The New York herald., 1879-03-20

vately she will drop the suit and make him happy.
She don't want his money. but him."
The wits in Congress, in view Of the awkward
dilemma in which Mr.. Cameron is placed. revive a
ersry nei '0S which
was va i present when en- the conversation took @
Senate Committee Foreign Relations. The
Treaty OF Washington sent to the Senate for its
consideration and ratification and referred to the
Foreign Relations Committee Senator SIMON looked
over the document and sorely puzzled as to
what he should do, The Alabama claims. the
dispute and the navigation OF the st. Lawrence
River were all Hebrew to the ancient Simon. He
history. and now was the golden opportunity. What
could he do? Putting the document in his pocket he
sauntered down to the committee room, where he
found his Clerk deeply absorbed in the discharge OF
his duties.
Here" said the venerable Senator, ..is precious
document, which is doubly important. It's impor-
on Foreign Relations. and second. no one knows
The Clerk looked over the confidential pages. and,
rs he scanned the closing part OF the treaty, he
marked 1.-THE San Juan question is not dead
troversy about the San Juan boundary very nearly
Britain -a
'what is that you say?' asked the chairman of the
The answer made precisely it had been ut
deep gravity on his face. He next seen in the
Congressional library Approaching the librarjan
he asked. Have You anything on that much abused
subject. the J-u-a-n question:
The librarian supposing he had reference to the
famous Don juan of Byron. replied. "Oh. yes"
And then snpposng. that it would please the sena-
tor, remarked You know that is subject that is
not generally mentioned i'll public"
II understand" replied the Senator; 'but it comes
to Inc now in an official form, and am obliged to
read up on it, Please let me have all the editions
which will throw light upon its character. 1t is i'm
portant"
That evening the wagon ,1sed bv thr on nj
Library dumped cartload Of Byron's poems at the
lodgings of the Chairman Of the Foreign Relations
Committee. They were stacked the nantlepiece,
in front of the windows and all around the room.
Alarmed at the sight of many books bound in red
morocco the Senator sent for his clerk and inquired
"Have we got to read all these?" The Clerk took
one volume and then another. -Why. Mr.. Cameron.
these all the subject. The pages are ali
That is right said PUam tne ssnator I'VE want all
the information We can get about Don Juan.
It is likely We shall have a knotty dispute
am told that it was at one time
very serioua matter how we should get rid of it;
ana nHn you a see the more nor know about the only
moro reputable it will be for me Mr. Summers
successor Don't turn back the leaves. but let them
remain just they will find it pleasant work
before go to bed to read up on it, and it will help
put me to Sleep
SO the numerous editions of Byron's "Don Juan
were permitted to rcmain undsturbed until after the
ratification OF the Washington treaty, when they
were sent for and restored to the shelves Of the
gressional Library
''You found those books useful?' inquired the Ii
brarian OF the Senator not long after.
"Oh. yes, replied the Senator; 'but declare
don't what Don Juan had to do with the boundary
ditHculty 1t is true Don Juan got heap of people
into trouble and the border difficulty was not fal
behind but / expect that it was all about the
same subject little scaly but terribly distorted
by those damned literary fellows to make it interest
ing reading matter And that is why the Washington
treaty was ratified because the chairman of the com
mitteo knew all about the only momentous question
IN the treaty. and that was the 'Don juan question