Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1894, Page 14

14 HUMAN DWELLINGS A National Museum Exhibit Show- ing the Process of Evolution. SKE OF THE PRIMITIVE FORMS Influences Which Controlled the Early House Builders. oa “= MEN DW IN CAVES - = Written Esctusiveiy The Eventng Star. :0F, MASON ned the nucleus is to be and important ¢ at the Nat 1 HAS i hue ting, the re of life condi- s. which has en- bled man to occu territories of t vigated planet and fully to com- : limit the freedom of nisms of the earth. n its present stage case, now lo tin models of about py sucee ADTYO ce wayed in a ler Gen rally contai thirty types of stions, #3 of construction— nt and pretty little toys-are as yet unborn to public view in the little work room: ing the ethnolo- gist’s A s growth of several y ars in the collectica is contemplated—that zeh time will } led with the resources at hand to present the systematic serial jy which Prof. Mason has planned. im this exposition will be the climate—the primary factor in bh African Residence. of dweliing structures. as climate ts count only of which ft thatched ed floor. | aggregate in towns, which, of course, can- | the entrances to the reoms excavated be- i | } |human foes can be regarde ds which prompt to house buildin climates are varied. One da ld, another warm a1 to the variety Tered, be nd the p feuse aginst wild beasis and hos' the habitation is net only a_ he « jally as seasoaal chs au he furthermore a store « objects of temptation ee rneedy. The nome of the ma burrow, like the home of lis aueiss hy the fox, wolf and bear. In this z Im Alaska. fesion he does not attempt to build, wis under ground. Where be ot he imitates the burrow with the but The Material for Dwell “3 will be another point of the professor's study of dweilings. those aretic regiens where drift Resour wood ebounds an underground house ts made by [the | | still while their little charges sleep, THE EVENING STAR, SATURD quite different, being pretentious structures kin ‘to the Pueblo town houses, which are well represented by extensive models in the museum. Occasional references are made in ethno- logical writings to a somewhat obscure race, dwelling underground, in parts of Asia and northern Africa. These. people not be seen by the trav rr until close upon ath the surface. The dead are placed ove ground, these people reserving the wichre-like excavations for themselves ing life. Their homes suggest the sub- au An Eskimo Hat. terranean houses in which some residents of India take refuge from the heat—an_un- ctory, cellar-like refuge, from which cupants are glad enough to emerge into the more che>rful outdoor air. Tree dwellers are found wherever danger from animals or water makes desirable an elevated domicile. Several models repre- nt houses of the low lands of India perch- ed on stilts, £8 a protection against poison- cus inaects, venomous snakes and danger- ous quadrupeds. Many of the Chinese live in boat: the Malay archipelago and in houses are built Sinmese Florting House. on gréat bundles of bamboo which float in the water—a model of one of these is con- taired in the collection. Product of Environment. “The house ts the product of environment in some way or other; there ts always a | coarection between them.” One of the most interesting results of environment were the lake dwellings of prehistoric | Switzerland. for nothing but a It was a social environment, from motive des ire for safety as 3 suffi > a people to mov the abundant land jo habitations yer the surface of a bod: h some references to the: classi in comparatively ree smewhat thorough knowlelge of their habits of life and status of civiliza- obtained through ar Mowing upon the discover: 1 remains of the ancient pil trious ssarch made known the exist- of great numbers of these, and the t work in the deposits under since destroyed platforms found lake dwe made use not only of the dc jeated animals and pants, including in present use, by wild animals that long jncluled in the fauna europe. of southwestern R — THE Advantages That Physteal Reta w York “rest cure’ by many er realiza an exper fenc hos is now practiced at home omen who have come to a prop- on of its valu Tt used to be ive remedy, necessitat'ng an ab- six te eight weeks in a private 1, with trained nurse, masseuse and rest, inIuding a trunk full of pretty for the N the woman she can tea gu gensible has her cure in homeopathic doses without discovered take stopping her work or quitting h A half hour daily of complete ri lying down In loose clothes, all worry, 1 thought, s if family. rement, nd banishing indeed, if possible, ered . A tired in darkened ways; panical eye-impressions of which one does not seem to be thinking at all, consume a little force; blindness, physically and mentally, is what is sought, and it is this that rests and restores. For the woman whose work is at home the half immediately preceding or fol- lowing luncheon is apt to be one that could | be spent in this way. Where there are chil- en old enough to go to sehool, after the al is better, for the little folks will have turned back to their lessons, no callers need be expected, and the afternoon's task or engagement can usually brook this little delay. For the mothers whose bables are in arms, the “rest” should be taken Says one this: “Why, that is my only | chance to ‘pick up’ and ‘catch up’ with brain strays resifully even m