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THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-
FRIDAY, JULY 3,1891.
T0E B0Y3 of congress.
M p/USES at THE KapitOl and
THEY *^ VE T0 DO -
fabipripni.
ntvte* of the senate and hou* are
a left of understudy to the fttatenmen.
ffjr h |m pocno •eoatoror member whom
safllla taatatw.wdit it not to-
noi the range of his Ambition that he
Juy «ome*day occupy s «“ in congrees
Mnweif. They tore » *> rt of fellow
ftf n ng for Senator Gorman and other
etmaan who bare rfaen from a ant on
the Attpt by the viee preaidenfa dealt to
setotrto the tegtatettvebody. AU the
Mnaare rut-™” in their way,and
Jrenpinpolitic*. Their fate is depend-
ret upon the welfare of their member*
and they rise and fall with their party.
In a He publican senate the boyaare all
RMublicana. and in the house they come
•odgoutbe majoritica shift.
The senate pages hare a more secure
Maun s»d - 'h“d themselfas to be of a
little more importance than tho boys
who wait on the representatives. But
the latter profess contempt for a class of
young;
nals who don’t take the
of politics at erery election, and
pride themselves upon their own doss
Alliance to their party's vicissitudes.
They look upon the knee breeched at
taches of the senste as old fogies without
knowledge of wire pulling. They are
themselves au fait on all matters politi
cal
They are the “legs" of the congressmen,
but they have beads of their own that
ere crowded with aohsaws to their full
capacity. They are not usually wall up
fa book learning, but are well up on
again of state. They enter public life
at the mature age of 10 or 11 years, upon
s'salaty of $2.50 aday and such per
quisites as fall into their hands, and, if
their political fortunes are good, remain
in terries until they are no longer boys.
Then they go out into the world to be-
politlcians, drummers, railroad
nta or congressmen, or else take a
aid tarn. They usually enter the
field of politic* as they are familiar with
all its branches. They are fully equipped
for the position of senator or representa-
tive, but deficient tn almost all other use
ful knowledge.
The average page of 14 or 15 years old
counts in his wardrobe a beaver hat, a
nalr'cf.koee breeches, a cigar case, a
Lord Chumley overcoat and a horn
handled cane. Many of these have a
brilliant career daring their tender years
and have gone through all excesses of
mature manhood before they are old
to vote at any well regulated
iWlWouw .ride. -there, are. thirty
pages,; fifteen who sit on tbs right of the
speektr.te wait on the Democrats and
fifteen oa,tbe other aide to respond to tho
call of the Republicans. They are under
tod command Of two chief pages, who
have been promottd.ftam fee ranks, and
a one armed qaptaln, who to chief in
The chief page of the senate side is
almost as old aa tbs senate itself and to
eustodiaq of the . snuff box and all tho
antiquities . and .remintooencee of that
body; while, the pages who are under
eouuntnd of Ospt. Bassett are usually
< WhaTa,Muaiior etojl his hands half a
doaen small boys rush oat from different
directions, coming to collision in the
center aisle, sod the one who sustains
picks himself np quickest
toeofenneo with the sen-
J then with a pompous air starts
off on a private mtosiou-to t be document
room for * Sill or to the library for a
hQfllC,
It *1^" aimosa as much political In
fluence to he a senate pagein oongreee
as to getaforelgn miaeioto The usual
Is from 10 to 15, and very few remain
r they are 18.
’ , after outgrowing their
swell la, the world,
toed dissipated hab-
#0 which have ended their career disas
trously at an early age. Familiar con-
enicaous examples of ancoese are these
•‘-gSgSSsi "fvggg?
wottTorlrto,and the late Bepresentas
tivaTownsbendi of IDInoto, who became
. eminent in public life. Others have been
S is successful In business or profee-
life, though aotas wall known.
Pages usually make oonaiderable money
and make It easily, and they spend it
with, freedom. Besides their salaries
feey turn a good many honest dollars.
