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1 bf illNM «t MMIWt l___- MMftllalB (Maf • SOME men are 1born achieve greatness, and Vyx'ii with L'Otn factions. great, some some stand BETWEEN Engineer Jim Boot and Anarchist John Most the New York 4tage should not suffer for thrills. IT is a good plan to have a girl in the family earning money. Every ; % 0ne then has from. some one to boifyw IT becomes more evident every day that it will be a long time before this 1C >untry gets the Midway Plaieaoce out of its moral system. THE oldest bell boy in the world lias left San Francisco to return to Germany, carrying with him f 10,000 irith which to make a "front/* "N r\ «r< n+Ttm-9% « - - d housekeeper the young bride is, she never goes to the bake-shop to try to buy some sweet-bread more than once in her career. ; GAMBLEKS in Chicago are fast be- • Ing forced to confess that their m- loaitous trade is only to be carried on With considerable risk--to thy^fr who try to suppress it. GENERAL BOOTH, of the Salvation Army, will make New York a city of the second class if he carries out his idea. He proposes "to remove every inan who is poor and has suffered re­ verses to some place where he can make a good living--and get a fresh •tart*" be a gcMigfftjjliical crazy quilt that ; woull present a grotesque caricature | of this great country and represent it as a tract for which no fitting place could be found upon the lace of the globe. At the same time there are parts of the country that j have never been minutely laid down j on any widely circulated map save those issued by railway companies. PERHAPS every part of this country that saw the infancy of the railway has traditions of men that sat wait* ing with, shotguns to prevent the engineers from surveying on their lands, and many a town of arrested development owes its decrepitude to some such opposition to early rail* ways. The history of that time is now repeating itself in the opposition of country folks here and there to the sudden extension of electric railways. The danger of frightening horses and the inconvenience to teamsters in a public road partly occupied by an electric railway are some of the argtt* ments advanced against this new factor in rural civilization. ROSEWATEK and romance are <ren« erally supposed jfctfo<Nilready pretty closely related^ut an ingenious mind has contrivedAo unite them in yet another bopa which is as novel as it is audaciousT Italian litterateurs were recently invited, by a German per­ fumer, who does a large business in Italy, to supply him with a number of short stories, the most important condition being that the writers should introduce "in the most deli­ cate manner possible," the essential merits of the German perfumes. Over a thousand manuscripts have been sent in, and some of them are re­ ported to be from the pens of well- known literary men, such<as Signor Mantegazza. WITH every year that passes Amer» lean men read less of what is called /'literature," while American women • read more. Already the success or failure of a novel depends upon the tromen, and they make it or mar it in absolute disregard of the opinions of the critics. 15 JOHN DREW FISHER, the actor, Who died at Brooklyn, N. Y., was an­ other .example of how coincident fatality may pursue a family. He was the fifth of the Fishers who died git 7 a. m. on a Sunday morning, his mother, brother and two sisters all having died on that fateful day at exactly the same hour in the morn­ ing: PEOPLE who are disposed to grum­ ble about high prices should be ' thankful that they do not live in the town of Forty Mile Creek, on the fc ukon River, Alaska The town is the largest in the placer gold mining district, and flour sells tor 16 cents a pound, while bacon brings 40 cents; beans are firm at 20 cents, butter is strong at 75 cents, and dried fruit is worth 25 cents a pound. A CHICAGO man who has just re­ turned from a visit to London says that he was surprised, on taking sup­ per with William Morris, the poet, to discover that the great man ate liver and bacon. Possibly this was a deliberate tribute on the poet's part to "his guest's native town, or per­ haps a concession to his own Social­ istic tendencies. Certainly