gBS=
"IQ KASY TO SH4VK ■ ^aved Speaker Carlisle ami Speak-
' Pr Crisp, but usually they went to the
  | democratic side, John Williams can
_ . Tit. tn nrwr-.t . tk. tell ron all about those gentlemen, and
Barbers Like to Operate on the t Mr. ] l'exas; Mi
President's Face.
Bryan* o  the Other II a ml. Iln*
Urnr*1 Like Stublile—Tonnorlnl
Arllot* 1>1*(*uh* I li «• Merits
of Slatri
[Special Washington Letter.]
00n or ESS I have shaved
| Mills, of Texas; Mr. Wilson, of W
i Virginia, und other democratic le: 
I ers. John also shaved Sptaktv Ka
' dall for many years. The republic;
I speakers, Coifax. Il'aine and Keif*
wore beards, and
is the
shave?
John
) n gv ESS I have s
I McKinley front 5
times," said lleni
Maj.
1,000
Speaker Menders
inly republican speaker \%h<
Williams says: "Speakers
usually have their servants and barbers
at their homes, and hence 1 did not
•oni 5UU to      
Henri Wilson, a shave Speaker Carlisle very often, oe-
well known colored man who has been cause he was speaker for so many
-4 barber in this city fur a quarter of *«•«•. But Mr. Crisp .was a repre
sentative for a Ion? time before he
11 "For'a'lmost 12 years, while he was I "!IS tlec,crt "peaker, and 1 shaved him
„ member of the house of representa- | ofu' - "« *'■  "^'"Tthe
a .. . „ i•• i r i • ♦   i shave, and always verv amiable to the
♦ ives, Maj. McKinley lived in the hotel 1 • •
  v i \ „. „„,i \*a ,,i I barbers and to everybody else. In fact
where I was head barber; and he al- , , ■ • . „v,
A i he was a lovely character and. was ao
ways came to my chair, except when • , .
"• , i.i i ni,n«.i solutely without enemies; and that if
there happened to be several ahead J ^ ^ said of anj
n{ him. and he could not spare he , ,e ^ He wag H,ways kind
time to wai . it tu.ijoi s in e< 1 u ..n(^ gentle in manner and speech. We
self a good part of the time, « d I 11)iirjwrg can tel, ,mir„ about the rea
kept his razors in order for him. lie (.lKU.a(.,(.r uf ,m„ t||;lll can told by
shaves himself altogether, now that i
he is in the white house.
"You know I am something of a j
talking barber; that is, 1 know* so |
many public men and they always
talk to me, so that I have got into
a habit of talking a great deal to
them. I soon found that Maj. Mc- I
Kinley did not like to be talked to j
while he was being shaved. He was ;
always kind and courteous and will-
ing to sperd a little time in conversa-
tion before being shaved, or after-
wards, when he had time, but usually
lie was busy thinking, and he did not j
care to listen to a barber's talk.
"The major is easy to shave, al-
though one has to be very cartful.
His skin is strong, but it is fine and
delicate. Any careless barber would
blister him or injure the skin in some
way. His beard is strong and he
likes a close share, and that requires
going over the face two or three
times."
Alec Thomas jS a colored man who
NOT
BIBLE IN THE HOUSE.
the men who associate with them on
terms of equality.
lias nun i ii'i'h' "■ '" ■
the cloak room 011 the republican side
of the house of representatives for 35
lias had charge of the barber shop in j ,,jt -s sjrarlge how men change," said
' liean side ! AJec Thomas ..Some of the great men
res for 35 Jn thc house of representatives sink
years, lie says: "Maj. McKinley m|t of si(fht when they are elected to
often came to me to be shaved when j tjie 6enate. For example there was
congress was in session, although he james Wilson, of Iowa, who was
usually was shaved at the hotel. Very | a forcefui leader while he /was here
often when liis committee held early tT„ 
sessions, and he could not wait for his
turn at the hotel, he would come to
the capitol and have me sliave him be-
fore his committee met; or. if other
congressmen were ahead of liiin, lie
would come to me after ill ecommittee
had adjourned, and 1 would shave him
while the house was in session. What
Henry Wilson has tol l you is correct,
he likes a close shave and he docs
not like to listen to the chatter of a
barber."
