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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1907)
- F l CARRIED FOR LUCK I f\ AL QST EVERY ONE HAS A . POCKET TRINKET. \ - Showing Mild Form of SuperatiUo . ; From Which Few Men Are Free- , " : Some of Them Have Int r- estlng History. - - J > ' The tailor was industriously brushIng - . ' . . t' Ing and steaming a plio of garments. ( ' On the pressing table lay a lIttle heap ; " of trinkots. Testing his iron with f ' : ' . . . t\ . deft touch of .hls moistened finger , " . ho placed It back on the sputte1'ing . . . little gas steve to beat. Then ho . . j " answered the question about the 11110 . , ' . "f < ; . ' lIf trinkets. . "Oh , those , " be said , "why , they . ' ' ' como from the pockets of clothing 'Jent hero to be cleaned or pressed. Nearly every man has his 'rabbit's toot. ' No matter how staid - a busl- , , ness man he may bo , nor how strongly - ly he would aeny that ho was supor- stltlous , ho almost Invariably has a poclcot pleco that he carries for luck. Loole at this little picco of flint. It would bo hard to explain the reason for carrying It. Yet I know that the . . . . . Dwnor of. that checked suit ovor. there , ! . ; 'n ' business man , must prlzQ the little , I' , . ' , rock , for no matter what pocket I put I . ; - , It In when I return the suit , It Is 0.1- 't. ways In the lower left-hand pocket of , " " the waistcoat when the suit comes ir . . . , . 'r , ' " -r. ; , 1 It ' " : f. ; . , 't" ; . ' , , ' . , . . . . . 't " ; . : r , ' : . ' - . ' \ ' " " - ' . . > , ' , . . ' " - . t7" " _ . ' : .i I A Collection of Good Luck Pieces. I . . \round for Its regular pressing. He 9vldently don't want to lose It , an . ! lS,1t has no apparent beauty or uUl. . ty , it niust be 'good luck , ' / . _ "This penny dated 1888 has been 111 . ono of my customer's clothes for twc I . ' ' -0" . years. One day my curiosity got the UPIer hand and I laid It aside and ' . didn't return It with his clothes. The very next day he came In at the noon hour and Inquired for the coin - giving the date and describing a ml ! : roscoplc scratch that I had not no ticed. I handed him the penny anc In a burst of confidence he told ml the why' of its preciousness. Onl day It was up to him to decide a dea 1I.uickl ) ' . He was up against it- didn't know what was advisable Should he sell or buy ? He struggle ( with his Indecision and In desperatiOI be flipped the penny and It said sell pe sold and cleared a good margin "That 1888 penny wanders from anI 13ult to another , but It Is never lost . 1 I suppose that slmUar stories woule explain the most of these buttons , bitl , of metal , knotted rubber bands and al " , < , . ; the other pocket junk you see here 1' , : j : ' o They are amulets. Ye ( we make spar jf" , of the Ignorant heathen. " :1".ir- : : . . In the Pile were : A brass buttOl " " ' ' "e' ; : .4 f' " " " ' ' - ' ' from a soldier's uniform , a hors' ' : , . , : . . . . .1 ; chestnut , a dozen coins , a. baby' , il ; . " , tooth , a dried bug , several pebbles ani ; . . . . . ; : ; , " shells , an empty brass revolver cart " { : ridge , n. safety pin , a leaden bullet , : Z" ' < " ' ; ' glass botUtI stepper , several rings , I : . . " , > brass screw , three horseshoe naUs , ' ' ' . : shoe button , a woman's broke V : brooch , a medal and a Uny gold crosl ! Crocodile Captured Slave Trader. I The trade In slaves ho.s entirel / ceased In 501oto , but hBanchl ther , was a roorudescence of It , due to fl mine , the people preferring to se' , themselves as slaves rather thn starve IUi freemen. Ten years ago , it Is recalled , the eI . Uro Angass rlbe sold themselves Int . ' 4 slaver ) ' , but when the famine Is OV { , . . . , . hey t2\IO the first opportunity 1 desert. In the province of l\Iurl famlJ1 gave a. great Impetus to the trade I , child ron , who were sold for food. ' , ' ! < ' , , ' \ ' , ' , ' Ono grin\ Incident Is recorded " , # , "The canoes , " says the report , "travi by night and are concealed by da : One , which was discovered-In a bac1 water , with 22 children on board , WE , pushed out . Into midstream by U 'I' ' . traders and apllarently purposely co. . . , sized. The