POINUS OF CONHUKSS
WOUTINE WORK Of THE FIFTY.
FOURTH SESSION.
ukttNe mt Ik Hill and Maaulutlon
latrwduaed la Ilia Nannie unit IIuuk
Mali. up ttf tha Verluua luu.mll
t - Neaaie.
Waahiugtou, Dim. 19. The preat-
liut'i montagu Ilia Veutwuelau quo.
ttoll UOOUplud tllo MtU'UtlllU of the win.
ale during tlm brief ammioii
Many memorial, ntinuorning me
Cuban robolliou mid the Turkish ques
tion wow proawuted. Call offered a
resolution to luvoatlgate allogod elec
tion Irregularltlm In Florida.
Washington, Duo. HO. Though hm
lian n doaon miuatura were preaent
whim tlm aeaaiou opened today, the
Yeiie.unU taauo at out oame Into
liriJiuluimoa but uota.dlrootly aa la the
house, tlm annate busiiioas taking tho
f i ir til of measure for national dofouao.
Chandler immediately followed with
. i.. a i . . ., at... ...ill.
a 1)111 to inuiguinu win military
armament," tha reading uf the tlllo
.ocaaioniug nimih whispered oouiiiioiit.
It wm referred t tlm committee ou
in i U tar affairs. Ou motion of Davis
the aonate agreed to a resolution railing
ou tho irtaidiut for Inforuutloii mid
all orrespoudoiioa a. tu tha rwulilixh- :
inent by Groat lirltalu of poatofllooa ;
and MMt road In tlm United HUtoa tor- ;
ntry of Alaska; also, aa to any liritlsh j
ovupatlon, in 111 tar jr or civil, of that j
i.-rritery; also roapootiug any attempt
y Great Ilrltalu or Canada to aaanrt
any claim to territory of tha UuiUul
tyatea lu Alaak.
Aunthor significant rnaolution was
ottered by Galliugor, authorising the
herniary of war to ooutract for tho
purchase of nu Improved oouuterpolau
a battery, me resolution went to the
W ...i...... i I..- .
.viuilllliw uu luiiiMi; suairs.
Iu prose' itig a bill for tha repeal of
the law impoaing disabilities ou those
SUGAR BOUNTY LAWK f
Ita I uaatltullonalltj NaaUlnad nde;e
I'srdes, of Louliaae.
Now Orleans. Deo. 0. TwIKar
bounty oasea worn dooidod ly by
Judga I'ardtMi, In tho United Htn 0jr.
ouit court lhiy wurtmUiof loou
stitutioiiauty 01 mo sugar-Dour got
and wore nirnl by the Realty (naiiy
and Andrew It. (lay. Judge Kl'a
opinion waa forcible sgaluxt tpoal-
tutu aaauiniwi vy i;oiuniUnr Kvlr
The dualalou la agaluat thn uu
niuum. 1 in noma tne augar-bnry act
II ooiiatilutloiiul. In addition ithat,
onngrttaa IihiI M)wr to air)rtttU
iiiniiy lor any iurMHM) It aaw. la
Mt oilulon, 110 iKiurt or ollloald tho
pownr to nullify luoh an amirotttlou
(ngrM la tlm moluHlre judyif tho
iurHMHii to wliluli nionoy ahall up.
uniiriMnn, ana aitor omigrita
aimli au a)iroiriMtlon uooourtioflloe
11 n powiir U nvlBB ita action,
Thn oa will Imi liniiiiidiuUl'taknii
to tlm aupruiiit) court of tluluitixl
Htat4-a. It la undnratiMKl tlnmilgna
huve Hgrmid to glvo tho augur-putxra'
oaan an IuiiiioiIIh Uj huariiig, il it la
Jirolmblo that final judgmuiil 111 be
ritauhiKl In the next two mouth t
CHEAT STREET CAR STiKE-
A bunt A.IHMI Man tnrulo.l -I'uln Nan.
Ilmviit Halil la Ita With Mlira.
riiUu(liil)hln, l)ua. 11). T) gruHt
atrika of uiotornmu and amditora of
the Uuion Traction lintt Ixvj early
) thU moruing. The axuttiaou of the
imblia la clearly with ilio trikora.
Tlm ooinpuiiy vuiployna auot , B.000
; num.
