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FIFTY.THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.

124rH DAY.-The agricultural schedule OF
the Tariff bill was discussed.--Mr Hoar
spoke in favor of the Government re-
linquishing its claim against the Sanfor es-
tate.
125rH DAY.-The Hoar resolution as to re-
linquishing the Government claims against
the Stanford estate was. after discussion.
laid on the table-yeas, "a nays. 19.-The
Tariff bill was then taken up. Eight para
graphs of tie agricultural schedule were
disposed Of
126rH DAY.-The conterence report on the
bill authorizing the Pennsylvania and New
jersey Railroad Company to construct q
bridge across the Delaware River was agreed
to.-The Senate passed a bill dividing rail-
way postal clerks into seven classes,
with salaries ranging from $500 to
$500. Mr.. Walsh introduced a
bill to establish in Washington a per-
mauent exposition Of the products and re-
sources of the several States and Territories.
Mr.. Hoar introduced bill to release
the Stanford estate from the Governments
claim.-The Senate disposed OF the aGrt-
cultural schedule OF the Tariff bill.
127rH DAY.-Three schedules, filling eight
cen pages of the Tariff bill and relating to
spirits and wines. cotton manufactures and
fax, hemp and jute, were disposed oil. Ihe
five-minute rule was In operation. Tie
cotton schedule, covering ten pages, "a9
disposed Of in thirty minutes.
12srH DAy.-Little progress was made on
the Tariff bill. the day being chiefly occupied
with fiye-minute speeches.
l29TH DAY-Mr. Sherman and several
Others made attacks on the wool schedule OF
the Tariff bill.
The House.
144rH DAY.-The day was devoted to con-
sideration of the Indian Appropriation bill,
the discussion being over the rider to re-
move the supply warehouse from New York
to Chicago. No action was taken.
l45rH DAY.-The Indian Appropriation
bill was considered In Committee OF the
Whole.
14SrH DAY.-The House spent three hours
in consideration Of tine Indian Appropriation
bill under the flve-minute rule, and passed
over seven pages In that time.
147TH DAY.-The day was devoted to the
consideration OF District OF Columbia busi-
ness.
14STH DAY.-The Indian Appropriation
bill was further considered. The Indian
Commission was practically legtslated out OF
office by refusal to make an appropriation
for it.
149rH DAY-The House spent the day In
discussing the Indian Appropriation bill
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ov1so to tne lu1e frost the orange crop Q,
California will be far below the average TINS
season. The total output from sou!neln
California will reach about 4o,oto ,. callo,.us,
This is twanty ner cent. below last seasons
erop H,D 10 The output for Northern California
will bs very small
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IT'S HAWAII'S ISLAND.
Its Flag is Hoisted by the Minister Of
the Interior.

, Hawaii has won the race with Great
Britain and secured possession OF Necker
Island. The Hawaiian steamer Iwalani beat
the British cruiser Champion in the race to
the barren bit of land. Minister OF the In
terror King returned to Honolulu and an
nounced that he had hoisted the flag Of Ha-
wall on promontory Of the island.
The new acquisition Is perfectly barren, Of
NO use whatever EXCEPT as a possible resting
place for the proposed cable.
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MRS. KENDALL, VIE OF doctor OF Quincy,
Ill.,, was driving with her husband. when
the horses took fright and ran away. The
doctor stopped them after they had run but
three blocks and then found that his wife
had died from fright on the seat by his side.
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TwENrY-sIX nationalities were represented
at the Young Mems Christian Association
Conference In London by 1907 delegates, OF
whom 200 were Americans.
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Four naval officers who have returned to
Brazil have been sentenced to ten years i'm
prisonnent for favoring the late rebellion. :
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TILE MINNEAPOLIS FAST.
THE NEW CRUISER ISA REC
ORD BREAKER,

