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The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-17

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Special Washington Letter.
Years ago the Hobbies Of the Senate
were swept and garnished. The sppls
women and cigar vendors were turned
out, and the precincts reduced TO order
and dignity BETTING the place.
Now the House seems likely to follow
suit Speaker Reed has. issued an edics
thatthe hucksters within tho House wins
shall scatter and depart And there is
much CONSERVATION among these long
tolerated parasites. Yesterday every
member that stepped out Of the House
was instantly seized upon by one OF the
humble servitors and tearfully implored
to "promise" something; probably that
he would try to assuage tho virtuous
wrath Of Reed. The photograph men
and the cake and apple women were ex.
cited and solicitous about their future.
The most interesting specimens Of hui
manity are the back numbers, that are
still to be seen in these old familiar
places. The card man at the door,
Aunt Clara" at her notion stand in the
corridor just off the dome, old Aunt
Hannah, the apple woman, and Mrs.
and Mr.. Patrick Callahan, with their
milk and pie, stand In tho basement
Promptly at IL o'clock old Hannah comes
trudging into the House corridor with
her basket Of red and yellow apples,
carrying her little footstool, on which
she seats herself in. one of the window
easements
Old Aunt Clara" looks exactly as she
did 25 years ago when she first came to
Washington. She was once a prosper
GUS millinery merchant in New Orleans,
although her history runs farther back
than that. She is a French woman, who
in her youth, it is said, was remarkably
beautiful. One of the most famous
American statesman conceived passion
for her, and for many years she enjoyed
his fullest confidence and friendship.
The war cost her her little fortune in
New Orleans, and she came to Washing.
ton somewhat unsettled in mind. She
used to go into the Senate gallery and
wave small silk flag, making wild ex-
pressions Of delight whenever strong
Union speech was made. Charles Sum-
ner became her friend and secured for
her the privilege of keeping stand in
one of the Senate corridors. From there,
a few years later, she was moved over
into the corridor just off the dome on the
House side, where she is now ION nee-
dies, and pins" she declares. She has
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NlPoRruN1Na A MEMBER.

mace handsome living from her sale of
notions and has educated her son and
daughter as well as they would have
been had they been the children Of a
millionaire. The boy was sent to Yale
College and is now living in Europe.
Aunt Clara's name is not Clara, and
probably there is no one in Washington
who knows exactly what it is or what
her antecedents were. She seems to be
as familiar with the German as with the
French language.
interesting lot of boys. The older ones
are as bright, shrewd, and well informed
as boys can be. The fresh ones are in
teresting because of their freshness and
their burning desire to learn all the tricks
and ways of their older comrades. The
fact that several public men, including
Senator German, of Maryland, Dick
Townsend, of Illinois, and the multi
millionaire, Congressman Scott, of Penn
sylvania, were at one time pages seems
to fire the breast of every boy who gets
an appointment with the notion that
some time he, too, may become famous
and come back to take seat in one house
Or the other as statesman. Their fa-
vorite caper is to draw off in bunch
and go through the forms of mock
House or Senate. They show remark
able fairness in the distribution of hon.
ors, and the best politician and smartest
boy is generally elected Speaker. Every
fellow in turn is given a chance to make
speech, and the previous question is
not moved until after all have had fair
chance.
The young Websters and Clays ges-
ture, gesticulate, stride up and down,
rant, and make the old chamber ring
with their youthful speeches. Now it is
the postal telegraph, another time the
surplus, and again the tariff that engages
their attention. Some of their speeches
are very we'll made, and would do credit
to Congressman of the real sort. Alto
gether the life of page of the Senate or
House is pleasant and instructive. They
learn to be gentlemanly, quick, shrewd,
and well informed. 1t is counted quite
prize among people well-to.do to have
their boys put on the roll as pages for a
winter or two, simply for the sake Of ex-
perience.
The position of doorkeeper is adifficult
one. When a man has held the position
long enough to become familarwith the
faces Of Representatives and Senators
his superiors hesitate to make changes
The task of attending any of the doors
of the House for the first few weeks of a
new session is burdensome one. For
instance, in this Fifty-frst Congress
there are 142 new faces in the House,
and it is very bright man who can re-
member them all at the end Of a weeks
service. Besides this, all the old men,
bers have shifted their seats and are scat
tered about the chamber, SO that they
can not be quickly placed But the
doorkeeper muss know them all, and so
must the officialrerortersr recognize them
the instant they rise to their feet.
1t is curious to learn what sort of men
seek the position Of doorkeeper. Fo,
many years at one of the doors of the
House gallery there stood man who
had been major general in the United
States Army. At another door was al
old colonel. Men prominent in Statt
politics, editors, lawyers, and merchant
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Skilled Labor on tho Farm.

