jor JOE BALDWINS as LAST the inimitable illimitable judge bald baldwin win levei everybody y body ought to know joe as be was the author of a book called tile the flush times of alabama arid and mississippi wall the jolly joe went to washington nr it last Il winter Vinter to see uncle abe ans and after his le ic turn to san 11 francisco ran cisco he be told an all awful yain about our illustrious and good natured president Pies ident but nobody believed the story joe was up in vir virinia virginia t inia not long ago we dont mean tile the old dominion where joe wished to go to see sec his old dad while thele lie he related a good joke about jim mcdougall Cali fornias temperate senator which will bear publishing for the yarn is joe arid and jim all over baldwin arid and mcdougall had been on a visit to now new yolk in january arid and while had run together as it were having got tiled thed of city life they took passage on the cars foi fai washington when the file thain arrived at newark now new jersey jim got out to take a drink joe being a member of the temperance society remained in the car by some mishap or oversight 1 the cars stained off le leaving avino 11 cal efficient senator behind but in a wholesome state of spiritual forgetfulness and riot not knowing any anything thin about the laili oad train until it had been gone at least half an hour upon recovering a gleam of self possession sufficient to imagine the great impost ance of his immediate presence pie sence at washington lie he rushed to a lively stable and demanded a cai ariage instanter instant cr as lie wished togo to eliza beth town to overtake the railroad train for philadelphia I 1 the demand bin aping 0 urgent arid and as lie he was a senator fl filin om california lie he care a straw what kind of a carriage it was just so lie he could i cacti Elizabcth town lie he even expressed a desire to have a sleeping iq car cartilage cania ilage gc or one in winch which lie he might to ic pose during tile the journey tile the lively man was perplexed all his caniares cani ages were out lic he had none done in the stable but a hearse li earse so jim ji m assented to lepose in that anyway so lie he could elizabethtown Elizabcth Elizabeth town tile the beaise was accordingly hitched hit clied up two drivel s occupying CuPY 1119 the seat chilo hile jim occupied the interior lie could leposa the team made ma dc good time for six miles when the drivers halted at a wayside inn to take a dt ink the halt awoke tile distin distinguished 11 senator who accordingly 0 inquired of the alio jehu whether they iad rc reached cled the cais yet no said the alie di diliver 1 iver ocic aelic going goin 0 to take a drink 11 the devil you are 11 said jim rousing himself up tip a anew new idea having evidently him urn well I 1 I 1 guess ill hie take a drink too tile the corpse is dry I 1 gold hill CN N T