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Show I iH! ' - I, ., , , ... X SIDE LIGHTS IN CONGRESS BfeT GLEANED FROM DAY TO DAY jH Senntor Dr)den tolls of an unusual W -wager In his homo city of Newark H? made on tho recent election for gov- jB ernor of New Jerse) B "Ten of our Republican business M men," said tho senator, "decided to HI guess what the Governor's plurality H would bo. It was agreed thnt tho ono IBf who guessed nearest to the vote should BX order a dinner for tho entire number, H and that tho ono whose guoss was tho B farthest from correct should pay for tho repast. I "Tho lowest guess was 5,000 Rcpub- HM llcan majority, tho highest 15,000. Tho Vf actual majority was about 50,000." ftf "Were )ou ono of tho ten, Sena- H "No," ho answered, smiling with sat- lsfactlon. "I had something better than that. I was tho Invited guest of tho ten w hen tho dinner was eaten." Congressman George D. McCrcary of Philadelphia tells a story that hap- pened to him while ho was traveling In Ireland. An Irishman camo down a hill driving a cart tho sldo of which had been lettered with tho word I "O'Drlen." Tho letters, however, had I been displaced, nnd tho visitor, seeing f this, said to tho driver, Jestingly: I y. "What Is jour namo?" f "O'Brien Is my name," was tho K ready response. E "Ah," replied tho other, "Is that so? h Thero Is nothing to show it." B "Yes," wbb tho reply, "It's on my cart." "It might have been," answered tho (othcr, "but It's obliterated now." "It Isn't Obliterated," rejoined the indignant Irishman, "it's O'Drlen." "Well, it was O'Hrlen," answered Uio other, "but It's Obliterated now." And they parted without settling tho controversy. Congressman Robinson Is authority for tho story of an Interesting device invented by tho editor of a country nowspapcr in ono of the little interior towns of I'enns)lnnia. Tho editor, who tried to make his Journal bright and Interesting, was kept In hot water constantly by Indignant residents of tho town, who disputed his printed statements, and who were nluajs looking for tho editor "to glvo him n plcco of their minds." This becamo so annoying that he finally engaged nn old gentleman who was stone deaf as his chief assistant. Whenever nn Indignant subscriber called to protest against tho course of tho editor, ho wns at onco referred to tho deaf Journalist, Jour-nalist, who sat and listened to tho lnevitnblo tlrndo without a chango of countenance. Representative Curtis told n com panion story to that of his consultation consulta-tion with a palmist In Southern Kansas. Kan-sas. Tho palmist assured him that ho would make a good public speaker If ho kept nt It long enough. "A law or friend with mo on that occasion," said Mr. Curtis, "had his own hand read at in urgent request. Tho palmist studied tno lines Intently for a tlmo beforo making several observations, ob-servations, tho last of which was: " 'You aro evidently a barber.' " 'No,' said my friend "'Then what aro ou?' '"A law or.' "'But, said tho lady, much to my friend's discomfiture, 'will ou tell mo what Is tho difference between bolng shaved by a barber and skinned by a lawer?'" On a recent claim day In tho House, whllo tho few Interested members vvero doing business n bunch of Southern South-ern Representatives sat In tho Democratic Demo-cratic cloakroom and talked of clulms they knew about. "Funniest ono I ever heard of," said a Toxan, "was put in by n man down I nt Austin. Ho wns n stranger. They ' found him ono night nt ono of tho hotels in great agony Ho was taken to a hospital The doctors dlngnosei' his case ns nppcmltdtts nnd lost m tlmo In getting him to tho operating tnblo, whero the cut out his verml form appendix. Ho made n good re cover and was out at tho usual tlmo Then I'll bo hanged If ho didn't silt tho city for $10 000 damage for thf loss of his nppendl "'I wnB n stranger,' ho said In hit complaint, 'and wns rudel seized and carried to n hospital Thero the surgeon sur-geon did wilful! nnd maliciously cut mo open nnd deprive me of m vermiform vermi-form nppendW, which wns tho trcasuro of my life. I demanded thnt It bo returned re-turned to me, but to no avail. Wherefore Where-fore I ask $10,000 dnmnges for tho loss of this cherished nnd revered portion of my nnatom.' " They nro not sentimental over In tho Senate of the United Stntes, and look ahead with cold and calculating ees. Which statement Is homo out by tho fact thnt some Senator a Republican whoso namo is ns et concealed by tho sergeant at nrms, levied on the sent of Chnuncoy Mitchell Depew, clnlmlng It as his own In tho event" thnt Governor Odell shall not send Mr. Depew to Washington for nnotlier term. Georgo Horton. the author, who was appointed Consul to Athens, Greece, by the president, Is the author of sov-oral sov-oral successful novels, including "IJko Another Helen" nnd a history of modern mod-ern Greece Horton wns formerly con-cul con-cul at Athens, appointed by President Clevelnnd One dny, about a car ago, ho received an Invitntlon to tnko luncheon with President Roosevelt. Ho went to tho Whlto House nnd was amazed to find that tho president not only know ns much about modern Greece as ho did, but apparently hnd read all of Horton's novels nnd could converse about them even down to tho minor characters. Hortou went aw a In a daze and for a ear has been wondering whether tho President read tho books becauso ho wns to bo o guest at lunch-con lunch-con or wheter he rend them becauso ho liked them. And mnny nnother nsplrlng author who has been Invited to tho Whlto House Is puzzling over tho samo proposition. Tho Horton story reminded somebody some-body of tho visit Alfred Henry Lewis, nuthor of "Tho Boss" and "Tho President" Presi-dent" nnd many other novels, paid to Judge Alton B. Parker at his homo In Lsopus last summer. "Why. Mr. Low Is," said Judgo Parker, Par-ker, "I am glad to see ou. I havo read our latest hook. Indeed, I havo a copy of It on my library tablo now." "Thnt's curious," said Lewis. "Why curious?" asked Judgo Parker. Par-ker. "Because," Low Is replied, 'ou didn't know I was coming." Ono man In tho West who wns confident con-fident President Roosevelt would enr-ry enr-ry Missouri was Representntlvo James A. Tnwnoy of .Minnesota, who wns in chnrgo of tho speakers' bureau of tho Chicago branch of Republican national nation-al headquarters. Tawnoy talked about Missouri going Republican until ho becamo a post. On olcctlon night tho clerks In his bureau bu-reau gave him a Masonic seal ring set with diamonds, nnd In tho plnco of tho largo diamond thnt should bo In tho center thero was n hole. 'Whnt's this holo?" asked Tnwney, after ho had expressed his thanks "Oh," snld tho clerks, "we'll fill that with a diamond vvnen Missouri goes Republlcnn. "And," said Tnwney, telling tho story with grent glee, "you should hnvo seen them searching themselves for enough monoy for that dlnmond along about midnight." |