Nebraska Newspapers

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F l CARRIED FOR LUCK I
f\ AL QST EVERY ONE HAS A
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; From Which Few Men Are Free-
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The tailor was industriously brushIng -
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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
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, ' . "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
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. . . . 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
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A Collection of Good Luck Pieces.
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. . \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
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; : .4 f' " " " ' ' - ' ' from a soldier's uniform , a hors' '
: , . , : . . . . .1 ; chestnut , a dozen coins , a. baby'
, il ; . " , tooth , a dried bug , several pebbles ani
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. . . . ; : ; , " 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
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_ 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.
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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-
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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.
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BET HAD LONG BEEN OFF.
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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
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drew a handful of Havanas , calmly
lighted one , and as the smoke sifted
through the sunlight he drew a crisp
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I note from his pocketbook.
l "Here ypn go. I'm satisfied , " WaS
. all he said as he passed the ten to
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the literary man.
l There was a smile , but no hand
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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 ,
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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
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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.
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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
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IdeaR Inlltead at trying to get hlnlC !
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Delfut the Center of the Trade of
the World.
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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
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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.
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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 -
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"John , " saId hIs wife , "what yc
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hear Is a phonograph In the next fiat
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how. No consideration for their Ilolg
bors. Go and tell 'em to stop that I
fernalmcltet Ilt once , "
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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 \
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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-
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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 :
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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' _
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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.