mother to the building of wooden frames, which, cov- ered with tarf, form the Igloos of tne Es- kimo and the yourts of the Siberian native. Whale ribs ir pla re used to form arches, over which earth is spread, and the eatire | Jack of timber, cr its substitute, compels th: cireumpolar man to use snow. Both the turf and the snow types of dwell attractively represented in the added interest is gtven to the snow hou are and e by & presentation In section, showing the long entrance passages and the skin beds and Lireplaces of the interic On the plains of the temperate zone the ubsene of forest materials makes residence in a tent imperative. In the Allegheny re- Kien the rectangular log cabin prevailed. Many people are under the impression that man learned of the invader to erect pss of timber, but ff any imitation practiced it was on the part of the - man, for the Indians used this form “r and protection before the advent uropean. ne west onstruc of ad wus st the big trees were split jon of the great communal Peculiar to these residents Im Northern Californin. America. A very curious model of one t# in the museum case. Th architecture is more pretentious than that Gispiayed in the simple the great A Nort slanting roof requi tion ce architecture he wal prated with curious designs, m the entrance rises rvel into grotesque huge tree trunk, nages. In the trop! form to the Some Primitive Houses. fly will be pre architectural prod: + and, final will em! civilized + evolution, invention yface the multitudinous conditions. “All the of great forms of architecture,” said the cura- me out of some primitive form of peoples,” he was asked, “live with- sof any kind?" cave or pile sticks against a rock." The cave ts conceded to be the primitive form of abode. Simple cave dwelicrs still i type of | and | Im, the bamboo and other growths | ucts. of | fore sted the influence of | himself had no satisfactory result. ‘Then, organization on the development of | during cne of his sleepless morning hours, | to step into one of the big shop thing: Spare the half hour to rest and | the picking up and catching up will befahe | better forwarded. ‘ The business woman whose work must be e at office or shop must invent her chance for rest. It is a common habit of young newspaper women, reporters, or hotels, k the parlor, and conscientiously rest for fifteen or thirty minutes, as their time per- | mits. In shops it must be taken with the stop for luncheon, as a rule; in offices it may also have to be, but often there is a lull in business that may be almost regu- larly depended upon. The hel carrier finishes the contents of his dinner pail, then lols against a friend- ly fence neer animal rest. Perhaps he Nebts a p ests in every fiber of his bein rl hurries A shop er her bread and tea to tr: tax her interest with a sto devoured till ly the last mo- ment, or she spends her “rest” time in exeiting P with her neighbors. Either is feolish expenditure of needed force. The closer the strain the greater the need for the complete and daily respite, however brief, Such workers should pursue the op- portunity to take it relentiessly =“ se ROOSTER OF A DUTCH DI OMAT. Ie Distarbs an Englishman by Its Crowing—How It is Stopped. From the Chfeago Tribune. ‘The counselor of the Dutch legation to the court of St. James is a chicken fancier and breeds various kinds on his grounds in Sherard’s Bush, a fashionable suburb. The diplomat, until recently, had among his feathered favorites a proud rooster, whose loud crowing, especially in the early morn- ing hours, greatly disturbed the. peaceful slumbers of Mr. Larmouth, the only close neighbor of the diplomatic chicken fancier. The nuisance became intolerable and Mr. | Larmouth objected personally to the coun- | selor, who slammed the door in his f: | Mr. Larmouth sought the courts, but could | not get any satisfaction, as no English | judge has Jurisdiction over the personnel of a foreign legation. Larmoutn appealed | to the home secretary, who drew his atten- | tion to an old act of the time of Queen Anne, according to which pecple who molest ign ambassadors and their suite are Mable to corporal or other severe punish- ment. A further appeal to the ambassador a good idea struck Mr. Larmonth. He wrote a letter of complaint to the young queen of the Netherlands setting forth his grievances RIGHT OF PETITION The Memorable Contest Carried on by John Quincy Adams. CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS The Slavery Power Was Arrayed Against Him. a FINAL > TRIUMPH HIS Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. N DECEMBER, 1831, John Quincy Adams, venerable in years and laden with polit- ical honors such as men, took his seat as @ member of the House of Represen- ton. He had served his country with high honors as its repre- sentative at the courts of — foreign countries, and in the Senate, had held a place in the cabinet and had been chief magistrate, yet he thought it no deroga- tion of his honor to accept a seat in Con- gress as the representative of the people. It was just at the time the anti-slavery so- cleties of the north began to petition Con- gress for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Slavery Wgs an ever- recurring and continuous subject of agita- tion, and in the early years there began the struggle which finally resulted in the civil war, and ended in the total abolition of slavery. Hardly