slave traders swam ; . fl. _ the bank , but ono was held by tt : t : leg by a. crocldllo and captuled ; J .1 . chlldrou were drowned. " El8encc From Orange Leaves. Ono of Ule Industries of Paragm Is the "reparation of essence of oranl leave" . More than 150 years ago tl J sult , ) r1ests who then rulert thl ecluded country hnllOrtcd oran , seeds and planted groves , which lu" _ no1' ' ( hecome Immense forests , flIlE wltb Bmall ostabllshments 'Cor extme Ing the essonce. This Is exported ' I rance and the United States Cor l1J la Wall and perfumer ) ' maldnlr. . " I . . ME NT TO CATCH THEEYE. , Ingenious DevIce as Attraction In a Store Window. American shopkeepers are Car In advance of the merchants of other countries In Introducing the9 "C ) , ( } catchers , " Stili , ono of the most In tor- estlng seen recently comes from Ger- I . . . ---.f. - . . . , - - - - ; , . . . " . \ . ' \ . . - Flame In Water. many. It Is shown In the Illustration. This apparatus is a glass vessel and fs nearly filled with wnter or other sultablo transparent 11clUld. A 'flnme , produced by liquid combustlbles- such as 011 and compressed nlr-burns below the surface of the water. 'l'ho all' Is led In through the Inrger and the combustible by the smnller pipe. At the loft Is an opening for- admitting - ting the liquid and on the opposite sWe an overfiow pipe. When the ap. paratus Is placed In a shOl ) rent or the like the fiame burning within the liquid will cause atten ! on at once. The apparatus can also be used for producing hot water for heating pur. poses. . . - BET HAD LONG BEEN OFF. . . Experience of Two Cronlos Who Stopped Uslni Tobacco. T. L. Heath , of Norway , Me. , known In the Spanish war days as "Tim , " tells this story of his wager with a literary - erary manof the village. They had agreed to leave off sm klng. . The proposttlon was an agreement that a $1Q note should bo forfeited by the first one to smoke. This happened on Saturday. Monday morulng things went badly In the Heath office , and dlsagre ments cropped out at homo. Saturday afternoon there came a lull In business so "Tim" dropped around to the nelghb r's and sought him out In the library. From his pocleet he - drew a handful of Havanas , calmly lighted one , and as the smoke sifted through the sunlight he drew a crisp . I note from his pocketbook. l "Here ypn go. I'm satisfied , " WaS . all he said as he passed the ten to . the literary man. l There was a smile , but no hand . , ? - ' . "T , ' , : ? : : i : ' " " . . . . . , I reached out for the monoy. "KeeI your m ney , " the latter said. "To day makes exactly a week. Well , I'Vf been owing you.that.1 > anknote for juSI six days ! " Old People's Village. Thel'o Is a little village at the faa' ' of tho. Lltchfiold mountains not fal from Waterbury , Conn. , In whlcl scarcely a chUd Is to be seen. Prac tlcally all the residents arc old pee pIe who have been born and brough up In the little v11lage and have neve been further away Hmn Waterbury , I dlstanco of 25 miles. 'fhe Inhabltantl of this quaint seml-abnndoned tOWI numUor less than 75. Once Ulmn : time It was a much larger and pros por'us community , but , like man ; Now Englnnd towns , It has been ler t take care of Itself , while the farm ers moved to the nearby cities to el1 tel' busIness Inotead qf devoting tbel energies to Ulllng the soil. The av crage age of the residents now IIvlni there Is In the neighborhood of th four.score mark. A Friendly Robin , A correspondent relates the follo\"l Ing Incident as hnvlng happened t , hlmsolf near North Berwick on th last day of the old year : "When drh Ing homo In my sleIgh I stopped t , speak to Rome friends , when a robl : came nnd perched on the whip shari which my coachman was holding In slanting 110sltion not more than a fO ( ] IY or two trom my { ace. e "Robin l3at looldng earnestly at 01 le with hIs beady black eyes with th Ilt most perfect conftdence for nearJ o half ( l. minute , and did not mind th Ie talking 01' the holding out of mr , ala : Id empty hand. All birds , and . especlall : ttho robin , arc vcr ) ' tearle.ss In thl Lo weather , but I never met before wit 3e such complete fcarlessn ss C'f man , -Edlnbursh