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Show THE MAX WHO DARED. 8ouur Wwuld BARRETT CONGRESSMAN OF MASSACHUSETTS. W. E. Fate ljr i)lrtMlrlnt ImpvA hniPut RMoItttltm galtt Ttioaaa Y, IU)fi), Au)t)Mu()tr lb Court of fet June GILLUM E tbe-.wn- lh BR-ret- t. de- Bayaiil, is likely to cut quite a figure In lie I'ritato C It lien Than r PRESIDENT ROBERTS or'THE Mnulnr of I lie Koentr. Senator James Donald Cameron's aa-- i ASSOCIATION. lit un cement of his voluntary wiih-- T JOINT TRAFFIC il'awal from puolic life at the close of bis present term was cciu.deiabls Ha Hex. Lira aa a Kotina a for;, the of k surprise to the country, though, aa l'annaytiaiila Railroad C om poor and bis letter to State Senator Me Carre 11, lia Fraaldent A Hard Finally of Harrisburg. Pa , Indicates, It was not W orkrr. the result or newly formed EORGE B. Roberta, impulse "You will remember, ha writes to Mr McCarrell, "that in a president of the .PesLfttjJKSnla XAll- -j conversation ia fny liome At Harris-bu- rg m senroad, presided at Just after my election tb the ft --twty the organization of ate I told you, as well as many other it Joint Traffle friends that under no circumstances association formed a would 1 again be a candidate for recently and will Since then nothing has ocbe the active spirit curred to change my mijtd N dpubt In its management. these are the exact facia, nd The manifold and certain that If fie Bad changed duties If his his mind he would be exacting Which daily devolve on Mr. Roberta as party were In the majority In the legislature. His attitude on the saloon president of the Pennsylvania railroad question was obnoxious to some of bis would excite incredulity if enumerated. constituents, no doubt, and would hsve The system embraces over 100 smaller been made the basis of an opposition toads, absorbed for the purpose of exmore or less feeble which has always tension, or for use as feeders to the antagonized blm. But the people of trunk line, and of moat of them Mr. Roberts is president. Indeed, in reply to a question recently put to him, aa to how many railroads he is president cf, he replied he couldnt tell without first looking It up. The heads of all the various departments, traffle, transportation, finance, land and law alike report to him, and he la responsible for all their work, having general supervision over all their provinces. He numerous meetings of presidentf-tb- e the board of directors and shapes the hnm -. gresaman w bo manded the of HEAD OF A BIG TRUST. SENATOR CAMERON. public life lie represents the Seventh Massacou-sei- ts He district is thoroughly equliped In education, experience end He was born in mental acquirements. Melrose, Middlesex county. Mass., where he still resides, ou Dec. 29, 1S59, and obtained his elementary training in the local public schools, and completed a classical course at Dartmouth lollfge, from which he graduated in 1880. Hiving determined to adopt Join n.tlitjti os a profession, he entered the service of the St Albans Daily H's Messenger as assistant editor woih there soon attracted attention, and in 1852 he was incited to j'oin the staff of the Boston Dailv Advettiser ns Wdshiucton correspondent, in whi-- h capac.ty he continued to serve until ISM, hon he was recalled to be'ome editor in hlef. Two years later he icntrolling proprietary interest in iht proptrtv, as well as of the Evening Record. and assumed tue entile management of their affairs In liri7 he v, a tlcried a membei of the Maesa-ih- u etts leg Mature, and in 18SS 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1802 t (ho beginning of his second term in the bodv le was elected speaker of the an najority, end at each subsequent wsnuization duiing the period oi hv lus st vice he was chosen Epe-kthe rH,of both parties When Hcirv Cabot Lodge resigned his seat as in congress in April, lSsl, in older to enter upon his duties aE rena- - ly -- I V? -- SENATOR CAMERON. Pennsylvania dont take much Interest in that subject Senator Cameron wag born in Middletown Dauphin county. Pa , In 1833, and graduated froifi Princeton college In 1852. He cnteied the Middletown bank as clerk, became Its cashier and afterwards president, whicn position he now fills He was presi dent of the Northern Central railroad from 18C3 until 1874. when it passed into the control of the Pennsylvania railroad. He was secretary of wamn-de- r President Grant