Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1895, Page 16

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, — = = ee interest ever sirice. |The original value cf and the scenery in the Rocky mountains . the wine was about $300 for the cask. At Ko | 1s beyona description.” u t olstoi the varying Sr of compound anserest be Needs of Alaska. fi 3 tl last bs . to Seaton tigi meltencce tie cna wediatne I asked the Vice President if he haa| Who is ii ser sympathy with hu- Fi0T13001 050. Bkce bottle would th formed idea of the political fut f ity, itg:needs and A ffi 10,713, ). cli bottle would %e wort! = ~ a « orm any idea o: political future of : manity, if$sneeds an its sufferin: $7,967,833; each giags of 1,000 drops, $020,- | An Interview With the Vice Presi- | Alaska during his stay there. inaias ris Soar is 2), and each drép, $020.97. ‘These are the i aaa “Alaska is only a district now,” he sata, | ‘42 auyqman who is alive today, official figures changed roughly from t at Hi “ Y 1| Says: 3 aE ND (GRaE BGR Eon Canto on dollaea? lent at His Home. ‘That is all it has been since we purchased : 2S Mneaciprices) dseane ajeladetcoreayopaud {t from Rvssla. That purchase, by the “Go Xthfough a crowd of. people, ae 1 forgot ito ask the See? how Pray. was a piece of statesmanship. Alaska See ge to Eee eames See, much it cost to.swell the cor as ‘great mineral wealth. But, aside from a 5 ~ 5 se ee ee he THB OS SHY ON POLITICS| thatcte was tetter that we should own this a Cele é The way the Devilbug got into trouble great tract of land on our continent than metely; recall the many sad cases of was like this: Rver since Charlemagne es- have another nation own it. Alaska, you sickness “and sorrow. of. whieh Fou tablished a bishopric at this point, in 788, know, is one-fourth the size of all the rest have (hem, end ark rourself ‘the t has been the custom (since establishe: . of the United States. Of course, it will be ree a gy ee as a custom all over Europe) to require the | Prefers to Talk About Bloomington | 2 tong time before Alaska can’ become a Stlneg fie Shi eirat inet tae stranger within the gates of Bremen to state. That will depend on the increase cause of nine-tenths "of human take out a kind of naturalization paper for and Alaska. in population, and as the country has but misery ts some ie the time being. When Bremen was in its : little territory suitable for cultivation, that or disease, suffering is infancy, and even as late as the fifteenth is not likely to be very rapid. But Alaska useless. that Jt could be ay century, the burgermelster used to send needs just now better land laws and better ROME Tivo ae en his private secretary to the hotels, an = mining laws, and I believe the people heaith e eae Sos nominn Gutome ona tune let him mosey around and find out if any | VIRTUE IN NEW TARIFF LAW] should have’a delegate in Conaress who anitepes eee sour a SEN of the guests appeared to be of the sort would voice their wishes. Congress, I be- : : = Se eee oe that would steal the town if it wasn’t tuck- lieve, should establish a territorial form of| Coupled with the words of this LEDE RER AT BREM EN gers regarded him forthwith as a over the lanterns at night to produce the | Shon Horr Guttespire sce ap his ‘steam (Copyright, 1895.) gon Tow govern Alneka, invse ine of Qe; | Stand man is the great truth that cn new Peas eo or a aes red Hghts. What an economical govern- | Printing establishment the burgermelster ICE PRESIDENT | #%e applicable. That leaves a wide range | four-fifths of all diseases arise from chat ehatrouserren the: eayausae Tene Oa is a 5 ordered a lot of printed blanks, and they z ‘he | £07 interpretation of what may be and Juristen Tag, What It Mea What Came of It, 3 and WINE VALUED AT $020 PER DROP An Experience With Magistrates Who Can't Grasp a Joke. aes NSTITUTE nson & Rachel N, October 1, 18 HERE IS A i T police of 8 him, and when the police of this pr alal burg men they hold of to him, and the ald men’s influence is as naught. Tt was with genuine regret that I parted from the young man. He had provet him- self a nuisance. But I regret leaving nim in jail in a town where bail is an unknown article in the hay and feed line. Straw bail doesn't show the direction of the wind in Bremen. The balmy faced, bespectacled Ni Yorker had already been guilty of a series of last appearances in monotonous Lon- don, and it may be frankly confessed that my emotions when I saw him loom up freshly jubilant at the dock at Southamp- ton were those of pure, unblented diss: The other people and tourists who ¥ me were awaiting the arrival of the Stale, which was to forward me on my * oft” journey to Bremen, were not po: with similar emotions, for the De was a stranger to ther was not a cheerful par earthly hour in the mornin: v made the rounds of the hotels proclaim'ng | the su ed fact that the Lloyd st had been sighted at midnight on her from New York and would leave South- ampton at six Kk that morning—it is only but it seems like a