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quirements, strong debater, and
man with the courage of his convictions.
Senator James Henderson Kyle, of
South Dakota, is populist, and one
of the youngest men ever elected to the |
senate from any state. He was only &c
years of age when elected as an indie
pendent, after contest in the South
Dakota legislature lasting 81 days.
His predecessor, Senator Moody, was
a man of splendid ability, who has
done much for his state, and who had
been largely instrumental in securing
statehood for the territory of Dakota;
but Senator Moody had made some
very bitter and determined enemies
in his own party, and failed of reelec-
ton. Senator Kyle studied law, but
changed his mind. and left that pro-
fession. He studied theology and was
graduated by the Weste n Theological
seminary at Allegheny, Pa, and entered
the ministry as a Congregational preach
er. He was in charge of a church at
Aberdeen, S. D., and deemed it his duty
to espouse the cause of the new polite
al party. He made several speeches
during the campaign of 1890, and at
tracted such attention that his selec-
ton to succeed Senator Moody was the
natural consequence, although he had
no political aspirations of that nature
when he went upon the hustings. He
is tall man, well proportional, with
kindly face and gentle manner. take
pleasure in counting him among my
personal friends.
Senator John p. Jones, of Nevada,
has been q member of the senate since
March 4, 1878, and has always been a
| republican until within the past two
years. His state is practically unani-
nous in its advocacy of the principles
| of populism, and Senator Jones has be-
come member of that party, in order,
as he says, that he may properly repre-
sent the wishes of the people whom he
has served so long.
Senator William Morris Stewart, Of
Nevada, is an out-and-out populist, and
is always fighting for free silver. His
voice is constantly heard in champion
ship of that cause, and he severely
scores both of the old political parties.
He is now editing a paper published en-
tirely in the interest of free silver. He
is 6S years of age, but as rugged as a
man of 30. His energy is bound
less, and his sincerity unquestioned. He
was a poor boy and became miner
with pick and shovel. When Nevada
was admitted to the union in 1863 he
was elected to the senate, and with one
intermission has been continuously a
member of the senate. He has always
been republican, and retains his seat
on the republican side of the senate.
But two years ago he became a popu-
list, and has left the republican party
forever, although ne still entertains a
warm liking for his old personal friends
in that party. SMITH ID. Fry.
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five; the revolver-wounded fellow
keeping aloof.
The two men who were left made off
when the third fell, and / was only too
glad to let them. Then curious thing
happened. The wounded man came
up and made friends with me. He
wanted some brandy. He got it, and in
return showed me the way through the
reeds. At least he was going to do so
when, glancing to the main land, 1 saw
the two runaways trying to catch my
horse along with the others.
In a moment I was ashore and the
skates off; but two whstling bullets
told me that it was now their turn.
However, rislSed it. While they were
loading up the old percussion guns
rushed on them with the knife.
Very soon one of them with laugh
drew off and remarked to the other:
you finish Gringo. He can't walk on
land like on ice. If you don't do it in
minute, when load my gun I'll shoot
him."
Try as might could not touch my
adversary; it was a marvel that kept
off the slashing cuts of his lightning
swift blade, and the bitterness of death
was already on me when there came a
report from behind and my antagonist
sprang in the air and fell dead, shot
through the heart.
Saved! but without staying to sec
from whence came the friendly shot
made an end of the man with the gun
by driving my knife into his neck as he
looked up.
Turning now, there was my friend of
the brandy and reeds episode, smiling
across his smoking gun.
L. p. PORTER.
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Wants His Eighth Divorce.

Abraham Rhimes, formerly resident
of Fulton county, Ind, near New Buff
falo, Mich, has moved into Berrien
county, Mich, for the purpose Of Sc
curing his eighth divorce. Mr.. Rhimes
is seventy years old and has had q
checkered matrimonial career. He was
first married to Emiline Gardy in 1871,
after a weeks courtship, and was di-
vorced five years later. After two
years of bachelorhood he welded
Martha Robbins, being divorced eleven
months later. Then came Samantha
Bengal, Lavinia Straw, Anna Row
land, Sarah Overtree. and, finally, RAJ
chel Magnum. In each case the hus-
band secured the pleas on charges that
his "better halves" had unruly tenn
pers. Rhimes married Rachel Mag
mum March %, 1898. and secured di-
vorce last March. He, however, re-
pented his action, and q month later he
again led Miss Magnum to the altar
They quarreled, but the court refused
the much-married husband divorce.
