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Keeping Hams.
My mode of curing hams is to make
a good brine, strong enough to float a
potato; boil and skim it of impurities,
and when cold stir in one pint of
black molasses for every two pounds
of meat, and one-half ounce of salt
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MORN.
4 Romance of Love, Intrigue and
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CHAPTER XX.-(Continued.)
An old Beivont slept on a seCea before
tho open door, omilui" in her dreams at
the beautiful scenes about her.
Leland awoke her, inquired for the
noisier of the house, and was ushered
iuto the hall.
Thouce he entered a charming apart
ment, where a young lady in a garden hst
wns airanging bouquets in porcelain
vases.
She turned at the noise of the opening
door, and Leland saw—Clan Denton!
As he sainted her with an air of aston
ishment and doubt, she looked fixedly at
him wilh her great eyes.
He spoke first, with, however, more oi
hes tation than usual.
Pardon me, madam, bnt I inquired
for Mr. Metcalf."
He is in a distant field, but will soon
return. Bo kind enough to wait.”
She le t him into another apartment
and pointed him to a chair, seating her
self near the fireplace.
“But. madam, in the absence of Mr.
Metcalf, can I have the honor of speak
ing with his daughter/”
The shadow of a smilo flitted ovei
Clara Denton’s dark hut charming face.
“His daughter?” she sa d; “I am his
daughter."
“You! Pardon me, I beg, hull thought
—they said—I expected to find an elder
ly—a—person—that is a rather severe
” he hesitated, then added simply:
"and I find I am iu orror.”
Clara Denton seemed completely un
moved by this compliment.
“Will you he kind enough, sir,” she
said, "to lot mo know whom I havo the
honor of receiving. ”
“I am YVarien Leland ”
“Ah! Indeed! Pray be seated, Mr. Le-
laud. Thou I have excuses also to make.
It was probably you whom we siwthif
morning. We have keen very rude-my
fr,end, my daughter, anil myrelf—but we
were ignorant of your arrival, and the
Sedley farm has been so long descried,
you know.”
“I sincerely hope, Mrs. Denton, that
you aud the o hor la lies will make no
change in your lidos.”
Mrs. Denton, by a movement of the
hand, implied tho* she appreciated the
offer, lut should not accept it.
Then there wns a pause long enough
to embarrass Leland, dur-ng which his
eyes fell upi n the pt. no, and his lips al
most formed the origiual remark:
“ 1 on are a imi ician, Mr-. Deulon?”
Suddenly recollectin' his tree, how.
ever, he feared to betray himself by the
allusion, and wns silent.
"You come from New York, Mr. Le-
land?” the young widow at length asked.
“I left the city only yesterday."
“You are acquainted with our friend,
Mr. Sweetl.mil, I believe.”
“Yes; it was he who suggested that 1
should call upon you.”
“We are channel that you have done
so, and what an excellent man our Con
gressman is!”
“Excellent, indeed, Mrs. Dentes.”
There was another pause.
“If yon do not object to a short walk in
the sun," said the widow, at length, “let
us wulk'lo meet my father.”
Leland bowed. Mrs. Denton rose and
ran” the bell.
“Ask Miss Lester aud Edith,” she said
to the old servant who answered it, “!o
be kiDd enough to put on their hals and
join us.”
A moment later Mildred Lestor and
Edith Denton entered the room.
On being introduced, Mildred flushed a
little, seemed somewhat embairassed,
then sm led sweetly’ and frankly, and
ended by giving the young man her hand.
Edith cast on him the steady, frank
look oi a t inquisitive child, ' bowed
•lightly to him, and they all left the room
by a door opening on the lawn.
Clara Denton, while responding conr-
teonsly to the graceful speeches of Le
land, walked on with a light and rapid
step, her fairy-like little hoots leaving
their impression on the smooth surface ol
the gravel path.
Without krowing it, she walked W'ith
indescribable grace; with that supple,
elastic undulation w hich would have been
coquettish, had it not been undeniably'
natural.
Beaching the well-laid stone w’all that
inclosed the right Bide of the “borne lot,’
she opened a little gate that led into 8
narrow path through an immense field ot
young corn. She passed into this path,
followed in single file by Edith, Mildred’
and by Leland.