it was Hot a poetic diet. THE New Jersey Mosquito is the title of a new paper published weekly at Hoboken. In selecting the name the publisher may or may not have "3truck it." Should he succeed in making a paper whose presence is felt as keenly as that ot its namesake, the paper will nu doubt achieve a «reat success. If its bills are pre­ sented as persistently as those ot its industrious namesake its debtors will purely respond. THE largest plow in the world, per­ haps, is owned by Richard Gird, of San Bernardino County, California. This immense sod turner stands eighteen feet high and weighs 36,000 pounds. It runs by steam, Is pro* Tided with twelve twelve-inch plow •hares, and is capable of plowing fifty acress of land per day. It con­ sumes from one to one and a half |ons of coal per day, and usually travels at the rate of four miles an tiour. BURGLARS lately broke into the bouse of an old gentleman in Paris and after helping themselves to the Silver and valuables gave him a lec­ ture on the wickedness of hoarding up capital which belongs to society in general. The papers in telling of the robbery speke of a bundle of securi­ ties worth 20,000 francs which the thieves had overlooked, and that night they called again at the house, demanded the securities and carried them oft MORRISON, an English traveler qf the seventeenth century, while at Dantzle, Prussia, says he "saw a mill which, without the help of human did. boards^ It had u great iron wheel, which did not only drive the saw but whish did also hook in and turn the logs onto the •aw." Br. John Dee must have seen j a similar mfll at Prague. Of it he •ays: "1 saw me a mill at Prague of which I verily believe the devil him- "•elf was master." ALUGST the whole body of"ttie upper ranks of the naval engineer corps is made up of grizzled old fel­ lows that entered the navy as third assistant engineers before such a thing as a cadet engineer had ever appeared at the Naval Academy. These men have had to acquire in the course of active duty a vast deal of technical knowledge now drilled into future engineers at the Academy. Sucn knowledge becomes more and more serious in volume year by year as war ships become more compli­ cated, and the wonder is that busy men, some of them of very moderate schooling in youth, have been able to hold their own with rapidly ad­ vancing science. THE publishers of Dixie announce from their editorial lair in Atlanta, Ua., that they are receiving the best of encouragement to hope for the success of the movement to extend the business of United States man­ ufacturers with the countries south of us. They have obtained from Presi­ dent Diaz personal assurance that he will do all be can to induce the peo­ ple of Mexico to co-operate with this movement. So it is now suggested by Dixie that au association of manu­ facturers be organized for the purpose, oi promoting trade with Mexico and South America, and to that end it proposes a convention of all inter­ ested manufacturers, the time and place of the meeting to be deter, mined by the convenience of a ma­ jority of the men who signify a wish to attend. IT has been reported that in some parte of Argentina, particularly in the far south, the recent prices for wheaEt are so unremunerative the farmers are turning their attention to other crops. But, according to a correspondeat*~ol~\the Buenos Ayres Standard, this is not the case in the great wheat-growing province of Santa Fe. He states that wheat can be raised and delivered at the rail­ road station at 13 shillings a quarter, giving the producer a fair profit That is equal to about 40 cents per bushel of 60 pounds, and the fact is mentioned by a London paper as showing that producers of wheat in the United States have a blue out­ look for competition with those of Argetina. The cost of transportation from the railroad depot to the seaport Is not stated, though that is an im­ portant element in the solution' of the problem. * IT is interesting to note hoW the «naps issued by the great railroad lines pervert the truth of geography lor the companies' own ends. A map of the United States made up of railway maps pieced together would -i Slaver/ of the Credit System* Gov. Turney of