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sand: WORK OF CONGRESS. MONEY QUESTION LEAba. LARGELY A RECORD OF IMPO / TENT EFFORTS. Financial Worry and Physical Exer- , tion Not the" Greatest Destroyer of Human Life. Review of the Session Shows that, Several' Important Measures Have Been Debated, but Have P$ot Become -Law. •For Humanity's Sake,After Thirty-six Years of Nerve-Creeping Slavery* He Tells How He Was Set Free. -Has Accomplishes Little, Washington ,eorresponde#?e: w -~t£ It. FENTON put down his evening per anil regard­ ed his wife with-a sigh. She sat on other side of the table, mending her way through a pile of stockings mountain high; a plump, little wom­ an of -10. none too Hrim in figure, de­ cidedly ruffled as to hair, 'out with a merry twinkle -in her blue eyes and motherliuess expressed in every line of her comfortable person. T*"" "Well?"' said 'she, looking up, feel­ ing with sinking at the heart that some new complication had come up in the financial situation, and ilia\ she was about to be treated to.views or bimetal­ lism, addling to the feminipe mind. But no. Her lord and master had been led into a very differen/ train of thought. "It's nearly fifteen ye^s that we have been married, Mary." he mused, remembering as lie spoke that in all that time he had hardly ever before scrutinized her with, such a critical gaze. "Tell it not in Gath!" she laughed. "I'm growing old. but let us keep it a secret in the family as long as we can." "Yes, you have changed--we hare both changed. What a vain little chat­ terbox you used to be!" " 'Vox et praeterea nihil!' expressed me in those days. Now 'Socks et prae­ terea -nihil' would be more like it," cried Mrs. Featon gaily, with, a flourish of her darning needle at the work bas­ ket "And as for vanity! Bless my heart! I should like to know^vheU I id, time tr\ ho vnin'" -of® hare bad-time to be vain! "I am afraid you are getting a little careless, my dear." her husband ob­ served, congratulating himself on hav­ ing so easily led up to the discussion he wanted. "Sometimes it has struck me that you tegre almost untidy, and that's a sad TEffsuike for a woman. If she has the air of being well groomed she pos­ sesses a very great charm." Mr. Fenton wore prodigious whis­ kers. Dundreary-like, and they hid a blush which rose to his face at the consciousness that he was quoting the newspaper article verbatim et liter­ atim. But his wife had no such protec­ tion, and the rich color visibly dyed her very brow. To be called untidy is a cruel stab from one's better half, but Bhe restrained the indignation on her lips and tried to ask quite calmly: "Whom should you call a particular­ ly Well groomed woman, -.vow? Of course, I suppose there-are 309 of them in the four hundred, but among our neighborsV It-wosuId help me to find a model, you know." There had been moments in their wedded career when Mr. Fenton had felt that the workings of a feminine intellect were quite beyond him, and this was another of them. At what was Mary driving? It was impossible to suspect her of jealousy, for from that taint her sweet nature was abso­ lutely.free. So, rather in the dark, he replied helplessly: "Um--ah. Well, Mrs. Van Dusen, now. She always seems to me what you would term well groomed--a fine figure of a woman aud dresses mighty well." "r "Mrs. Van Dusen spends $1,000 a year for dress where I spend, perhaps, $150. She buys her figure from an expensive corset maker, but it is useless to men­ tion that to a man. She has no chil­ dren, three servants, and nothing "to think of but fixing herself up. I am not complaining, James, dear. You re­ member you brought up the subject yourself, but when you compare me with Robert Van Dusea's wife you should consider the difference Lab our circumstances. I have many, many cares and my days are full to the brim." The rough head bent over the hole which was being filled with a careful lattice-work of black yarn, and the needle went in and out steadily. If the mender's eyes were dim, nobody noticed it. "But it takes very little time to keep one's self in neatness and order. Just hear this, now, my dear. A very good article, very sensible, .10.0." The eloquence of Cicero, the rounded periods of a Juii'us would not have moved Mary Fenton at that moment It took uli lici' Wits to keep cXown the bitterness in her heart.3 Without wait­ ing for encouragement, her husband read on: " 'The woman who has an air of be­ ing well groomed has a very great charm for all men:1 (IJe skipped this sentence; Why expose the writer to a charge-,of plagiarism?). 