The child soon became restless and ex
cited; Mildred was calm and silent.
Leland, who wns close to the latter, be
gan to grow interested, as he watched her
beautiful and trauquil features.
But be was also deeply interested in
Clara Denton. He cast a glance toward
her.
They were approaching the fence whict
ran at the end of the field. He was about
to call to attract her attention, when,
suddenly, half turning, and raising hei
hand, she said:
My father, sir;” and Leland, looking
in the direction indicated, saw a very tall
man gazing at them over the fence and
shading; his eyes with his baud.
He was dressed in a suit of heavy
tweed, and wore a soft felt hat.
Leland immediately recognized the
white hair and dark eyebrows as the same
he had seen bending over the violin the
night before.
“Father,"said Mrs. Donten, introducing
the young man by a wave of the hand)
“this is Mr. Warren Leiand."
“Mr. Leland,” repeated the old m: n, iu
a deep aud sonorous voice, “you aremosl
welcome;” and coming through the bars,
he gave his guest a soft, brown hand, ns
he continued: “Your grandfather and I
were neighbors. I knew your mother well
in her younger days, and am delighted to
have her son nudermy roof. Y'onrmother
is a most amiable person, icung sir, and
certainly you ought ’’
•tending compliments in every lan
guage. ”
This conversation brought them to the
house, where they sat down on the ver
anda to enjoy the view.
Lcl indpraised judiciously the farm and
well-kept luwn, accepted an invitrtion to
dinner the next week, and then discreetly
retired, flattering himself that his intro
duction had made a favorabl* impression
upon Nathan Metcalf, but regretting his
apparent want of progress with the fairy
footed daughter and her friend Mildred
Lester.
He was in error.
“Ibis young man," said Mr. Metcalf,
when te was left alone with his daughter,
“has some touch of the ancients, which
is something; hut "he still resembles his
fa her, whom I never lined. His eyes
and his 6mde recall some tnitsof his
admirable mother, I nt positively, m;
dear Clua. I am afraid of him. His
principles, they say, ire vicious.”
"Who savs so. father?”
“Current rumor, my child.”
“Current rumor, my dear father, is of
ten mistaken, and always exaggerates
Tor my ynrt, I like the gentleman, who
seeste thoroughly refined and ai his
ease.”
“Bah! I suppose because ho compared
you to a nunph in the fable.”
“If he compared me *o a nymph in the
f ib’e, he was wrong; hut be never ad
dres ed me a word m English that was
not in good taste. Before we condemn
him let ns see for ourselves, it is
habit you have always recommended tc
me, yon know.”
“Yon cannot deny, Cl rn,” said the old
m u with irritation, “that ho exhales the
nio-t decided snd disagreeable odor of
New York—of Fifth avenue itself! He
is too polite—too studied! Not the
shadow of enthusiasm—no fire of youth!
He neier laughs as I should wish to see
a man of h s age laugh: a young man
should roar to split his waistband!”
“Thfre, father, you don’t mean all you
say, I'm sure. And for my part, I repeat.
I like him; his manners please me.”
Mildred, Lester, and Edith had cone
away together, Mildred holding Edith’s
hand. As they entered the door Mildred
whispore 1 in her companion's ear:
“Isn’t he a handsome gentleman? I’m
sorry he’s gone. I like him so much.
The old man hesitated, and finished his
sentence by a sonorous “hem!” that re
sounded and rumbled in his chest as if in
the vault of a church.
“I received your note inclosing Sweet-
land’s letter, ” "he continued, after a mo
ment; “was sorry yon could not give ns
the pleasure of your acquaintance at that
time. I have been looking for you ever
since.
“Clara, my dear, whenever you are
ready, wa.will follow you. Pardon me,
Mr. Leland, for receiving you in this rus
tic attire, bnt I am a farmer.
“Agricola-a mere herdsman—enstos
BregiB, as the poet says. Walk before
me. sir, I beg. Edith, child, respect my
growing corn!
