Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1896, Page 14

SABE GEYER Per Hae, SATURDAY, = FEB RUARY 22, 1896—' pte ied 4 TRAST SHOR at Aes. at broke ting. The relator said that a fa vi his acquaintance div up i in a happy-go-lucky h their t one yers used and tells good sto sin the mountains of that cover a tract of land in Bell he sai cabin on the whom: I was county, place by the man instructed wy my the od 1, to proceed. I ac- and explained the nature of my anxious to settle the matter as he looked tive e Kin’ o” bad busin. hyar “pears to im st cum hyar when I Fust an’ Then we didn’ je till dad war long an’ thar war jess beyant that " want no 3 hyar title a ns to me th i by this ti got ng time ¢ ain” ssen yo" air willin’ ight h : lt from that mM#e of set- { upon reporting to my e ed to allow a sit to be bro s pan’s tit Capitol red old clothes, who of the House with st. I “saw once he stopped me w ne questioner lined to give of his visit, an He is now nes y years ago he ss, and this Is his on since that time. Not nt House was a mem- hich he served, not e and ¢ me me liy so as the ‘Y senily with him red by his people with the ing them in the national now dependent upon his on and live the happiest part of nd yet his coming was it as he sat in the gal- was no longer a part of the nt and had outlived his time. I hy he did not make himself * ek * et a typical old Col. Sellers the other I have known him for several years. I met him he was at the a company organized for the pur- buying up all of the oil lands of e. His scheme failed and an- ieate has now cleared a for- of that enterprise. Two years i him at the head of a big rail- He and his friends lost all mey they could raise and now ad is being bullt by others. Two ter he was at the head of a boom and one brick building, blown down, stands as a over the hopes he buried there. Is me that he is organizing a with ten millions of dollars cap- start cotton miils in southern state: and he is confident of success, although so Little of the vast sum is as yet available that he ts forced to borrow small amounts from his friends in order to pay his board . And t are many such men in hington. oi Oe ee We are having quite a rush of visitors these days,” said one of the Heutenants of the treasury watch, “to see the flag in our watch room. This flag Is the one that was used to drape the outside of the box in Ford's Theater on the night President Lin- coln was assassinated. It ts one of the atest attractions In the building to rs, though there are but few of our ts who know the flag ts on exhibi- e. Indeed, I do not believe that lf of the employes of the building whereabouts, but somehow a ber of the visitors from other = ask for It as soon as they enter the 1 The greatest attention is give ption of it, and memories of Lit led up as we point to the tear ch wes made by the spur on nped from the box = him to fall to and hastened, his capture. eee * x ading of the preparations for the spring seine haulings reminds me," said a well a local historian, “of tho fact that carly In the present century one of the most successful seine haulings In this section t "e on the Tiber. The best of the neries were had on what ts now known vanla avenue between Here the great catch occurred, though it was by no ly scene of seine hauling: on famous creek; and that mind,” said a well-known , “the fact that only forty a number of fish t in a stream that ran along K street about where it is crossed by Vermont ave- *, and on a branch of the same creek throush the block bounded by ivth and M streets y & meal of fish caught in ee ositions to increase the al holidays, find enthusi- sald a promirent official, They are all mories of de- arted men of greatness and distinction, it tters not how many of them are to be Maybe selfishness has something to do with it, for it means to them addi- tienal holidays, as well as opportunities to revere memories. Another class of our citi- zens are equally enthustastie on the sub- ject—dentists. A national holiday means a great deal to them, im a business way. At present holidays are so rare that many of the department employes would have tooth Work done, but do not have time to have in | 2 older birds of the | d, “and was met at the door | a’ don’t want no trouble | | tance abo it for $40, though they firall | ‘civilize it attended to. A holiday or a few more | of them in a year would give them ‘time to have old snags filled, etc. Of course, there are a number of ‘sundown’ dentists, as there are ‘sundown’ physicians, where this werk could be done after department hours, but most people prefer to have their _ mouths attended to during the daylight hours. SK Ee. “The regents of the Mt. Vernon Associa- tfon will be called upon at their coming meeting in April to act upon e Yery im- portant mattera..said a lady whp takes erest in the affairs of Mt. Ver- As the electric railroad will soon cars running.fram this gity di- it opens up possibill- steamer will, no doub al large number there, 1 increase its travel The income-to.the jation from each visitor to Mt. Vernon coming year swell the fund is in che range of possibiii- lowment fund will soon be ari support the place, n long looked forward to of free Mt Vernon will be carried ox (8a pretty pass these vei the keeper of cne of the ting down-town boarding houses, “when ré rodutiig“their expenses. a few day I found that one of my Congressmen boarders from a southern state was