Many good farmers use an almost
incredable number of machines and
implements In their work, and find
them all necessary. For crop of hay
for instance, there are ten machines.
A crop Of potatoes calls for no less than
seven distinct implements and ma
chimes. A crop of oats or wheat
brings eight OF these into use, and
everyone is indispensable for the prof
liable culture and harvesting of these
crops. There are several kinds of
machine too, plows, harrows, ETC., for
different uses and so on. And every
one of them calls for mechanical skill
and scientific knowledge of the pur-
poses for which it is used. 1t is thus
seen that skilled labor is Indispensable
TO the profitable culture of farm. and
not to mention thorough business hab-
its which are equally necessary, it fol-
lows that a farmer needs quite as
much preparation for his business. as
business man or a mechanic.
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Cost Of working Poor Land.

The reason many farmers have to
work harder and longer hours
is because their land is not
rich enough to give full crops.
Such land may be called cheap, but
the greater cost of working it in pro-
portion to Its products makes 1t the
dearest OF all. So If tho farmer wants
reduced hours of labor let his efforts
he concentrated on increasing the fer
tility of his soil. When it is rich
enough he may make eight hours a
days labor. Hours Of work for market
gardeners are always shorter than on
the farm. The land is richer and the
employees receive on the average bet
ter wages for their shorter hours than
do hired men on the farm.
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4 HOUSE DooRKEEPER

serve gallery Of the House there stands
this session, where hs has stood for Is
years, Sergeant Decker, the man withuo
hands. He lost his lsft arm and rishS
hand at. Gettysburg, but for all this he =
one Of the most efficient doortendsrx No
has mechanical oontrivaucs buckled on
to the stump Of his arm; BY which hs can
take card as well a. any Of his com.
rades. FRANK B, CARPENrr1.
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1t Was the Psrros

Lady (as blood cmdling war whook
is heard from the kitchen)-What is hap
pening, Susan?
Maid H. That is Dinah. She always
yells that way when she succeeds in
tu-ning the olnelette without dropping IL
on the floor. She's the daughter a( d
Zulu chief.
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A Half Hour With the Beading Farmer
and the Busy Housewife.
Poisonous Rla,ats.

Poisonous Rlsnts.
The poisoning Of domestic animals,
by eating plants and vegetables that
frequently grow In out Of the way
places, Is not 90 common as one would
imagine, considering the number of
poisonous growths that spring up all
over the country. A natural instinct
seems to warn most animals away from
certain plants that are dangerous to
them; but, occasionally, new plants
ind their way into fields and pastures.
which are poisonous, and yet juicy and
sweet to the taste. Horses and cows
will frequently eat these. and suffer as
a result.
The Experiment Stations are making
valuable studies Of poisonous plants,
and II fs hoped that in time all OF them
will be classified, and methods suggest
ed for their destruction. Farmers in
different sections of the country fre-
quently disagree as to the relative
merits or dement's OF certain plants,
and 80 no true conclusion can be
arrived at until the matter is examined
scientifically. The loco weed has thus
found champions Who have claimed
that it possessed no poisonous qualities,
while others are confident that it proves
injurious to all animals that eat 1t.
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Do Well.

