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city of any size and hardly 3 week
passes, winter or summer, without find
ing him here. His relationship to SEN
ator German and Senator Elkins and
his business connections with John r.
Mclean and other district millioaaires
have brought him here even more often
than would otherwise be the case. Seen
in the company of any of these men he
does otseem TO be their senior, although
there is no one of them TO whom he
cannot show a score Of years in retro
speet. He has the sturdy form and the
springy step Of a youngster Of SO, and
there is not a sign that can be observed
of the encroachments of extreme age.
An early life on the farm and hard
work ON the railroad undoubtedly have
had much to do with this, and an alb
stemioHs life has had more.
With all his millions-and Senator
Davis is credited with a fortune rang
ing all the way from 100000 to s40,-
100000 according to the Imagination of
the chronicler-he has never yet been
known to indulge in eKtravagances of
any kind. His tastes are as simple as
those OF Russell Sage When he was in
the senate and had rooms at the Ar
lington hotel the members of his fam
lily used to make their own dresses and
9 sewing machine was constantly run
ming in their modest apartments.
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Though it has never been proved
that plants have brains, declared the
Baltimore Herald, it has been proved
often that there is some power within
them whereby they combat evil eonat-
tons and seek what is resi- sor their
good A resident of Castle Valley. Pa,
has vine that showed itself last
month to have, if not brain, q SUP
stitute of equal value.
This vine. a young one, grew IN a
clay pot. 4 stick stood in the middle
of the pot and the vine curle} up Il lt
was about two feet in height; in
length, uneurled, it would have meas
ured four fret.
Usually the vine was placed in
south window every morning, where II
absorbed light all day, It happened
however. through an oversight. that
one Afternoon shutter shaded hail
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HIS PATIENCE SNAPPED OFF
And What He Said to the Young :,ady
Was Sufficient for the
Occasion
Occa sion.

There is young man in town who
is newly come cut of the west, and IL
you ask certain Rhode Island avenue
girl about him you will be very likely
to hear most disparaging account Of
his manners. Il happened thig way,
relates the Washington Post: Last
summer the Rhode Island avenue girl
went out to the western town where
this young man was born and brought
up to visit friends. Everybody was
exceedingly cordial to her, and posi-
bly, this gave her an undue idea OF her
own Importance.
At any rate. she took it upon herself
to criticise the west and western ways
in fashion that is far from pleasant
to westerners, though, goodness
knows. they've heard it long enough
to be pretty well hardened The young
man am telling you about took her
driving one evening, and it happened
that she was in an unusually critical
mood She made fun of the town and
the people and pointed out wherein
they were lacking in the essentials of
civilization till the young man felt
that her remarks were getting on his
nerves.
Things are SO different here from
what they are in Washington. SHE
said. Why, at home really nice girls
never 60 driving in the evening with
men.
Tie yoahg mans patience snapped
of short. He looked at the girl with
o smile
ITS the same here" he said coolly.
That's why we fellows have to taka
girls from out of town.
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Away back in the seventies and the
early eighties they had in addition the
task Of collecting funds from the I'M
fortunate government employees who
were expected to contribute a certain
percentage Of their salaries to the cam
paign fund of the party which happen
ed to be in power.
Jay Hubbell. of Michigan, became no.
torious during the campaign of 1880
by his demands npon the government
clerks and by the systematic persist
ence with which he brought them up
to the captains Office to settle. Hub
bell worked in harmony with the ma
tional committee, but he was chairman
Of the congressional committee and
really achieved a reputation which he
did not fully deserve.
That was before the days of the civil
service regulations, which made the
solicitation of campaign funds from
government employees unlawful. It has
been good many years since there has
been any suggestion of a seandai of the
kind. A great many government Off
Gals contribute to the campaign funds
Of their party and their contributions
are always welcome, but such thing
AZ solicitation is no longer known.