from May, 1876, to r March, 1877. He was a delegate to the national Republican, conventions in 1SC8, 1876 and 1880, and was chairman of the national Republican convention lu 1S80L In 1877 he was first elected to the United States senate to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of his father. General Simon Cameron, and In 1879, 1883 and 1891. was His term expires March , 1897. He la a quiet, unobtrusive gentleman, well equipped In the matter of education, AR RETT. CONGRESSMAN and patriotism for public life. tor Mr Bnrrett was nominated by the He is a strong advocate of free silver republicans to succeed him. A special coinage. election was held, William Everett, Xow President of $wltsrlnd At the gendemocrat, being elected. M. Adrian Lachenal, the new presieral election of 1894 he was elected to dent of the Swiss republic, was born in cougresB as a republican, receiving 15,-1votes, against. 8,747 totes for Geneva In 1841. Ho was educated la the Charles A. Oonant, democrat, anl 756 gymnasium and afterward graduated from the university with high honors. for Porter, populist He entered the profession Of law, and from the beginning achieved success, An A iff I Aathor. After a long diplomatic career, Sir the proceeds of his practice affording Edward Malet has entered upon the him a start in life. He la a splendid more perilous one of writing opera librettos. The book of Herold," lately produced at Covent Garden, was as his, but, to his great Indignation, the text had been "edited and changed in hat seemed to him the most cruel and shocking manner. A great part of the story was simply So Sir Edward determined excieCd. that bis friends shall not beTfoder any delusion as to the real character of hit libretto, la circulating It 'privately, showing the beauties as they csmejrom his pen, and as they were mutilated hjr a tyrannical Impresario. of 130 010,000, has been Ue and im mensely successful. The Pennsylva- nia railroad, like most of the American trunk lines, la principally owned by English capitalists. All the surplus earnings go to England annually In American farm products or gold. Alaska's Fan. Fifteen hundred sea otter skins were hi ought to the trader by Alaska Indiana this year, according to the estimate of a trader just returned to Seattle. Furs of bears and foxes aegreent-ifi- r dollars in value were also brought In. He says Alaska's wealth in furs. is very great, and In many regions Is jet practically untouched The tract between Cook Inlet and the Yukon, he says, produces the finest furs In the world, and only one c two white men have ever been in Sketch of CoagroMman Hitt. Congressman Robert R HUt was born sv Urbana, Ohio, Jan. 16, 1834, and at the age of 3 years came with his parents to Ogle county, Illinois He was educated at Mount Morris college and at Asbury university. He was elected congress to fill a to the Forty-seven- PRESfDENT LACHENAL. (Switzerland) th a good voice, classic features and splendid figure contributing to succeds in th Indirection. He first beFiftieth, Fifty-firs- t, and Fifty-fourt- h congresses. came a member of the government in He 1 a man of fine appearance, an elo- 1S92, when he was chosen by the federal to succeed Kuma Droz, an quent speaker and a most agreeable Assembly statesman, aa secretary of gentleman. In hla youth he waa an illustrious the department of the exterior.' He Is adicaHn politics, but is liberal on religion. as that Una ts drawn between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism. vacancy, and was successively Forty-nintto the Forty-eighth- ,Fifty-secon- d, rrator h, Fif-tv-thl-rd t Prepare Spaghetti Ttmbeie, a pretty Spaghetti timbale make dish Cook long piece of spaghetti in Salted water until they are tender. Lay the pieces on a napkin to cool, being careful not to break them. Butter a dome-shapmold. Wind the spaghetti around the mold, holding it in place with N layer of force meat Fill the mold with boiled macaroni and cheese Make a layer of force meat thick enough to give the timbale stability. Cover with greased paper, stand In a pan of hot water and poach v In a slow oven for thirty minutes. Hew ed HITT, cfflcfal stenographer at the capltol, and his familiarity with the men and events oi the war period supplies him with a rich fund of reminiscences. He Is Mr. Reeds most intimate friend in the house, and the two are almost inseparable. All the