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listened t0a. Tres .., 49,, -. ... ,.r,,.-,,.,
vu.ly. there was Il u T. '''''-E " MO- '-A'A
burst oi applause Then all the members in
tie hall turned their attention" to Mr. Tople,
an4 t!!usa in the corridors, Erurin, The uI-
lYiatsa, returncd. From q babel the house
became only resonant With tic rich voice nf
the Lg:r,tpg!Ql r0preSe atntlvG.
&!r. To1!os sp3&eA was m arr4isnnnns Of
congress Tor its sins Of omission and commits
sion against the territory 0f Montana. 1t
was given with something Of the vigp,' Of tie
arrai is5umc:.t of King George III in tho
Declaration Of Independence Take off the
han1icap, Mr. Toolo shouted at last. start
Is uniler rs favorable circumstances as other
states at the tine OF their admission. and il
the racG Is not always 10 the swift VIC will
promise 'ot 10 l3 last at the finish" Then,
referring TO Ireland, he made III appeal for
l.22lc rule, lill closed will! a picture Of the
trials Of the early settlers and tho wealth of
Montana today. u make this appeal he
said, ITO crafty no personal ambition. l am
commissioned to do 50 in the name Of Mon
tann, Il territory whose valleys Of gold and
mountains Of silver iln"o never ceased to
swell the volume Of precious metals for u
quarter OF n century,
Toolc Of Montana sat down under very
different circumstances from those in which
he had arisen. He had electrified the house,
G1i that, too, after the members had listened
to long debate and the evening was coming
on In one speech Mr. Toole won tho reputa-
ton Of an impussoncd orator As he re-
almed his seat no was surrounded by mem
bars who offered their congratulations
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An Unfinished Look.

Mrs. Worthwhile, of Murray Hill, has just
moved into Il new house. Tho pnrlor is
beautifully fitted with the most expensive
specimens Of tho upholstercr's art, and has u
polished oak floor, only partly concealed by
n few choice eastern rugs. She is entertain
ing mercantile guest Of her husbands.
"Wo think we nro looking very fine in our
new house, Mr.. Wabash" she remarks, CASH.
ally.
ayes, indeed" responds Mr.. Wabash,
politely; 'but it II look good deal finer
when you come to get your carpets down.
Ilarpcr's Da2ar.
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TOM MERRITT OF ILLINOIS.
He Has Introduced a I;ill in the Legislature
Tor t!lc Suppression of Trusts.

He Has Introduced a Bill in the Legislature
Tor Tie Suppression of Trusts.
Tom Merritt, Of Marion county, Illinois,
has a bill for the suppression OF trusts in that
state, before tho Illinois legislature, that is
likely TO produce Il litter fight this winter.
1t is called tho .iarritt conspiracy law. Tom
Merritt, Us he is iani,iarly called by all who
know him, and many who do not, is n char
meter. lie has I'LL impeachment in his speech
that renders some of his remarks particularly
funny. He once consulted II physician as to
whathe. he could cure him of his habit of
Suffering. II would not do it, said tho
doctor, for then You would loose your chief
stock in trade Il h-hn-hadn't thought Of
th-tha-that." said Tom, ns he sadly walked
away.
On one occasion Merritt'.; suffering served
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a rs,xfly tS;ttTft.

In diamond brokers' window on Fifth
street, St. Louis, there has been displayed for
several days tho costliest Of timepieces ever
mnde i'll this country, Tho watch is nino
ounces in weight of eighteen carat gold, and
contains sixty-four blue whto stones, tho
largest OF which. valued at $3.50, Is In the
stem Tho total weight OF the diamonds is
fifty carnts, and tho intrinsic value Of tho
watch is $:',h0O 1t Is Il one-fth second fly
buck chronograph, with minute register. the
movement nlono costing SI40 The watcE
was mnilo for DR.. LGhthall, better known
as diamond Dick" once famous street
doctor, who made his thousands us Il fakir
and WHO died son,e time ago In ToxaR- Chi
cagQ Times.
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VIA H,,,, .y,s Eccrythinr,