mo were aroused from th am. There was much in the packing luggage and calling for bills ¢ cabs and time. Hotel bills were paid w but scant scrutiny. There no time to complain about trifling inaccuracies in bills that closely resembied base ball score: If there were overcharges they were com- pensatei for by the-absence of the usual horde of hotel harp'es to fleece the parting guest. The earliness of the hour was too much for them. What a dreadful thing it would be to have to go back to Southa ton and face that mob of untipped boot chambermaids, buttons, porters and wal But -the Devilbug would get left. There was great sattsfaction in the thought. The Devilbug had dropped me a line from London announcing his full intention of be- ing of the number of passengers who would use their stop-over tickets from Southamp- ton to Bremen on this trip, and that he would take great pleasure in inflicting his conspicuously desirable society upon m a about 10 a.m., hour or two before usual time of 4 rture. Being aroused at 5 o'clock In the morning seemed a less monstrous thing when I re- flected that it would be followed by the Devilbug’s appearance at the dock hours after we had sailed for Germany. = ei pte ee ce And yet the mischievous New Yorker caught the boat. y fog had arisen in the night, and vorfsequence, the “Saale” made port four ter the expected time. It was exas- * perat to use ession as mild as the tobacco in the cigars that Germans smoke in Germany—to sit on a dreary steamship dock for four and a_haif hours, and a chap Ii bug bob up y. smiling, of poke and just in ti his duds vanked on board the ship waiting for with breathless, atience. gave him, and Im say | that he was exceedingly well behaved— quite on his dignity, in fact. eee Cae ies Maersk | ey, 42% The trip from Southampton to Bremer- | haven, the point on the river Weser at | which’ passengers for Bremen ar is a delightful one when the Ey nel it on its good behavior and the sea’s bo: not heaving h unsup- pressed i can, in j ing, view the qu sea port t that, stud the north shore of the I Wight, and get glimpses of the bur les that are scattered here and there while along E I's southeastern c one can see the shipping of a dozen natio anchored at the harbors th estle the different breaks of the shore Queer lookin rs_ and innumer: fishing v along the in line. rowded sea fi ally one may pass a transatlantic ting its frothy track through the vast wi ne How's t We were fortunate in and calm sea, not ev foghorn conclusion. Gowanus marred by d bay was 1 panse—bri sound hackney ed, but it was brin. the expanse feel- ing pervaded the entire atm through which our own good ship mean Saale—sailed. AN of w show what a horrible thing it “Now, general, a joke's a joke.” American to go to England and try to solve the mysteries of London punch. With extreme satisfaction we found that the passenger list was small and lament- ably inexperienced. The crowds and ex- erlence were going in the opposite dirce- fon, As the ship was towed to the dock t Southampton, several of the officers sta- tloned themselves on the bridge to see that ar, and some of them recognizing the | still floating around here. mitted to him for worse than at pre act, when he tried them on it } F nt that the t and back ed Tbug had fail unmoy y ne man pilav rmade-in-London ee Quite tes itution of figu ‘There ‘as heen it shall be jend from Manhattan. ted, the tenderfoot 7 the be ulready in’ regarded his native heath in profitable absence terwards he told the othe my distinguished friend. You he inquired “Oh, yes, suming a non is onl thirds of my “it is an t infernal non " I observed ¢ nse a man will talk | A CROWDED PAGE FROM A CROWDE GLISH CHANNEL 'TO ore, and were well | on cur way up the , When an ex- | cited me of a group | of ip t had | re of sight on the port side. Her three masts were still partly above the level of the water. “Probably we just missed some big storm, arded a young lady in a Trilby cestum “Perhaps there are still sifrvivors floating around. Let's look! Wouldn't it be funny if we should have a cha ef rescuing them?” cried a benevolent visaged metre who hailed from St. Louis and openly knowledged it. “Well, it would bé rather funny,” marked the captain, who had strolled up. “It would be rather funny if we should find any survivors of the Princess Louisa She's been there righ on five years, and that’s ever got in her sea bran new fron ship, and a very large one at that, and this was her first voyage. It isn’t efter 3 e so young, but the -e is called by ips in its D i had hundr s chart name of that SanJ. No ship that go The waier Gcodwin ever comes away a tide is oply from fiv and when a deep aground the swift eddi he ships of the un- nip we just t is buried im the sands; only the upper parts of her is are above the ocean bed. Another year or two, and all will disap- : Ship's cemet opposite Deal, nd, and is in the channel leads to the suice to Londen, to be carefal here in foul and ther, and to avoid running onto