He said this dubiously, for he wasn't as sure as was Senator Hanway of either a public interest or its direction touching the Canal.

"It will be a novelty; and the public is as readily caught by novelty as any rustic at a fair.

But you might better get to it at once.

I had word from the Anaconda people yesterday; they urge definite utterance on the money question.

They say that either silver or gold will do as a position; but they must know which it is to be in order to select timber for the delegations.