Scotsman , . . I ' - , . " . , I . . . . . , . , . -4 > GREAT SEA BATTLE RUSSIAN CAPTAIN'S RECOLLECTION - TION OF I ; > > ISAsTER. Commander of WarshIp Telll In Graphic Fashion of Experlencol - During the Fighting at Tsu. shima In Lilte War. Capt. Vladimir Sentonoer of the Russian - sian navy one at the urvlvors of the great naval battle of Tsushlmn In the war with Japan , wrItes of his txpe- rlences recently In a published vol. Ulne. He was on board the Suvorott , the Russian flagship. Capt. Semon- off tells of "the tupor which seems to come OVOI' men who have never been In action 1eforo } when the first shells bogln to fall. A stupor which turM easily aIid instantaneousl ) ' nt the most tnRlgnlficant external shot Into I elth01' uncontrollable I111nlo or Into unusually high spIrits , depending on the man's character , " After the SUe vorott was talrly alight and completo- Iy riddled Capt. Semenoff found himself - self enveloped In an IOlpenotrnble smolee. "Burning air parched my face and hands , while a caustic smell of burning almost blinded me. Breath. ' Ing ' S hllposslblo. How did 1 got out of lhls hell ? Perhaps some of the crow who had soon mo on the bridge dragged me out. HmVl arrived on the upper battery on a wcll.lmown spot near the ship's Image I can't reo member and 1 can't imagine. " FindIng - Ing a few signal men , Capt. Semenoft sot to work with an undnmaged piece of hose on the firo. Then Lieut. Danchlch came 'up. "Haven't we any , stretchers ? " ho said. "For whom ? " asked Semenoff. "Why , tor you. You are bleeding , Looldng down he saw that bin right leg was standing In a pool of blood. Danchlcb seemed to be making an "unnecessary fuss , " He wanted some one to go with Semenoff. "Who wants to bo accompanied ? " said Semeno.f , angrlly , and started to go down the ladder , not realizing what had hap- pened. When a small splinter had wounded him In the waist at the beginning - ginning of the fight It had hurt him , "but at this time I had felt nothing , " he writes."Later , In the hospital , when 'carried there on 1\ stretcher , 1 understood why It was that durl g n fight one "hears' neither groans nor shout . All that comes afterward. Apparently our feelings have strict IImlls for receiving external Impres , slons , bolng even deeply Impressed by an absurd sentence. A thing can bc so painful that you feel nothing , so terrible 'that : rou fear nothing. " Rojestvensky behaved well. Capt .semenoff says that although wounde In the head , back and rlht leg , be sides several small splinter wounds the Russian admiral bore himself mosl cheerfully , going off to look for c place from which he could watch the fight. Proceeding to the starboarc turret ho rccelve I another wound which caused him much pain. ! ! splinter struck his loft leg , severln the main nerve and paralyzlug the ball of the foot. He was carried Inte turret and sealed on a box , but stir hnd sufficient strength at once te 'as Ie why the turrent wns not firln : ; . Modern Boston. The chaned character of Dos ton' ! population could not bo more typl cally illustrated than In the readhl1 of , the names or the committees a the Boston common council. As U1I Patriots' day committee , for example President Barrtt selects CouncllmeI Rachkowsky , Santosuosso nd Pur cell. When , the descendants of th4 tribe of Israel , a race that for 2,001 years , without n country or a flag , hal maintained Its racial Identity : a those bravo peoples of Italy that dIU Ing the varied vicissitudes of UII houses of Savoy" Lombard and Guelpl1 and the never.ceaslng conflict betweCl , church and state , have grown ra latl : jtronger century a'fter centuiml the hardy Celts , whose ancestors dill Jng the middle ages lcept" allvo learl1 Ing and wisdom In the world , ani through sub6 _ quent centuries of oI prosslon maintained bUl'Dlng th park of race and l'el1lon [ , join togen er In making plans for Doston's Pr trlots' day , who will deny that the are qualified for the work , and thl1 In them Is Incarnated the spirit u modern American Institutions ; " Not an OrdinaryMemory. . The driver of the furniture movln van admitted that ho had a very ba memory. In fact , ho could hardly 1'4 .member w1.mt work he had } Jcrforme the day before. "No , I can't recall just , \'here I 14 was that 1\11' . Suddenmove had 01 r take his household goods. 