, Ura of the pmploya' aaaaclfltia. Tli
, domum! of the mem la for a aorkiiv
day of tvu houra with fla dif, a re
' aonablH tiiuu for uinala, piutoctiiu fr0'
I the wtwthor and nwoxiition k B,'lr,
organisation. i
At U o'cliH-k the atio. iillwi'tr-
llo all ovr the city, wuH tbP"
tioii of a fow linna, la at h Ht-nHfill
THE K
CJIUIT rTS
OPINIONS POLITICAL.
aaya: That "'
utrudtlve liiauo
from othor
thiiin aa are
nart the ami)
... tlwuu. .lnfae
a
VTiKi wriw ... 11.0 wr ui win nuoimiii, .,.,, ,,.,,., .i,,,.. , b .. anra
aing the minor outbrtW of rloleuoe
niucR
SECRETARY TONNE8P
VALUABLE INFORJ'ON
4t ll la
A tl lalrurll l'ar
. molal Hull
rartl In Oallfornl.'
.oHIcullurUla
tlna and Warnlnta t
. - atliin.
-Uanaral Wmrm In
ITo eaaor C. V. hM
man, waan., exixur . . . 0f
inmwt wwU of the ..,, ,..
chard. Tt- --u.hruln..- u the
aurvera extreme .,,;, ....iu,!,,
all our ooiiimon die
jflave bouii lntrmluoed
m ami that auoh of
live are for the moat
f oloatdy relafoid Njieoiea
long bi)U atudlcil
: , , in othor atHta.
ml oombai , ....,,,, tjl .
ilie ln ti.ihm. inaunta
wilt l MUI .
mwia i a ,. . 4Urliiii that dmn-
!!SlIMl..r atoredproducU
HgepIUlf ,,,t, ..thur hand.
v niiiiii v 11
SioU that tend to d.mtroy wi'da
W,,M7L- ...i...Rla are indirectly bt-no-
or nfti"- in.
Ileal. Among "
rfjre tne lauyuuga. -rTnA
larval atagoa. ladybuga do
!, great numtx.r of plant Hoe,
" 7g a.e inancta aud other aoft
Mi.d forma. Koacrely low. ellloaoioua
i ihe goldtm-eye, or lace-wing fly, a
wutiful pale groeu iuaoot, that de-
Mino'd by low fungua planta alao d-
Two-thlrda of tb-tn mmn W mmlL ' " "L' r J.a a,
airaona. v 11 1 10 inwuw..
rtJacaaoa do much to kop down tho num
of the ptwta, yet they are not equal
,io the tank aot K'fore thorn. Hence the
uoooHHity aud value of insecticides.
The bulletin is fully muairaiw. u.
tho life and hlatonta 01 tne iuju..Uu.
inaecU are given, aa well as the moat
approved uiothod of fighting them.
Tha
Cumin right !lc.d bjf tha
Landing I'aHjr Organ.
0nHiinll Kiiqulnr.
There la one xaibllity for a onlted
delegation from Ohio, aud that would
be for the friends of MoKinloy to unite
with their opponent to make the
delegation aolid for Joph lUtnaon
Forakur for president If thla ahould
auooced aud Koraker be elected MoKin
ley could enter the field for the va
cancy iu the aenat thus created.
I'resideut Koraker might be more will
lug to help MoKinley to the seuat
than Henator Koraker would be to help
MoKiuley into the White House.
Hrvd m Hanurd Hrkr,
(Waahliigum l'ol )
It is true that a long record must be
if a sneaker beoomea preaident
Hut Mr. Hoed la a record breaker. He
broke the record of a hundred year
uhn h Introduced his Quorum count
ing device. He not only enraged his
political oppoueiita, but ho atartled his
frieuda by that ruling.
STRONG ON FIOUItES.
WERE LIGHTNING CALCULATORS BY A
GIFT OF NATURE.
HlU apoka briefly. The main purpoae,
ho mid. was to wipe out the fuature of
the aUtuM which prevented ex-Con-(li-raUa
fruin aurvlug In the I'uiuxl
Sta(' navy aud army.
Hon.
Waahiugtou, I)o. !. The house
iltirotod llwtlf to-day to dianuaaiug
ill" proKwitn to have two election
oouunittn iiiNtfad of one, the Vene
iui'Uii tneaaage uioanwhio lying un
up. nixl.
Waahiugtou, Ihw. 30. Mr. Hitt re-
ng as
er, and
J irtd lu the houae this moruiii
aa It bad Imu calltxl to order
'"Y"'! '"r uiiaiilmoua oouaeut, fo
. uiiiKidratiou nf a lull to emiMiwn
Nvcsulty of Hprnylng.
At the reoent meeting in Walla
Walla of the Northeastern Kruit Grow-
A-miHtiou. O. A. TouuBaon, sec
retary of the State uoaraoi uoruuu.
.r f Waahinifton. read an import
in which he said
m 1 m a
"To be a suooessiui jruiiK""""'
spraying and other meaua of prevent
l.., n, attack of fruit poaU must be
11)1 lUU wwn. -
work must be begun in the nursery.