'Really, la- dies, you. should at- lea^vtry .the ex- 'pe|Pent, and may \ylf dcJvote a little time each day to a 'ultivfition of ex- ~ quisite personal detail atThe expense of some of your frivolous amusements. First, do not rise too early. Breakfast in bed on a cup of coffee, h. roll, per­ haps a little fruit, aud plan your toilets for the day.'" Up went Mary's eyebrows and a sar­ castic smile played about, her mouth. Three children to send to school at 9 ' y o'clock, and breakfast to get before that!. Glancing up, Mr. Featon caught the smile.; ' 1 "Naturally,',' he interrupt^ himself, '"'every woman cannot follow tills plan exactly, but the general outline is good.' - You'll see." „ _ ; . .So he traveled down the columns of directions, for the bath with bran bags, almond meal and orris -root, the pedi­ curing, the manicuring, the elaborate brushing of hair and teeth, the- gym­ nastics, for the development of the fig­ ure, the careful examination of each article of clothing to see if a single stitch be wanting, the hundreds of little details which it takes so few m.ih-. utes to write down, so mauy to carry out As he went on, Mary's aatural sense of fun came to her rescue, and, beginning to appreciate the absurdity of the situation, she held her peace, adding up as they were mentioned in turn the twenty minutes for this, the ^thirty minutes for that, and her hus­ band drew a long breath at the end of the. evolution of a lovely creature immaculate from top to toe. "It seems to me," observed she, demurely, "as if cleanliness were get­ ting ahead of godliness nowadays. Well.itmustbedelightful to go through such a thorough process, and yet/fouK. hours seems a long time to devote to dressing every morning." "Four hours!" cried Mr. Fenton, taken by surprise. "My%jlear, you must be mistaken. Why, the half hour for the bath is the longest item in the lot." "Many a mickle makes a.- muchle, papa, dear," rejoined Mary, earnestly. "Do you think there is ever a morning in-the whole year's round when I could take four hours fpr the adorning.of my own person ? Where would your break­ fast be, and the children, and the or­ ders to the butcher and the grocer? James, what are you going to do to­ morrow,' she suddenly asked, and a dimple appeared in her cheek, which made her look quite young again. "To-morrow?" he repeated, mechan­ ically. -- "Yes! at the office, you know. Any­ thing special?" "Why, no. I have a dozen bills to collect for Mr. Snow; that's all. Why?" "Because I want to try a little ex­ periment It's not at all original. In fact it's as old as the hills! Promise me you will do it." "If it is within reason." stipulated Mr. Fenton. His wife had not changed so much after all. If she had outgrown her neatness, the old vivacity was still alive in her. "Oh, yes. This is what I want you to do. Change places with me for one .day- Let me go and collect the bills for Mr. Snow. I warrant you that I will get every cent that is due him, and you stay at honie as housekeeper, cook, nurse, and general factotum." "What perfect nonsense!" growled ttie gentleman, taking up his paper again. "I should think you were a schoolgirl of 16. You know that's im­ possible." But it was not impossible, and.,Mrs. Fenton proved it, if not to her spouse's satisfaction, at least to his conviction^ bundle of bills-and went ofr, reminding liiin not to forget to sort the washing just brought upstairs, and that this was the day for Sweeping the parlor. "And, 1 hope," said she, cruelly, at parting, "that you will find time to,give at 'least fifty strokes of the brush to jrour back hair, James, dear." " The peni refuses to record what James replied under .fits, breath, to this heart­ less taunt--curses not loud, but deep-- for when a man has said farewell to his back'hair itjs hard to be reminded of it The day wore on* lie hardly knew why he-did not fling off the yoke and go downtown as usual, but some dogged perversity in his nature kept him at his post, and, to his own grim amuse- -ment Hannah's delight, and the chil­ dren's astonishment, he did his best to take up all his wife's forsaken duties. She had not exaggerated when She said that her house was full, and- that she had not time to think of herself. A thousand aud one little tasks sprung up on every side. Housework- seemed to him a" many-headed hydra, and one beiiig knocked off, another instantly appeared in its place to distract and be­ wilder. Late in the afternoon, as he sat down for a moment to rest, seeing a square quarter of an hour before it was time to lay the table for supper, a loud dutcryTiirose below stairs, and the twins appeared, bearing poor little Mabel between them, a damp, doleful object, covered,from head to foot with mUd. The children talked all together, and at the top of their lungs, trying to explain how Harry had playfully poked his sister, and how she had lost her balance and bad fallen headforemost into the gutter, "in the. very guttere'st place, papa," and the poor man tore his few remaining locks~as he, bore his daughter off to the bathroom for a complete change of clothes, involving the intricacies of buttons, strings and' pins all over again. At 5:30 Mrs. Fenton returned. A day spent principally in the open air hail proved a veritable tonic, and she was a pleasant sight to see, with a becoming color in her cheeks and eyes utiwont- edly bright, as she tripped upstairs lightly, in spite of her 40 years; burst- ing into the nursery in suclyft bustUK and stir of good spirits tlia/it grated \ upon the nerves of her husband, pros- / tprfte upon the sofa after the exhauS^' 1 program of his housekeeping. She had recourse to all her forsake^ arts of coaxing aud wheedling, and at last, quite worn out with arguing and shuffling, he had to give in, and agreed to make a fool of himself on the mor­ row. The victor went up to bed tri­ umphant, pausing in the nursery to leave the big mending basket and to lean lovingly for a moment over the bed where her