John Willaims is a colored man who
lias had charge of thc barber shop in
the cloak room 011 thc democratic side
of the house of representatives for
35 years or more, lie says: "I was at
the hotel and had occasion to shave
the major a number of times before
I got this place. Very soon after I
came here 1 met the major and asked
him to come to my ehair, but lie
smiled, shook his head, and replied:
'John, you are on the wrong side of
the house," and he went oyer to the
republican cloak room for liis shave.
"While William Jennings Kryan was
here," continued Williams, "I shaved
him frequently. He is a hard man to
ghave. His beard is tough as stubble.
••YOU ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE
and he likes a close shave, too. His
beard takes the edge off of a razor
very soon. It is as hard as plowing.
Hut he is a jolly big boy, and we all
II lurcciui *  _ , ,
He was chairman of the judiciary com-
mittee and prosecuted the impeach-
ment charges against President John-
son. But after he was elected to the
senate, where he remained 12 years,
he did nothing notable, and seemed
to be contented in the life of dignity
and apparent inactivity which he led.
Senator Allison, of Iowa, was the same
way for a long time, hut lie gradual-
ly arose until now he is the senate
leader.
"There are some exceptions to tins
rule. Senator Morrill, of Vermont;
Senator Frye. of Maine, and Senator
Carlisle, of' Kentucky, stepped right
to the front when they went to tin-
senate. and thev kent to the front, too.
Senator Burrows, of Michigan, is an-
other man who kept well to the front
from the time he left the house and
entered the senate; but these are ex-
ceptions. If you look over the list of
senators who formerly served in the
house without mentioning their names
! in print, you will notice that fully 40
or 50 men who were prominent here
| are obseur in the senate. I don t know
] what there is about the senate that
I changes them, but I know the fact very
well."
Henry Wilson tells a good story about
a nephew of Senator Voorhees. Henry
was special barber for Senator \oor-
hees for many years, and always went
to his residence on Sunday mornings.
The senator's nephew was in the habit
of going on occasional sprees, usually
on Saturday night's. He is a good busi-
ness man and writes a good hand but
on one occasion he was in a dreadfully
nervous condition on Sunday morning,
and he wrote a note to Senator Voor-
hees, saying: "Dear Senator: Please
send me your barber." The handwrit-
ing was so rocky that the senator mis-
understood the request and sent back
a note saying: "Dear Paul: 1 haven t
a Bible in the house."
"There is one thing observable here,
says Alec Thomas, "that I do not un-
derstand. Quite a number of repub-
licans have themselves shaved on the
democratic side of the house, but not
a democrat ever has a shave on the
republican side. Ben Butterworth al-
wayswenttothe democratic cloak room
for a shave. Joel Heatwole, of Minne
ATHENS' GOLDEN AGf.
rue Only < l " "« Tl,nt Tk">
Knjo) rd Freedom   •'
culture.
During the golden age "1 Athens,
alien the iisl.es of her illustrious law-
giver had long been at rest in Ins name
isle (for Solon was an Vtheuian but  >
adoption), the daughters of the clu -
enjoyeil more freedom than
they in earlier days. Husbands wl.cn
they wcut from home often took ilul
wives along with them, but from a
moral point of view it w„s not always
the best of society into w hich tin \
were thus introduced. I he house o
the celebrated Aspasia, the mistryss ot
. .rifles, was a favorite resort of even
he wisest and highest cultured of the
■itizens of Athens. This remarkable
woman was noted, not only for her
beauty, but for her talents, and for
thc elevation to which she had at-
tained in learning. The unfortunate
•lass to which she belonged was then
the only elass of women in Athens
that enjoyed freedom and eolnire.
