Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-19
IN rHE HorrL CORRIDORS

Morris VI. Fstee OF san Francisco fo- ,,,,v
wears one Of the republican leader. of Cali.
fornia, Is At the Arlington. IL am hor. 3" "A.
said 10 Tar star representative. ..,n Heal
business and in no uuv CONNECTED Nth "A.
Nicaragua canal. / will sAV. however. hecnu-.
II Is topic II general interest and nov mpch
discussed IN the Pacific coast. that the ,eo,,,.
there are practically unanimous tor il. con-
strucuon. We want 90 soc iis early coust-uo-
uon under partial gorernmvnsal aid al.
government 70 hold majority Of tho siock
ana eject majority OF the directors. n, govern
meat fixing the tolls upon completion ".
CONSIDER tne canal national necessity and he
kreat event 81 The age 20 far ~ American ard
Nm rcan Interests are concerned The Pacific
slole VIII, OF course. pruht largely bv the
canal, tef We think % vii he 81 equal stitsusac.
to the Atlantic and gulf sta - ai.d the s,reat
prodncinc siaie- % the central we.t II ulu
give Us new and better markets nnord cb.ar.r
transportation by sea 20 a market aud thu.
The producer ahi consumer are Hltse lcn.-
h.ed. In o,iui1n II vii not irsur.
the railroad, but ~lli be found 30 prove s,cn-
eht- California n a great producing country.
our market u distant. our snrca-. datland. utsr,
transportation TO that mar ket 81 reasonable
rates. 20 Ne are tor the canal ~ W. think every
American ciiizcn ought 20 De. ne had bot.ei
that thls Congress would pass the bill recently
reported 10 the senate aud ~ .ttn hon. "a
lbe building OF the canal vii be- = great .asiny
OF transpor alton Of material and men and he
moving OF ships OF war TO aud from the pnciIc
In word. when completed the commerce u
our country Will In peace be largely increased
and built up and made moro secure IN var ".
think II would be the height OF unr,ntesmsn-
ship Tor this country 90 Kermit foreign now.r
TO construct or control the great waterway be-
tween the two oceans"
They - A.
avenue hotel around two bug canvas covered
and strongly braced fat boxe. about I've bv
eight feet that looked like a mamraoth TRUNK
that had been sat UPON when very young and
mashed into two pancakes
Il never saw ANYTHING like that before /" saii
the gentleman with the bay window under his
watch chain.
Nor l." remarked the gentleman In
goloshes
I'D like to knowb what's IN EN-. anybsv."
added the gentleman with a cold In hi. head
with a concluding sneeze
just then Young man with n cicnr con
hdent air and bug bras kew arrived With tho
porter. Inserting the KEY In the strong lock.
ana unbuckling tho straps the boxes were
opened. Each contained a nickel-pl. ed pnou-
matlc-tired sample bic,cle with all the para-
phernalia OF lanterns, chains, wrcuche- ball
bearings, spring seats. &c, OF the modern
wheel
YES, said the young man. ''thev are pretty
big, but n don't carry them IL doesn't mat
ter. Drummers for bicycle houses are com
paratively few 10 Other trades aud ". used 90
| ship our wheels from place 60 place uuparked
and the railroad companie- would handle them
carelessly and when uupacked thew wore AZ our
! risk. Now we pack them these small sea-
| snore cottages and they go a. baggage at the
companvs risk They take up two thirds OF .
car. but at every city ttey are IN tine order for
exhibition"
Everybody in Washington il talking about
the weather" said ID. McNicoIl Of Montreal,
general passenger agent for the Canadian Pacific
railroad, 20 IHH sraR representative at the
shoreham this morning. land. a. paradorical az
II may seem, | confess that feel chilly too. We
have some pretty cold weather in Montreal. but
i feel almost as cold here there. our climate
l. not understood, and we don't suffer as muoh
rs people in the states believe Our stmosphere
Is dry. there Is gocd deal of clear. sunny
ives her, the snow STAYS on the ground. h. crisp
and hard, and We don mind our winters There
are 800 public sleighs in NV city, aud vOu can
ride Tor twenty minutes for q cents. The
almost here here has a rAwuess that ne don't
experience. Our city and rts people are PRE-
pared for winter The sleiehing l. .l,l.ndia.
skating perfect, while several big toboggAn
slides are among the manv exciting ouidooy
sports In fact our people like our winters aud
the snow. and Montreal ~ us " an agreeable
abiding place"