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Secretary Morton. Gldacy mas oeSn 50
long brewing that New Workers have
been made familiar with the different
ways of getting to the little hamlet GA
the Hudson where the judge has his
farm. And the farm has not been de-
MED him. The present democratic
candidate has been truly democratic in
his habits, and it has been easy to know
where and how he lives, and how his
cattle live, and how his barn is ar
ranged and what sort of feed he be-
,lieves in. The local gossips like Judge
Parker. Folks who sit on barrel IN
the country store agree that he is fine
gentleman, a very nne gentleman. As
everybody now knows, the judges
daughter is married to High Church
Episcopal clergyman whose parish is
In Kingston, a few miles away from
Esopus. and Judge Parker drives over
to his son-in-laW S church on Sunday
mornings. The democratic candidates
home is an ample but transformations
place overlooking the Hudson. One OF
his neighbors is famous in American
literature John Burroughs, one OF the
most brilliant Of American critics and
the greatest writer on nature since
Yhoreau, raises grapes, and remarkably
fine grapes. they are. on the slopes OF the
great river. A little farther off is Henry
abbey, the poet, friend OF John Bur
roughs and Of Judge Parker Every
body thereabouts knows Judge Parker
as well as every body in the vi
cinity of Oyster Bay knows Theodore
Roosevelt. Also. Judge Parker and
Theodore Roosevelt know each otter
better than most folks have suspected.
Their families have exchanged visits
and feeling of cordia9. respect has pre-
vailed on both sides.
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agricultural department. The )

agricultural department. The young
man is no longer in the government
service, but is one of the most success
full business men in the District Of Co
lumbia. OF course Morton was glad to
see him aad after the first greeting the
talk drifted to politics. Pretty soon the
former private secretary began to make
complimentary remarks about the pres
ident. Il didn't know you had changed
your politics" remarked the new seere-
tary of the navy When did that hap
penn" oh, no, haven't changed at
ALL was the reply. Il used to be
J. Sterling Morton democrat. How
am a Paul Morton republican. It's all
In the family"
Morton is going to take house out
ON Massachusetts avenue just beyond
the Splendid mansions of Thomas F.
Walsh and Larz Anderson, but very
modest establishment compared with
those places and he is counted on to do
good deal of entertaining next VIM
ter.
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ers, the manufacturers. ghen it covers
the question of immigration, which is
bound to be one of the most vital and
1nsistent questions before the American
people for a great many years to come
to say nothing of the lighthouses,
the coast and geodetjc survey, the
steamboat inspection service and the
bureau of statistics. There is not one
of these bureaus which IL not destined
to expand greatly, with the additional
attention which they will all receive
from being placed under the jurisdics
| ton of new department. had rather
be at the head Of this department than
of any other department ia the govern
ment."
Metcalf is the third maa to be chosen.
for place in the cabinet from the Pa
cif1e slope since the admission of Cal
ifornia The first was George FL. Will
iiams, of Oregon, whono Grant made
attorney general and tried TO make him
chief justice OF the United States. but
whom the senate refused to confirm
as chief Justice Williams was COM
monty known as Landaulet Williams
on account of the handsomely uphol-
stored landaulet in which Mrs. Will
lians used to drive about Washington
to the envy of less fortunate women.
After his. retirement no Pacific coast
man held place in the cabinet until
Mckinley appointed as attorney gem
eral Judge McKenna, who served on
the ways and means committee with
him in the house and who, curiously
enough, represented the same district
in congress afterwards represented by
Mr.. Metea1f McKenna Is now q JUS
| tice of the supreme court.
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famous reaches its height in New
York. Every possible sort of book
for setting down who is who having been
legitimately ineubated, it remained for
the ingenious to get up new plans for.
setting forth those who would not be
set forth in any other way. Especially
profitable, Of course, are those plans
which include pictures. for pictures SO
obviously cost money that the promo
tors have a brilliant excuse for asking
money whereWith to introduce this form
of establishment. If it is worth any
thing to have column biography anG
portrait in great biographical his
tory, IL surely Is worth hundred dol
lars. Many the thousands that are spent
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BUNCH TOGETHER.
Coffee Has ! Curious Say oe Finally
Attacking SONS Organ.

