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new representatives who taught school while studying for the bar is large. II. E. Ferguson, of New Mexico, had charge of a boys school in the Shen- andoah valley for two years before he began to practice law His home was in West Virginia, all his family are southerners and his father served gal lantlY under Lee in the confederate army. But going to New Mexico to conduct mining ease he was kept there so long that he became enam- ored of the west. and settled first in White Oaks and later in Albuquerque.
 J.J. Lentz of Ohio, had a fierce thirst for knowledge when a boy and used to walk ten miles to school He taught school at r to earn the money to take him to the Normal university at Leb- anon. Later he attended Wooster uni versitv and the University of Michigan and graduated in law at Columbia col lege New York, when he was 27. He has always taken lively interest in education, and has delivered a number of college orations. He presided at the "Old Roman" banquet to ex-Senator Thurman in 1890.
 John Wesley Gaines. of Tennessee, was a successful teacher before he read law While he was in his uncles law office. the uncle died; and his father sent the young man to the Vanderbilt medican college. where he graduated. But he preferred law to medicine and when he returned home he resumed his reading and soon qualified for the bar. He is a personal friend of ". J. Bryan, is only 35 years old, and has never held office before
 James Hay, of Virginia, graduated in law at the Washington and Lee uni versity and hung out his shingle at Harrisonburg in 1s77 Practice was light and he taught school for one term. Then he moved to Madison e IT.. where he now lives, and where he found busi ness more promising He has been inl both branches of the Virginia legisla- ture and was commonwealth attor- ney for several terms.
 James H. Davidson, of Wisconsin, is a native of New York He read law there or'three years efore going to Prince ton, Wis, where he was principal of a school for one year. Then he returned to New York and was graduated at the Albany law school. He borrowed the money to pay for part of his schooling and going back to Wisconsin he worked three years in an office to pay off the debt. He lives in Oshkosh now. He has been city attorney there and was district attorney for a time at Prince ton.
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About half the new members have had no experience in public life, and many of those who have held office of some kind before have been prosecuting att torneys or judges. There are few men of great distinction in the list; yet the average of intelligence seems to be higher than usual
 Few of the new members are less than 10 years old and one is nearly 70. This patriarch is William Conneu of the Eleventh Pennsylvania district; a wealthy mine owner and president of the Anthracite Coal Operators asso- eiation. Nir. Cornell was born in Nova Scotia, and when he was IT was driver in the coal mines of Pennsylvania. At 29 he was mine manager. Now he is a very wealthy operator. President of the Third national bank of Scranton and interested in q dozen other imam eial and business institutions. He may be candidate for governor of Penn sylvania and it is an odd coincidence that among the new members from Pennsylvania is another candidate for the ernorship-Samuel A. Daven- port, aged 6s. Mr. Davenport is gradu- ate of the Harvard law school; he has been district attorney of Eric county and is now practicing lawyer.
 Mir. Gonnell is not the only new mem Der of alien birth. John Mcdonald. of Maryland, was born in Ireland; so was Judge James Cooney, of Missouri. who has been in Washington recently. David
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Aers of the state, and he has been nominated for congress twice. Evan E. Settle. of Owenton, is lecturer as well as lawyer. David H. Smith, of Hodgenyille, has been lieutenant-gov- ernor of Kentucky and a member of the state senate. T. |. Fitzpatrick, of Prestonbuy has been county attorney and member of the legislature. George Nj Davison. of Stanford, has held no public office before, though he is 50 years old.
 Maryland has a lawyer member who was a machinist-W, N. McIntire- and he is not the only man in the list of new members who can handle tools. N. s. Ward, of New York, began life as an apprentice in a machine shop and is now manufacturer. ]. NJ. Rob inson, of Fort Wayne, Ind, carried newspapers and worked in machine shop while he was reading law. Walter r. Brownlow, of Tennessee, was a tin ner's apprentice and a locomotive engi- neer before he went into journalism. Mir. McIntire, like Mr. Robinson, studied Inv; but he did not graduate from the bench to the bar. He was a railway mail clerk for nine years and studied between the runs.
 Capt. John McDonald, of Maryland. is one of the few veterans among the new members. He did not enlist for the war, but entered the army as q private soon after his arrival in America. He had q chance to fight, though, and to
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Meekison, of Ohio, is q Scotchman by birth, and Thomas Tongue, of Oregon, is an Englishman There will be only one German=Americun in the next con gress- Richard Bartholdt, of Missouri, uoH q member of the house. And it is worth noting, as indicating the more settled condition of the country that most of the new representatives are na- tivcs of the states in which they live. The New England states and many of the southern states, indeed, have al- ways sent native representatives.; but inc states of the middle west, the west and even of the south have been repre- sentated largely by immigrants from other states.
 Now Mf. Jett, Mr. HeHrichsen and MT Mann. of the Illinois delegation, for example, arc all natives of that state. Representative Vehslage Ward Coch- raue and Littuuer, of New York, are natives of New York. J. J. Hentz. James A. Norton, J. L. Brenner, Seth W. Brown and J. \. Mcdowell, of Ohio, are all natives of Ohio W. H. Fleming, w C. Bradley, James M driggs and w. (. Adamson-f four of the six new members from Georgia-are natives of Georgia. Capt. John Lamb, Sidney r. l1pes and James Hay, of Virginia, are natives of that great commonwealth. The fnr west, too. is beginning to send some native representatives. California sends Marion De Vries, q rising young
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They Serve But to Increase the Marks
 of TIme.

