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Evening star., 1897-03-31
Encournsfnx Domesttctty.

Mrs. Jawdles,' exclaimed the man with
autecratic tendencies. Il must say l am
very much surprised at the manner in
which ycu disagree with me on all politi-
cal questions.
II rather dislike to do it, was the reply.
But 1 thought possibly L could fix 1t so
that you'd enjoy holding your arguments
at home few nights in the week.
Evening star., 1897-03-31
To He Esavied.

Really" said the young literary man,
II shall have to go abroad to escape the
autograph fiends.
Young man." said Mr.. Cumrox who has
been having some small business compli.
cations. ''ycu don't realize how happy you
are. When somebody comes and asks for
your name in writing you don't have to
worry about what's on the other side of
the paper, like 1 do
Evening star., 1897-03-31
Furniture.

ST 40 for n scratched s.
$ Mahogany Table.
&i.<S for one that was 50. 20.
fo- n ste Oak Tabourette. dam.
aged. s9c for an easily mendct
xl.SS Fire Screen. <3.9s fol
q soi'ed 90 Couch. and SASS fol
n $6.aS Self-cpehing Box Couch.
$c.sS for a $l2.so Heyweot
BEby Carriage, slightly dam
aged.
Fourth floor,
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New Jersey railways are to be compelled
to carry bicycles baggage. in spite of
much protest. 1t is TO he feared that the
baggage smasher will now regard himself
as an instrument of righteous vengeance.
Evening star., 1897-03-31
75c. WAISTS, 2oc.

You didn't waste much time In coming
for those 2sc. laundersd percale, batiste
and lawn shirt waists yesterday The
high heaps have dwindled down to mere
armfus Another lot arrived from one
OF our Baltimore stores yesterday Have
stylish collars, yoke bark. and would be
Toe. ordinarily. May be hundred
styles.
Evening star., 1897-03-31
Feeble An,i-Ann~xation Sentiment

From the New York Tribune.
Pretty nearly all the commerce of Hawaii
is with the United States. and. besides the
ex-Queen and her secretary, there are
hardly any of its people who do not desire
annexation. The anti-annexatiOnists are all
In this country. but they are not very nu-
merous. and will not be found very In
fiueptial when the time comes for action
Evening star., 1897-03-31

The bestcwal of bounty is causing some
indignant Michigan people to forget them.
selves so far to spell .sugar-beet' with
an a.
Evening star., 1897-03-31

Lieut.. Peary says that with $150,000 he
can find the north ooe This seems
great deal OF money TO pay for a very
doubtful luxury.
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Advice.

Cease, cease. ye office-seekers, all this
struggle and acclaim:
For this administration shall forever live
in fame
As one which showed courtesy that nee
was known before.
Stay home and have your offices delivered
at the. door,
Evening star., 1897-03-31

1t will. of course. be remarked early and
often that Judge Day, as Cuban commits
sforer. could be depended to shed light
on the method of Spanish warfare.
Evening star., 1897-03-31

There Is a startling amount of bellicose
literature circulated from the islands of
Crete Cuba and Manhattan
Evening star., 1897-03-31

General Weyler might publish q book on
his Cuban campaign, if he had not written
himself out in his victories
Evening star., 1897-03-31

Both the Sultan and the King of Greece
would be regarded as undesirable risks Dy
any throne insurance company
Evening star., 1897-03-31

Uncle Sans coyness shoulI not compel
Hawaii TO adopt the vernacular and re-
mind him that there are others.''
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Handsome .brocaded taffeta silk capes,
trimmed with jet, lace and satin rib
bon-should be IS = here CT mo
Evening star., 1897-03-31

His admirers beg TO have It understood
that there is no ivy Chariemagne
Tower.
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Black chevNt spring jsckets-with
h' ,a'. fronts 't.,,s and flap peeke's-for So 40
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SPECIAL WRAP VALUES.

Fine kersey cloth capes--very prettily
jet and braid trimmed-new
sons effects-should he 81 CD mo
here at. ~So>O
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See our elegant line Of novelty suits Mt
$14.9S; so won't buy their equal else
where.
One style Is of fine serge, In newest
colors. with ''Eton'' b"lero jacket. TRIM
med and edged with fine Brandenburg
braid: both the jacket and skirt are
silk lined.
Another is of the very finest broad
cloth. with bolero jacket. with braid
trimmed flarina REFER collar. These are
shown in all colors. and are the most
stylish skirts shown
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LaCes.

