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Show -hid iniiiieiHO or nign i.iie. The srjeAklng.lnsidloni demoralisation tliat steals over the sonl oF n great P-. former when he Is subjected to tin temptations of wealth and luxnryhas ever Uvu tho thiuio for the uu-ralUt s I-n. Had Is-yonl description It Is to see, for lntonce, a man of views And earnest purijro elixtetl to congreM by All Ad miring constituency nnd sent ti that stronghold of wickedness, ashlngtoit, in the rxirctatlon that ho will li Hie Mows who will teat this natli li tn the promised land. At first he stands on hit great rlncli let firmly. He Is Invited to receptions ami seVs low necked fair women who at first bring thebludiof shame to his virgin cheek. Then, nlasl he gits over It, anl, to tell the truth, rnther likes It Ho tats canrnOiark duck nud terrapin stews. He irMws familiar with the sparkle of champagne. (In at rlmlph-a cannot stand lieforo it. l.iko the pious country Isiy who went frttu homo lo the city nn 1 grn lually !ft oil saying his prayers, It is soon nil uvcr with the member mem-ber who went from Kjuannequohaseet to Washington to reform emigres. It Is emigres who reform him, lu tho sene of shaping him all over. He end by going back on all the cunt ictlons tliat he held lieforo and becoming a great n dude lu his dress n he wa homespun. A negro In tthlto gloves traits at the door nt hi wife's receptions and ti-tlicrs In visitors ntler tiro mi thai nt the Hunted nrintortacy. lie otert taken to rating with his fork. Will tt bo time -iritis the new members of congress who wear home knitted socks? Will their brnro tolci-s crying In the wlllmiess l-i thokr-loir by the ltoinan punchce of Washington high 1IM Heaviu forbid! Hut wo shall te. We nra tnl 1 that some of the now inemtiers who hate a Is. l!-d Washington havo nlrrady mt on whito slilrt trout nnd hat tin Ir manly beards shartn olf lt them lieware. The wearing of a silk hat among hi rnral constituents is said to havo come within a hair's-breadth of losing onoof tho Texas senators his seat |
