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mendous undertaking already on his hands,
Mr.. Yerkes has so much faith in the des-
tiny of Chicago that he is willing to give the
West siders cable road, and has promised
to supersede the horse cars as soon as pos
sible, If the people do not exact too harsh
conditions. Mr.. Yerkes is compactly-
built gentleman of medium height and
light complexion. He is married and has
an interesting family, of which he is very
proud.
Next to Yerkes, in the street-car world,
is Mr. G.. B. Holmes, president of the South
Division Street Railway Company. Mr..
Holmes is q solid citizen, and a great
churchman. His rise has not been as
rapid as that of Mr.. Yerkes, but he has at
tanned great eminence and enduring fame.
Mr.. Holmes was the enthusiastic protector
and promoter of the South side cable line
now the largest and best equipped sys-
tenn in the country. He built the first
twenty miles of the South side cable system
at the enormous cost of 100000 per mile,
but the experience gained in this work re-
suited in great saving in the subsequent
work. The South side system has been
constantly improved since it was first put in
operation. 1t now has thirty-five miles of
cable in use. and when its cross lines are
completed, will have one hundred and ten
miles. Inc cars run at the rate OF eight
and one-half to nine and one-half miles per
hour in the city limits, and twelve miles per
hour outside.
The cars are luxuriously upholstered, and
for the winter have an iron stove fastened
under the bottom of the car, which heats
the interior very satisfactorily.
These are but few of the things that go
to prove the assertion made at the begin
ming of this letter, that the street-car traffic
of this city is immense If any thing fur
ther is needed, the following statistics
concerning the business transacted Will,
perhaps, supply the deficiency. Number Of
passengers carried annually, 100000, 900;
number Of cars used, 1860; average num-
Der of passengers per car, 400; average
receipts per car per day, 500; total expenses
per car per day, 80; total earnings of all the
companies, S10,OOO,0O0; net earnings, s., 500, :
600. w. II. FREEMAN
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Take on Your Skin.

An American lady in London draw
ing room was much mvstified by a con
versation between the hostess and vis-
itor. "Do take off your skin, my dear,
or you will catch cold" said tho hostess.
"No, thank you. To tell the truth, since
I've grown so stout can't get out of my
skin easily" said her visitor. The Amer
lean lady recalled S:dney Smiths old re-
cipe for hot weat ther. stake of your
desh and sit in your bones," but she could
not make out the meaning OF this dia-
logue. Finally, when the visitor arose to
depart the hostess patted the seal jacket
of her friend and eompIimented Its APP
pearance. Then al was plain "Skin"
is the English abbreviation for . sealski n
garment.
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al Sew Prnciou. stann.

A precious stone Of much interest Is an
Opaque white hydrophane discovered in
Colorado. The finder has named It
magic stone, " because, as usual with this
mineral, it possesses the property OF be-
coming absolutely transparent IL water Is
dropped slowly on ii from one to three
minutes 1t Is so porous that IL will abb
sorb its own weight of water. 1t quickly
RECEIVERS its opacity. The finder suggests
that the stone be used Cor seals. rings, and
scarf pins, as by reason OF its opacity it
would completely conceal portraits, mot
toes or mementos, which could b brought
to view when desired BY The application
Il Little Water.
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cluded that he would enter upon a COM
mercial career, and with that object in view
he began clerking in an Office. For four
years he remained at his desk and gained
enough knowledge to satisfy him that he
could run banking institution himself His
uncle had given him some money, and
when he had reached the age of twenty-one
years he began the banking and exchange
business on his own account.
The young man was successful from the
start. He had pointers " from his father,
was well known in the financial world. and,
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~ ~ ~ -
added to this, he had
natural business tact
and great S h T e wd :
ness. He prospered
greatly, built a fine
banking house, and
became a noted opcr-
ator in stocks and
bonds. He also dealt
in State and municipal
bonds, and got mixed
up in some. transac-
tions in Philadelphia
city paper that re-
suited in his being in
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DE Strtel-car trdfnc
Of Chicago, like many
other features of the
great and busy
young city, is I'M
mense. 1t is a sort
of an octopus, to be
sure. Its tentacles
extend in all direc-
tions, and grow with
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CHICAGO LETTER.