Sc yard for choice Of q table,
full of remnants. Plenty
OF Cluny. Val. and Torchon
Laces. worth up to lie yard,
and even better bargains for
early visiters.
First lOor.
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Lot of sample suits, In the very new
est coIors. tn frog trimmed Elton" and
fy-front REFER effects-braided: perfect
fitting skirts-suits that were made
to be sold at $12 and sis 81 O2
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Ribbons.

M~ yard for n table filled with
remnants Of the 19c and
&c Ribbons. Call eariy-be-
cause Others Will.
First f00r.
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ChinaWarc.

Gin for a $l5 Carlsbad China
WV Dinner and Tea Set.
Should have 100 p;-ces. Five
dollars allowed fos a missing
cup and plate. x.s5 instead
of Sc for JG-Picce Tea Set. with
two cups and one sanccr miss-
ing. $3.50 instead u 50 70:
12-piece Chamber Set, with
basin damaged.
Basement.
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Black all-woel serge and plain black
brflliAntine, fancy novelty. wide-wale
chcviot aud check novelty skirts-pat
termed from expensive skirts, and just
as perfect f'ttine-real value. 81. .W8
$S.9S-here at. at...............
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SOC for soc.

2mr for the Palais Royals
Wv Soc Garments-o d d 8
and ends Of various lots OF
Gowns. skirts. Chemises. Draw
en and Corset Covers. Not u
trashy garment In the lot.
Third door.
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SHOOTING STARS.
4 Tenner.

Yes" she said to the young man, Il
have been present when you acted
"Indeed?'
Il think you We're with an opera COM
pany. Your voice is a tenor, isn't it?''
No" he answered. Il guess you are
thinking about my salary"
Evening star., 1897-03-31

Black brocaded taffeta sir and plain
satin duchesse skirts-the very acme Of
styiistness-best lining the 81 OR
Others 50 skirts-here at.....
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Grenadines.

SO SD instead Of s'e.Se for
~OO 7-yard dress pat
terms OF 44-inch Black Satin
Stripe Grenadines. The last
two Of those that sold at $1.JO
yard. Only $17.50 for 7-yard
pattern OF 44-inch Black Check
Grenadines. sold until now at
$2.75 yard.
Second fI0Or.
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HaRlsome fancy and plain ehangeable
taffeta silk waists and silk shirt waists,
with laundered linen collnrs and cuffs
right in style at every pOiLt-
duplicates OF foreign importa- ca MS
tions-here for. r.. %TsIS
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Innings.

no yard for 12c quality Silssia
~ and Percaline. in all colors
most asked for just now-that's s
why they first reach the rem
nant counter.
Second floor.
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Trimmings.

AMr each for last Of those
>Irideseent and Jet Bead
Yokes and Collarn. Only CSC
yard for remnants OF Persian
Band Trimmings. worth $1.5O
to $3.50 yard.
First 0ooc.
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08c for 63c.

k2p for choice Of broken
WV lots Of the Palais
Royals famous 9Sc Underwear.
Empire Gowns and Cbemises,
Umbrella Skirts and Drawers,
Glove-fltting French Corse {
COyers-a big table filed with
them.
First floor.
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!CHILDREN'S REFERS oot

Tomorrow morning we put on sale an
other lot OF those little girls REFERS ut
SSc. which went so fast yesterday. Such
garment-oi such quality and made
as 1t isis selling for $1.9s at some
stores, and Is splendid illustratin Of
how much less We can sell you.
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Aprons.

17c for the Ladies' ard
Nhids' &c aud sar,
Aprons that are soilei by hand
ling OF patrons OF Innsscd Icy the
shbw dressers.
Third floor.
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SILK WAISTS.

Black India silk shirt waists-with
laundered white linen collars and cuffs
detachable - the very newest ef-
fer's fec : really worth 81 S2.@S
lOf
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COMPANY1
''The store where yeur promise to pay
buys as much and foG - little AZ cash."

Shop around! The more you
do of it, the better you will real
ize how much greater are the
values offered here. We
wouldn't have opened here if
we weren't certain that we
could underse1l others. It's
easily figured out how we do
it-buying for five other stores.
You're welcome to credit
when you wish it. We shall be
pleased to make the terms as
easy as you wish.
NEW SPRING SKIRTS.
Black figured brilliantine and very
handsome novelty check skirts-very
well lined and bound, and very stylish,
too-the skirt which others make
leader Of at $1.88-here Sn 1M
, NJ .......... ........
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Sl for 68c.

hSC yard for 81 quality Bro
WV cade Silk Grenadines, in
white, cream. new blues, laven-
ders. pinks, yellOws, Nile.
Second floor.
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Wash Goods.

ko yard for remnants Of the
~ 10c TO 123ac Dimities and
36-inch Percaies. Only 19c
yard for the Genuine French
Organdies.
Second floor.
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Belts, Etc.

