average of seven hands to a. pot.
Since 1890 the area of cultivated land in
Bngiand has decreased as follows : That devoted -
voted to cereals by 632,906 acres ; vegetables ,
71,766 , and that devoted to clover , etc. ,
by 79,031 acres. .
One mall machine takes the place cf 1,000
men ; typesetting machines save ISO per
cent ; one machine makes as many horse
shoes as COO men in the same time , and
tMs percentage holds an average In watch
making , weaving , loading and unloading
vessels , spinning , cotton printing and log
sawing.
Last year was an exceptionally good year
for the Fall Klver cotton mills. The divi
dends paid by thirty-eight corporations average -
ago 8 per cent , which Is the best record
mad since 1SS9. It compares with G.25 per
cent paid In 1894 and 7.36 paid for the gen
erally prosperous year of 1892.
Communication Ilutweoii TrnliiH.
The latest addition to tha list of davlces
designed for Increasing the safety of rail
way traveling Is an Invention of M. do la
Touche , the engineer of the Western nail-
way of France. This apparatus is Intended
to secure communication between trains , the
object being to preserve a given and
suitable space between these traveling on
the same pair of rails. The rolls are , In the
first place , electrically connected , eo as to
Insure perfect electrical continuity , each
rail , however , being , as far as possible , In
sulated from the other. In order to effect
this the rails are at their point of junction
electrically bonded , or connected together.
The warning apparatus consists ot two
eltctro-mugnots or foils , which , by the aid
ot lovers , operate the whistle or automatic
brake. Placed In connection with these art ?
three galvanometers , one to Indicate If tha
current Is flowing , the others to Indicate
to the driver whether or not heIs In the
vicinity of danger. As the trains approach
each other the current traversing the rails
Is augmented and the galvanometers shows
not only the direction In which the train la
approaching , but the approximate distance
It Is off , It is said that a warning can be
thus conveyed a distance of 600 to 1,000 me
ters , and that the system la applicable to
the operation of gates at level crossings , or
signals. This apparatus has excellent theo
retical points , but whether it can be made
strong enough to wlUi&Uud the very rough
treatment to which It would be subjected on
a , locomotive engine bos yet to bo deter
mined. Thoru is no doubt the Indicators on
the galvanometers would be liable to great
fluctuations , d.ue to the lois of current aad
variable connections , which conditions are
exceedingly trying to delicate Instruments.
Coughs and Hoarseness. The Irritation
which Induces coughing Immediately re
lieved by uie of "Ilrown's Broncblil Trocnw. "
Christian World , London , England.
OUR MINISTER TO MEXICO
General Matt W , Hansom and His Lifo in
t he Tropical Capital ,
WRESTLING WITH THE SPANISH TONGUE
Mcxlcnn Servnntii Who Will Not I.cnrji
i MoHvcn of Ilic "Hour"
Movement Cnurtcny of
the Mexican * .
As United States Minister to Mexico den-
01 al Matthew W. Hansom , the present In
cumbent of the post , lives In a typical Mexi
can house , not more elaborate , but certainly
not less elegant than many other residences
that face the Alcmcda and bonier the 1'asco
or the- beautiful tropical capital. Yet , not
withstanding the agreeable- features of his
official residence and the unvarying courtesy
of these with whom ho comes In contact ,
Got oral Hansom , who for years has divided
his tlmo between a North Carolina planta
tion and the circles of political activity In
Washington , has found It difficult to became
wonted to Ufa as It must be lived In the
City of Mexico. This Is because It Is Im
possible to "Americanize" oven a small sec
tion of Mexico.
General Ransom gets up at his old North
Carolina hour , 7 o'clock , and U forced to
wander aimlessly about the patcos until 8 ,
when the servants begin to stir. The best
class of Mexicans rise between 9 and 10 , and
It Is Impossible to arouse the domestic classes
earlier than 8. It Is hopeless to think of
changing their custom , as every American
has found by experience.