“Is it really true, Mr. Leland, that yon
have the h: ppy ide i of quilting the great
American Babylon, to install yourself
upon yonr rural possessions 5
“It will be a good example, sir—an ex-
cel’ent example! You will never regret
l king such a step.
“Now you see my little domain—mea
paupera regna--tbe retreat of the sage.
Here I live, and live happily, like an old
shepherd in the golden age—loved by my
neighbors, which is not easy; and vener
ating the gods, which is perhaps easier.
“Ab, young sir, you read Virgil, I am
sure, and you will excuse me if I quote
him. It was for me he wrote:
“Fortunate 6enex, hie inter fluruiua nota,
Etfontes sacros frigus captabit opacuin.
“And this as well:
“iortunatus et ilie deos qni novit agrestes,
Panaque, Silvanum que senem I”
“Nymphasque sorores!” finished Leland.
smiling and moving his head slightly in
tte direction of the ladies, who preceded
them.
“Quite to the point. That is pure
truth!” cried Metcalf gavlv. “Did you
hear that, Clara?”
“Yes, father."
“And did you understand it?”
“No, father.”
“I do not believe you, my dear! I dc
not believe you!” the old man laughed
heartily. “Do not believe her, Mr. Le
land; women have the faculty of under-
CBAITER XXI.
LELAND SECUKES AN ALLY—THE BAGPICKEK.
During the succeeding we'k Leland
met Nathan Metcalf and the several
members of his family more than once.
And after tho dinner to which he had been
invited he delermined, upon mature re
flection. on a bold move—:i move that had
the effect of plnng ng Ciara Dentou in
the most profound astonishment.
Ho asked her in a low voice, and with
peculiar empbasiB, if she would he kind
euough, at her leisure, to grant him the
honor of a moment’s private conversation
Clara Peuton opened still wider those
large eves of here, blushed slightly, and
replied that she would be at home the
next afternoon nt three o’clock.
At the appointed hour ho presented
himself before her.
He found her in the garden, seated
under a group of youDg trees, forming a
rustic bower.
.She was fond of this place; the most
tender memor es were associated with it.
She was seated at a small rustic table,
covered with pieces of wool and silk, on
a low chair, her feet elevated on a stool,
and working on a piece of embroidery
with great apparent tranquillity.
Warren Leland. an expert in all the
niceties and exquisite devices of the fe
rn de mind, smiled to himself at this an-
dienee in the open air. He thought be
fathomed its mean’ng. Mrs. Denton de
sire! to deprive this interview of the con
fidential character which closed doors
would have given it.
’J his was the simple truth. This lady,
who was one of the noblest of her sex,
was not at all simple. She had not
passed ten years of her youth, her beauty,
aud her widowhood without receiving,
under forms more or less direct, somt
dozens of declarations, which had in
spired her with impressions, which
although just, were not alwavs too flat
tering to the delicacy and discretion of
the opposite sex.
Like all women of her age, she knew
her danger, and. uniike most of them,
she did not love it. She had invariably
turned into the broad road of friendship
all those she had surprise 1 rambling
w.tbin the prohibited limits of love.
The request of Warren Leland for a
private interview had seriously pre
occupied her since the previous evening.
f. T bat could be the object of this myste
rious interview? She puzzled her brain
to imagine, but could not divine.
It wns not probable that Mr. Leland, at
tho commencement of their acquaintance,
would feel himself entitled to declare his
passion. However much tho leuowned
gallantry of ihe young man rose to her
memory, she thought so famous a lady-
killer as he might adopt unusual meth
ods, and might think himself entitled to
dispense with much ceremony in dealing
w.th a humble country woman.
Animated by these ideas, shejesolved
to receive him in the garden, having re
marked, during her short experience, that
open air and a wide open space were not
favorable to bold wooers.
Leland bowed to Mrs. Denton, then
seating himself, drew his chair nearer tc
hers, mischievously, perhaps, and lower
ing his voice into a confidential tone,
said-
“Mrs. Denton, will you permit me te
oonfide a secret to you, and ask youi
connEel?”
She raisod her graceful head, fixed
upon the young man her soft bright gaze,
smiled vaguely, and by a slight move
ment of the hand intimated to him : “Yob
surprise me ; hut I will listen to yon.