OE~ for odds and ends OF
S Silk Belts, with gilt
and silver buckles: some worth
4Se. Only 39c for best Shirt
Waist Sets: some were 9Sc.
Only 10c for Mems SIX and La
dies Jet Fob Watch Chains ;
some were 75c.
First floor.
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SOC for 3Sc.

re- yard for not 4 few OF
the most popular J0c
Weol Dress Goods-last Of the
faNcrite checks aud mixtures, in
nearly all shades.
Second fioor.
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BY the Yard.

7S~ yard for desirable REM
nants of the 45-iDch
Black Silk Rrocnde Grenadines.
24-inch Check and Stripe Black
Silk Grenadines and Satin
stripes. In new blues. greens,
reds and steel. 81 quality.
Sncond floor.
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Sd N2 for these Spring
$9 weight Jackets.
with fly front, velvet collar and
cuffs. Originally s. "a. Only
size 80 now here.
Third door.
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Hoe for last of best selling
2oc Wells. Odds apd end,
but only 50 because selling ~
quickly,
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DIR. L.. S. Nicholson,

Prectfce Nervous. Mental and Allied diseases
has moyud his alaee to 1i5 18th st. NV. Hours,
to II an. and ESQ to p.m- ResideDce, ne
nh sf. NV. Dh2o-1ms
Evening star., 1897-03-31

h2~ yard for 81 quality Taf-
WV feta silk Brocades.
Stripes and Checks: also Plain
and Glace Taffeta silks. In all
the quickest selling colors.
Second floor.
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Sd DO for those sG.ss Silk
Waists. In various
stripes. Only three OF them, 80
and 3s the only sizes. Hurry.
Third floor.
Evening star., 1897-03-31
Wool Fabrics.

De- yard for All-woel Chev-
iOts-the last Of the
best selling patterns In gray,
brown and tan mixtures.
Second floor.
Evening star., 1897-03-31

Sc for bunches containing Z
dczen Niolets and rnli-
age. About two hundred bunch..
that have been used TO- dis
play by shew dressers.
Second floor.
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60c yar,a,I. yard for .nen. those i'm.
pieces of Tailor Suiting, in col
OTIS and black. The widths are
- TO 81 inches. The values
are 81 to $1.25 yard.
Second floor.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-15
THE FAMINE IN D
Fully eo,ooo,ooo People Face to Face
with Starvation and Death.

with Starvation and Death.
Horrible in the extreme is the condi-
ton of some 100000 people in India,
who are now passing through the stages
of a famine that may prove to be the
most appalling in history. Not in all.
parts of India is there famine nor danger
of famine: but in Il region 1000 miles
long and 800 miles wide the people are
face to face With starvation and death.
Ordinarily there are millions of people in
India who from the cradle to the grave
must be content with one meal a day, and
that chiefly of grain; there are other mil
lions who can indulge i'll the luxury Of
w daily meals, and there are many
more-the very poor-who habitually sub
sist on wild flowers, plants and other veg
citation of spontaneous growth. At best,
therefore. Il large number of people live
on the threshold of want Should the
grain crop fail, those who usually partake
of two meals Il day are forced to be con-
tent With one, or less. il the number
of those who are forced to Il diet OF flow
crs and weeds. with inevitable disease
as Il consequences. increases. Such is the
condition this year. The grain crop has
failed and famine and pestilence stalk
over the land.
In the afflicted region the people are
perishing ut the rate of $1,000 a month,
and this number may soon be doubled
and Guadrupled, for as people grow weak
err from lack of food they will perish
more rapidly. Children and women may
be seen sweeping UP the dust of the road
side and winnowing it in their hands i'll
search for Il grain of corn. and for Il few
cents parents are even selling their chill
.1..-,. A. H. s11- -.l -
ton of things is horrible beyond words.
Along the lines of the railroads half
clad men and womcn-inere living skele-
tons-ilock into the stations to beg food,
or the means Of purchasing ii, from trav-
clnrs
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-15

