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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23
How 70 Transform The UgIy DuckIinx.

From the New York Herald
Two mothers were talking about bring
ing up daughter. The younger one ask
ed, What would you do with very
homely girl7''
Il would make her pretty" was the
prompt reply Youth Is :he formative
perioi, mentally and physically. 1t only
depends on environment what shall be the
result. / would, of course, accept inner
tied faults and try In crowd them out by
acquired graces. placing before the child
all the beautiful things / could bUy-pic-
lures. ststHary, flowers, young animals,
anything which she coulI reflect the ben
eft 0f-in Snort. those things which We
call classics
Il should t-y 10 live in the county or
in pure air end among beautiful v%geta-
ton j should never mention beauty ex-
cept TO point 1t out, never 10 show her
her own uefeeis and make her self-eon-
sciOus. She should have proper food.
chiefly the yi.aiizng. Color making grains.
fruits ana vegetables. with plenty OF SAL
ads and fresh milk. Thess can oe so
cooked that the most fanclfui child Will
prefer theEn 10 rich sauces, spices, and
sweets.
4 should teach her TO swim. both for
the poieT that IL brings end for teaching
her 20 .Gye the water auG h peFfe-tty
fearless everywhere The elements are
friendly 10 those who understand them.
4 growing girl cannot breathe TOO much
fresh air. and should have the benefit OF
an open IRE, IL only for the stored up
sunshine which II throws or in ylnter.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23
Amos Cummings Chats About
These Given to Flights.
IOWA NOW TAKES NAMES PLACE
Bar the Pine Tree state sill Towers in The
senate Through the Gifted and Eloquent
FRYE and Hale-Deliivcr's surpa -siBg
Power a a >pTiibinder-Iio Pins
Are Not Lacking i'm -ilyer-tasgned sons.