Of course the American minister fumes
und frets over the Inert domestic habits of
his servants , but as no Mexican menial
speaks English , or If one should , would
never pretend to understand It , the minis
ter's anger continues to swell until It Is
dicwned In a cup of coffco somewhere about
0 o'clock. This Is the first hardship which
an American diplomat In Mexico has to cn-
ccuntcr In the routine of the day , and It the
diplomat bo a gentleman of the old school ,
an early riser and a North Carollnan to
boot , this hardship Is by no means Imaginary.
Others follow In quick succession , each one
arising from the antitheses which exist be
tween the civilization of the two republics.
Possibly General Hansom's plcasantcst
hours are these devoted to hearing the potty
troubles of Americans In Mexico , and at-
tctcptlng to relieve their sufferings and pro
mote their Interests. I have watched him
attending to the minor details of a police
trial , In which on American was concerned ,
with the same zeal and Interest which he
displayed on the floor of congress In the re
peal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman
act.
act.RANSOM'S
RANSOM'S TROUBLE WITH SPANISH.
Ransom Is diplomacy Itself save when ho
faces the Spanish language. Ho stumps his
too on the most familiar phrases and falls
headlong when ho finds a complete sentence
lying In his way. Often he will go about at
tending to his own llttlo domestic duties
rather than encounter a Mexican mozo or
servant. Ono day ho was In considerable of
a hurry to get a note to the presidential
palace. The translator being out , the minis
ter called the head servant and , by the way ,
this -servant has been with the legation for
twelve years , yet his knowledge of English
would not fill a mustard saed and pointing
to the note to emphasize- English , said :
"Can you take this note to the palace ? "
"SI , senor. "
"Take It to the Foreign ofllco ? "
"SI , senor. "
"Do you know where that Is ? "
"SI , sonor. "
Ho gave the note to the servant , and mo
tioning him to the door , said : "Now go. "
"SI , eenor ; si , senor. "
"Don't stand there llko a Jabbering idiot
and say 'SI , senorto me all day , " mid Ran
som , thinking his Instructions very explicit.
Twenty minutes later the servant returned ,
bowed respectfully and said : "Cafe , sonor. "
The translator , who meantime had come
In , explained to the minister that h& had
given instructions about the note at about
the hour 'ho ' usually orders coffee. Nothing
that had been said had been understood , but
the Mexican had simply concluded that the
minister's English meant an order for coffee.
Without attempting to explain further , Ran-
eom , In great wrath , took the note ho had
written , and , ordering a cab , delivered It at
the palace himself.
RANSOM AND THE MEXICAN "BEAU. "
On another occasion , General Ransom en
tered theofilco of the legation and said , some
what apprehensively : "I am afraid that
there is some plot on foot to break into this
housa or the ono next door. For the past
week I have seen a mm with a cape wrapped
about his face and his hat pulled over his
eyes walking up and down In front of the
house. Ho stops every few minutes and
peers up at the second story windows. I
think the police had better bo notified to
watch his movements. "
The minister had hardly finished speaking
when there was a burst of merriment , which
ho did not like because ho did not under
stand It. Ho Joined in the laughter him
self , however , when told that the man he
suspected was following the ordinary form of
love-making , being enamored of a derk-eyed
girl living next to the legation.
After that General Ransom watched the
antics of the young man and became much
Interested In his suit. This youth , watching
nearly all the night beneath the window
of the woman ho loved , became to the Ameri
can minister a hero , and later , when Han
son became acquainted with the family , he
pleaded for tha nlghfy suitor , but to no effect ,
for on closer Inspection the senorlta decided
she did not llko him. as well as at long
range , and consequently sent him about his
business. General Ransom said that love af
fairs In Mexico were even more difficult to
understand than the language and has now
lest Interest In both. He even became dis
gusted with tbo Mexican method of wooing
when other men followed in quick succession
and acted tbo "bear , " as It Is called , with
the same devotion as the first. To close this
romance In which the minister became so in
terested , this Mexican ; belle chose the home
liest and darkest "bear" she bad during
the season , but who was also the richest.