Tennessee, deliv­ ered a sound address at Chattanooga recently on the subject entitled "Slaves of Credit." The Governor dWelt upon the baleful effects of the credit system, which is almost uni­ versal in the South. Nearly every crop is mortgaged as soon as planted and credit taken at the country stores accordingly. By the time the crop is ready to harvest the farmer has already consumed its value in sup­ plies advanced by the merchant, and the result is that the merchant gets the cropi The custom is so universal and of so long standing that it will be difficult to eradicate it; and yet without its measurable abolishment little prosperity can be hoped for. All this is true, not only of the Southern States, but of all other places where the credit system is ex­ tended to the same limit. It ii> a .moat vicious cilstosi^lnd - its Stats, community, or individual, a slave to such a condition, can permanently prosper. Gov. Turney spoke wo.ds of wisdom when be advised tlie farm­ ers of Tennessee and the South to abolish the slayery to which they are all tbus subjected, and assert their freedom and their independent man­ hood by forcing the more progressive custom of "pay as you sro." Prompt pay begets habits of thrift and punctuality in all things, while credit always encourages, in effect, the very opposite qualities iu au individual or a community. MOST of us act more from habit than fro^n reflection ~ IS K! irifJT * "• *.'*• ONE CIGAR TOO MANY. Republicans Sweep the Country from Coast to Coast;:?7 - ~ - *v. : ***• , <1 ^ v REGULAR LANDSLIDE v m rrii|1iiin»' inn'*» Democrats bo n't £ven a Close Fight. HID li'i&w ¥»ek to Ve»jh in Illinois. Walt* in Colorado, Wilson in We»t Virginia, Simpson In! Kansas, ud a Seor* ot Other Notables i Go Down--Congr«t< Sorely Republican In Both Branches -- Hearty All . State IsiMstaiw of the lame Strip*. * - . , T ^ »' *' . : ! I ^ "v •»' V „ i*"'- * A', ^ 'V/.' S&t. The country is ours. Republicans aaj. 4U xntuu.jju. aurn chusetts to California and have cap­ tured all the enemy's strongholds on the way. It was a landslide. The in­ considerate verdict of 18;;2 was re­ versed with a whoop. Two years ago the Republicans lost Illinois by 211,993, Indiana by 7,125, New York by 45,518, Wisconsin by 6,54-1, and taved Ohio only by a narrow margin of 1,072 Re­ publican plurality. This year every State has been reclaimed, Illinois by 70,000, Indiana by 50,000, New York by lf.0,000, Wisconsin by 50,000, Color­ ado by 20,000, Oh-ip increased her great Republican majority of last year, and Michigan, Massachusetts, and Iowa their majorities oE two years ago. Two years ago the Republicans elected only 127 of the 356 members of Congress and lost the Legislatures in enough States to give the Democrats control of the Senate. Now they have regained nearly ovary lost Republican district and. carried many of the strongest Democratic districts by large majorities, defeating Wilson in West* Virginia, and invading the no longer solid South. The Republican tidal wave seems to have involved more or less all the States holding elections, increasing Republictn majorities in Republican districts and decreasing or wiping out Democratic majorities in Democratic States. It is a great victory, and as signifi­ cant as it is great. It means that the people, having tried the Democratic party with full power, repudiate na­ tional and State administrations, and give the Republican party a new vote of confidence It means repudiation of free trade and free trade methods, and a ringing indorsement of protec­ tion and other fundamental principles of Republicanism. It mean) that stagnated business and lack of employ­ ment have had their effe t on the poo­ dle. The men who voted for Cleve-' land in 1892, relying on • the Democratic promise of high wages and cheap foreign goods, have found out that the two things do not go together. They have tbe cheat) goods, but they have not the wages with which to buy them. This dis­ covery that Democratic pledges are not to be trusted lias been made not only by the workin^men of the North but by those of the industrial districts of the South. West Virginia does not sympathize with Chairman Wilson in his demand for free trade in coal and