Ais that come from coffee are cumu.
latiVe. that Is. unless the coffee is
taken away new troubles are contin
aatly appearing and the old ones get
worse
ITO begin WITH says a Kansan, ii
was q slave 70 coffee just as thousands
CT others to-day, thought could not
live without drinking strong coffee
every morning for breakfast and | had
Sick headaches that kept me in bed
several days every month. Could hard
~ keep my food on my stomach, but
would vomit as ioEg as I could throw
anything up and when could get hot
coffee to stay On my stomach | Thoughts
] was better.
Well, two years ago this spring !
was that sick with rheumatism I could
not use my right Grm to do anything,
had heart trouble, was nervous My
nerves were all uustrung and my fin
ger nails end tips WeEeg blue as if
had chi5i all the time. ana my face
and hands yellow as a pumpkin My
doctor said it was heart disease and
rheumatism and my neighbors said /
had Brights Disease and was going to
die
We'll. did not lSnog what On earts
was the matter aIqd every morning
would drag myself out of bed and go
to breakfast. not to eat anything. but
to force down some more coffee. Then
iii d little while would be so nervous,
my heart would beat like everything.
Finally oae morning told my hus-
band | believed coffee was the cause
of this trouble and that thought
would try Postum. which had seen ad-
vertised. He said All right so We
pot Postum, and although I did not like
it at first [ got right down to business
aud made it according to directions
then it was fine and the whole family
got 10 using Is. and tell you II has
worked wonders for me. Thanks {.
Postum in place of the poison, coffee
. now enjoy good health. have no.
been in bed with sick headache fol
two years. although had 1t tor 81
years before I began Postum and ny
nerves are now strong and I have NJ
trouble from my heart or from thu
rheumatism
u consider Postum q necessary ar
tiele OF food On my table. My friends
who come here and taste my Postum
sag IS is delicious, z Name given By
Postum Co. Battle Creek. Mich.
Get the book. The Road to Well
sfIle. in each pkg
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downtown business district facade al
most marked the end of a century since
the famous duel that closed the life of
this extraordinary man. Few American
statesmen are more profusely honored
in New York than Hamilton. This is not
to speak of the tablet on the Jersey shore
near where the famous pistol encounter
took place. The site of the duel is not
get built over, though Q railway track
cuts through the spot. During the week
thousands of people have visited the re-.
gion, and the relic hunter still finds
things to appease him the big duelling
pistols are still in the city have pho
| tograph of them before me. Many Ham
ilton landmarks remain unblemished
Tho Hamilton house, to which the duel
list was carried after Burr,s bullet had
inflicted its mortal wound, and in which
he died next day, is still standing. though
it is not standing where it stood when
Hamilton lived in it. The building is
now occupied as a private school. The
old Hamilton trees" are looking much
the worse for age, and will soon give way
to the march of the builder unless res
cued by sentiment.
Another centenary that has managed
to attract the attention Of New York is
that of =Hawthorne's birth. It is not for
a literary man, not even very great lit
era1y man, to command the popular at
| tention bestowed upon a. statesman,
though a writer who fought duels might
do better than one who bved simple
uneventfu1 life. Fenimore Cooper came
| near fghti5g duels; but no one, think,
| has ever accused Hawthorne of being Of
that disposition. Hawthorne's fame
grows with the years. No one seems to
dispute his prominence as a writer of
| fiction. 1t is said that his romances, now
40 years after his death, are more widely
read than in his life time. Among them
ali THE Scarlet Letter stands out as his
masterpiece, and one of the masterpieces
! of American letters that might be count
ed upon the fingers of one hand. Curl
| 0usly Americans bestowed romancer,
md our bestowed poet, Longfellow,
were classmates in little BowGen college.
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Black Gingersnaps.

Put two-thirds Of a cuptul Of butter,
one eupful OF sugar in an agateware
saucepan on the stove and let the mix
ture come to the boiling point Thenstir
iii a teaspoonful Of soda and a table,
spoonful Of ginger, and take from the
IRE Immediately afterward. Stir this
mixture into four enough to roll out in
thin. wafer-lilse snaps. Bake them on a
large sheet Of Russian iron. If you do
not possess one. any biscuit tin may do.