we take almost continuous “Oh, how nice. I think I heard you tak- them last night, captain,” chimed m a young lady from Kenosha, who was going to Berlin to study mi 5 enough prima donaa. ¥: : “I should so like to be with g them. I should enjoy it hug My ear is so sensitive to sounc know."” The captain sald he had to go at ence and see if the dog watch needed regulat- ing. . . é ce: xe: Ce The next morning and early afternoon wo saw little strips of islands belonging to Holland and Germany. The only signs of vegetation were the light houses. One of the light houses built by the German government seems to be erected in a very erous spot—right out in the water—on ssions, the captain said. It struck me that it was a bad place for a light house; some ships might run right into it. The captain said that at night they put lights on top to prevent accidents. He said the be vessel did not climb up on shore too evilbug by his distinguished bearing, not- eeecendines the London suit of ill-fitting lothes in which he was encased, the pas- goverrment put out one red light and cne | der the immed } authoritie: white one, and hired only men who wore red shirts, so they could use them to put We landed at Bremerhaven and found it the most assorted place that could be The place of landing is a mag- ntcd beer hall with side {s- hoot of the beer hall is the customs house, where the most brilliantly sated young men in green and gold being customs officers ium! vniforms play ond say: “Br at ‘ap bits of paper on your n't lock so all-fired new. nother sta- caparisone: enbahnfahrt for shor ing of the s Hed customs ex- ation before departing for Bremen. Ali the officials. except the waiters in the beer hall and the subguards of t way. wear swords and fine silver-and-gold- butte ecked-anc ided. they ail look very warlike--almost as warlike as Vs Colum Yor ian guards of blessed y seemed harmless enough. iy the more superlatively military appeared, more polite and ing_he was apt to be. The most fe- ing one of the lo : in-your-feet- e expression on his h one of wh S$ an ordinary citizen's mus h gentle fort the kai: tache, pts at even took a diree- gans I hated to teave such a nice combination as Bremerhaven is, but was induced to centinue on to Bremen. If 1 had known that it was Juristen tag at Bremen I wouldn't have come. but_would have made mysch! comfortable at the rhaven raiiroad-beer-custems-hall. | ten tag means Justice day, and it’s al week with that day. The town swarms vith all the judges and lawyers for leagues and the common folk hide their uahles You may imagine that Bremen is a nice place to stay away from until the law fellows get out. I flung myself into Hilman’s Hotel and asked for a few of his best rooms, but Herr Hilman, or perhaps it was Herr Hil- man’s second assistant night clerk, waved mo back. “Woe zint aller fol,” he s etic expression obsc 1 face. never mind that. is no temperance town asad, uphol- The place T come either, for ated. p. go and oe ein recom ed the hea individusl who fish with a Pennsylvania straightened matters out ‘ul in- haben ja Devill porter, mary other up s. The porter kindly piloied us to a el that was not quite so full of Juristen 1 the choice of ng my bed made or in the dining At 445 a.m. the in the conserv I chose the | vp room. ne SKiYCH BOOK—FROM THE EN- as they had to set said I'd have to get up, the table and needed the two table cloths nyway. So L got up and saw the town from an empty standpoint. Afterward T had breakfast, and the town improved al- most like magic. Still 'm glad I'm not go- ing to stay here a few rs. There's no knowing how often Juristen tag might around. » of the c! ef attractions of Bremen Keller, which is a subter- institute, conducted and ontrol of the municipal the daytime of this infirmary is 34 to be exact, tens, a sort of threw so much self during the sten tag that he fell off the bench, and after trying to sirg: Vivat Bacchus! Bacchus lebe: Bacchus, der Wein erfand, staggered out of court with the fixed in- tention of swiping the head eff the revered ranean thirs e ter ars ago, one ef the Ju n-chief, Eyebrows Like Mustache. Roland statue, which had only been dedi- cated a few hundred years before. Consid- ering that the statue resembles in its hide- ous outlines the statue of Chris. Columbu: esq., on the lake front in Chicago, I don’t Llame his honor, the Juristen, for wanting to do it damage, but he had no business getting a jag during the court's business hours. * At night they open up the Rathshaus- keller until 11. Then they close the “ein- gang” (inway), but leave the “ausgang” (outway), open’ until midnight; they won't serve wines or liquors, however, after 11 p.m. If you intend staying in the game un- til 12, you must purchase an advance stock of liquid refreshment and have it laid down f. o. b. at your table. This is govern- ment regulation of the drink question in Bremen. There is a cask of Rudesheimer in the Rathshauskeller that was laid in the vault in 1653. Several expert