old fashioned bojs have been located, excepting the boy who used to spit ca new Bhoes. CONGRESSMAN riinrafot vvit.f Sir Julian Pauncefote. the British ambassador, Is a keen wit At the wedding luncheon after the Marlborough-Vanderbi- lt nuptials. In rising to to the toast, The health of the bride and bridegroom, Sir Julian, after descanting upon the good qualities of the newly-wedde- d couple, naively slid: "Tbls'ls another golden link in the Ue that bind America to the mother counres-spo- try." V II, THE MAN WHO IS RAVINQ THE KAISER'S FURY. llirt Babel, Lee tier el the Botlal Den crate la the Herman Brlrlutaz, He bo lee for Feiplre or Emperor Threatened Keeolutlon. AuERDINAND gust Bebel, whose fierce attack tnHhe German parliament upon Emperor Wip Ham II. on the occasion of the debate relating to the curtailment of tbe right of freo assemIher blage has caused commoso- - much A Murh- - Talk-tl-tion in Germany, shares the leadership iu, Mrs. Dimmick, who, the Idle gosof tbe party In that sip of the social world have it, la to country with Herr Llebkpecht. The become the wife of Benlatter la considered the more academia, e jamin Harrison, will be pleasantly re- but Bebel In every sense a membered by tboae who were frequent has more force with manundoubtedly visitors at the White House during themasea. He waa born Feb. 22, 1840, Its occupancy by Mr. Hsrrlsbn and his la Cologne, and received hla early edufamily. Mrs Dimmick now resides in cation in a village school near that city. New York. She is the niece of the late Laterou he attended grammar school Mrs. Harrison, and her presence added In Wetzlar, and In 186(1 he removed to much to the charm of the social life of Leipslc, where he established hla own the last administration. She was exand carvbusiness, that of wood-turntremely popular and scarcely leas es- er, In 1964. prior to that To jeara teemed than Mrs. Harrison, whose date he had Joined In the workingmens graciousness and sweetness of manner movement in Germany, and soon bewon the fr!endship,of all who met her, came one of the most aggressive leader Mrs. Harrison died Oct. 25, 1&92, nnd In that cause. From 1865 to 1890, when he removed to Berlin, Bebel waa president of the Workingmen's Educational club In Leipslc and member of the permanent executive committee of the German Workingmen's association. In 1SC7 he became identified with the editorial management of the Volkataat, a socialistic paper in Lelpaic! and continued thi connection until ne became one of the managers of the Vorwaerts, the leading German socialistic daily, published In Berlin, lie was elected to the North German parliament In 1SG7 TaiKj and to the German parliament In 1S71. -In the election of June, 1893, he was hX even elected In two districts, chooBtng the mandate from the Straaburg district. From the beginning of Bebel's parliamentary career dates his uncompromising attitude agalnsi all monarchical institutions. Bebel seems to be in the dark about the policy of hie own party, for when be was asked In February, 1893, during a session of parliament, what sort of thing he thought the socialistic state should be he remained mSbyttnd Of social-democrat- ic self-mad- -- f;0- companys policy In every direction. He represents the company at all impothe rtant traffle meetings, negotiates traffic agreements In the main and executes all other contracts made by the He la chairman of the company. finance committee, the read -- committee and the executive committee o( the board of directors, and to perform all the duties of these various position h must have no end of details at bfs fingers' enda, aa well aa a full practical knowledge of everything that pertains to railroad work. Twice' a year he takes trips over at leash a part of the D, B. HENDERSON. - Oak of tb yfi Laadurs ttepahllraa la tb LI Congressman David Bremner Henderson was born at Old Deer, Scotland, March 14, 1840. He la now serving his fifth term In tbe house, and during the last congress was the senior Republican on the committee on appropriations. When ha was 6 years of age, his family came to this country and settled In Illinois. Three years later 4tey removed to Iowa, where David mansJe.4tbe.ci?mea schools, thus obtained a rudimentary education, which wae subsequently supplemented by a Course In the Upper Iowa university. Ia 1861 he mi'.ated in the Twelfth regiment, Iowa Infantry, and was elected first lieutenant of Company c. He served with the command anttl he lost bis leg ia battle, when k was discharged Feb. 16, 1863. Ia May of the same year he waa appointed of the board of enrollmeat af 'he third district In June, 1864, ho reentered the army aa. colonel of the Forty-sixt- h regiment, lows volunteers, and served until tbe close of the war. He waa collector of Internal revenue cetn-mlssto- ner er 88 - j " ROASTED WILLIAM Sj'frUtll' repic-sentali- --- t i through the long and tedious Illness her devoted husband waa greatly assisted In 'hla patient vigils V her 'bedside by Mr. Dlmmlckv' toystM lad Cattle. 