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THURSDAY, TEB 27, 896.

THE 11E PUBLICANS

JSeJfct Ward-Couimittceuie" at the Council •ri»mler Tuesl»y Kight. A Speech by X'Ongrcssuia" Watson.

Tuesday night pursuant to a call of the •'Chairtnau, a large number of Republicans met at the Couucil Chamber to select

Committeemen tor the wards of this city. Chairman, N. Spencer, calle I the raeetIru to order, and having stated its object, the voters of the three wards separated & selected Commiiteeme as follows: JT: st. Ward, Ward Walker Second Ward, Dr. C. K. Bruner and Cbarley tKoivn. for the "Third Ward. These Committeemen will organize in a few Cla-. aud elect a Chairman ai.d Secretary.

The Republicans are united and haranouious auti the prospects for carrying city are excellent. After the Committeemen were selected, Congressman Watson being present, h9 was called on lor a speech aud lesponded in a short Speech in his usual happy manner aud aroused the Republican enthusiasm of £•!. His mention of McKiuley brought the bouse.

AFRICAN MISSIONARIES.

•feenry M. Stanley Pays a Tribute to the Great Work They Have Done. I vras the ou]y white man during 1876 equatorial Africa, but in 1877, when ^nly ft short distance from the Atlantio, the first missionaries landed on the east coast in response to an appeal that I had written in 1875 from Uganda. During tl years from 1S79 to 1884 missionaries fallowed closely my tracks up the Konand as a hundred influences were in tba course of a few yenrs enlisted in the C'rm.se of Africa, ISTyassa Land and the eastern and southern part of central .Africa bogan to be studded with Christian missions, and missionaries have continued to enter Africa ever since, until x-ow there roust be about 300 of them, xrd tha number is still increasing. They

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not all reputed to be first class men, lu.it it is wonderful what earnestness and perseverance will do. We have only to think of Uganda, with its 200 churches ^nd cathedral and its 50,000 native Christians, read the latest official reports Irom Nyassa Land, and glance at the latest map of Africa, to be convinced of the zeal, devotion and industry of the missionaries.

Mission houses do not grow of themselves. Gospels are not translated into African tongues nor are converts spontaneous products of human nature. I am lewhat familiar with &na to me these things represent iin•jnense labor, patience and self sacrifice, lint others expect Africans to fall in love ^ith the missionary's eyes.

It is true, though strange, that for the first six years or so very little visible 0xect is produced by missionary teaching and influence. The mind of a pagan descendant of innumerable centuries of pagans appears to be for some time impenetrable to the Christian doctrine, and 130 matter how zealously a missionary jnay strive with him, he continues to present a wooden dullness, until by and Juy there is a gleam of interest. He Catches the idea, as it were, and the interest becomes infectious and spreads .irom family to family, and converts multiply rapidly. "Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days." 3 have in my mind, as I write, the -examples furnished by the Waganda, tVanyassa and Bakongo. At the town of

Uanza Manteka, for instance, one day ^00 natives came to Mr. Richards, the missionary, and requested to be baptized by him. He had labored among l]em many years, but hitherto converts tad been few. The missionary imposed JDnditions on them. He said that they must first assemble their fetiches, idols ind stores of gin, and destroy all in the 3£arket place. And they went forthwith find did it.—Henry M. Stanley in Century.

A Band of Assassins.

The great work of General Church in

But his power was so great that no peasant or noble dared betray his secret. The people, too, believed him to ^e a Btregone, and it was said that his «Jeath was only effected by a silver bullet from his own carbine, which, "of «krarse," broke the spell of his enchantments.