1 . i I.il it tr knfnrn the
Kdur.tloro Ala.lia. With tne grunt l"""V "
and iiiiiu are locked go at ror (Utiou.
Jloapite the elTorU uf tholtrie loaoora
to roaerve order, tliere Uh bta muon
violeuoe. altliouuh none J ;jkri"11a-
ture. At CumlMTlauiiUa Aiuoer
strtMtU about 100 wonii(pl"KKd the
switches. Tho ouuduuuf tried to re
uneu the switches but vf'lriven away
1 the women. Hoorwtf men have
been arrested for outig
wire.
" . . . . ..... " u..ifl Nnrt.hwoHt.
.. . ... ... tu 1 T.ii .Art rrmr. crriiwHrii n .uv
nan r ruuciaco, miv. .,.iiur uhnnt
u. j ..... f ..,i,,,mion has we canuot be too particular about
or U,e ! Z t " in Alaska, guarding againHt the .introduction o
,H.wer the ; frum whloh it ..ear. that duriug the infected plants, tree. , ;-,
iidiii to apK.int a oommiaaiou to ,mi,t year the have been maintaiucd tunal in oounocuou ui.i
'lil'r the Veneauelau boumlury i t,re ixt-u day schools with twenty- outHide sootions. Oregon
lu.tion, aud an appropriation of four u,,,,,, There have brnui alao "In each of th 0 atate s o 1 "'eg ;
(1 00.000 for Ui epicnae thereof. The umiptud aeveu contract schools with Washington and Idaho ann line pr 1 v
-!.''' ' 1" , ! "MTtatt h. been con
jmi n rmumi uy w m unw joiiimlaHtomir rowiniuuiuua , , the direc
of r..i.rtcntativ of the U.-uk nriation of 150.000 for the ensuing detuned and destroyed under tne mrao
-biNa of America, in cxiuureaa iHum-1 f..r ilnnatiou in Alaska. One of tion
I11I, that the sum of flUO.OJ" or so the oddest recommendations of the re
sum 01 aiuu.oi or so ti ixlilest reoomuieuiiHuuuB ui m L.u....n .
Meh thereof aa may 1 nery, be ! V()Tt 1, that the government increase iu negligent ore bra navu -
,n.l tho mih is hereby apprifi.wd for ! appropriation for the introduction o by ""j, " rtoin limit
D tttMtllMts 01 a ooiniiuayn to DO ap- domestic reincuwr aa a yvj " - .
peiuUMl by the president t investigate the people. Nearly 400 were luiro
Jul report upou tho true (Vtnional line i dnoad last year,
ftwwm tho republic of Vuexuda aud j
kc4
iu
:hf
Mtt"
rt'
T!
31111
ng
ami
1
ml
Irltiali (iulnna.
The bill phsmhI the hum'.
Waahiugtou, Deo . .When the
ate Journal had bn raad and ap-
ved the clerk the house an
mood tho paasae i,y the noose
a bill approprit'iU( $100,000 fur
11 exiHinsea of tlio,H,mmlmiion to iu-
T" twtigate the bouaary between Hrlt
H -h Ouiana and Veneauela, retxmi
w wndod by the jdidcut. The vioe
w resideut immwldy laid it before
10" he senate. Ob.tlon was made to
k: lie second readiijj Cr referenoe of the
nil ill nntil tomorow. Morgan said
K'fliere waa a reaoltiou relating to this
neral subject tufore the oommitteei
f foreign relatioH Bd he inteuded to
ill a iiieeting the committee to
nmorow to ooiiHilir not only this bill,
at also tho resijution. As the roat
r now stands nv action can be takeu
o tha bill until morrow.
Washington, W 24. The house
kIiiv roHiionded; to the president s
iii saage by plgol)holiug tho resolution
r a holiday r0Bs, aud preparing w
') to work to provide some means for
lie relief of thi treasury. The speaker
iinounoced themnmittea. ineonair
ion of tho mini important ones are;
Foreign AffMirtHitt of Illinois,
iepublican.
Way and MuaDlngley of Maine,
publican.
Kulos Spoaier Heed, Republican.
Appropiratiiulg Cannon of Illinois,
hi(:'publioau. j
LI Hanking ana Currency Walker of
hl....,....l...u...tu 1. .i;,.un
v6rif i lu'jiuuimii".
uoin, woiKhts ana iii"""
of time. In ;ne oounty 01 hid
of Washiugton 130 notices have been
served, requiring oronaraa w
sprayed before January 1, 180C.
"Clean and thrifty trees can be pur
chased at as low rates aa those infested
nv fruit Beats. Tne coat ot tauur
Uapanda tipon Iha Noinlnaa.
