! IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS I
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Hnluidiy, J, hi. 13.
Washington, I.'l. There Were
iiimt speeches In Din In. 11 m today 011
tint I'lilli) 1'irin tsnff hill, cmiaiiu 1 g
nearly mi it 1 1 I one-half hours. Three
of the SpcakclS Opposed the dill and
i fitvond it. Those who argued for
lllll IIII'IIMUII' T (illilK'M, if Tennessee,
Thomas, ill Nurlli Carolina, wlm in
cluded n plea for tlx Southern farmer
mikI I n 11 it ii ) reciprocity to benefit the
cotton () nil Industry; Nccdhaui,
of Citl 1 furii tit , Harrett, of Tenneaaee,
Oardner of Maaeachuacl la mnl Scott, of
KallHHI. Till) Opponents of tlllt IIICIlMirc
Were Young, of Michigan, I . It) 1 1 , of
M inncaotit, and Motrin, of Nftirnnk.
The debate In to close Momlity at 1
o'clock, till! SCaaillll to begin nt 11 In
tint morning.
Friday, Jan. 12.
Waghinglon, Jim. 1J. Interest
Injected into 1 In) riiiliiimt tariff de
bate, in tint Iioiimii balay ly "Massachu
setts Idea" tariff expressions ly Mr
Cull, of that state, by a character study
of jibe ilipino ly I .ongv ortli, of Ohio,
miiiI ly 11 defense of President Roosevelt
ly I'ou, n Democrat from North Caro
lina. I'.iwiidis these there wcro n num
ber f pccchrs delivered on the merits
of tlm hill, nearly nil of which went in
lll mil 1011 to it ,
I hiring tint iluy an agrci incut wan
reached whereby tint debate is to con
tinue f ir two I h y m inure. Tlm hnuan h
to meet at II o'clock totnorrow and
Monday to close general debute nt '
o'clock. Tin) measure will hit taken U
I r amendment under tint live minute
rule Tocsdiay, ami doubtless diapoxed
f on that day.
Thur(J.iy, January II.
Washington, Jan. II. I Morn going
into executive seaaiori today, tint senate
I slcncd to a speech hy Ilcyhnrn in
Miiiiort of !,:; hill creating a national
hoard for tint control of corporationa,
in which Iih denounced Wall street be
cause of itH alleged interferon1 with
tin ufl.iim of lint country, lie Kai'l
that when tint "street" coiil.l 11.1t die
talc tin llnuncial con rm- of tint govcrn
inciit, it waa ever ready to :hreatcn
disaster, ami hi- pleaded for legislation
that would roh it of audi jowcr for
vll.
Tint rcn.it in. let of the open session
wan devoted to a diauasion of the prac
tier of the senate of sending resolutions
to the calendar after they had hcetl
under discussion. Hacnn raised the
nt of order that there, w all 110 rule
?euiriiK audi a course, ami aaid hid
Moroccan resolution had leen i 111 n
rly ihiced on tlm calendar. He alito
contended that tlm resolution had not
had a day'a discussion. The matter
wan not disposed of in oj.en session,
lie argued that ho could not asy what
had occurred when the ((Mention was
under consideration in ferret session,
hut when pressed id that if permitted
to do ao he, would any that tint reaolu
tion itself had not been considered at
that time. On tint suggestion of M"r
jjan, the aenate at 1 p. tn. went into
recrct aet-aion for the couaideration of
(ho Blll.ji'Ct.
WaahiiiKton , Jan. 11. The Philip
pine tArifT ilchate in the houait today
i-onHinted more of party maneuvering
for a Ivantite iui canip.tiK'1 niatcrial
than of diacuaaion ot the Ueat ion at
in me. The tariff waa the text of A
apeech hy (iroavenor. of Ohio, who he
tHii the di-hate, and ot an extended re
ply hy Williania, the irinority leader.
The apeech of (iroaveor wan apii'ed with
wittii iaina and enlivened with interrup
tion from t'liRinp Clark, at whom (iroa
venor aimed moat of his arumenta.
Williania outlined the aperillc: tariff
loctiine of the l)eiircratic party and
held that the Kepuhlican tariff waa
not, aa ao nlten claiuied, reaKnaih1e for
the proapority of the country. To
prove tlx 1h. he cittl the proaperity of
'sr.adr., Mexico and nthor countriea nt
the preaent t ime, and the huailieaa de
preaaion of theae countriea during the
hard timed of lH!i:t.