had Mr. Adams taken hts seat when he became engaged in the fiercest and longest contested struggle that ever took place in the American Congress. It was over the right of the American people to petition Congress on any subject. The struggie began in 1X31, and was’ not wholly endel until ten years later, whea final and absoiute victory perched upon Mr. Adams. It was a fight for a principle with Mr. Adams, the champion of the rights of the people, who stood’ almost alone and fought the fight with the whole slave power arrayed against him. Such a cause could have found no better champion. Equipped with @ thorough knowledge of parliame: tary law a trategy, of dauntless cour- age, possessed of an eloquence aimost un- | equaled, and a learning almost universal in its range; with a tongue as bitter and | scathing as tha of a Randolph or a Cal- houn, he could meet logic with a logic still more convincin loquence with a lofuer sarcasm with sareasm more iting, scorn with deeper scorn and denun- ciation with denunciation absolutely fearful in its sweep and intenstiy. ‘The Great Contest Begins. He was the Napoleon of debate, with re- sources as inexhaustible and unrivaled a his physical rance $ able. He stood in the hall ot the Hous stood at the Diet of Worms w declared: “Here I stand; I can do no other- wise. 1 help me.” What the monk was (o the reformation th an “old man eloquent” was to the consti- tutional right of people to petition gress for a rearess of grievanc him it was a matter of from a matter of cons er se obloquy nor threats of pers viol could drive him an inch. ‘The great strug- gle for this right of the people took place in the old hail of the House, whose walls had echoed the eloquence of Webster, Clay, ‘alhoun, MeDutlis Wright and Grundy, put never had they responded to such elo. 1" eas from IST to INE: On se: sion a few in” 1831 AYS after Mr. A Jains ented tern petitions from. citizen: Massachu- setts asking for the al f slavery and the slave trade ct of « lumbia, prefacing rks with the statement ihat he did not believe Cong: ovght to interfere with slavery in the Di trict, but that the abolition of the slave trade therein clearly came within the pur- view of Congress. The presentation of the petitions raised a storm of objections from the but it was only 4 prelude to what was to come afterward. Simi titions were sent to Mr. Adams from other sections of the country and he kept presenting them for the « tion of the House, many efforts to silence him, or at presentation of the petitions, but t was in vain. 1N36 a committe of the Nov was appointed to consider what — disposition should be made of petitions «nd memoria of this nature, and after a prolonged con- sideration of the subject reported that Corgress could not constitutionally in fere with slavery in any of the states; that it ought not to interfere with ft in the District of Columbia, and that all prop- ositions, papers or petitions on the sub- ject brought before Congress should be laid upon the table, without reading or the lberty of debate. Against this report. Mr. Agama protested in the strongest terms, but it was adopted by the House by a very large majority. This attempt to suppress the right of petition aroused great irdignation throughout the north, and me- morials on the subject of slavery were sent In with renewed vigor. Mir. Adams, with unwavering firmness, continued to present them separately and io call the atiention of the House to each one, sometimes pre- serting as many as two hundred In a day. Threats of personal violence were freely made against him, but he defied his ene- mies and declared that while he had life and was @ member of the House he would present all petitions sent to him, if couched in respectful language. Mor some time he contented himself with simply presenting the petitions and calling attention to thei nature, but on the 6th of January, 1S%7, he took another step and one thet brought on one of the most dramatic scenes the old hall had ever witnessed, and a scene that must forever stand out in history as one of the most remarkable. On that day he presented a petition of one hundred and fifty women, whom he stated to be the wives and daughters of his immediate con- stituents, praying for the abolition of slav- ery in the District of Columbia, and moved that it be read. An Exciting Scene. A motion was at once made to lay it upon the table. Mr. Adams remarked that, un- de-standing that it was the motion to read that was laid upon the table, he gave notice that he would cal! ip that motion for de- cision every day so long av the freedom of speech was allowed him. He then preseated another petition, and said that as a part of the speech which he intended to make, he would take the liberty of reading the peti- ton, end at once commerced reading. Then the storm burst in all its fury. He was in- terrupted by cries of order, but he kept on reading amid the confusion. He was or- dered by the Speaker to take his seat, but refused to obey, raising his voice to its highest pitch as he kept om reading. The members crowded around him shouting and gesticulating in the wildest manner, but the old man was undaunted and fairly scrsamed out the concluding words of the petition, and then shook the paper in the face of his foes and defiled them to suppress free speech. A month later the storm burst forth with greater fury than ever. Mr. Adams had of- fered