1\Iy men r. : > ry Is ven' pOOl' , sir , " ho roplled t the bill collector. . "But you moved him only 0. wee Il O , " , "Yes , sir , but you see wo moves s UUlUY people that Its' a hard matt ( to recollect , " The bill collector sltpped a ha dollar In the man's palm. "Tlu ought to do your memory good , " II romal'ked. "It ought to , " the man l'el1I1ed , "bl 'you see thIs ain't no common , ever : dn.y memory of mlno , and It has to l fogged consldorable. Why , It COlSt i\I o uddenmove a dollar to makQ me Co o rcot-Mllwaulceo SenUnel. y - e His Great Mistake. , Churchle-I bear the nev. h' . DI y loy waa ( l. falluro at that chlll'ch. 8 Newill-Yes , he trIed to bring U h ( ongregatlon lute harlUony with h . . IdeaR Inlltead at trying to get hlnlC ! Into barmony with their Ideall , - , . , . . . . WHERE LINEN IS MAD ! . Delfut the Center of the Trade of the World. - There Is nolhlng 11rotUer than n field of Irish fiax In Cult bloom. The stems are abouL 30 Inches high , sa's a wrltor In Truth. 'l'hey are very slender aIllI oC a 111110 green. On each stem Is a fiowor In an ox. qulslto tone of blue : something between - tween a cornflow r and a forget.mo. not. 'l'he IIttlo flower Is not of n ver ) ' robust cOllstltutlon. 'l'ho pOlalo soon fall , and then a seed pod Corms which , when given tlmo to do ao , produces qu\ntltles ! o what we.cnll . linseed ( 'Ilhln" Is tho. CelUe name fm' Gax ) . But when tbo flax Is grown for the manurnct\lr9 or IInon It Is IHIlIed up bef re the seed has had tlmo to ma- ture. ture.Arter Arter ha'lng been exposed to the all' tor n few da's the flnw Is Inld In water , and < luring the fortnight that this process lusts the odious smell with which it filiI ! the all' Is of 11'0' uuu'kaly powerful character. As the local guIdes sa ) ' : "Shuro It's just UlO flax fermlntlu' . It's a power- fu slnell ontlroly , but""thero's no dan. ger In It , glor ) ' he to God , " 'l'ho soaltlng makes It cas ) ' to sopn. rate the straw from the fibre by brula. InS , It between rollers and tholl sllS' { lending It through an openIng In the top of a machine In which n horizon' tal shaft with wooden blades revolveD at th rate of 250 times a minute. Parted forever are the fibre , flax and the straw , now tow. Next comes the spinning Into ynru , . done In Immense mills , and afler iliat the yarn Is woven Into UIO fabric Itself. Finally comes the bleacblng , when the linen Is laid ant on the green field to bo whitened by rain and sun and wind. . These long strips of snow whltenoss on the green turf surprise the strano gel' . He thinks It some sort of top dressing , spread upon the land to for. tllIze It. Belfast Is the con tel' of th ( IInon trade. Puzzled the Post Office. The postal authorities of 'Rhode Island were puzzled a 'few weeks ago and being unable to find a solution rOI tbe case sent tlle matter to Washing. ton , whore It Is still llondlng. Zcbe Bradford Peterson , of the town 01 Rehoboth , Rhode Isllmd , 'wanted to move his lIOn coop to another town , about ten miles dlstnnt. Having received a goodly prlco from u. retlent sale of farml products , he ; purchased $ G worth of fiV(1cent stamps which ho placed on the slaes of the hen coop. When the collectOI 1came 1 along he found the stnmv-c v , ored coop In front of a box , addresseC1 The wooden structure would not fi1 Into his' team. lIe was at a loss 01 - what action to take so . ho retul'Ded te the village. The postmlijtress wired to one. 0 the clUes but they could not flnd a so InUon for the dUIlcnlty. A messag wassont to WashlngtoI . asking for advice , but no one therl , seemed to lenow , wblle Peterson wen' ' Into the village and wanted to lDo "If this was a free country 01' not , ' nnd "what was the matter with th < < postal s'stem , " . The Servant Problem. A Washington man was telling some one of the tdals of his wife , au excel 3 lent houselweler ! , with reference tc the servant problem. Just about tlu limo the mistress would get a ne girl broken to the ways of the hou86 hold and he would bid fall' to becalm a. model servaut , she would decamp 01 1 enter the servIce of a neighbor. One' of these , a 1\Irs. B. , had In curred the especial enmity of the firs woman , for she' had lately talten tWI servants from ? Ill's. Drown. One nigh' In the winter Brown was aroused freD ' _ his slumbers by queer souuds In th4 ( ) kitchen. "Burglnrs ! " he hoarsely whlsporel In the ear of his spouse , us 11e prc { lUred to tumble out or bed and pro ceed downstairs. "F.dward- - ! ) ' observed the wife ; "I'd give an.thlng to possess ) 'our 01 : tlmlstlc nature. Always looking 01 the brIght side. I'll wager anythlnl It's thnt odious Mrs. H- woman tr ) Ing to get Mary away trom me ! " What to Do After Eiltlng. Should ono 110 down after meal : and , If 80 , SllOuld one sleep ? DI Schulo , an asslntunt of naumler IJ l < 'relberg , has analyzed the content or the stomach : : ! of two norma.l suI jocts removed several hol11' : : ! aflor' Identical tesl meal of bread and dli tilled wuter , followed In ono Instanc . hy sleel ) , In the other h ) ' slmille rest I a horizontal position , lIaya the LOI on Post. Sclmle shows that IIlee during digestion always resulls I weakonlng the mutlllty of the stan ach and Increasing the acidity or th gastric juice , a fact attributed by bl ! to the Irrltntlon caused b ) ' tl1ochyme remaining adbnormally long in' , tl stomach. J Ie has also romarked' Ih ! 10 simple rellOso In n horizontal lQslUol 11' not accolPpnnled by sleep , stimulate the gastric runction without Increa If Ing the acidity. lt Ie . Changed His Tune. " 1\Iy dear , " mll1'mured t o sick mil Jt to hlH wife , "I am ncarlng the goldt ) ' . streets. 1 hear 8trnln8 of Bweotc. ! music . , unearthly In Its beauty , lIe - Ie "John , " saId hIs wife , "what yc r. hear Is a phonograph In the next fiat 1'- . "So It Is. Darn these people , an how. No consideration for their Ilolg bors. Go and tell 'em to stop that I fernalmcltet Ilt once , " g. The Way of It , le Stella. .Does she sew for charltT' 15 Bella-Yes , her husband will V1'Q : tr ahl hnvo to accept alms when 1\1 \ own 10 made. . , , ' , . . \ . , " . , . ' , , . . ' . to . " . ARE NOT , CURIOUS . WA6JHINGTON CITIZENS SHOW LACK OF INQUISITIVENESS. Leading Lights of the Nation Too Common at the Capital to Com. mand More Than Passing r , Attention from Residents. LivIng In Washington Is a man 09 yonrs old who has imssed nenrly 80 years there and has novel' sel foot In- sldo the calilol. At tile VIrginia. end of the Aqueduct brldgo , aeross the upper Potomac , Is a woman 11nst 80 , who , Hvlng' within half n mlle of Washhl ton all her life , has never been In Washington , The old Washingtonian , who Is hnle ami Intolllgent , snhl when quostloned that ho' < 1 novel' cared to go Insldo the capitol. There was 110 business call. Ing hIm there , He'd" always been llOrfectly wllUng to lot the toIles In- - shle the capitol so theIr ways if tho"d anI ) ' let him alone. 'fho old woman at the other CUlt of the queduct brldgo observOll in response - sponso to an Interview or's Inquiries that sho'd never erosS"ed OV01' to Washington because she'd never cnred to. Sho'd always had enough worle to do without galldlng I1bout. 'l'hese two old parsons rllirly repre. sent the lack of Inqulslven ss whIch Is perhaps the strongest charaotorls. tic of the looplo who llve In nnd around Wnshlngtoft. WashingtonIans 111'0 probably the least curious POOllo on earth. On New Year's day , when" the prosl , dent recelvod the general public , the double IIno of people eager to grasp his lumd curved In two dIrections out of the Whlto House grounds and UllOn the streets till four or five o'cloclc 111 the afternoon , though tlle reception began at noon. Of the thousands il1 these two patlont IInes llardly an were Washlng.onlans. ! WashIngtonians don't attend Imblle receptions at the Whlto Houso. 'fh ( lines were made up of visitors \Vhe came hero especially for the purpos ( and of fo11es rosldlng here transiently It , by dropping a cent In the slot , Uu average 'Vashlngtonlan could be In atantly whlslcod to tbo Whlto House there to recelvo the double mitt fron , the presldont , a "Dee. lighted I " a , two , and a little narrative about I bu11 moose or the art of bitting a tlm bel' wolf or a fawn In the left shoulde with an express bu11ot , It Isn't In th' ' least IIIccly that the averngo Wnshln I tonlan would be attracted by the It vestment. This feature of 'Vashlngton's chm , acterisUc huUfI'orenco Is a growth 0 comparativelY recent years. 