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Show l' Til SILLY SEASON. When tho Weather Is Got the National Lawmakers Indulge Iu Joke?. MS. SPISOLA'S BIG COLLAR. Frank Lawlcr and the Load of Haj-Wokett Haj-Wokett and the Wood Wagon-Mills Wagon-Mills and the Ear tfriimpct. WASHINGTON'. Aug. 4 -Many statesmen con filler theuiM'lvcs humorist-;, A tew are practi-cul practi-cul jokers. Out- day last week tlie members of the house wore- surprised to see George Hiinu's. tho lexialliaii iiicmlxT from (ieorgia, aleep in hi i liuir, with bat on his head. Mr. Harms' seat is diiwtly in front of the speaker, ami e'vposeil to the gaze of the entire linuse. A titter run round the rows, ditrnilied idd Reutlo- sr.u-a u.-.l . t.-.urs. V d:-iT tJ town j v. i:h pr-!!-. a:;4 t c-r.va tim if the day thr.r rfc:i liil tUa irwt from curb t.ioisrii. O-.ip iroraing a tiumlwr of pii- ticlanu sad c7 oluirl nor in Vnv.sk' j piaym ca ouo allot htr and ; Irlling s!out ilia luuniolcAl uovruux:nl ! la pi-nrnl ni U: fire .1. rrtwiu& in partiruUr. lawlcr conirndwl thai j ll'.n noari'.At !Pa:nr rould n-m-h liil j ilcrr in eis!it minutw In ea of lif. Smio ; o otleiTd to M liim l" thst ! dure not. ; go out and oet nofuethiue mi tiro, cuir j an alarm to x turned In hjr th. xlirem!ia j on ta b.t or om. hpr non, and more that the t earner would not ar.-i at . t!u d,or lu rl,;ht niimit from the f.rat j cry of tirr-. T tae groot aurpriw of nil prwwiit Lawlcr arrcptoil both rrngoni. At tlmt nmiKctil a farnirr w a iiawina wit h a load of Unv. lwlor rau out iu tho Btrrct and applied a match to Ihcttrjr mn. In a few aecooil fl.imiw wrrti leapinu all overthel04l,audcorcof ran wrmrrvUiu "riw'1 with all tlu lr mlfrht. thhowapratiiJ to the antanoe of tlie frlKhloninl fanu.r. who u trj inn o(ft 'd liorwa unhitchtxl from ilia wifiou U for. Itipy ran away wiin it, and aiuon tha tnot m tive of thia hlwra wa Frank. Kiwler himvlf. Sma tha rlajiKiiitf of fiU wa hoard up tu xtnvt, and Jut aa the iliMractwl farmer vou thinking Ilia hay and Iil4 waijon would all Iw tiurii-d a m.r rolliwl up. In ftra minutn. more the Ititi waa vxtinguUlmt, and the fanner had in hia hand fifty did-lain did-lain with which toaolacM himwlf for tho dauiiiKn anffcriMi liy In twruty dollar - r v i cargo, while th liw lail-ll ri-ive.i a prtimt of fifty more for their prompt nr-w. Mr. IjiwIit hail won ltl hoi a awl had lot of fun lkhle. Kogerl). Mills, the leader uf the lVmo cratlc aide of the houar, la not gem-rally know aa a huniori.t. He apean to l nmotiKthn moat earnest, moat aertoiw of men. Yet he la a capital atry teller, !k-ecsiwiaii !k-ecsiwiaii lueli.iuiihle fund of mvd.iir-a and a kc-n aenae of the riiliculoil. Man years aK Mr. Mlllawaa a menilar of tha Tcxm leKil"irn- T,lttl h",,T ,l" '"' ln the old ntnto houe. In a hall which waa never celebrated for lt limnillcem. On a Iwnch near the pin-itiltug otticer'a tabl waa a water bucket, and nearby hung a tin dipper. Here the memlx-ra refreehed theuiaelvaa wtlfl occaaiuual. but not by any means numcrolia, lihutlona, for water waa never popular wit h leglalatora In Tr or anywhen'. One of tb. nirniliera that yr.f waa a denf old fellow from down near ( orpua Chrintl, and for an ear lrum he bad a long tin horu, like unto tlia which Gabriel la expected to blow. Tina old fellow'a favorite poaltlon waa near tha irr- c y SrtMILA'g TWO BTOKV fOLLAO. men called the attention of other dignified old gent loini-n to the unusual e taclo of a fat stateaman snoring away in the prea-ence prea-ence of the house with his bat on his head, and Col. Ike Hill, the major domo of the Democratic aide, with muck solemnity, called the attention or the speaker to this flagrant violation of the rules. With equal ceremonious arrlotunesa the speaker directed Col. Ike to take down the great maen, and standing It latfore the sleeping member aa an insignia of the awful majesty of the American house of commons to awaken the offender and escort him to the bar. All who had observed ob-served w hat was going on were preparing themselves for another huge laugh at the expense of tha huge Mr. Uarnes, of Georgia, when that gentleman roused himself, put bis hand to the top of his head, discovered to his great astonibhmont tho soft felt hut. which he habitually wears and removed that article without delay. - To this (lay, I probably, Mr. Uaruea docs not know bow ; bis hat found iu way to his head, but I cnatellbim. It waa placed there by the mischievous Mr. Ktahlnccker, of New York. During the hot weather, when business drag.i and the spirits sink low in Inverse proportion to tho riso of tho mercury, f talesmen (lad tbeuiseltea "liecoiuinjf