Adaiiia, of Wiaciinin, oppnaed the
bill, hut advocated the rcndjuatmeiit of
the tariff on huaineaa principlea. Mc
Kinley, of CulifoiuiH, delivered li ia
(lrat ppcech in the liouae in favor of the
ineHHiue, ami pointed a flner of warn
ing toward the growing induatriea of
Japan.
Wednesday, Jan. 10.
Waahinxton, J'. 10. The senate
made it plain today that it had ycatcr
lay all that it wanta to hear for the
preaent on tint Moroccan question.
Revolt Against Cannon.
Waahinxton, Jan. If. Speaker Can
non'a efforts to w in the inaurxents over
to the Hamilton Joint statehood bill
have met with little biutchs apparent
ly, anil the joint statehood propoaition
is still shrouded in uncertainty. The
insurgents claim they have more than
68 votes, the number which, coupled
with the solid Democratic vote, will
force a consideration of amendments to
the Hamilton bill. Two or three Re
publicans are reported to have been
won over to the administration meas
ure, throiiKb Speaker Cannon.
Senate Will Investigate.
Washington, Jan. 0. All matters
relating to the Panama canal and the
government of the canal tone and the
management of the Panama railroad
will be investigated by the senate com
inltttee on interoceaniu canals. This
was decided toTay at the first meeting
of the committee. The investigation
will begin on Tuesday next, although
there may be a special meeting in the
interim to take up the nominations of
canal commissioners.
There were two opport 1111 it iea to reatime
conaiilerat ion of the subject, hut both
were avoided, nppurelitl v with tint a
aeul of all the ineinhera, ami the senate
Hloiirned at a rnmpurat ively early
hour rather than take it up.
I' or lint real of the aenaioii the aenate
nave attention in turn to the ipieation
of aalariea paid to Panama canal olli
c als, to the pure food hill and the
merchant marine ahippiiiK bill, but
w ithout tak ing act ion on any one of
thoNfl auhjecta. The canal auhect was
iliiciiaaed by Simmons and the pure
food hill hy lleyhurn. The only action
taken on lint ahipping bill was that of
rending it at length.
Washington, Jan. 10. A vigorous
apeech in favor of the Philippine tariff
hill by Palxell opened the proceedings
in the house today. It was followed by
several othera aKaiimt the meaaiire,
moat notable of which waa a two-hour
addreaa hy the veteran statesman, ei
Speaker Keifer, of Ohio, who returna to
the hotiMt after a retirement of 20
yeara. Keifer bespoke a "atandfiat"
doctrine of the moat pronounced type.
I In said he would oppose the pending
hill because it was a concession to
lii'iiKM-ralii: principlea. Ilia apeech was
replete with recollections of esrlier
days ami iceeived the closest attention
and liberal applauae from both sides of
the chamber.
Tuetday, Jan. 0.
Washington, Jan. It. The propriety
of discussing in open aenate a resolu
tion introduced by Senator llaocn cal
ling uMn the president for an account
of his appointment of delegates to
proposed conference in Moroccan affairs
to ho held hy Kuropcan owera at Al
gericaa, Spain, was considered for four
houra today, and then by strict party
vote, it waa decided that the reaolution
should he executive huaineaa. Paeon
in supporting his reaolution, contended
for a public session, arid Spooner de
clared that the adoption of the reaolu
tion would be an encroachment by the
senate upon the constitutional rights
of the president, and virtually of hit
Hiwers as chief mngiatrale.
Washington, Jan. The Philip
pine tariff measure was the single topic
of consideration in the house today.
The speeches were uniformly against
the measure and were allowed to go, in
general, without answer. Digression
in the form of tariff revision discussion
was made in a brief speech by OilleUe,
of MasaachiiNptta, who lavored Cana
dian reciprocity. llonynge, of Colo
rado, dieeuased the bill from the stand
point of the beet sugar industry.
Monday, Jan. 8.
Washington, Jan. 8. The senate to
today gave attention to the Panama
canal, the situation in Santo Domingo
and the merchant marine shippiing
bill.
The canal bill question came up in
connection with a message from the
president, in which, among other
things, he invited the cloaeat scrutiny
into all that had been done by the gov
ernment in the Isthmus of Panama,
(iorman made that utterance the text
for a speech, in which he criticised the
salaries paid for work in connection
with the canal, and urged congression
al inquiry. He said that the president
was not so much to blame as congress (or
his assumption of control on the isth
mus, and that the chief mistake bad
been made when connreas released its
hold upon canal affairs. He agreed
with (iorman in urging the rights of
congress in connection with the canal,
and said that, while congress bad dele
gated the matter to the president, the
latter practically had referred the
whole matter back to congress.
