Show THREE GOOD STORIES Amos Cummings Itelates Some Washing tonlau JoTteti Amos Cummings not long ago retold in The Now York Sun a number of good stories which ho had heard in the congressional cloakrooms cloak-rooms at Washington Among them were the following Mr Wilson and Clifton E Breckinridgo son of John C Breckinridgo one vice president presi-dent of the United States are of less than medium stature Wilson is a little thinner than 3Ir Brcckinride but at a distance they look somewhat alike In the late campaign the Crescent club of Baltimore bald a public meeting every Friday night Mr Breckin ridge made an address at one of these Friday night meetings and Mr Wilson followed him a week later Ono of Wilsons personal friends stood near the door while the West Virginian was speaking Two well dressed young men stepped inside and began to listen to him They regarded him with opan astonishment nishment Finally one said to thc other Why its the same little cuss who was talking a week ago Ho hasnt got through yet Lets get out Mr Wilson had hardly concluded his tale before another congressman related a good story which William C P Breckinridge a cousin of Clifton R tells at his own expense Last year Breckinridgo was invited to address ad-dress an educational convention at Girard Pa Of courso ho did his best and his listeners listen-ers were delighted The next morning when he went to the depot to take the train half tho town accompanied him Leading citizens complimented him upon his oration Ono said that he should never bo contented till ho heard Mr Breckinridge speak on Issues Is-sues Ho expressed a hope that at some future fu-ture day he would revisit tho town and favor them with a political speech The silver haired conuressman thanked him and casually casu-ally remarked that he was not particularly well up on educational matters and thought he could make a much betterspeech on political polit-ical subjects At this an Irishman who stood near by broke in on tho conversation saying Well I heard yez yesterday Misther Breckinridgo and upon me sowl I think you canOne One good story leads to another One was drawn out of an encounter between Thomas P Ochiltree and Senator Wolcott in a southern south-ern hotel Ochiltree had been fervently descanting de-scanting upon the attractions of Texas Tho senator was much interested Turning to Col Ochiltreo he said I believe that the Ochiltrecs are one of the oldest families in Texas Yes sir said the colonel with much pride they are My greatgrandfather was killed in the massacre at Goliad He preempted pre-empted the ancestral ranch when Texas was a fief of Mexico Ho took part in tho long struggle for Texan independence and his name stands high on the scroll of fame 1 thought a great deal of tho ranch but my service in the Confederacy left mo penniless at the end r the war and I was compelled to sell it It was a bitter pill to swallow but ancestral pride has to give way under tho stress of pecuniary circumstances Did you sell tho ranch the senator asked Yes sir the colonel replied I sold it and worse than all I was compelled to sell ifc to an Englishman sir How much did you get for it the senator inquired Seventeen thousand dollars sir answered the colonel Did you get the money Yes sir was the reply seventeen thousand thou-sand dollars in gold sirgold and Bank of England notes sir n The senator rubbed his chin and looked at the colonel for a minute or more and then slowly asked Did the Englishman find the ranch |