Whether from a desire to heighten
their charms by menus of a know ledge
of "divine philosophy," or from a genu-
ine love of learning, many of them tic-
(iuented the schools and the company
of philosophers and studied mathemat-
ics and other sciences, says thc West-
minster Review.
Their personal beauty often made
them the chosen models of painters
and sculptors, and the themes of li-
' editions poets, and, as we haw already
said, Aspasia, who was at the head,
wielded such a powerful influence over
even the best and wisest men that they
resorted to lier house as to n lecture
room, accompanied by their wives.
They evidently wished the latter to
profit bv the learned and brilliant con-
versation of the gifted courtesan, who
at least had taught them that the lite
of ignorance and seclusion to which
they doomed their women was that
which was least calculated to develop
their mental powers and render them
congenial companions. The corrupt
condition of society, however, may be
inferred from the fact that such wom-
en occupied a prominent, almost a
leading, position in it. and indeed at
this period the golden age of I.reek
art and literature, learning, luxury
a,vl vice, were equally dominant in the
eyes and light of <irecce," as her pane-
gyrists called Athens.
THE DEWEY HOMESTEAD.
THE DELICATE FLAVOR
l 11 l«iue Method et ,-t French I'hef Wbii
Most l'ulntubU
*:i ln«l.
. k" w
in an
ith t
. hut tli
rvcipi
At one of tr-
im nt prou- 'ti.
creatly pli..« d'
ii  guests, •
,nd partly v<get.
listinet aad umn'iei inni-n-n■
aint that i ne pu.-t di. ired:
asteatall: only a smell.
At lencth ipme one tuggtitea, -
to Kat. tli" the ',h : ''ea-k... tel .
lpon which the iu>st lein.ukti.-
-My man greatlj dulikei m mi
ffcipes. On this occasion, howevt
[t« may overcome him if we ti Inowgi
hive enjoyed thi dun er, and tne
in partieular. At any ratr. v. r .-n
The Frenchman - >on appealtv.. ami \\.i.
visibly affected, ret to -ay elated, by the
jompiimentf. ... ,
-Ket gif me great plaiMf. ;   l; u
dow l mak se eal lad. Eet vei «eemple. l
iiaf ze laituc 'nanse ready, an | 'a[
meat chop v  r lim an ur\ , Ueetaii I na
Axon ver' lino, ami 1 hai /i i i-mnie terre,
ti? patate, an' fctan' a leet.«' an dry ; yen
I mix sem up. /«n 1 mak w dre
niavonnai-e; liiadame, jhe know. 1 hal,y'1;
rer eoi* ready as ze t.esh «s sell. /•; 
as zc sal l.ul e. - to serf. 1 tak une teti .1 nil,
nardonnez moi, enc leetle eloal ft ze |:ar-
leek an' neeble him in ze nioiith, s.i an
hreathc itentle, ver' pentle,^011 ze tal-laa.
Zat gif eet ze flaveur del eat.
A HEROINE'S UNDOING.
When Her Minxinernile \V«« Dlseov.
ered Slie \\ n  Honored lis
Oen. Wiiahlniitun-
Deborah Sampson, who enlisted in
the Connecticut army as Hubert Shurt-
letT, was one of the most dashing and
brave fighters for the cause of liberty.
She enlisted in n Massachusetts regi-
ment and served three years before it
was known that the brave soldier was a
woman. "She was. taken ill _in Phila-
delphia," says a writer in Ladies Home
Journal, "and the hospital nurse had
pronounced her dead, but a slight
gurgling attracted the doctor s atten-
tion; he placed his hand over her heart,
 nd. finding to his surprise an inner
waistcoat tightly compressing her
breast, ripped it open. She was imme-
diately removed to the matron's apart-
ments, where everything was done for
her comfort. The commanding officer
upon learning that his aid was a wom-
an granted her an honorable dis-
charge. and presented lier w ith a lettei
from Washington commending her
services. Thc humble soldier stood be-
fore him with shining eyes filled with
tears and. thanked him many times,
begging him to ask that her fellow-sol-
diers be toldi, and that he ask them to
tell hi 111 if she had done aught that was
unbecoming a woman. This was done
and her comrades and officers declared
their respect for her wets unbounded,
l/pon her honorable discharge from the
army she returned to her mother's
home, striving to escape the calumny
which followed her singular career.