1 novel scheme for aavlng his cattle from the droves of coyotes' that Infest the region haw been hit upon' by a rancher of Glen Rock, Wish. 'He has placed bells on the necks of I great number of cattle In hla herds, nd the result has been to scare the coyotes In the two months site be away. belled hla herds he has not lost I single animal, while previously his loaf averaged at least ohe steer a day. Coyotes are becoming more of a peat evety season la many parts of Washington and Oregon, despite all the effort of tie cattlemen and farmers to externlnate them. Thousands of dollars are spent every year in waging war on the leasts, but with little result. Poison stalled for a time, but now the coyote retire to touch the poisoned carcassee of Iteers strewn about for their consunptlon. The only way of killing them Is by kheoting them, and this la a feehl and Occasiowholly lnadequato means. nally the resident of a district ccnbine and have a grand round-u- p hnnhdrlv lng the coyotes toward the cento of a circle, and slaughtering them the, and this la the only means of appreciably thinning them out occasionally In some regions the packs of gray wives are as numerous and troublesose as the coyotes. The coyotes art prtlcii-larl- y adept chicken thieves, and, PRESIDENT ROBERTS, are a general pest.arsi'tf the system, traveling each time many farmyards. thousands of miles. But, though he goes in a sumptuous private ear, there Pop Liked lib la no pleasure In these jaunts, for hla Not long' ago an English idy. a correspondence la forwarded to him, Protestant, with her little soa, years and with the aid of one or two sten- old, and her daughter, obtained i a au- ographer, who always accompany blm, dience of the pope through 41 good he answers hla letter and directs hla offices of Cardinal Ram polls, U papal rubordlnatea just aa It he waa la hla secretary of state. The latter nvited We tffice. At night ho sleeps in the car, the boy to kiss the popes sltpp but his alumber la intermittent, and dont kiss people's feet in Et and," nice fatiguing rather than refreshIng. Mr. said the little fellow, but be Roberta is about 62 years of age, and old gentleman, and Ill kiss bis and if has been connected with the Pennsyl- he likes,'' The pope was deligh 1 with vania railroad more than forty year. the little fellow's answer, and p d him He began aa a rodman in the engineer several compliments in Italia. rerpa, with little capital besldeg an inMan Beirron telligent mind and an Industrious Inclination. His climb to the top was Mme Scarron, afterward the tmous steady but sure, and In June, 1880, he Mute, de Maintenon, wife of Lo XIV, waa elected to the office of president. was in her girlhood retnarkab With sufficient dash to mark him as tiful. She was dark, with I progressive, he Ib nevertheless safely black ejes and wavy hair. Is middle great property, representing a capital life her grav Ity of countenance ad ofeiconservative and his management of the deportment was considered q great property representing a capital traordlnary In that age of gah - I J T D. B, HENDERSON, for the third district of Iowa from November, 1863, until June, 1869, when he resigned and began the practice of law, and waa appointed assistant United States district attorney for the northern division of Iowa, which office b resigned In 1871. He was elected to the Forty-eightFifty-firs- Forty-nintt, Fifty-secon- and Fifty-fourpublican, th Fiftieth, h, Fifty-thir- d. d congresses aa a Re- BEHIND THE THRONE. The Real Raief af Alt the Raaaias Is a Frle.t af the Oraek Chare h. Constantine Pobedonostseff, of the most holy synod and tha power behind tbe throne which shapes tbe destinies of the Russian empire, la the son of a university professor and was born tn 1827, Ills youth and