But Rhimes, says the Chicago Post, is
determined 10 secure the divorce, there
fore he has moved into Michigan.
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Antitoxin Cures Diphtheria,

Prof. Welsh, of Johns Hopkins uni
versity, states that the study of the re-
suits of "the treatme of over 1000
cases of diphtheria by antitoxin
demonstrates beyond all reasonable
doubt that anti-diphtheric serum is a
specific curative agent for diphtheria,
surprising in its efficiency all other
known methods of treatment for this
disease. 1t is the duty of the physicians
TO use it," Later reports, he says, are
even more favorable than the earlier
ones, and there is every reason to be-
lieve that the results of the second
years employment of the new treat
ment will make much more favorable
showing than those of the first year."
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way worthy to succeed himself, and
try splendid service.
Senator Allen had only been actively
engaged in senatorial work few weeks
when the great struggle began over
the bill for the repeal of the Sherman
silver purchasing act. The opponents
of the bill resorted to dilatory tactics
under the senate rules, and undertook
to talk the bill to death. Time was al
lotted to each senator of the opposition.
The senate remained in continuous ses-
sion for three days and nights, until
the fight was given up because of the
physical inability of the "sound
money" men to compel vote on the
bill. At that time Senator Allen began
a speech one evening at seven o'clock.
He occupied the floor for Is hours,
talking all night, and long after sun
rise the next morning. His voice re-
manned in perfect condition, and lie did
not seem wearied when bis place was
taken by another opposition senator to
continue the debate. He took few
hours sleep, and announced to his col
leagues that he was ready for further
service whenever he should be needed.
There have been many such contests in
the senate, but no man ever spoke con-
tinuously for such a length of time.
From that day until the adjournment
of the Fifty-third congress, Senator Al
len was constantly in his place during
sessions of the senate. and often took
part in debate, and always with credit
to himself and to his people. He will
be heard during the acrimonious dis
cussions which are bound to take
place during the coming winter, and
the senate will always give him good
audience and respectful hearing. He
is prodigious worker, and / am in
formed that he makes it point to an
swer every letter received by him, no
matter how humble the constituent
may be who demands his time and at
tention; very commendable trait in
public man. His theory is that a
senator is servant of the people, and
that the peop'e have a right to demand
consideration at his hands.
Senator Marion Butler, of North Car
DINA, populist who was elected by
a combination of populists and repub-
licans last year, is young man who
has not yet taken his seat in the SEN
ate. I have never yet met with him,
and cannot now describe him. 1t is
currently reported that he will take
his seat on the republican side of the
senate chamber, and cooperate with that
political party on all matters not di-
rectly in conflict with the principles
of the populist party. He is reputed
to be a man of varied intellectual &C.
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back; but that sort of foolshness is, L
am afraid, characteristic of us Amer
leans.
AS 1 dashed down towards the lake
side plan of escape rapidly shaped it.
self in my mind. Remembering the
skates / determined to try and cross
over to the peninsula on them, the low
cr part of the ice bridge proving almost
as smooth as river. With an agility
that l could not emulate in calm mo-
ments, soon had the skates strapped
onto my heavy boots, and whilst my
pursuers were yet some distance away
I was Swimming off toward the farther
shore. But fate was against me. Be
tween the ice and the shore stood a
mass of impenetrable reeds that it
would require hours of hard work to cut
my way through. And, looking back
now, l found that the brigands were
dismounting on the opposite shore,
evidently with the intention of follow
ing me.