Editor writing to eminent literary mani
II you will send lis Il story-say 800 to 1000
vords-we will pny you $500. You under
stand that this is So95 for tho use of your
name und IS for the story--our usual rates
Literary Man-l regret to say that have
no time or inclination to writo the story, but
incloso my name, which you may use, and
in return send me check for $205.-Burling-
ton HawEcye
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Dante had ever dreamed. The convulsion of

Dante had ever dreamed. The convulsion Of
1855, which destroyed Lisbon, wrought havoc
in Cadiz, Milan and elsewhere, and was felt
all over Europe as far north Us Norway. On
the 5th Of February, 1888, all southern Italy
was shaken and Calabria utterly desolated.
In less than ono minute 10000 people wero
crushed to death. In the succeeding convul-
sions many more were thrown into the
awful chasms which opened in tho earth.
Several towns disappeared SO completely that
their sites could not be determined.
The great earthquakes i'll lS11-l2 in the
United States havo often been described.
The great Mississippi iran upstream" for
threo hours; the ground in Southern Mis-
souri, rose in waves like the sea; deadly vapors
gushed from the rocks; many springs were
tainted with sulphurous otlors, and tho
Indians afterwards told with horror that
they had seen hills riso around their prairie
lakes whilo the waters boiled beneath the
anger Of tho Great Spirit III 1S6S, tho last
notablc year, 1905 coo lives were lost by earth
quakes and tidal waves.
Science gives no comfort to he tlwcllcrs in
earthquake lands. Each successive cxplana-
tlon rather adds TO TIC terror The Chal-
deans attributed the commissions to the stars.
Roman philosophers thought that imprisoned
gases caused them, md suggested digging
great wells to let the gases escape. 4 theory
long prevailed that water suddenly broke into
internal fires. But modern geologys explana-
ton is tho most terrible, Of all. 1t is, that
our earth is q mass Of molten fire, with q
thin crust; a!, the molten interior shrinks III
cooling, tho crust must ciac.; and shrivel and
shrink to fit it; so volcanoes must blaze and
earthquakes shatter the work OF man The
theory is the superlntiye of subilnity and
horror. 1t is the poetry Of destruction; the
npotAeosis Of u blind Samson Of imprisoned
force. If this apparently sure and firm set
earth Is indeed on such an unstable basis, the
devout may well exclaim; "What is man
that thou art mindful of him, OF the son of
man that thou yistest him3n
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! year. II ass:s. -it.t.T t'tg

