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EyesiSht Saved by Magnet.

From the New York Times.
Joseph Browns eyesight was saved by
magnet at the eye and ear infirmary yes
terday. Brown is workman. en1ploye ed at
Pla:nfeld, n J. On Saturday while at work
a piece Of steel flew from his hammer and
imbedded itself in his eye. An examination
showed that the steel had sunk SO deeply
into the eye that an attempt to cut it out
with knives would probably result in loss
Of sight He was taken to the eye and car
inllrmary here. That institution possesses
the strongest magnet in the world. 1t con-
sists of coiled wire about twelve inches in
diameter end two feet in length. At the
ends the soft wire comes down to points.
The magnet is connec ted with the dynamo
in the building. The exact strength of the
magnet is not known, but it is supposed
that it will hold up 100 pounds by the power
of attraction.
Browns head was brought close to one
of these points yesterday and his eye care
fully opened. He felt a sharp sensation of
pain and then, on the bloodstained eyeball,
appeared a small bit of shining steel, which
had come to the surface of the wound. A
small magnet was then placed to his eye
and the steel was drawn away. The doc
tors say he will not lose his sight The use
of a magnet in such cases is not rare, the
doctors say, and 1t has prevented many
man from becoming blind.
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versity of Michigan. The only official po-
sitions he has held up to this time were
those of city attorney and state sena-
tor He held the latter office when chosen
for the United States Senate. Fifteen
years ago Mr.. Baker was shot through the
right lung by man named Thurston, who
was cunning for d. r. Anthony of the
Leavenworth Times. Thurston missed An
thony, but the ball hit Baker a block away.
Thurston was tried and sent to prison.
Afterward he came to Washington and
was given a place in the government print
ing office here where he worked until his
death, a few years ago. Senator Baker has
been strong opponent of the populists
and prohibiton:sts. His ambition was to
be chief justice of Kansas. He protested
against his nomination by his party caucus
for the United States Senate, and tried to
have it recons.dered. He wanted Judge
Horton chosen. He has a daughter at
Vassar, and his son, graduated recently
from Michigan University, has decided TO
be a newspaper man, and will be his
fathers secretary.
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AN IDOL FACTORY!
Henth. Countries Supplied With
Fran tho Hart ford Timns

Heather Countries Supplied With
From the Hartford Times. a.q- . M
There has been discovered in Birmingham
in the very center Of Christian England. a
factory where idols are made for heather
nations! Many attempts to obtain adnis-
sion to the factory have been. made, tut a
strict watch is kept upon outsiders anxious
to pry into the secret chambers where the
heather gods are made. and reporters, es-
works. Idols of all kinds are turned out,
representing the gods of all heather nations,
from Tofai to Timbuctoo. The,eXport trade
to heather countries is a fairly large one al
though more gods are sent out to foreign
dealers in curios in the bazaars of Cairo
Damascus Columbo, etc, for sale to unsus-
pecting travellers anxious to- take home some
mementoes of their stay abroad.
The price of gods varies greatly. YoR may
get birmingham made one. in London
curiosity shop for half a crown, or you may
run up the pretty bill of SIe9 for an especial
ly ugly one, stolen" according to the deal
er, "by sailor during the Chinese warp In
the Cairo bazaar, however the price of a
first-class god of this kind may run up from
800 to anything.
traveller says that there is little difficulty
in detecting a god of native make from one
of Birmingham manufacture. The first gen.
orally displays some slight irregularity or
change of design due to the native working
by hand, while the Birmingham god was
correct in form. The trade in idols is kept
such close secret that it Is difficult to esti-
mate the output, but there is no doubt the
terprising Birmingham men do very well in
the business
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his people