its other products, or with his promise to the Englishmen at the London ban­ quet that the protection fences should be thrown down. The English manu­ facturers will not read with pleasure tho news from America. Hut the American manufacturers and merchants and businessmen gen­ erally can rally 'round the old flag that the Cleveland-Wilson-Blount ag­ gregation hauled down, and draw a long breath of relief. They are safe from molestation during * the next Congress. They cau (to on with their business without fear of destructive tariff changes in the near future. They will feel that they do not have to wade through two more years of strikes and every other form of indus­ trial discontent. And seeing that the workingmen are alive to their real in­ terests this year the business men have reason to hope that those work­ ingmen will show equal good sense two yea s hence. The Democrats have had their day.' They have had their swing for two years. The.v have been given a chance to, show how thoroughly they know the art of government. The experi­ ment has satisfied the country that wise ruling is not the forte of the Democracy, and that that party should resume its old post of critic and censor of tho Republicans. The Democrats have plunged th>; country into a panic. They have given it a surfeit of hard times. With what face can they, af.er- what they have done, ask to be given again the contYol of the Goneral Governments The country has had enough. Away with Democracy! Not a single Republican district has yet been dropped from the list. The gains in the North are yet more re­ markable than thoso just mentioned. ISew York Bhows up with twenty four to twenty-five Republican Congress­ men, Wisconsin with eight, Indiana with eight, and Illinois with sixteep. In Michigan, where the Democrats had attempted to gerrymander the State, th • Republicans elect a solid delega­ tion. Iowa will have not more than one Democrat in the next House, and perhaps a Republican delegation. Ohio elects' sixteen Republicans at least, while Pennsylvania justifies it4 repu­ tation as the banner Republican State with a total of twenty-six for the G. O. P. The state majorities that piled up fill everybody with arha-emeut. They beat all previous landslide records. Returns from many states are choppy and far fiom complete, but the d. ift is unmis­ takable, and imagination can supply the particulars that are la king.. The extent of the landslide may be meas­ ured by the following table, showing the change in the majorities in many of the states. The 1V!J4 figures are, of course, approximations to a large ex­ tent, official returns not being yet com­ plete. The tendency of a landslide is to swell majorities, hpwever: § ffi I I SISCHANT OLD GLORY" FLOATS ONCE MORE. Nebraska "Nebraska. New Ha'pBhtre. New Jfrsey.... New York North Carolina North Dakota.. Ohio Oreifon. Pennsylvania.. 3(0,000 Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota. Tennessee Texas Vermont-..,... Virginia. ... Washington..'., Went Virginia. Wisconsin Wyoming 6.003 10,030 lt4,i 00 6.100 05,000 10,000 4\000 10,000 45,000 " 8,o66 7,386 * M»T I.'.l".! H.DT4 46,518 i...... o2,AG9 181 1,071 8,0*7 ....... *»,T47 2,637 * 41,347 8,344 88,643 13^,440 46,70i 6.657 4,174 6,544 733 II, m •Colorado gave Weaver, PopnlUt. 15,000 plu­ rality; Idaho went Populist l.Oil, Kansas 6,874 and Nevada, 4,4>3. NKW8 OF THE BATTLE. Victory for Morton. The Republicans have carried New York State by estimated pluralities ranging from i;!0,000 to 150.000. The total vote for the two leading candi­ dates is consiberably in excess of that polled for Flower and Fassett for Gov­ ernor in 1891. in addition to which are the votes cast this year for Wheeler, Ind. Dem.. which will exceed 2(1,000, The tremendous Republican sweep in the city and State, it is estimated, has elected twenty-three Republican con­ gressmen, a gain of eight over the present representation in Congress. Return* from Khoin Iftlan'l. Complete returns have not been re­ ceived from either of the Congression­ al districts in Rhode Island, but tho HOW CONOJEUSSS STANDS. Latest Figure* Show the Republicans Have a Majority In the House. The following table shows the stand- ing of the next