cf merchant Whom !le was 10 yca-s Of
agr he began bGsine5i in partnership with II
brother The experiment. WIS snecca5fui
AID in Il few YC9G; young Harris sold OIL" lis
interest for - .G{t1, which lie invested in the
Union Dan}i 0f Mississippi. The hail': failed,
and lie was left witholt a cent !ic resumed
business on 4 loan Of $4,000, which 4 friend
made him, and inside Of a couple ot years he
was able to clear himself Of his obligation
and follow up his disposition to study law.
: Il. 1911 lie was admitted TO the bar, and in
1877 ,9tis elected to congress as u Democrat.
Ho held his seat in congress until ISL, when
he declined a denomination and removed to
Memphis, where he resumed the practice Of
his profession In 1877 he was elected gov
c,nor Of Tennessee md served three terms.
He fought ON the Confederate side during the
war, and at its close he found that the $780,
900 he had accumulated had disappeared. He
resumed the practice OF law Mt Memphis,
where he still lives He was elected to tho
United States senate after being ten years out
Of politics, and took his scat March 4 1917
He was rc-clectcd in 1883, and will now retain
his seat for another six years.
Paper Clothing.
The latest novelty III tho way Of garments
introduced in st. Paul is paper clothing
that is, clothing made of paper, Tho process
was discovered not much, if uny, over year
ago, and is controlled BY a company in
Michigan which manufactures the goods
Only recently has any Of the clothing been
seen here. Tho value Of paper us q retainer
Of warmth has always been recognized by
hunters, prospcctors md other people who
arc given to ''roughins it." On cold nights
these people will cover themselves over with
old newspapers, which they find Il great pro-
lection against tho cold This is perhaps
what suggested to somo genius tho idea of
paper clothing. The goods are Of very
tough sort of paper, resembling bucksEin in
appearance Tho garments gro chiefly in the
form Of vests, designed to be worn between
tho underclothing and linen Of gentlemen.
Then there are corset covers for ladies', Bed
clothing is also manufactured from the paper.
This is in the form of sheets, to be ,Ascd in
connection with other bed clothing. Since
basins, water pals and even car wheels arc
also made of paper, there seems to DO nc
limit to tho possibilities of paper manufac
turc Some day they will be building bricl
business blocks out OF paper. L. a Jaggard
wears one Of the paper vests, and considers /,
about us good as an ovcrcoat.-s5t. Pau
pionner Press
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Hc-Isn't this pastry of yours-h'm-a lit
tie tough, my dearf (Aftcr u nouent.)
What delicious pies my mother used to make
nt homei
She with a half sigh)-Pcssibly it is.
(Aftcr momcnt.) What lovely dinners
papa used to give me at Delmonicos!-llar-
rft Rnga
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A company in Paris is prepared to supply
cabs with electric lights, aigrettcs for tho
heads of tho coaches und coachman mud foot
man, and exterior and interior lanterns for
tho cab. Tho accumulntors which nre port
able, ore very small nnd will furnish brill
liant light for from four to six hours.-Rnil-
way News
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HE IS FROM COLORADO.
EDWARD o, WoLco1T, WHO WILL
SIT IN THE SENATE.