So oonfident and fearless in themjsfelvos were the Decisi that their chiefs ipore a silver death's head round the Aeck, and openly carried a dagger with inscriptions identifying the owners as Aembers of the band. They had special xitos and ceremonies, and banners and ir urn pets, and the other societies, such tfs theFiladelfi and the Republica Salenfina, were affiliated to them. The greatjst blow struck at the Decisi was the «firect result of this affiliation. At a ^mpo of the Filadelfii, presided over a rich lawyer of Lecce, a decree of aath to Generale Giorgio (as they jranslated Church's name) was formally ronounced. It was sent on to the Desi for execution, which called a meetig to comply with the amiable request.

Put "Giorgio" had got w#id of the Meeting, and the terror was trapped in

nick of time.—Academy.

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*Apuha was the destruction of the De- but after the most elaborate calculaCisi and the execution of their chief, the tions as to cost it was finally decided ^Abato Ciro Anniohiarico. The rank and that as the expense would be great we xle of this society consisted wholly of eiiould content ourselves with Murderers, none being admitted to membership unless he could prove that le had killed at least two persons in cold blood. Ciro, its chief and founder, "Was a renegade priest, the list of whose personal homicides is horrible and tedi-

CHAMP CLARK'S STORY.

Hair It Impressed a Youngster Who

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In the Garfield-Hancock campaign there was a big Democratic meeting at a certain place in St. Charles county, in this state. A number of distinguished Democratic speakers were there, and wo had a day of it. The writer was then a small child, but one of the speakers made a very profound impression upon his mind. The speaker was no other than Champ Clark.

No one asks, now, "Who was Champ Clark?" but !hen he was a new star in the firmament.

We had a num^fr of speeches, and the children were vi*^ tired. I c^n't speak for the grown people, because the good Democrats there would not have owned to being tired, I know, after such a display of eloquence from their great party leaders. At any rate I was tired, but my mother whispered: "There is only one more speech," and I was much relieved. A blond young man was introduced as Champ Clark of Pike county. He came forward with a pleasant face and manner that at once attracted my attention. He began in this way: "I am remind 3d of the boy who killed a possum and expected to enjoy a possum dinner the next day. The family was about to sit down to the dinner table when a wagon drove up and a neighbor's family came in. The head of tho house announced that the visitors had come to dinner. There was no room at the table for our young friend, the sportman, and he waited, with his eyes anxiously fixed on the dish of possum. The guests had good appetites. Finally there was only one piece of possum left, and one of his own family took that. Then the possum lover busted right out a-crying. The disappointment was too much for him. "My friends," continued Mr. Clark, "I am in that same condition. When I heard the first speech, I thought, well— that is pretty bad, but still I have something left to say. Then there came the next speech, and the next, and when the last speaker finished I just busted right out a-crying, because there was not another thing left for me to say.

But there was, and he said it too. He awakened that audience till you could hear its applause a mile away.

I think that that was probably the first time Champ Clark ever spoke in St. Charles county. He carried back home with him the thanks and appreciation of a good many of his hearers that day. —St. Louis Republic.

FOUNDING THE KONGO STATE.

Explorer Stanley Tells In Brief the Story of the Great Enterprise. During my descent of the Kongo I had revolved over and over in my mind the question of the destiny of the river. Seated at the prow of my boat, which led our flotilla, and daily watching the river developing itself, I was preoccupied with these thoughts every leisure moment. There was, it seemed to me,

African facts, no other power but England that could interest itself with this part of Africa, and, as I said, there was not a single white man in possession of any portion of the equatorial belt except at the mouth of the Kongo, where a few traders had gathered. But despite the numerous addresses in England upon this subject I failed to awaken more than a geographical interest in equatorial Africa. The terror of the African climate in general was too strong upon everybody.

Elsewhere, however, the reports of my addresses in the English newspapers were taking effect. After nearly nine months' busy life in England the king of the Belgians invited me to visit him, and I was then informed of his strong inclination to undertake for Africa what I had been so strenuously advising Englishmen to do. He was already president of the African International association, which was about to set on foot a humanitarian enterprise from the east coast, and he led me to understand that if I were free from other engagements he would like to employ me in opening the Kongo basin to European influence and civilization.