These affairs are governed In Mexico some
what as they sometimes arc in the states.
MEXICAN COURTESY TO AMERICANS.
Mention has been made of the universal
courtesy with which Minister Ransom has
been treated in Mexico. The Mexican , of
ficially and personally , is pDllto In a broad ,
noble way. He does the right thing at t he-
right time ; does It with sympathy and deli
cacy. When , for Instance , Minister Gray lay
do-ad at the American legation , the Mexican
government lost not a moment In Its expres
sion of sympathy. A guard of honor was
at once thrown about the legation. Every
official Mexican who had occasion to pass
the house did so with a bared head. Talk
and laughter were- hushed In the street.
When the remains were taken to the sta
tion Diaz and his cabinet walked with bared
head mind you , "walked , " which means a
great ( leal In the case of a Mexican behind
the ccllln. Every possible token of defer
ential respect was shown to the legation
and 'tho ' government It represented.
The Americans are well considered in Mex
ico. Gray was liked and rc-spjctecl. This ,
too , U particularly true of Minister Ransom ,
whose courtly manner and trained gentleness
of demeanor are singularly attractive to tlie
Mexican tacte. Consul General Crlttenden
Is also a popular American In Mexico , Ho
gow about freely and makes desperate at
tempts to talk the language of the place ,
and the natives take great joy and Interest
In It all. Crlttenden is a decidedly lund-
aomo man , with snow white hair , healthy ,
ruddy face and an eye as bright and flash
ing as a baby's. All thla attracts the Mexi
cans , who get the major part of their 1m-
presMons through the eye.
A greit compliment was paid to Minister
Ransom , as well as the country lie came
from and for , when Mexico selected him as
arbitrator between Guatemala and Mexico In
the border trouble. There wai , too. a tinge
of diplomacy therein. MareschH , the Mexi
can yacretary of state and , by the way , as
keen as a briar and as suavely smooth aa a
Chei-terficld multiplied by ten doti not favorer
or encourage in any fashion European Inter
vention In Mexican affairs. It was a Great
disappointment to certain European diplomats
at the Mexican capital when Diaz and his
State department decided on Ransom as arbi
trator in the boundary dispute. They foil
overlooked and more or less neglected , and
then again , they would dearly have liked tc
- n'Wiiitit ' - - if
i-iVi Tf'Trfl -i i
put thtlr flnRerii In thf.pcntral American pie
This brings up firtdslier compliment lh
WM bestowM on 'tho American minister
At the funeral of Itomero Itublo. the late
secretary of etato mid father-in-law of Pres
ident Diaz , GcnrraHaniom \ , though the
youngest diplomat 'in ' Mexico , walked will
th president. Thj ? , fjmeral was purely an
official one , for no officer of tlio government
be he president or custom * collector , Is al
lowed to bo burled from the church. The
burial was from HIE Halls of congrjps and
the cortege went afoot to the cemetery. Gen
tral Ransom was the only diplomat In citi
zens clothes , but ho lohkod so truly the em
bodiment cf AmcrJtanltm and llbsrty tha
ones , only once , hqw3vor , the sicredness o
the march was dloturbpd by a cry from the
people of "Viva AnUr'lcrtno. "
Why throw away your money for every
new cough syrup , wken you can buy tha
btandard remedy Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup.
AT TIII-3 IIAMC COlt.Vri'Ml.
A Womnit Who for Once "Wan Firm
with llio IhuiKlitr UroflvliiK Toller.
Ho had small brown eyes and a bristling
red mustache. Ills cheek bones wore promi
nent and his temples formed llttlo hollows
In the sides of hla head , against which the
Intricate- workings of his brain pulsed fiercely.
Moreover , he was receiving teller In n Dear
born street bank , says the Chicago Record.
In his position where ho handled sums of
money ranging In value from tens of thou
sands of dollars to as many cents ho had
ample opportunity to bestow his personal
favors upon whatever patrons of the bank
were most dosanrlng and to literally wlpo
low fortunate depositors out of existence
with ono scornful look of bis deep-set eyos.
