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Wit in the House.

In the House Of Representatives,, week be-
fore last, Mr. Cox, OF New York, closed The
general debate on the revision Of the rules in
en hours speech
Turning his attention to Mr.. IIorr, Of Mi
chicau. who had recently referred 10 him lMr.
Coxl in a humorous speech, be denied that the
Committee on Foreign Affairs had only been
engaged in manufacturing witticlsms lie
Mr.. Cox) had been useful as well as oTnamen-
tai. Laughter He reminded that gentle
man tnat all humor in debate should have a
practicable object. All great men were, and
had been witty. II was, therefore, 10 cause
OF reproach that the Committee on Foreign
Affairs had n chairman who sometimes had
been accused. but never fairly convicted Of
wi.tcism. Laughter Laughter was boal-
thy. Il was good for the House. II oiled the
ionts and counteuance, causing Il 10 shine like
that of his friend Horn, Laughter lie
asked that gentleman. "Nhy should the spirit
of mortal be proud ?" Why should there be
proud flesh in the House II Golah OF Dan
Lambert were here, would they twit man
like himself about lis size? Isaac Newton,
when born, was put by his mother in n quart
cup. lie wished he had cup 10 try the gem
tleman ,NIr. Horn with. He Mr.. Cox was
not proud OF bis appearance. lie did not
swell around the House as some Others did
When somebody asked FalstaG what he was
about, somcbody said, 1.-TWO yards" Laugh
teri There was no disability under the low
in mans being small The constitution for
bade man being a member under certain
age. but IL did not soy that man bad to be
six feet high OF two yards 10 girih. Laugh
ter az the expense Of llorr, who is large
stout man. lie lC,x) represented large men,
fighting men, good men. They had never
taken his altitude, and the gentleman tIiorrl
should not have done IL. Ills constituents
had never thought that bluhber was intellect,
that meat meant mauhood. or that layers Of
lard over the abdominal muscles made Glad
stones aud Disraelis. Laughter. Shakes
peare had said that flesh and frailiies ever
went together. and that the devil never would
have Fals;af damned less the oil in him should
SET hell on FIRE ILangbtor lie made these
remarks in the interest OF public improve
mcn, Suppose the gentleman Horn had
larger duodeuum, larger stcTnum, or lar-
Ger os coceygiS than himself, or suppose that
gentleman s ancestors had held on with pre-
henslbe grip of the old Darwinian limb, and
with longer and stronger power than DIS
lCoxsl ancestors had done, would that give
the gentleman a right to criticise him cox on
account of his size II lie Cox were called
upon to write the gentlemans epitaph be
would borrowing from the "Swcet Singer Of
Michigan" and Lord ByrouJ put 10 these
words
"Hcre lies the body Of Congressman Horr,
IT'S grease Greece but living grease no more.
IShouts Of laughter.
The committee then rose. and Mr.. Tucker,
Of Virginia moved that Mr. Ilorr, Of Michi-
gan. be allowed fifteen minutes tomorrow 70
reply to Mr.. C0x's speech.
Mr.. Bragg, Of Wisconsin, objected.
Mr. Horr-Tben will % on tomorrow,
under the fve minutcs rule. ! Do not think
it will take over fye minutes to do tbe job.-
Laughter