looking up Toomts-and™board for himself and wife In another house, for the n, as his wife told “wie,"that they wanted to reduce expenses. I charged them $60 per month for room and board for them both, and they were actvally trying to get had to pay wife told me that they wanted to ) per year out of her husband's 0, and.that she knew of vere doing so.” e+ ok KOR OK Among the guests at the Arlington is C. O. Oret, now of Ju laska, but formerly of Indianapolis. In talking of Alaskan af- fairs, he said: “The people of that territory are waiting very anxiously, and many of them impatiently, for the disputed bound- ary line question to be settled. They do not intend to submit to Canadian rule if they can help it, nor do they favor Great Britain having any part of the gold fields. They are also much interested in the measure to purchase a large number of reindeer, and ake the natives self-supporting by raising those animals, although the section that will be immediately benefifed is far north of Juneau. The kan Esquimaux are much more intelligent than those of the tic coast, and are industrious as a They learn readily, and will make .g00d citizens if proper efforts are made to They are peaceable, and re- whi en as their friends, which akes the question of dealing with them very different from that of dealing with the American Indians. If the reindeer are fur- jent numbers those people will be self-supporting.” a Milton Chamberlain of Deadwood Is at the al. Speaking of the needs of his | section, he said: “One of the measures in which we are most greatly interested is that providing for reservation courts, now pend- ing In Congres I suppose we realize the ty more than most s ions do, for eason that the Sioux Indians of Pine and Rosebud agencies are now brought to DeAdwood or to Sioux Falls for trial. They have to be taken to Valentine or Chadron, Neb., and around by rail a dis- the same as from Washington nnati, and the attendance of law- to Cin | yers and witnesses is not only a matter of | { > let the old man take a trip | | Los Angeles, Cal., who have been at sthe | Shoreham for the past weck | Breat expense, but of most annoying incon- | venience. any of the cases are but petty, and yet this long and wearisome journey has to be taken,-no matter how trivial the case may be. We are watching the Pick- ler bil] establishing reservation courts with a great deal of interest. KOK KKK The delegation of prominent citizens of leave for ome feeling encouraged as to the prob- | able success of their mission, to secure an appropriation for the purpose of deepening San Pedro harbor from a depth of four- teen feet to eighteen feet. Col. H. G. Otis, editor and proprietor of the Los Angeles Times, said: “There is no opposition to | the measure, the only question being as oO wi r or not the disposition to cut appropriations will defeat the measure or reduce the amount awarded to so small a sum that no benefit can result. We have been treated with the utmost courtesy, and our visit has been an interesting and, I believe, profitable one. If we get what we ask for it will very greatly increase the foreign trade of the Southern Pacific coast, and southern California, which has had a most phenomenal growth during the past few years, will continue to increase in wealth and population very rapidly.” Col. Otis left to attend the publishers’ conven- tion in New York, but will return to Washingtcn in a few days. — ee ABOUT THE “SLOPPER.” His Rescarches im the Garbage Re- ceptacles and His Finds. “That man ts a slopper,"’ remarked a Police officer to a Star writer a few morn- ings since, “and he and his class give us any amount of trouble. If he stole we geuld reach Mm by the law, but as he only finds, we cannot easily reach him.” In fur- ther explanation he sald: “A slopper is a tan who searches through the garbage cans in the alleys In the rear of the hotels, bearding houses and private houses. Some orly search for spoons, knives and forks that are thrown into the garbage recepta- cles by careless servants, for it is a fact that there are more silver spoons and knives and forks thrown away with the garbage than Is stolen by servants, though the con- trary is generally believed. The slopper is generally an hour or so ahead of the gar- bage collector, and he is often more regular and careful In his rounds than the garbage man. “ “By industry we thrive,’ as the line in the copy books used to contain, and by in- dustry on a good West End route, espe-ial- ly one which takes in a number of boarding houses or hotels, a slopper can find enough table ware to pay the expenses of his tour. Often he makes a rich find. Very frequent- ly he has permission to ‘slop’ the can from the owners of the houses themselves, for he tells them he is on the lookout for stray Pieces of meat, etc., which he sells to those who have dogs to feed. Some sloppers are honest enough to return any silver ware they may find for the dog-meat privilege, but it 1s a terrible temptation to many, and one ees cannot, or do not, at times with- stand.” —_——__. He Got Things Mixed. From the Texas Sifter. A Texas reporter was detailed to write up @ cattle show and a fashionable ball on the same day. Unfortunately he looked upon the wine when it was red and got things mixed up as follows: Miss A. D., a beautiful young heifer,with red and white spots on her back and fore shoulders, was charmingly arrayed in blue velvet and ornamented with a cow