It was my opinion that the best way of setting about the work was to construct a light surface railway which should skirt the cataracts of the lower Kongo and then to launch steamers on the upper waters, which I estimated would furnish about 6,000 miles of navigation. We argued about this matter from August to December, 1878. The best Belgian engineers were consulted,

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wagon roads past the cataracts and build a series of military stations for the protection of caravans, and that the annual expenditure should not exceed $60,000. —Henry M. Stanley in Century.

Lesson Learned at Home.

"What do you expect to bring forward in this congress?" said one new member to another. "Absolutelynothing," was the reply. "But are you not going to try to write your name on the immortal scroll of fame? Don't you realize that you were 6ent here by your constituents to see to it that these other fellows don't let the ship of state drift on to a sand bar?" "My dear friend, I don't bother myself with reflections of that kind. My wife, who is a discerning and practical Woman, once made a remark to me during liousecleaning time which has assisted me on many occasions." "What was it?" "She said that next to a genuine hero the man to be most admired is one who knows how not to get in the way."— Washington Star.

A Regular Stampede.

"Several persons were crushed to death last night at the performance of tho Amateur Grease Paint oompany." "What—a fire?" "No. just getting away from the per .: ?:KUS. "—Chicago Record.

RAPID LEGISLATION.

SPEAKER REED WANTS CONQRESS TO AOtfOURN IN MAY.

Bnt the North End of the Capitol Is Proverbially Slow, Although the Vigor of the House Is HaTtng Its Effect—Review of Business.

[Special Correspondence.]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Congress i? pushing things along—that is, the popular branch of it is—and evidence multiplies that the vigor of the representatives is having its effect upon the senate. The committee on appropriations is two months ahead of its regular work, and four of its p'x bills had passed tlio bouse before the close of January. Tlireo bills in other committees are now nearly ready. All other business is in like forward state, and so Speaker Reed reiterates his declaration that the third week in May is the time for adjournment. And so no dou' it would easily bo if he could have his way, but there is a body at the north end of the caDitol which is proverbially slow, and some critics are mean enough to say that a3 a short session would obviously aid Mr. Reed's aspirations tho western senators generally are bound to have a long one. But we must not suspect statesmen of mean motives.

The gossips of the corridor aro loud in their statements that the two houses havo completely changed characters, for, though it was the intent of the constitutional fathers that tho senate should be tho slov'v solemn body to restrain the impetuosity of the house, so far in this congress noa ..v all the wild schemes havo come from t'^o senate and have boen greatly modified by the house. It does look that way. Tlie standard illustration of tho cup of hot t' a and the saucer to cool it, which has been attributed ir turn to Lincoln, Washington

B7 common consent ways and means stands at the head of all legislative bouios, and justly so, for it deals with the citizen's money, and a committee with such members as Nelson Dingley, General Grosvenor, Sereno E. Payne, John Dalzell, Charles F. Crisp, Benton McMillin and their compeors would be great anywhere. The prosent committee has rarely been equaled in congress, aud probably never excelled. It has had 95 bills and 25 joint resolutions referred to it, of whicn it has approved 4 and passed 3 through the house—namely, the bonds bill, the tariff bill and the bill to destroy the income tax return. It has decided to elaborate the fourth and make it provide for a complete system of customs administration. The only other bill which seems to have much chance of being supported by this committee is that for creating a subtreasury at Savannah, Ga. In short, tho leading committeo of the house is practically functus, officio, as we say in tho supreme court, having done about all it intends to do i:i this congress.

An Unusual Feat.