The senate took up the merchant
marine shipping bill and (iallinger
spoke in support of that measure.
Quoting the utterances of Presidents
McKinley and Koosevelt on the im
portance of building up the merchant
marine, he urged congress to heed these
admonitions by passing a law that
would relieve the situation.
The aenate then, at 4:13 P. M., went
into executive fceesion, and at 4:20 ad
journed. Washington, Jan. 8. With over an
hour devoted to the District of Colum
bia, there was left but a half-hour to
be devoted by the house today to tariff
discussion. This was utilized by Sulli
van, of Massachusetts, who spoke
strongly for tariff revision from the
Democratic standpoint.
New Lightship and Tender.
Washington, Jan. 8. In the absence
of representation in the bouse from
Oregon, Representative Hepburn, of
Iowa, introduced a bill authorizing
the lighthouse board to immediately
expend $120,000 for the construction
and equipment of a new light vessel to
take the place of light vessel No. 60,
off the mouth of the Columbia river,
which ia now undergoing repairs; also
a bill authorizing the construction of a
new lighthouse tender, costing $150,
000 to replace the Manzanita, which is
deemed unworthy of repairs.
Bills to Decide Old Claims.
Washington, Jan. 8. Senator Fulton
today introduced bills referring the
claim of the state of Oregon for money
paid volunteer troops for service dur
ing the Civil war to the court of claims
for adjudication; referring certain
claims claims of Waukiakum and
Mecqueclahwemuck bands of Chinook
Indians, Chehalis Indiana and Whee
lappa band of Chinook. The claims
are on account of lands taken from
them by the government.
CONVENTION ON RATE ISSUE.
K.innt Commercial Bodies to Form
State Association.
Wichita, Kan., Jan. 10. Many del
egates have alrialy arrived in the city
to attend the State Freight Kale con
vention, which meets hern tomorrow.
Tint convention will bn held for the
purpose of forming a atate organisation
to irifliii-nci) freight rate legislation,
both in the state legislature ami in
congress. It Is expected trial luny
1,000 delegates will attend, rep'eaent
ing commercial nml farmers' organiza
tions from all pans of the state.
The principal speakers will be ex-
(Jovernor Van Sant, of Minnesota, and
Speaker I. I.. I-nroot, of Wisconsin.
(iovernor llocli snd other prominent
men of Kansas are also on the pro
gram. A preliminary meeting attend
ed by the executive committee and
such delegates as have arrived was held
this evening. It is probable that J. L.
P.ristow, ex-fourth assistant postmaster
general, will be elected permanent
chairman. The meeting this afternoon
reaulted in a decision to present his
name.
lies! dec the accredited delegates there
are a large number of prominent busi
ness men from various parts of the
state present. A banquet will be ten
dered the visiting delegates ami guests
of the convention tomorrow night by
the membtrj of the IocaI coiniuen ial
organizations.
SIBERIA IN REVOLT.
Mutinous Soldier of the Car Con
trol the Whole Railroad.
Nagasaki, Jan. 10. News that has
failed to leak through St. Petersburg
because of the cutting of communica
tion curie here today on the arrival of
the trriKirt Mongolia from Vladivo
stok carrying Russian refugees. The
Russians tdd a story of horror along
the Silx-ria railway, as it had come to
them from stories told of stations
blocked hy mutineers, who'looted and
burned everything in sight.
Many of those who started for Itussii
have turned back. Trains have been
seized and turned on a backward course
and great gaps exist in the line to the
Kurojiean Ru-tsian frontier. According
to the refugees there has lieen a general
uprising in Siberian Russia, which will
stop operation of the railway for the
winter at least, considering the difficul
ties of maintaining the line in winter
weather.
The stories of privation and horror
told by the refugees confirm in the
worst degree the small bits of news
that have leaked, out from St. Peters
burg of the cutting of the railway and
the rebellion in the Manchurian army.
MORE REFORMS PROPOSED.
Pennypacker Amends Call for Special
Session in Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 10. (Jovernor
Pennypacker today issued a supplemen
tary proclamation to his call for the ex
tra session of the Pennsylvania legisla
ture which convenes next Monday, so
as to include a uniform primary elec
tion system, a civil service system for
atate ollicere and the regulation of elec
tion expenses. He also amends his
original call so as to enable the legisla
ture to pass a bill for the confolidation
of the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny,
eminent lawyers having contended that
it was impossible to pass such a bill
under bis original proclamation.