The situation was certainly most
awkward one, and / had to decide, and
that quickly, between ignominious sur
render and taking the solitary fighting
chance that was left me. determined
on the latter, and while they were still
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ton of the police, and every mans
name, business and residence is kept
in the police station in the ward or vii
lage, SO that it is next to impossible
for him to disappear or to turn up
missing" There seems to be less rea-
son for this close surveillance, as the
Japs are the most law-abiding and or
derby people on the globe. With pop
ulation of over 100000 there arc less
than 10000 prisoners in all the jails
in the empire, and it must be remem-
bered that there the law classes as
crime what in this country would be
considered misdemeanors.
Some travellers have written exagger-
ated accounts ofwhat they are pleasedto
call the immortality of the Japanese.
The truth of the matter is that the
average globe-trotter generally sees
too much of what is bad in the lands
he visits. And in Japan especially
what seems the most fragrant lies on
the surface, SO to speak-and is thus
brought directly to the notice. In my
opinion the Japanese are not more inn
moral than the Americans, French or
English, but their immortality is of q
different kind.
Religion enters much into the every
day life of the Japs, but it is so inter-
mixed with amusement that one can
hardly see where one begins and the
other ends. OF the two national re-
ligions, Shintoism and Buddhism, the
former is more popular with the masses
because it is not so strict, it's priests are
not separated from the world and it's
chief dogma-the worship of ancestors
lis more in accord with the feelings
of native whose ancestors were war
riors bold than the ascetic teachings,
the self-abnegation inculcated by the
Buddhist monks. But the average
Japanese is extremely liberal in relig-
ious matters. He will worship at tho
nearest shrine, observe every holiday,
and is a perfect Pantheist, willing to
adopt any number of deities. Many of
the Shinto and Buddhist temples are
centuries old and are so beautifully de-
signed and decorated as to fill the
thoughtful traveller with amazed de-
light. Christianity has made some
progress of late years, but, believe,
there are not more than 100, 900 Chris
tians of all sects in the empire.
In their domestic relations the jap
anese excel all other oriental nations.
The wife is, as with us, "tbe lady of the
house." or, as she is called. "O-dana-
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this country are so interested in Japan
and the japanese is because they are
our nearest neighbors in Asia.
Then, again, the world is indebted
to Americans for Japan. Time
and again the Russian, the English
man and the Frenchman had been
foiled in their efforts to make the ac-
quaintance of the japanese, and it was
not until Commodore NJ. c. Perry with
seven men-of-war sailed into the Bay
of Yeddo that the island empire was
thrown open to the western world.
Since then the rapid progress of the
Japanese in western civilization has
astonished the world.
Forty years ago the soldiers of the
miSado's empire were armed with
bows and arrows, long pixies and poles
with scythe-lil1e blades attached.
They wore suits of armor and, to terrify
their enemies, had false mustaches and
assumed "beetling eyebrows" Now
adays the Japanese army is drilled,
armed and equipped in European style,
and the victory won by them in the re-
cent war with their Chinese neighbors
proves them to be one of the leading
military nations of the age. Then the
navy of Japan is a powerful one and is
being increased very rapidly. Should
the occasion arise the Japanese army
and navy would give good account
of themselves even against one of the
European powers.
