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| on rules dSSuucU
it's great Importance first under Speak
er. Reed with the adoption Of the new
rules of the house, under which all the
most important legislation was enacted
under special orders adopted by the
committee, of course with the speakers
mittee was kept busy all the time. In
the Fifty-first congress Cannon and
Mckinley were the majority members
of 1t.
| When Reed came back to the speak
ership he had with him Henderson and
Dalzell. Under Henderson the other
| republicans on the committee were
| Dalzell and Grosvenor, and they are
| now Cannon's associates, but it is no.
| ticeable that these two members who.
with Henderson. were regarded as the
whole thing are not seen In the speak
er's room now nearly as often as some
of the younger members of the house
who, under the old regime, were not
highly regarded by the powers in con-
troll
Speaker Cannon is getting to lean
more and more upon Hemenway of In
diana and Tawney of Minnesota, one of
whom, now chairman of the appropria-
ton committee, was in the last con-
gress of Importance only as Cannon's
lieutenant, and the other of whom was
regarded as a kicker" altogether out
of favor with the men in control. For
that matter. Cannon, himself was out
side the breastworks and nothing but
his powerful individuality and his po-
sition as chairman of the appropria-
lions committee. which could not he
we'll taken away from him, gave him
position of standing and influence in
the house.
AS for the committee on rules it has
had very little to do during the present
session. 1t has hardly been necessary
to bring in special order for the pur-
pose Of putting through any measure
of Importance, and without special or
ders the committee on rules becomes
a somewhat superfuous body. They
are not likely to have much to do be-
fore adjournment and there is no indi-
cation now of greater activity for them
next winter
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Va 0ASoO~A
were even then peach"ent'
senator's. Blackburn of Kentucky,
Hale and Frye of Maine, Money of Mis-
sissippi, Hoar of Massachusetts, and
Platt of New York were members of
the house. Speaker Cannon is the only
member of the house of representatives
whose service dates back so far as the
Belknap trial. Senator Hoar, now
chairman of the judiciary committee,
was one of the managers on the part
Of the house.
Should the case come before the SEN
ate great interest will be taken in the
proceedings on account of their novel
ty, if for no other reason. After the
action by the house committee, ap-
pointed by the house, will proceed to
the bar of the senate and there i'm
peach Judge Swayne of high crimes
and misdemeanors while in Office and
inform the senate that formal articles
of impeachment will be presented. This
committee will be announced by the
sergeant at arms, will proceed to the
area in front of the desk of the presi-
dent of the senate. will make its an
nouncement and will demand that the
senate take order for the appearance
of Judge Swayne to answer the ito
peachment. The senate will appoint
q committee, to which the message of
the house will be referred. The house
will appoint managers to conduct for
1T the impeachment proceedings and
theae managers will proceed to the
senate where, after taking seats as
signed, one of them will read the arti-
cles of impeachment. The president of
the senate will then dismiss them, will
set a day for trial and will give due
notice to the managers
On the day set for trial the chief
Justice Of the supreme court will be
brought into the senate by commit
tee appointed for the purpose and will
there administer to the senators an
oath that they will do impartial JUS
tice according to the laws The house
will then be formally notified that the
senate is organized for the trial and
the house managers will be admitted.
Judge Swayne will appear at the bar
Of the senate and will answer to the
articles Of impeachment by counsel,
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Chicago els he has but re-
Gently published.
The truth of the matter is Sir Ed
ward didn't see Chicago. He admits
that much himself, for he distinctly
says he did not go to the stockyards,
and Chicago without the stockyards is
not Chicago at all.
Though Sir Edward says the town
has no reason to exist, there was one
thing which he heartily approved Of,
and that was its breezy hospitality.
This is but another reason for believ-
ing that the eminent Englishman
would nave reported favorably upon
the police force had he been asked to
undertake the job of inspection, for
the Chicago policemen are noted for
their hospitality-they will drink with
any person who can produce the price,
and at any hour of the day or night.
But, seriously speaking, this record
breaking globe trotter, who does a
stunt at character sketching cities
from the windows of a limited ex-
press, is unjust to Chicago when he
judges it by the dirt, the filth, the
smoke, the SCOT and fog that is appar-
ent on the surface on a February day.
That was just before the house-clean-
ing time, for the city usually gets a
bath once a year, provided the graft
investigating committee has been hold
ing active sessions for the IL months
previous. Chicago with it's face washed
is a different city from that seen by
Sir Edward. There is foundation be-
meath the mire of filth, and the street
cleaners usually touch the high places
in the cobblestones once each year-in
the springtime.
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FUN ON A STREET CAR.
And This Nonsense Was Heard In
the Sedate and Sensible City
Of Philadelphia.