On Her Preliminary Trial at Sea in
Shallow Water and With Anthra-
cite Coal She Makes the Wonder.
full Speed Of 21.75 Knots - The
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with walled cities and great towns all
along its course to the Yangtse River.
Chinkiang IS about as big as Minneapolis.
gchow, the next big city on the canal
south of here, ontains. | am told, half
million of people, and Suchau ana Hang
chow each have something like three
quarters of a million souls. AT every
thirty miles along its course it is safe to
say there is walled city, containing
many times 1000 people, and the country
back of ii IS a garden spotted with clumps
of trees, each clump shading a Chinese
village.
The canal at Chinklang cuts right around
the city, forming the island upon which
the main part of it is located. Ii runs
from here northward for 80 miles without
a lock, but above this. am told, there are
numerous slutces and locks, and la some
places the water is carried through the
country on great stone embankments
twenty feet high, and the stream a some
OF these places is fully 200 feet wide. 1t
has stone fiOod-gates managed by soldiers.
and it is here and there fed by creeks and
rivers. At one point a river was con-
Quoted into it IN times past, and the Chi
nese say that 800, coo men were employed
for seven months in turning the waters of
this single stream. 1t cuts the Yellow
River, and 1t is below this that the stone
entertainments above spoken of are located.
The parts which l have seen are those
" ulCh luu uedi uelO, SNIouku INC ahSteo
valley, and those about Tientsin and
Picking. Here the canal is moro like a
great ditch than anything else, and there
is now little army of men employed in
keeping it 10 repair. II was in existence
more than a thousand years ago. and
kublai Kahn laid out the line upon which
it now runs.
The chief use for the canal in times past
has been that of a trade artery from the
north to south. 1t taps by its connecting
canals and rivers every part of the great
plain. and it is used for the trans orIation
of the tribute rice TO Picking.
The Government taxes of China are to a
large extent collected in kind, and every
year the farmers send about 1873, 600, 0O0
pounds of rice from here to Picking for the
Emperor and his officials. At Marking
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shoe nails began to tell the other all about
himself and his strange business. He s aid
his name was Thomas, but whether he
referred to his first or last name be did
not say. and that he was gathering horse
shoe nails for livelihood
You see," he began, IAN old straight
horseshoe pail, that is. one that has once
been on horses foot, is worth twice or
three times as much as new one. This is
easily explained If you stop to think that
a new nail is always liable to split when
being hammered and injure the horses
foot. An OLD nail has been tried and the
blacksmith knows he can depend on il.
Most of the nails that / find are bent, but
the good ones l can always sell to black
smiths who know their business"
WHAT do you do with the others ?"
asked the man in Interested.
"Oh! those that are not very bad l sell
to gunsmiths aud other men who repair
small machinery. The steel in horse
shoe nail is of the best quality. Those
nails that are broken and bent l sell for
old metal"
''Can you make much of a living at such
a business?"
mo" replied the nail-gatherer. "there
amt fortune in it, but as long as the
horseshoe nails hold out and blacksmiths
are willing to buy them l won't have 10
stop man on the streets and ask HIN for
dime to buy something TO eat"
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saw acres OF great barns which were 6lled
with this rice awaiting shipment snd
every town along the canal has its Govern
ment barns. just now the rice is being
taken 10 the north. or late much of it
goes by sea. but vast deal is still sent by
the Grand canal, and at every town there
are hundreds of craft of every kind, and
these Government jnnks sometimes block
the canal for days. Hundreds of men are
employed In towing and pulling the boats.
and at places they are dragged along by
means of capstans. The canal winds about
like a river ia places, and navigation
through 1t is so slow that some Of these
rice boats have started in April during the
past few years and have not arrived in
Peking until September. Parts of the
canal are closed to traffic except during
the carrying of the tribute rice, and the
condition of it to-day is such that il will
hardly be used again as the great water
way which it has been in the past. Lii
Hung Chang has asked the Emperor to
allow him to build a railroad along it from
'rieptsin to Chinkiang, and this will even
tually be done.
The boats along the canal are much like
those | have described as lying at thr
mouths of the creeks of the Yangtse. In
passing up you are followed everywhere
by crowds, who look with wonder on the
foreign devils, and every here and there
you meet boats containing begging Bud
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Worry and Indigestion.