early manhood were spent In the atmosphere ob logic and causlstry, and hts boyish diversion was s tireless search for tha bond between premise and conclusion. Later he received an education in law and universal science, and on graduation obtained a position lit the department of tbe senate at Moscow, and ha cblhl&ed permission to deliver lectures at the university on civil law. This lectures were subsequently embodied lnf'ji Course of Civil Law," published In The next three years. Tbe translation of Mr. Gladstones Bulgarian Honors" and "Tha Question of the East," of The Imitation of Christ," by Thomas and of Theerslt's Christian Principle of Family Ufa," completed hla literary labors. Through the good ofllcee of the grand duebesa. ' HERR BEBEL Helena Pavlovna, M. Pobedonostseff waa appointed tutor to tbe then heir ap(German Socialist.) silent despite repeated taunt. Bebel parent, Nicholas Alexandrovltch, and 'Is at present treasurer of the socialist to bla brother, the former czar. Alexparty In Germany, to which office he ander formed a strong liking for him on was elected tn 1892, During the rsccount of his system of ganizatlon of the party In 1890, Bebel as the advocated parllamentarianism chief means of agitation, hut In this he was opposed by the extremists of the He served ts a delegate to tbe party. international socialist congresses In Paris, 1889; Brussels, 1891; Zurich, 1393, and Brealan during the present year. On the latter occasion ho made his famous speech. In which ha said that socialism would finally crush imperial-lafor which he baa Just been sentenced to six months Imprisonment In 1872 Bebel and Llebknecbt together were. tried on a charge of attempted high treason agalnat the German empire and the kingdom of 8axony. Each waa sentenced to two years' imprisonment, which they served, and Bebel had to serve an additional nine months for leee majeate. Bebel la the author of a number of books on socialism, chief among them "Woman and Socialism," . M. POBEDONOSTSEFF (Russian Statesman.)' 1893, six editions; Christianity and Socialism, 1883, nineteen editlona, and religion and polity and because he had "Our Aims," 1884, six edition. He baa a ready answer for every question. Tha on several occasion! come out Unequiv- crown prince died In 1865 and the grand ocally In favor of tbe Paris commune duke became heir to the throne. In 1566 be Invited his Instructor to reand the internationalists. main two- - years longer about his person, had htm appointed member of the IMvt Old Boa. Within a abort time the eld home of imperial council and In 2880 placed Jefferson Davis In Richmond, Va.. will him la hla present position. be thrown open to tbo public aa a ConThe white bouse federate museum . Ti of tbe Confederacy." aa It has been A. Whitman, th octoroon Albert called, baa been the property of th poet and evangelist, in the author et city for many yeara, and baa recently a scheme to colonise Guatemala with been used as a school house. A room la quadroons and octoroons,, and to esthe house will be assigned to each of tablish an Independent government. R the states that seceded for a collection has been the dream of Whitman's life of relics, and the flrLres;?ne ts from to found a nation which ahall bo comGeorgia, which sends the cape, gaunt- posed exclusively of the quadroons and lets and sword of General Lee among octoroons of the United States, whoa he other things. denominates the new race." re-o- ' A Laxarloa Hmn. No other painter has a home of such artistic luxurlousnesa as Alma Tadema. Perhaps Its moat remarkable feature la the wall, which 1 pane'ed with tall, slim pictures, each of them by a different painter. Leighton, Boughton, Sargent, Calderon and a full score of the artists friends have contributed tb thi remarkable embellishment Another feature Is the oak and ivory piano, on the lid of which, Inside, ar Inscribed by their own.haads the names ut the most celebrated singers and musicians In Europe. flW Care of Roue Keep them la the aun. Keep them as far from gas and furnace heat aa possible. Keep them wet, warm and clean. Keep aoap out of th water. Keep' a brush or carpet tag to wash them. Keep the soli loose. Never pull off s leaf; the plant may bleed to death, "Clip the withered tips of palms. J for Tholr I Tory Taak. For their Ivory alone, at least 75,003 elephants are annually slaughtered In SUacbteroU Africa. r .AA |