They complain In these days that they
tans
and Uberal members often pay them
tern sums for small services. In the
« house each pago has to file the records
for ten member*.
to pert d the duty tot which they
are paid l£\be gommnent, but each
sn^b^st theendof tbs if inn, usual
ly gives the page who tends to bis file
taw*5to $tOlf a member sends a
MOoff to buy * theatre ticket or nuke
tone wfM purebaae he often gives him
a $3 or $10 bUl and let* him keep the
change of the transaction. Boms of the
tfaSBsassi.-,
profitable. Every morning the page*
would goa
toOUld go around
tar as they reached the haU and aoUcto
their signatures in big autograph books.
A book containing all the names was
awa , .*5>«
them hooka as fast as they eoute flU
them,and it did not taka tong to gstaB
(he signatures. Oooed the renter duttoa|
a member wasto sign his name about
thirty times eech morning. An snto*
graph book to seldom seen .in either the
how. or senate now, The fact tottat.
there are not now aa many chance, tor
the pages to make money aa there used
to be. The new member is the game
hunted by the page. *
On hii first appearance in congress the
member to liberal, if he ever intends to
beso at alL The young men rush to wait
on him then, and if he does not respond
quickly they know that he to not going
to be a paying investment for them, and
they are lees assiduous in their attention
afterward. Aa a member grows older in
service ho discovers so many ways of in
creasing bis expenses above the limit of
his salary without giving away money
just to impress these little men that be
gradually gets out of the habit of “tip
ping.’’ The pages, too, have suffered
through the graceless conduct of Silcott.
The members at the opening of this sew
cion did not feel that they could afford
to be quite as liberal as usual
Another source of revenue {for (Tie
boys is from the distribution of circulars
and pamphlets through the house. Near
ly every great project that is brought to
the attention of congress from the out
side is supported, and generally opposed,
too, by the circulation among the mem
ben of pamphlets and various docu-
mqpts. These are left with the door
keeper to be placed on the desks of the
members. If they are merely left with
the request that they be distributed th&y
do nbt appear on the desks. If the in
terested party comes back and leaves a
considerable fee for the pages ho will
find the desks piled up with his circulars
the next morning.—Washington Star.
Tbs Human Eye,
Science gives us interesting details
about what the human eye has been and
what it may become. Tho Vcndas of
India, which aro the most ancient writ
ten documents, attest that at times most
remote, but still recorded iu history,
only two colors were known—black and
red. A, very long time elapsed before
the eye could perceive tho color yellow,
and a still longer time before green could
be distinguished; and it is remarkable
that in tho most ancient language tho
term which designated yellow insensibly
passed to the signification of green. The
Greeks had, according to tho generally
received opinion, the perception of colors
very highly developed, and yet authors
•of a more recent date assure us that iu
the time of Alexander the Greet the
Greek' painters knew but four colors,
viz.: white, black, red and yellow.
The words to designate blue and violet
were wanting to .the Greeks in tlio most
ancient times of their history, they call
ing theao colors gray and block. It to
thus the colors in the rainbow were only
distinguished gradually, and the great
Aristotle only knew four of them. It to
a well known fact that when tho colors
of the prism are photographed there re
mains outside the limit of. tho blue and
violet in tho.epcctram a distinct impres
sion which oar eyes do not recognize as
a color. Physiologists tell us that it to'
reasonable to suppose that as tho color
organ becomes more highly developed,
and even before the human eye becomes
perfect, this outside band will evolve
into a color perfectly discernible,—Phila
delphia Record. \
Papain and Thallin in Cues..
The anonymous correspondent of The
Lancet, whoee suggestion of tho com
bined used of papain and thallin in can
cer was noticed in a recent number of
The London Medical Recorder, turns out
to be Dr. J. Mortimer Granville. He has
since supplemented hi. first statement by
further communication, in which he says
that if the solvent or digestive power of
the papain is to bo brought to bear oq
th<\ morbid growth it must not be ex
hausted by being first mixed with food.
He therefore recommends very frequent
administration of tho papain and thallin,
and their combination in the form of
pills The aim to to get absorption of th«
drug, not local action on the stomach.
Iu cancer of that organ Dr. Mortimer
Granville gives, besides the pills, papain
suspended in water with thallin and an
cant nu p moats
lathe complaint of thousands Buffering
from Asthma, Consumption, Coughs,
etc. Did you ever try Dr Acker's Eng
lish Remedy? It to the beet preparation
known for all Lung troubles. Sold on a
positive guarantee at 25c and 50c. For
sate by Fleetwood A Iltisscll, Amcricus,
Ga. 8
One of our exchanges wants the cigars
ette tax made a thousand dollars a min
ute.