Guilty and responsibility of congressional
reporting. He recognized that efficient
reporting service could not be obtained if
the official reporters were liable to dis
placement for partisan reasons ut the end
of every two years.
So, in appointing as official reporters of
the House gentlemen who had been rem.
dering satisfactory service as reporters
of the Globe. he declared that the officers
thus appointed should be regarded as re-
movable only for cause. What was thus
possibly u mere dictum of Mr.. Blaine's
was subsequently made a rule of the
House. which, however, would of course
prove nusatory but for the daily exhibi-
ton of efficient services which it insures.
The difficulty of the work done by the
official reporters of the House is conceded,
not only by all who from day to day OBJ
serve the proceedings. but by the opinion
of the reporting profession throughout the
country. For instance. the late Andrew
j. Graham, whose shorthand system is
practiced by 30 many able reporters, de-
clared in print that there was probably
no more difficult reporting in the world
than that of the House of Representa-
tives; and Mr.. Benn Pitman. the greatest
rival of Mr.. Graham as a shorthand au-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-15
CHAPTER XVI.

Rrantome Hall was neither ancient nor
even altogether modern: is was simply Il
large. pleasant. old-fasilioned, rambling
house, with great well-lightcd. lofty
rooms. y broad river wound its way
close by. and in the distance was the long
line of the sea.
BY the banks of the Rim at Brantome
WAS Angcla's favorite walk. She had
been three weeks at the Hall. and day
after day she had scanned the Times, but
the longed-for advertisement had not APP
pearcd. 1t had been agreed between Jane
Feispar and Angela that they should not
write to each other unless there was
some great need.
Angela had been most kindly received
by the houseleopcr. Mrs. Bowen, as n
friend of her cousins who required res.
and wished 10 he alcne as much as posi-.
BILE. Mrs. Rowcn's practical eye detect.
ed the fact that Angela WAS a lady, md,
although she marvelcd just IL little how
such Il one could be the friend of Jane
Felspar. she was Il sensible woman. and
did not allow her curiosity 10 Interfere
with her desire 10 please her cousin Jane.
She saw there was sonle mystery. but. as
it did not concern her in any way. she
was we'll content to leave it alone. Her
mistress had given her permission to
have Il friend TO stay with her when she
wished. and she was but taking adva1,
tage of her offer.
tTn hp continued
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-15
Strange Army of the Sulta,

The J~aniZaries are unique in the his.
tory of tile world. Nothing like them
has ever been known in the constitu-
ton of any state. We think of them
somehow in association with the nam
elukes in Egypt, but though there were.
some points in common between them
they differed widely in their character
and aim. The m%amelukcs, though orig
lnally n race of slaves. founded a SOW
ereign dynasty in Egypt, but the JAM
zaries, even at the height of their pow-
err, never ceased to be soldiers, and
they maintained throughout all their
history the proofs ard symbols of their
lowly origin. They made and unmade
s%overeigns, but they never aspired to
he high positions of state and were
content to ill their original posts. Not
one of their number ever occupied the
throne of Turkey, and the whole corps,
acted ostensibly only as its guardians.
They formed the first standing army
of which we have any record, but they
were appointed not as the defenders
of the national interests. but simply as
the executors of the designs of the Sui
tan. The name by which they were
best known and which inspired most
w was yenitzer, signifying in Turk
ish the new army, because it suppressed
ed as a perpetual and consolidated
force the old troops which were raised
only in emergencies and scattered
when war is over.-Good Words.
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of the statesman, which next morning
appear duly set forth on the printed
pages of the Congressional Record. When
the reporter has taken down about 1000
words he %retircs, his place being filled
by another to continue the work. The
first man goes into a room and dictates
into a photograph the English" of his
stenographic notes and returns to the
floor. An amnnuensis then transcribes
the report of the speech from the phono-
graph to typewriter paper, which is re-
vised by the stenographer, and goes to
the government printer to be printed in
the Record. The routine is thus contin-
ued among the five reporters. This, IT
brief, is the system of reporting speech
es. the most perfect of any system in use
world.
The adoption of an official system of
congressional reporting in 1889 was
due TO the n fact. more than any other,
that the phonetic shorthand of Isaac Pit
man, invented in its crudest form in 1887,
and rapidly improved during the years
Immediately following. furnished a re-
porting instrument vastly superior to the
prior stenographic systems in simplicity,
in ease of acquisition. and in adaptation
to rapid note taking. The introduction
of this system into the United States
about 1874, in connection with the spell
ing reform" agitation, was the means of
educating n new brood of reporters, most
of them bright, progressive young men,
who We're soon able to surpass in short
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-15

