Arizona republican., 1900-08-17
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 Senator Spooner of Wisconsin is o!C of the most eloquent men in the upper hause, inimitable on the stump and credited with being able to do about as he pleases with his audiences says Washington correspondent. A friend and admirer who has known the sena tor from boyhood is authority for the following story: Some years ago when taking part in a symposium in the northern part of the state Senator Spooner was making an impassioned appeal to his audience, in the midst of which the master of ceremonies touch ed him on the shoulder. and, pointing to the clock. indicated that his time had expired. Quick as q flash q woman rose from her seat and, mounting chair in front of the clock, threw her shawl over it's face, amid the laughter and cheers of the audience and the dis may of the master of ceremonies. It is doubtful if Senator Spooner ever re- ceived a prettier compliment.
 It has always been thought that ,t was impossible to initiate the cloth ia which the ancient Egyptians wrapped their mummies. A Manchester tourist brought home a small bit of the fabric and asked a cotton expert if he could tell from what mill it came. He exam ined it carefully with his glass and then said that it came from a mill near Old ham. England. and was known by the manufacturer as his No. &. Investiga- ton showed that he was right. The an- cient mummy cloth had worn out and the Egyptians were rewrapping the rel ics in English made fabrics.
 
 It was generally supposed that cro- quet had gone altogether out of fash ion, but on many lawns of country homes where formerly tennis nets were stretched croquet wickets and hoops are once more seen. It has been found that tennis is too violent a game for the majority of women, and golf makes a greater demand on the time and pa tience of women than most of them can afford. Croquet is found to be a more convenient and suitable relaxation
 
 Charles Stewart Smith, of New York. has seen all of the great international exhibitions for forty years. but the Chi cago show beat them all. Tn respect to a general view, and in dignity and beauty of it's environment none of them can compare with the marvellous crea- ton of the white city which. in 1892. adorned the shore of lake Michigan. and which six months after vanished like the fabric of a dream.
 According to the latest studies of Pro- lessor De Sane is. of Turn. children be- gin to dream before their fourth year. but are unable to recall dreams before the age of ,. This age, he concludes is the one at which child first b. comes instinctively conscious of self Aged people dream less frequently and less vividly than the young. Womens dreams are more frequent, more vivid and better remembered than those of the men.
 Republicans will make special effort to capture the Illinois congress dis trict long represented by Springer and now represented by B. r. Caldwell who is said to be the richest democrat in congress. Caldwell has been renom- mated. Republicans have put up David Ross against him. Ross is secretary Of the state labor commission and is ooru- lar with ;he miners.
 When the August grand jury was sworn in in New York the other day. one of the names of the jurors was William G. Rockefeller. of the Stand ard oil company. Mr. Rockefeller ac- cepted the situation as if satisfied with it. and notwithstanding the hot wealth CT. took hold with the air of a man who knew his duties as d citizen and intend to perform them zealously and impartiallV. According to an investigator named Levitow. who spent last summer in the Amur province, the Chinese are invad- ing that region and driving out the Russian peasaEtry. who cannot live so cheaply. The movement began with the extension of the great railroad, and has proceeded with great rapidity. Dr. Thomas McClelland. of Forest Grove, Ore, the other day telegraphed his acceptance of the presidency of Knox College. Illinois. which has been without a head since the resignation of Dr. John H. Finley nearly a var ago. Dr. McClelland will assume his new du- ties in September.
  William Dean Howells. though not q rapid writer, uses up as many as a doZ-