Congress as nearly as can be computed from returns received at the time this is written: Reports from AU Over the Country Tell of the Result. The Republicans have swept every­ thing in sight in Wisconsin, with the exception of a few Legislative and Senatorial districts. They have elected Major W. H. Upham Governor by from ^5,000 to 35,000 plurality, and with him goes the Republican State ticket. They have elected 8 out of 10 Congre-smen. j. In the next Legislature the Republi­ cans will have a clean working ma­ jority in the lower house, but the Sen­ ate will probably be in dispute until the official leturns are received. The State Senate will be bitterly fought for, as without it the Republicans can­ not redistrict the State and break what they now denounce as a "gerry­ mander. " Chairman Wilson Is lltviton. The result in West Virginia is as much a surprise to the Republicans as to the Democrats. The landslide seems to have reached every district, with the possible exception of the Third, which the Democrats still claim. In the Second District returns are coming in very Blowly. Mr. Wilson, Dem., is undoubtedly defeated, but the indica- * Mm IT WAS A COMPLETE KNOCKOUT. SUGAR H. TRUST OOULDlr'T EATI BXX. tions are that the ma'ority against him will bo tmall. Dayton, Rep., has made gains at all points heard from, but these are all on tde railroads, and this was expected. The gains are larger, however, than the Republicans had counted oa to give them the dis­ trict by 800. figures at hand leave no doubt of the success of Bull, Republican, over Lap- ham, Democrat, in the First District, and Arnold, Republican, over Garvin, Democrat, in the Second District. The receipt of returns from various towns is hampered by the prostration of tho wires on account of the storm, but all the returns received have the Repub­ lican trend indicated in the dispatches from other States Wolff Wins by lOO.OOO. Illinois has gone Republican >y a majority estimated by Chairiran Tan­ ner at 100,0 )0. The Republicans have also probably elected sixteen of the twenty-two Congressmen and a major­ ity of both branches of the General Assembly. They have certainly se­ cured a majority on joint ballot in the General Assembly and will elect the succ essor to Senator Cullom. Repub­ licans estimate their majority In Cook County at 15,000, electing the entire j ticket. Michigan Republican by 50,000. I Miohtgan has gone Republican by | about ti0,000 plurality. The Republi-. can State Central Committee claim it will exceed that figure, while Secre­ tary Hosford, of tho Democratic com­ mittee, concedes the Republican plu­ rality to be ">0,0)0. The Republicans have also elected every oue of the i twelve Congressmen. PopulMts Gain In Texas. From Texas there are no definite figures for Governor. Culberson. Dem., will be elected. Populists show gains, and the Democratic majority will be reduced. 111 1 PBBBKNT MBXT HOUSE. HOU8K. T o ta l. , j f? <a (3 p | | D em .. . j P o p .. .. Alabama ........ 0 » 8| Arkansas 6 .... e .... 6 California. 7 '2 4 1 « 1 .... Colorado.... 3 3 1 ,,,, Coimectiaat 4 *'*i 4 .... Delaware 1 .... 1 .... 1 .... Florida 9 a "i . .. . Georgia ".... 11 n u Idaho 1 "i "*i initio's » n "ii 31 "'i .... Indiana lit 2 n 13 Iowa. , 11 10 l 11 Kansas 8 2 l "*5 S .... Kentucky..;*,..... 11 1 10 . • •. 0 6 Louisiana. 0 .... 6 6 . • . • Maine 4 4 " *4 .... Maryland « " « 3 '" i .... Massachusetts.. IS "i 4 12 1 .... Michigan 1* 7 6 .... 12 .... Minnesota ' 7 .'•'4 2 1 7 .... Mississippi 7 .... 7 "7 .... MlBSOUll 16 1 It .... "*8 6 Montana. 1 1 1 .... .... Nebraska ft 3 "i ""j 6 .... Nevada I 1 1 New Hampshire. 9 "j "j NowJersey 8 3 1 ® 7 "i .... New York 34 13 19 30 s North Carolina.. 9 1 8 2 4 No<-th Dakota... 1 1 1 Ohio 31 IU 11 19 "3 Oreuon 3 a .... 9 Pennsylvania ... SO 30 ! io 38 "2 Rhode island 3 2 South Carolina.. 7 "*i *"i " 6 South Dakota.., 3 3 .... "j Tennessee 1C 3 » 4 Texas 19 13 10 "*i Vermont 9 3 .... " 3 Virginia 10 • 10 3 "*8 .... Washington 3 2 . 4 .... Wost Virsinla.Tv -- 4 4 . i -- IT.'. Wisconsin 10 "*4 6 10 Wyoming. 