The governor's supplementary call
was a great surprise to his official ad
visers, tint one of whom thought be
would make any change in his original
call, despite the pressure for a uniform
primary election eyatijm and a new bal
lot law. Among the subjects men
tioned in the original call are personal
registration, state treasury reform and
senatorial and legislative reapportion
ment. Collect for Stolen Timber.
Washington, Jan. 10. The Supreme
court of the United States today heard
argument in the case of the United
States against the Hitter Root company,
of Montana, and at its conclusion took
up the case against Senator William A.
Clark. In the Bitter Root case, the
prosecution is based on the allegation
that the company, aa the assignee of
Marcus Daly, received the proceeds of
a large quantity of timber cut on pub
lic land in Montana, while Clark is
charged with possession of about 11,
000 acres of timber land fraudulently.
Wants Iowa to Investigate.
Des Moines, Ia., Jan. 10. F. M.
Moleeherry sounded the first note of
battle against the life insurance com
panies in the Iowa legislature today by
introducing a resolution providing for
the appointment of a joint committee
of the house and senate to conduct a
sweeping investigation of the life insur
ance business; revise the statutes and
frame new bills and report to the next
general assembly, which meets next
winter.
Bomb Factory Blown Up.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 10. Reports
have beenjreceived here of a battle at
Tiflis between the rebels, who bold the
w hole of Western Transcaucasia, and
the troops sent against them. The
rebels took refuge in a bomb factory,
which was exploded by the troops and
great loss of life inflicted.
German Soldiers Called Home.
Copentagen, Jan. 10. All German
subjects in Denmark who are liable for
military service have received official
warning to be ready to return to Ger
many upon three days' notice.
NEW TIMBER BILL
Senate Committee Favors Change
In Present Law.
SUL TIMBER INSTEAD OF LAND
Senator Fulton Opposes Giving the
Sec.ret.iry ot Interior Power to
Provide for Appraisement.
Washington, Jan. 11. The senste
public lands committee today nad up
for consideration the hill repealing the
timber and alone act, but no conclusion
was reached. The committee intends
to give this legislation very careful con
sideration, i rid it now seems probable
that some bill w ill ultimately be re
ported repealing the present law and
substituting a new law authorizing the
sale of timber on public land at not
less than its appraised vane, in some
manner to be prescribed by the secre
tary of the interior.
When this feature was touched upon,
several Western senators, particularly
Fulton and Patterson, took occasion to
atate their opinion that too much was
now left to the discretion of the secre
tary of the interior, particular reference
being made to his power to withdraw
land from entry for forestry purposes.
It was alleged that this power was
many tiroes abused, that vaat areas bad
been withdrawn when there was no
justification for it, and in consequence
of such withdrawals development bad
been retarded.
This diacuaaion had no hearing on
the subject under consideration, and if
this particular question is taken up it
will probably be in the committee on
agriculture and forestry rather than the
committee on public lands.
FIRE CAUSES PANIC.
Hotel Guests Suffocate or Leap to
Sure Death at Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Jan. 11. Eight per
sons are dead from suffocation or from
leaping from windows and a score of
people are more or less injured as the
result of a fire in the West hotel early
this morning.
The fire, which is supposed to have
been caused by crossed electric wires,
was in itself insignificant, being con
fined to the elevator shaft and the top
floor in the coiner of the building, but
the wild scene which followed the first
alarm hurried people into the balls and
ont npon windows in a frantic attempt
to save themselves. The financial loss
w ill not exceed $30,000.
All of the hospitals sent their ambu
lances to the fire. Physicians hastened
to the hotel and offered their services,
and undoubtedly many lives were saved
by their efforts. The hospitals sent a
corps of nurses to give first aid to the
injured, and they were kept busy for
several hours after the fire bad been
checked.
CHINA OPENS NEW TOWN.
Great Ceremony Welcomes Foreign
Traders to Tsinan Fu.
Tsinan Fu. Jan. 11. The ceremonies
of opening Tsinan Fu, capital of the
province of Shan Tung, to foreign trade
today were attended by many Chinese
and foreign officials. The invited
American guests present included con
sular otticials and representatives of
prominent mercantile companies. Two
hundred and fifty guests attended lun
cheon at noon, and the governcr of
Shantung w ill give a banquet to many
guests tonight at his palatial home,
which is built and furnished in for
eign style.
