Show ANECDOTES TOLD AT ATTHE ATTHE THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Man Who Couldn't Help Prevarication tion With Three Front Teeth Out WASHINGTON Feb 1 Senator I.-Senator Senator Berry of Arkansas came into the Democratic cloakroom and heard half halfa a dozen other Senators telling stories about liars they had met The best one I 1 ever knew said Senator Berry when it came his turn was a man named Johnson in Pike county my State Johnson couldn't tell the truth on the most ordinary ary proposition Once he was a witness Inan Inan in inan an important lawsuit Although he was under oath he lied outrageously Finally the lawyer who wh was examIning examinIng examining ing him said Raid Mr Johnson why do you prevaricate cate so so even under oath Johnsons manner of speech was be pe between tween a stammer and a sneeze He drew himself up in his chair and replied replied re re- re- re plied piled indignantly How can you expect a man to keep from when hes he's lost three of his front teeth Representatives Tawney and McCleary McCleary McCleary Mc- Mc Cleary of Minnesota are each hoping to succeed ed Mr Clapp in the Senate They are aie both striving to popularize themselves with the farmers Each has recently taken a sudden and deep Interest in oleomargarine anti-oleomargarine legis legis- lation A mut mutual al friend met Mr Tawney Tawney Taw Taw- ney in the corridor yesterday and asked asted how he was coming on with the tha oleo bill Splendidly replied Mr Tawney All AH the amendments I 1 suggested have been added to the bill and I am perfectly perfectly perfectly per per- satisfied with it The same friend subsequently met Mr McCleary and asked him the same question The oleo bill is all right said Mr Sir McCleary except that it has been loaded down with a lot of useless and and unnecessary amendments A constituent of Senator from Idaho came to town last week on some department business Before leaving he went vent to see the Senator Henry he said this here town is something scandalous Why hy they charged me 4 a day at the hotel where I 1 was stopping But I got even with the robbers I 1 ate oysters three times a day dat That would have been a fine file revenge revenge revenge re re- re- re in Idaho said Senator Heitfeld In telling the story for oysters out there are a pretty expensive luxury I didn't have the heart to tell him that oysters are the cheapest thing the Washington markets afford John F. F Dryden the new Senator from New Jersey Is an expert mathe mathe- matician He has studied figures in all their combinations for recreation ever since he was a boy and can solve the most difficult problems offhand General Attorney-General Knox while practicing in Pittsburg was one of the busiest lawyers in America A few years ago he was was' much put out be because because because cause he had to accept a fee of A friend met him as he was leaving the office Knox was swearing mad it all about this time asked the friend I have been knocked out of a trip to Egypt My folks wanted me to tomake tomake tomake make an argument In a case ease and I told them I could not be here They told me to th fix my price and I 1 s said ld 00 Oi thinking that would put them out of tin tin- l notion It did not They took me up and my plans are all upset J c t 4 J 1 |