The Centennial States Contrib alton to tho
American House of Lords--Iyolcott's In
come as u Lawyer, md How He Spends
It-A Long Branch Incident.
When tho Fifty first congress assemblies the
senate will have many new eye cynosures
Timo was when senator was put under the
fire of the lorgncttes on account of the mas
sivencss Of his brow, the business Of his
patriarchal beard the degree Of polish Of his
hairless head, the distinctively senatorial hook
of his nose, or because Of his persistent viola
ton of the mode in wearing Henry Clay col
lars and cravats and hugh shirt fronts.
But this is all changed now. The gallery
frequenters of tho last few congresses have
manifested signs OF extreme ennui when
watching the profundity of their statesmen.
The courtly senatorial manners Of twenty
years ago-when a legislator allowed bis
frock coat to remain unbuttoned around the
chest silenccd an opponent with con-
temptuous wave of his hand, or bowed to hts
colleagues ten tines during u sentence-thcse
old fashioned snpertuities seem to no longer
have any charm for tho fastidious men and
women who gaze upon them from the gal
leries. They demand something approaching
to theatricalty. They want to sec senator
stride down the aisle5 like Lawrence Barrett
in Hamlet" They want rolled RS. They
want attudnizers.
Thus it is that Frank Hiscock, with his
Jo"e-like front and classical face, John
Daniels, who resembles Edwi1 Booth, and
several other Of the most popular senator's,
have claimed SO large u share of tho atten-
ton Of the critics Of posturing and the adorn-
ton of the society women, who, on a Satur
day afternoon, bedeck themselves in all their
iinery and take i'll the senatorial matinee.
Colorado will contribute the next man to
tho senate who will not stroll in tho Capitol
corridors very long before ho is populariZed
and lcci2ad- His nauo is Edward O. VOL
colt He is Il young man of 40. In stature he
is a giant His proportions uro those Of
an athlete. His features are handsome His
manners his carriage and his voice are en-
We'd lfl' half the men Of Colorado His home
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First Small Boy-Hellol Did you bet on
eectionl
Second Small Boy-Of course did
"Win or losel"
II lost a nickel"
"Paid it yetl'
''No, and amt going to. I've taken legal
advice from my mother, and she says can't
bo held responsible. .n-Detroit FREQ Press.
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Another Of these high buildings is called
the Tacoma 1t is one block south Of the
Chamber Of Commerce structure, and, like it,
stands on the site Of an cdiGco built new after
tho Chicago fire. The lot 100 b. 80 feet, is
on the cornaa, Of Madison and La Sale streets,
Seventeen years ago, on the opposite corner,
there stood Il low bric!: building which had
been II dwelling, and from the opposite side
of La Sale street low frame ranges extended
vest Several handsome new oiiicc buildings
IN the block next south had been just fin
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totlISI Ntii iitti - =
been Born in Isl :
in Franklin county,
Tenn. His father
was a man of small
means, q farmer,
anl the owner OF q
few negroes. " hen
yoEn. Harris was
still III his early
boz hood he went
TO Paris, Tenn,
where his brother
was pr:ctici:ta5 Law,
AID where lie c:.-
ter;1l tlin s[,ryittf,~
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IN ISL the Chamber Of Commerce build
Ing, Oh the corner Of La Salle and Washing
Ing, was swept AWAY by the great fire, 1t
w:ls for TIM; time, quite an imposing struct-
urr. A far hautisomcr building, the new
Chamber! of Commerce, rose upon the ruins
and was one Of Chiedt;os principal structures
But the Chamber Of Commerce vas occupied
By the Chicago grain speculators, and whcE
they removed to their new quarters in the
pre$4,ut Chicago Board OF Tradc building the
Chamber Of Commerce was only u:satu! for
Offices 0f a:otAc. class Of business mon in its
lower Stories, and the great exchange hall
was uscesa, ,,51'. t fins Chamber ii Conn
ncrct, after serving Tor the Insignificant term
of fifteen Frfs,,a l!as leon torn o'TaE II make
room far oue Of Iht t4"ci l3ii!!ii-2s .or which
the neu ChicaGoi5 becoming tatIspua,
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According to tho Samples.

Chicago-Do your people hero in tho cast
buy your beef Oh tho hoofl
Lowell-l should say not. From tho sam
pies get Ishould think they bought theis
beef on tho ueck.-Loweu Citizen.
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MODERN CHICAGO.
ITS BUILDINGS ARE CLIMBING HIGHER
EVERY YEAR.

Tie Ih!rte"n stories OF the New Chamber
of Commerce and iiic Tncama- Ditlcr-
c,.css i;.twecn Ehicn." To-day and Ten
Years Ago 1t ChlnGcs Every Decade.
The most modern built city on the globe is
Chicaga Tie streets ara broad, and except
i'll a lc" instances are run at right angles;
hence it is a city Of perfect squares, In ISL
the main business portion vas destroyed,
together syiih MI III. dwellings on the north
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WHOLE NO. 1921.
PLUCkY CASSIE WATKINS.
She Has II time is;u;cil III Colorado and
Rum. Ii Herself.