twin boys lay sleeping- sturdy lads of 9. In the next room she drew aside little Mabel's tumbled curls and left a kiss on the rosy cheek, and at length, with a deep sigh, she found herself standing before her dressing table, taking down the coils of her hair. Many a silver thread had stolen into the bright brown ripples, but they still fell to her waist as abundant as' ever, and against the girlish back­ ground her face seemed to lose some of its lines of care. Was it true that she had been growing careless of her own appearance? Like a flash there ran across her mind Words about Mrs. Van Dusen, and. staring earnestly at the\ glass, she felt a thrill of simple pride in its assurance that, with such clothes as adorned tlyit lady, they would be more on a par in good looks than a casual observer would imagine. Then she thought of her husband and the ex­ periment that was to be tried and, laughing softly to herself, she turned out the gas and got into bed, hearing that unfortunate man in the cellar be- lo\# muttering like the ghost of Ham­ let's father s he put coal on the fur­ nace --..., ... The rneory- of the following day is even nop a hideous nightmare to James Fenton. sNever had the office where he kept books for a peppery and un­ reasonable coal merchant involved him in so many Trying situation! true to the arrangement/'had presented herself at breakfast arrayed in her walking dress, and offered to make suggestions about curling Mabel's liair, tying on her pinafore and mending a mitten brought to her just as the one 111 aid rang the bell for breakfast,, Han­ nah was in the secret for she had al­ ready been to ask his advice about the muffins with a giggle, -and Tom and Harry had been told by mamma that their father would lay. out their clean clothes and give them any help they needed in the toilet line. , By the time he sat down at the table he was a des­ perate man. Ills own toilet had .been sketchy .in the extreme^ and he had literally had not a minute to think The fun died out of her V^ice, though not from her glance, "aS'she'itent over him, saying softly: "Foor, dear James! Still in your morning dress? What does this mean? I am afraid you are getting into untidy ways." Mr. Fenton groaned by way of reply. "Mary," lie murmured, feebly, after a moment. "Will you accept an hum­ bled man's apology? I never,dreamed before what a never-ending round of work a woman's life could be. I,'m a perfect wreck--but I speak for myself. You will never hear another word of criticism from me if you look like a rag bag." Mary dropped a ki§fs on his fevered brow. It was the seal of her forgive­ ness. A quick look about the room showed her its disorder, but she kept her amusement to herself. "I have had a busy day, too," she pur­ sued, brightly, taking off her bonii'\ "First, your bills. The people who owed them were "SO astonished when a woman walked in to collect that they handed over the money without a word, and before 11 o'clock my poeketbook was full. That was the end of my duty. Business is rather amusing, James, I think, and not too exciting, for it left me a good many hours, you see. before it was time to come home, so I went to Cousin Lizzie's." James gave a start.- Cousin Lizzie was a butterfly of fashion, for whom Mary's tongue was usually a lash of scorn. "Y<^s, Cousin Lizzie, And I said, 'Liz­ zie, I am-not well dressed/ 'That's no news,' says Lizzie. 'No, but I want to be,' says I. 'That's good news,' says Lizzie. 'Put on your things,' says I, ' and take me to your tailor.' So she did, and I've ordered a very smart gown, my dear which is quite equal to anything of any neighbor's, a new bon­ net and a cape, gloyes and boots and so on. And I have liikl some corsets sent home from Mrs. Van Duseu's own wom­ an. You shall never have occasion TO complain of me again, James. 'Well- groomed.' I thank thee. Jim, for teach­ ing ne the word." V As she went H^tc/the closet to put away her wraps, she stole "a glance srS her husband. It found him in a state of collapse, and in the remote depths of that closet she broke* into a little flurry of laughter only to be heard :iy the moth balls among the furs. Just then the supper bell tinkled. "Come!" called Mrs. Fenton, gayly, pulling her husband up from the sofa. They went and by tacit consent the day's doings dropped out of the conver­ sation. <> iimes Fenton slept the sleep of a penitent sinner that night, and the nior- restored the old regime. But the ed sown had dropped into good ground, and the next Sunday morning the head of the housekeeping depart­ ment was mysteriously long oyer her toilet When she^ emerged at 'length she was a vision of gored skirt, huge Spleeves, smart cape, wide boyved bon­ net, new boots and gloves. Her hair shone like satin, and as for her figure, it was as trim and trig as a fashion* plate. Mr. Fenton opened his mouth and shut it again. He was dumb. But the children shrieked with delight, and pirouetted around the dazzling appari­ tion and curiosity. "I say, isn't mamma a daisy?" cried Tommy, tossing his hat into the air. Mabel crept up timidly, fingered the folds of the flaring skirt and looking up into her mother's vivid face, she said,hesitatingly: . - - "Are you pretty, mamma?" "No, dear," answered Mary Fenton, demurely, "but I