bell. Mr. A. C.. a fashionable yearling half- breed, looked very well in lavender colored pants and loose cockieburrs in his tail. No ornaments. Mrs, A. K. L., a Texas raised cow, fine milker, very gentle, looked lovely in amber colored silk, with lace trimmings. Wore a new belt on her shapely neck. ———_—_-+e+____ Dissatisfied With the West. From the Detroit Free Press. “So you've been to Dakota?” “Yes.” “And how did you like the west?” ‘Much disappointed in it.” “But how?” “Why, I expected to get my divorce in fifteen minutes, but I had to stay almost a pone th. Good people, but slow—awfully Ww. HEARD AT THE. - CAPITOL ‘Wednesday Representative Washington was showing a party of visiting Daughters of the Revolution about, and all he needed was a badge and a voice to have made a first-class guide. He showed them around Statuary Hall and pointed out the whisper- ing stones in fegulation style, amidst many squeais and ohs and ahs. He seemed to give excellent satisfaction, and the real guides began to suspect that some time or other the member from Tennessee might have been a guide himself. x Oe OK “Oh, isn't he just too sweet!” sighed a gentle voice in the gallery, and then she and ker friend fastened their lorgnettes on Mr. Foote of New York, who was propped in picturesque attitude against the wall, his iron-gray hair in its usual studied confusion, and the carnation of deepest scarlet in his lapel setting off his style of beauty quite effectively. If the feminine voter is to count, Mr. Foote would probably take the medal as the handsomest man in the House. * * * Mr. Bowers of. California, he fhe, mers. curial temperament and silvery white hair, seems to let his artistic taste run to crimson ties, which he wear: urn-down col- lars. The ties are * said, but she considers the collars bad ‘indeed. OK OF “Young” Mr. McClellan seems so fond of the “weed” that he chews up about a half dezen cigars a day in “dry’’ smokes. OK OK A common practice of some young school girls, aged about twelve and fifteen years, is to haunt the lower corridors of the Capitol after 3:30 and standing around talking to membets, clerks and employes till the two houses adjourn. There are three or four of these girls, and they ought to be kept at home. A lady who noticed them the other day said she thought when girls as young 2s that conie to the Capitol unattended by older persons they ought to be questioned as to their errand by one of the Capitol po- lice, aud if they had no legitimate excuse for the visit that they should be ordered out of the building. : * ok Representative Talbert says this is the platform he runs on in his district, and the consequence is that he never has opposition:* “Be good to the poor, friendly to the rich, true to the democrats, fair to the republi- cans, and always lean to the populists.”” Talbert has had several oratorical scrapping matches recently, but manages to hold his own. x * Ok A Texas Congressman is afflicted with a brand-new private secretary. A short time ago the Congressman received an ap- plication from a constituent for an ‘Eulogy on Vance”’—meaning the late Senator Vance. The Congressman imparted the in- formation to his sécretary, who sent to the proper officials for the document. Later the Congressman received notice that no such document could be found. On ex- amination he ascertained that the private secretary had requested an “eulogy on } aunts.” x * * Roars of laughter were coming from the republican cloak room just before the Sen- ate convened the other day, and several Senators on the floor of the chamber were evidently annoyed at the frequent outbursts of merriment from that direction, for sev- eral of them hastened to ascertain the zse of it, which proved to be a Senator, who was amusing several of his colleagues by rea/ling portions of a verbatim report of the proceedings‘ of the commission appoint- ed to negotiate a treaty with the Black- feet Indians, and which was very recently concluded. When the Senator read the names of the signers of the treaty on the part of the In- Clans there was a general laugh. There were some three hundred signers, and the mejority of the names would naturally cause a smile; and le no serious re- fiection was intended, all admitted that the mest of them could change their names to a decided advantage. The English meaning of some of the names appended were Got Badly Married, Makes Cold Weather, Long Time Asleep, Was Gog To Move And Didn't, Will Not Stand Still in the Night, Bad Old Man, Come at Night, Last to Awake. —_—.___ ATHLETES IN GREECE. A Recent Visitor to That Conntry Talks of the Coming Contests. “Seven weeks ago, when I was in Greece,” said Captain Frank W. Crosby of this city to The Star writer, “there was scarcely any- thing spoken of but the restoration of the Olympian games. They are fixed to take place in April, and I hope to be able to wit- ness them. The games are to take place in the Stadium, at Athens, which has been restored for the purpose. Originally the games were had at Olympia, 120 miles dis- tant, but there is nothing left of Olympia except a mass éf ruins. These games oc- curred at Olympia every four years, dating from $St B. C. None have taken place in Greece—that 1s, none of great importance— for 2,0) years, so you can see that the restoration of the games is a matter of the greatest interest and importance to the peo- ple. “Originally the games were regarded as of a sacred character, and, with one ex- ception, no woman was allowed to witness them. No one was allowed to compete in them unless he had trained for them for ten months. The fair sex, however, will be al- lowed to witness the games now, and, in- deed, compete in them if they desire.’ All character of athletic sports will be included, though, of course, the greatest interest will be in the running, walking and jumping con- tests. “Athletes from all parts of the world will take part, and I was told that America would be fairly represented among the fiar~ ticipants. England will be specially strong there, and representatives from all of the universities and clubs have been entered. England prides herself on her athletes, She claims to be athletic deep down. I was in England last summer, and they read with much disappointment of the defeats of their athletes In the International contests in New York.” —— Some College Problems. From the Cambridge (England, Granta. Given the number of miles ridden by an urdergraduate on a bicyele, and the time taken, to find bis fluid capacity. Given the numer of times a Hall man has failed in 1:fs Little-Go, and the number of hours work done, to find his density. Given the height of a policeman and the length of his beat, to find his area. eS eee SEES Its Methuselah Now. From the Detroif Tribune. ~ “Don’t you think,” ventured the new wo- man, as conslderately as possible, “that you are pretty old to be still serving as the sub- ject of jokes?” Mary's little lamb shrugged his shoulders. ALKALI IKE AND HIS TOWN “Where can Iifinf young Mr. Simpkins, the tourist, Ike?* fiiquired the able editor of the Hawvillé"(jhrion, accosting Alkalt Ike, who was coiniprfably lounging in an up-tilted chair igy front of the post office and engaged ima >desuitory exchange of innocuous ideas with'Long Bill Bobo, the “mail carrier, who had lately driven in from Kantedodlar, s “How do I know? responded Ike, lan- guidly. “As Iwas a-sayin’, Bill, thar ain't” ce “But I saw him im your company a while ago,” persisted ge-editor. “Likely,” answered the ingenuous Isaac. “I knowed his ‘whurabouts then, but I don’t know now, Last I s2tn of the gent he was distributin’ tracks plenty lavish in the general direction of Nova Scotia, with the heels p'inted this way. Judgin’ from the number of revelutions per minute he "peared to be makin’ then, I should hazard that he's miles from yere by now if he's still Keepin’ up his lick. | Wal, as I sald ore, Bil}, thar hain't nythin’——" SY fy Rd Broa in the aii Sars sar reckon that was him I sorter met up with about three miles out. I'm beholdin’ a fig- ger approachin’ liks he'd been considerably: shot jn the immediate past witn a box of tacks, but as soon as he sights me he angles away from the trail, like he aims to be exclusive, an'passes away around me on the jump. I'm hailin’ him an’ askin’ what's tcre loose, but he just throws his hands out with the parms toward me an’ sails on- werd, hittin’ cnly the high places, an’ them infrequent. I fiings a shot in his general direction, as a sort of a fare-you-well, an’ lets him purseed. "Bout a mile later one of the hosses kicks a two-billed checkered cap into the tumble weeds. Recken that was your tourist?” “Reckon so, entl: ged Ike, indiffer- Bill; as I was a- 1 acknow “No use talkin But, great guns, Ike!" interjected the ecitor, “where was he going “Didn't say—back to N prob'ly.”” “What on earth had happened to him?” “Aw, he'd been lookin’ for a type—he fcund it, an’ lit out, 1 judge, to blazon his a to the world: That's all I know about it?’ Now, look kere, Ike, had you been prank- ing with him? “Huh!” responded Ike, turning to the mail carrier. “Did-he look like he'd been rranked with, Bil?" ‘ou could notice it,” answered that worthy, judicially, As well as I could prognosticate from whur I was at he look- ed more like he'd met a bear. “Bear or no bear,” persisted the molder of ptblic opinion, impatiently, “of course you were responsible for his departure, Ik I don't know what happened, but I know you. “Who? Me? Shucks! Burcuz one tour- ist, more or less, takes it into his fool head to tear out, is that any reason why you should accuse me of havin’ given him the run? He broke out on this yere exodus bureuz he wanted to; was thar any law di- rectin’ me to git out a mandamus com- pellin’ him to Lalt an’ show cause why he shoulan’t rip loose? I didn’t own him, did “That isn't the point! What made him RO “How do I know? For a week or so he’s been peroozin’ around the settlement with his spectacles on his nese, drawm’ viducus comparisons, as they say in storl t our manners an’ customs an’ th Prevailin’ in New England. He found a good deal yere to poke the finger of scorn at, too. I hain’t knowin’ whur these y. all-wise dubs w England from the east git their au- therity for setlin’ it that so-an’-so of our custums is wrong ay’ unseemly, jest burcuz they don’t happen to jibe with the eastern standard. Come spyin’ around an’ throwin’ up their hands in horror burcuz Oklahoma ain't New England! Oklahoma don’t offer icisms burcuz New England choo: to do different from. us, an’ why in sizzlin’ tawment shcvid New England feel called Uren to scoff hurcuz Oklahoma does as it aurn pleases? Reminds me, by Jing, of a boy timin’ the sunrise with a pewter watch an’ then makin’ oration that the sun is seventeen minutes late! “Them people back thar in Httle old ty by-four New England are cursed with the idear, that thar hain't