On Walnut street car the other day
says the Philadelphia Record, two women
who evidently knew each other but slight.
" struck up this conversation: "Why.
Mrs: Brown! How dye do?" How dye
do, Mrs. Green? l wasn't sure it was you
Mr.. Brown" "Oh, he's all right. How'a
Mr. Green?" He's all right, too. How
the Children They're all right. Howa
yourn?" They're all right"
There was q slight pause, as though
neither knew what to say net. Suddenly
one had an inspiration. She giggled q
minute and then said: Say, my husband
asked me the other day what your first
name was, and to save my soul I couldn't
tell him. What 10 it,"
Then it was the other woman's turn to
giggle. why, it's Millicent," she said.
"Mlilicent! How do you spell it," "Oh,
it's an easy name. M-il-l-i-c-e-n-t. We'll,
you can't never say you amt got cent
to your name, can you?"
A scream Of laughter followed this wit
ticiam, and they began to slap each on the
wrist
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physical condition when this condition
is caused by sick Kidneys:
Mrs. Sadie Mettles of 1894 w. 4th Ave-.
Columbus, Ohio, says: ''Prior to the
year 1898 l suffered considerably from
backache, pain in the head, languor
and depression and weakness of the
action of the kidneys. The pain was
always worse in the morning and felt
miserable. I was induced to procure a
box OF Doan's Kidney Pills and began
their use. They proved prompt and
effective. They cured me and there
has been no return of the trouble since
taking them. owe all the credit TO
Doan's Kidney Pills"
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Mettles will
be mailed on application to any part Of
the United States. Address Foster.
Mlburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
BY all druggists, price 80 cents per box.
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ho1 =
lent Label. 80
trade, manufactures and commerce-is
that it is no longer possible for all OF
what New York calls it's society to meet
upon common ground without con.
fronting in the most embarrassing fash
ion persons who have been divorced and
remarked.
The Belmonts are the worst trouble
breeders. Both have taken other mems
wives; one Vanderbilt's, the other by
a curious coincidence the wife of close
relative of the Vanderbilts. The power.
the prestige, above all the considerable
number of the Central New York fam
lily" make it hard to entertain any mem
Der of it in mixed company without
somehow treading upon somebody's
toes.
The increasing pace at which the very
rich are providing themselves with mile.
square country estates has its con.
veniences.
OWEN LANGDON
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the flames, commemorating, Of course,
the rise Of the city from the ashes Of
| III. more truthful representation
would show the city rising from q
swamp with the feet still buried in the
mire
George M. Pullman laid the founda-
ton of his fortune by prying the busi-
ness section of the city out OF the
swamp which threatened to consume it
in the first half of the last century
Now the center of the city, with it's
long streets of towering skyscrapers,
is but II feet above the level of the
lake. while the suburban towns to the
south and west need second Pullman
to lift them from the swamps.
In the Lake Calumet district to the
SOUTH in Burnside, Pullman, Kensing-
ton, Bryn Mawr, densely populated
sections, and in the DesplainesS river
valley on the west, the spring floods
are as greatly feared as are those of
the southern Mississippi. Transporta-
ton is spelled navigation" by float
ing sidewalks in these sections at this
time. The first floor rooms are given
over to the denizens of the deep and
are classed as the family aquariums
Aquatic sports are the popular forms
OF amusement, and babies are taught
to swim before they can walk.
The record up to date this year is
four deaths by drowning, and !. prop
erty loss of some half million dollars,
to say nothing of the movable side
walks that are travelling southwark to
become feature of the drinking wafer
at the st. Louis exposition. An ade-
quate sewerage system is a problem
the city has yet to solve for these SUBJ
urbs.
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ABOUT CHINESE NAMES