After lien. Washington became presi-
dent he wrote a most cordial letter to
Mrs. Gannett (Deborah Satr.pson she
having married in the meantime), in-
viting 'Robert Shurtlcfl" to visit him.
She accepted and was treated, with the
greatest honors by the president and
residents of Washington.'
THE AMERICAN INVASION.
Fair Participant in Enrope l>e«
Hcribea the Trip a* a Urs-
ula r Whirl.
A Female Enlmna.
Even the census enumerator, u med as he
■i with sweeping authority. «.oesn t tuiil hi.
work always aa < ilmaaea ngon awmmer
iea. An enumerator in a New 1 i't k i.is-
triet encountered a female ei.ijrJna whom he
l.ul to report ti. the p v Mime! '• !r«;n« «l.jta
ii tained t'i "iii the iollowing eonvi rsation .
"In what year were you horn.' askea
he enumerator. , ,
"In 1S40.'' an«%ver  u the <a«.v.
" Then vou art f 4 V >a:.I the t t urn; rator.
"Indeetl, I am not 1 am *hi re-
orted. ,
" And yet you were horn in l 4o.
"That is what I said, sir.
"Then you must lie 54."
"Weil, llow do rau  ecount for the addi-
tional two years?'
"1 don't account t< r them. 1 don t ha\c
:o. It's none of your bus.i p-. 1 ""7 ' !l
n IS Hi and am 52 viars old. and tli.it i- an
here is about it. I know my own ape, 1 sup-
pose."—N. Y. Sun.
Pan In n Uestnurniit.
Chef—That's a swell order. \\ ho is it for?
Waiter—Judge t'ourtwright.
"Oh. I see. There's loing to be a dinn(t
in his honor."—Chicago Evening News.
A light lie-art is a blessing, except . perhaps,
n hen it results from• head.- 1 111 k-
There is no harm in the mighty dollar
till it becomes almighty.—Rani a Mom.
That Boy Ajtaln.—"Papa," said little WU-
lie \-l.itt "Well, my son : In the dajs
ot kings and knights and nobles did they
have to put postage stamps on their shirts
of mail? - Baltimore American.
Don't be afraid of a School-teacher. A
I'oung man callwl on an Ateln.-on school-
teacher, and, in explaining some previous
neglect, said: "If I'd a knowed you wanted
to went, I'd a came anil to- U you. And she
married him. in spite of it. Atchison l.lolx
nural s father. It linn .an. ... ., Hsii.. in the suuuner of
sold it to its present invrn r and o^ ^.^Vtein the folb.winjr Kcbriiary I-. « . ami
ISS'.i. Mr. t ..nl.,il iioA> d t t * - , Mrs. «}ot-.l..nurc unfailing in their
has occupied it until the pies, nt tun.. M..a > ,, j.,,,,. (lf A,|,niral Dewey.
Peruna 1.,^ M'ftr CM.. f,dun,bus,
°" "T.'lswhb L'lvat s-itisfacti.m that 1 find mvs, If able, after an extended trial
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praiKe'is ii.it to'i'mii. li to bestow upon -^remedy
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(►.. f   i
V \>l n in I  u
lieinc t
The Perkins' Power Mill
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cutting and grinding of feed.