of Time.
 The host and hostess at an English 1 country house offered a strange con trast in appearance as they entertained their guests from opposite ends of the table. In reality the husband was eight years older than his wife, but he looked 20 years younger. How this came about may readily be explained.
 The lady could not endure the thought that she was growing old. For years she had dyed her hair and eye brows, enamelled her forehead and neck and painted her cheeks.
 Every artifce which she employed to conceal the signs of advanced years only served to make her look older As she sat at table with her guests she seemed to be wearing mask which did not fit her. Everyone could see the paint and rouge and understood why it was that she never smiled.
 Her ladyship has a good sense of humer," remarked one of the guests ill the smol1ing-room iH an aside to a com panion, but she never laughs at my stories. much as she would like to dc so. She cannot smile, poor lady, after her toilet is made for the evening. Her face is steeled against all jokes. Idon't know what would happenif she were to laugh heartily. Her rigid face, with its dyes and paint, would break up and go to pieces"
 "Yes," was the reply, .'she is aging fast, and cannot last long, But how young and sprightly our host appears" His hair was gray and growing thin, but no one noticed it as an indication of age. He had fresh, natural complex ion, and fine glow of health in his cheeks Making no attempt whatever to disguise his age, and laughing mer- rily at every jest, he seemed one of the youngest men in the party So youth full was he in appearance and flow of spirits that nobody thought of him as he really was-a man well stricken in years"
 \ well-known London lady of fashion startled her friends one night by aT,- bearing in a drawing-room with hair all most white. Many acquaintances pecog- nized her with difficulty. They had lt6n dCAlStOtlicu Oo S6tlIlS HCI NtNli JGb black hair.
 ''0h yes" she exclaimed. when ral- lied upon her change ill appearance. q am we4ry of having my hair dyed every week! am going to run the risk of being called an old woman"
 But in reality she had not taken any risk of having her increasing age com mented upon. She looked younger with her white hair than she had in her glossy black dye. Her face and com pleNion were frightened by contrast, and she was handsomer and more youth ful than before.
 In order to grow old gracefully one must not be unduly anxious to cheat Father Time out of his dues. 4 con- tented spirit is the best-fitting mask for age.-Youth's Companion.
 