Ilariwr's Wel.)
We beliove, If tho Kepublioaua nomi
nate for presldeut a trimmer, or a man
either tainted with the evil of bossism
or posessed of unsound ourrency viewa,
and if tho Douioerata nominate a can
didate of good character and ability,
that many of those who voted the Re
nublioan ticket at the last election Will
. l ..
vote for the Democrats, wnuo mo
army of tbia year's atay-at-homes will
go to the polls.
Three Might? Man.
HI. lxul Itvpabllt.
William R. Morrison, of Illinois;
Roger tj. Mills, of Texas, and John O.
Carlisle, of Kentucky, gave tho Demo
cratic party the inspiration of a prin
ciple of aoton and a policy of oohereBoe
-n,i ii7ruuion. There were other
-no-- - .
men, valiant in service
counsel, but arouud these three ragea
the battle which waa lougnt againai
foes without and foes within the party.
There waa a host of Israel before the
walla of Bethlehem, but only three
mighty men of valor who braved the
Philistines to bring back the life-giving
water from the well at the gate.
s-
On Prlvnta Bualneia."
Col urn bun, 0 , Kxiirewi.J
Benjamin Harrison is again dowo in
New York on "purely private busi
ness." There are also a large number
of presidential candidates and boss
politicians down there on the same
errand. If the New York artist who
u niuinff Air. Harrison'a picture could
oatoh the expression of his face at the
moment he read Sherman's Keconeo-
tioua" of him, the artist's iortune
would be made.
At Much a I)ipl aa Kver.
(Uelroit Free Pre. .
The oountrv is sufficiently aoquaitued
with Speaker Reed to know in advance
that nothing wi'l be done in tho houBe
bearing upon the problem 01 raising
revenue, that will oommit the party
to McKinleyism or enhance the provi
dential prospects of the redoubtable
major from Ohio. Mr? Reed ia just as
shrewd aud just aa muon 01 a uoBpui as
ho ever was and is in a position to
have thinirs very much bis own way.
fwa ltr WhM P-nllar Talanta Attraet
d ltanfl AMloa-oeef tha IMnV
oll TaaU Throngb Wblh n-T raaaad
flaiMMMMrullj.
(Jeorg Parker Bidder waa born In
1800 at Morton Haiupatead, in Devon
shire, wln-ro hla father carried on a
small buaiiieas as a atoiieniuaon. At the
eurly age of 4 ho allowed a moat rx
traordiuary ability for calculation, v. hirh
with flight anHiMtance from an elder
brother uaHumed ijuite phenomenal pro
portions. His peculiar talents soon at
tracted general alteutiou, and his futher
found It 11 much more profitable employ
ment to curry his sou about the country
and exhibit 111 111 s the "Calculating
Phenomenon" tliun following his trudo.
In this way yonng Bidder visited many
parts of KiigluiHl, ai-tohh-hing the differ
ent jioople who canio to question him
by the wonderful rapidity with which
be was nblo to answer, without external
aid of any description, the most difficult
questions. Of these the following are a
few of the most extraordinary examples:
If a fta spring 3 feet and 8 Inches
in every hop. how many hop must it
take to go around the world, the circum
ference being 2!i,020 miles, and how
loiiK would it he performing the journey
llowiug it to take oU
HORSE TORTUrti.
glltUng Uh lirlui Mill rnU la ajaaaaa
VmrXa mt tba wario.
uiinin n honai's miatrlU Is still praetlo-
fd In arnnt arta of the world, aa in
MonaHilla ami even in nonnm-n .
muA iK.nl with silt noatrlli are ofUm sea
In tho nimalAyaa and In AfghanlaUn.
This mint Hal Ion la renorted to In theeno
Deoua belief that the horaecan Inhale mea-a
nir when going at a fat pw, and "too
that It prevents neighing, a dlaqualSrloay
tion of much liiiartaiioe during war, or
when It la rtiwlmblo to travel as silently
txaxlhl. It waa pnwllced In Hunary do
Urn ai. " we are to adi-p' as evident
the copy of a Unlnlied skirtih of a boras ra
head, by the celebrated Koflanl, given In
Colonel Hamllu.n'a work on bomea. I W
rather anri.rlMliig that tha fashion waa mi
renewed in Kngland, for two or three em
turlea ao, to prevent a horae neighing. It
waa nmn mended to tie a woolen hand,
around the tongue. Murkham says:
"If either when you are In aorvioa In um
wars and would not be discovered, or when
upon any other cKJCiaalon you would no
have your horae to nelgb or make a notae.
you shall take a lyste (band) of woolen
ehrth and tye It faat in many folds about
tha middle of your horse's tongue, and be
lieve It, ao long aa the tongue la so tyed.