'Vasl Ingtonlans did go to Mr. McKinley' I public receptions In quite consldOl able numbers. They attended the pul IIc levees of Mr. Harrison and 1\1 : . . Cleveland , too , and they falrl swarmed through the east roOl when Mr. Arthur was prosldent. Br they hnvo entirely remaIned awa from these afl'alrs at the Whlto Hous In recent years. Washington folIes don't fiocle' to t11 capitol at a11. The big people don appear to Interest them. 'VashlngtOl Inns are pretty close to the wires ( government , nnd this may account' fc the lacle of Interest In the wlro lan.l ] ulators. A representntlve of congress Is a almost Inconsequential l1gure I Washington. A seriator Isn't 13 much , either. Every day the vlco president of tll United States walks down Pennsy . vllnla avenue fl'om the capitol , accon panled by some senator or other. Tl1 vlco presldont Is a very tall porson- so tall all to make him an unusual' fil ure , on account of his stature an the silk hat atop at the stature , D mOllt anywhere. But never , a Was I Ingtonlan wheels around . to gaze aft ( the vice president. I' _ . I. Hint for Vice President. A New Yorle man visited the sonal gallery In Washington and from h colgn of vantage there had a gee 1001. at the vice president's carerul concealed bald head. On returnh homo he wrote to his congressma saying : "If you have miy Influenc with Mr. Falrbanlcs , Cor heaven's sal get him to cut off that scalpleck tll 'ho drapes over the top or his head at admit thnt he Is bald. The peep will olcct a bald.headed mlln presIde sooner than thoy'll elect a man wI tries to deceive thorn aB to his bal nOBs , " Few Senators Hear Prayers. Attendance at prayers In .the Unit , States senate Is not large , but It I ways Includes Senators Platt and I pew , who usually sIt together 0.1 withdraw before the busIness of t day begins. Sometimes there n only five 01' six who assemble to he ; Dr. Hlllo's Invocation. Upon a cent Qccaslon there were seven , an curious observer made a me marl dum of tholr names. Iii addition PIaU and Depew there were Perkl of California , Smoot of Utah , Dicit . Ohio , McCreary or Kentucky a Clark of Montana. , n 1:1 Might Take a Chance , tI , A coterlo of Washington "cabbl { - wore waiting for their patrons nri ' the Dhow the othel' night. The nu , bel's were beln ! ; called out , and c r by ono the dtlvors hurried away w - tholr fares. Flnall ) ' but two -rema n- cd , ' and tben came the call for one thom. A. he whipped up his horl he tantalizingly crlod : "Come along , " aUlI quick as a 1ll\sb : came 1 brel1ly : "All , 1 might aB we11 : my { : r ty Is so crosso'od he 'l'on't know number anyhow. " I I HEAD TAX 16 REMOVED. I lecrotary StrauB C..s Away wIth Cause of Friction. - Recently there was n. JUlIo noU o Issuell by the 8ecrolary of the department - ment of commerce and labor nnnou c- Ing that the head tax on Corelgn diplomatic - matic - officers coming to Amorlcn. had been remo'oo , It did not mean much to the average man who road H , few resll1ent8 of this country lmowlng that there was such n. tax or realizing what long.standlng source of an. noyanco It hns been to torolgn diplo- mats. As a mattei' of fact , however , there Is such a tax on all allons enterIng - Ing this counl1'y , n11\1 wl1l1o It l only two dollars , and Is Includecl In Lbe price of the steamer passage , It Is stili regarded as an affront by Corelsn dIp. lomatlo officers , Imttlng thorn on the same plll\4o with steerage passengers , when they nro thcoroticnll ) ' the guests or this govorI1lnent and l1eol110 to bo treatec ontclally with marleed can IIlderaUon. Secrelary . Straus bavlng been In the dlllomntlo servlco hlniselt , Imew how this trilling Impost was regardc. d , nnd his action In romovlng It Is Important - portant us removlng.n < 1oolded and uMoless cause of friction , It mn.y be saId also that most of the steaml1hhl companies munnge to maleo II. trlfie out of the general tax all the side , It being ony ) two dollars , but always boo Ing charged as $2.50 nddltlonal on the tlckot , ThIs oxtr GO cents , of course , the steamship company poclt. ets. It does not. claIm that all of the , lnx Is paid to the government , but ap. parently grabs tile extra half dollar merely because it can , nt1l1 UlOre Is I seldom any row over It , because the I amount Is too smnll for most pQ.sson. gOl'S to raise n. ldck over , : I , , . FAILED TO MAKE CONVERTS. l Washington Crowd Had No Use for L - "Revlvlfler.