The enterprise is undoubtedly a good
commercial one, as the success of the
Brooklyn bridge has proved: and perhaps
by the time the Jersey bridge is in good
running order the spirit of boldness may
have made its way so far west that we may
begin to seriously discuss the feasibility of
a similar connection between San Francisco
and Oakland.
SHANKED BY HIS WIFE.
Tlie Story That is Tolil at the Expense of a
Member of Congress.
A curious story is told at the Capitol at
the expense of a member of Congress, who.
while of’no small caliber intellectually, has
not been blessed with an abundance of
avoirdupois, says the Washington corres
pondent of the New A'ork Tribune. He
has a wife who is much taller than ho is.
and who also is well known to her children
as a strict disipliuarinn. One evening, so
the story goes, she Heard a noise in the
nursery after bedtime. She promptly
seized her slipper and started for the scene
of the uproar. Just as she reached the door
the children extinguished the light.