“ This is my first secret, madam. I de
sire to represent this district in Con
gress."
At this unexpected declaration, Mrs.
Deuton looked at him, breathed a slight
sigh of relief, and gravely listened to
what he had to say.
“Mr. Sweetlaud,” continued the young
man, “has manifested a kindly feeling for
me. He intends to retire at the end of
his present term, and is anxious that I
should become his successor. He has uot
concealed from me, however, the fact that
the support of your father is iudispensa-
hie to my success as a candidate.
“I have therefore come here, by his ad
vice, in the hope of obtaining this sup.
port; hut the ideas and opinions expressed
by your father at dinner yesterday,
appear to me so directly opposite to my
pretensions, that I feel truly discouraged,
To be brief, Mrs. DeDton, in my perplexi
ty I conceived the idea—indiscreet, doubt,
less—to appeal to your kindness, aud ask
your advice—which I am determined to
follow, whatever it maybe.”
“But, sir! you embarrass me greatly,"
said the lady, whose pretty face, at first
clouded, brightened up immediately with
a frank smile.
“I have no special claim on your kind
ness—on the contrary, perhaps—but I am
a human being, and you are charitable.
Well, in truth, Mrs. Denton, th s matter
seriously concerns my fortune, my future,
and my whole destiny. This opportunity
which now presents itself for me to enter
public life so young, is exceptional. I
would regret very much to lose it; would
you therefore be so kind as to aid me?”
“But how can I?" replied Mrs. Denton.
*1 never interfere in politics, and that is
precisely what, yon ask me.”
“Nevertheless, I prayyounot to oppose
Denton was quite touched, and even the
very devil himself would have been
charmed in the very depths of hell.
“Let me reflect on this a liitle," she
said, and she placed her elbows on the
tsble, leaned her head on her hands, her
fingers, like a fan, half shading her eyes,
while sparks of fire from her rings glit
tered in tho sunshine, aud her ivory nails
gently stroked her smooth brow.
YVarren Leland continued to regard her
with the same submissive and candid air.
“Well, sir,” she said st last, smiling,
“I think v#u can do nothing better than
keep on.’’
“Pardon me; hut how?"
“By persevering in the same system yoi
have already adopted with my father
Say nothing to him for the present. Beg
Mr. Sweetland, also, to he silent. AYait
quietly until intim-cy, time, and yonr
own good qualities have sufficiently pre-
pai ed my father for your nomination. My
role is \ery simple. I canDot, at this
moment, aid you without betraying you.
My assistance wan’d onlv injure yon until
a change in the aspect of affairs. Y’ou
mast conciliate him. ”
“Y’on overpower me," said Leland;
taking you for my confidante in my am
bitions projects I committed a blunder
and an impertinence which a slight con
tempt from you has mildly punished.
Bnt speaking seriously, Mrs. Denton, I
thank yon with all my heart. I feared to
find in you a powerful enemy, and I find
in you a strong neutral, almost an ally."
“Oh, altogether an ally, however se
cret,” responded Clara, laughing. “I am
glad to be useful to you; as I like Mr.
Sweetlaud very mnch, I am happy to en
ter iuto his views. Ah! There are Mil
dred and Edith, they are coming this way,
I think.”
“Apropos, who is Miss Mildred Lester?
There is something peculiar about her;
hut she is exceedingly beautiful, and she
interests me very much."
“Ah, she interests you! Well, I must
tell you her story—so far as it is known
to me; indeed, for reasons of my own, 1
have had it in my mind to do so for some
days.” -
“I shall he charmed to hear it.”
“ Y’ou shall; but not to-day, see, they’re
coming. Heavens! AVhat’s that?”
It was a sudden rustling iu the hedge
close behind them that startled her.
“A listener! A spy!" exclaimed Le
land, springing forward and dividing the
hedge with his hands.
The next instant he uttered an excla
mation of astonishment.
His rapid action had revealed the
crouching form of an old man, with
gray beard, dark flashing eyes, and firm,
while (eeth.
The rag-picker!” he cried, and a sen
sation of dread took possession of him.
CHAPTER XXII.
CAUGHT IN HIS OWN SNARE.