The appropriations committee, as aforesaid, has got four bills through the house —pensions, military academy, urgent deficiency and consular and diplomatic. Other committees have 3 bills nearly ready, so of the 13 appropriation bills 7 arc as good as done with. Secretary Morton had bis little wrestle with the committee on agriculture, but the $130,000 appropriatec. by last year's bill for the purchase and distribution of valuable seeds and returned unexpended by Mr. Morton is again appropriated by the committee and will bo of course approved by congress. It appears that this department has achieved tho remarkable feat of saving over $1,000,COO from the appropriation in a few years, and the committee has ordered it set aside as the nucleus of a fund for the erection of the new building for the department of agriculture. It is an interesting fact that all this speed has been secured without undue haste or sacrifice of any one's rigats, and though the Democrats wanted more time on the tariff it looks in The Record as if every man had said what he wanted to. According to custom, the house did not limit the date on the pension bill, and it raged for five days, to the delight of the new members, as that is usually their opportunity. In fact, the debate on pensions in the house is like a temperance meeting in one of our western states. It gives ambitious students, young lawyers and would bo orators a chance to get before and incidentally to practice on tiie public.

The house had its usual fun over this, but Chairman Pickler of invalid pensions tells me there will be a deal more fun when his general regulation bill is brought up for final passage. "There are," said he, "more private pension bills before us now than were evor in at this stage of tho session—over 900—and this committee meets twice a week. As for the Friday night sessions to pass private bllli you know what they amount to. So I have introduced, and the committee has approved and amended, a general bill to provide for the discontinuance of pensions, to restore pens'ons, to facilitate the allow ance of pensions, and for a general reform in the administration. By this bill no soldier is to bo dropped from the rolls ti-1 there is conclusive proof of fraud, and the presumption in law is to be, as it ought to be, in favyr of innocence. The prisoners of war are to have several special hearings before this committee, and it is likely we may adopt a specific measures in their interests. Of course my bill will be approved by tho house, and of oourse also the management of the pension office undor this admin'^ration will be reviewed." And in anticipation of the fight the amiable Goth smiled all over in away to remind one of une sunshine on a rugged mountain side.

Differences on Finance.

Chairman Joseph Walker of banking and currency is considerably discoura^ad over his prospects, but conies up smiling with his "comprehension bill" somewhat improved. He is certainly no humorist, but is the causo of MMCII humor in others, and one of his colleagues says, "He must be a humbug, because no man can "be as wise as he looks." Mr. Valker certainly does look the beau ideal oi1 the financier, and oan explain his measure with delightful olearness, which is proved by the fact that I understood it beforo he uad talked to me five minutes. He says, in brief, that every day of congress adds to the probabilities that no really comprehensive currency legislation oan be gotten through. It really does seem as if the morel clearly

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explains a bill the more the southern* western members do not like tit, and

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and half a dozen British statesmen, is at present inapplicable, for the senate speeches have steadily grown more violent, from the scholarly diatribes of Lodge and Chandler to the frantic philippic of "Pitchfork" Ben, as the new ono from South Carolina is affectionately called. However, tho quickest way o£ estimating the work of the house is to take the committees in tho ordor of their importance.

while on the tariff party lines are more strictly drawn than ever, and what little division there Is on foreign affairs is without regard to party lines, on finance it is sow sorrowfully admitted that tho division Is as bad as it was in the Fifty-third congress, and the factions are more numerous.

When I called on Hon. E. F. Loud of San Francisco, chairman of the committee on postoCiccs and postroads, I found him doep in figures on the various propositions to make the post-office self supporting and in consultation with representatives lrom Philadelphia and other cities who looked upon second class matter as a great nuisance Much was also said of county free," as tho lookers cail tho free transportation of papers in the counties where published, a privilege so dear to tho country editor. Mr. Loud gave mo many reasons for his belief that 'county froe" does the rural editor no good, for he has to cut down the price of his paper to correspond, and that tho cheap transportation of second class matter docs much more harm than good and is an injustice. A bill to chango this is only a bare possibility, but ho thinks tho postofFoe could easily bo made self si. taining and laid before me a mass of figures to prove that it could be done at fair and very cheap rates. Thus tho cost of transmitting 2(55,314, oS2 pounds last year was §21,225,100.50, but the government got for this class of matter only 1 cent per pound, a total of $2,653,143.83. Soils loss was $18,573,006.34, and Mr. Loud suspects that an enormous amount of stuff was carried which ought not to havo boen so classed and much other stuff which ought not to bo carried at all. Add the cost of carrying the 40,820,185 pounds of "county free," and it

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appears that on a fair, uniform charge for service rondered tho government might actually make money by carrying mail. So says Mr. Loud, but I shan't take sides, as I don't know how soon I may havo to be a country editor myself. I "And There You Are."