It was only ono tone harmonious with the
rest of his nature that prompted him to seize
such a chance by the forelock and work It
to his complete satisfaction.
Of all the lessor lights In the commercial
world that transacted business through the
medium of tlily receiving teller's bank there
was ono firm which he had singled out as a
special mark for his aversion. It was a
recently organized concern that had started
out with a very modest capital , and the first
tlmo the woman who had been employed as
mald-of-flll work around the ofilco went over
to the banking house to make a deposit she
carried three checks amounting to 147.25.
The receiving teller noted the smallncss of
the sum and his brown eyes > sunk n little
farther back In his head , his eyelids per
ceptibly tightened and his red mustache bris
tled a llttlo moro than usual. When ho re
turned the bank book ho threw It down be
fore her with a llttlo whack that gave her
to understand without any pretense of quib
bling that he had given her a challenge of
war to the end.
The business of the new firm dragged mis
erably along In the very lowest stratum and
for months the ability to deposit more than
$100 .mado a red-letter day In Its history.
Week after week the receiving teller grew
moro suspicious of the woman who quailed
visibly before the outspoken contempt In his
dark eyes and bristling mustache , and at last
ho reached the point where he- doubted what
llttlo money she did have was gotten hon
estly. A check Riven by a firm In the city
had to be certified before he would have
ought to do with It : if it came from another
town It was considered worthless until he
had communicated with the Issuing bank ,
and ho gave orders to the paying teller to
cash no order she "might present without
consulting him.
The woman's soul grew faint and sick
from persecution "and" " her dreams were
haunted by a pair pf ; deep-set eyes , a brist
ling red mustache' ' and piles of spurious
checks. One day a'strcak of good luck blew
up hard against 'tlie"now ' firm and the
woman's step was 'light and her heart was
exultant with victory3 when she marched
up to the receiving1 teller's window. She
had a check for | H)0. ) ' He looked at It onca
carelessly , and said' In that piercing tone
which was inslgnla-of Ills displeasure : "You
must get that certified. "
The woman was .strong In the knowledge
that she was bolstered ) up by a $500 check
and she decided to-taka firm stand.
"That Is eood , " she said resolutely. "It
Is now 11:30. : It wTlI'take an hour to get It
certified. Wo have to make $100 good here
within a few minutes ] jPlease credit us with
that amount : " < , j .t
The receiving teller's face flushed at her
defiance and he"'Watceil-her as she started
away. She stopped at the paying teller's
window. He tapped qn the wire -netting sep
arating the two compartments and called out
loudly : "Cash nothing. This check cannot
bo drawn against. "
The woman's eyes blazed and she stalked
back to his desk.
"Sir , " she said , "do you know whoso name
is signed to that check ? "
Ho straightened up haughtily.
"I don't know the name , " he said , sharply.
"It Is some cno wo have never heard of. "
"Please look at It again , " she returned.
Reluctantly ho took It from the spindle
and studied the signature.
"Will It be all right ? " she asked softly.
He nodded. The name was that of the
president of the bank.
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A Dntelininn'M Duunlilfr IlrvenlH the
ItottCMIIlONH Of IClllllrilOIII.