Worry is a bsneful curse and source of
untold evils. 1t seams the face with lines
and burrows and has a most depressing eff
feet upon that representative organ. the
stomach. which at such times becomes a
most unwilling and Iaggard servant. In
deed, it is safe to say that unless encOur-
aged by a cheerful temper and bright, o r
at least hopeful, thoughts, the stomach will
play truant or sulk and do no work which
it can sbirk. The physiological exDlaDa-
ton of his is the close alliance of the great
sympathetic nerves, which are worse than
the telegraph for carrying bad news; the
worry and anxiety which depress the brain
produce simultaneously semi-paralysis Of
the nerves OF the stomach, gastric juices
will not flow and-presto! there is indiges-
ton. One sign of mental health is serenity
OF temper and self-control that enables us
to bear with equanimity and unruf11ed
temper the petty trials and jars of life,
especially those arising from contact with
scOding, irascible, irritating folk. 1t is
we'll to rememb-r at such times that these
unfor;unates are their own worst enemies,
aad a cultivation of the art of not hearin g
will help US verv much. 1t Is very use
full art all through life and well worth
some trouble to acquire. orests Mag
aZine.
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LOST TREASURES.
Mission Relics in a Sup
posed Tunnel.
THE MISSION OF SAN MIGUEL
A Search TO Be Commenced for
LOng-Buried Vessels of Gold
and Silver.

San Miguel is one of the least known of
The twenty-five missions that dot the sur
face of California. 1t is not on account of
any lack of picturesque present or an III
teresting past, but merely because the old
mission is away from The beaten path of
travel that the tourist has neglected San
Miguel.
1t was in 1897. Oh the 18th of July. that
the cross was raised and the site of San
Miguel blessed. the spot selected was in
a grove of shady oaks. The Indians
called the place ''Vatica. and the Cas-
titan name was LAS POzas." 1t was de-
cided to call the church after Saint
Michael, as that saint had been a little
neglected in California nomenclature. On
the day of the founding, fifteen Indian
babies were baptized, and t%is was re-
garded as good omen.
The first work Of course was to build an
adobe church. 1t was a work of some
years. but still remains in tolerable state
Of preservation. II was never an archi-
tectual wonder, but like plain face it has
demonstrated its ability to withstand the
onslaughts of time. The grove of hospi-
table oaks, mentioned in the old records,
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STORY OF A RING.
1t Was a Curious One and 1t Was
Seen in a Dream.


She was in Salem aud l in Boston. We
had never met, although some three
months previous 40 attem pt-in effectual at
the time-had been made by mutual
friend to bring US together. On the night
of January % of this year | saw, in
dream, a very curious ring. an antique. on
the hand of a distinguished divine whose
death had occurred the preceding winter.
The VagarieS of The dream, although they
were not without relation TO the events
that followed, need not here be chronicled;
but the i'm pression of the ring was remark
ably clear, On the night of the dream she
was thinking of me, and intended writing
to arrange for our meeting, but callers
prevented. so at this time we had no CON-
munication in any way. During the week
she wrote, and | replied begging her TO
come to me on the following SATURDAY. ev-
ening, which she did. Ali his is merely
preliminary.
1t will not seem amiss, think, if l tell
you the name of the lady to whom / refer.
1t is 0y no means an unfamiliar one-that
of Miss Sarah Farmer, the only child of
Professor Moses G.. Farmer, the noted
scientist and electrician. Names. dates
and places are varieties which are not un-
important in an analysis OF psychcal
problems.
On the evening that l had the pleasure
of meeting Miss Farmer our conversation
dritted naturally into the line of discussion
SO interesting to US both. NJ SIS Farmer
told me that soon alter the death of her
mother she had "a sitting" with medium
who told her that her mother asserted that
within a week she would have ring given
to her. Within week it came. And
this, said Miss Farmer. drawing it from
her finger and handing it to me, this is
the ring" 1t was a remarkable turquoise,
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A TEACHERS LOT.
Teaching How to Dance Is Not as