What are you doing here?” demanded
Leland, sharply, t,s soon as he recovered
himself a little.
”f came to see the lady,” answered the
old man, sullenly.
“Came to see the lady! What lady
“This one- Mrs. Denton. She knows
me. ”
“What! is it yon, Mr. Welch?”
launed Clara, now coming forward. “Did
fou want to see me?”
"I did, ma'am."
" Why didn’t you come round through the
gate, then?”
AVell. you see, to save time, I started
'cross lots, and, bearing yonr voice here,
cud being in a powerful hurry, I tried to
force my way through the hedge.”
"What! is thero anything th9 matter?
Is there any trouble? Is Jennie or the
children sick?”
That’s it, ma’am, the children—they're
powerful sick—both of ’em. And Jennie,
she sent me for you.”
Go hack at odco and tell her I’m com
ing. I’ll be there almost as soon as your
self. ”
The old man turned away.
Mildred and Edith had come up. Le
land greeted them cordialiy, and then
look his leave. He did not go home by
the road, however, but hurried after the
ragpicker.
de soon overlook him.
How is it,” ho asked, “that you are
here in Iloxbury, and seemingly quite at
home, when, only a few months back,
rou appeared to be a fixture in New
‘ork?”
'My daughter has lived in this place
•Ter since her marriage. Her Unsfiana
was a shoe-maker- not much of one, 1
her. All his art wns to surround her with
absolute respect, and to leave the rest to
time and tho growing intimacy of each
day.
There was something very touching to
Clara Denton in the reserved and timid
manner of this manvais snjet in her pres-
ence—the kemage of a fallen spirit, as
jugh ashamed of being such, in pres
ence of a spirit of light.
Never, either in public or in their teto
a-tetes, was there a jest, a word,
look which the most sensitive virtue
could fear. **
This young man, ironical with all the
rest of the world, was serious with her,
From the moment he turned toward her,
his voice, face and conversation became
as serious as though he had entered
church.
He had a great deal of w!t, and he used
and abused it beyond measure in con
versations in the presence of Clara Den
ton, as though he were making a display
cf fireworks in her honor. But on com
ing to her he was suddenly extinguished
and was all submission and respect.
Every woman who receives from a su
perior man such refined flattery as this
ioes not Necessarily love him. but does
like him.
In the shadow of the perfect security in
which Leland had placed her, Clara Den-
Ion could not but be pleased in the com
pony of the most distinguished man she
had ever met, aud who had, like herself,
ihe taste for art. music and high culture
Thus these innocent relations with
young man whose reputation was rather
_ livocal could not but awaken in the
heart of Clara a sentiment, or rather
illusion, which the most prudish could
not condemn.
Libertines offer to vulgar women an
attraction which surprises, but which
springs from a very blamable curiosity
To a woman of society they offer another,
more noble yet not less dan.eroas—it is
the attraction of reforming them. It is
rare that virtuous women do not fall into
the error of believing that it is for vir
tue's sake alone they love them.
Such, in brief, were the secret sympa
thies whose slight tendrils intertwined
blossomed and flowered little by liitle in
this soul, as tender as it was pure.
Warren Leland vaguely foresaw all this
that which he had not foreseen wns that
he himself wouft be caught in his own
snare, and would be sincere in the role
which he had so judiciously adopted, as
Clara Dentou captivated him.
Seeing her every day, with that child
like intimacy which (he country encour
ages enhancing tho graceful movements
of this accomplished person, ever self-
possessed and equally prepared for dniy
hr for pleasure—as animated as passion,
yet as severe as virtue—he conceived for
her a genuine worship. Mind, it was not
respect, for tfiat requires the effort of be
lieving in such merits, and he did not
wish to believe. He thought Clara Dea
ton was horn so.
|TO BE CONTINUED.]
PASSES THE HOUSE.
Tiie Wilson Tariff Bill Goes Tfirooili liy
Siity-Fonr Majority.
Income Tax does Willi it—Exciting
Scenes iu ihe Chamber.
me.
“AVby shonld I oppose you?”