1 1 1 .... Total 366 918 12 245 94 13 Reports indicate that t':e next Sen­ ate will have forty Democrats, forty- one Republicans' and six Populist*, while the attitude of the successor to Senator Harris, of Tennessee, ii still in doubt. In this classification Senators Stewart and Jones,of Nevada, who were elected by tho Republicans, but have announced their separation from that party, and Gov. Tillman, who will doubtless be elected by the so-called Independent Democrats of the South Carolina Legislature are placed in the Populist column. Tillman will prob­ ably vote with the Democrats on or­ ganization, and Stewart and Jone*. of Nevada, and Peffer with the Republi­ cans. This would throw the balance of power into the hands of the Popu­ lists. According to the returns so far re­ ceived, the Senate after March 4, 1895, is likely to stand: THE ET.F.PHAWPS JUBILATION. States-- Alabama.. Arkansas...... California •Colorado... .. Connecticut..-- 11<>1<i ware. Florida. Georgia......... •Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa •Kasaa .... Kentucky Louisiana..;... Maine -- ,»***_. Maryland Massachusetts. Michigan. Miunesota MlnelsRigpl. ... 90,000 16,000 e.000 , 810 9,(100 90,000 so,000 75,(100 10.000 Dem. maj. is,000 30,000 Rep. maJ. 38,438 11.97V 18,851 Montana... .t,".4.) ... ttto- v 1 Hooray, baft! right wis time.--Ju^ge. PRESENT | KEXT SKVATK. SENATE. STATE* 3 B. D. 0 •P B. D. 0 Alabama 9 .... .... Arkansas........... .... .... "J .... California 1 .... Colorado a "j Connecticut. 9 a ...: Delaware 1 "i 1 1 Florida .... a 9 Georgia... .... s 9 Idaho 2 •"j Illinois............... 1 " "i 1 '"i Indiana. .... 9 .'!!! 9 Iowa 9 "3 Kansas 1 "i "*i 1 "i Kentucky............ .... 2 .. *. "2 Louisiana............ 2 ... 2 Maine "2 3 . .. .... Maryland .... * • ; Massachusetts...... 2 "3 .... Michigan.... 2 2 Minnesota... 3 2 Mississippi... ""2 "i Missouri...... .... 2 ...; 2 .... Montana. 3 3 Nebraska 1 "*i 1 ...£ Nevada 2 1 .... .... 2 New Ha t pshlre 2 2 .... ..., New Jersey.......... 1 "i 1 New York .... 2 3 .... North Carolina .... , 3 3 North Dakota! 1 1 .... '" i 1 Ohio 1 1 1 1 .... Oregon.. 2 2 .... .... Pennsylvania. 3 . . 3 Rhode Island S .... 2 .... ... • South Carolina "2 ... 1 1 South Dakota "*i .... '"i • 1 1 Tennessee 2 T Texas 3 .... _ ... Vermont " vi .... "2 .... Virginio. •"j .... 2 Washington "3 .... .... "i .... .... West Virginia..... . 1 2 1 1 Wiscousin, 3 3 ... Wyoming 2 "*i "2 Total 87 44 6 4'»! 41 « A EfeachaUe Tarn Told Abowt Sir Andrew Clark's BobMea. The late Sir Andrew Clark was M ardent in his crusarte against* over­ eating and overdrinking, and so firm in his belief that In a large majority of ca.595 diet would do far more tliaa drugs, that he was a little too much inclined to take it for granted that his patients were self-indulgent to the ruin of theirjiealtb. Amoug tbc many anecdotes to which his views gave rise the following is one of tlie most noted: A patient came to consult him, and was at once overwhelmed with direo- tions on the subject of the life h« should lead and the diet to which he should adhere. "Now. remember; only ooe glass of wine at each meal,'* the ph.vsician concluded, "and just one cigar after dinner won't hurt you. Good-morning. Be sore yott keep strictly to one cigar." "One cigar!" said the patient ••But " "Mv dear sir,*'broke in Sir An* drew, somewhat testily, "1 most in­ sist. if 1 am to treat you you must follow my directions. I know unite well you will Una it hard, but it ie absolutely necessary for your health.** The patient heaved a deep sigh. "All right, Sir Andrew. Since yoa insist I will do my best Good morn­ ing." He went his way, but his health did not improve, and at the end of ak few weeks he returned to the phy­ sician's consulting-room. "No better?" said the doctor, sur­ prised. *>But have you followed all my directions?" ••Absolutely," replied the visitor *'1 must admit that the cigar was rather hard work at first, and in fact it made me feel ill; but I soon got used to it and now I rather like it." ••Good heavens!" said Sir Andrew, on whom the truth damned, ,Jdo yoli mean to tell me " * , "Yes, I had never smoked before.