bookkeepers have been employed since then to estimate its present value if the wine had been drawing have been using them ever since—the same lot, apparently. Today it is all quite like the olden times, except that the hotel's smallest boy calls on you instead of the burgermeister’s sec- retary. Instead of registering one’s name, as in America, in Bremen one has to fill in a long blank. Among other things that the burger- meister is solicitious about is your— Vornamen (front name). Suname (surname). Stand (occupation or position). Wohnort (habitation). Zahider Famil'en und Angehorigen (num- ber of family and dependents). Erwachsener und Kinder (adults and children). Wohin (where to), and when, and a few other things that the hotel proprietor fills and sends to the police department, where He Needed the Table Cloths. it is filed away in the archives of the lit- erary bureau of the rogues’ gallei ‘The Devilbug had never been to the Chi- cago exposition, and didn’t know better than to monkey with officialdom. So he got nice and gay and filled out the blank so fashion: n: Jimmy de Kidde. De Vilbug. anut, Wohnort: The Patch. Zahi der Fowilien, ete.: 4 dogs, 1 Baede- ker und 1 jag. Wohin: Blazes. when I get ready Inside of one had ret gentleman of the po! in full uniform and a dr Bet the Devil! hour, after the Devilbug . for the night, a asion called, 2 and only the rounds- an of the precinct, but Devilbug thought gentleman was eral of militia, merely ing to pa 8 guished stran taken fdw’t convince the eek fact the Gotham umenstisches, z ke wie Fliegende Bladder. Gee tepher, you gold-laéed mandril, don't you know what a joke is? Do you need an ax? Hey? You don’t-have to pull the wagon on me. I'll go ail tight, but low a chance to dress, won) got a friend that will bail s¢ du fer- dampter zisel! du! You know what an aisel is, don’t ¥ou? Qn! but Id lik have you In the Pendfloin district for five minute The Devilbug jestats bel still im jail—offense, ma- ligungs, or someting equally vicious. The authorittes haven't seen the of the joke yet, and_ probably wouldn't laugh if they saw it. They don't know anything about bail here, d the matter has gone over to the next Juristen tag, whenever that i e American con: says he will do what he can—but, confidentially, they don't go much on American consuls here, the au- thorities don’t. © CHARLES LEDERER. ———— The Dream: ugene Field in Ladies’ Home When the work! is fast Along the midnight skie As though it were a wa ‘The gho shee ring cloud— ly Dream-Ship fies. An angel stands at the Dres n angel stands at the prow, T stands at the Dre a rue-wreath on her brow. Ship's side » other an ‘ot and h n are, h the Wreath of rue Tosseth the dreams afar. ‘The dreams they fall on rich and poor, ‘They fall on young and old ¢ dreams of poverty, ams of gold, mins of the da me of the old dei do panp at rd ompense ‘ams do bring. So ever downward float the dreams That are for alland me, And there Is n T man Can solve that mystery But ever onward in its course Alo rainte < As though it were ‘The ghostly Dreant pud_astray— ip flies. Two angels with thy PHot and helmsn And an an: ‘Tosseth the ir silver crowns re, Wreath of rue ms afar, -tee ‘ven a Camera May Lie. From the Pall Matl Gazette. Photegraphers, especially amateur pho- tographers, will tell you that the camera cannot lie This cnly proves that photog- r.aphers, especially amateur photographers, can; for the dry plate can fib as badly as the carvas on oceasion, and is actually more pernicious because of its undeserved reputation of veracity. Who would believe a ghost story on the uncorroborated evi- dence of a painted picture? Yet a photo- graph of a house at Halesowen, taken a few days : s of the wealthy lady w ated it six months back. As she v i it for the chureh- ately enough ex- shroud; and so con- counterfeit present- ment that a regular ghost scare broke out, and several women averred that they could see the dead lady at the window. On Sat- urday it was discovered that it was all due to some flaw in the photographic apparatus, just as in a very similar case at Ipswich some time ago. There the view represented a back-water off the river Gipping, and in the water there was clearly outlined a drowned female figure—waist, bust, fea- tures, hair, and all .They actually dragged the river to see what they could find, and found nothing. Curiously enough a woman was really drowned at that very spot a few weeks later; sa that Ipswich photography seems to be as prévious as Halesowen is retrospective. ——+0+- Trust Tammas, From the Oakland Tine . Tammas had a friend stoppirg witn him during the holidays, and toox him up to the Hill of B-— to have u Icok around. Arriving at the seat they sat down, when his friend remarked: ‘Flere we have come up to view the teauties of nature, and I have come away Without a glass (tele- scope)" To which Tammas made answer: “Dinnae fash yerseP aboot a glass, “cause I can just as weel tak a sook out o’ the dottle.” j replied: “It Is safe to say tha’ tevenson‘lives in the heart of the great Il- pL corn belt. Illi- nois is the greatest agricultural state in the Union, and Mc- Lean county is the greatest agricultural county in the state. McLean is the largest county in the state territorially, and its population is 75,000, of which 000 are in Bloomington. Al! of these facts the Vice President gaye to me when I saw him at his home recently, for he is very proud of Bloomington and of McLean county, and_of Illinois. Bloomington is about midway be- tween St. Louis and Chicago. It is a pros- perous looking city, with picturesque fea- tures as well. Its strects are broad and well paved; its sidewalks are substantial; its dwellings are surrounded by well-kept lawns, and shaded by fine old trecs. But the chief beauty of Bloomington is in its residences. Some of these are of substan- Vv tial brick, but more are of frame, fashioned } in the latest form of architectural art, with swell” corners and odd jeweled windows here and there. There are broad verandas abcut them all. One of th® interesting residences of Bloom- irgton is the home of David Davis, Mr. Stevenson's remote predecessor as presiding officer of the Senate, one time justice of the Supreme Court of the Un‘ted States. Mr. Davis’ remains are buried here; his widow (who was hi second wife) is married again, and his son lives in the old famly mansion. It is an imposing building of yellow brick, standing far back from the street at the head of a broad gravel drive, which runs beneath overarch: Young Mr. Davis tak but devotes himself to the care of his father’s estate. When Mr. Steyenson went to Washington to p Je over the Senate he gave up his home, leasing it for a term of years. When he returned to Bloomington last spring, as his own home wa: home of his siste Taylor street. It is ing of two stories, s the intersection of two street: square, comfortable parlor I spent greater part of an afternoon in conve ton with the Vice President of the United State: It was a hot afternoon and Mr. Steven- son was arrayed in a black alpaca coat, whos» open frent disclosed a stiff and snowy shirt-bosom, decorated with a gle mond stud. Under the wings of a stand- ing collar of modest height was the fa’ jar narrow white cravat which the President aways wears. Mr. Stevenson seldom talks conversation- ally with newspaper interviewer: He speaks with some deliberation, usually rest- ing his cheek on,the forefinger of his right d and choosing his words with evident care, But when the interview is concluded he ts a very pleasant and interesting com- panion. occupied, he went to the in-law, Mrs. Scott, on large red brick build- nding well back, at In its big, the Shy on Politics. The Vice President is as enthusiastic about his recent trip to Alaska as he is about anything. Mr. Stevenson is not a man of excitable disposition. He does not rate about scenery or use frequent excla- mation points in his discussion of political conditions. He is a cool, calm, deliberate man, whose enthusiasm was on his judg- ment. Possibly, the fact that his judgment is in control accounts for his indisposition to discuss political questions. One can un- derstand very easily why the Vice Presi- dent would hesitate about discussing a new issue of bonds or the third term question or anything else in which the administra- tion is interested; for aside from his posi- tion as a part of the administration, Mr. Stevenson is reckoned a possible competitor for the presidential nomination. Another of the democratic possibilit said ‘to me with some warmth, r . that Mr. Ste- venson had given great strength to the democratic ticket in 1892. If the delegates to the national convention have an equal appreciation of his running qualities, he may be the siandard bearer in 1896. So it behooves him to be cautious in his discus- sion of public questions. Besides, though the Vice President has been described by some eminent men as a fifth wheel in the scheme of government, there is always the possibility that the presidential wheel will slip off the axle and that the fifth wheel will become the first. Possibly these rea- sons will explain the fact that whenever I approached politics in my conversation with the Vice President he showed a dis- position to talk about the greatness of Me- Lean county as a producer of cor nd when I queried him about Mr. Cleveland da third term, his conversation reverted mediately to Alaska. Mr. Stevenson did the political revolutions of Hlinols, nd modestly attributed the S92 to public dissatisfaction with the McKinley tariff, and the revulsion of 1894 to the hard times. General Prosperit “There is alwa: he said, “a disposi- tion to hold the party in power responsible for the lack of prosperity.” “And do you think the voter is equally willing to credit the party in power with prosperity when it comes?” I asked. “I think so,” said Mr. Stevenson. “There is a much better feeling in the west this year, We can see it here in Bloomington. More buildings and better buildings are