“Great heavens, madam! yon haTe i
right to be severe. My youth was a little
dissipated. My reputation, in some re
spects, is not overgood; I doubt not you
have heard so, r.nd I cannot but fear it
has inspired you with some Stslike foi
me.”
“Mr. Leland, we live very retired here,
AVe know nothing of what passes in New
York. If we did, this would not prevent
my assisting you. if I knew how, for I
think that serious and elevated labors
could not fail happily to change youi
ordinary habits.”
It is truly a delicious thing.” Ihougbl
the young man, “to mystify so spiritual s
person.
Mrs. Denton,” he continued, with his
quiet grace, “I join in yonr hopes, but
as you deign to encourage my ambition,
I believe I shall succeed in obtaining yonr
father’s support. You know him well.
What shall I do to conciliate him? What
course shall I adopt? Because, I cannot
do without his assistance. Were I to re
nounce that, I shonld be compelled to
.-enounce my projects.”
“It is truly difficult,” said Clara, with a
reflective air, “very difficult.”
“Is it not, madam?"
There was in the voice of Leland such
confidence and eubmis*ion that Clara
suppose; but they ow: ed a little patch of
land and a hovel, a poor place enough, in
a’l conscience, but still iheir own, and
when her husband died, Jennie sent
Tor me, and now, instead of picking up
rags in New Y’ork, I am scratching the
ground in Iloxbury.”
“Ah, someth ng of a rise in life! I
trust the change ugrees wilh you.”
"I am well enough satisfied.”
At least, you are with your own flesh
and blood.”
Yes, I am that much hatter off, cer-
tainlv.”
“A'our daughter has children, you said?
“Y'es —two.”
“And they are sick?”
“Very Bick."
“AVhatisthe matter?"
“I do not know—I cannot understand.
“Has a doctor seen them?”
“A doctor! Good gracious! How could
we pay a doctor?”
But you must have one. Here, go foi
one at once,” and ho otiered him a five-
dollar bill.
The old man stretched forth his hand
to take it. Then a strange expression
came inio his eyes, and quickly with
drawing his hand, he said hurriedly,
“No, no!” and turning abruptly, hastened
away.
Leland gazed after him for a cvjraeut
with a thoughtful air, and then, JYitti
bowed herd, and his hauds tightly
clasped behind him, slowly made his way
homeward.
AVith an effort, he at Inst succeeded in
throwing off the disagreeable impression
the quondam rag-picker had made, and
by the time he had reached his own door
had almost forgotten hint.
Iu truth, he had something mnch more
agreeable to think of, and could bnt con
gratulate himself on his campaign,
which seemed to him, not without rea
son, to have been a masterpiece of strata
gem.
By a clever mixture of frankness aud
cunning he had quickly enliiited Clara
Denton in his interest. From that moment
the realization of his ambitions dreams
seemed assured, for he was not ignorant
of tho incomparable value of women’s
assistance, and knew all the power of
those small but cumulative efforts, and of
those subterranean movements which as
similate feminine influence to the secret
and irresistible influences of nature.
Another point gained—he had estab
lished a secret between that pretty woman
and himself, and had placed himself on
a confidential footing with her.
He had gained the right to keep secret
their clandestine words and private con
versation, and such a position cleverly
managed could aid him to pass very
agreeably the time necessary to gain a
residence in Connecticut, and the period
occupied in his political canvass.
Leland, on entering the house, sat
down to write to Mr. Sweetland to inform
him of the opening of his operations,
and admonish him to ksep quiet. From
that day he tamed his attention to follow
ing np the two persons who could control
his election.
His policy as regarded Mr. Jletcalf was
as simple as it was clever. Profiting by
his growing familiarity as a neighbor, he
went to school, aB it were, to the old gen
tleman farmer, and gave him up the di
rection of the Sedley farm. By this quied
compliment, enhanced by his captivating
courtesy, he advanced insensibly in the
good graces of the old man.
After some weeks of almost daily in
tercourse, Mr. Metcalf graciously praised
his young neighbor as a good fellow, an
excellent musician, an amiable associate;
but to make him a Congressman, saw
some things which might disaualify him.