Teaching How to Dance Is Not as
Easy as 1t Seems to Be.
Teaching people how to dance is looked
upon by most people as play rather than
work" said a danciEg-master yesterday.
but let those who think it is fun try it
for awhile. They will soon be convinced
of their mistake. ] doubt il there is any
business so wearing upon the system as
teaching dancing. / am quite strong, but
after day of instruction am completely
worn out. The trouble comes In teach
iDgnew pupils. They become embarrassed
as soon as they get upon the floor, and, ln-
stead of allowing you to move them around
In The proper manner, do the very OPP
posIte of what is required. To teach
new pupil how 10 20 through waltz is
just Ike moving a toms weight over the
floor. Every pull you give will be met
with contrary pull from him. Pupils do
not know they are doing 1t; in fact, II
they did, 1t would be twice as bad. 1t is
on the same principle as meeting man
on a narrow pathway. Invaria bly,, in try
ng 10 pass him, both will move in tile
same direction until 1t become Iaughable
how you collide. On account of the Sc
we're strain, woman can never continue
TO teach dancing for any length of time
and have her health. | have seen MANY
who thought they were stronger than some
OF their sisters who had failed before. but
they were brought to q realization Of the
weakness Of woman by being sent TO
sick bed. | know of one woman who was
formerly dancing teacher, who is now
suffering The penalty OF overtaxing her
strength, being under the constant care of
physician. A dancing teachers lot ia
not as light as the steps he teaches. -
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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THE GRAND CANAL
A Great Artery of Chinese
Trade.
FROM PICKING TO HANGCHOW
Scenes Along the Waterway-HoW
Tribute Rice Is Trans
ported.

CHINKIANG. China. April 80, 1891
write this letter at Chinkang, a walled
CITY on the banks of the Yangtse River. 1t
is just about $50 miles from the seacoast
and is at the point where the Grand canal
crosses the Yangtse. This canal is one of
the greatest wonders of the world. 1t is
now in bad repair and a large part of 1t is
going to ruin. But it has been one of the
greatest waterways of the world, and it
extends from Picking south to Hangchow.
some 200 miles below this point, running
through the great plain from North TO
Middle China, a distance about as great
as that between New York and Chicago.
1t cuts its way through a territory con-
tanning 100000 people or nearly thee
times as many as the whole United States,
and it taps some of the biggest cities of the
world. Picking, where it finishes its
course at the palace, not far from the
American legation. is city of more than
100000 people. Tientsin. below this
about eighty miles, is still larger, and as it
runs further south the canal is dotted
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dhist priests, who stick out long poles at
you THESE poles have bags fastened to
their ends, and into these the Chinese
drop cash or rice. This part OF China is
'ull of priests. There IS in the Yangtse
River, lust opposite where | am now writ
ing, an island which is just covered with
Buddhist temples, and which has no in
ha bitants but priests. Massive granite ter
races, decorated with stone lions, lead up
from the water, and the temples shine out
of green trees and flOwery gardens. In
Marking | visited a temple which contained
10000 images and golden statues of Bud
dna, and l have phOtOgra pied dozen or so
got priest to kHeel and put his hands in
the attitude of prayer while | took time
exposure of his devOtiOns, and | am in
clDed to think there is much hypocrisy
about the profession. The priests are fat
fellows. in long gowns of gray or yellow
linen, and they often have on three
coTnered hOx-shaped hats of black. They
shave their heads and faces and are but
little respected by the people. They are
| am told by the best of authorities hero.
ignorant. low and immoral. The most of
them are opium smokers, and they are the
contempt and ridlcule OF the better classes
Of the Chinese. Buddhism in China is. in
fact, religion gone TO seed. II had its
run in times past, and about 1000 odd
years ago the greater portion of tile Chinese
were Buddhists. Ii was then the center
of culture and learning, and now there are
few so poor as TO do it reverence. The
Chinese are fnll Of supersttions, but their
religion is more a system of morals than
ono of theology, and they have as MANY
pure lDfdels and agnostics as any people
in the world.
Speaking Of Chinese morality, believe
there is little crime here to the popula-
ton as there is anywhere. | find the peo-
pie. IS rule, we'll behaved. and | am sur
prised every day at the common decency
with which they treat each other. These
Chinese cities have many streets not over
four feet wide. In those of Canton you
can stand in the center and touch both
walls with your two hands. There are no
more thronged places in the world than
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FORREST.
Ana of the Tragedian's
Visit to This City.
WOUNDED VANITY
no Gratitude Felt for a Clear Win
ming of $4,000 and a New
Lease of Life.