A few definitions of Chinese geograph-
ical prefixes and sufaxes may be of
service in calculating the nomenclature
Of current war news, says the Boston
Transcript. First, prefixes: Ia, as in
Taku, means great, and siao, as in Siao-
Ping-Thou, means small. Pei or pc, nan,
tung and 81 are respectively north,
south, east and west Thus the Pei-Ho
is the North river. etc. Shang and hal
are upper and lower. Pal, hei and
whang are white, black and yellow.
Suffixes are more numerous and famil-
lar Kiang, no tchuan, u'a, muren and
tchu each and all mean river. Thus Yalu
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14

Kiang and Liao Ho are simply Yalu
river and Lao river. Shut, kou, thsuan,
XIII, gol and ussu are unfamiliar terms,
meaning brook or small river. HUI,
nor and ONO mean lake, as in the we'll
known Lob Nor and Kosso Col. Pc, tss
and ten mean a small lake or swamp
or town situated near such a place
Hal means sea; thus Whang- Hal is the
Yellow sea, Tung-Hai is the Eastern sea
and Nan-Hai is the Southern sea. Tao
and sometimes shan means island, but
shan more often means a mountain
range. Ling is pass over & mountain
range.
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Blsness. been annexed tt
the city. The pedestrian falls through
the holes, runs rotten nail into his
toe. and sues the city for $4,000 fol-
personal injury.
Ten years. ago there were 46 claims
OF this character pending against the
city. On January 1, 1904, the 46 claims
had grown to 2.876, in which the total
damages asked was $3S,o66,952. OF
these cases 80 per cent. are due to de-
fective sidewalks, and more than SO
per cent. are due to defective sidewalks
| in the suburbs. There is such a thing
as growing too fast for your pocket
book, and Chicago is rapidly finding
this out
Judgments in these personal injury
cases are piling up against the city so
rapidly as to threaten bankruptcy I'M
less some means is found of stopping
the growth. At the present time the
city owes its MANNED and deformed in
habltants, who have, according to the
evidence produced in court, become
physical wrecks by reason of municipal
negligence, the neat little sum of 81
979,70O. On this five per cent interest,
a total of $250,000 annually is paid.
There is not dollar available to paw
the principal, which is growing at the
rate of about half million dollars
year.
Instead of continually multiplying in
territory it would seem that Chicago
might profit by few problems in SUBJ
straction. The city is learning in the
school of experience that there is more
in this world than the. one item of
square miles,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14

man he was able to How W. X. Grace
finance a $4,000 lame 70 we" hofA'
600 loan for the country which he en-
tered in such humble capacity; and
to take commanding PLACE in trade,
notifies and finance in the other South
American countries 1t was long joke
nm South street whenever rebellion
broke out in any Central or South
American country that Grace was back
ING one side and Charles r. Flint the 9TH
or. And that was not always wholly
imaginary.
The Grace firm was family affair.
Mr. Grace's brother Michael is the head
of the London branch, and his beautiful
daughters are famous In London society
"a the "three Graces." Two sons and
son-in-law divide the labor OF directing
houses in Callao, Lima, Santiago, Para,
Conception, Valparaiso, San Francisco
The very names breathe the romance OF
trade.
Grace's name is a reminder that New
work democracy did not always trail
at Tammanys heels. He was elected
mavor once by a deal with Tammany,
nnce against Tammany. It was while
- was mayor that William G. Whitney
WAS corporation counsel. the beginning
~ his political career. Whitney had, in
foct three successive careers-in law, in
,,o1,tics. in business; was successful in
al and died almost young man.
Mr. Grace was citizens mayor as de-
cisiyely as Seth Low. He was John
ua,,v's bitter enemy. He was elected
uav hack In 1880, and that was the real
heginning Of the modern understanding
that > citizens candidate can be elected
aren IN New York. That was a con-
siderable service to the people.
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p r e c e q e n [, al
though several
members of that
body are familiar
with the procedure
against Secretary
Belknap through
the fact that they
were in one or the
other branches of
congress at the
time. Teller of
Colorado, Allison
Of Iowa. Cockrell
Of Missouri, and
Mitchell of Oregon
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14