The young man, however, did not worry
himself so much about the matter as
might be supposed, for his second ambi
tion had superseded his grst; in other
words, his fancy for Clara Denton had
become more ardent and more pressing
than his love for political preferment.
AVe are compelled to admit, not to his
credit, that he first proposed to himself
to gain the affections of his fair neigh
bor as a simple pastime, as an interesting
adventure, and, above all, as a work of
art, which was extremely difficult and
would redound to hiB great honor.
To accomplish his object, he trusted to
his own principles, to the fascinations of
his manner and his previous successes.
Instinctively he knew that the ordinary
form* of gallantry would not answer with
The Wilson tariff bill, containing
the income tax, passed the house
Thursday evening by sixty-four ma
jority—the vote being: Yeas, 204;
nays, 140.
The announcement- which was made
at 6 o’clock was received with tumult
ous applaase on the part of the demo
crats and the spectators in the galler
ies. On the final passage of the bill,
there were but seventeen democratic
bolters. Eight of these came from New
York, one from New Jersey, one from
Pennsylvanie, one from Connecticut,
one from Ilhode Island, one from Cali
fornia and four from Louisiana. The
Louisiana men bolted on account of
the sugar schedule. Mr. Geary, of
California, bolted because tho house
would not fix the duty on fruits as he
wanted it. Sibley, of Pennsylvania,
because he did not like the coal and
iron schedule. Mr. Haines, of New
York, bolted because he declared that
the duty on collars and cuffs was too
low. The other bolters were op
posed to tho income tax.
But the man who made the strongest
fight against the income tax, and one
of the best speeches during the long
debate, voted for the bill. That was
Bourke Cockran, of New York. He
voted against the income tax, as did
all of the New York members, and
many of the Pennsylvania and New
England members, and one Massa
chusetts democrat. Mr. Stevens, who
dodged. Every democrat in the house
voted for the bill on its final passage.
The populists all voted for the bill
with one exception. Of all the votes
recorded against the bill, the most
surprising to his colleagues was that
of representative Amos Cummings, of
New Y’ork, whoso antipathy to an in
come tax is so strong that he voted
against the entire measure in order to
vote against that.
The proceedings of the day’s session
of the house before the vote was taken
were perhaps the most interesting ii
the history of the house of represent
atives. Certainly there never wns such
a crowd in the eapitol building. As
early as 9 o’clock the crowd began to
swarm in. By 10 o’clock every gallery
except the speaker’s, the diplomatic
and the executive galleries were crowd
ed. Before II o’clock every seat in
every gallery was filled, and the door
ways were crowded. Perhaps there
were five thousand people in the build
ing who conld not get near one of the
gallery doors. Among these were a
score or more of the wives of the mem
bers. These members, of course,
made a protest, nnd, by unanimous
consent, the house agreed to admit
the wives and daughters on the floor
in the rear of the railing.
RAILWAY FIGURES.
Incomes and Expenses of the Roads in
Hie Unilcd Slates.
A Washington special of Sunday
says: A preliminary report of the in
comes and.expenditures of railroads in
the United States for the year ending
June 30, 1893, has just been published
by the interstate commerce commission.
It is put out in advance of the regular
statistical report of the commission to
meet the demand of the public for early
information in regard to the opera
tions of railroads, and in view of the
present condition of the railroad in
dustry in the country, the figures it
cont.oins are exceedingly interesting.
The report includes the returns from
479 operating companies, whose re
ports were received on or before Feb
ruary 1, 1893, and covers the opera
tions of 145,869.58 miles of line, or 87
per cent of the total operated mileage
in the United States for that period.
The gross earnings were $1,085,585,-
281, of which $322,805,538 were from
passenger service, $639,249,365 from
freight service and $23,630,378 were
other earnings from operation, cover
ing receipts from telegraph, use of
cars, switching charges, rents, etc.
The operating expenses were $735,-
527,532, or 67.74 per cent of the gross
earnings, leaving net earnings of $350,
257,749, which is about 3.50 per cent
on the capitalization of the roads re
peating.
A statistician estimates that Ameri
cans expend $400,000 a day for amuse
ments- —
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wells in the well-known Titusville dis
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the first two years, they binding them
selves to sink two wellls at once.