Some succeed in raising large yields
OF corn or. potatoes, and they are in
addition OF good quality. Another
secures large yield of fruit and of a
good quality, that sells readily at good
prices; others have good, fat stock
that there is always purchaser look
ing for, instead Of the farmer being
obliged to hunt around to find a buyer.
One of the principal secrets of this is
that whatever is necessary to be done
is done we'll. Whether it is in the
preparation OF the soil, the planting,
cultivating or harvesting of the crops,
or the breeding, feeding or manage
ment OF the stock. And In very many
cases it Is the failure to give this care
In the different parts of. farm work
that is the cause of not making or
deriving as much profit as otherwise
might be realized. Close competition,
the raising of a surplus amount of
product that must be disposed OF, rem
ders it necessary to secure good yields
and also to take such pains as are
necessary to secure the best yield at
the lowest cost. And one of the best
plans OF doing this, is to condense the
work instead Of attempting to skim
over large acreage, doing no part of
the work thoroughly.
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BlaNe 70 Dairvms

Tin pals only should be. used.
All mild should be strained imme.
diately after 1t 10 drawn.
Milk from COWS in good health and
apparent cOntentment only should be
used.
Until after the eighth milking It
should not be offered to q cheese fac.
tory.
Cows should be MIXED with dry
hands. and only after the udders have
been washed or brushed, clean.
An abundant supply of cheap. sue
culent, easily digestible,. wholesome,
nutritious feed should be. provided.
A box Or trough containing salt, to
which the COWS have access every day,
is a requisite indispensable in the pro-
fitable keeping 81 cows.
All the vessels used in the handling
OF milk should be cleaned thoroughly
after their use. A washing in tepid o.
cold water, TO which has been added q
little soda, and subsequent scalding
with boiling water, will prepare them
for airing. that they may remain per-
fectly sweet.
Hints to Hou.ekeepers.
In sewing it rests you to change
your position frequently.
Tough beef Is made tender by lying
few minutes In vinegar water.
Quick buscuit:-Two cups flour, one
tablespoonful mixed lard and butter
one cup milk, one heaping teaspoonful
baking powder, pinch salt. Handle
little, roll out and cut quickly, and
bake In steady oven.
Half q teaspoonful of sugar will
nearly always revive dying fire, and,
unlike the few drops of coal oil which
servants are so fond of using and
which have caused so many sad acci-
dents fs perfectly safe.
Chocolate Icing:-Allow ono pound
OF icing sugar to every two ounces of
chocolate; CRATE the latter into sauce
pan, and with 1t eight tablespoonfuls
of water; stir we'll and let it cook gent
ly for ten minutes, then add the sugar,
and use while warm.
IT a child chokes in trying to swal-
low button, a penny, or any article
of the kind, turn him head downwards,
holding him by the neck and heels.
Ii the offending article does not roll
out OF his mouth, administer dose of
castor oil to aid its passage through
the stomach and intestines.
Potato soup:-Three pints of rich
milk, one pint of mashed potato, two
tablespoonfuls of butter, salt and pep
per to taste. Boil the milk, add the
potato and boil again, stirring fire.
quently, that the potato may become
thoroughly Dissolved, and season just
before serving. Serve very hot.
The simplest method OF loosening
wallpaper is to start Il large kettle Of
water boiling in the room. The damp
ness will soon loosen the paper, and it
may be readily stripped of. If the
boiling water is not possibility, mop
the paper all over with wet cloths, and
leave the water to soak in. repeating
the process many times until loosened.
"All is not gold that glitters," nor is
everything brass that discolors. A
person wearing 14-carat ring on one
finger and l0-carat ring on another
may have noticed that the finger with
tho higher carat will be discolored and
the other one not Tho reason is that
the ring Of the lower carat fits snugly
and the other is rather loose, thus
eausinr frictiOn
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observatories of Europe were watching for
that new star. Oh. hearer. looking out
through the darkness Of thy soul to-day,
canst thou see a bright light beaming on
can find it?" Look along by the line OF
the cross Of the Son of God. Do you not see
it trembling with all tenderness and beaming
with oil hope? 1t is the star Of Bethlehem.
"Deep horror then my vitals froze,
Death.struck, ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly q star arose
1t was the Star of Bethlehem"
Oh, hearer, get your eye on it. It is easier
for you now to become Christians than to
stay away from Christ and heaven.
When Nine. Sontng began her musical
career she was Kissed of the stage at
Vienna by the friends of her rival, Amelia
Steininger, who had already begun to de.
cline through her dissipation. Years passed
on. and one day Nine. sontag, in her glory,
when she saw a little child leading blind
woman, and she said. "Come here, my little
child, come here. Who Is that you are
leading by the hand?" And the little child
replied. "That's my mother; that's Amelia
steininger. She used to bs q great singer,
about it that she lost her eyesight "Give
my love to her." said Nine. Sontag, "and
tell her ON old acquaintance will call on her
this afternoon" The next week in Berlin a
vast asssmblage gathered at a benefit for
that poor blind woman. and 1t was said that
Madame sontag sang that night a. she had
never sung before. And she took q skilled
oculist who in vain tried to give eyesight to
the poor blind woman. Until the day OF
Amelia Steininger's death, Madame Sontag
took care of her, and her daughter after her.
That was what the queen Of song did for her
enemy. But, oh, hear more thrilling story
still Blind immortal, poor and lost, thou
who, when the world and Christ were rivals
for thy heart, didst hiss thy Lord away
Christ comes now to give thee sight, to give
thee home, to give thee heaven. With
more than Sontags generosity he comes
sontag's music He comes to plead for thy
dslivsrancs.
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people here present who have felt the con.
verting power of religion should rise, so fur
from being ashamed, they would spring to
their feet with more alacrity than they ever
their exhilaration as they cried, 1--WE are
Witnessed" And If they tried to sing the old
Gospel hymn, they would break down with
emotion by the time they got to the second
line:
Ashamed of Jesus. that dear Friend
On whom my hopes of heaven depend?
No! When l blush. be this my shame:
That NO more revere His name"
Again I remark that We are witnesses Of
the Gospels power to comfort. There ore
Christian parents here who are willing to
testify to the power of this Gospel to COM
fort. Your son had just graduated from
school or college and was goinginto business
and the Lord took him. Or your daughter
had just graduated from the young ladies'
be.s useful woman and Of long life; but the
Lord took her, and you we're tempted to say:
IAN this culture Of 20 years for nothing!"
Or the little child came home from school
with the hot fever that stopped not
for the agonized prayer or for the skillful
the babe was lifted out Of your arms by
some quick epidemic, and you stood wonder.
ing why God ever gave you that child at
all, If so soon he was to take IL away. And
yet You are not repining, you are not fretfuI,
you are not fighting against God: What
you soy, ~ took the medicine that God gave
my sick soul. In my distress threw myself
at the feet ofa sympathizing God; and when
was too weak to pray, or to look up, He
breathed into me peace that think must
be q foretaste of that heaven where there is
neither q tear. nor farewell, nor grave" /"
Come all 70 who have been out to the grave
to weep there-come, all ye comforted souls,
and get up OF your knees Is there no power
in this Gospel to soothe the hearth Is there
no power in this religion to quiet the worst
paroxysm Of grief? There comes up IN an.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
THE GLOOMY TORIES.
They Are Almost Certain TO Lose More
Seats at the Next Bye Elections
No Danger of an Ap-
peal to the People.