aolong the horse can by no mean neigh
or make any extrao rdinary noise with bt
voice, aa hath often ien tried and approv-
"''vcry Imrlmnros and naeloM operation
for the prevention of stumbling In horsea
....v. (..,.,. 1,1,. biwnrd the end of the aer-
enteenth and Winning of the eighteenth
c-nturiw. Tills waa the exposure o tba
..t . n.nMiln that assbrta In di latins;
bops every minute the ncwtrlls and twisting It r4nd1,tw"
8110W1UK V . IT. " Z -h..n It. waa divided.
without intermiBiuonr Answer, 00,1 inra"-i " i,hrinjrbJ
WO bop. and 1 ,L. 814 days, 13 hour. Ing this you .shall s h ho bri ng
ud 20 minutes. ba"thlIll pUnd Bnd turned the sinew
The following question waa solved by 'or tbre0 Unie. Such a statement
in jo iiwriiids : 8nDDOse the ball at . . ,m. t the nain the anunal
the top of Ht. Paul'a cathedral to be 8 expw.i(.nct,d during thosenaeleas operation.
feet ill dianiHtcr, what am me rmuiuk Kineteentn tjniurj.
I'rnuoiad Hawaiian Cable.
New York. Doc. 19. The govern
nint fix Hawaii has granted to Col
Hnauldinir. a well known planter matMria neoeHsary to keep a clean
f ti,a Hawaiian islands, a concession rnhard free from the attack
r :. .L-ti..u ith a v DU""" .
lor a caoie 10 nio umwu .v.., - Qj gerioua onemiea .n toj
.,i-M of HO.OOO a year. Colonel . . th Bxnenae of fruit rais-
Hnanldinir'i idea is to apply to the gov- . . (;., we must make
11 Hi
ru'4
brii
11
Rrnment of the United States for a .,. of our duty to buy only those
sufficient subsidy to warant the laying w and treeg v.hich beBr suffloient
of the cable and for ita maintenance. iirantee by 0moial inspectors after
ti. M,4.w,t. ts to secure to the United f ,i.mtd that they are free
states the advantage of a oahle oom- gerious pests or plaut diseases.
lnutinn from tho Hawiaiiau
the work of spraying
Hi u .1 . ...! ... l"nv . ,7.
islands, in the hope that me oau.o n,KUiar pftrt of orchard cultivation
some future time may be extended to rul()g all(l regniations of our
Australia and China, with which ooun- flg of hortioniture refusing to lot
trios we have larga ana growm . it or poicages ouoo uaou
moroal rolationa" for fruit to come on our premises un-
. jj.n
iaM .he same has been inorougmj' u.o
aud.i.n . ' thariaa h. sb.ttoch. in(eotedt aIld we must make it our
Hau Francisco, Doo. 19. -New. has duty t0 notify any fruit pest iPr
niti. nr tne sunoeu uwu hio rtenntv 01 uj .iuia...
" . . ... . v.... r.-- ,.. A nn
Shattuok at nis nuiuu, jftW or 0j estuonsneu iui -e-
Almeda. Mr. llltiong whioh may come wunin ou
the western part
has reported to the
horticulture that on a single
reached this
of Charles H,
1-729 Central avenue, lutions
uu... v w the Dioneer ink manufao- .....ice.
r nf the ooast. although but 88 ..An orohardist in
rears of age. He supplied most of the , Waghington
years 01 k their a hnrtin,
dally pap manufactured a xt.,..w Snv aode tree was produced
KESriST inks for the .fiVe bushels of apples that sold
S ing of posters and display ad ver- readny at i per box as a result of
I " .7 He was a native of Massa- uginK the Bordeaux mixture as di-
nhnsetts. The cause of hia death was reoted for the scab.
Ohuseus. , , j .ni.ial.ri n. .. tha rliftnrtuioe in the
.l,0,init Hill. WhlCn Hyreau Bonilun.
le had only been ill for a week, and yftlue of gpraying and not spraying i
Ile . . . ' j tarmination was K. ,a follows: Average cost of
thewaow su-. - .,,. -"- . . iududing
IOOKUU iu j .u nr .h at
C.
IW. Ktona of P.....Mvlvania. Republican.
j Rivers aud llarbora Hooker of New
JV'ork, Republican.
J Kailway. aijd Canals Chickonug of
ltj,Jw York, Rbpublioan
ih
riu!rtholdt of lissouri, Republican,
'Wepublican.
re
rig
el4
leg
a tli
Vol:
d.
isk
ns
tiof
it
efoi
Immigration and Naturalisation
nnltn nu
. -: - nhm nmn.
f" J . Zl wife, also a native of
- - litt, Kirl s
Masaacnuaoii". - -year.
old. .