 Who repairs not his putter fer,ai irs >Pr5io
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Missouri sends ". $. Gowherd, . lawyer, who was mayor of Kansas City at 32; c. E. Pearce, a retired lawyer interested in manufactures; w. D. Van diver. the head of large school, who is making his first plunge into public life; NJ. E. Benton, a lawyer known to fame because he is of old Tom Ben toms family and because President Cleveland removed him from the dis trict attorneyship in 1886 for pernieious political activity; and Robert \. Bo- dine, a lawyer, who has been member of the state legislature.
 Louisiana's new members are Rob- ert F. Broussard, lawyer who went to school at Georgetown and who be gan life as inspector of customs at New Orleans; R. c. Davey and s. T.. Baird
 From Maryland come Dr. l. A. Bar Der, a banker and owner of flour mills, who has been in the state legislature; and Dr. W. g. Booze, praeticing phy- sician of Baltimore, who never ran for office till he was beaten for congress in 1894.
 From Massachusetts are Charles F. Sprague wealthy lawyer of Boston, whose wife was the heir to several millions; C. w. Weyilouth, Fitch burg business man; s. J. Barrows and W. C. Lowering.
 Michigan's new members are \. M Todd a business man of Kalamazoo; Ferd. Brucller, of Saginaw, a lawyer who has held several local offices; E, L. Hamilton, s. W. Smith, w. s. Me. sick and c. D. Sheldon.
 In the Minnesota delegation are Judge Morris and F. c. Stevens, of St, Paul.
 Mississippi's delegation will have W, V. Sullivan, W E. Love and Patrick Henry. From Nebraska will come Sam uel Maxwell and J. D. Sutherland; :; from New Hampshire, r. c. Clarke, a lawyer who has been speaker of the state legislature; from Oklahoma, J. |. Callahan. a minister, who is inter ested in farms, saWmil1s and mines :; from Tennessee, J. A. Moon. a lawyer, T. " Sims and E. w Carmacl5; from Texas. J. L. Slayden, a cotton factor; J. F. Stephens, a lawyer formerly state senator; X. B. Haw1ey, Thomas II. Ball R. C. De Graffenried, ]. W Cranford, R. F. Burke and R. l.. Henry; from Utah, William II. King: from Washing ton, James H. Lewis and ". c. Jones; from West Virginia. c. F. Dorr law yer; from Rhode Island. 4. B. Capron; from Alabama, H. D. Clayton, r. $, Plowman and Willis Brewer; from Ar, kansas, s. s. Brundidge Jr.; from Cali, forpia3 c, A Barlow, dryer and ship per of fruit, who was state lecturer to ] the Farmers alliance, and (. II. Castle; from Delaware. [. l. Handy; from Idaho, James Gum; from Illinois, James R. Mann, q Chicago lawyer; D. w. Mills and James R. Campbell: from Indiana, R. ". Miers and ". T. Zenor, two lawyers who have been on the bench, and E. D. GrumPaeker; from Kansas, J. D. Botl5in, a minister. who was once q prohibition candidate for governor, NJ s. Peters, |. A. Ridgely and N. B. Mccormick.
 GEORGE GRANTHAd BAIN.
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It Is 8 rare man who gets anything but bills and kicks in his letters these days.
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ART1sr-"How do you like my new pic ture2" Freud-"Be assured 1 shall aIs ways esteem you as a-man. ."-F iegenda BIaetter.
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It's never too cold to cure neuralgia with 6t Jacobs Oil Sure cure.
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The worlds creed is: "He is the best man who wears the best coat. Rams Horn.
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A man encourages notoriety in every thing except his love affairs
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A severe cold means soreness, stiffness. Use St. Jacobs Oil-means prompt cure.
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Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe, I0c.
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Mss DE PLAIN-"Doctor, what is the se- cret of beauty2n Family Physician (coH- fidentially) born pretty. .n-N. Y. Weekly.
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Who repairs not his gutter repairs i11ia whole house. Spanish.
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NhNY G0NGRESSMEN.
1nexp5 Mon i1 tho New
 House of RepreseStatives.

or the Entire Membership of the Lower House 135 Have Never neen In Congress Before-some
 Remarkable Records.
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Potash.
A trial of this plan costs but little and is sure to lead to profitable culture.

All about Potash-the results of its by actual ex- pertinent on the best farms in the United States-ls told in little book which publish and will gladly mail free to any farmer n Ameuca who will write for it.
 GERMAN KALI WORKS,
 as Nassau St New YorkAN
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MASKS FOR AGE.