am well groomed and sess a very great charm," EVIEW of the work of this last ses­ sion of the /ff"'ifty> third Congress must, necessarily' deaj more with what* was at­ tempted to he done than that which was accomplished, ^since -most of the impor­ tant business consid­ ered has been rele­ gated to the first classy :The term has SlrftG-e u ^parrieuTaiiy- marked by the inabil­ ity of tlje Senate 'and ftl-the1 IlOuse/0" agree „ ' upon any 6f the most important problems presented by them. • Congress met 011 the 4th of December last, with : one imperative and perennial task,' to fra*me"aiid enact the >ariou;s ap­ propriation bills. Nexr in: importance was .the: financial question, for which no •definite plans of settlement beyond many free silver bills and various individual schemes were then in view. Several ini-r portant bills came ov,er as a heritage from the preceding session,- Foremost among them were, in the House, the Nicaragua Canal bill^-t-he railroad pooling bill and the bill for the settlement of the indebted­ ness of the Union Pacific railroads, known as the. Iteilly bill. # The Nicaragua Canal project has not been able to secure a hearing in the House. Largely through the enthusiastic efforts of Senator Morgan, of Alabama, the Senate bill was pushed to a vote in that body after protracted debate, and was sent to the Hous<£~\^-here the con­ ference committee substituted its own, bill, which had been tm the calendar throughout the session .nhd which differed in several points from the Morgan bill. The pooling bill was passed by the House early in the session, but the Sen­ ate refused to consider it by a negative vote of 42 to 24 011 the question of con­ sideration. Strong opposition to the Red­ ly bill was developed in the House, and after a very sharp debate it was recom- mitteed to the committee wfthout instruc­ tions. Several important bills were placed on the calendar of the Senate at the begin­ ning of the term, handed down from the long session when they had been passed by the House. Prominent among them was the bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy, which was debated inter­ mittently, but finally sidetracked. An­ other unsuccessful measure was the anti- option bill. There were also on the Sen­ ate calendar the four bills which the House had sent over, to place 011 the free list sugar, coal, iron and barbed wire, but the attempt to secure consideration of the free sugar bill was negatived by a small majority, and the opposition to the three others was so apparent that they have been allowed to pass into oblivion. The most interesting chapter of the history of the session is made~by the at­ tempt at -financial legislation in both houses. These are too well known to re­ quire recapitulation. No financial legis­ lation has yet resulted from the host of bills introduced during the session, with more or" less weight, of authority behind them. ni&jnai There was a small pile of bills on MW Fenton's desk the first of the month. He counted up the total with a sigh, made out a- cheek and wrote to the Fishing Club that he could not take the trip with them after all. Then lie went round to the office of the Ev en tag-Co me t and stopped his subscription-to that un­ fortunate newspaper.--Boston Herald. The Appropriation Bills. The principal class of legislation ac­ complished by the short session was that making appropriations for the support, of the Government. Not a little general leg- lslati<ui was incorporated into the appro­ priation bills. These bills, in the order In which they were passed by the House, were: For the military academy (West Point), army, pension, fortifications, diplo­ matic and consular, District of Columbia, postal, agricultural, Indian, sundry"civil," legislative, executive and judicial, navy and general deficiency. When the last week of Congress began the House had passed all except the general deficiency, and the Senate had the last four yet to consider. The pension bill, as enacteo, contained provisions that pensions shall not be paid to non-residents who are not citizens of the United States, except for actual-dis­ abilities incurred in the service, directing examining surgeons to state the ratings to which they think the applicants are entitled, and fixing the lowest rate of pen­ sion at $6 a month. \ The diplomatic and consular bill in­ creased th,e.salaries of several foreign rep­ resentatives, and the Senate placed in it an amendment authorizing the" "President to contract for laying a cable between the Hawaiian Islands and the United States, and to use $500,0(>0 in the work, an amendment wliich the House refused to accept. - -- The agricultural bill empowered the Secretary of Agriculture tV> enforce rules for the inspection of live cattle whose meat is intended for shipment abroad in any form, and regulations to prevent the shipment of condemned carcasses abroad or from one" State to another, and fixed heavy penalties for violation of such reg­ ulations. * Considerable legislation was included in the sundry civil bill, and much more I was attempted in the Senate by proposed amendments. The completion of several. I public buildings was provided for in the bill as it passed in the House, and sums were added in the Senate for new build­ ings. -Another ' Senate amendment pro­ vided for the purchase for $150,000 of the. site of the Blaine mansion. Provision was also included for the transfer of the mili­ tary prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to the Department of Justice, to be known as the United States penitentiary, and maintained for keeping United States prisoners >vho lifve heretofore been held in State prisonsunder contracts. The naval bill was notable because of the "new navy" provision for two battle­ ships and six torpedo, boats, and the in­ crease of the enlisted force by the addi­ tion of 1,000 men.