She Has IL time i;;u;ri. III Colorado and
Rum, Ii Herself.
There is u girl in Colorado who. now that
her career is becoming known, will doubtless
be the recipient of offers Of marriage from
all parts of the country. More iudonituble
pluck is seldom If ever shown by any man
than has been displayed by this girl If ever
woman deserved prosperity she is Miss
Cassie Watkins, tho "girl ranchman" Of
"Watkins Glen" Colo.
Miss Watkins lived at Detroit Being of
an independent disposition aud thinking
Horace Greeley's adviee, "Go west, young
man." applied to young women as well, sho
packed up her traps ono day and started for
Colorado. On arriving at Denver she pre-
sented herself for tho annual competitiveex-
animation for teacher In the public schools
and passed so triumphantly that she was
was offered the first position. Soon after
the president Of tho National Education nsso-
citation made her his secretary.
After passing her examination, Miss Wat
kins went to q spot some twelve miles from
Colorado Springs and entered $50 acres Of
government land. She needed $50 to enable
her to take out her first papers, but hadn't a
cent. While she was celebrating how to
raise the wind" sho got nows TINT her SER
vices had been accepted by tho school board
In Denver. AS soon as She received
the required sum from her salary sho
took out her papers, built n cabin which cost
her s25, put the shingles on tho roof herself,
and in doing SO experienced fall which very
nearly cost her her life She was on duty at
Denver and could only spend Sundays and
holidays ut her ranch. But these days al
ways found her there living alone, making
her improvements and separated by more
than n mis- from her nearest neighbor.
In 1856 Miss Watkins put barbetl wire
fence around her
ranch ct an expense
~ S%Gh Of s435, and built
@MYH \ dam. The dam was
| GIsEzGSgP estimated to cost $40
NEHid but was washed out so
I -As g..
: ~ y ssS3Ss s,I>ss:Sz
.sys VI i, losMS l E; St. @sr,4
u'7:'S : { 2:'zzz|f1n1I1|lRT7ifg 8
. / ,,I}:] '':':,:=::)| At ~
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GDNEfsSttE:tT iAt.ACE. COSTA ttlCA
c.uo averages 2@,5o},o2o Z year, expenses
Ecils., naarly the :A.:lc. bernardo de Soto is
tho present president, anl though but 80
y,tctt5 o. he +; q il.a:l OF remarkable c;l!,ca-
tiot ana, ability.
III, country was taktn by Spain early, in
the Sixteenth century, and in 1868 tho Vitoroy
Coronado founded the capital Carriage, When
Costa Rica became Independent in lS2l SAN
Jose Was made the capital, The central
Andes mountains arc very high, uMl Il large
part of the country consists Of patcnus, val
lcys and foothills jutting out from that
range Near Curtago is the noted and once
dreaded IraZu, quiet 50 long that it is ROW
rated rs an "eytinct Volcano" but in li..j it
overwhelmed all the adjacent towns and
valleys with lava and hot ashes. In lSil it
nearly destroyed Carriage; yet the Icaple,
with that futalsn so common iii earthquake
lands, havc rebuilt and again rest in its
shadow. The Poas volcano, twent;-eig:.t
miles from San Josc and S,S91 feet high l.asl
been quiet SO long tha. the crater was filled
up; but Just before tho late earthquake it
burst forth again.
As might be expected, tho prevalence Of
earthquakes and volcanoes llss strange
moral effects upon tho pcoplcvt those lands.
4 few become austcro and devoted beyond
anything Known In lhe pittclu nofL, INC
many are gay, careless and voluptuous; but
all arc occasionally devout, and most oro s,i-
perstitious. Tho people Of those unstable
cities talk, laugh and lounge till the Garth
hcaves and crus!les many OF them; the sur
yivors then cleo. some Candy image us their
patron and protector, carry it in procession,
decorate it avishly, rebuild Oh the ruins,
and dance, drink and sin as before. Al LIS
bon in ls:i5, the people were all i'll gala dress
beneath cloudless sky; there was ono CON
yulsi:e lcave and the city fell, bulying 4O,ND
people. Tho waters which had temporarily
retired flowed over the city and destroyed
20, GO more. Yet the people arc us they were
proud, careless, SELF indulsent. Lima, the
capital of Peru, was thought in tho last
century 70 be rs near q paradise us any place
on earth. The climate was perfection oil the
surrounding region was q mnss OF tropical
fruits and flowers; the daily mist kept tho
earth perpetually green. In palaces, cathe-
drals, theatres gardens, fountains and drives