The governor's speech today em
phasized the fact that the first interna
tional commercial settlement opened by
China herself was initiated and long
awaited by viceroys Yuan Shi Kai and
Chou Fu. The area of the settlement
of about four miles.
Unite for Irrigation.
Omaha. Jan. 11. The American Ir
rigation Federation is the name for an
organization formed by representatives
of the irrigation states who met in
Omaha today. Among the objects of
the federatioi set forth in an otticial
statement are to harmonize conflicting
interests, promote beneficial legisla
tion, distribute instructive literature,
aid in settlement of reclaimed areas,
criticize otticials or others for acts of
injustice and to aid in the adjustment
of freight rates to and from the re
claimed areas.
Rebel Houses Bombarded.
Tiflis, Jan. 11. The plundering of
this city continues. Last night bombs
were thrown at a military patrol,
whereupon the bouse from which the
bombs were hurled, and the adjoining
buildings, were bombarded by artil
lery, with the result that many persons
were killed or wounded. A house in
which an Armenian who had attempt
ed to assassinate an officer had sought
refuge was set on fire and the man was
burned alive.
Plot to Capture Fortress.
London, Jan. 11. A dispatch from
St. Petersburg to a new London paper,
the Tribune, reports the arrest of eight
artillery officers of the St. Petersburg
garrison on the charge ot being engaged
in a conspiracy to blow up the TroiUky
bridge and to capture the fortress.
LABOR TRAINING SCHOOL.
i .if 11 J Iff 4ft $i
Although less than twenty year
have pnased since It was first proved
In Richmond. a , that there were com
mercial possibilities In the overhead
trolley, the profession of electric ra 11
ronillng has already become so well ev
tablUhed that nil aorta of young men
are getting Into It. It Is again reported
thU fall from several district of the
Middle West that male school-teachers
can hardly be secured because Hie
young fellows who formerly taught In
the rural schools are now all In service
as conductors or motormen. From the
country towns In the Ka.st, too. there Is
all the time going on an exodus among
the most cnpiilile men to the otticcs of
tJie transportation companies In the
cities. Such are the opportunities
which the extension of urban and In
terurliau lines have made that even
women In some cases, as recently In
Indianapolis, have attempted to quali
fy as conductors, and though In this
Instance they proved unsuccessful, no
body dares to predict that live or fif
teen years hence the patrons of some
American road may not be handing
over their nickels to uniformed con
ductors In petticoats.
A large proportion, certainly, of
those who thus Join the ranks do so
with the expectation of rising from
the car platform to the higher paid
positions of responsibility. Although
the wages paid employes by the elec
tric roads are good for the class of
work, the opportunities for advance
ment are what are especially attract
ing a superior class of men. Thou
sands, undoubtedly of the ambitious
have been Incited by the example of
street railway kings of to-day, who
only a few years ago occupied humble
positions at small wages.
A large percentage comes from the
country. It has indeed been the expe
rience of the elevated management
that the lads from the smaller places
are apt to pass very creditable phys
leal examinations aud to develop Into
high-grade employes.
Remarkable diversity as to former
occupations exists nniong the men
whom the visitor to Itoston notes ns
polite conductors or motormen In well
cut uniforms. Many, of course, report
simply that they have all their lives
been farming or helping their parents
on the farm, but among the hundreds
of uew ones taken on each year are to
he found the names of men who must
have been through stirring adventures
before they undertook the useful task
of collecting nickels. From the United
States army and navy there Is notice
able a regular drift to the service of
the Boston company. Several score of
former soldiers or sailors pass their
examinations every year and enter the
Industrial ranks under the leadership
of that veteran of the Spanish war.
Major General William A. Itaucroft,
president of the elevated, company.
Those, too, who have been god serv
ants of Uncle Sam are likely to con
tinue to be good soldiers. They find
In their new occupation opportunities
for advancement which are Impossible
In army and navy, for there exists In
It no Impassable barrier between com
missioned and non-commissioned offi
cers. The most efficient men may go
right from the bottom to the top, as
Indeed every division superintendent
of the road has.
If men from the government service
turu up often at the elevated com
pany's famous training school In the
Sullivan square terminal, hardly less
frequently do people from callings
which would not seem exactly to pre
pare for street railroading present pa
pers of application and recommenda
tion. School-teachers and superintend
ents, weary of the deadening grind of
the schoolroom, have lately been ap
pearing In considerable numbers. They
know that In the chosen vocation the
same devotion that was shown in
teaching will eventually reward them
much better. College students, too, en
ter the service, some for a few months
In the summer and others those of t lie
type that the company most approves
for permnnent work.