GEORGE GRANTHAM BAN.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

chapter Of his trouble Is a long one
and full of quarrels, disputes and legal
technicalities. but from the story he
told in his feeble way at the station
1t seems that he has been often VIC
timized, owing to his generosity, until
all his earthly possessions have been
drawn into the courts. His faculties
are still unimpaired and his mind on
the subject Of his troubles is remark
ably clear as to names, dates and
legal papers. All the money he start
ed with was spent for provisions along
the route to this city. He offers 81 900
in cash to the attorney who will go
into the Kentucky courts and reclaim
three pieces Of property which he
claims are held unjustly by others.
When he started for this city he had
no idea as to the immense distance he
had to travel before he reached his des-
tination, but he was so determined to
find an honest. unprecedented lawyer
that he would not retrace his steps,
though often overcome with hunger
and fatigue. Shropshire was once the
property Of Gen. Andrew Jackson. and
claims the distinction of having paid
for his own freedom with means that
he had accumulated. He is a typical
old slave. and bears the characteris-
tics of<his rapidly disappearing fellows
to a marked degree as would make him
an invaluable adjunct to an artists
studio If such picture were desired
The gnarled staff with which his Jour
ney was made less irksome was cut
from a tree upon which Daniel Boone
found and slew bear away back in
the days when the dark and bloody
ground" was still unbaptized with the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

BILE for crime was prevalent in the past.
Why has such one murdered his brother?
For these facts If reason you'd and,
The same cause stands for as the other
It's that horrible easterly wind.
This old rhyme should have originated in
Boston. where the phrase the wind is east"
passes from lip to lip like some cruel spell.
although 1t Is never necessary for the true
Bostonian to be told that the wind is east
He feels it in his bones and shivers over the
knowledge.
weather. which physicians diagnose as
frontal headache" 1t is a dull pain in the
forehead, accompanied by depression OF
spirits. and it indicates low or falling
barometer. popular preacher who lived
many years in Illinois said that the contin-
ued blowing Of the prairie winds produced
headache and confusion Of the mental fac
ulties. SO that he dreaded the sound OF a
coming wind. When he moved to another
state he experienced great relief
People who do not analyze their emotions
may not be conscious OF their powers as
weather bureaus although they may agree
with the bard;
BY the pricking Of my thumbs
Something wicked this way comes.
But they would hate to acknowledge that
they were forecastlng a thunderstorm a
thaw. In a modern novel an old sea captain
says TO his wife:
MA there's a storm a-brewin'."
WhereupOn his better half responds with
some acrimony:
you've been asleep. pa"
THAT doesn't prevent storm from brew
in, does it?'' retorts the old sailor, who has
felt it In his bones.
Those conditions OF the human system
which serve as forecasts of the weather are
not mere superstitious fancies. calculated
only to provoke a smile, but real symptoms
in touch with the life OF the universe the
flowing of the sap in the tree. the rising and
falling of the tides, the waxing and waning
of moons. There is the possibility OF a hid
den truth in aching bones foretelllng a storm
that may yet be developed into an exact
science.
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game, for he rushed at Hutchins and
ran UP bis body, leaving his nall prints,
and landed on a willow limb. Quint
once more brought the cat down. and
this time the animal rushed at him,
landing on his shoulder and biting him
on the back, the scar being now re-
tanned. Hutchins dubbed a shotgun
and hit the wild cat terrible blow on
the head, bringing him down a third
time. The two men then tied the ami
mails hind legs together and hung him
UP over the shotgun barrel between
two saplings. Then quint put six bull
lets into the creatures head before he
had him KILLED fatally dead" When
measured the animal was found to be
seven and one-half feet from tip Of
nose to tip Of tail. Mr.. Quint says 1t
was the hottest tussleehe has ever had
in his experience as a trapper.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
HUMAN BODY AS BAROMETER.
Weather Changes FOretO1d by Those
who 0FeeI 1t in Their Bones"