it was equaled by very few cities in Europe,
On the evening of Oct. 2S, TAG, cano ono ire
mcndous heavc us if Titanic hand had
struck the city's foundation fraen below In
four minutes not building remained. l'al-
aces, converts, cathedrals all crumhleh to
| ruins beneath which wero heard cries for
| help, appeals to God and tho saints.
At The same time Callao the seaport, was
overwhelmed by tidal wave and only
bank of sand remained Ships i'll the hnrbor
went over the town and lodged on the dry
land; sea monsters were impalcd on posts or
lodged in orange trees; anchors were dragged
through the gurdens of tho viceroy. llere
were horrors on scale as grand us Milton or
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10 conception Of the value Of money. He is
the attorney for the Denver und Rio Grande
railroad, For this alone he gets $4,000 n
year, His brother Henry is millionaire.
1t wouli not take Edward long to be one il
ho "oull only drop such unsatisfactory little
cxtravagsnces Us going Off on short trip
and spending $1,000. He has all unaccount-
able aud expensive habit of giving choice
dinners to his friends. They cost him thou
sand apiece. His clothes cost him small for
tune every year. His stableneu get n neat
little share of his earnings.
He had Il splendid time i'll the cast last
summer. He got tired Of his briefs just
about the tiine the summer resorts We're fill
ing up, lie got UP ono morning, looked out
Of his wilIdpI:, Remarked that it wAs protty
hot. that i1- the present he was weary of
the streets ui Denver, aud that for tho time
being the furniture OF bis Office nalo him
gag. lie said he needed sea mir lie wanted
salt water - .--" @
He told lis val,.t 10 puck his traps, and he
was ono Of tho passengers Oh the first eastern
bound train on his way to Long Branch.
lie got there in due time, cM3usel a hand
some suite of apartments Mt tho leading
hotel, and settled down 10 enjoy himself
after his own fashion After ho had been
there for week or 50, had been entertained
by Mrs. Langtry and Fred Gebhard ut their
villa, and had begun to be tremendously
bored by the white frocks and eternal tennis
racqucts of the Long Branch lnaidans, he
thought he would tako i'll the races. In COM
pany with four or five New York club men
he went to the track 1t is one Of Wolcotts
principles to always bet on q dark horse
He followed his tenet this time, and when he
got into his dogcArt to drive to the hotel he
had in his arms S22009 in bank notes
wrapped i'll TN old newspaper. Tho notes,
which had been collected from many book
makers, were greasy aud i'll looking, and US
he throw them down on tho table at the
hotel he said "Faugh' and he wiped bis
hands. He had no use for greasy bills. He
sent down stairs and had two bell boys come
to his room and sort out the cash and get it
into shape. He paid them $50 apiece for the
sorting. Then he lit cigar, put his hands i'll
his pockets, and gazed abstractedly at tho
pile Phil Days gambling house, probably
the most fashionable institution Of tho kind
in America, was near the hotel and Wolcott
went over to the place with his pile of greasy
grecnbacks. Phil Daily wouldn't object to
greenbacks that had been fried in nll tho lard
of Chicago pork house. Wolcott played for
an hour aud was $50, 900 ahead of tho bank.
| Then the luck began to turn. ln another
| hour llo had lost his $4,000 winnings to-
| gcther with his race track pile. He was tired
| Of tho gan,o by this time, so he threw n chip
| on card and remarked to the dealer
that everything went with 1t. A turn out Of
tho box and everything had gone Seven
thousand dollars was the sum represented by
that one chip. Tho plunge made great SEN
sation at the time, and was much talked about
| in tho newspapers.
| But such diversions as these are really small
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TIE TACOMA.

The Chamber of Commerce building is to
be thirteen stories high. Being broader than
somo Of the other hieh buildings, it e!c~s.t
have so much Of the tower aspect; yet il is to
be lS2 feet from the sidewalk to the corhicc
It will cover g5 by Isl fest, and viii tie Of
iron throughout There will b. plenty Of
light, both from the outer windows and froIa
the well hole. i'll the center, for twc-thirds Of
the building will he SO far up in the air that
there will be no obstruction. The building
will have heavy foundations, and is to bo
made as strong RS possible.