street-Car Travel I'm the Garden City
Something of Its Wonderful Growth and
Present Immensity-The Cable System
Yerkes and Holmes, Two Street-Car
Magnates.
fSpecfal Corresnondenca
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according 10 private correspondence In
the London Figaro from Berlin, Prince
Bismarck has been considerably troubled
OF late by the effect of the bullet wound'he
received so many years ago from the re.
volver Of a would-be assassin. MANY
people have forgotten evsn the circum.
stance that the great German Chancel OF
was so muraerously attacked by the
youth Blind, but as "A matter Of fact, five
shots were discharged into him, aud II
was simply owing 70 the sturdy way in
which be grasped his assaiIant's arm
that onfy one of them took effect The
bullet glanced of one of the Chanceior,s
lower RIBS, and a bony excresscence
which developed In consequences
still marks the place. As It turned out.
too, Bismarck's risk was by no means a
an end when he grappled with and seized
his assaiiant. A military guard hurried
up ON hearing the ChaBcelor's shouts,
and the impulse Of the foremost of these
stal art Prussian grenadiers, on seeing
comparatively fecfle STRIPPING being ne a
and seemingly maltreated BY ponderous
man with q bald bead--for Bismarck's
hat had fallen Of zwas to club his rifit
and bring it down on the Iatter's bad
pate. Luckily for Germany, however.
the Chancellor warled on his impending
fate by shouting out: sHold on; am
Bismarck r. On which, as the latter tells
the story. the soldier dropped his weapon
IN much greater fright than his escaped
victiu-
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DEIPuTA LODoE, No. TAO, X. of r., meets on
Monday evening uf each week, Rt odd Fellows
hall. Visiting knights IN good standing invi-
ted TO attend y. n. NtNCENT, &. e.
HAHnY PLAauAN. X. OF II. IS.
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o 10. %. r., Pioneer LOd, .
No. tTp.-Hegulur meetings
G~S every Tuesday EVENING" V
ttinphrcthrCn In good stand
CNK -. Iu,NA ing cordially invited.
SS|ER j. y. HALL ". @.
O \. l.. ALLEN. Sec.
ENSIGN ENCAMPMENT No. 6s, I. q. o. y
Meets first and third Friday of each month
Visiting Pntrinrcha cordially invited to attend.
T. y. HuuHAhD, n. y. J. l.. NKfsoS, g. y.
AMnnOsE ALLEN, =. W. j. r. HALL, y.
NAOMI No. %, REnECCA DEGREE, I. %. o. y.
Meets the 20 andt Friday nights, each month
Mrs. 1DA NELSON, N.G,
EN-. BYEHLEY. socy.
n 4 d ELDRED POST, No. lTi, meets
VI "a NJ the last Saturday in each month
OF the court house IN Medicine Lodge, at =. M.
All comrades cordially invited.
%. e. HOWE, Post Commander.
n. n. GmRERT, Adjutant.
A. o. u W. ESSi' ESS'' ES5s" 4S%r;$ay S% $
JOHS DOHHEH, tccoricr.
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n u q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. ~
We ns Ds Regular Communications, first
and third Monday evenings Ia CnCh month.
Mrs. y. ~. SrOUr, W. NJ.
DR. H. YANr, Sec.
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MedieIne Lolge Omeers.
sOCIETIEs

A.. a A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. Il
"a Regular communications, first and
~ third saturday evenings in each
w month. I. W. STOUT, WIN
AMRROsE ALLEN, Secretary.
CYPRUS CHAPTER No. 90, n. A. NJ, meets
N Masonic Hull every "a and ith Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
GEO. X. STONE, II. II.
CAuurttEHs. sec'y
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Especial Correspondence.l
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Ella Wheeler wilcox Mt Work.

81 like to be INTERRUPTED, said Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, "and that is one reason
why like New York; there is no other place
where interruption comes SO easily.
'No, 1 am not one of the poets who fly to
nature. don't mean any disrespect to ma
ture; the painless forests are very fine things
in themselves, but they don't inspire me like
human beings, human thoughts and human
doings / want to bo among people and feel
the pulse of humanity throb. | enjoy having
my fellow creatures about me- like to hear
the teams rattle by in the street | like to
stop work now and then and go out and walk
down town, and see the world busy as it is
busy here in the city every day.
II believe l write best with people about
me in the rem OF conse, l shouldn't wish
to feel that they were dependent on me for
entertainment, but like the atmosphere of
social company, chatting among themselves
and speaking to me now and then. l can
join in the talk and then go back to pen and
paper just as readily as if l were alone"
"And you don't find the thread of your
thoughts broken or confusedn
eff / stop half dozen times know that
the lines will run just as smoothly in the end
as if had turned the key upon myself and
insisted ON fine frenzy in solitude mean
it: like to be interrupted 1t is two months
ago now that poem came to me at the the
atre one night, had time to write a few
verses only, and since then have been out
of town, and have been learning to cook
and have had other writing to do. 1t was
not until Sunday evening that found time
to finish that poem. There were people here
until 1890, but when was able to sit down
at my writing table the stanzas came as
fresh and as naturally as if the thought
hadn't been interrupted for weeks in finding
expression. Eliza Putnam Heaton in Buff
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Sam Houston was not rendered so cynical
by his first unfortunate venture as to render
him unfit for married life, as his more than
fifty years of unalloyed happiness in that re-
lation amply demonstrates. He not only
married after becoming citizen of the TO
public of Texas, but was devoted husband
and a judicious father, dying in the midst of
his family in 1862. One of his SONS inherited
a considerable share of the fathers sturdi-
ness and talents.
To illustrate Houston's devotion to his
second and real wife, the following incident
was related to the writer of this by an old
Washington habitue and journalist, who
knew him we'll during his senatorship-
1859. Houston was know to be intensely
fond of amusements, but no friends could i'm
luce him to attend the theatre, circus or a
public ball Being rallied on his Puritan
ism" by Mr. Clay, the old hero Of San Ja-
cinto quietly replied; 81 am not personally
Of opinion that there is anything wrong in
those recreations; but my wife is deeply re-
ligious woman; she is most strenuously OPP
posed to the theatre, etc, and though she has
never even limited that she would rather
should avoid such places, yet, knowing her
sentiments, think my foregoing so momen-
tary pleasure but small cross for me to
bear to insure her more perfect happiness. p
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In her progress good old Berkeley,
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Kind of chain link still unitins,
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