Indian A ffuira Sherman ol ew
of Ver-
inrk, Republican.
I'aoiUo Rakwds Power.
inont, ReputHoan. . .
Naval Affa'irgBoutelle 01 mamo,
Interstate aL,d Foreign Commerce
'eIepbnrn of Ioiy,, Republican.
Judiciary rjendorson 01 iown,
Public Landfc-Laoey of Iowa, Re-
ablioan. f
Ubor Phill jpps of Pennsylvania.
innublicHU. I
n8l Agriculture -L Wadsworth
0''...l. t -Kl 1.1
Mine, and Miine AitKen o
n, Republican.
Irrigation anVl Arid Lands nerr
ian of Oregon, Republican.
Pension. LKVidenslager
ersey, RepubUcafD.
of New
of New
v..i Klcvcla Ride.
' rw. in A special to the
Rnnnblioan from uneyeuuo ---Smile
ever ridden on a
scale or
i90iir tree, or eigniy
m -.t a r era
n no Increasea vaiuo
frnit croo protected from oondlin moth
scab. I per tree or tou 1
ana a net luuivn viw 1
CU. v, . . ma
i.r otr.irri not 10 bpirj, "
. - tha
mnat bo at wora mm, api'Va
lime, sulphur ana sau, aumt.
thm-onuhlv compounded, as hot and
Thtmuound ninety-six inch gear tan- idl, aa opportunities will permit
eight pounJ. n,,m,a and jiin ... Dnrciiaging our pumps we
doro by wr " .. -, atMTt " ,, v.- ru.rd for oodlin moth
Green, wno course in l ..,1 nnah in the spri
cost at 8d. per square inch? Auswer,
237 10s. Id.
The following in 1 minute and 20
seconds : Snr-iHe a city to be illuminat
ed with 9,WH lim-ip", eacn lamp o wu
suroe one pint of oil every four hour,
iu guccessimi, how many gallons would
they '-consume in 40 years? Answer,
mo iNll.d.KI aalloDH.
Another curious question was: Sup
pose the earth to consist of 971,000,000
inhabitant, and suppoae they die in 80
years and 4 mouths, bow many nave -turucd
to dutit since the time of Adam,
computing it to be 5,850 years.' mom
tiIt the ausweikby 99.
Dnrina one of hi. exhibition tour..
fortunately for the lad. bis performances
attracted the attention of eminent schol
nftf.r uittkhiB inquiries subse
quently undertook hia education. He
was attached to the ordnance survey
for a short time aud afterward was as
sociated with Stephenson, the great en
gineer.
KnniB veurs after, he entered parlia
ment, und numerous stories are extant
,.i ,.-,m,wfnl kill in detecting a
fl,.n- in some elaborate seta of calcula-
. , . r . .... . 1. 1 .if! tn
tions, wlieryny ne waa oncu
upset an opponent's case. Or, at other
ti,0 i. would establish his own case
TROLLOPE'3 RAPID WRITING.
. nri.k lilMilBhlM.
Bia Work itooumo " -
Speed BegardleM or nia nur -
harncteristio discuwdon
X niiiKiiiu.. m
about their inle of writing belt1wtf,n.1T'
lopa and George jcuoi .
riartv at her house. ,
"Why." said Anthony, "I alt down ev
ery moruing at 6:80, with mywateh a
niv desk, and for three houra I regularly
produce 250 words every quarter or no.
hour." , . ,
Georgo EUot positively q"-"
horror at the thought shewhooould write
only when she felt in the vein, who wra,
rewrote and destroyed her manuscript two
or three times, and as often as not sat at
her table without writing an an. (
"There are days ana uuys
groaned out, "when I cannot write a too.
e ..-.- .. m TVnlkme. "with Imagina
tive work like yours that Is quite natural,
but with my mechanical stuff it's a sheer
matter of industry. K'l not tne u
does it. It 'a the cobbler's wax on tho Beat
and the sticking to my chair." .
In hia "Autobiography" he has elabo
rately explained this process how he wrot
duy by day, including Sundays, whatever
his duties, his amusements or the plana,
measuring out every page, counting v
words and exacting the given quantity
hour by hour. Ho wrote continuoualy
n kha ,.,i u in nanh davand at times mora
,uw . - . TT
by arguments based upon themUcal J
.1.... lii li lxy nil IV ill l LIB uiuujcu wi uccuko " r . - ,
ery, whUe hunting thrice a wee ana
.k i,iri Tendon society. He wrote tn
1 X. .
railway trains, on a sea voyage -town
clubroom. Whether he waa on a joor-
nev, or preasca wuu uiu -
hi,.nH he wrote just the same.