No Danger of an Ap-
peal TO the People.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPArcHi
LONDON, March 22.-The Tory confer.
ence this week was dull, spiritless affair.
Lord Randolph Churchill was absent, and
many other Conservatives kept away. Lord
Salisbury denounced those who had not
given the Government blind support this
session, and said there was no intention of
appealing to the country, which is quite
probable, considering the way the electors
have been speaking lately. A few ques-
tions were asked His Lordship, one by Mr.
Stavely Hill, who spoke of the great i'm
portance of a speedy settlement of the Beh-
ring Straits difficulty, in reply to which
Lord Salisbury said that negotiations were
going on, and he hoped the matter would
soon be settled, but with such susceptible
nation as America he could not negotiate
at the top of his voice, sentiment which
seemed to tickle the Tories, for they laughed
immoderately.
1t is significant that His Lordship's little
pleasantly does not appear in the official
report which was subsequently supplied to
the press. In the matter of weight Lord
Salisbury undoubtedly has it. He stood on
a machine this week while the Prince of
Wales looked on, and the record gave 230
pounds Mr. Gladstone is only a little
more than 160 pounds. Lord Salisbury,
despite his bulk, is feeling the strain of his
two Government posts keenly, and next
week he goes to the South of France for a
months rest, step which is almost unpre-
cedented on the part of the Prime Minister
in the height of the political season.
The result of the AYR election will be
made known next Wednesday. and Of East
down on the Wednesday following. Other
Swetenham, the Tory member died this
week, and also at Windsor, where the sit
ting member has resigned. AT Ayr and
Carnarvon the Gladstonians are confident of
winning
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Worth Reading.