some two hundred petitions on the subject of slavery, and was about to take his seat when his eye caught sight of a pa- per lying on his desk. He picked it up and glanced cver it, and then, in a shrill tone, sald “Mr. Speaker, I have in my possession a against her unneighborly subjects and his | peace-disturbing rooster in darkest colcrs. | So far Mr. Larmouth has received no an- swer to his letter from Queen Wilhelmina, but It seems as if the counselor of the lega- tion had received from the royal school ue. The crudest peoples will at least | Tom at The Hague some sort of a warning, for a few days after Mr. Larmouth had mailed his letter of complaint the rooster of the diplomat stopped his crowing and has we In the deep and torrid canons of the | Nt been heard since. Sierra Madre, im Mexico. They were re- visited by a learned traveler, Mr. crude race (the Tarshumari), going about Imest entirely naked, except in cold -coe ‘The March ef Time. Lumholtz, who finds them a very | yrom the New York Herald. “Really, I do believe that we are growing weather, and seldom adding anything in| Older,” sighed the ballet dancer. “Twenty the way of improvement to the natural| years ago we were always called ‘girls,’ Tecesses in which they eur seek shelter. The} and now I notice that the papers are call- dwellings of the United States are|ing us ‘young ladies,’ * petition of somewhat extraordinary charac- ter, and I wish to inquire of the chair if it be in order to present it.”” The Speaker replied that if he woull state the nature of the petition the chair would probably be able to decide upon the subject. He stated that it purported to be a petition of eleven slaves from Cul, Va., and said that it had occurred to him that it was not what it purported to be, but he would send 4t to the chair. The = was Mr. James K. Polk, afterward President. With considerable excitement of manner, he said @ petition from slaves @ novelty, and involved a question he not (eel called pes ne cee but would refer it to the fouse. Held the Floor for Hours. As soon as the House caught the ourport fall to the lot of few | j Capable of exercising the right of petition, tatives in| Washing- | | it | and Mr. Thomas F. shall of Was chosen s spokes- a, and at tl sion next day he of- Series of resouutions reciti: ® the of- charged against Mr. Adams, and | hin to the bar of the House to sured by the He followed the resolutions with a speech of great nd eloquen, His denunciauons | e spirit of diguaion were terrific and | for the loudest applause, both trom | the floor of the House and th o | jleries. Nor did Be spare the | H | | | | He arose to of the paper, all the Scenes of confusion ond uproar that had occurred before were tame and, spiritless to those which followed. Shofits of “treasca, expel the old scoun- drel,” “put him out,” resounded from every part of the hall, dna-fningled with threats of a more serious nature, but in the midst of it all Mr. Adams stood serene and un- daunted. Several -resglutions were intro- duced, some for th censure and others for the expulsion of Mr, Adams, and inany vio- lent speeches were made. Mr. Adams stood at his desk from 1 o'clock until 7, refusing to be seated until the whole matter was dis- posed of. Some of the resolutions he dis- missed with a bitter,sgeer, while others he tore to pieces by satire. Finally, with a bitter sneer, he said that before any of the resolutions could be adopted, they would have to be materially revised, as they all charged him with being guilty of presenting a petition of slaves asking for the aboiltion of slavery, while, ifthe House would read the petition, they would find that the peti- tione>s asked for the.perp:tuation and not the abolition of involuntary servitude. This discovery only added fuel to the flames, as it incense@ his antagonists to have been caught in'such a palpable trap. A_hasty consultation was had, and Mr. Dromgcole of Virginia, who was regarded as the most expert parliamentarian in the House, was selected to draft a resolution that would cover the case. He produced a preamble and resolution, which charged that Mr. Adams bad presented to the House @ petition signed by negro. slaves, “thus siving color to an téea that bondsmen wer and resolving that he be censured by the Speaker. Upon this several fery speeches were made by southern members. At length, Mr. Adzms took the floor in his own de- fense. When he reached the Dromsoole resolution, with one of his most sarcastic sneers, he said: “Mr. Speaker. If I under- stand the resolution of the honorable gen- tleman from Virginia, it charges me with siving color to an {dea.” ‘This double en- tendre was irresistible, and a peal of laugh- ter broke from the whole House, and the Dromgoole resolution was actually laughed out of existence. The debate lasted for several days longer, and was conducted With great violence, but at last disposed of by the adoption of a resolution simply de- claring that the petition could not be re- ceived, and that slaves had no right of petition. His Crowning Triumph. The crowning victory of the Old Man Eloquent came, however, in 1842. At that time he presented a petition from Haverhill, Mass., asking that Congress take steps to peaceably dissolve the Union, setting forth several causes for such dissolution. Mr. Adams moved that the petition be referred to a select committeé, with instructions to report an answer