- A tall , shivery and angulnr Indlvld. , I ual of the man kind blew into the ) Capitol during the Bess Ion and made ) I a vain search Cor the xl1embor from hIs district. It was oxplalnod that the reason ho dIll not find his representa. tlvo was Ulnt his rOlrOsenlativo saw him first. 'rho man cnrrlo < l a straUl C- looking paclcogo , which he said wns his "revlvlfier. " A curious crowd soon collected and plied the bearer with qucstions which ho answered readily. In fact , he seom. cd lad to bo plied with questlOI'tIl. 1Ie oxplalned th t manldnd bact been making a greut mlslnko Vor since the world bognn by cutlng , slooplng and drlnldng. These things , ho added wore utterly. unnecessary to mo nnd happl. ness. "Why , " he exclaimed , "by the use of my rovlvlfior man cnn lIve without fool1 , drlnlt , or sleep , ju as the Inhabitants - habitants of Mars and the planets In space do. We are of the earth earthy. Inslead we should bo at the spIrit spiritually. Now If there are any of , you here who want to get out of UlO eating , sleelng { and drinking habit , I cnn toll you- " "So can 1 tell you how to "do It , " hr01ce In n hard.faced , muscular man In the crowd. "Tho answer Is Dimple. Just get out of the living habit , " Visitor Was Only Grateful. A ) 'oung man from the , country was lazily ambling along a cortaln street In Washington , when ho stopped In front of an 'englno house and looleed In. - "Have many fires hero In 'Vasb. 10 In'ton ? " he Inquired of n fireman 1- standing- the door. "Quito a. num. : tber , " was the .reply. "Havo to go to 10 all of 'em ? " "Not unless they're In . . . our district , or thero's a general gnlarm , " "Ever try to See how quick id you can hitch up ? " "Yes , " ,1. , At that Instant there came an ttalarm. . At the first strolte of Ul0 gong )1' the men ran to their posts , the doors of the stnlls opened , the horses ran out and were quickly hltchoo to the onglne ami hose-cnrt , nnd within ale lo few seconds mC ! ! , horses and appa- Is ratus were out of the door and speed. Itl Ing down the streot. The young man Iy watched the performance with nndls. Ig gulsod admiration. . n , "Well , I mnst say thIs Is a derned o obliging town ! " exclaimed he. " 'rhoro { O aIn't many llnces where they'd go ta nt all that trouble to show ft. strapgel . ld w at they can do I" Ie Dramatic Plea Ineffective. nt While Bitting In the lobby of a we i. If Imown hotel at Wnshlngton , largely [ I. patronized by southern men , one evening not long ago a correspondent overheard a story by a man who gave to It that pleasing cadence so char. cd acterlstlc of the southerner. It hap Illponed at a boarlng , bolero a justice of _ )0' ) the pence down In a Goorgla town , of ad a negro who was charged with steal he Ing chlcleens. The evidence was so .re m\lch ngl nst him that , when the 'ar ' trml was concluded and the jUSUC6 rew s about to render his dool810n , thE l a defendant , uneasy at the piospoot , foIl . m. It advisable to say something In hl& to own behalf. ns "Jel1go , " he exclaimed , "I .hope do of I.nwd 'II BtrUte me dald of I stole dem nd chickens ! " Tbo judlIe regarded the llrlsoner 10 half.amused sllenco fol' a minute 01 moro and then said : 's" ' "Since the Lord refused to Intero ler fere , I must. Thirty days , " 01- , Ino Earth H Is Proper Sphere. Ith Congrose-mall Parsons of Now Yorl , .In. was Invited to join the ( larty that as of cended from Washington In the big 3es racing balloon America , l\1t bolero h ( on could reply his qulclt.wlttod wife In Ul0 terjected the romurle that ho hud been lur. "up In the air" quite enough of latf. bls uOII that be would bettel' I'emah\ terra tlrwa when ho had a cbauco.