no culture’ and re- finement west of the Allygainer monn- tains! They are s ine that we ure all man-eaters out yere, who wort clouts an’ lived in trees till he was captured an’ tamed! Why, blamed if a tourist didn't sk me'once ff—* ‘Never ming that! Simpkirs?” “Aw, him! He was as bad as the rest of his ttibe. I don’t know why he annexed himself to me speshful, but he did, and took plenty notes to put in an essay that he aimed for to read to some coterie of brains back thar. He was an’ inquirin’ sert of a chap, an’ while he was taggin’ arcund with me I assisted him to enough miscellaneous information to make him a smart old man if he lives. Eh-vah! I done what I could to fill him up. Wal, he's all the time anxious to behold a type— “What do you mean by that?” “Why, the sort of western man he'd seen pictured out in the eastern magazines. His idear of a type was a red-eyed, uncurried human, a-hollerin’ perpetual for blood. An’ he mentioned to me with great glee—though I plumb forgot all about it till afterward— he'd read of a slim, quiet tourist who look- ed one of these yere man-eaters square in the eye while he was ravenin’ for gore, an’ made him slink away like a whaled pup. I never figgered that he aimed to try such an experiment himself. Wal, a spell ago me an’ him rounds up in the Dew Drop Irn, but I never took him thar—he jest tagged along. While I’m attendin’ to m: cwn affairs he spies out Cinnamon Bob, who is doubled up in a chair ag‘in the wall, sleepin’ the sleep of the jest, with his skin full of tarantula juice. “An” the first thing I knows, this yere tourist sneaks over, ketches Cinnamon by the whiskers an’ tries to jerk ’em out by the roots, You know them whiskers of his'n—look like they'd been cut off from the hump of the yale of Tartary with a pair of dull skates. Wal—" “Great guns, Ike!" ejaculated the editor, “you told Mr. Simpkins to pull Cinnamon Bcb's whiskers?” ‘Naw! I told him not to pull ‘em. I p'intedly whispered to him that they look- ed as if they was real, an’ not to pesticate with ’em. Nacheral enough, I acknowledg- ed that if they'd happened to be faise it would have been a good joke to jerk ’em off, That was about all I said, an’ the next thing I knowed, as I was sorter takin’ a few drops of suthin’ with a couple of other prominent citizens, burcussed if that thar feol tourist hadn't snooped over an’ jerked them whiskers! That's just how it happen- ed—i didn’t have nuthin’ to do with ft. An’, besides, I s'posed Citnamon could take a icke. Wal, as I was a-sayin’ a spell ago, Bill— What did Cinnamon do?” “Aw, he couidn’t take a joke! An’ how in thunder was I to knuw that he was full of wolf, an’ had had two fracusses already? He swarmed all over that thar tourist, telchin’ forth fire, smoke an’ lava, with. out givin’ him time to sorter commence to fix him with his eye. For a minute things was better imagined than described, as the feller says, an’ then Cinnamon fiung his prey out into the street an’ roared for him to git off whur it would be decent to choot What about Mr. “T do,” he answered, with warmth. “Why, every time I'm dragged into one of these things I feel positively sheepish. This Treacherous Weather! From Puneb. 5 Jones and Robinson are so muffled up they can’t utter a sound, and have to make signs, Jones—‘“Will you lunch with me today?’ Robinson—“At what o'clock? Two?" Jones—“Yes.” Robinson—“All right.” (Exeunt.) at him. I reckon Mr. Simpkins would-be on ice right now if Whoop Rawson, who was whistlin’along on the opposite side of the street,/hadn't co#cluded, seein’ Cinna- mon surgin’ out of the door with his gun in his hand, that he was figgerin’ on settiin’ that little fracus they had last month, an’ turned loose on him. As it was, by the time we'd picked Cinnamon up, with a slug through him, and set up’a yell for Dr. Slade, Mr. Simpkins: had passed off from the map. That's all. thar was to it. I was tharabouts, but I didn’t have nuthin’ to do with it. Wal, as I started to say a spell ago, Bill, thar hain’t a blamed thing goin’ on these days—the settlement is as dead as a doorgail! Se A Youthful Engineer, From the Loulsvilfe Courler-Journal, The little town of Spann, in Johnson county, Ga. can probably boast of the ycungest engineer in the state. He is Alvin Hanebury, who is only fourteen years of age, and who has been a locomotive engin- eer for five years. He runs an engine on a tram road operated by Garbutt Bros., in connection with their large sawmills. At the age of six Alvin became a fireman and ran oa several roads, and at nine took charge of an engine on the road by which he is now employed. —\\—_reng—__ Why the New Girl Went. From the Philadelphia American, Husband (wearily)—‘‘Well, what was the matter with this girl?” Wife—“She was too precise. This evening I rang for her, and when she came I said, ‘I rang for lights,’ and she said, ‘Oh, I thought you rang for me.’” REMARKABLE RESEMBLANCE Two estimable citizens of Washington never meet without having a hearty laugh over an interchange of stories about how each has been mistaken for the other since their last meeting. These persons are Mr. A. Howard Clark, custodian of American relies in the National Museum, and a prom~ inent member of the Sons of the Reyolu- tion and the Society of Colonial Wars, and Mr. L. 0. Howard, entomologist of the De- partment of Agriculture. The Star man met, as he supposed, Mr. Clark in the street the other day and asked him if he would