going up now than ever before. That would not be the case if the country was not pros- perous.”” I spoke of the fact that in Canada, which the e President had just visited, the shopkeepers had told me recently that American tourists had spent more money this year than ever before. Mr. Stevenson id that this another evidence of pros- perity. “And do you attribute this to the opera- tion of the new tariff law?” I asked. “I have thought from the first that we would see a revival under the new tariff,” said the Vice President. “It is a good however, law. It is not in all respects wi I would wish, but then every tariff law is of neces a_ compromise. I- asked if the Vice President believed that any modification of the law would be made in the near future. Mr. Stevenson hatever party has control of the executive or either branch of the legislative depariment scme agreement will be found possible if it is necessary to increase the revenue of the government.” “Do you think it will be necessary to modify the tariff law at the next se: ion of Congress for that purpose?” “Anything I might say on that subject would be mere speculation, for T have not the treasury figures. But if it is neces- sary to carry on the government, Iam sure that some understanding will be reached. “Have you any idea that an attempt will be made to amend the Constitution so as to nake an income tax possible? have never heard the matter dis- sed.”” “Tasked Mr. Stevenson if he had really made public a statement of his views on the third term question. He replied, with emphasis: ‘That story was made out of the whole cloth. I never discussed the matter with any one. I talked about my trip and nothing else. I did not even know that such a statement had been published until I re- turned from Alaska. “By the way, have you ever been out on the Canadian Pacific road,” said the Vice President. “It is a wonderful road. It stretches for 3,500 miles across the contin- ent, and it passes through some of the most wonderful scenery I have ever seen. The Manitoba wheatfields are a wonderful sight, waet may not be applicable to the dis- trict.” I asked the Vice President if he had hud an opportunity during his stay in Canada to gauge public sentiment on the question of annexation. “I had little opportunity to meet Cana- dian people or to form a judgment on that question,” he replied. “There is undoubt- edly some annexation sentiment in Canada, but I think most of the pecple in Canada have no desire for it, and I believe it is a long way off.” His Plans. Mr. Stevenson said that with the exception of a trip to Chickamauga Park, which he was about to take, and a few days which he had promised to spend in Atlanta, he expected to remain in Bloomington until the meeting of Congress. His family will return with him to Washington, but wheth- er he will take a house or live at a hotel is something he has not determined yet. His en, who was his private secretary during last Congress, will return to Washington in that capacity. He was appointed an as- sistant paymaster in the army, but the ill health of his wife led him to decline the commission, and he has determined to re- turn to Washington. Mr. Stevenson will take the gavel on the first Monday in De- cember, much invigorated by his restful summer. He was not in good health when he left Washington last March. I asked the Vice President if he found his official duties congenial. “I do,” he replied. “My relations with the members of the Senate on both sides of the chamber have been most agreeable. I have never seen the disposition on the part of either democrats or republicans to obstruct the work of the presiding officer, and the resolutions which have been passed unanimousiy at the close of each session of Congress have been very grateful to me. I am glad to say that no decision of mine has ever been reversed by the Senate.” Discussing the condition of politics in lllinois, Missourl, Ohio and other western states, the Vice President said tnat he had led such a retired life during the past eight months he was not in touch with the polit- ical situation. He did not believe that Mis- souri would elect a republican governor, be- cause Missouri was a democratic state, but he did not express an opinion about Ohio in He feels confident, however, that Ili- I be found in the democratic column He said that he had no expectation of taking part in the campaign this year. Last year he made speeches in New York Senator Hill, in Iiinois and in Missouri. ice President leads a quiet, unevent- ful life, free from any cares except those “h concern the health and happiness of his fa He shows in the healthy color of his cheeks the benefit of his quiet sum- mer. He is prepared, ph: ly, for a long congressional siege, and e which, from present indications, seems likely to be- a hard one. It Was Rather Spoiled by Those Both- ersome Children Who Would Talk. From the San Francisce Post. The usual little game of poker was run- ning at Schweinmagen’s and the players were all betting very freely. An unusually large jackpot was in the center of the table and as the cards were being dealt Schwein- magen remarked: “Vell, shentlemans, I guess I win dis bot.” It was duly opened, and there was a raise or two all the way around.’ Schweinmagen drew one card, another player drew two and two stood pat. The betting was brisk, and every time it came around to Schwein- magen he raised. Suddenly his four-year- old boy exclaimed: “Oh, look! Papa’s got four cards all alike!” “Shut up your mouth!” roared Schwein- magen, but it was too late. None of the other players would call his last raise. Schweinmagen took the boy upstairs. He returned in five minutes, red in the face, and resumed the game, with the remark: “You bet, I sphank dot poy goot!”’ Half an hour later, when all were trying to win a big pot, Schweinmagen’s six-year- old girl exclaimed: “Papa has got four cards all just alike. Again everyone dropped their hands. Schweinmagen pocketed the cash and the six-year-old girl was led upstairs. When, a few minutes later, the grocer’s t-year-old son said: “Papa has got four all alike,” one of the players studied his hand an unusually long time, scratched his head, studied the grocer’s face, and then called. ‘What have you got?” he demanded. What haf you got?” led. Show down your hand.’ Schweinmagen spread out a pair of deuces. The grocer didn’t take the boy up- irs, but whipped him on the spot for lying. ‘Dot poy might haf fooled some of you shentlemans,” he explained. -soe. How He Would Know Him, From the Boston Budget. A certain farmer who lived in northern New York, and who was by no means noted for his resemblance to Apollo, had a ‘on of six or seven who had more wit than pedigree. One day a stranger came to the farm, and seeing the lad, asked: “Sonny, where's you father?” “In the pig pen,” was the reply. “In the pig pea? Thanks!” and as the man moved in the direction indicated, l'en- fant terrible shouted: “I say! You'll know lim ‘cause he’s got his hat on!” soe A Suntlower Clock. From the Kansas City Star. Kansas has often been called the sun- flower state—a title more than ever appro- priate since the foreman upon Governor Motley’s farm constructed his sunflower ciock. Choosing an enormous sunflower, he attached to its drooping head a tiny corn- stalk, not more than ten feet long. About the plant he drew a circle, and divided it into twenty-four parts, each of which was subdivided for minutes and seconds. And s the faithful plant from dawn. till s its fierce lord, the cornstalk nter movegpabout the dial, indicating the time. The sunflower clock ¢ s as a stop watch to time holding over it a big umbrella, which checks the revolution upon the instant, when the time to the fraction of a second may be read off upon the dial. 0+ A Rare Coin, From the Collector. When Louisiana seceded, January 26, 1861, the new government seized the United States mint at New Orleans and struck $254,820 in double eugles and $1,101,3 in silver half dollars, using the United States dies for 1861. The bullion was ex- kausted in May, vhen the coinage ccased, and the Uni ates dies were de- stroyed. A confederate states die was then made, to be used for silver half dollars, but it was not fit for use in a coining press, the relief being too high. Four half dollars were struck with it on a screw press, and these comprise the entire coin- age of the confederate states. They are worth about $250 apiece to dealers. see Swallowed a Yeast Cake. From Judge. Rural Ragges—“It’s no use, Tafts; I've got ter work.” ‘Tramping Tatters—“Land 0° labor, Roory, me boy! What's de matter wid yer? Are you losin’ yer intellec’?” | Rural Ragges—“No, but I've swallered 3 east cake in mistake for a marshmalle: kidney, liver or bladder complaints. Can you not readily see, then, why that magnificent remedy, Warner's Safe Cure, is so popular? It is be- cause it prevents these troubles or cures them if taken in time. lf you doubt this ask any educated, well- informed doctor, druggist or profes- sional man. oci2 MR. FOLEY 4 D HIS FROG. —= An Intimate Relation That Results in Occnsional Embarrassing Episodes. Frém the Oi Cit; The embarressments and @nnoyances in- cident to the existence of a man, whose stomach is occupied by a baritone frog,with a propensity for demanding recognition at any time, under any circumstances, will readily suggest themselves. Yet this is pre- cigely the predicament in which James Fo- ley of Wheatland finds himself. One even- ing recently he was sitting with his family playing dominoes, when a peculiar grunting sound made the children jump. “What's the matter, James, aren’t you ell?” inquired Mrs. Fole: “Why, I didn’t do that. Yes, you did, James. I heard you. Have you been drinking again?” Mr. Foley was in the act of making a most emphatic denial, when the sound was heard again. ‘Yes, it comes from me, sure enough,” he was forced to admit. Like a flash his mind grasped the true state of affairs; he must have swallowed something in the drinking water, and