showing why the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted. The scene that followed was of the wildest that had ever been witnessed in the House. As on the former occasions, several Tesolutions were immediately offered, some for censure and others for expulsion. The aregry discussion contiued un e puse adjourned forthe Gay. nt tne Hous That night a consultation wi was determined to. crush settle the dispute ov of petitions forever. held and | Mr. Adams | er the reception who had offended by prese petition. He spoke with a solemnit unusual with himg g aw he the vast crowd 7 sembiod t listen to his arr Mr. Adams | felt that the spe suble and | t Mr. Adams ; condemned. | They had not yet fathomed all the powers | and resources of the venerable stat trembling: infirmities, for, h& wat th years old. He felt tat in udien all that vast he could. lock for no sympathy, t he was stroag,in, his convictions of right. : Calmiy and dotfveratdly, in that nh ved voice usual to him, he began 1 With doep and touehing pathos he | reviewed his. carepr, cabling to mind the honors that. ha upon him shington, nd Mon- and by \ whole coun- Kis ‘voice. took on atone id contempt as he teferred to his as- at and compared his magisterial airs with those of the t Marshall of Vir- xinia, who had been his friend for half a ntury, He jiterally crushed his assail- | ant with his torrent of indignation. Fer eleven days the debate with angry vehemence. Mr. assauited with ail. the rhetoric, and eloquence of Marshall, Wise, and others, but the old man met fresh attack with fresh energy. Fir en he arose to con- debate, Mr. Botts of Virginia | lay the whole matter on the | . Adams yielding to him for that purpose. The motion was agreed to by a decisive majority, thus leaving Mr. Adams triumphant over ‘all. eee When He is Gone. From the Boston Globe! arben he Is gone how dark the right! Nor does the day sem very bright, When he is gone k cn the eleventh day, w clude the The birds do not pause on the wing And round the old rway cling, Their sweeteat somes of Joy to sing, When he ts gone, The roses do not seem as sweet, Somehow, ax when we used to incet, But be 1 gone. At evening as T sit and gaze Into the heavens with stars ablaze, Tonly think of other days, Now he fs gone. ‘The world at large seems far less gay, The kitten, even, wil pot pl When’ he ix zone. Within my heart there is no xong, Kut saddest thoughts the hoars prolong, Which seem to me a8 cent’rles long, When be is goue. 1 wonder tf he thinks of me ‘Today, wherever he may be, For ie is gone. I wonder shall T ope iy Some mocning, and with glad surprise ‘Tell bia bo nat y poor heart dics When he is gone? = soe A Mixsing Ring Story. From the Leeds Mereury. It would be difficult to find in the pages of fiction anything to equal the following prosaic fact, which has just happened in Scotland. A Capt. Heathcote rents a moor from year to year. Last year while out shooting he lost a diamond ring. This year he was reminded of It by the anniversary of his loss, and sitting by the fire and tak- ing up a piece of peat to put on, he had scarcely uttered the words, “It is a year today since T lost my diamond ring,” than his companion was surprised to hear th words quickly followed by “and here it is."* ‘The peat had been cut from the very moor where the loss had occurred, and hence its recovery. No other, account of ®xtraordi- nary recovery of djaumopds could equal that, unless, perhaps, that gf a, lady who drop- red a diamond into @ pond and found it some months aftey on,.the leaf of a water lily which had jorng; it upward in its growth, Tattooed oni From London Answerg. Very few reader even dream that there is any single piece efi reading matter in the world which lives}' breathes and circulates on its own indivi @gcount. But any one wha. wilt take the trouble to walk into a certain ‘sMop in Piccadilly, not far from the Egyptia Hall, will be re- warded by seeing @ 8peties of snake, known as the lemon ‘with the whole of the third chapter of 'Genésis ‘tattcoed on its body. The reptile*ts dénly lent for exhibi- tion, but the gen who purchased: ft ates that on board the South American | sailing vessel, the scene of this remarkable tattooing, it is a common diversion among the sailors to capture lve snakes, extract their fangs and cover the body with any number of inscript! te. legends and devices, Coe reptiles at the first po i Few of the purchasers, however, care to | have charge of live snakes—be they ever so harmless—so it, is to elther stuff these ‘atter with fine straw and putty, or else tmmerse them in alcohol, althoug this process commorily has the effect of taking. ‘all the brillianoy-out ofthe pigments | PI ey : ved. E tho of. 5 "Bxelches by Boa ano pS oe AY, OCTOBER 13, 1894-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. COLORADO'S LESSON Business Conditions Settling Into a Conservative Groove. PASSING OF DENVER'S “BOOM” DAYS tonne Sree A City Built Faster Than Require- ments Demanded. ene Ce SSRN WHEN THE COLLAPSE CAME SRT eer ay Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. DENVER, Col, October 5, 184, The average nan measures the world by the standard of his own environment, and usually to the advantage of that stan- dard. This holds good not only in the states of the east and south, many of whose inhabitants live and die in a single state and even in a single township, but it is equally