Show I 1 IP j nickel uncle sams most useful I 1 coin W rim littlee LiTT LeZ og rl Y the government W could afford to dispense with almost any coin rather th in tho the cent piece it stands for more stable prices than any other it Is the price of a loaf lont of bread it pays tho the cost of tho the ride in the street car with it the german buys hia his glass 1 of beer and the american pabo for the shining of hia his shoes it ie Is probably not too mich to ray that the disappearance of the nickel would prove a greater shock to the finances of the nation than almost anything that could happen the dye cent coin for two generations at least haa has been the fixed price of so many things that the people would bo be at complete loss how to proceed without it true hundreds of of fl five cent pieces aro are lost each year but that Is due largely to tn the amazing use to which this little cola coin Is put the uses of business re quire the coin coinage also of a greater number of nickels than eny any other coin the nick nickel fIll Is extensively used in tele telephony phona calls it was formerly more I 1 than t now the open sesame of the popular slot machine toe for which it still does extensive duty it Is to the price of ad mission to the multiplying picture show shows in all parts of the country the new fashioned boot shining parlor charges a nickel the saloonkeeper and the baker tor for years have gathered their dally daily harvest of these ij little tie coins the soda fountain growing in popular favor deals mostly in nickels ice cream in summer time agdes for five cents and the charge for a myriad of things in pharmacy and tho the cent store requires this coin most alost smokers would have to quit arre it not for the nickel obnoxious a the domestic cigar 13 1 to many of them the cigarette would cease to be the popular smoke it is it if the price were not five cents shoo facts would either become a luxury at a higher price or require payment in pennies turn which way one will the five cent piece bobs up at every turn as the most necessary coin of the realm when minister bryans cat came back C OL CHARLES PAGE DRYAN BRYAN C COL who haa has been transferred from his place as minister to portugal to that of minister to belgium had an nis unusual tribute paid to his popularity while serving ns no minister to brazil A large coffee importer returning from a trip to the interior brought with him a young onca which ta to a species of wild cat or tiger and he gave it to col cot bryan aa as a testimonial of his regard the minister waa was fond foni oc animals aind und prized his gift highly but the onca while interesting during its youth rapidly loses that attraction aa as it becomes older one of its specialties being an insatiable appetite the col oarl earled of his pet and one day when somo some united sta aa battleships were in port he presented ted the onca to tho the officers of tho the iowa as a mascot in la tho the couran of time the men of the navy looked about for some one on whom to unload the animal and at buenos ayres they fell in with a chilean man of war As a token of th cordiality existing between them the impoverished iowa officers gave the onca to the officers of the chilean illean Cl war ship donor and recipient were pleased beyond measure and the ships resumed their journeys b after the lapse of considerable time a number of chilean warships stopped in the harbor at rio janeiro and among the entertainments prepared to the officers was one at the Amori cad legation minister bryan was more than ilu ully felicitous as a host and the chileans thought they should in some manner show their appreciation so the next day a delegation osgold of fold laced and clanking warriors appeared at the legation and alter after presenting cot dryan bryan an address teeming with good nature they gave bla the baca a the same old cat only larger and hungrier and more re and the minister turned away to hide his tears he ile had received the sane same token twice from two widely y separated sources missouri rj bills and a bridge bill 61 LL 1 r IS 18 the custom in the senate for each senator to address mery other one as air talking mith persons alth whom they are not very well ac it Is probable that senator warner and senator stone each refers to the other as senator tu in their committee rooms homes and 1 among missouri friends the mis alls kuri ibena be tors are bill to each other it senator stone has something to say of his colleague to one of his intimates he will remark that ho be told bill warner or ho he will suggest tn to too the man to go and nil see dill bill I 1 warner close friends of warner havo have heard aim refer to 11 stuns the mis alls sour bills though of opposite pollyl cal cat parties are very good personal friends the senator from mm missouri said vice prisident sherman genitor stone was on his feet in front of his dt sk on an the democratic side address ing the chair far kar back on the republican side senator warnor warner was doing the same the senior senator from missouri said the vice president looking direct ly at ut warner again senator stone adir addressed essed the chair I 1 am the junior from missouri said warner I 1 it the chair intends to recognize me then it la Is the junior senator who Is recognized wild sherman and warner introduced his bills some time timo tater inter senator stone was recognized and introduced his bills it may hava been more than a coincidence that each of the missouri senators introduced a bill extending the imo orno for or tho the commencement of work ork on the municipal bridge at st louis how mr griggs stopped an elevator 71 lato late congressman Cong griggs of georgia once bad had an experience i alth ath a negro elevator operator in the yoet office department at washington which the negro probably never will forget rho congressman entered an apresa press which waa was forbidden tto to atop below the fifth floor on which is a located tho the office of the post maat masti r let me off at the fourth floor eald the congressman this 1 elevator doan atop stop below the flo fio responded the with let me off at the fourth floor commanded ram griggs looking the netro ii in the eye j deed tab fiah dis dl elevator elo doan atop stop al at dat flo why it stop even for the Po postmaster general hissel griggs southern ire was as aroused look here he roared let me oft off at the fourth floor quick I 1 fact act ou to know that a congressman can get off oft at any floor bo he want in this building yes bah tha the negro hast sred to reply yes sah and the elevator stapled eto sto pied pled and the georgia congressman had what the postmaster general do 1 to show how up to date everything Is in washington the secretary ot at tha interior kindly calls tho the attention ot of congress to the elevators in the in gerior department which ceru put in service over thirty years ago in the first place these same elevators are little sheet iron cages only big enough to carry halt a dozen and unable to lift litt t over aver or pounds weight and are really not safe as well as antique in 1 character this Is practically true 0 of all ot of the older government buildings la in washington however |