The credit for exposing the misdeeds of
Cecil Rhodes In South Africa and the rot
ten net ) j of the Kaffir mining excitement In
London belongs to Oltvo Schrclnor , a woman
of genius who was born at a llttlo mis
sionary station In Capo Colony. She made
a great hit over ten years ago with a novel
entitled "Tho Story of an African Farm , "
published under the pseudonym of Ralph
Irons. Thla she followed with a book of
allegories called "Dreams. " In the Etory of
her llfo she says that she was a big girl bc-
fore she had ever seen a town or any of the
ordinary evidences cf civilization. But she
knew South Africa thoroughly , and when
she came in woman's estate she saw many
Instances of the cruelty to the blacks as
well as of Injustice to tbo Boers. Her father
was a Dutch missionary and her mother
an Englishwoman ; she seems to liavo all
the Imagination of a * recluse and a mystic ,
but oho appears alas to have some good com
mon sense , tor when London went wild over
the rapid advance Jn the Kaffir mining olurcs
she sounded the warning that brought the
gambling to a sudden'stop ' and nearly created
a panic. She gave facts and figures prov
ing that nlno-tonthg't < jf tlie South African
mines listed on the London Stock Exchange
wore undeveloped , , opd/ that many .did net
even consist of ahole" In the ground. Her
onslaught was so auddni and so overwhelm
ing that Barney [ njirnato and the other
agents of Rhodes we're nearly swept off their
feet. , j (
Recently she hasbeen carrying on a cam
paign In Cape Colony which has for Its ob
ject the enlistment $ ( ( women In her fight
ogalntt Rhodes. She married a member , of
Parliament named , Kroiiwrlght , but as ho
regards her as the * more prominent member
of the family ho has * considerately added
her name to his , And ; now they are known
as Mr , and Mrs. Kronwrlght-Schrelner. She
U new engaged -making speeches , writ
ing articles and carrying on what South
Africa has named ay Vpettlcoat" campaign ,
with the help ot h.erjbu&band and women
in South Africa , to .keep Cecil Rhodes out
of the governing business. There are a few
newspapers to assisttier. . The editors call
UhoJoj a villain and' a tyrant. Rhodes , before -
fore his downfall , bothered them by not
pjylng any attention to them. They did
not own many shares of mining Block ,
Mrs. Schrclner believes that Rhodes Is
largely reppsnalblo for tbo present state of
affairs. He has made money the god of
South Africa , Ho Is enslaving the poor and
making the rich more rich. She deplores
that In this now country , where soclalUm
thould be feasible , the conditions In the old
nations are resulting. To her the Idea that
ono man should simply own such an enor
mous amount of the virgin soil and of min
eral wealth , which belongs as much to one
man as to another , la atrocious and not to
lie endured.
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ADMITS HE WAS A CHUMP
An Old Railroader's ' Regretful Recollections
of the West.
REFUSED A FORTUNE IN BUFFALO HIDES
Alnioit AVnrllilrn * Ttvcnlr Ycnr i Alto
XIMT Ther Crowl Sfiil In 1'rlro
liona 11 IK : Merit Stopt'cit
n Trnln In KIUINHN.
"When I came back from the west sonic
years ago. " said a veteran railroad man , now
an engineer on the Krlc , to a Now York Sun
man , "among other things I brought with
mo was a buffalo skin. I gave It to a brother
of mine up In Pennsylvania. I hadn't scon
the skin since , and had forgotten all about
It , in fact , until a couple ot weeks ago , when
I was on a visit to my brother. Then 1
was surprised to see not only that he hat !
the skin still , but ah that It looked a good
deal better than It did the day I gave It to
him , and was being cared for as If it was
among the most precious belongings ot the
family.
" 'You don't seem to use the old buffalo
much , ' said I.
" 'Use It , ' exclaimed my brother. 'Well ,
hardly. Wo can't afford to chuck a $300
robe around < is if It were a sheep pelt. '
"I began to laugh.
" 'Pact , ' said my brother. 'Maybo you
hadn't thought of It , but there hasn't been a
buffalo robe on the market for pretty near
fifteen years , and tnere never will bo ono
on the market again. You remember when
they were as common , almost , as I'licep-
sltlns. So do I. Well , you might rnko the
country o\er today with a line tooth comb
and not find a single one. Why ? Hecause
all that are In existence are- held and cared
for as curiosities , to bo handed down as
heirlooms ; relics of it mighty race ot beasts
that once made the earth tremble beneath
their tread , but ot which there are not now
representatives enough left to kick a board
fence over. Three hundred dollars Is the
least offer I refused for tills skin ot mine.