WV ~ SSAAy ~
1t is, first of all,
a moral problem.
A man goes into a
game in which
failure sooner or
later is almost GER
tain. as all past
history S h o W s .
While he still has
plenty of money
on paper he gives
his wife a house
worth $265,O0 and
settles upon her
other gifts of per-
haps half a mil
lion. H e al s o
treats himself to q
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14

'ASOi. 1 he GILL;
culties of keeping
New York free
from g a m b | i n e
are increased by
many circu m :
stances. There are
apt, to be a hun
dred t h o u S a n d
strangers here at
any one time. The
brokers who gam
Bile all day in the
gr a t exchanges
are by common
consent the best
patrons at night of
the smaller gamb,
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secretary OF agrl-
culture in the not
very long list, but
there are a great
many people in
Washington who
think that as an
architect and land
scape gardener he
is a dismal failure.
The last con-
gress made an ap-
pro pri a tion Of
about three mil
lion dollars fo1 a
new building to be
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for personal in
jury that are be-
ing filed in ever
increasing num-
bers against the
city. The spring
flood tears to
pieces the "im-
prompfn" side-
walks laid across
the prairies of the
suburban towns
that, in the desire
for still greater
"bigness. h a v e
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14

classes, t h O u & b
they are recruited
from different
schools and have
different standings
in society in the
eyes of the law.
The man who shows
the u n S o p h i S
ticated the explo-
sion on the lake
front and extracts
from his pocket
his wallet is called
a thief and whom
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14

tne spring HCOdS
that come with
as much regu-
larity a s t h e
spring poet to the
newspaper sane
turn. A lack of
financial resources
prevents the re-
moval of winters
SHOWS, and they
must lie in great
drifts to await the
softening touch of
the gentle zephyrs
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14

uidCe. came 10 New
York as a cabin
boy. He had run
a W ay from his
home near Queens
town, Ireland. His
family, who were
well-to-do. recog-
nized the adven-
turous nature of
the boy and got
him a place as
clerk in a firm in
Callao. Peru. Be-
fore Grace was Il
he was a partner.
Before he was an old
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14
Y LANGDoN.
Friendly Advice.

"1'd have you know, sir" said Milf.
Inns. that I'm a self-made man"
"Well. you have my sympathy" re
Joined Bifkins. "but keep it to your
self, and don't worry, and perhap!
you'll get along all right." -Cincinna.
Enquirer.
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Jones, the English
artist, to investi-
gate the police de-
partment he would
have found much
to mitigate the Of
lenses of the po-
licemen. In fact,
Sir Edward be-
lieves having to
reside in Chicago
sufficient punish
ment for any
crime in the cal
erdar, and has
said SO in a book
Of American trav-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14

parties to investi-
gate and spy upon
the police of Chi
cago, says the force
is both deficient
and inefficient.
Wonder, now, if
the captain thought
to tell the people
of this town some
thing new when he
put in that report?
Did he suppose for
an instant that the
people who have
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14

managers of the
republican MAORI
ty in the house.
The committee on
rules has fallen
into innocuous des-
uetude in STRIKING
contrast to its au-
tocratic perform
ances under the
administrations OF
Speakers R e e d
Crisp and Hender-
son.
The committee
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14
Occasion for q Story.

A man had story about a gun which
he delivered himself of upon all occasions.
At a dinner party one evening he writhed
in his chair for over an hour waiting for
chance to introduce his story, but no
opportunity presented itself. Finally he
slipped coin into the hand of waiter
and whispered: when you leave the
The waiter slammed the door as direct
ed, and the man sprang to his feet with
the exclamation: whats that nolse--a
gum"
".Oh, no." returned his host, ut was
only the door"
..Ah, I see. Well, speaking Of guns re-
minds me Of little story Tit Bits.
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who is now Mrs.
B e | m mt is a
freshman in Har-
ward. Among his
classmates there
are two sons of the
present Mrs. Will
liam K. Wander
bilt.
Society is full OF
such humorous lit
tie ironies. One
secret of its break
ing up into little
cllQues-Ole rea-
son why Newport,
for the first time in
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be tried Dy the
United States sen
ate sitting as a
court of impeach-
ment. The judi
ciary committee of
the house has
voted to recon-
mend to the house
the impeachment
of Judge Charles
Swayne, of the
northern federal
district of Florida,
and there is little
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14
A Cunning Little schemer.