The llest Ufa Policy,
It’s not the Tontine plan, or Endow
ment plan, on Ten years’ renewable
plan. It’s not adding your few dollars
to the hundreds uf millions that tlie~ii
suranee companies boast of. It’s a bet
ter investment than any of those. It it
investing a few dollars Iu that Standard
Remedy, the “Golden Medical Dia-
covery," a cure for Consumption, in its
early stages, nud all throat and lung
troubles.
Worms are said to be dolug great dam
age to the wheat crops in Michigan.
For Over Fitly Tears
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has boen
used for children teething. It soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays toll
pain, cures wind colio, and is the best
remedy for dlarrhcon. Twenty-five oeuta
a bottle. Sold by all druggists through
out theworld.
Calcutta dispatches received at Paris
Wednesday say war has broken out be
tween the French and Siamose.
Catarrh, neuralgia, rheumatism and
most diseases originate from Impure
blood. Cleanse It, improve it, purify H
with De Witt's Sarsaparilla and health
is restored, strength regained. For sale
by the Davenport Drug Company.
and al
toilet powdors
toilet articles, go to
Du. Ei.nmnnE.
For your toilet soaps,
‘ ill l
A switchman was run over and killed
by a train in Tallahassee yesterday.
With the view of further preventing
exhaustion of the papain he directs that
the patient shall bo fed as exclusively os
possible on a vegetable diet, and that tho
pills shall be taken before meals or in
the interval between them. He has not
found that the thallin gived qa described
exerts any injuriously depressing effect
on the organism aa a whole. The vital
ity of the morbid growth seems to be
depressed by saturation with tho thallin
and. papain locally; this is effected by
applying a strong paste of two drugs in
combination, or, where practicable, by
their Inunction. The results obtained BO
far are said to be encouraging, and
“make it clear that the method will de
serve a full and fair trial by the profes
sion."—London Medical Recorder.
Moon Myths-
In southern teas sailors warn intrepid
"tend lubbers," who persist In sleeping
in open air, to always woo the dreamy
god under an awning; otherwise what
might have been a refreshing sleep may
terminate in temporary loss of sight. 1
say“tomporary” for tho reason that it
has never turned oat to be a permanent
calamity, although it frequently causes
much trouble, and gives the victim a
scare he remembers the remainder of
his life.
In regard to the way the moon affects
tho weather-many curious facts are
recorded. It is an old aaying that “one
Saturday moan change is enough for
seven years." Tho nearer the time of
tho moon's change to midnight, says an
old saw, the fairer will the weather to
the seven days following.
The nearer to midday the phases of the
moon happen the more fool the weather
may be expected. The space for these
calculations, according to the “weather
wise," is two boors before and two boors
after midnight and noon. If the new
mooo stands on its point, -so that tbs
strap of a powder tom would not catch
on its ’horn,' * Itaff wM to natdt -amt
weather. If the new moon lies flat eo
"its back" it will hold ail dampness and
igsawigyag
Sf^Wohn W. Wright in St.
Louis Republic. ; J....
An imunial offer
—the one that’* made by the propri
etors of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy.
Unusual, but made in good faitn.
It’s a reward of $500 for an incura
ble case of Catarrh. If you have
one, the money’s for you. But you
can’t know whether you have one,
rill you’ve tried Dr. Sage’s Remedy.
What’s .incurable by any other
means, yields to that. By its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties, it cures the worst'eases,
no matter of how long standing.
That’S the reason the money can bo
offered. There’s a risk about it, to
be sure. 'But it’s so email that the
proprietors are willing to take it.
The symptoms of catarrh are,
headaehe, obstruction of nose, dis
charges falling into throat, some
times profuse, watery, and acrid, at
others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
purulent, bloody, pntrid and offen
sive; eyes weak, ringing in ears,
deafness; offensive breath; smell
and taste impaired, and general
debility. Only a few of these
symptoms likely to be present at
once. •
SAM ROUTE.
Local and Through Schedule iu Effeot April 10, 1891.
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