It'll bo 'worth moro one ot those days. How
much did It cost you ? '
" 'Not a red cent ! ' said I ; and t fell .to
thinking about the way 1 got the buffalo
that shed that big skin. After ho was dead ,
the way wo figured It out , there were 17-
999,999 buffaloes left In the herd he was trav
eling with. This wa's back In 1S73. I was
helping to build the Atchlson , Topcka &
Santa Fo railroad , and we had got It as far
as Dodge City , Kan. , or , rather , Dodge City
had sprung up around the spot wo had got
the railroad built to. I was on the first
place , and on our way we were held up by this
herd of buffaloes. We had seen the long , wav
ing black line of that Immense body of huge
beasts approaching the railroad over the
prairie from the < north while wo were yet
miles away from the section ot railroad
where the herd would cross , and the engineer
made an effort to run the train past before
the buffaloes reached it , but the track
wasn't In condition to let him get speed
enough to do It. The head of the great
column of buffaloes struck the railroad only
a hundred yards or so ahead of us , and the
engineer ran down to within a rod or two
of the herd and stopped. Of the buffaloes
that could see uo , which were only those on
the edge of the herd , but ono seemed to
mind us any. As far as any ono could see ,
west and north , there was nothing but
buffaloes , packed together , as they marched ,
as close as sardines In a box. They were
traveling by a humpy sort of gait , something
between a walk and a trot , and were moving
at the rate of about flvo miles an hour.
"The ono buffalo that gave us any par
ticular attention was a big bull near the
head of the column. He stepped out of the
ranks when he got on the railroad , being on
the outside line , and advancing a few steps
with his nose to the ground , began pawing
dirt and snorting , and showing every dispo
sition to forcibly resist an intrusion on that
domain. As the bull stood there , getting
fiercer and fiercer , the engineer pulled his
whistle valve wldo open. Such a wild ,
piercing hair-raising shriek as that loco
motive let go had never split the air In that
far western country before. It struck the
big bull with such terror that he threw him
self back on his hind feet so far that his
great head and shaggy mane and ponderous
shoulders towered straight above them In
the air , but only for an Instant. Then ho
toppled over like a falling tree and came
down In a heap across the track , making
everything tremble. Ho was dead before he
fell , for ho never moved a muscle as he lay.
That unearthly shriek of the locomotive
whistle had scared him to death. No one
seemed to care to bother with the old fel
low. I had his pelt taken off. A man at
Dodge City cured It for me , and when 1
left there a couple of months later I shipped
It along with my' goods and gave it to my
brother. That's the skin he refuses ? 300 for
now.
now."Ono of our civil engineers made a little
calculation on the number of buffaloes that
herd contained. That herd was two hours
pissing , whch ! fhowod that It was ten miles
long. Between the points where wo stopped
to let the herd go by to the point Its western
cdgo extended to was three miles. The en
gineer figured in round numbers , and was
liberal In his estimates. Ho allowed 6,000
buffaloes as the depth of the column and
3,000 as Its width , thus showing that the
herd contained 18,000,000 buffaloes. During
the two hours that It was pasa'.ng us on Its
thundering march every ono on our train
amused 'himself by shooting Indiscriminately
Into the herd. I suppose a good many buffaloes
lees were shot dead , but a great many more
wore simply wounded , to bo trampled to
death beneath the feet of the mighty'herd.
When the herd had crossed the railroad and
at last passed southward on Its way , not less
than 500 mangled and mutilated carcasses
were left strewn about on the prairie , the1 re
sult of our ruthless butchery. Wo didn't
think It anything out of the way then. It
makes mo sick to think of It now.
"Tho Atchlson , Topeka & Santa Pe rail
road and the Kansas Pacific railroad , which
was building at the tlmo , opened up that
country to the buffalo hunters. Wichita ,
Medicine Lodge and Dodge City became cen
ters for them. Moro than C.OOO profcss'onal
liuntcrs were at work In these regions In
1872 , and the pleasure hunters were about as
numerous. The railroads used to advertise
Buffalo hunting excursions , and run special
raliia to the feeding grounds , or as near to
.horn as they could get. Hunters used rp-
leatlng rifles and needle guns. The pleasure-
luntcrs , or sportsmen as they called them
selves , despised the professional hunters be-
caiiao the latter slaughtered buffaloes for
; aln polling the skins and the hind quar-
.era yet where ono of these sportsmen killed
ono buffalo for the trophy of Its head or
skin he would , on a low average , kill ten for
.ho wolves and vultures to feed upon. When
I was In Kansas this great and wanton
slaughter cf buffalo had begun to alarm
.hlnklng people out there , and they were
talking of bringing -the matter before the
eglslature. To Imprest ) that body with the
mportancQ of taking sonic action to prevent
'uither butchery these people formed an or
ganization , and stationed men at various
points cf observation to obtain statistics of
buffalo killing.