Frederick Harrison ia tuium,
Harrlnon a PromUlug Candidate.
t
BuM'hIo Commercial.
The most oareful observers of the po
litical situation and those who are not
afraid to report things as they think
they see them regard Harirson a. the
most promising of the presidential
boomers, with Allison as an excellent
second in the race.
Whitney's Statement.
New York Suu.J
Mr. Whitney has put forth a positive
statement with regard to tne uomo-
oratio nomination lor tne presiaenoy.
I am not a oandidate and nave noj
been a candidate and must not be con-
sidered a oandidate," say. Mr. wnit
ney. Yet if the Democratic national
convention should iusiBt upon nomina
ting him, there is nothing in thi. dep
oleusion to prevent the honor being
forced upon him; and a very handsome
and popular oandidate he would make,
notwithstanding his present; reiusHi.
Ohio's Governor Favored.
Cleveland Leader.)
MoKinley ia the first choice in most
of the states aud aeoonu cnoioe iu
others. Even in New kngland unio a
governor is favored by members of the
Grange after Reed. That is the case
in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
and Connecticut In New York the
Grangers like Governor Morton, but if
he cannot be nominated they want Mo
Kinley. In Delwaware, West Vir
ginia, Michigan, Illinois, Kansas and
Mississippi MoKinley was the first
choice over all the other candidates.
- . aa K
wind blowing thirty miles hour,
noun 1 1 . , i.
OT, t... course in 1 ai in the SDrinn wneu mo
P"-on . rnade before a ""retinue, We are watching
llie , a..r - ...... Uwnrlr Hf.com-
...1 Vi trrPBl. liiimcDii wa
plished by our ladybirds. They are
destroiyng many of our nj"
sects, but as yet are not multiplying
Adam, express agent. George vv . An8traliall bug. are
Mr.fammon. nas iw" -.-- - , .rt.j to have cieaneu mnuj -
"f'r d the police have :we ..e Wack e. but they
""-" '.. u I,., lnft tliere iur ' . ,k.
...i.ini tnai no . . j u?rir sumoieuiij uu
Terro
ing
ather Defaulter tor M,aleo.
Haute. Deal 9.-Theatoona-
Natobei.
roach New
He is probably trying " 'lfitoextornlillateit. Investiga-
n. .re being made to dis
Orleans,
go a.
Maxioa It i hi 'to1 WI" :tn " enemy which ahall prove ade
ot to fully 18.000. Tbeaafeuld f "destruction of thi. Kla.
amount w j . shipped to quaw ior w jiaai,i fr
fliscover .ome
the manufactory,
gain.
h oneneo ooro . . ... ntil found, it is
U., . . r'.nKlnnRtL Ulllll - ... , t ..n. r.ir.
.mount cannot to oontiuno I ,et beea imposed.
W"! "I t V O - -
Keed and McKlnley.
Boston Hrald.
We see nothing in the record of 'Mr.
Keed to endanger hia popularity a. a
Republican candidate if nominated.
There are tame points about the two
men which make him a new oaudidate
in nnmnarison with MoKinley. We
do not think there will be tne neeo 01
passing over better-known men as presi
dential candidate, this year that there
ho hii in previous campatgus, ano
if thnre were we fail to see where Mr.
RoH baa made a record that would
render him more dangerous to the
party than any new candidate likely to
be selected. They must all declare for
protection in the abstract, and Air.
Reed ia comimtted to nothing more.
K-Treurer Bogga Convicted,
Taooma, Dec. 20. A verdict of
guilty was brought in by the jury this
morning against George W. Boggs, ex
city treasuer, charged with fraudulent
ly using the public fund, for personal
The maximum peuaiij
the penitentiary. Sentence
data, poKBiblv ouiy at mc
placed before him. It is said that on
one occasion au opposing counsel asked
that he might not be allowed to remain
... ik. ..ntiAnittpa room on the ground
that "nature had endowed bini with
qualities Hint did uot place his oppo-
lieuts on a iuir
After taking a leading part in many
important engineering works, he died at
Dartmouth, Sept. 20, 1878.
Another -of these extraordinary chil
dren, betweeu whom and Bidder honors
were almost equally divided, was
Zerah Colburn, bora at Cabot, "Vt,
Sept. 1, 1804. Signs of his wonder
ful power appeared at a very tender
age. The discovery was accidentally
made by tiis father, who waa much sur
prised one day to hear him repeating
the product of several numbers, al
though at the time he had received no
other instruction than such as could be
obtained at a small country school
whose curriculum did not include writ
ing or cyphering. He thereupon proposed
a variety of arithmetical questions to
his sou, all of which the child answered
with remarkable facility and correct
ness. At the age of 8 the boy was able
to solve most difficult questions by the
mere operation of his mind. Many per
sons of the first eminence for their
kuowledgo iu mathematics made a point
of seeing and conversing with him, and
they proposed to bim a great variety of
questions to test his marvelous powers.