Human barometers are among the curiosi-
ties OF weather lore, and some parts OF our
anatomy form an almost infalli5le signal
service which was known and recognized as
such long before government exploited its
science Of meteorology.
Centuries ago people in New England as
well as in the old world knew when storm
was approaching by their rheumatic twinges.
Their descendants did the same thing, and
many now living need no other forecast of
a change Of weather. Shakespeare, who GER
tainly knew little OF everything thus al
ludes to the fact:
Therefore the moon, the governor OF floods,
Pale in her anger washes all the air
II feel 1t in my bones" is another precursor
Of storm.
AS old sailors have all points
O. tn compass In their bones and joints,
Can by their pangs and stitches find,
All turns and changes in the wind.
And better than by Napier's bones,
Feel in their own the change in moons
Soldiers will tell of aching wounds when
ever the air changes. There is a contraction
of the muscles about the injured parts which
foretells a storm, and the wound that gives
them but little inconvenience during fine
weather grumbles and pains until the bad
spell is over. The theory is a true one ac-
counted for by medical scientists on uncOn-
troverted testimony.
my corns ache, we are going to have
rain," Is heard as often today as it was
when somebody wrote the ancient couplet:
A coming storm your shooting corns presage
And aches will throb. your hollow teeth will
rage.
The belief that the weather was RESPONSE
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
LOOKING FOR HONEST LAWYER.
Centenarian Tramps 100 Miles on q
Remarkable Mission.

CINCINNATI, o., Dec. 26.-William
Shropshire, once a slave, now nearly 100
years old, decrepit and infrm, walked
nearly 100 miles to Cincinnati for the
purpose. as he says, of finding an hon
est lawyer, and landed penniless at
the Hammond street station. The old
man was given a berth in the cell
room of the station house by Lieut..
Kane and locked up for a nights rest.
He had richly deserved it, for his
shoes from long travel were worn
through, and his bruised and bleeding
feet were rested on the ground.
1t all sounds like a travesty on the
profession, for, with apologies to the
credence of the general public, the fact
is we'll known that honest lawyers live
in nearly every city and town through
out the length and breadth of this fair
land. But the old eX-slave has his
crotchets-they usually come with
years and sad experiences, and he
made Cincinnati the Mecca Of his pill
grimage.
"Grandpap" Shropshire, as he is
known in Doneralle, KY, little town
near Lexington, was once considered
very wealthy, but litigation, as he
says. has involved him and his effects
until now he has made one last SUI
preme effort to reclaim his lands. The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
DEFENDS THE RING.
Interview With Earl of LOnsdaIe on
the Subject

John Mackin, of Chicago, received a letter
Saturday from Jimmy Barry, now on his way
home from Europe. The little Chicagoan
said in the letter that he was feeling in good
condition, and that he would rather have
lost the battle with Croot than have had the
contest emo as it did. He also declared that
he was through with fighting for all time
and would earn his living in some other way.
Barry inclosed a clipping from a London
paper containing an interview with the Earl
of Lonsdale. the president of the National
Sporting club. Excerpts from it follow:
That prize fighting has been brutal in
the past | am prepared to admit, but we
have left that bad old tradition far behind.
If anything serious happens to a man nova
days he himsef is to blame for ignorance for
taking needless risks when out of condition.
Boxing is an Englishman's sport-a healthy,
manly and invigorating pastme. And be-
cause ar accident occasionally happens that
is no reason why an cutlery should be made
and an old womanish agitation started. At
the same time it should be mentioned that
CrOot. poor fellow, has always been a source
of trouble to his supporters in his hour of
defeat. When Pedlar Palmer defeated him at
the National Sporting club he was a long time
coming to, and the same occurred when he
was beaten by Joe Bennett. The lad was
game and scientific, but constitutionally
weak"
Mr.. Mackin is the Chicago man who sent
Jimmy Barry $500 at the time of his arrest
on manslaughter charge.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

, Washington has signed Homer Mock, a
Nsouthpaw.
Frank Killen has signed a Pittsburg con-
tract.
Tom Brown discovered" Henry Retz In
California years ago, and now he will man
age his find.
Louisville has strong hopes Of securing
shortstop Ely and Second Baseman Padden
from Pittsburg.
Tom Brown, manager of the Warrington
team, is of the opinion that the double UNI
pire system will be a failure.
The Eastern league official averages, which
will be published after Jan. l, will show
, with .415.
Cincinnati has kissed her finger tips to poor
, old Red Ehret, who has been placed on the
auction block. To date the other clubs have
failed to join in a mad rush for the crimson
topped twirler.
If the prediction made by Baltimore parties
that Second Baseman Reitz's throwing arm
. will be a dead un before next July should
come true Earl Wagner will hereafter leave
his diamonds at home when he starts for a
meeting of the National league.
Manager Stallings has thirty-one players
from whom to pick his Philadelphia team for
N1S9S.
Umpire Mcdonald is booked to referee all