"Their representative at MoJIclna I.odgo
cported that In that district alone 210,000
inffaloes wore slaughtered In two months.
A . Wichita 65,000 skins were bought by
laders , representing the work of profes
sional hunters. As many moro buffaloes
vnro killed and left for four-footed and
winged carrion caters to feast on , I never
iccrd what the legislature thought about it.
"Dodgu City In 1873 had a population of
perhaps 4.000 , and two-thirds of It was made
up of buffalo hunters. They overstocked the
narlcct with skins , so that the price fell to
1.25 a skin , and the supply was greater than
ho demand. Buffalo skins were plied up In
he storehouses by tbo cord , Ono man alone
mil 25,000 that ho was anxious to get a
narket for. Hind quarters of buffalo went
icpglng at 1 cent a pound. Pore quarters
were worthleis. One- enterprising trader
r > J a speculation In buffalo tongues , and
iblpped a few Hundred cast. They made a
ill and a big demand sprang up for buffalo
or-guoj so big , In fact , that the prlca went
ip to 25 cents a tongue. The man who
tarted that line of business bought 25,000
Digues and cold them all at a good profit ,
iut he rather overdid the market and when
loft Dodge City ho was watting for It to
ovlvo , U did , In time , and I heard after
ward that ho and others made fortunes In
uffalo tongues ,
"Next to buffalo , poker was the game moit
ought after In those days of Dodge City. I
used to chase It a llttlo myself , Ono night ,
Quaker Wisdom.
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Something New
South Arabian Nights !
Mew8torifro'in"UnGlBRBiiiil8" |
Aaron < s °
TheSonofBenAli I
Told by His Friends and Acquaintances.
By JOEL BMNDLER HARRIS
Will begin publication February 2 , and
run six weeks. Illustrated by Oliver Herford.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.
about a week before I left tor the east , I got
I > a pretty fair winner In cash and a friend
f mine owed mo $200 for having too much
onfldcnco in a hand ho hold. Ho was a
rader In buffalo skins and had plenty ot
hem , but was short of money. So ho came
o mo and said :
" 'Seo hero , eld man , I owe you a couple
lundrcd. I hain't got It , but I'll give you
SO buffalo skins to call It square. '
"That was better than $300 , but I had no
line for buffalo skins , and I said no.
" 'I'd rather take $160 cash , ' said I.
"So ho skinned around and raised $150
omehow and settled , and I left for the
ast. Hut BOO what a chump I was. It I
lad1 had half a head on mo I mlRht be
vtiilnR n railroad now Instead of climbing
round on eomcbody duo's greasy old loco-
notlve. Why ? IJecaueo I'd have taken
licue 250 buffalo skins and held on to 'cm.
iuffalo skins are cheap now at $250 apiece ,
'vo figured It out and know how much 250
Irr.ca 250 Is. It's C2.GOO , and that's just the
I'inber ' of dollars I'd have bad this minute ,
ot counting Interest , If I hadn't been a
hvmp ! "
A TOI > K Farewell.
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A Frenchman who was Btaylng at a hMel
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o find how great an amount ho had been
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Ho felt that ho had been plundered , but
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you ! "
"Hut why do you want to embrace me ,
Ir ? I I don't understand. "
"Ah , salre , but look at zees beoll"
"Your blllT Yes ; but what of It ? "
"Vot of it ? Vy , It mean rat I a'all nevalre ,
ncvalro see you agaln salrel"
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