Irtb-tti-fnc, dumpish, tiaeleai. If llffl 1 to be worth living they must rouso themselves, have fun of soma sort, not much matter what, in order to drive dull rare away. Thus the silly season come on, and iu the bight of the silly season staU-sineu, liko other mortals, will do almost anything. They will even make practical jokea. Alonguldo Mr. liar net sits nnot her noted charm-tor of the Hum, Gen. Spluola, who wo ono of the brave-t fighters on the bloody fields of Dixie, who is the most tti.iA m tiik rah TRturrr. bench on which sat the water bucket, for, standing there with bis great burn uplifted up-lifted toward the spouker. he was able to understand something of what waa goinU on. As hee'ood there one day an ImpUta impulse M-lw-d one of the niemla-r. Hnatching up the old water bucket be poured Its contents lul l the big end of the trumpet. linger Q Mills, tho ardata but genial, waa a much younger man than ha U now when be played that rather rough practical jok. One of the inoet Inveterate Jnkera of th aenate is young Klwanl Woh otl, of Coi-ralo. Coi-ralo. Many storiei lire tnl'l of hit pmpeii-altit-a, one uf the moat chariM terlstic brln, the following: Light or t4-n year ago Wolcott waa wild though brilliant young lawyer In Georgetown, Colo. Georgetown was then a milling t-anip, and a mining camp on bill. T get to the camp teamsters hail to urge their horsea up a long, IjiIioii incline. in-cline. One of tho staples of the lis l commerce com-merce was lire wood, rut iu the lleja below, be-low, and aa the woodmen drove to towm to market their product young Woleotl owd to take up bis stsnd at the f-iot of the hill and remark to bia fun loving rompao-lnn: rompao-lnn: "What a pity the poor horww lave to pull such big loads. I ll help llu-in a little." And thrn the future aenol'jr and orator would climb upon tha rear end of the lor I ..wl lw.,i, Ihrowlni olf the sticks ti l lite sometimes three fourth of the bud had disappeared, while the unwlttimf driver, sitting stolidly tip In front or waikiug by the side nt his team wondered at the i-- with which the hor climbed ! hill that day. When the teems'er discovered . the trfi k played upon biin tbre was generally gen-erally a row. and the wonder wsa tbei young barrister did ni i-ateli a bullet or two for hie puliw. But his prompt rw-opf ; peae for the lost wood at. twoertiirra; tiuiesita value always smootiied the dn r4K H ; FRANK I.AWI.f K AM' TIIK UlU ilt HAT. combative and irresistible (b-baU-r In congros, and who wears the highest high-est shirt collar in America. Gen. Spinola's old fashioned isiinted collar reai:hes alsive his er.rs. This is no erag-geration, erag-geration, but his collar wat exaggcratwl one nwnt day in a manner which H the house in a roar. As the mercury dim)! higher and higher and tbepee ho becamo duller and duller the. brave old general teslded and nodded and finally dil. This was the opportunity which hb colleague, col-league, the pran!.!!i AinoaCunimli.!, b-vl l-ag ben-wait. t:g for. C:i'itioo.!y slipping slip-ping up behind Spinola Arii-n, with a few dft movements and a piir of p.r : -r fst-enera. fst-enera. added tu the fanjotis collar an ex-teusiou ex-teusiou notbln;; 1 tiiun a sheet of foola-cap foola-cap pt-.per cot aiid f'.l'I-d in front just like the b-iW! to which it waa etterbe.1. Tho result of this tl.ils.r.-.U-.n of the orikinal collar wsis nn Rlmont tMal eclipw of the v.i il known la.d of Gen. Spuwla. N-th-ii.:; i;iit the bald top and a few sirag!lug tuf'isof gvnjinli bairtould bsae-n. Frank lAwier, tho topiilar win be from Chicago, is now very aedfit. Ikaldca lie tng the hardt workiua mBU 'n 0'ngr bi, heAltu is not good. There wsa n time. Lowcver. w:i Frnk wa one of lbs 11-piest 11-piest and niont rogucii men in ali Chi' jj-i. He used t-i Vk an aKtnnaii out tbt-re, and. being an c! Itrmin. of course he ke;t a . . 1. it t ..nlv f -iek tn the WOUIT ASO TMK OOI' AMj. I er' rurf.l temper Aa for !' wood thrown ovrrb-Ard. H-at ' ,i,,wn rnsnca from .0 ta yar'U of tae pt camp followers h r J'l crf. we.-e la the uk.ii by ir "iOs of ih ri RoeibT GtAVM. saloon and tiie board of alUermcy. ana Mr. Lawlertbeotowrday, 'I should be a rich ituu-l of a poor wia now. 1 am tat vat l i siiy in cougr.!, and if I en get a coanty office at CU'-arn 'ro"r UP m' t,-,:,.,iMj j,j quicker than you can nay jock Kobln-wa. Two or tbrse thonnand doilira a year mC-iao would lie better ihm fie hw.il in Waahingtoa." Frank ai-.;.xn. whi-:h he eolJ the day lie wss eltct-d o coEgreaa. wa wlut la gen-eri!y gen-eri!y Ciii-d a nice, restct'le place, tr rot of politician. 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