Michigan's new Senator, Julius Caesar
Burrows, is old to public life in Washing
ton. He has been in the House of Repre-
sentatives sixteen years, entering with the
Forty-third Congress and serving in the
Fcrty-sixth. Forty-se venth, Fft;eth, Fifty
first, Fifty-second and Fifty-third Con-
crosses. In the Fiftyfrst he was candi-
date for Speake" against Mr.. Reed. and
was recognized as ore of the leaders on the
republican side. He was born in Pennsyl-
in the army and settled at Kalamazoo,
Mich. He. became prosecuting attorney,
and having an aptitude for politics ran for
Congress. He made 10 little reputation for
greenback craze in !SI7-IS. He is a good
pariamenta~ian and a strong partisan.
He has paid little attention to mo-ey max
ing, ard is comfortably poor. lie qualified
last winter and took his seat.
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A Shocked Philantbrepist,

From the Chicago Eveuing Post
The little boy was crying, and his tears
touched the heart of the charitably inclined
lady; he was SO small and seemed to be in
such distress.
Don't cry, little boy" she said, soothing
~. Dry your eyes and tell ME what the
trouble is. Did some of the big boys hurt
you?"
Nom" replied the waif, still sobbing.
Nom
Did your father beat you for some
thing
Nom, but he Will"
oh, that's the trouble, is it?'
'YeS'm." 49,
well, it's a. shame" she exclaimed ang-
rily. Why will he beat your
cause lost 10 cents"
it?"
'.YeS'm."
Ard you lost it on the ways5s
'YeS'm y
"Oh, well 1 guess We cas- fix that" she
said in her kindly way, as She tAok a dime
from her purse and handed it TO the boy.
Now he won't beat you, will her
NOM"
what did he send you to=buy with it?'
Beer" The good lady gasped at the
thought.
"Yes'm."
And how did you lose itYi 8,
"Matchin' pennies" IF n
Before she had sufficiently recovered to
demand the return of her dime the boy was
gone.
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Governor Gear takes the seat occupied
for many years by James F. Wilson. He
was born at Ithaca, N Y, in 1875. re-
ceived a common school education and en-
tered on pioneer line in Illinois in 1896
For time he lived at Galena, then in 1898
he went to Fort Smelling. Engaging in
fiat-boating down the Mississippi, he finally
located at Burlington in 1S43, where he has
since lived. He has been elected to Office a
great many times, serving several terms
in the Iowa legislature, several times being
chosen speaker of the lower house. Twice
he was elected governor of Iowa. and then
to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses
During part of the Harrison administra-
ton he was assistant secretary of the
treasury. He was then elected to the Fiji
ty-third Congress. and finally to the Senate
Governor Gear is a man of Enthusiastically
good sense, and possesses the confidence of
his neopIe
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The new Senator from Minnesota is an
Old hand at legislative work. He is one of
the best politicians in the republican party.
In Minnesota he is known as the Little
Norwegian Giant" He is the first Scandi-
nayian to enter the Senate. He was never
beaten for any office for which he has run.
He has served in the Wisconsin legislature,
and that of the state which he is row to
represent in the Senate. He, for three
t. ms, represented the bloody fifth dis
trict of the north star state in Congress-
being elected the last time with over $1,000
majority. The fifth district represents
fully half the area of the state, and is one
of the largest in the country. Since ieav-
ing Congress Mr.. Nelson has twice been
chosen governor He was born in Norway,
came over when child. and was educated
in Wisconsin. He served through the war
a private and studied law on returning
to Wisconsin. He has always been a stead
fast republican, differing with his party
only on the tariff, which his Minnesota
constituents have at times opposed He is
an able lawyer and speaker of great
force. Like Senator Davis, his colleague,
he has always stood with the people
against corporations.
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Montana sends two new Senators-Lee
Mantle and Thomas H. Carter. The latter
is well-known in Washington. He was for
two terms delegate in Congress and then
commissioner of the general land office dur
ing President Harrisons administration, I'M
til made chairman of the republican national
committee in 1892. He was born in Ohio in
1851 earned his way upward. making his
first start in life after leaving the farm as
a book agent. For several years he taught
school. He studied law and enjoyed a good
practice until he entered public life. He is
a genial man of most popular qualities and a
good politician in the west. He conducted
President Harrison's campaign against Mr..
Cleveland in 1892.
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Y Y J