There is an item in another column oil
The Dispatch headed Popular Favor" II
is an advertisement, but one worth reading.
1t shows conclusively that Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy is a meritorious and valua-
BILE medicine, and that it has won its popu.
larity on its merits.
For sale bv z. G. Stucky, 1701 and 2401
Penn ave.; E. G. Stuckv & Co., cor. Wylie
ave. and Fulton St; Markell Bros, cor.
Penn and Faulkston aves.; Theo. E. Ihrig,
361O Fifth ave-; Carl Hartwiy, 4016 Butler
ST.; John c. Smith, cor Penn ave. and Main
ST., Pittsburg, and in Allegheny by E. E.
Heck, 70 and 1914 Federal St; Thos. r. Nor
ris, cor. Hanover and Preble aveG.; f. H. Eg-
gers, 172 Ohio ST., and F. II. Eggers & Son,
299 Ohio st. and II Smithfeld st. wsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
INCREASE OF CRIME In FRANCE.
A Catholic Disnitary Uses Some Statistics
In Attacking Atheism.

IN Att1cktnR Atue1Bm.
.BI CABLE TO THE DTsPATcH.I
LONDON, March 22.-Your Paris corre-
spondent telegraphs that the sensation caused
by the publication of the Lenten pastoral
instructions by the Cardinal l-Archbishop of
Rheims has not vet abated. The pastoral is
considered by Catholics, at any rate, to be a
scathing exposure of the social effect of the
official atheism which prevails in France,
and certainly the figures culled from the
official documents and cited by His Emil
nence afford food for thought. 1t seems that
the annual average of criminality has in
creased threefold since 1870, and of juvenile
criminality fourfold. In 1886, OF 1877, 100
accused brought before the police tribunals
$4,000 were minors. In 1887 there were
191, 10S accused, of whom nearly &c, 900 were
minors.
In 1886, the Criminal Courts convicted $50
persons below 81 years of age and II below
16 years; in 1887, 649 below q, and AZ below
16. This year already three murderers, all
minors, have been executed in Paris, of
whom the youngest was 16 years old. The
number of suicides has risen from 1890 in
1870, to 5000 in 1887. During 1887, 225
minors between 16 and q years, and 48
children below 16, committed suicide.
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gone into the lumber business. The first
cargo from that country arrived in London
this week, and the wood has favorably i'm
pressed experts. 1t consisted entirely of
hard woods, resembling mahogany, walnut
and teak, and fetched good prices.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
Special! special!

For this week only:
California apricots, 15c per can.
California asparagus, 18c per can.
Cocoa Theta. Drop in and get a cup of
this delicious beverage. No charge.
VIM. HASLAGE & Son,
Is Diamond (Market square),
Pittsburg,
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A New Source Of Lumber Supply.
cBr CABLE TO TEE DIsPATcH.l
LONDON, March 22.-Madagascar has
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23
AMERICAN TALENT
in the Bank Robbery Line Gets Into Trouble
Across the Water.
rBI CABLE TO THE DIsPATcH.I

LONDON, March 22-Three men were
charged at Guild Hall Police Court to-day
with attempting to steal from Bank Clerk
Stone bag containing $4,000 worth OF
checks, notes and gold, which Stone was
about to pay into the city bank. Superin-
tendent John Shore, of Scotland Yard,
fancied he ought to know at least one of the
prisoners, who gave the name of Frank
Iackrose. Shore therefore turned up In
spector Byrne's interesting book of thieves
and had no difficulty in identifying Lack
rose as No. 162 in the collection.
He is clever American bank thief
named William Birk, and his chief alias
is Billy the Kid. He has lately been
operating in London at the head of gang
OF expert bank robbers.
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BEST photographs in the two cities, at
Hendricks & Co.'s, IS Federal ST., ALLIE.
gheny. Prompt deliveries.