It would be hard to sny Just how
many ex-clergymen are taking up nick
els Instead of presenting contribution
boxes on the Hues running In and out
of the New England metropolis. There
Is, at any rate, a considerable num
ber of them. Some are men who be
came discouraged In the disheartening
task of maintaining a congregation In
a town of diminishing population and
lessening regard for religious tradi
tions, and they turn to the conductor's
calling as one which gives outdoor life,
exercise of Intelligent and abundant
opportunity to practice the Christian
virtues. Occasionally a minister takes
the examinations because be hat some
throat trouble which prevenU hit go
ing on with his preaching. Chicago
Chronicle.
A TIhe- ollrrtor.
When any one, even the minister,
attempted an argument with Mlsa
Marie Hlgglns, he was pretty sure tu
find himself worsted In the end.
The minister objected at times to
the firm manner In which Miss Hlg
glns placed his duty before him at
every opportunity, although be had a
great resp-t for her character.
"I can't see my way to preaching a
sermon on tithes Just yet," he said,
meekly, one day, when Miss Hlgglns
had been making blrn a long call.
"The people haven't much money, you
know, Miss Higglns, and they can't
divide up other things very well. .Even
jou couldn't, always. Suppose, for in
stance, you should go home and find
your hens had laid fifteen eggs, how
would you manage to give a tenth of
them to the IorlV"
'"I should come back and take yon
and your wife home to tea with me,"
said Miss Hlgglns, with a grim aralLi.
"and I guess when I'd made a scram
ble of six of those eggs and set you
two down to It, the Ird would get
His tithe fast enough."
Chicago has a noble, if somewhat
odorous, waterway, called Bubbly
Creek. The stockyards discharge
Into it. It has been discovered that
the famous stream will burn. Saya
a local paper: "That this historic sec
tion of the city's commercial water
way can bubble and does bubble, and
that It can exude smells compared to
which a rendering plant Is as a fra
grant morn In budding June, and does
so exude, has long been a matter of
local history, if not pride. But that
the famed old swimming pool can be
converted Into kinetic heat energy by
the mere application of a match has
remained for the Weekly Health Bul
letin to disclose." It is now proposed
to set the river on fire!
The Japanese are making great
strides in the art of advertising. The
agents of the government tobacco
monopoly offering their wares In Man
churia declare that their cigarette
"administers life," "supports the spir
its"; "this cigarette of government
manufacture is sweet and of good
quality, famous, once tried always to
liked"; "will cause the smoker to feel
as if in a dream like unto the Moun
tain Woo-Shan."
A case has been reported In Ger
many which suggests the curative
value of fear. The subject, an old
woman, had been bedridden on ac
count of paralysis for ten years. LaBt
August a tempest burst In the region,
where she lived. Hall destroyed th
vineyards. A gale shook the houses.
Premature darkness settling down
caused general terror. The old para
lytic, Influenced by fear, leaped from
her bed. There has been no relapse,
and she may be set down, perhaps, aa
the only case of cure by tempest.
Dr. Daniel Murphy, the Roman
Catholic archbishop of Tasmania, who
recently celebrated his ninety-first
birthday aud the diamond jubilee of
his episcopate, ouco made a Jest that
amused The late l'ope Leo. At the
close of a farewell audience In th
early '80s the Pope suld: "Well,
brother, 1 suppose this is the last
time we shall meet In this world."
But In the early 'UOs Dr. Murphy
turned up again at the Vatican, re
minded l'ope Leo of his pessimistic
prophecy, aud added: "So you see
you are not Infallible after all."
A handy word much misused In phe
nomenon. The London Globe once
beard a man, explaining Its meaning
to a friend. He did It as follows:
"Now, If you see a cow in a medder,"
he said, didactically, "that's not a
plilnomeeua. It's a pretty animal audi
whut not, but it ain't a phinomeena.
And If you see a thistle In a medder,
that ain't a phinomeena. Nor if you
see a lark In the medder, that ain't a
phinomeeua. It's a pretty bird and
what not, but It ain't a phinomeena.
But if you were to see that cow att
tiug on that thistle and singing like
that lurk, that would be a phino
meena." ' Ills frleud said, yes, he savB
now.
Not a Comfortable Seat.
Coakey He is now, they say, uponj
the very pinnacle of success and proas
perlty, and yet he isn't happy.
Jokeley Well, that's not altogether
surprising. Did you ever sit on a pin
nacle of any sort? Philadelphia.
Tresa.