It is the only mill that docs its
work satisfactorily. It is con-
structed of Steel and Iron of
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TEETHINA
I Kla In overcoming the troubU s
/n< I'.iieiiornl rniintf
"Isn't it wonderful how a man's memory
is stimulated as he sinks lor I he t hud t ""e, I
in drowning?" "W onih rlul, indeed! 1 was
just reading ef a well-att. sled ease of a poli-
tician who upon sinking that actu.ul>
remembered the pledges he hud made to Ins
ronstituents before election. Detroit
Journal.   m 
"This," said the modest young author, "is
mv idea of the perfect shortstory. I submit
it for publication. 11 in. replied the hi
itor, plancing at the monuscriiit (,r
tion of a minute and handing it hack, \<>nr #
idea is decidedly original. Good morning.
Philadelphia Pn ss.
According to the returns of the ltritish
poard of agriculture there were onl> nine
eases of rabies reported in ,
'orresponding numbers in IsIs-'' .
1898 were 43S, 155 and 1/, respectively, in
dogs alone, while in <>tlic: aninnij
occurred in 189S or 1S!*I. but 111 IWIdand lb97
the numbers were 22 anil 30, respectively.
Two more frcscoes are about to be added
to the interior of the Itoy.d l-.x. h.oige, l.on-
Ion to commemorate the mayoraltj oi out
Alfred J. -Newton. Theaubject of one paint-
ng is the sealing of the Jfugna < harta by
K>ng John, and is the work ol Mr. l.inest
Norman.1. Tlies.e. ml pictures the presenta-
tion of doles ot br...d to the poor in the days
of the gnat Dick Wluttington. Mrs. JNor-
maud tllenrietta ltae) is the imiuUir.
llrst use.l hv Pr. Charles ,1. Moffett.   e
of Jefferson MedlcaM ollejre. I hilttilrtlphu*. •'
extensive imilHiicceHMf.il treatment of children in in . r-
incideut to teething and the hoi summers.
■ «1  U. over.-...     efTeei Of hot weather and keeps the dlgostlre
TKTlllNA (Teething I'ow.lers) coi.nl> r.l. w I 1|ws th,)UH„„d.s ot children In the .1--
organs til a healthy con.Ill .on jnd^ - ' lh, umi u|| molhers giv>- it. an.t It Is rrinun.il
lors native stale, where Pi u mik ,.hil<tren to suf- TEETHINA.
In mothers of our section to al 1. « UM l ol,u|n,.,t by glTinr Ttfc I HII1H.
(cr .ml perhaps die when relh r can he   .e. MOFFETT M D.. St- Uuis. Mo.
Costs only 25 cents at Dru Jgnts, or mail 2Sc to C J. WIOFFE1 I,WI. v.,
STOMACH TROUBLES.
the trouble will he rapidly removed.  
    sskitv - "■—-
W L. MACK. Fort Smith. Ark., wr.te;. ..  March
Wi days and have uot bad au utiuck  in
Trlul bottle b  e*pre... prepaid. «5 eeot..
Address: P11K8CIUPTION PUAUMACAL CO.,
Dept. K. "*NSAB 0lTY'
HKADKHR OF THIS PAl'KR
HKSlllI^Jtt TO HI V ANYTHING
advertihkd in its cou mns
HHOl'IsI) INSIST I I'ON HAVING
WHAT THKV ASK KOU. HKFUH1NO
ALL Si; 8TITi;TI88 oh imitations.
■ iniCCV WlienlJoctor-and others fall torellevo
LADItdi you.try N I - %1-K J'/H^erfallt Hnx
free. Mra. B. A. Kwwan. Mllwuake®. WH. ;
■img.
Heet CouMh Syrup. Tastes Good, use
In H« ld  >v tlniKKlfts.