office extend into the next century. They
represent the states of Alabama, Arkansas,
Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illi-
nois. Iowa, Kansas. Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mime
scta. Mississippi. Montana, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina,
Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina.
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia,
West Virginia and Wyoming.
OF the thirty, sixteen-Morgan, Berry.
Wolcott. Shoup. Cuilom. Lindsay. Caffery,
Frye, Hoar, Mcmillan, Walthall, Chandler.
Sewell. Pettigrew, Harris and Warren-have
bad previous service. Two of these. Wal
thail and Sewell. have served in the Senate
and been out of public life for several years.
Senator Walthall resigned January a. 1894,
when he had already been elected to sue
coed himself. He tried to resign both terms.
that in which he serving and that for
which he had been elected. but it was held
that he could not resign the term for which
he had not qualified. Senator Warren of
wyoming. who had served one 'erm in the
Senate, succeeds Joseph NJ. Carey, his own
seat being taken by Clarence d. Clark
rev man, after Il vacant interval OF Two
years, owing to failure of legislature to
elect. The new Senator from Delaware, MIR.
Dupont, will probably not qualify with the
other new Senator's, there being question
of regularity in mis- election by the legis-
larure
Among Senators who rank in coHs.dera-
ton with the new men are fivc-Burr ows,
Mantle. Pritchari. Wilson and Clark These
Senators were chosen to- fill vacancies and
qualified in the last days of the Fftythird
Congress. OF these, Pritchard is in class
III, whose terms expire March 3. 1897, and
Mantle Wilson, Clark and Burrows are in
class /. whose terms expire March 3, 1880.
The thirty Senators who qualify Monday
will be known as Senators of class /. There
are thirty of this class, and twenty-nne Of
each of the others When Utah sends her
Senators there will be just thirty Senators
IN each of the three classes
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Senator Tillman of South Carolina will
be one of the most picturesque features of
the new Senate. He is a remarkable man
in many respects and will undoubtedly make
his presence felt at an early day. His rise
in politics marks new advent in South
Carolina. He came to the front as the rer
resentative of the farming and labo,s~
class of the state in opposition to ~, I'D
aristocratic element typified by By ,ar a nd
Hampton. After years of subQrS ,natinn ~
the old regime. this element u ne 70 roc.
in revolt and completely oyerIhrsw the
political Pol aristoerssy; had ruled il
vigorous than poi3.,bed in speanh and 'ex.
preston. and vii pay but scant respect
to senatorial dignity.
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Clarence D. Clark of Wyoming. who is
yet to become a familiar member of the
Senate. is New Yorker. forty-three years
old. He has lived in Wyoming since 1881.
practlcng law most of the time since that
year. He was appointed a supreme judge
of the state In 1890. but declined the
honor. He was elected to the Fifty-second
Congress, defeating George T. Beck, son of
the late Senator Beck of Kentucky. He
was a candidate for the Ffty-third Con-
gress, but was defeated by Henry A. Cof-
feen. He Is free silver man.
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They tell 1t of member of n wel-known
club that he never, under any circum-
stances, forgets to be polite. The relations
between the gentleman and his wife have
been strained for years. Last week matters
eliminated in n row which resulted in n
separa ton. When the war of words was
at its height the wife cried, bitterly:
Then you love me no longar?'
Madame" replied the husband, with his
very best bow, Il have that happiness
Even N that trying moment he kaeW how
to I've up TO his reputation
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West Virginia is to be represented once
more by republican Senator. Stephen B.
Elkins, the Senator-elect, is an Ohioan,
fifty-four years old. He went to Missouri
when boy and got his schooling there.
After brief experience in the army he
emgra ted to New Mexico. where he prac-
ticed law, served in the legislature and en-
gagged in many business enterprises. which
for the most part proved successful. one
of the best known of these was his inter-
est in the Maxwell land grant. For four
years he represented the territory in Con-
gress For several years he was on the re-
publican national committee, and in 1881
he was chosen chairman and conducted the
Blaine-Cleveland campaign with distinct
ability. In 1891 President Harrison asked
Mr. Elkins to enter his cabinet as Secretary
of War when Gov. Proctor resigned to take
his seat in the Senate. Mr.. Elkins is SON.