The "globe-trotter" has made us all
more or less familiar with the Japs as
they are in their own country, and more
thoughtful travellers have added many
interesting chapters to the story. The
first thing that impresses one in Japan
is the beauty of the scenery. Gen. Grant
called it "the Switzerland of ASIA"
though, of course, it lacks the rigorous
winter of the mountainous republic
But it is land of the picturesque, in
which nature and artvie with each other
to fascinate the stranger; in which the
love of the beautiful is cultivated among
all classes, and children are taught to
use the brush and make pictures as soon
as their little hands can be used. In
Tokyo, the capital, the landlord of a
cludes among the advantages that "a
view of beautiful Fuji-san can be OBJ
tanned" from the house. Every house
of any size has small garden which is
laid out in miniature landscape, with
hills and valleys, forests and streams,
the latter crossed by tiny bridges. In
every home the family altar has vases
for the flower peculiar to the month;
for instance, the camellia is for January,
the plum blossom for February, peach
blossom in March, the cherry blossom
in April, the wistaria in May, the iris
and peony in June. September's flower
is the eulalia, and the famous Japanese
chrysanthemum is especially promi-
nent in October. In no part of the
world are flowers and vegetation more
appreciated by all the people-there
seems to be a reverential feeling of adj
miration for the flowers, and that is per-
haps the reason why floral designs are
generally used by the japanese artists
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san," the honorable lady, and she is
which increases with her age. The ma
tive standard of beauty is not that Of
this country, and the professional beau
ties of the court of the emperor would
be considered anything but beautiful
here. There are, however, many wom-
en-, especially of the plebeian classes,
who would be considered pretty even by
Americans. This is notably the case
with the professional dancers and sing
ing girls known as "Gayesha," some Of
whom are very attractive. 1t will give
fair idea of the standard of beauty Of
Japan to quote the description given
by native gentleman at the Paris ex-
position: '"rhe head should be neither
too large" he says, NOR too small. The
large black eyes should be surmounted
by perfectly-arched eyebrows and
fringed with black lashes. The face
should be oval, white, and but slightly
rose-tinted in each cheek, the nose
straight and high. The mouth small,
regular and fresh, the thin lips parting
to show the white teeth behind them.
The forehead should be narrow and bor-
dered with long, black hair growing
round the face in perfect arch. The
head should be joined by a round neck
to large, but not fat, body. The loins
should be slender and the hands and
feet small, but not thin"
There are two types of feminine
beauty, one of which is made familiar to
us in japanese pictures, on fans and
lacquer ware, etc. 1t is the classic or
aristocratic type answering the above
description. The other is the common,
round-faced type, which is more in ac-
cord with our standard of beauty. But
if the japanese women are not general
ly pretty they have the charm of sweet,
low voices Can excellent thing in wom-
am and a natural refinement of man
ner and gracious courtesy which many
civilized lady, so-called, would give
much to possess
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caca, but on the occasion to which /
now refer was making the trip by the
southern route along one of the old In
carial military roads, which would
carry me past the Tiahuanaco ruins,
whichitwas my purpose to photograph.
The guide who accompanied me had,
however, told me of an extraordinary
ruin situated on the peninsula of Yung-
guyo at the southern extremity of Tit
caca, and thither were we bound de-
spite the intense cold; for one matter
and another had detained me at La Paz
until the southern winter was far adj
yanced.
Just as we came to the eastern slopes
of the hills that overlook Titicaca is
land, we encountered a band of about
dozen mounted brigands, who immedi-
ately gave us chase. The guide recog-
nized them as part of a gang whose
depredations had lately made quite
stir in the country, their plan being to
capture wealthy travellers and hold
them for ransom. He thought that if
we could hold our distance and reach
TIC oHolc 5ullClcully Auciu VI JlSul W
embark in the ferry boat we might save
ourselves and my traps, although the
horses would have to be left.
This we endeavorcd to do, and the
horses, two fine animals that had pur-
chased in La Paz, ably seconded the
effort. But as we swept up over the
crest of the hill and brought the lake
in view, to our dismay we noticed that
the ferry-boat lay frozen fast in an ice
foe that completely choked the chan
mel between the peninsula and the main
land. At this sight both of us involun-
tarily drew rein for an instant, and this
Jnomentary pause allowed the brigands
to get us within range. There was n
rafting volley, and my guide and his
horse went down with a crash.
Turning in the saddle l let them have
one backward shot as l dashed on with
no definite idea whittier. One thing /
realized at once; that was that they did
not want my life. To facilitate my
capture the brutes had not hesitated to
shoot down my guide; but the Grin
go" was wanted for ransom. Probably
the wisest course might have been to
surrender at once, and it was certainly
not prudent to irritate them by firing
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in the decoration of pottery, textile fab
RIGS, metal work, etc.