Among them were the following:
Give the square root 01 ,!.
. . . I.- -i; QOQ OQQ.
tillUI r H T 1 Tl 17 H III LID HO 1 H A 1 V v. ....... .
v. .-".- O - . j J
000,001 and observed that ne proauceu
this result bv multiplying the square 01
R7.037 bv the square 01 i
ho.. Bl.-d tn niultinlv the answer twice
bf 49 aud once by 25, a task which he
accomplished successfully, though the
answer consists of 1 i ngures.
Name the cube root ol 4ia,wo,oo,
677. To this he gave the correct answer
fi'v Rficnmla. How many times would
a coach wheel 13 feet in circumference
turu round iu 856 miles, aud how many
,;nt i.. vears. To the first he re
plied in two seconds 112,640, and to the
second, before the question could be
, - mm nnrt oHrlOil
i7tle7ame ..
l':rr, ' , n s t9S. What are tho fac- the support of tw"" "
. . liJ Ql
A Wonder of Relationship.
in an old scraubook which contains a
number of clipping without date I find
tho following: "William Harman, who
committed suicide at Titusville, Pa., a
short time since, did so because soma n
had convinced him that he was his own
grandfather 1 Here is a copy ui mo
lar letter he left: 'I married a widow who,
had a grownup daughter. My father vis
ited us often, fell in love with my step
daughter and married her. Thus he be
came my sorUn-law, and my stepdaughter
became my mother, because she waa my
father's wife. Soon alter uu
rave birth to a son, which, of course, waa
my father's brother-in-law, and my uncle.
for he was mo oruuier ui -
My father's wifo also became the mother
of a son. He was, or course, mjr
and also my grandchild, for he was the son.
of my daughter. Accordingly my wifo waa
granumotner, oocuubd , .
mother's mother. 1 was my . n -band
and grandchUd at one and the sam
time. And, as the husband of a person a
grandmother ia his grandfather, I was mr
own grandfather!' " Was it any wondr
that the poor man rid himself of such tan-
gled relationshlpr -St. uouia P""""-
The SHU, Small Volee.
The mother and grandmother of small
Susan were "taimng ner over,
emall Susan's presence. "Have you taugb
her anything yet auput Z1
voice?" asked the grandmother. ISO, re
n. thor "she is too young. 1 U-
He was ach hpr about still, small voice when
n fwin. I . . ... j ...... I ft. " A day off
she 8 aoie to umiw."".- -
two after this small Susan s m
the most dreadful how U and yells coming
from the nursery. Rushing there sb
(ound small Susan prone upon he flo
"What is tne matwir, mj
the affrighted mother. Whereat small bo
san picked herself up deliberately and re
plied, serenely enough, "That, mamma, ta
. . i . . , vrw Vnrtr Sun.
the stui, smaii voiiw.
tunall and Ferry
On one occasion, the late Ismail Pasha-
vnu aiivisea uv iuiot -
tn
it is opened th exact
b given.
t.n-a ..f 247. 4X8? To this he replied an
and 203, which are the only factors.
Strand Magazine.
Aa Women See) Woman-
Alice Stone Blackwell, in answer to
. ...,DJ.i,. Viva Rostou naper, wrote:
"The nuestiou. Are women more char-
ithi t.rH the faults of other women
than men are? must be answered in the
m the faults ol women
"H""" ' 1. t
throuch a certain soneuiug tfiu
..... wnmm infik at tlieni clear sightea-
ly and with an impartiality that is of
ten pitiless.'
Th mnst nxtravasant instance of lit
erary relic worship on record ia said to
be that of a well known Englishman
who constantly wears, ia a small locket
attached to a chain around tne ueca. a
portion of tbe charred skull or sneiiey.
his scheme to oust nisson ui T
He showed a new high hat to a friend,
with the remark: "Ferry says I should
not go to Iudon In afex j it's tooorientel
He rwxmimonueu me kj ui
h.w(l mo o rrauta u
I suspect Ferry has a commission;
pig
thing.
on it."
Intimation.
"So the Insolent feUow refused to par
his rent?" , . . . .
He did not say so m wurus, uu.
timated it."
How so?
"Ho kicked me down stairs." Figaro,
in,, .nonliiw. nlant is native to Europe.
It grows wild in most of tho northern parte
of that continent being also found in tba
Alps, the Carpathian and the Ural moun
tj .iitttniinir it at Tory high heat woo
may be made to yieiu agwu "
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