it had grown inside him. He has now brought suit against Philip C. Dickinson to recover $5,000 for damages to the plaintiff's health, alleged to have been caused by drinking impure water fur- nished by the defendant. The Foley and Dickinson farms acjoin, end Foley paid his neighbor $12 a year for the privilege of using water from the latter’s well. Mr. Foley claims that the animal inside of him is a frog. “I know it’s that,” said he, “for nothing else would make so quecr a noise. Last Sunday church the frog took it into his head to kick up a fuss just as I was enjoying the sermon. First I knew, it gave a big croak. Everybody looked at :ne, and of course I got embarrassed. Then it started to croak still louder. I couldn't stand thet, so I got up and walked out. All the way down the aisle the frog, or whatever it is, kept making its strange and peculiar sounds. I'm afraid I've queerod myself for that church. “The worst of it is,” continued Mr. Foley, “they won't believe me. Everybody seems to think I am doing this for fun. I can’t fo to any little social gatherings or prayer meetings without this infernal animal tun- ing up in my interior.” Mr. Foley, like many others, doesn’t real- ize his own possibilities—he doesn't know what's in him. He ought to make that frog pay for his lodgings by earning a lot of money for him. —-e2+—____ A THWARTED CRIME. A Curious Tale, the Scene of Which is Laid in India, From the London Globe. ‘An Indian up-country paper tells a curioas tale. A rich lady, with her two children, both infants, was going, it is said, in her own “ekka” from Ramaagar to a place in the center of the Bar tract. The driver was a trustworthy servant of the family, and it was for this reason that the Iady had not divested herself of the ornaments she usually wore. But the sight of the jewels was too much for him, and at au exception- ally lonely spot in that lonely country he suddenly asked his mistress to hand him her valuables. On her suspecting his real designs and hesitating, the miscreant show- ed hiraself in his real colors, and made her and her little ones, who could barely teddle about, get down. ‘The horrible thought that was working in his brain, that of hiding his crime by means of murder, had given bis face a sardonic lcok, which made the poor woman tremble. Then the fiend bound her, hand and foot, and informed her that he would first kill her children and chen do her to death. By her earnest entreaties she prevailed over him to begin with her first. He had an ax in his hand, with which ke aimed a blow at her, but the bead being loose, it flew away and fell a few paces off, the handle only re- maining in his grasp. He stepped into the grass to look for it and disappeared behind amourd. She waited her certain doom with all her nerves on the strain. She gradually fell into a swoon, and when she came round the first thing she saw was her husband bending over her and her babies erying and tugging at her clothes, After she had left a nameless uneasiness seized her husband. He could not reason away his vague fears, try as he would, and at last he mounted his horse and followed the “ekka.”” He had proceeded but a few miles when the dreadful sight of his wife. and children lying bound up with cords on the ground met his eyes. And the story that his wife told him conzealed his blood with horror. They both then, drawn by an irre- pressible curiosity, went toward the direc- tion that the miscreant had taken to pick up his ax, and think of their surprise when they saw his corpse already lying blue, pu- trid, and bloated, the flies buzzing over it in Clouds. Retribution had come in the shape of a “karundia” of the deadiy variety ‘Known as “khaki,” rare even in those snake- infested parts, whose bite instantaneously paralyzes the victim and decomposes the body in an hour. o- Mamma’s Darling. From the Florida Times-Union Many a father thinks that the baby fs ad- n.iring him when it is simply trying to ex- press its contempt. If a baby’s power was equal to its malev- olence, there would be a great many more murders committed in this country. The colic is the only thing that will tackle a baby without first considering the consequences. There was no baby in the ark. If there had been, all the animals would have suc- Cumbed to insomnia. A baby leave its bottle at any time to feed upon the caterpillar he sees cra\ across the floor. If a full-grown man had a voice in pro- pertion to a baby, he could make himself heard from here to New York city. Babies know more thart we think they do. They always know when 1 a.m. arrives and are sure to wake up. Babies not only believe in early rising, but insist on every one around them acting on the same beli 200 Natural History. From the New. York Ledger. “Say, papa, are you going to New York to-morrow “I guess so. Why? “Well, I wish you would get me a new tooth brush, my old one is molting.” In Kentucky, From Truth. “The colonel is certainly dead, major; I csi force a drop of whisky down his throat.”