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should be placed in the banks to their
credit, and fearing exposure from their
frauds, they went West, and were
never heard from. The wells were
sunk, and both were gushers, the 10
per cent, was placed in bank, according
to agreement, until the sum reached
$100,000. Years passed by and nothing
heard of the brothers, they fearing to
write, as they thought they might bo
subjected to criminal prosecution for
swindling. Finally an uncle learning
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look them up. If they were dead he
would get the money, being the near
est living relative. After two years’
search he located one of them in a
Colorado poor-house; the other was
dead. The pauper was brought home,
and lived in wealth for a year, when
he died, and the money is now being
enjoyed by his relatives.”—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
A Hint.
Mother—“I can’t have that young
man staying here so late at night. Y’ou
must give him a hint of some kind.”
Daughter (in the evening)—“I am
very much afraid something will hap
pen to you on the streets at night.
You must be more careful of yourself,
and not be out so late. If anything
should happen to you, I’d—I’d die!”
They are engaged now. —New York
Weekly.
Peculiar Names in Signs.
“It is singular to note the peculiari
ty of names,” says a writer for the St
Louis Globe-Democrat. “I was going
down a street in St. Louis when I saw
that A. Gander was in the grain busi
ness, which is certainly appropriate,
aud it called to mind a number of like
instances that I have seen in different
sections of the country. In Chattanoo
ga an undertaker is named Gay; in Mo
bile the former keeper of a cemetery was
named Graves. In South Pittsburg there
is a law firm named Bright A Early. Iu
Marion, Ind., a law firm i^hieh formerly
existed was Robb & Steele. In Mount
Vernon. 111., is a sign reading, ‘Fly
Coffin Shop.’ In Rushville a hotel firm
used to be Cook <fc Fry. A sign in Pax
ton, 111., reads, ‘A Sample Lawyer. ’
In T roy, N. Y., a butcher is named
Calfkiller. Near Lynn, Mass., two
farmers got into a lawsuit which was
entitled Haymaker vs. Turnipseed. A
man named Apple is in the fruit busi
ness nt Indianapolis. Sickman is the
name of a doctor iu Cincinnati. Hoss
& Harness is a livery stable firm in
Kokomo, Ind. A man named Boatman
runs a ferry in Mississippi. William
Shakespeare is a barber in Philadel
phia. Charles Lamb now conducts a
peanut stand iu Chicago. George
AVashington is a blacksmith in Sa
vannah, and Charles Dickens is a gam
bler in the far west. All of which
leads to the conclusion, in my mind,
that there is nothing in a name. ”
Littue Boy—“I found out what it
was in my shoe that was hurtin’ my
foot.”
Mother—“What was it?”
Little Boy—“A corn.”
Tobacco Growing.
There seems to bo a strong tendency
among our southern farmers to engage
in the culture of tobacco. Unless you
can produce a very superior article
that will bring a fancy price don’t do
it. Farmers in Tennessee, Kentucky,
Virginia aud Missouri, whohavo^grown
tobacco for a life time, are not much
better off than when they began, be
sides their farms are badly impover
ished. If you desire to make a specialty
of tobacco culture, plant one or two
acres of some approved variety that
will bring a fancy price in the market,
and let some one else grow the com
mon sorts.
Tobacco, a. complete success at the
North Louisiana Experiment Station
in 1892, is reported a partial failure
this year, owing to the unfavorable
season. — Times-Democrat.
Not Easily Dissuaded.
Little Johnny—, ‘Mamma, won’t you
get me a double-ripper sled?”
Mamma—“I knew a little boy who
had a sled of that kind, and the first
time he used it he crushed three of his
fingers so that they had to be taken
off. How would you like that?”
Little Johnny (anxious for the sled)
—“Well, I think it would be sort o’
convenient not to have so many finger
nails to keep clean.”
A Tender-Hearted Girl.
Mother—“Are you sure that girl
will make you a good wife?”
Son—“Sure? Absolutely certain.
She is the most kindly, generous, con
siderate, tender-hearted girl I ever met
in my life.”
“I am delighted to hear that. How
did you find it out?”
“By asking her for kisses.”—New
York Weekly.
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