These gingefsnaps are crisp and blacE-.
IN. Y. Tribune
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people who live by being hurt, or what ID
easier, by seeming to be hurt. The case
has lust been brought to light of wom-
an who has never been legally punished
who has been living for years on fraudN-
lent claims She slipped on piece Of
meat in butchers shop. Thereupoa it
was discovered that she had slipped on
piece of banana skin in dry goods store
and collected $50, after having tried and
succeeded IN a variety of petty tricks OF
the same kind. Another woman has been
slipping on banana skins On ferry boats.
Another had a speciality IN ice cases, and
has met with great success. Nothing ID
easier than to sprain an ankle or back
on a piece Of broken pavement or near an
excavation It is possible to be hit Or to
seem to be hit by piece of wood falling
from a seaffolding.
Chiefly available for the suit sharp is
the street car There are thousand
ways in which the ingenious can be hurt
on a street ear-even those who are not
ingenious can be hurt trif1e In the hurt
ling public conyeyances Of New York.
The result is an avalanche of suits run
ring into che millions. every year. some
of which result in the exhibition of real
injuries. new or I'D, and others of which
place a big strain ON the maginations OF
the jury. Just what sort Of aiurch the
company shall be responsible for is
question that comes up over and ever
again. Naturally the companies become
sufficiently expert in human nature to
know which case had better be settled
and which may be carried to the jury.
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diminish the con-
slant stream of publications that is
stantly flowing from the government
printing presses.
The printing bills of Che United
States are something out IF all reason.
Documents are turned out by the top
on all sorts of subjects and on every
conceivable excuse. To say that three
fourths of this stuff was ever read by
anybody would not be perhaps an ex-
trayagant estimate. OF course every
document is read by somebody, but
there are not many that are read by
any except a very few. Tons upon tons
of printed matter are slowed away or
thrown away yeas after year without
having been of the slightest benefit to
anybody.
Senators and representatives have
learned to use documents in the same
way that they use garden seeds from
the agricultural department They
bundle them off indiscriminately to
constituents whose names happen to be
on political lists. Occasionally docu-
ments sent out this way reach an ap-
preciative destination More otter -he9
are thrown aside Off they are bolnd
in ards-transformed into scrap
books.
1t is proposed now in some Of the de-
partments to put nominal price on
all publications issued so that when
ever document is sent out it will be
sure to reach somebody who cares at
least enough about it to pay something.
s,lch policy would not make the doc
ument business self-supporting. for the
price fixed would be simply nominal.
but it would surely tend to lessen the
volume of printed material.
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society measures distances. Even at the
summer haunts as far as Nara gaLsett
and Bar Harbor there is greater 0u1lness
When Every body" IL out of town
New York still has population of some
millions and there are human beings
there who look very much like the sort
of people who are called Society In
winter. There is not only the society
that is seen at the roof gardens (as il II
had just dropped into town. and at the
cafes, but the front steps society, which
is legion, and which is capable Of pre-
sentfng very pretty appearance. We
catch glimpges of it even on Madison ave-
nue-yes, even on Fifth avenue. An
american Lady" writing in the London
Telegraph, has beer saying that the
southern girl when she comes to New
York asks where do you do your court
ing?' Nobody answers that it is done
very frequently on the front steps In
summer, yet such an answer would not
be so absurd as might at first appear.
Certain front steps are not very bril-
lfantly lighted. One may gather an i'm
preston of girl in white dress, such
as the southern girl wears on her court
ing yeranda, but the details are hard to
make out. Hands and arms are indes
cipherable There Is no reason why
case might not be argued to a finish in
such surroundings. always presnming
that the occupants OF the house are well
trained.