To learn something of the natives of
the island empire one must leave the
treaty ports (where the influence of
the foreigner has been not altogether
satisfactory in its results) and visit the
villages OF the interior. The Japs are
the most industrious people Imaginable
and the most contented. There are
thousands of small farms of three or
four acres each which are cultivated on
the intensive plan, crop following crop
in close rotation. While the small
farmer has in general only the help of
his own family he always relies, in har-
vest time or in blowing season. on the
help of his neighbors in the same viii
lagc for, say, two days cooperation,
thus enabling him to accomplish in that
time what otherwise would require two
or three weeks. Thus is cooperation
put into actual and profitable practice.
The Japanese are much-governed
people. The police system is SO perfect
that man cannot move from one part
of q town to another without the sane
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POPULIST SENATORS.
Personally They Are an Extreme
ly Popular Set.
Senator PETER, of Kansas, Is a Man of
Many Parts, and Not to Be
Observation-Disclosures Speech
Against Time.
Special washington Letter.

1t would be difficult for the republic
ans to effect q reorganization of the
senate in December, but for the fact
that majority of the populist senator's
are primarily republicans in their pro-
clivities. Now that season of great
political activity approaches, and be-
cause the senate will be the center OF
that forensic arena upon which all of
our people will gaze from afar, have
deemed it advisable to give you several
letters concerning that great body Of
statesmen. During the winter you
must have descriptions of the great
debates which will occur. and if you
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SKATES AND MACHETES.
An Americans Thrilling Adven-
ture Among Bolivian Bandits.
After a Fierce Fight tho PIucky Yankee
Wins the Day, Assisted by a Former
Enemy Who Had Been Con-
quered by Kindness.
Special Lima (Peru) Letter.

OF all the odd things imaginable with
which traveller in South America
might burden himself, one would think
n pair of skates would be the last. Given
the fact, however, we may be sure that
there would be some reason; and as the
why and wherefore of my making the
journey from La Paz to Lima with a
pair of skates in my saddle bags would
be a story in itself, must ask the read
er to accept without further explana-
ton the fact which invested with an
extraordinary element of romance
what would otherwise have been but
commonplace enough adventure.
Ordinarily the route from La Paz to
Lima would be across the lake of Tit
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dismounting my Winchester began to
talk to them. But somehow it is much
easier to hit bird on the wing than q
man, even when he is standing quietly,
and instead of bagging the whole gang
! only five went down to the sixteen shots.
They had promptly answered my first
shot with volley, but finding that !
was out of range to them they threw
down the useless guns, and, drawing
their terrible machetes, make q rush at
me.
Then ensued a life and death battle
such as was probably never fought
before. Seven of them, now furious
with rage. and thinking more of revenge
than ransom, came slipping and tum-
bling up to the spot where stood and
had waited for them. To their utter
amazement, their weapons slashed the
air-for l was dozen yards away ere
they could strike! And whilst they
stood stupidity staring at the phenom-
enon of man-bird, emptied my revol-
yer at them, but with little more sue
cess than L had with the Winchester.
For some reason, although now at any
rate l was calm enough, it seemed i'm
possible to make good practice on hui.
man beings. However, this was seri-
Gus work, and as they showed no dis
position to give up, although had shot
one dead and wounded another, there
was nothing for it but to fight them off
with my strong, long-bladed hunting
knife.
This was comparatively easy, owing
to the tremendous advantage that the
skates gave me. At first tried only
to wound them, but the skill with
which they handled their weapons was
so great that 1 soon found / should
have to strike where / could
The scene is to be imagined rather
than described! A single American,
with succor perhaps two or twenty miles
away, engaged in struggle of that
sort, swooping around like a bird,
cutting and thrusting, at the
same time on the defensive and
offensive, his life depending on
pair of skates; for, apart from the
superiority of their weapons, which
were both heavier and longer than mine
my commonplace West Point sword
play was nothing to their habitual eX-
pertness with the machete-the inter-
national South American weapon. But
the advantage of the skates over their
sodden, raw-hide sandals, which acted
like suckers on the ice, was more than
a set off, and in about fifteen minutes
had spitted three of the remaining
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He Was Too Fresh.

Magistrate = You say this man as
saulted you. How did it happen?
Colored Citizen-I brushed agin him,
an he says | was "too fresh" an then
he sailed me, sah.-N. Y. Weekly.