send him application blanks for the Sons of the Revolution, whereupon the supposed Mr. Clark grinned amiably and said that he didn’t belong to the organization, and then the whole story came out. “Why,” said Mr. Howard, “Clark is a much handsomer man than I am, and the fact that we are so constantly taken for each other shows that myopia must be enormously on the increase here in Wash- ington. People are all the time stopping Clark and asking him about bugs, when he hardly knows a bug from a ten, and searcely a week passes without some dis- tinguished-looking stranger nodding pleas antly to me and saying: ‘How do you do, Mr. Clark? y own brother, the last time he was in Washington, chased Clark a halt a block and only found out his mistake after he had spoken to him. I thank my lucky stars every day that he is such an eminently respectable “individual, for just imagine the scrapes he might get me into if he was a scamp! As it Is, we have a great deal of fun over it. “One night at ‘he Cosmos Club a w known lawyer greeted me as Mr. Clark. I protested that I was Howard, and not Clark; whereupon he looked at me clos I told him that if he wished to see Clark while his recollection of my face fresh, he had only to step into the oth room, as I had seen € there a few moments before. Another man spoke to him just at that moment, and I passe the next rocm to tell Clark about i unfortunately, he was not there. While was looking around for him, in came the Jawyer, and walking up to me grected me as Clark, and told me how he had inet Howard in the next roum and mistaken him for me. ‘But,’ he said, ‘now that I look at you carefully, Mr. Clark, I am as- tonished that I could ever have been de- cdived.’ Following up this interesting matter, the reporter called upon Mr.Clark at the Smit sonian Institution, and ed for his of the story. Mr. Clark was equally cem- plimentary to Mr. Howard, and it occurred to The Star man that there was really scmething to admire in the ingenuous map ner in which each praised the other's per~ sonal appearance. “My middie name is Howard,” said Mr. nd my intimate friends have al- ways called me by that name. When I firs came to Washington, ten years or 50 ago, ima; astonishment to find that I had a very Mrge circle of friends, none of whom I had ever seen before in my life, and who were so Intimate with me as to call me ‘Howard, old ma It was some time before it dawned on my mind that I had a double, and when, after a few I met Mr. Howard, although I ee no striking resemblance my, of the mistakes which oecur, but when g man takes me aside at a public reception and asks me, sotto voce, what fleas, and when a horny-han farmer stops me on th about the worms which ¢ bages, and when a small boy reet car lugs a box out of his pocket and shows m a lot of black beetles, then I begin to wis that Howard was interested in some othe branch of seignce. weetly on me on loubt mine do to him also), then I realize that there are posi tive advantag e countable Ii CAM AIGNING IN UTAH. Representative Allen Tells His Experiences on the Stump. The average ern politician would be immens interested in hearing Represi tative Allen of Utah tell of the campaigns in that state. “After all the parties have made their nominations,” said Mr. Allen, talking to a Star reporte! “the state central commit- tces map out a campaign and make an itin- trary for the speakers to follow. In the state campaign last year our central com- mittee fixed the time for beginning the campaign for the 16th of § mber, and the place as Rich coun ight meetings were provided for in ch county, and the county committees were allowed to fix ad- ditional meetings if we could reach the In the last campaign our party consisted of the present Senat Frank Cannon, the governor, Eber M. Wells, and myself. bo- sides a male quartet. The quartet was an important factor, ard was with us througn- out the series of meetings, ‘inging cam- paign songs and enl: ng every meeting. The democrats tried the quartet busine: but did not get good singers and aban- goned it. “There are twenty-seven counties in the state, and in forty-three days of work and travel we made twenty-three counties, held ninety-nine meetings and made an average of two and a half speeches each a day. The distance traveled was 1,163 miles by rail and 1,002 by private’ conveyance. When going by private conwgyance we had a buggy or wagon for ourselves and one for the quartet. One day in crossing a mountain a terrible storm caught us, and when we reached the divide we hired a prairie schooner. The whole crowd travel- ed in it to the place of destination, ‘The candidates and all Sat in the bottom of the wagon on straw, as there were no seats. It was a rather jolty ride, with the wagon bumping and jumping ‘over the recks. “One day in Weber county, the home of Frank Cannon, we drove fifty miles and made four speeches apiece, but this record was often made. The day following this we made twenty-five miles by rail and twenty-seven by private conveyance, and spoke at four meetings. One day Frank Cannon had to make a side trip of 125 miles into Wayne county to address a meeting, and that left the burden of speech making on me for two days. In twenty- four hours I attended four mectings and spoke an average of two hours at each, “What did I talk about? Oh, well, we had about three speeches apiece, and ‘used the one we thought would be best at a meeting. Our favorite speech, however, was on the bond question. Utah is against bonds. “Any amusing incidents? Lots of them, One nignt after we had addressed a large meeting, and haa done our best to please, a yoter arose and offered a resolution of thanks to the quartet. Later on he remem- bered us and added our names to the resolution.” me of ——— le Relief at Last. From the Chicago Post. With a cathode ray and a properly con- structed opera glass it will, of course, be possible to see right through a theater hat. ——_—-+0e+ She (an heiress)—“I cannot marry you. I've had twenty better men than you at my fee! He—“Humph! Chiropodists ?”