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Show All He Knew of Henry Clay. A distinguished foreigner was being shown through tho Capitol by an American friend, and the two gentlemen, gentle-men, having spent some tlmo In the gallery, passed through tho Senato lobby, whero tho portraits of the two gieat stntesmen, Daniel Webster and Henry Clay, hang opposlto each other. Tho guide r-olntcd out theso paintings, cnjlnp, "Aud hero jou Beo tho portraits por-traits of tome of 0111 great statesmen of tho pnst " "Ah, Indeed," lemnrked tho distinguished distin-guished foreigner admiring Webster's solemn llkness, and then, turning around to Henrj Clay, ho exclaimed, with rsionlshmcnt In his voice, "But how do mi get tho plcturo of this clgarnmn here?' |