n-law of ex-senator Davis of West Vir-
ginia and is associated with him in many
large business interests in that state.
Senator Bacon.
Augustus o. Bacon, who comes from
Georgia, takes the seat to which Patrick
Walsh, the well-known Georgia editor,
wanted to be reelected. Mr.. Bacon is about
fifty years old. and is a native of Georgia.
He has practiced law many years, and is
a well-to-do nan. He has served several
years in the legislature of his state and
been a defeated candidate for governor
against both Governor Boynton and John
B. Gordon, and also for Congress and for
the Senate. After announcing that he
" ould not act with the democratic party,
he once more reappeared in the Georgia
legislature and by his popularity secured
his election to the Senate, in a contest
which involved defeat for Mr. Walsh, Judge
Turner. ex-Speaker Crisp and other lead
ing democrats.
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Judge Horace Chiffon comes to the Senate
for the second time. He was appointed in
1870 to serve out Judge Reagan's term,
which expired in 1893. Now he succeeds
Senator Coke. He is native of the lone
star state forty-three years old He knows
how to set type, and has edited newspa-
per. While running a weekly paper of his
own he read law and was admitted. He
was successful at the bar, and has been
chief justice of his state. His father served
in the confederate army and lost his life
in battle. He is well-to-do financially. yet
incines, they say, to populistic views of
things.
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Senator Martin of Virginia. who was sur
prised into an election last winter, sue
ceeds Gen. Eppa Huntoh, He is an elderly
man from az old vfrgipia family and a
successful lawyer The singular and dis
tingufshing fact in his careernds. that he
has never held any office of any skin d what
seeVer until chosen to the United SeSres
EppBt 20 .
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Senator SewelI, who reappears in the
Senate after en- interval of eight years,
was from 1881 to 1857 the colleague of Sem
ator Mcpherson, whom be now succeeds.
He is a native of Ireland came to America
when a boy and has lived nearly all his
life in New Jersey. Fo: several years he
was q sailor before the mast He entered
the war as q captain, and at ChancellorS-
vile commanded a brigade. In this battle
he was badly wounded and again at Get
tySburg he severely hurt. He Was
brevcttcd q brgadier for his bravery at
Charlottesville and as major general for
what he lid at Gettysburg. Gen. Seweil
Sci we'd nine y,trs in the New Jersey sen
ate, during three Of which he its pre-
siding ffiCer. Fer many years he has been
one of the eel trolling owners of the New
Jersey Central road and he is q man If
wealth. More than any other citizen OF
New Jersey, probably. Gen. Seweil enjoyed
the confidence and friendship of President
Harris' n, with whom he served in the Sen
ate.
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is a nice question to be passed upon by the
Senate before he can take his seat. After
long and remarkable contest over the
election of Senator, on the last day Of the
legislative session, the deadlock lasting
right up to the last minute, Dupont re-
ceived fifteen votes out of twenty-nine In
the joint session. At this point Gov. Wat
son was brought in to take his senatorial
seat. He had been president OF the state
senate. but became governor on the death
OF Gov. Maryii. With his retgss the num-
Der of votes in joint session became thirty,
equally divided between Col. Dupont and
]. e. Addicks The United States Senate
must decide whether Watson could be gov
ernor of the state and senator at the
same time. S.
George Peabody Wetmore.
George Peabody Wetmore, the new sena-
tor from Rhode Island, who takes Mr.. Dix
ons seat, is known as an immensely rich
manufacturer, coming of an old and sub
stantial family He'is in with the ultra
fashionable set in Newport and New York
and a familiar with the Astors and Van
derblts. The society of the capital will
experience an accession in the Wetmores.
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Marion Butler, who will represent North
Carolina in the Senate, is about as young
as the law allows. He was only thirty-one
when his term began. He was born In the
tar-heel state graduated from its State
University, and read law there. While
teaching an academy he got into politics
and joined the Farmers Alliance. He also
edited a paper and became populist. He
displayed great ability as an organizer,
and SET things UP at such lively pace that
the old mossback politicians of the state
" ere left two quarters behind. Besides be-
ing the youngest man in the Senate, Mr..
Butler will undoubtedly DC regarded as one
of the hquisCUest.
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Getting Careless.