Copyright. 1899. b. Amos J. CumninEs-l
The oratorical birds in both houses have
been pluming themselves preparatory 10
fight. Some are on the wing and are
already darkly limned upon the crimson
sky OF politics. Beverage. OF Indiana.
and Chauncey Depew are among them.
a few great herons hold themselves in
reserve, awaiting propitious winds and
favorable skies. OratOrical birds always
attract attention-some by the brilliancy
Of their plumage; others by the rapidly
OF their flight. A few without plumage
ascend the heavens in spiral circles. and
disappear in a hazy atmosphere. There
is an infinite variety of birds among
them The common cuTlew associates
With the rOseate spoonbiil; the bittern
scars above the ibis. and the plover emu
lates the wagtail.
The first scene in the Congressional
drama produced a few rare ornithol0gical
specimens. 1t was the scene where the
financial problem disappears. Their cy-
cles were true and their gyrations won
derful. but some of them lacked expert
enee as we'll as plumage The rara avis
Of the collection was Jonathan +. Doli-
yer. of Iowa. He has d colleague Robert
G. Cousins, whose elOquenee may here
after adorn the pages Of our school books.
Cousins tribute 10 the dead of the Maine
vas printed in nearly every newsps per
in the country. 1t touched the heart Ct
every American, and attracted attention
in foreign lands. The orator. however.
took different course when he arraigned
Ambassador Bayard in scathing words.
In terrific sentences he indicted him for
lack Of patriotism in toadying to the
English nobility by vilifying his OWL
cOuutrvman
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23
Amusing Incident Of Holiday Times in a
street Car.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
1t all happened in a North State street
car, and was the result of pretty girls
kindly thoushtfuness
The long car was crowded with Christ
mas shoppers and mgn and women We're
seated close together. when a tired-lOok-
ing woman entered in haste. her arms
filled with bundles, cunning little boy
clasping her skirts The pretty girl looked
TO the right ana left. but there was 10
movement of life from the men along
the benches. HurrieGiy rising herself. she
offered her vacated seat, only TO have Il
promptly but politely declined.
Reluctantly complying with the wishes
OF the shopper. The pretty girl returned
10 her place, drawing the small boy wit
her. where he leareu comfortably against
her skirts, resting one little mittened
hand c0nhdingly on the girls knee, the
other happily on the knee Of the young
gentleman seated next to the pretty girl.
All went well for a time. The little
boy talked eXcitedly Of Santa Claus and
his treasures to tac laughing girl and
her questions and the child's answers
soon enSroSSed tac amused attention OF
the passengers in The car. But the an
tiCipation of Christmas pleasures were
exhausted after time and the boy began
to remark upon the pretty girls apparel,
admirlng the cut # her jaunty jacket
and the big white buttons which fastened
her gloves.
All this time the chiid's other hand lay
unmOlested on the knee of the man at
the side Of the prs-t" girl a man proba-
bly, twenty-eight or thirty years of age
A little interval Of quiet evidently brought
realization OF the mans presence to the
memory of the child, for suddenly, look
ing up at the pretty girl, he exclaimed
In audible accents:
rs this your papa?'
The pretty girl bmShed, the gentleman
hastily buried mis- face in his newspaper.
and the passengers Cased their amuse-
ment in an audible laugh.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23
COLLEGE DEGREES At WHOLESALE.
And Also ut Retail, by nm Illinois Corpora
ti0n-N0t Trust.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The Chicago Times Herald saws that
anybody who desires work as travelling
salesman for college degrees. with pay
ment In cash commissions. can i'm all prob
ability be accommodated by applying TO
John H. Randall. Phi. D. NJ. D.. presi-
dent and treasurer Of Western University.
whose campus, buildings, endowment. IL
brary. and laboratories consist Of half
desk in an Office at 858 West Van Buren,
street and a whole desk at President Ran
dalIs residence. 1l24 West Adams street.
Dr. Randall has in his keeping large as
sOrtment OF choice degrees Of all KINDS
and as handsome real sheepskin diploma
as there is in the country which ne IS
ready 10 sell wholesale"
The situation described by the Chicago
newspaper Is an extreme Illustration OF
the cheapening OF college degrees. proc
ess which every man who has earned MS
collegiate honors has had reason 70 de-
'plore DR. Randalrs institution. II appears.
is regularly chartered by the secretary OF
state Of Illinois 10 issue the degrees OF
bachelor Of philosophy. bachelor OF SCI
ence bachelor Of arts. bachelor OF medi-
cine, bachelor Of law. doctor Of philosophy
master Of science. master or arts. doctoF
Of laws doctor Of divinity. or such other
degree as the board Of directors may De-
termIne" And DR.. Randall claims that IN
distributing college honors IN this way ne
Is doing no more than Princeton JnlVeE-
slty did when IL made former President
Cleveland the bearer OF a degree. =
pick out men Of prominence SAID Dr.
Randall. "men whose good names ana
whose siudiOus habits entitls them 20 the
honor. and then after We see that all Is
right We grant the degree"
II will have to be admitted that there j.
something in what DR.. Randall says. The
colleges and universities themselves are
largely 10 blame for the eheapening Of de-
grees which has been going on for years.
In order 10 get some free advertising and
attract attention 70 themselves they often
pick out prominent men and dub them Win
a ID. ID. or a IL. ID. or a Ph. d, In the
expectation that the newspapers VIII re-
cord the fact and the college or university
be brought TO public notice. II i the same
policy pursued by American magazines
and weekly limitations OF magazines. In
order 20 advertise their publications they
print articles with the name Of some we'll
known man attached. although these arti-
eles are far Inferior In merit and informa-
ton to those written q the same subject
By less known men. II Is a race for adyer-
Using on the part OF both the colleges and
the magazines. The former use their de-
grees and the latter the signatures TO
their articles.
meeting OF college presidents + 70 be
held tn Washington next month 80 con-
slider measures for improving the repuia-
ton OF our graduate degrees abroad" The
movement Is good one. and the meeting
| might also consider how 10 improve the
reputation OF college degrees al home. and
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23
In wtOn the Fighter.