true of the newer states west of the Missouri, which are so fond of calling themselves “the great and liberal west.” The people are a mixture of all races and conditions of men from every state in the Union, and as a re- sult the prejudices and peculiarities of every quarter are to be found among them. A year ago the question as to the repeal of the purchasing clause of the so-called Sherma. law was being discussed. This state, being the greatest producer of the precious metals. as well as the wealthiest and most populous of the silver-producing states, naturally took the lead in opposition to the repeal of that law, since it gave them a market for a considerable portion of their silver product annually. Up to the time when the crash finally came the growth of Colorado in population and wealth had been, in many respects, al- most marvelous. The population, according to the last federal census, was a little more than four hundred thousand, as against a hundred and ninety-four thousand accord- ing to the previous census. Led by an unbounded and almost fanati- confidence in the future of the state, capital poured in, mines were opened and devel ped, great smelters were built, towns grew up in the most unheard-of places, rail- roads came from all directions, making Denver the chief railroad center of the Rocky mountains, Hee, in the midst of what; to the eye of a newcomer, is little better than a howling ‘ert, they made their distributing point and built a city which is, in many respects, nsurpassed in beauty by any other city of qual size in the country. The busines is compactly built, and the business and office buildings would do credit ily twice its size t blocks of brick, granite, and lava, costing millions of ¢ erected for office buildings, which hi r bee od, save fer an and there, ve not paid interes money investe in them. Indeed, there -room enough in thi in buildings structed for chat pu to si p of tive hundred thousand inhab eral of the lirgest and ce ir sh thelr lower storie polishe freq in clocks. ng and the Grown H finished in Mexican onyx, while the Cooper block, built within the past year, is finished in Arizona onyx of the most utiful and variegated colors. ‘The walls of the lower hallways are over- laid with it to a height of about tweive feet he Network of Street Railways. One of the first things that attract the attentions of a stranger is the complicated network of street railroads that gridiron the city, Starting from the business center one may travel from one to ten or twelve miles out upon the surrounding plains to atl points of the compass. It is said that e are 134 miles of electric street rail- here, and the head trolley Is But, notwithstanding the elab- ess of the system, there is one thing is in the nature of a surprise to one who has been taught that the west in all that pertains wimp id transit in cities. Th rails are still in s they are wherever used, s and wheelmen @ grooved rail is unknow o one who takes an interest in the sies of human nature, as ex- in men Who are accustomed to the people are the chief objects of Until last summer they had never known the meaning of hard times. had suce that the suspicion that pos- sibly there might come a time when money would not be so easily made seems nev to have entered their minds. The sug- gestion that a good deal of what seemed to be great wealth might be bolstered up by borrowed capital was scouted as ridicu- lous, and numerous instances were cited of men who had made and were worth millions of dollars. But the teller of se- erets got abroad in the land. The Crash Came. Owing partly to the fear that the fall in the price of sliver would ruin the state, und partly to threats and Intempérate talk on the part of a few men here, holders of mortgages began to foreclose, and men who had been reported rich began to fail. ‘Then there erose a great cry against the “gold bugs” of the east, for most of these creditors were there. No one who was not in the midst of it can appreciate the condition of public sen- timent here at that time. They pleaded and scolded, supplicated and threatened by turns. If an eastern paper published a cartoon en the silver states, or any of their repre- sentatives, the papers here said, “Boycott that paper.” If an editor expressed views antagonistic to those of the people here, the papers again demanded a boycott. Raging at the East. And that sort of thing was not confined to the populist papers. The leading pa- pers adyccated it and they even went so far as to advocate a boycott against east- erm merchants and manufacturers for the purpose of injuring their business in re- taliation for their supposed conspiracy against the cause of free coinage. Indee, at one time it looked as if they wanted to boycott everything and everybody east of the Mississippi river. They said they would bulld railroads to some point on the Gulf of Mexico and establish 4 port and a line of steamers to Europe in crder to enable them to ship their products to foreign countries without paying tribute to the “goidbugs” of New York. They would form an alliance of all the states west of the Mississippi and have nothing to do with the east. They couldn't raise enough farm products to supply thelr home market, therefore they would estab- lish manufactories and exchange manufac- tured articles with the farmers west of the Mississippi for food products. All of this sounded