- The general deficiency bill reported to the House amounted to $6,519,539. An ankndment requested by the Secretary of Stlrfe to pay „the ,claims of Great Britain - -for-$425,000 damages for seizures of seal­ ers in Bering Sea was voted down by the making the report to the Board of EnglJ neers, surveying canal roiites frwn Lake Erie to the Ohio river, was extended to the next session of Congress. . Numerous j bridge bills were enacted/ f' The commercial travelers' organization! I secifTPrisjni amendment to the interstate j commercelaw permitting the issuance of)} joint Interchangeable 6,000-mfle tickets good over more than one road. T1}|$.House adopted a joint resolution, an aihendment to the constitution, pro . ing for the election of United States Se. a'tors by (direct vote of the people of th States, but the resolution" Was report adversely by the Senate Conlmittee Privileges and Electrons. The most, important of the Senate bl Which failed to pass the Hotlse was^.a joint rosolution for inquiry,Jnto the ticability of deep waterways, between the ocean and the great lakes and the bill for the regulation of steam vessels. Among important House 'bills which /lied was one for the reorganization of the line of the army and one to punish train wreckers by capital punishment, and attempts at train wrecking^ :by heavy terms of imprisonmnent. • The only legislation affecting the tariff PCt was a resolution to extend to April 15 the time for making returns to the In­ terrogatories under the income tax sec­ tions and modifying the questions requir­ ed to be answered. • J- : ' ' Total Appropriations. The following figures show< approxi­ mately the total appropriations made dur*' ing the present session of Congress: Agri­ cultural, $3,303,700; army, $23,252,008; diplomatic and consular, $1,575,073; Dis­ trict of Columbia, $5,916,533; fortifica­ tions, $1,904,557; Indian, $9,976,948; mil­ itary academy, $424,261; pensions, $141,- 381,570; post office, $.89,545,997; general deficiency, $8,600,000; sundry civil, $47,- 140,000; urgent deficiency, bills passed early in the* session, $2,357,321; legisla­ tive, executive and judicial, $21,900,000; naval, $29,100,000; permanent annual, $113,073,956; miscellaneous, $50,000; to­ tal, $498,952,524. SPJRIT LAKE MASSACRE. A Monument Erected on the Scene ol the Bloody Tragedy. '-One of the most tragic incidents in the history of the West and certainly the most interesting event in the history of the State of Iowa^ was the massacre at Spirit Lake, which occurred nearly for- years ago and in which forty-two per­ sons were murdered. The massacre toc^c place in 1857, at a time when the Sioux were very powerful in Iowa. The gold fever was then at ita height and thou- s of people weru Hocking westward. thriving settle­ ments sprang up along the line of emi- - TU"" gration, one of tho eriKiT LAKE MONU-Uiost beautiful iu MUST. point of natural situ­ ation being Spirit Lake, not far from tha regular trail of the overland trains. In 1857 the settlement numbered fifty per­ sons, who lived happily and contented. One night the Sioux Indians swept down upon the peaceful homes of the inhabit­ ants and, taking them by surprise, mur­ dered forty-two of them. At the timo of the massacre four of them were ab­ sent. The remaining four were carried into captivity, where, after four months, they were ransomed by the Government of Iowa. Of the survivors of this mur­ derous attack but two are now living. Some time since it was decided to com­ memorate this tragic chapter in Iowa's history by a monument and the Stata made an appropriation for the purpose. Tlife imposing shaft, a picture of which appears iu connection with this article,, is now almost completed and will probably be unveiled this spring. The monu merit is of granite, fifty-five feet high, and is located 011 the shores of Lake Oko- boji, near the scene of the commencement of the massacre. Statement of NEW Party ISSJICB b) the America^ Bimetull'c League. The following lias been issued by the American ̂ Bimetallic League: -A statement of the issues on which the ew part/ will organize. The money question is now indisputably" ie dominant issue ip the United States and will remain so until settled, and set­ tled0 rightlyi Other questions, howeve* important, must ^ait for this, which to a ^greater or less extent involves all others. The issue is between the gold standard, gtMd bonds and bank currency on the one" sicn?, and the bimetallic standard, no bonds and government cuiTency oil the other. First--Oh • this issue we declare our­ selves to be unalterably opposed to the single gold standard, and demand the im­ mediate return to. the constitutional stand­ ard of gold and silver, by the restoration by this Government,* independently of any foreign" power, of the unrestricted coinage of both silver and gold into standard, money, at the-ratio of 16 to 1, and upon terms of exact equality; the silver coin to be a full legal tender, ecjiial with gold, for all debfs ,\ui(l dues, public and private. Second--We hold that the. power to con­ trol and regtilate a paper currency is in- Sifiarabie from the power to coin money, a.vd that all currency intended to circu­ late as money should be issuedrand the volume controlled by the general Govern­ ment onl}' ..and shosild be legal tender. TMrd-^-We are- unalterably^ opposed vto the isisue by the.United States of interest- bearing bonds; in time'of peace, and de­ mand the payment of all co.in^obligations of the United States as.-prbvided by exist­ ing laws in -either gold or silver coin, at the option of the Government and not at the optioif- of the creditor. On this issue weljppeal from the dictation of the money powerxto the intelligence and patriotism of the American people. Then follows a long address to the peo­ ple of the United States. FAVOR BIMETALLISM. Names of the Democrats Who Signed the Recent Address. The following Democrats, representing sixteen States and two territories, signed the address recently given to the public urging all Democrats to make |he money question the paramount issue and to en­ deavor to place the Democratic party on record in favor of immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the present legal ratio ot 16 to 1, withop| jyaiting for the aid or con­ sent of any other nation, as it existed prior, to 1873, such coin to be a full legal ten­ der for all debts, public and private^ R. P. Bland, Missouri: W. J. Bryan, Nebraska; 11. A. Coheeu. Wyoming: Geo. Fithian, Illinois: J. V. Cockrell, Texas; John L. McLaurin, South Carolina: Jas. G; McGuire, .California; George F. Ikert, Ohio: Justin It Whiting. Michigan; H. C. Snodgrass, Tennessee; George F. Rich­ ardson. Michigan; M. A. Smith, Arizona; A. W. Ogiien, Louisiana; J. Capehart, West Virginia; II. L. Moore. Kansas; H. D. Money, Mississippi; It. W. Ryan, Mis­ souri: B. F. Grady. North Carolina; Clias. H. Morgan. Missouri: (J. W. Scliell, South Carolina; Edwhrd Lane, Illinois; D. D. Donovan. Ohio; A. C. Latimer, South Carolina: Marshall Arnold, Missouri; W. II. Den son. Alabama; \V. J. Malbert, South Carolina; John S. Williams. Mis­ sissippi; T. J. Strait, South Carolina; A. Caminetti, California; \V.. .7. Bower, North Carolina: Antonio Joseph. New Mexico: Evan P. Howell of the Atlanta ConstitutionJ. Floyd King, ex-member of Congress, Louisiana. PHILADELPHIA'S NEW MAYOR. Charles F. Warwick Elected by a Ma­ jority of About 50,000. The recent municipal election in Phila­ delphia resulted in the choice of Charles F. Warwick, the Republican candidate for Mayor, by a majority of about 50,000, and of William J. Roney, the Republican nominee for tax receiver,- by about the MAYOLL-ELECT WARWICK. Poor Things'. An old newspaper, published at^Bos- tofi, has a notice of the imyriagp of Caiftaiu Thomas Baxter, of Quincy, and Whitman, of Brjdgewater, on Dec. ^6, 1788, "after a long aud te.dious courtship of forty-eight years, which same majority. Ex-Governor Pattison and Colonel Sylvester Bonnaffon, Jr., the Democratic candidates, ran well, polling a much, larger vote than has been »ast for any Democratic ticket for years, but the Republican-majority proved too great to be overcome. > - c • both sustained with uncommon fortl- Mary in the,gayest of spirits' took- hiSrl tude" . ^ ' House. .' Personal Legislation Passed." . The most conspicuous personal legisla­ tion passed was the revival of the grade of lieutenant general of the army that Major General Schotield might be promoted",to the rank, while the act of greatest inter­ est. to the Government departments and Congress was the printing bill, Which practically places thf control of all Gov-' eminent printing iu the "hands of a joint committee of three members from each of the two houses. ' .Laws affeetiiig shipping were passed-- to- establish rules to prevent collisions 011 the great lakes and tributary waters'*.an­ other of the same-effect, applying to har­ bors, rivers and inland, waters, supple* rni'utary to the act of. Aug. 19, 1890, for preventing collisions at sea. The time for Told in a Few Lines. Twenty-one indictments liavq been found in the Kansas City election frauds. Investigation shows that at Djidlyegon- zan alone 360 Armenians of all ages were slain by Turkish troops. - Fire caused a loss of $300,000 to tho Crown Lithographing Company and the Housekeeping Publishing Company of Minneapolis., . Broker SliVithTirthe St. Louis Produce" Exchange has apologised for putting a dunce cap on President Booth's head and the incident is closed. The entire holdings of La Noria Mining Company, in which Pittsburgers invested $500,000, were sold at auction for $500- The alleged mines are in Mexico. Andrew Ostrich, a saloonkeeper at Kingston, N. Y., shot three of seven In­ toxicated men who we're smashing the fur­ nishings of his place. None will die. rJt'he House Committee on Railways and Chills' recommends an appropriation of $10,000 for a preliminary suiVey of a ship canal from the lower