National Republican., 1883-12-08

to these young fellows. Now there's been many
n way of cuttin' hair since I've been in tho
business. Ono time they used TO cut IL Off
straight and roll tho ends uudor with brush
Then thoy parted it ON both sides and made
n roll of tho hair that was in the middle But
the funniest style was to cut 1t very short
behind and leave long soap locks in front to
curl around tho mans ears. That was
n favorto style at ono time, and
tho fellows that woro their hair
that way wero called :TalSes.' They were tho
dudes Of those days. The young fellow who
had his hair cut off behind an two long locks
soaped down his checks and curcd up at the
ends, thought he looked mighty fno. Aftor
that there was tho style Of frizzing the hair
with comb, putting it up all over the head
an that was very pretty style. I'd like to
SEQ mon wear their hair that
way now. No; men don't shave
themselves now as much as they
used to. Webster and Clay and Calhoun
sometimes had their body servants shave
them, but usually they shaved themselves
1t wasn't often that thoy camo into barber
shop. I've heard that Aaron Burr always
shaved himself. Was there ever fire in this
building? Never but once in all tho forty
seven years Pvo been there. That once it
wasn't much of q fire, but colored man
jumped out of the second story window and
ran like mad man into saloon and restau-
rant up above and broke everything ho could
find. His coat was on fire."
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Ono Of tho new Illinois members used to be
the president of the Chicago board of trade
before he became congressman. Ho was
asked how he fancied his new position as
compared with the old. 81 guess Il will be
about the same thing" said he. at seems to
me that this will be as much of bear garden
as tho other.
He was nice looking young man, with
light curly hair and blue eyes, and his attire
showed that he either had mortgage on q
tailor or unlimited credit, for he was gotten
up in the latest fashion. He rushed into The
REPUBLICAN office and said
"Have you seen tho comet?"
"What comet p asked tho police reporter.
"You can't como it over US that way"
"No, but I'm serious, you know. 1 was
walking up tho avenue with my girl and /
saw IL just ovor tho Smithsonian. Lord
what q tail it had"
"What had2"
"Why, the comet could SEQ it plainly. 1
told Aggio, and she saw it, too."
"Who's Aggie?"
"Why, that's my girl that told you was
walking with"
"Oh, that's your Aggie-ny is iii"
"Ycs; and l thought would como in and
tell you about it, that you might send somo
one to interview about it,"
" Interview the comet?"
"No; l don't mean that, but send some one
to the observatory where all those scientific
fellows are, you know"
Now, look here, young fellow don't you
know you're fooled. That wasn't q comet
it was the electric light that they arc exper-
imonting with, and they have put ono on the
tower of the Smithsonian"
"Is that so? l thought it was tho comet,
sure" and the tailor's mould incontinently
vanished.
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"Yes, they're very ordinary looking lot
of congressman" said the Missouri stateman.
| "lt don't seem possible, to look at their faces
that they represent the best brains of this
country. / don't believe they do. A good
many of these ordinary common looking
men on the democratic side arc nothing but
accidents. They mover expected to get here
and their constituents never expected to send
them. They como from districts where d
democrat never was elected to anything be.
fore, and never will bo again. These men
were nominated because they had q little
money which they were willing to spend for
the privilege of running for congress, SO that
thoy could tell their grandchildren about it.
They were more surprised than anybody
else to find themselves elected, and now, as
you can see, they don't know what to do with
themselves"