From lie Petit Parisien.
"Baptiste"
Monsieur"
You are getting careless, my boy"
"Oh, monsieur
You don't brush my clothes now"
Il assure you"
Il left half-franc piece in my waistcoat
pocket yesterday, and 1t is there yet"
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but sure, and today he is regarded as the
foremost lawyer of the state. Mr.. Thurs
tons entrance into public life is the result
Nebraska to defeat ex-Congressman Bryan,
whose gifted attachments as an orator
were proving too al.urins to the populists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30

John NJ. Thurston, the new Nebraska
Senator. is a self-madc man. He was born
in Vermont In 1917, and brought up in Wis
ccr'sin. When he was Axteen years old his
ia her who er listed IL Wisconsin cav
airy regim. mt. was killed, and the boy hal
from that tine on to earn his way. When
Is was Nv enty-o ne he was in Omaha reaI-
Ing law. His progress a the bar was slow
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THE NEW SENATORS
Thirty Senators-Elect to Be Sworn
in Next Monday.
OF THESE FOURTEEN ARE new MEN
Their Faces and Brief Sketches of
Their Careers.
NJ A n Y A B L e M E n

THIN FO r 7 Y =
ig ht hours t h e
United States Senate
will pre- 5 e nv e its
time-honored con-
t.nuity by swearing
in thirty S e II ators
elected for the term
beginning March 3,
1875, and e n d | n &
March 3, 1901. These
thirty gentlemen are
[ h e first officials
elected by the peo-
nla yboSa faryrs of
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Jeter c. Pritchard, who took his seat last
February, was the first republican to come
to the Senate from the south in many
lars. His election was due to the upris-
.ag Of the popu'ist element in cooperation
with the republicans. He is Tennessean,
thirty-seven years old, and was a printer
before he read law. He served in the legis-
lature, was in 1883 candidate for govern
or, and was several times q candidate for
Congress.
Senator Mcbride of Oregon is an old Pa
cific coast lawyer. He was born i'll Ohio
and is fifty-seven years old. His election
was a surprise to him. occurring in the last
fifteen minutes of the legislative session.
He is said to be a man of plain and direct
speech, and ready and formidable debater
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The state of Ingalls-KansaS-s a
new man, Luc:en Baker. He. too IS an
Ohioan and likewise a lawyer. He was
born in 1917. For twenty-five years he
has practiced law in Leavenworth. His
education he gained in the public schools
in Ohio and he studied law at the Uni
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A Cultivated Taste.

From the New York World.
Pastor-"My dear friend, were you born
with your thirst fer liquor?'
De Tanque Cpromptly)-"No, shir. It'sh
the reshult of long and severe trainir" r%d
unlimited capital in my case at leasht.
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From the Somerville Journal.
First Poet-"Did you get q check for your
poem that you read to me while ago?'
Second Poet-"No; my aspirations got a
check
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STIMULATES DIGESTION.
HnrS fnr,1'x Acid IBl,aSnI, =, &,

II acts directly the food, thus assisting the
stomach, and alGo stimulates the secretion of the
digestive fluids putting the stomach in active,
healthy condition
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Col. Henry 4. Dupont.

The claimant for the seat vacated by An
thony Higgins of Delaware is Col. Henry A.
Dupont of the celebrated fsmily of powder
makers. He was probably elected, but there
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EBlkled.

Somerville journal.
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THE FACTOR OF SAFET Y

\ o Y o U T H I N K
there will be any re-
v duction in the price of
high-grade W h e e ! 5
Turing 1902" asked a
Star reporter of a
prominent b i C CT e
dealer the other day.
NO" he replied, Il
see no reason for an
ticipat:ng a reduc-
ton. In fact, every
thing points to the
continuance of the
hundred-dollar price