From Leslics Weekly.
/ ssW LAYTON wade The N0TzsEzFy River rE-'
other men we're swept away b. the cgrrer, o.
this point BE- had Leen two days zlth0-, f8lI De
had vet sandwich 70 hls yDeket ard ssf f,Br on
The bank Of the river % eat bis humble fare Et.'
might J sent bin down chicken vtI.a { aa-
picked % IN ny f5Fagiag tour AMI The BRUSH
sui abe was Wlth hin tod n ma. re PAID r7
natives fgl; price !gr g. This shaEs ftat iaa.
vas very carefal in bis dealings Eith ta. rs.s.'
Aai. Edward. the sdistsut called -s r-5.-fsr 20
ore day and asked Gr ~ We bad r-gs-p.s 'r -.
the chickens ~hl,h ve had Ihsfe a. fa.-f.s 10
his eye - ss told bin that tas 0NHer s' .f
cnickeas aad gone aEsy before Se EsEe able .g -.
a receipt But all these ine.jeEu Show boo Hr
Gen. LAYTON rs ia biz sncezsora % have '.s .s.
tiyss treated kindly. He had great za2.s 's-
Filipino The isst tine ! sss bin BE- -af f.
y have met men and women ame7x ne F..5...
xho EOald Zracr aJc.rfy ia aEv r5la'J a .
world ] predict that Ehsu Dsare cones OIL. '
iaersi government ElleE tEs American oil.
taess people. they WiU - lHe o, TIE a1s- srl
sgl proapefoas thirty races On TIE gicss
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23
Mu.t Not Cririci.e snreriar..

Just after my class had been gradu-
ated at West Point the officer command
Ing gave Us a little talk 10 this effect.
You Will now be sent 10 Join your out
fits IN various places. IL Is quite p0ssi-
bic that you will find I'm your new post
some officer whose rank is even higher
than yours. You viii see in a moment that
bis ideas Of conducting a post or a cam
paign are hopelessIy wrong. You are
fresh from the Academy and you know
He is old and set IN his ways-had been d
pretty good soldier possibly-and yet is
wholly unfit 20 be your chief now. You
will feel that IT is your duty to tell your
commander a few things about soldier
ing-but don't do H. He won't under
stand H. And don't ease your mind about
him 10 any one else, because the walls
have ears, and also the Orderlies. and the
ear Of all ears Is the post commander.
who will show some old-fashioned phases
OF soldering when your words reach
home
Il never quite forgot those words o, the
Wheeler His words were significant, but
his manner was as kind as possible
Just at this moment word was brought
in that Col Bell had ridden into Tarlac
and found It deserted. And in the gen
eTal panic Of the moment Gen. Wheeler
babe Us goodnight sweetly. and the or
DERBY showed US where We were to bunk.
There was no sugar in the manner Of the
orderly
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23

faIter His words almost ceased 10 flow.
His memory vas az fault. He retained his
momentum. but lost his ideas. Blaine's c.
hortz regarded each other in stupid won
derment. while the 5os of Grants old guar
chuckisd with satisfaction. All was chang
cd. however. the instant that Frye took
the floor His eioquence was magnetic
Bob Iugersolrs speech at Cincinnati w2s
for once equaled. If not surpassed.
When Frye sat down the whole IN
vention rose en- masse- cheering him
20 the echo. Aside from his eloquence,
Frye's speeches are Tegimenia! IN
facts. His memory Is unusually retentive
and never Al fault. Figures and dates are
turned in without a reference, and cor
rectly turned in He has been a careful
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Address all orders to
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whether the colleges and universities ar"
not themselves responsible IN d great
measure for the disrepute into which rhDT"
degrees have fallen. II the college dH-
thorities will DO their part 20 Improve ih-
quality Of degrees the public will DO iis
share. A beginning in this way vas maze
in Ohio few years ago when bil vas
introduced into the legislature Of tha.
State restricting the granting Of degree
by the OHIO colleges. II was approved Bog
public sentiment, and doubtless a move Do,
the same direction in other states would
find favor. But the colleges and uuigs.-
stiles should first DO their part and stop
bestOwlng their honOrs for advertising %.
poses.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23
stuck i'm an Ice Pack.

The mail carriers were left at this place
to shift for themselves. The officer re-
lates that he afteTWard heard of a car
rier on another route being stuck in an
ice pack. He went to his assistance and
again started him on his way One of thu
reports closes with the statement that
Windy Jim" had just come in from Cir
Gle, wet to the skin, having gone through
the ice a number OF times. But he saved
his mail.
Another party of mail carriers who
reached Eagle from Valdez lived on rot
ten caribou meat for seven days and pre-
scented a pitiful appearance. A storm came
up while they were making the journey
which covered up the forage so that eleven
horses starved to death. The remainder
OF the trip was made by means of dog
sledges.
1t is suggested that it is impossible to
make the trip from Valdez to Eagle on
schedule time, thirty days, but the de.
pa. ment officials are confident that when
the plan has been worked out the
trip can be made in this time. This
route is acknowledged to be the most diff
fcUlt in Alaska. There are other lines OF
communication open in summer, but this.
and the one through British territory are
the only ones which can be Travelled
throughout the Year.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23