plausible to the over- wrought imagination of the average citizen, and many otherwise reasonable men seem- ed to think it could be done. Self-Confidence Supreme. Self-confidence was supreme and their successes had been so many and so great, and their reverses so few, that they bluffed and threatened with apparently full con- fidence that In that way they could force compliance with their wishes. Everybody remembers the “blood-to-the- bridles” speech of the governor. When asked about his remarkable speech by a reporter, his explanation, preceded by his customary oath, was that he “wanted to scare the east to death.” Much and serious injury was done to the interests of the state by the intemper- ate talk and silly threats indulged in by men whose very prominence should have taught them discretion. That the domi- Rant political party of the state approves of that method of bane Such a thing as vention. it will require one of the hardest politi- cal battles ever fought in this state to de- feat him. The miners are almost a unit for him because of the stand he took in the late troubles at Cripple Creek, Per eager aati mera Eee to the commonwealers during sojourn E older states have had to learn, that there comes a time in the history of all com- munities when business must, inevitably, settle into a conservative groove from which it seldom*varies. They have had thelr first lesson in” financial stringency and the rest will follow in good time. Meanwhile, if they will give less attention to political “isms” and more to the de- velopment of their many resources, which have as yet been scarcely touched, there will be little to fear for the future, % AL RAILROADS OF THE STATES, CANADA AND MEXICO. 27th Annual Number. 184. New York: H. V. & H.W. Poor. Washington: Robert Beall. ‘This great work has grown much, for in addition to the vast amount of information vouchsafed as to steam railroads of the northern portion of the contirent are state- ments showing the financial condition, ete., of the United States, the several states and the chief efties, towns and counties of the country; statements showing the history, financial condition, operations, stocks, bonds and investments, directors, officers, etc., of all leading industrial enterprises, and state- ments showing for a series of years the mileage, history, operations, financial con- dition, ete., of all leading street railway companies in the United States. These are features that have heretofore been pre- sented in separate handbooks. Then there is also presented a series of selected sta- Ustics pertaining to the growth and de- velopment of the United States—population, area, pubtic lands, congressional land grants to ratiroads, national debt, banking, cur- rency, &c.; the history of each state, with sketch of state debt, description of exist- ing debt, selected statistical tables of reve- nues, assessed valuation, &c.; a detailed de- scription of the bonded and other indebted- ress of every important county, city and town, with date of issue and maturity of ch separate issue of bonds; rate, date and place of payment of intersst; law authoriz- ue; description of assets; assessed jon, population, date of incorporatic and detailed and comprehensive sta ts of the revenues and financial condi- tion of all important trading, manufactur- ing and other corporations (popularly known as industrial corporations) whose securities have been offered for public investment. A directory of prominent raliway officials completes what is surely the most val- vable of all statistical works. fldren, Joseph, winter per & Brothers, ™p. It would be more than. difficult for Conan | tells Doyle to write anything lacking interest or real educational value; his detective stories have been unequaled. Now the pop- ular author shows himself wonderfully tile in a novel, in narrative form, deals with the Duke of Monmouth’s effort to dethrone King James. Capt Clarke was a valorous young man around adventures have been twined a great of history—history acter sketches that have in them the br of life. MY 10K listed For many yea Department, Mr. St James M the author, wart Washing > of the his choicest » mitted to the public judgment Some pitious, others please joy the humorous fea- tures of everyday occurrences. Mr. Stewart has no reason for being otherwise than proud of his book. “The N Washington: Wood- * of an Ange Harper & Dreher ward & Lothrop. evolution of a great city is a deeply ing series of occurrences and it i of these that Thomas A. Jan- vier has strung together so ci vy. With a wealth of illustration to embellish t, this contribution to New York history articularly palatable. BY. A Novel. corse du Mauri ter Thbetson.”* TMiustrations, Harper & Brothers, Washingtou: ¥ Lothrop. Readers of Harpers’ Magazine have joyed and sorrowed over Trilby. ure lives in the memory of the light in of Geor existenc ity. Ap Rs York dward & who de- du Maurier. A phase of Parisian is portrayed with wonderful fidel- ther great novel has been written. planation tts Necessary ¢o be Known by the Young Ry Jobn Harring: eene. author of iF Fiy-Pishing and its Materials Mlustrated. “Le Boston ject of this little book,” says its author, “is to explain to even the youngest reader what ‘Fishin’ Jimmy’ did not find out till he was ‘a man growed.’ The boy who has opportunity to fish and who would not enjoy close communion with Mr. Keene's practical advice is a strange sort of boy. iss" Preeimay Ashley, fine Chicago: Laind & Lee. A healthy story for boys. Free from any effort to: teach doctrine or to xdvancé ub- struse theorles; a plain, wholesome narra- tive enriched by incident such as might be looked for in a smali Nova Scotian com- munity. the Miustrated. How to Ke Them Well and ive ‘Thorne OUR THOME PETs. Hanoy." Be There Milter." ulwst ented New : er thers. Vashington: Woodward & Lathrop iii Mrs. Miller Is anxious as to the welfare of birds, dogs, cats and other natural his- tory specimens commonly made much of in American homes. Not a scientific work, but none the less valuable. THE EVANS ADVERTISING HANDBOOK. teenth edition. Boston: T. C. Evans. A well arranged, well printed list of the most desirable advertising mediums in the United States and Canada, accompanied by some valuable “pointers” on advertising methods. PICTURES OF THE FUTURE. An experiment tu & model social world and what came of it By Eugene Richter, member of the Imperi: German parliament.’ Translated from the. G man by Amos Nungesser Titus. New York: Optimas Printing Co. People who eagerly swallow all pro-so- clalistic argument should read this book of Herr Richter's; it may do them great 00d. Nine- ETTES OF MANUATTAN. By Brander Mat- » _Mustrated. w Harper & Brothers, Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. A dozen literary photographs by an artist. The short story is always a thing in which to seek pleasure when Brander Matthews is the writer, “The Pathfinder,” which prides itself upon being “A National Newspaper for Young Americans,” 1s now a twelve-page weekly and has in it, as the result of the increased available space, one or two new depart- ments and many additional topics. The Pathfinder seems to have solved the secret of existence and bears now every evidence of prosperity. THE RED SULTAN, The remarkable adventures in Western burbary of Sir Cosmo MacLaurin, bart., of Konzie-in the county of 4 Macia: Souls,” s,"" &e. New York: Co. “Washington: Wm. A WILD proxy. y Mrs. W. We “The Last Touches,” ete. New York: ‘The’ Cascell Pullin Go, Warhington: Wm. Ballaatyne & Suns. SCHOOL ENGLISH, A Manual for with the Written English -Work of Sec- ea gnes AY Sorat “oat N. J. 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New York Harper & Brothers, Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS. By thet 8. Tar- ner. “ilustrated by A. J. Jobuson. New York Want, Lock & Bonden, Limited PAPAS OWN GIRL A novel. By New York> Lowell, Cor nz Woodwant & Lothrwp THE ANNUAL STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES 2 Report. Boston: Wright & Porte Marte How. oll & Co. Wi | | | | | A STORY FROM PULLMANTOWN Ry NL Meyer. Ilustrated. Chiengo: Charles i exe & Co. — WOOD EVGRAVING. An Old Art Which ts Being Rap! Improved Out of Sig! From the Boston Advertiser. H. E. Sylvester, the talented engraver, become a restaurant proprietor on North street! “How in the world could you ever give up your art for a mere money-getting enterprise?” I asked. “Oh, it wasn’t my giving up the art so much as the art giving up me—and every- body else in that profession,” replied my genial host with a laugh. “Wood engray- ing, like steel engraving, ix destined to be- come a lost art. I realized that fact some rs ago when mechanical processes be- xan to displace my work. A first-class en- eraver in past years earned ™ to $2 a year. The price paid simp! graving was from $3 to $4 per square inch “How do 1 compare a_haif-tone with a wood engraving il, of course the direct product of brain and ‘hand is superior to mechanical process. The half-tone only bscurely haw a thing looks; it gives no ‘color,’ as the Term is used in engraving, nor any texture. It does not allow the direct impact of the mind of the artist upon the mind of the observer that makes the charm of art, and it is really only the ‘chromo’ of black and white art e. too, will doubtless be hing better. The photo- preferable, but is m a ome of all the wood en- kravers who have thus lost their vocation?” 1 asked. | established Janvier, | in: | | | The central fig- | “Well,” answered Mr. Sylvester, “many taken up drawing or pen and ink work, Moulton and McKeon, some, have turned painters: others, Philip Brown, are working aif tones; Clossen is decorating. a house va wealthy man in the suburbs; Kingsley and Cieaves aking limited number of spe been abroad for as . engrav- » works of old ent, but 1 don’ eclal ar- much New York,” conclude laugh, the only sone into the re . mi at last Many engravers have no werk and to di making cuts fi of which can only be ht out by hand This, of course, is a great fall from artistic work, but they have to take anything they can get.” noth- ut there is still opportunity for advertisen ts, the details F From an Exchange. shall be born the whol ko in different « And’ bend each wn That, And two shall walk some narrow way of life So nearly side by side that, Ever so li should one turn » 10 face, yet, With wistful hat With groping bands that never cla. Calling in vain to ears that pm They seek enc wer all thelr we and that is eee He Had Skipped. From Half Holiday He.—"Your husband is She (stockbroker’s wife’ eling in South America.” He.—“Oh, indeed! And do you expect him home shortly?” She.—“Well, T can't exactly tell. these extradition arrangements such a lot of tim The India Rw ad, Tam told?” Yes, he's tra You see, take up