* Once » Famous Publisher. "With the death of George Bt| Qraham the last link is snapped which bound the literary America of a half a century ago with the literary America of to-day. Graham, it will be remembered, published the first ambitious magazine of original American literature ever attempted here, and made a fortune at it, be­ sides introducing Bayard Taylor and other afterward eminent writers to the notice of the public. It seems odd, in these days of high prices, tc reflect that Graham hired Edgar .Pee for his managing editor at $800 a year, or about $16 a week, and was considered recklessly liberal. Bavard Taylor opened his eyes wide when Graham handed him $25 for the Qrst two poems he ever wrote. "Surely/* he exclaimed, ' 'you are not going to pay me for them? Why this is the lirst money I ever earned 1" Long, fellow sold his Village Blacksmith" to Graham for $50, which was the highest price paid to either him or Bryant for any poem, except in one instance--the «-Spanish Students brought $150. Fenimore Cooper and G. P. R. James received as high as $1,200 and $1,800 for serial novels, and N. P. Willis used to turn in three> page sketches for $50 each. At these rates Graham commanded the best talent In the market, and he made oiouey so fast that once a friend seeing him pass up the isle ot a restaurant, called out: "Come here, Graham, and put your hand on my table." "What for?" asked the successful publisher, wonderiug. "Because everything you touch turn> to gold, and 1 want some." Graham sent for Cooper onceJ Cooper called at the office, and In* quired with a rather Imperious all what was wanted. "I want you to write me ten shoit stories of naval adventure." "Oh, I can't write for you," sneered Cooper; ' *you can't pay me enough." "How rauch would you charge?" "Due hundred dollars a story--io advance." Cooper pronounced the last two words with great deliberation, as if they settled the whole business in the negative. To his amazement Graham calmly drew his check foi $1,000 and handed it across the desk to his visitor. The stories were written, but there was no reason to suppose they helped the magazine a penny's worth, as far as bringing subscribers or purchasers went Th« news of the incident did spread abroad, however, and, in connection with other stories of the same sort* helped to advertise Graham as the prince of American publi hers, and thus to "boom" his enterprise. 41^ 1^1 V-v ' V ' ' 'mg-i A. ' I This gj.ves the Republicans a plural- ity of one ove • the Democrats, but leaves the Populists holding the bal­ ance of power, so that t hey can organ­ ize the Semite bv a combination with either party. With the vacancies from l Montana, Wyoming and Washington [ filled the Sonata cea. es to have au odd | number of members, and the close di vision of parties foreshadows that Vice President Stevenson will have to exer- Not the Only One. Crossing the Cumberland River one morning in the rope-ferry boat- wfelcb prevails on those waters, I passed the time talking to the gawky young mountaineer wbo did the Charon act iu that locality. He was about 20|, and. to my experienced eye, was, as judged men, quite as green a spec} men as! had come upon. "Are you married?" 1 asked after few minutes. "No, mister." "Not married? Whf» *$U are oMI enough to be." _ .: "I reckon I am." , , % f* • Well, you ought to be. lift only proper condition for a man, and every man owes it to himself and to society to take a wife. It settles one ^ | in life and brings about those host* ' ages of fortune which are bound to < p make a better citizen of him, as well -p as a better man." I knew 1 was talking over his head* ; but I wasf enjoyinur it if t^e wasn't. "Air you married?" he asked with a directness that rather disconcerted ^ me, "Well, no," I hesitated, "I as* aot. 1 tried to he, but the womaji j^. ttMM case objected." v ^ He was still for a minute. "Mister," he said then; 4you teckott you're the only feller in the world that ever happened to meet up with one uv the*a objectin' kind ov wim- men?" Later, when 1 told him good-hf and shook bands with him la sym­ pathy, 1 didn't think he was as green as he looked. THE State with the greatest, rail- 1 road mileage is Illinois--lO,428mMea I Next comes 1 ennsylvania, with cisTbisDWrontiVeandffive^ha^t' Texas. Withy, 184; hausas,with ewe hu prerogative and gne the cast- , wjth s^; lowa, with ing vote many tie* .... . 8,614, and New York, with 6*U<k