—Sketch. = THE MENDACITY OF VANITY. Method Adopted by a Drummer to ic Settle a Disputed Point. A Star reporter.was contending the point that however vain a person might be, es- pecially a woman, her vanity was not strong enough to destroy her sense of truthfulness. The opposite side was denfended by a New York traveling man, commonly know as a “drummer,” and he was not only a stylish fellow, but he had the nerve that is some- times ascrihed to that peripatetic frater- nity. “Come with me,” he said, “and I'll prove my point.” It was about 11 o'clock in the morning and the conversation was occurring in an oifice on F street. “How?” inquired the reporter. ‘I'll show you how if you'll come with The writer agreed to the proposition and the drummer escorted him to a dry goods slore where women congregate, and led him inside. They moved about the place for fiftcen or ty , the writer asking planation of the strange maneu time he had a chance ig no satisfactory ‘answers. Final- ly the drummer oferhcatd ‘a lady tell a clerk she wanted her packages sent down to the train in time for her to get them there and carry them home with her. The next mipute, as she turned away, he rush- ed up io her with his hand extended, and the lady shook ha with hi “How do you do?” he said in the friend- lest way. How do you «lo she responded, but with some dou her voice. I don’t eve you remember me,” he said in a hurt tone. “Your face is quite familiar, but I don’t vou.’ uu remember,”” he explained, man ambassa- o at the dinner again at the dance at the Assembly?” sitated a moment, looking him over ou quite well now ¥ to.see you, don't you at firs! gton, smiled and ted with her awhile, then they parted the drummer came back to the writer took him out on the street. New'what do you think of it?” he Wink of what?” ‘Of my prof that I was on the right side of that a fion.”” “I don’t sce any proof. You merely met a lady whom you nad met before @nd re- called, you jo her. There wasn’t any proof In that.” “Wasn't there?” laughed. “Think a minute. You know I 't. know anybedy in Washington out- je of three or four merchants I sell to here, and them only in a business way. I heVer was at the German ambassador's in my Hfe, rer any of those other places I mentioned. I have read of them In the hewspapers--that’s all, And the lady? Why, she doesn’t live in this town at all. Didn'i you ‘hear her order her package: sent to the train to meet her? I never sa} her before. Just the same, when she saw vell-dresced man identifying her as a mber of t fashionable set of the capi- tal, and knew the clerks and other women were hearing it, too, she let i r said A word to corr t any of those places and the drummer ter saw very clearly, but he never if the rroor had not been ble form. A PRETTY GIRL’S PROBLEM. Tried to Buy Poxtage Stamps at Less Than the Marked Price. go in the small re on F which the as a branch and i street United post office. She was an the bri reddest lip shiniest locality in yt So pretty she was that the susceptible clerk at the stamp window guiped as if he had swallowed something when she came trippingly up to the window and ke to him. Have you postage stamps?” innocently as if gov ait in haystac between 14th governmeht u: with cheeks, the and the sun- m seen in that extremely pretty girl, =. tl pinke t nos she asked nt post offices But the clerk ne didn’t notice anything but the before him with three wi in its soft, white hand. "he responc making €a ‘ulean effort to suppress his emotion, ‘an I get three for a nickel?” Now, this clerk loved his little joke, and a man who will joke on a sacred subject is fit for treason, stratagem and spoils. “Yes, miss,” he answered, and quite ten- derly, too. “Oh, how nice,” she twittered. “Mamma said they never sold them any less, no matter how many we wanted. But I said I was sure they would, and now won't mamma be surprised when I tell her that I got there for a nickel?” The coy, arch smile she sent fluttering through the window to the clerk was some- thing to be treasured in the heart of any man to his dying day. 3 “I am sure she will,” he murmured, smil- ing back at her as best he could under the circumstances. "Well, give me three, please,” and she oe a nickel down in the window before im. He did not dare look at her, but kept his eyes on the drawer where the stamps are confined, As he picked-out two twos and a one and laid them beside that soft, little hand wait- ing for them on the window sill, there came into her beautiful eyes such a look of ten- der reproach that he went right over to the registery clerk and registered a solemn vow that never, no, never again, would he permit his sense of duty to dull the finer faculties of his feeling. ———.