^inanagaBg
A. N. K.-H
lH2b
, Mid   _
•' ,, i sota .roes on the democratic side now;
liked him here. He was talkative ana , . ar£ others. i sometimes
full of fun. He never' tired of liBten- | that the democrats are more
ing to a barber's talk anil he ^ ; partisan than the republicans, for
a good deal of talking 1" '- < f> t0| | ,'here onn be no other cause for their
When he first came lie c "'>' .1 ! pxcluslveness. The barbers on both
Springer, of Illinois, told mi that the negroes, and they are with-
-than others before and si. e l ave floot by s(,nators; and
done. But when he jumpid into fame e)se ,g rmiUed there. In the
I remembered what Mr. . Prl"g ' basement of the senate wing there is
Ba,d of him. Air li,van was he sc. basemen ^ f<)r Jn^ ,
era times sn.ee lie li f c  fc ^ ^ ^ .g p(,rmitted in the senators
the cntntoi'^ometimes, even when he barber shop, there is no gossip there
* t.  l.f. it-mild nnmi>
tne caimui b«i i    . .
did not want a shave, he would come
in here and say: 'Hello, John, how are
vou?' anil shake hands with me.
"We barbers in the cloak rooms have
shaved verv many men of national
reputation," said Alec Thomas. "I
shaved Speaker Henderson scores of
times. He lias a large face and a still
beard, nnd it requires great care to
shave him right without hurting him.
Ilis skin is us tough as his beard, and
yet it is very thin and easily injured.
I always shaved him with the grain
twice with lather, and then I used
warm water to go against the grain.
He is very generous with liis 'tips and
that goes a long way with a barber
when he has a hard beard to contend
with.
concerning the statesmen who patron
ize it. Everybody can get service in
the house barber shops, and sometimes
representatives are obliged to wait
while employes or strangers are being
shaved. The committee on rules will
make the house barber shops more ex
elusive when congress meets again in
December next.
Although President McKinley shaves
himself now, Henry Wilson keeps his
razors in order, cuts his hair and sham-
poos him when called upon. John Wil-
liams expects to be the white house
barber, he says, "when Bryan is in-
augurated." Henry Wilson says that
John Williams will have to wait for his
job "until McKinley's second term !"
over." SMITH D. FRY
An American girl writing to a Lon-
don paper of the invasion of Europe
by United States tourists describes
their advent in England in thiswise:
"We come by all ships that run, from
the stately Oceanic to thc dicky cattle
carrier which lands us after ten .lays
of odoriferous passage. Some of us
who have been 'in it' in Wall street
travel oil the promenade deck for $500
each; some go second-class, and very
good it is. too. and many of us come
with one of those specially-conducted
tours, which defy description. Vou
pav your money and they give you no
choice. You get packed into the ship,
and. like the man in state's prison, you
become a number. At Liverpool or
Southampton they herd you into the
railroad 1rain, which is perhaps the
most interesting item in the trip, be-
cause It is so funny. Then they rattle
you through London in long brakes,
souse you through St. Paul's cathe-
dral, and hardly give you time to
scratch your name on the gravestone
of Oliver Goldsmith before you find
yourself at Kenilworth and Stratford
anil Canterbury and the Peak of Der-
byshire anil Edinburgh, and then you
arc hurled across the channel to France
anil through the exposition like a rush
of mail dogs, so that before you again
recover consciousness you find your-
self again in New- York, willi n police-
man grabbing you by the collar anil
telling you to 'Move on. there; don't
block up thc sidewalk!' "
He thinks he lives, but he's a dead
one. No person is really alive whose
liver is dead. During the winter
most people spend nearly all their time
in warm, stuffy houses or offices or
workshops. JVIany don t get as tnuch
exercise as they ought, and everybody
• gain weight in
knows
winter.
that people 6***** ■■ —« — ,
winter. As a rule it is
weight, but means a lot oi flabby tat
and useless, rotting matter staying m
the body when it ought to have been
driven out. But the liver was over-
burdened, deadened—stopped work. There
you are, with a dead liver, and spring is the
time for resurrection. Wake up the dead!
Gel all.the filth out «*£
" —' —" (jet all tne mm uui ui o
ready lor the summer's trials u*h clean, clear <* ?• jg* loTthe right plan
is dangerous and destructive unless used ma g j stir up the liver to new
^,ooic'
Get a box to-day and see how quickly you will be
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