end of Lake Michi­ gan to the Wabash river ' Panic resulting-from a cry, of "Fire" was barely averted in the Chestnut street, Philadelphia, opera house during-tlie play, "The War of Wealth." The stage burn­ ing of a mill "Was Too realistic. The Ohio delegation will probably press the claims of Congressman Luther .M. Strong of that State for the appointment as chairman o^the Committee on Invalid Pensions iu the next Congress. Indiana Republicans passed the legis­ lative apportionment bill. The Missouri House refused to pass tho bill prohibiting Sunday baseball. Indiana's Senate passed the bill for tho reorganization of the State militia. Senator Crawford's elevated road bill was defeated in thevlllinois Senate. Kentucky Prohibitionists have nominat­ ed T. B. Deinares, of Louisville, for governor. Woman suffrage.was killed in the Mon­ tana Senate. A similar bill passed tho Nevada Assembly. The Illinois Senate passed bills to ex­ terminate the Russian this.tle and to regu­ late elevated railroads. The .Tones libel bill was recalled from committee in the Illinois House and was advanced to third reading. I11 the South Dakota Legislature the divorce bill, a most important measure,' was defeated by one vote. National. Council of Women denounced the money power in polities and physical force as a basis of government. t Representative Democrats from fifteen States have signed a manifesto calling for a vigorous campaign for silver. Both branches of the Michigan Legis­ lature passed a bill providing for regis­ tration in the city of Detroit. A. M- Todd, of Kalamazoo, was nomi­ nated for Congress, to succeed Senator Burrows', by the Prohibitionists. Twenty-one indictments for frauds nt the fall election wefe returned by the special grand jury at Kansas City: Wisconsin legislators have agreed to appoint a committee to investigate all of the institutions under State control. Clapp's resolution asking Congress to pass a free coinage la-^ was laid on the table by tjie Michigan Legislature. The Indiana House passed the Nichol­ son temperance bill after defeating at­ tempts to amend and to recommit it. Kentucky Prohibitionists, in State con- vehtion at LouisvllIe^.^nomi.nate.d.I.T. B. Demaree, of'Louisville, for governor. ,. After a spirited debate on the Wilson- McKiriley contested election-case, the Uli>- nois Senate ordered a recount of the bal­ lots. Michigan Democrats in convention at; Saginaw nominated John W. 'McGrath for supreme judg"e and declared for- free silver.' , ' A petition asking the impeachment and removal from the bench of Judge Frank Ives w,aS presented in the Minnesota Leg­ islature; - Members of the W. C. T! U. sang*the doxology whei'i the vote repealing '-the bottle law was announced in the Dela­ ware House. Resolutions have been introduced in the Minnesota Legislature askiiig for an Caldwell. N. J., March 11, 1895.--(Spe­ cial.)--Since one of oiir prominent citi­ zens suffered so terribly from tobacco tremens, has mad§ kjio.wri his friglitfuL experience in behalf of humanity,'.the ladies here are 'making 4 tobacco-using husbands' lives miserable with their en- treaties to at once quit tobacco. lae written Statement of S. J. Gould is attracting wide-spread attention.J When interviewed to-night he said: "I com­ menced using tobacco"itt thirteen; I am-, now forty-nine; so, for thirty-six years I" chewed, smoked, snuffed and rubbed snuff. In the morning I chewed b&fore I put my pants on, and for a long time I used two ounces of chewiiig aiid eigKEZ?ousVces of smoking a day. Sometimes I had a chew in both cheeks and a pipe jn my mouth at once. Ten years ago I quit drinking whisky. I tried to stop tobacco time and again, but could not. My nerves craved nicotine and I fed them till -my skin turned a-tobaceo-brown, cold, sticky ' perspiration oozed from my .'Skin, and -trickled down my back at. the least exer- .tioii.or excitement. My nerve vig'or-and my life was being slowly sapped. 1 made up' my initid that I had :to quit tobacco ,or die.- On October 1 1 stopped, and fpr three days I suffered the tortures of the damned. yQn the third day I "got so bad ' that my- partner* accused, me' Of being drnnkr* I. said, 'No, I have quit tpbae'eo.' 'For God's sake,-1 man.' he said, offering, me his tobacco box, 'take a chew; you Will go wild,' and I was wild. Tobacco was forced into me and I was taken home dazed. I saw double and my memory was beyond control, but I still knew how to chew and smoke, which I did all day until towards hightr when my system got tobacco-soaked again. The next morning I looked and felt as though I had been through a long spell of sickness. I gave ** up. ;ill despair, as I thought that I could not cure myself. Now*> for suffering hu­ manity, I'll tell what saved my life. Prov­ idence evidently answered my good wife's prayers and brought to her.attention in .our paper an article which read: 'Don't Tobacco Spit and Snioke Your Life Away!' • '•• "What a sermon and warning in these words! Just what I was doing.