The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-05-17

Statesman sees mira9es Of tomb stones
Washington as a sanitsrinn-Hhat the
New zcalandcr Will do when IL is mo longer
the CapitaI-A scene between u United
states senator and \ Cur Driver-s0eiaI
Nesumpsion-The belle from Detroit and
another belle from Kansas.
This warm weather has the effect to
create an adjourning panic in the breast
Of many a nember of Congress. From
physical causes, more easily understood
than overcome, Washington is warmer
and more unhealthy locality than many
points farther south. Tie capital city
is anything but a sanitarium, even in
the winter, md when the wan govern.
nent clerk, after alternating in sitting
furnace heated Department rooms, and
subsisting on the execrable yictuals Of
cheap boarding houses, finds himself on
the verge Of a hot summer, inhaline
miasma from the swamps that flank the
city on all sides, he need not be accused
Of sentimental billieusness, if he dis
Germs mirages of tomb stones, or feels
sensations Of cremation run up and
down his back. With the member OF
Congress it Is much the same; he is
better fed than the government clerk
but he lacks acclimation, and the air
that he breathes in the capital is even
more pestilent than that of the Depart
ments; and we see men of powerful
physique, like Conkling and Blaine, or
tough, wiry veterans, like Christiancy
and Howe succumb to malaria and sub
sist on quinine
In spite of the millions that have
been spent in Washington to make its
streets solid and smooth, and to make
its puslic edi6ees rival the architectural
splendors of the old world, the day may
yet come when the capital will be re
moved to more healthful locality, and
when the New Zealander, or some other
fellow, will wash his fish nets in Bah
cocks artificial lake, and calk his boat
with pitch from its most aristocratiC
avenues.
Last night, while riding Firsi
street car. your correspondents WIS ed
lied by a conversation bstwse,t a states
man and car driver, which lie will re
late verbatin,: A the car ,s,Ss..l tn,
Ebbitt House, it was boarded by th,
distingus military. senator from lihcd,
Island. The senator was 10 al appe ar
ances in state Of eqniFccs.l rxhilara
ton, from what good society cells eost
living, but what Mr. MurphE eaals b,
another name, and, from sentences NUT
tered indistinctly. with eyes half closed
it was inferred that he was thinking o
what he had recently done, or had We
to do, in the cause of education. Sud
denly, from lurch of the car, turning
corner, or from q gesture delivered il
half dreamy oratory, his military elbow
went through the glass window, shatter
ing it into small pieces. The driver
who is also conductor on this line ap
preached him with great politeness aut
said: 81 don't know but l may be t,
blame for this accident, but I dom
think l was, and the company will de
duct half dollar from my wages.
| was to blame, of course I must los
the money" "Of course you were,
said the senator, but little later, unde
magnanimous impulse, he drew from
his pocket twenty-five cents, of the re
monetized, and extending it to tn,
driver, said, ''d-n it, suppose we di
vide, that's all the money I've got.
The driver reluctantly accepted tn,
compromise, when the senator calleC
after him: "I'll pay ron the rest whel
1 come this way again" and resigne,
himself to the following soliloquy
"Ride on these cars three times day
guess I'll take carriage after this
Then to the driver: "Ohl you vii
know me; you will see me when yor
come to the capitol; you will find m
ON the floor; guess you will reeOgniz
my face" and getting OF at the Airing
ton Hotel-''recognize my face, vii
youl Well, just take keen look a
these whiskers, take keen look at thes
whiskers, you viii recognize me ngaii
I guess"
Social gayety has been resumed wit
the expiration Of Lent, but the weathe
is rather warm for violent dancing, an
Washington has been beroft of many c
its transient bellies who have gone HON
and are making preparations for tn
summer resorts, or for Europe. Las
winter the best dressed lady at tn
capital, Il give the opinion of anothe
lady who is connoisseur, was a youn
lady from Detroit. To be eclipsed by
lady from a .'frontier village" causes
the bellies of Baltimore and Boston som