Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-19

Plumb that there were on y a few hours
left for the discussion of the silver bill. the
matter was allowed to go over until to-
morrow. The senate silver bill was then
taken up and Mr.. Morgan resumed the
floor but suggested that the time of sen
ators' discussion of amendmentsNa after the
close of general discussion) should be ex-
tended from FIVE minutes to ten or fifteen
minutes. Mr. Jones, of Nevada. In charge
of the bill, thought lit might be better, as
several senators desired to speak on the
subject, to extend the time for general
debate till 5 o'clock on Monday next, and
he asked unanimous consent for that
proposition. The close of the general
debate on the silver bill has been post
poned until Monday at 3 o'clock. The
hodse bill, as amended by the finance COM
mlttee, was substituted by the senate bill.
House.-The house after the reading of
the Journal. went into committee of the
whole Mr.. Burrows. of Michigan. in the
CHAIR on the sundry civil appropriation
bill.
SATURDAY, June IA.
Seaate.-hmong the bills passed in the
senate were: The senate bill authorizing the
construction of a bridge across the Missouri
river between Pierre and Fort Pierre, S. D.
The house bill granting the right of way
to Duluth and Manatoba railroad company
across the Fort Pembina resery alton. The
senate bill to credit paymaster Wham,
with SIS. 345 of government funds, of which
he was robbed of in Arizona. After the
passage Of IS private pension bills the SEN
ate adjourned.
H0nse.-The Speaker announced the
appoi tment of Mr.. E. B. Taylor, of Ohio,
Mr.. Stewart, of Vermont, and Mr.. Bland,
OF Missouri. as conferrers on the Anti
trust bill. Mr.. Bland said that as the
house had instructed its conferrees to re
coed from its amendment, he had no fur
Their interest In the matter, and he asked
to be excused from serving on the con-
terence committee. There was no object
ton. and MIR. Culberson, was appointed to
I'LL the vacancy. The house then went in
to committee of the whole (Mr. Burrows of
Michigan in the chair on the Sundry
Civil appropriation bill. After number of
amendments of minor Importance has peen
disposed of the committee rose, and the
business having been suspended the house
proceeded to pay tribute to the memory of
late Samuel j. Randall, of PENNSYLVANIA.
MONDAY, June Is.
STANDARDIZATION lengthy debate Sem
ator Blair proposed two amendments
to the silver bill. One was to strike out
all after the enacting clause and to insert
section directing the secretary Of the
treasury, under the provisions of the act
of 1878, to purchase silver bullion at the
market price and coin 100000 monthly.
The other amendment provides that there
shall be no legal tender in the United
states except gold and silver coin.
The senate then adjourned.
House.-On motion of Mr.. Williams
(Ohio). an amendment was agreed to the
sundry civil appropriation bill to the ap-
pointing of E. n Morrill, (Kans.) J, and
Alfred L. Pearson pa }, as members of the
board of managers of soldiers homes
Mr.. Sayers Tee offered an amendment
making specific appropriation instead of
an indefinite appropriation for the pay
ment of baek-pay and bounty The amend
ment, so far as it affected back-pay was
agreed to, but as to bounty was lost.
Pending action on the bill the committee
arose. Mr.. Butterworth presented a
resolution providing for a meeting of the
house July 4th, and for the setting apart
of that day to the celebration by suitable
exercises of the adoption and promulga-
ton of the declaration of independence.
The house then adjourned.
The Decline OF Dancing.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Omlnous rumOrs have for some time
past been floating through the columns of
the French press to the effect that dancing
is TO be done away with as an amusement
unit for this age of intellectual pursuits
and pleasures. The Paris Figaro de-
clares that dancing, 'the dream of young
girls, is going out of fashion, merely
because the lady leaders of the Partisan
| salon no longer encourage this kind of
amusement at their receptions. With the
sprightliness which characterizes our con-
temporary, the Figaro taz,s up the
cause of the girls and urges that some lead
ing society lady should revert to the Gus
tom of the good old times and throw
her drawing-rooms open for the benefit of
the girls, and also for that Of the mothers
of the girls; the absence OF reunions
dansantes, is also to be regretted from
the point of view of the mothers who have
daughters of a manageable age.
Meanwhile, it is evident the waltz
which is made chiefly responsible for the
Indifference to dancing The waltz is too
boisterous, it is said, and too exhausting;
and it is therefore thing to be thankful
for that it is to be done away with in all
Partisan salons except those slightly at
tackled by Anglomania. Another reason
for the unpopularity of the waltz is said
to be found in the fact that it is, above all,
German dance.
Yet another objection to the waltz is,
as the king of waltz composers, Johann
Strauss, of Vienna, points out, that it is
impossible to talk while waltzing, and
that, while the quadrille is the triumph
of the hirt, the waltz is his Tor herr death.
The ciamor for quadrille and minuet
dancing becomes greater as the waltz
sinks In the estimation of dancers; and if
the present agitation continues we may,
before long, revert to the pretty dances of
the end Of the last century, and watch the
''jeunesse doree' "trip it neatly neatly"
through the mazes of the square" dances.
But in order to enjoy these most charming
of dances to the full, the Vatican costume
should be worn at them, and the men
should see that instead of wearing black
coats with flying tails and trousers reach
ing to the the tips of their toes "a costume
which would look more ridiculous and in
artistic than ever In graceful square"
dance, they adopt the picturesque apparel,
minus the wig and queue, in which we see
the beaux of the times when the court of
Versailles was in its highest splendor, fit
daintily over the parquet floors, engaged
in performing, together with their bellies,
the dances of which every movement was
said to be poetry incarnate.
For Her.
Youths Companion.
A doctor finds it difficult sometimes to
secure for the natient the quiet necessary