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Show Queer Matches Used by Senators. When mutches wero first Invonted It was tho custom to put them up lu circular wooden boxes, which consisted con-sisted of small hollow pieces of plno, with a cover, and plastered with sandpaper sand-paper on tho bottom. It Is the rulo ot tho senato stationer never to change anything. Tho United Stntes senato Is tho only placo In tho world whero theso boxes can bo obtained and when-over when-over n senator carries a box with hlra in his hip pocket its bulging contour suggests n bottle. Tho oddity of tho senatorial matchbox Is legondary, but when tho fire of a debate Is on thoro Is uo need of additional sulphur. |