Quite aside from the social apr ear
anees that are reflected in print New
York has summer society that Is exc
tremely interesting and admirably pic
turesque It's political society a stratum
by itself. will be gay enough and more
or less near at hand in this interval be-
fore the rear campaign. The restaurants
and roof gardens never held so many
people, never displayed SO many elabo-
raIe1y dressed women. The park is full
of automobiles. There is smartness OF
dress everywhere At the beaches there
Is more of this interminable crowd that
must not be called society because 1t Is 4
summer The bathing suits are more re-
msrkable than ever before-deco11ete
Iace-1aden multi-colored The Amer
team Lady" whom have quoted from the
London journal says that American
couples do much of their counting on this
gold links and the bride patches. Add
The excursion boats, the bathing beaches.
| the parks, the race tracks The Amer
lean couples do their counting where they
please.
OWEN LANGDON
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PLANT CREPT TO SUNLIGHT

the window and the vine was set in
the shutters shadow. A foot away was
the sunlight. warm, glittering, life
giving, but where the plant stood
sbere was nothing but gloom. .
During the our days the vine stood
in shadow with the sunlight near it it
did something hat proved it 10 have a
faculty akin 10 intelligence. Il I'M
curled itself from its supporting stick.
and. like a living thing, it eraWlad
ever the window ledge to the sun.
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Cheering IJp st7e tNvasad.

Mrs. Barr. an elderly Scotchwomans
rad been seriously i'll for weeks, dur
ing which time even the members OF
fer immediate family had been en-
eludel from the sickroom At last,
however. she 50 longed to see her gela-
tiyes that it &gas deemed advisable to
admit them. one ~ q time. Whsh
the moment for Mr. Bars visit ar
rived the trained ndr@e cautioned hin
against showing too much emotion
over his wife's changed appearance.
What you must do said the nurse,
SIS to cheer her up. You must tell her
how much better she is looking, what
o. nice color she has in her cheeks. and
now bright her eyes are. Above all
things, you must be cheerful.
Mr. Barr promised faithfully to say
the proper things; but when he ap-
preached the bedside and beheld the
ritlfui rayages that illness had made
III Mrs. Bars once pluEsp countenance,
ne became SO agitated that he forget
the nurses caution ard exclaimed in
the rich Scotch brogae that strong
emotion always called forth:
oh. Maggie. Maggie, Woreaa! whaur
wad Ye like to burEis2"
Yen not get chance to burg me
this time, William Barr" returned the
invalid. with unexpected spirit.
You're all together too anxious"
It was atterward said that Mrs.
Bars rapid recovery dated from taat
moment -CarrolI Watson Rankin, in
Iippineott's.
stFhe new cook comes With fine
recommendations" said Mr. Bliggins.
Yes answered his wife. they souna
rs if the people she was with thought
q great deal Of her. Of else that they
were willing to do or say almost any
thing in the hope of getting rid of
Washington Stag.
Because woman is nervous, ie does
mot necessarily follow Ghht she il
Y
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from Sycamore Hill
to Esopus. Judge
Parker will have the
center of the stage
until the first e8-
cit e m e n t b a S
passed. when he
must be content to
share the arena Of
observation with
his rival candidate,
the president Of
the United States.
Judge Parke can
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enthusiastic over
the possibilities Of
the establishment
over which he pre-
SIDES. at is bound
to develop. " he
says, Unto the
most efficient and
the most impor-
tant department OF
the government. 1t
touches almost ev.
cry line of activity
In the United
States-the eorpors
atoms, the labor b
- - ,t4sf .-54=5-t ~ Fl
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Tomato sirup.

1t is not generally known that de-
lightful beverage for che sick, wine
like IN davor and entirely without al
cohol. can be prepared from tomatoes
Squeeze the juice from ripe tomatoes;
add a half pound sugar to each pint:
strain, bottle and keep in a cool place.
1t keeps indefinitely Household
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her of the cabfne; of Grover Cleveland
Curiously CROUCH q number of these
lave followed his own example and
have transferred their allegiance from
the democratic to the republican party
One of the first men whom Morton
met when he reached Washington was
his fathers old private secretary in the
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Hamilton and Hawthorne.

Y the 1Ai Ue1OlC Lie
beginning of the
active campaign,
New York has had
time to take up the
name of an earlier
statesman Alex
a n d e Hamilton,
the centenary of
whose death has
just occurred. The
superb rev statue
of Hamilton on q