- It told about a guaranteed.cure for the tobacco habit, called No-To-Bac. I sent to Drug­ gist Hasler for a box. Without a grain of faith I spit Out my tobacco cud, and put into my mouth a little tablet upon which was stamped No-Tp-Bae. I know it sounds like a lie when I tell you that I took eight tablets the first day, seven .the next, five the third day, and all the nerve-creeping feeling, restlessness and mental depression wns gone. It was too good to be true. It seemed like a dream.. That was a month ago. \I used one box. « It cost me $1. and it is worth a thousand. I gained ten pounds in Weight and lost all desire for tobacco from the first-day. I sleep and eat well, and I have been bene­ fited in more ways, than I ran tell. N§^- the cure was 110 exception in my case. I know of ten people right here in Caldwell Who have bought No-To-Bac from Hasler, and they have been cured. Now that I realize what No-To-Bac has done for me and others, I lcnoW why it is that the makers of this wonderful remedy, the Sterling Remedy Company, of New York and Chicago,"say: 'We don't claim to cure every case. That's" Fraud's talk, a lie; but we do guarantee three boxes to cure the tobacco habit, and in case of failure we are perfectly willing to refund mon­ ey.' I would not give a public indorse- ment if I were not certain of its relia­ bility. 1 know it is backed by nien worth a million. No-To-Bac has been a God-Send' to me, and I firmly be­ lieve it will cure any case of tobacco- using if faithfully tried, and there are thousands of tobacco slaves who ought to know how easy it is to get free. There's happiness in No-To-Bac for the prema­ turely old men, who think as I did that they are old and worij. out, when tobacco is the thing that destroys their vitality and manhood." The public should be warned, however, against the purchase of any of the many imitations 011 the market, as the success of No-To-Bac has .brought forth a host of counterfeiters and imitators. The genuine No-To-Bac is sold under guarantee to- cure? by all druggists, and every , tablet has the word No-To-Bac plainly stamped thereon, and you run no physical or financial risk in purchasing the genuine article. Beginning Monday,- March 11, Mr. Francis Wilson, the eminent comedian, and his merry company will produce at the Chicago Opera House for a series of twenty-eight performances the latest comic opera success, "The Devil' Dep­ uty." Francis Wilson needs 110 introduc­ tion to the patrons of Mr. Henderson's poular theater, his annual engagement there having made his face a familiar one to the entire theater going public of*Chi- cago. Mr. Wilson is far and away the most intelligent, the most unctuous and the most legitimate of American comic opera comedians, and he is in addition a manager and stage producer whose high artistic ideals and liberality have com­ bined to give the American stage some of the most notable productions of recent years. Mr. Wilson always lias a good company, and he is one of the few stars who allow the clever people in support wide opportunities for their own artistic development. Tlie new opera in which he comes this year was adapted from the French by that cleverest of all American librettists, Mr. .T. Chcever Goodwin,, and the music is from the pen of 110 less in- teligent- a composer than Mr. Edward Jakobowskf, whose name and. fame are world wide by reason of the wondrous success of his first opera, "Erminie."' "The Devil's Defuity" is said to_ be very near the lines of legitimate comic opera, both in story, lyrics and music. Phe locale and the period of the story chosen by the librettist admit of the brightest sort of treatment on the part of the sceni<j artist and the costumer, and both have taken, full advantage of the opportunities given them. Mr. YVilson comes Supported by an excellent coiUpii ny, including Mr. Rhys "Thomas, lately the principal tenor with the Carl Rosa Grand Opera Com­ pany of England: Mr. J. C. Myron, basso; Miss Amanda Fabbris, soprano; Miss Lulu Glaser, Miss Josephine Knapp and Miss Christie'McDonnell. There will be no Sunday njght performances during Mr. Wilson's engagement, and matinees will be given 011 Saturdays only. ^ Use ol' the Senate. Sir John Macdouald, the .first prime minister of Canada, was 'fond of re­ lating this- story to illustrate the need of ail Upper House: "Of what-use is the Senate?" asked Jeffersou, as he Stood before the fire with a cup of tea in liis baud, pouring the-tea iuto the saucer. "You have answered your own ques­ tion," replied Washington. "What do you meajuV" - - v "Why did you pour'that tea iuto the saucer?" • v "To cool it." "Even -so,"""said Washington, "tlie Senate is the saucer into which we pour legislation to cool;" The theory of evolution has revolu­ tionized botany. We look now upon a tloWe.iv not As an independent creation, but as a (form which began, centuries ago Hp a more primitive outline, and has adapted: its shape to the "present. We look upon the flower from tlie point of view of structural ,botany; and then' froni that of the philosophical -ftotany,, investigation of Public' Bank Examiner or yiiat .we may calf the Darwinian Kenyon. " . ! point o'f yiew. "*'>/:/*': A protest against the Federal Court! ----' . i ' * ^ conducting the business -of the whisky) Virtue; if not in fiction, is a. vice; and trust, it haying "been declared unlawful, ^ben W" movenot forward we go back-^- by the State courts,; was pre|ented.4u the ,warM "r , „ 7*T *- initiois'Seuate." •' '• ... j. -.= '• > - : '. .V-4" . V . *"• • • V &>•..