___ Some Fine Property, From the Harlem Life. Strareer (to Kansas City citizen)— three corner Icts of ’y captain.” Citizen (enthusiastically)—“Fine property? Why, great Scott, man, there ain't nothing like ‘em west of the: Illinoy river! Two years from now they'll be in the heart of the city, aa pgople will fairly howl for 'em. ‘Those ars are fine property, They ought to come under the head of jewe not real estate. If you want to buy that property, stranger, you've got to Luy it by the inch. Stranger—“I’m not buying property this morning. I’m the new tax assessor.” The citizen fails in a faint. ——_—_-+e+___ At the Kaffeeklatsch, From the Texas Sift = “Fannie, I have told you time and again not to speak when older persons were talk- ing, but wait until they stop.” I've tried that already, mamma. They rever stop. ——+e+—___ Might Have Reen Worse. From the New York Weekly. Mrs. Moneybags—“Your son's extrava. gance is increasing. He wants a new play- thing. This time it fs a stable of race hor: Mr. Moneybags—“That’s all right. I was afraid he wanted to start a newspaper.” eee is Suggestion Was Not Adopted. From the Somerville (f2ss.) Journal. Young Mrs. Yearsbride—“‘Can you suggest any way at all in which I can make home more attractive to my husband?” Old Mrs. Mulberry (tart!y)—“You might in- vite one of your husband's old sweethearts to stay two or three months with you.” Settled Him, From the Boston Courier, “Be mine?” he implored. “No,” she answered. “I won't take no for an answer, shrieked. “Nit, then,” she responded. And he took his hat and sadly went. —_—__-+e--___ Ambiguous. From the Toronto (Ont.) Register. This inscription painted on a board adorns a feace in Kent: “Notis—If any man’s or woman's cows get into these hare otes, his or her tail will be cut off as the case may be.” The United States Government reports ROYAL a pure cream of tartar baking powder, highest of all in leavening strength. MROVAL BAKING POWDER CO., 198 WALL ST. ALR EXPECTED. A Condition and Not a Theory Which Confronts Texas Rest A Washington man, who has recently re- turned from a six months’ visit in th great and growing state of Texas, was talking to a Star reporter the other even- ing over a bottle (carafe) of Potomac water. The writer was chewing on a mouthful of it with more or less satisfaction, when the other man was reminded of a story. “During my stay in Texas,” he said, “my business caile? me off to the northwest, where original customs prevail yet to a great extent. One land case in which I Was Interested depenied largely on its Successful handling in finding a certain man from Massachusetts, who had come cut there a dozen years before, and I was asking a justice of the peace about him. “Ain't never been a mah out here by the name of Jinkins from Massachusetts that I've knowed,’ he said. ‘Haven't you ever had any people from I inquired. ar Wuz one about sev What was his nz m years ago.” 1. Death unexpectedly 4 K to. a community exclaimed, in surpr you said he died suddenly.’ he hesitated: ‘but, you see, It ly unexpected. He had sicie —— IE WAS PESTERED. His Daughter's Lovers Came in Too Rapidly to Suit Him. A traveling man, who makes trips through West Virginia, ‘eporier a story of a cour There is one of the p: * country living in a iittle West ¥V town,” he said. “At one time I thought myself very much in love with her, and wanted to marry her. The girl's father was a customer of mine, and I always timed my trips so that I could spend the evening at his house. One night I concluded to try my fate, ang managing to see her alone, I proposed te her. I was accepted, conditionally upon my getting her father’s consent, and I was not to ask him until after she had a chance to soften him a little. Of course when I went away that night, I thought of = monthly told a Star of hi but what presents to send her. 1 coul not see her for a month, but we coul write. We wrote every day, and I investe a whole month’s salary in ‘presents, “When I reached the town again, I calle ed at once to see her, and she told me te ask her father the momentous question at Once. Approaching the old man, he said to me: ‘Young man, you act as if you was going to ask me if you could marry Su if you are, I'll Just say that I've bee pestered enough by her lovers. I'vo just got to the p'int where I don’t care who she marries. When that New Yorker asked me, I told him yes; when the feller from Ch cago asked me, I told him he had my blesse ing; when the Wheeling man wanted her, L told him all right. That was last week, You are the sixth this week, and I ain't going to let you say a word. She told me this morning she was going to marry @ young lawyer at our county seat, and judge ing from the two or three wagon loads of parcels she has received by mall and exe press the last two months, I should think she had about enough plunder te go te housekeeping on right away.’ I did not say a word, and skip that town now—the girl married the lawyer.” oes There Are Others. From the Toronto Rural Canadian, - Jinks—“Today I pleased a pretty woman by telling her that a certain red-faced, snub-nosed, bald-headed mortal looked like her.” Winks—"Get out!” Jinks—"The red-faced, snub-nosed, bald- headed mortal was her first baby. Agninst the New Woman, From the Milwaukee Citizen, “Which do you love most, your papa or your mamma? Little Charlie Charlie's Mother— you loved me most?” Charlie. n’t help it, mamma. We mea have to hold together.” oe Protected by Free Trade. Paul's. love papa most.” "Why,Chariie, I thought ald understuay x. A trial of strength,