their sole control both the reporting and
the printing of the debates. The "Con-
gressional Globe" gave place to the "Con-
gressional Record" The reporters be-
came in a thorough sense officers of Con-
gress. and their reports, like other govern
racnt work, were thereafter published at
the government printing Office, the Rec
ord department of which is now one of its
largest divisions.
Importance of the Work.
The official reporters of the House of
Representatives are appointees of the
Speaker; but their tenure of Office is not
dependent upon the alterations and fuc-
tuations of partisan majorities. In 1873.
when their official status was established,
Mr.. Blaine, then Speaker, took the lead
in placing the official reporting upon a
civil service basis. He was able to appre-
ciate the demands of reporting work. His
experience as member and Speaker had
familiarized him with the peculiar diHa.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-15

by no means the principal trouble, though
Il representative body recruited from lead
ing men of every State and nei.hborhood
must, of course contain striking instances
of the %yolubility to which the people of
each locality are accustomed in the court
room and on the platform. The fact that
the so-callcd reporters desk" can never
be used by the reporters while taking
notes, because from no fixed point in the
House can any one hear all the various
speakers who may rise in different parts
of the hall, requires that the reporter
shall be ever on the move. or mt least
ever ready to move. as the tempestuous
waves of debate flow i'll one direction or
another.
With notebook in hand (no comfortable
desk facilitating his work) he must pass
quickly from one part of the hall TO an
other, writing not only as he stands. but
as he walks. OF course the babel of con-
fusion OH the tloor which strikes every
visitor to the House gallery makes the re-
portel's task of hearing at times extreme
ly difficult. And when, as often happens.
hot and angry words arc flung from men,
Der to member, the reporter (cool. if pos
sible, while others are full of excitement)
must strain every nerve that he may not
lose a syllable of the wordy battle, for at
IL momen some stern voice asserting
itself above the disorder may cry out,
"Mr Speaker, / call the gentleman to
order and demand that his words be taken
down." which means that the words
which have been "taken down" under the
most trying circumstances are to be in
stantly written out by the official report
er and read in the presence of the House.
The variety of subjects discussed, with
their local, literary or historical illusions,
requires that the reading and intelligence
of the reporter should be as broad as that
of the member. The physical and mental
strain which the work entails continues
sometimes without let up for many hours;
and the product of work performed under
conditions so severe is blazoned the next
morning in cold print before every eye
subject, if erroneous, to public correction.
Yet the corrections generally are few and
trivial. Throwing out of consideration
the correction of votes, which, being
mere transcripts of the clerks record,
the official reporters are not responsible
for, and throwing out also corrections of
typographical errors, there is scarcely one
correction n month. 1t may we'll be
doubted whether any work of similar
character, even though done under less
trying conditions, can show so small a
percentage of reporting errors and so
clean a record of habitual and amazing
accuracy.
In February, 1894, a debate on Haw-
allan affairs occurred in the House last
ing five and q half hours, during which
the stenographers took down $1,000
words, keeping up IN average speed Of
200 words a minute, probably the great
est piece of reporting ever accomplished.
American System Superior.
The French Chamber of Deputies is a
far less difficult body to report than the
States, n special reason being that the
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member addressing the Chamber speaks
from the tribune, like a preacher In .
pulpit, instead of here, there, anywhere,
as in the House. But in France it takes
nearly thirty men to do the work done
by five in the American House. Every
word in the Chamber of Deputies is taken
down by three sets of men checking each
other. This is made necessary on account
of the inferiority Of the French Short
hand. and the lack of individual dexter
ity. in comparison with the extreme speed
and accuracy of the congressional report
ers.
The English House of Commons is not
now, and never has been, reported ver-
batirn. The Hansard report is partly
made up from newspaper compilations.
and is not published for several days
after the proceedings take place. Some
of England's greatest men, among them
Gladstone, have several times made eff
forts to secure the adoption OF a system
similar to the American, and u committee
of the House of Commons is now again
considering the matter. There are a few
men in England who are sufficiently skill
full shorthand writers, but it would take
several years of trimming to make a
corps us invincible and handy as that Of
either house of the American Congress.
In Germany the debates are officially
reported, but there, too, as in France, the
note takers cannot make a strictly YER
batim report. They rely on each other
for assistance in patching out a rapid
speaker. and the debates are not printed
on the morning after the delivery.
The Parliament of Canada is reported
very we'll, in English and French, but
only the debates, and not the legislative
action in detail, are published in the re-
port. In short, the reporters of Congress
are the only ones in the world who make
n record that is complete. as prompt as
the coming of the morning each day, and
which, when printed, is practically free
from errors.