splendid trenches al Bamban tK1 days
ago must have destroyed all their hope
OF keeping back invaders from the south
Col. Bell is probably IN Tariac now. We
had hoped little 20 bag our quarry AZ
Tarlac. II was his reputed stronghold,
you know
IL was news TO US that Bell had gone
on. II Was evidently also news 90 the
general about the Dewey Wheeler con-
bination. We had houed TO be present
AZ the taking OF Tarlac the following DAY.
We had hoped for many things this night
also. One member Of the besieging party
weakened at his point and suggested
that we allow the general 10 retire. and
another had the infinite and beautiful
audacity TO breach the subject % the
prevailing power In Manila. actually at
tempting 10 call out criticisms concern
ing the policy and the chief. Considering
II all in al the general was kind to this
scribe. lie was silent for a moment and
then sail
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23

Senators probably have more power and
influence on the legislation OF the country
thar those from any other State in the
Union. Frye is a statesman par excel
leucs. His ability. experience. and oratory
are universally recognized. Nor is Hale
whit behind him. Frye never made a mora
magnificent speech than when he second
ed the nomination OF Blaine IN Chicago Ia
1850. Mr.. Joy. Of Michigan, had been Sc
lected 10 present the mama Of Mr.. Blaine
He had committed his speech 10 memory.
but became confused In the extraordinary
enthusiasm aroused BY the mention OF
the name OF the man OF men ana began 10
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23
she NearBed for the Romantic,

from the FiisEeHte Blaetter.
Why did you leave your last place.
Mary
.Oh. ] just couldn't bear it. The man
and his wife lived very happily together
and that made IL 50 duh and embarrassing
for me
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errors, etc, such as DRAINS. Loses. impC'ehf',
Lame baex and FAroooele. Worn a, night . g,ss.
drugs. 1000 cured Ia Isp, Write 20, book ioc41.
answer al letters personally. or ths 5e.i l4l .
examined az my Office.
Dr. b. ID. SAsDEN. ss6 B'dway. New York Ne
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23
Iowa Lead. iurLe House,

Cousins, however. is an oratorical bird
that enjoys the cool shades of Congress
ional life. and rarely INDUCES in a flight
toward the burning sun. He scars once
or twice in a session, and then nestles TO
rest, standing on one foot, with his head
under his wing. Dolliver wings his flight
with more freedom His pinions are
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23
CARRY ALASKAN MAILS
The Difficulties Overcome by
Uncle Sans Men.
ONE TRIP ONE WAY COSTS s1,4l5

..Windy Jim,- stuck In the >now, Lived
His Pesch-FeiI Through the Ice several
Times. but saved the Mnil-The Difficult
Route from Valdez to EAGLE, Taking
Thirty DAYS for Trip One Way.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23
WEAK M EN-

Have yOg read ny Ing
book. Three Claws o.
Men, II not. Wuts *
same. Il IS s-nt 10 pas
sealed envelope iTcC W =
quest. and em5ot.~s "
truths / have learned TO.
p years experer-s-,
tells u my famous Das
SANDEN ELkLIk.y
BELT. with e.ecir- 50
peasOgy. the world s gfs4i.
ct home se.i-tTea.mrai e,
ali results Of yggi-i-l
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23
Lived on Sour Dough.

The first report from Eagle describes the
arrival Of two men from Valdez who had
lived on sour dough flap jacks for several
days and had been obliged to limit them
selves to only two Of these at each meal
These two men endeavored to strike a
balance with their stomachs by eating
up $3.50 worth of provisions at two meals
When they started back to Valdez they
had twenty days ratiOns, and were ac-
companied over a part of the route by a
detachment of soldiers. The officer in
command of this detachment describes the
journey. The party consisted of chief
of scouts four packers, and two mail car
riers. and fifteen pack animals, consisting
of horses and mules. All these were nee
essSry for the transportation of twenty
six pounds of mail in charge of the car
riers.
No stops were made for lunch. but the
party pushed on from daybreak until
dark. The only refreshments. by the way.
consisted Of bacon frozen stiff and bard
tack biscuits. In spite of their best efforts.
they Travelled only seventeen miles the
first day, ten the next and were then
completely stalled for twenty-four hours
by severe blizzard. Thirty-two miles
were made in the two following DAYS. and
then the outfit camped on the mounta n
side at an elevation of 400 feet. with the
blizzard blowing and the thermometer 20
degrees below zero. The food froze before
they could eat it. and one man burned the
skin from his fingers but did not feel
tho heaf
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23