zines Rees. the Cooley Cibber'' of the
philadelphia Press, in his life Of Edwin
ForFes.--w hich is enlOgistc in the highest
dtgTee-says but a word or two about TIE
great actors visit to This coast In 1866, be-
cause, it may be presumed. it was one of
the few failures in his career. The way in
which reference is made TO it is simply
this:
"Mr. Forrest continued playing through
out the country from this period up to
1866, when be made his great tour to Cali
fornia. opening in San Francisco at the
lMaguirel Upera-hOuSe as K chelieu."
Then follow a few lines in regard 10
Chicago, put In, il would seem, az a sort Of
sOother for the San Francisco fiasco:
Prior TO his departure to the Pacific
Coast he played an engagement at Chi
cage, H.. for five nights to immense
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HE PICKS UP NAILS.
How One Man Gets His Living From
Eo

How One Man Gets His Living From
the Streets.
In all cities men have countless ways of
making their ligings and some of them are
very strange.
On the corner of Kearny and Post streets,
a few days ago, man was seen scratching
between the cobblestOnes with his cane.
Few people paid any attention to him, but
one man stopped and watch ed him, and
soon saw him scratch out a horseshoe
nail and put il in his right-hand coat
pocket He repeated the operation several
times, aud put several of the nails in the
other pocket.
what do you want with those nails"
asked the man who had watched him.
II make my living out of those nails, Z"
replied the other. land l amt ashamed of
it either
An interesting conversation was started,
and the man who had been hunting horse
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MISSION SAN MIGUEL.

green with age and one of the finest
antiques l ever saw.
why. this is the ring l saw!" ex-
claimed, This is the very ring" l was
startled to see this ring of my dreams be-
fore me. The dream had impressed me
strangely, and during the days that had
ELAPSED ] had related it to three or four
friends. one of whom, Miss Helen NJ.
knowlton. the artist, was in my room
when Miss Farmer came. Miss Kaowlton
clearly recalled that had described this
ring perfectly some time during the DAYS
between my dream of it on the previous
Sunday night and the meeting of Miss
Farmer and seeing it on the following Sat-
urday night.-Lillian Whiting in Religio-
Philosophical Journal
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in the houses, and you find them grunting
around in the busiest of the Chinese cities.
There are lots of chickens, ducks and
geese everywhere, and the scientific rails
ing of poultry by the Chinese would make
letter by itself. They are sold by the
pound by peddlers, VINO carry them in
great baskets of bamboo open work, and
are shipped by the bOatload from the
country to the cities. Eggs are used by all
classes, and the favorite egg is from
twenty to thirty years old. 1t is cooked
be ore 1t is put away, and when brought
forth it is as black as your hat, and 1t
tastes like chalk. Ducks are pressed and
dried, and the cooked ones l see in the
markets are oiled so that their picked
skins shine as if covered with varnish.
They are not at ali bad to eat. however,
and those which I have had in the native
restaurants ate fully as good as you can
get In America.
Y re.A< Z. CaI.4ua~
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and he is quite sure that some day he will
hear hollow reverberation when he has
gone over all the ground. When he hears
1t he will explore the tunnel himself, in
the hope OF restoring to st. Michael the
ornaments of the altar of which he has
been so long deprived
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To Revive Cut Flowers.

Flowers which have been packed during
a journey may be revived by plugging
their stems into boiling water, and by the
time the alter is cold the flowers will APP
pear fresh. Cut the ends of the stems and
keep them in fresh, cold water.