Rivors and harbors will probably be the last committee to act, for hearings will be continued till March 1 and tho bill made up very leisurely after that. The troasury estimate of tho amount which might be profitably expended put it at $12,356,600, but all tho members say thoro is nothing to show how near hoy will approximate to this, as thoro may bo a great spasm of economy toward tho close. Incidentally I may add, as the fact is so old that most I peoplo havo forgotten it, that tho troasury estimates for tho entire expense of the governmont for tho year ending Juno 30, 1896, were $410,435,079.50, and congress really appropriated §412,753,264.81. The estimates for 1897, which, as evorybody knows, have to be appropriated in the preceding year, are $418,091,073.17. Those figures, bo it notod, inolude only tho deficiency for the postofSoo department, as it pays its own way in most respects, so hero is a fiuo opening for the tricks of calculators on government expenses. When the agitator wants to prove that it is costing $500,000,000 per year to run the government, he adds in tho postoffice, and when the administration member seeking reelection takes tho stump he omits the same, and there you aro.

Our Means of Defense.

One without experience would surely say that the last piace about tho capitol to look for fun would be in the room of tho committee on accounts or any other committee dealing with cold cash, but thoro is a deal that is ludicrous in the extravagant claims preferred and the contrasts with the results. For instance, resolutions were brought in and referred to the committee on account asking for 48 extra employees, and it only allowed 9. New members complain, particularly in the senate, that their bills are smothered, but when they have been here a few years they are likely to become actually grateful for said smothering. Many an enthusiastic constituent sends in a bill to his member which the letter knows very well ought not to pass, and he rejoices the constituent's heart greatly by reporting that the bill "has been read twice and referred," but knows just tho same that in the archives of the committee it will sleep the sleep that knows no waking.

The really serious work of this congress in both houses, the work which is costing more anxious thought to tho honest men and sincere patriots engaged in it, is that concerning the navy and coast defenses. Amos Cummings says that the public mind and, what is perhaps of more importance, the minds of congressmen are in a far better state than they were when he was chairman of the naval committee of the Fifty-third congress. Indeed all members acknowledgethe supreme importance of action, but the enormous cost and tho impossibility of doing anything in a short time make them pause. General Miles roughly estimates the cost of efficient coast defenses at *80,000,000, and General Craighill, chief of engineers, U. S. A., adds ?7,000,000 to that, and very earnest petitions for speedy action have come from every city on both coascs and the gulf. In conclusion it may be said with tolerable certainty that, while there will be a great increase in the total of appropriations, there will be none or even a decrease in those for general expenses, the entire increase going to add to our means of defense.

J. H. BEADLE.

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Strong Alan's Fe»t.

George A. Schneck, the landlord of tba Davis hotel, at Delaware avenue and Market street, possesses strength that would sot most of the rivals of Sandow In the shade. One of his favorite feats is to stand in an open doorway, place his open hands against tho jams of the door, and taking three men, weighing from 150 to jjoo pounds each, on his shoulders and back, lift them, together with himself, from the Aoor, and hold them in that position for several minutes. This feat itself, without any weight resting on the taerson, performing it, can be accomplished by vory few, while with Mr. Sohneok, with from 500 to 600 pounds on his baok and taeok, It Is almost an every day occurrence. Mr. Sohneok takes little or no exercise.—Philadelphia Record.

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