strong and serviCeabe His ideas are
electric, his pOise magnificent, and his
orat0ry prismatic. When James G. Blaine
heard him speak for the first time he
predicted for Dolliver a brilliant future.
Certain il is that there are no men in
the House of Representatives who COM
mand more attention than this talented
orator from Iowa. Indeed, Iowa seems
to have taken the place formerly occupied
by Maine.
Within two years the veterans of the
Maine delegation have disappeared. Thorn
as Is. Reed has retired TO private life
and is coming money in the practice of
law. Nelson Dinghy and Seth MiIliken are
dead, and Charles A Boutelle was the
only member of the old delegation left at
the beginning of this Congress. David b.
Henderson, OF Dubuque succeeded Reed
as Speaker. David carries himself granGly
being more conservative and less lOrdly
than his predecessor. Crbane and modest
in demeanor. he Sairs where Reed would
lose. Difficulty skulks away from him.
and danger covers under his eye. He
seems 10 laugh in the ugly face of trou-
BILE.
William p. Hepburn, Jonathan P. Dol
liver, Robert q. Cousins, and John A. T.
Hull are a legislative quartet from Iowa
fully as able and powerful as the quartet
from Maine al the beginning of the Fifty
fifth Congress. Hepburn certainly has no
superior in debate. To hear him is the
plenitude of intellectual enjoyment Dol
liver and Cousins are not OutTanked in
Orat0rical power. and Hull can put through
a difficult appropriation bill with less ex-
element and irritation than any other
member on the floor. The parliamentary
power has thus been Unexpectedly shift
ed from the East 10 the West, and the Do
iitical power threatens TO follow il. Iowa
is in the van and is Haunting its hawkeyc
banner in pride, shaping the work of the
nation for the new century MasSachu-
sets, New York, Virginia, Georgia, Tex
a.. and other States are trailing in the
rear. awaiting further developments.
Frye and Hale.
With its prestige in the House demol-
isned. Maine still maintains her position
IN the Senate. William 2. Frye is its pre-
siding officer and Eugene Hale chairman
of the Committee on Naval Affairs. Hale
is also William r. AlliSon'S lieutenant IN
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-01-23

a mail carrier named Windy Jim"
who lived on rotten meat for a week ard
succeeded in delivering his pouch after
falling through the ice several times. is
som ethilg unusual in the way OF "a post
man.
Cncie Sam has a number of such men
in his employ. They carry the mail To
and from the miners in the gold districts
OF Alaska, and IL it were not for their
services, the people of that frieid land
could not communicate with those they
left in 'The States" Trere are several
difficult mail routes in that region. but
the one with the least charm lies between
Valdez on Prince William Sound and
Eagle. far interior poin.. For some time
the 5rail was dispatched over a route
running through British territory but it
was decided that it would be far better
to project route through our own ter
ritory. as our officials would then have en-
tire control of all portions of il ana could
see that the mail was transmitted more
expeditiously.
1t was for this reason that the route
from Valdez to Eagle. entirely within the
territory of the United States. was adopt
ed. The service there was inaugurated
last October, and the Post-offiee Depart
ment has just received reports from the
pioneers who broke the way over this
rev ground. They relate tales of peril
and priyation of a kind to try the stout
est heart and hardest frame The price
paid for this service however. is very
high I,H5 for a single trip one way FOR
the first 100 pounds of mail. and 800 for
each additional 100 pounds. Even tus
large amount does not hold some of The
carriers to the work, however. and many
give it up for easier and more remuner-
alive employment in the mines, where
unskilleG labor gets SO a day.
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What His Troops Think of the
Little General.
An EVENING WITH THE FIGHTER

he l. the Nest Picturesque Figure In the
by Him--tory Tsid by Him 20 Teach the
Fruitiessaess Of CTiIieisiHs superior On
~ Endured by All Under Hi- Leadership.
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