Miss Richgirl (doubtfully)-I am
afraid pa will never consent unless you
place him under obligations to YOU.
Mr.. Slimpurse- Let-me-see
might pretend to save you from drown
ing or something.
''That wouldn't be Of any use. He
would simply hand you reward and
forget all about II"
But there must be some way to win
his favor"
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after which the trial VIII proceed as In
other trials with arguments by coun-
sci and testimony of witnesses. At the
conclusion of the trial each senator
will answer guilty or not guilty as the
case may be-
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"asre D'you s'pose nassed IN offeo+i,o-
Benny's Goin'?" r~0 :"
ness even on the
80 Wy more earnest though often
less polished men. In the practical
Vi management he has been mag
n,ncen, hgure-head; Platt has been, un-
~ recently, the real power. Now Plat
nimseif is back number.
mat, brutality stated. is the net result
=. .ne new truce arranged between Platt
ano odell. Gov. Odell says that he has
Deen repeating on an average once a
.lon.n Tor long time that Platt can be
'ne leader as long as he lives and
"isaes the title. Odell is the chairman
=. the state committee; is the dispenser
III patronage; is the real power.
odell is heavily built. middtp-aped
oeep-chested, with a powerful chin, dull
Eyes sagging cheeks. He speaks plain
~ Without sign of the oratorical
sraces Platt Is an old man and rather
!eeDie, very slender, speaks in a rather
'nin voice, has even less ability to sway
Men from platform than Odell. And
ne Is out OF power: Odell could have pre-
cancy had he wished. 1t is said that he
mas oIten regretted his good nature in
NOT nillng Platt's place by a friend of
MS own He will not run for the gov
ernorship again; and he tells his friends
mat ne has no desire to be "chforo-
formed upon his retirement from Of
fee.
This is taken to mean that Mr.. Ode,l
desires the senatorship. Owing to the
1act that New York has not been for
some years redistricted upon new CEN
sus. 1T is quite possible to elect a repub
ilcan legislature when the state goes
democratic. It must be added that the
chances OF the latter result this fall are
somewhat increased by the governors
assuming active management of a DO
litlcal party. Fastidious people do not
like It.
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Brute.

Woman is naturally of a clinging
nature" observed he.
yes" rejoined his wife, "but she
isn't to be compared with man when 1t
comes to holding on to a IS bil."-NeW
Yorker.
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from the SOUTH A Drainage Problem
land that sonde to Solve.
them flowing into the streets and
Easements. A Chicago artist won
fame by typifying the city as a woman
of magnificent proportions rising from
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14

been a strong fig
ure in politics. His
considerable ora
torical talent has
put him forward as
a spokesman upon
political occasions;
he has been for
years familiar as a
speaker at nation
al conventions and
as an after-dinner
speaker is almost
as well known in
London as New
York. But he has
always been sur
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
Is cough cure.-J: w: OBrien, 322 Third
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WOMEN BREAK DOWN.
Sometimes women drift into a G

uAtAOu OF l3l1 Invalid. !"
Continual languor-all
tired out, run down,
backache, nerves shat
tered, headache, terrible
pain, no appetite, poor
digestion. In nine cases
out OF TENTS because the
kidneys fail to do their
work Of filtering the
poisonous system waste
from tho blood. The
kidneys are weak and
need the strengthening
help of Doan's Kidney
Pills. Read how these
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-14
It Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure fof
..ot, sweating, callus, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price Csc. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. r.
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"Oh, have 1t! You wait until pa gets
into tight place, and then you rush in
and save him from bankruptcy."-N. Y.
Weekly.