National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-07
TIE 1rAx ON run AVENUE


smnu TALK About Men mud Measures.
"lm g'ul this thing is settled" slil the
mon with ha limpln chin. Whom ha was
asked what na was talkne about he coutin.
ucd with much animation in this manner:
"Why, this trouble between tho supreme
court 1ud tba house Of representatives
Didn't t1ow therc had bccn any trouble, oh
Whore hgya YOU boon? II was whether
Mrs. Carlisle should call nat or
tho wives ol Tho supreme court
judges, or whether They should call
on her first. We've been al torn mp about it,
but its settled now, thank heaven. Mrs.
Carlisle will call OH the Judges wives first,
and she will do it Monday. Now Mrs. Car
Isle was given precedence at tho Presidents
reception, aud we supposed that she would
claim IL right along through tho winter. I
don't know what would have happened If she
had insisted upon it. shuddcr when think
Of it,. Mrs. Carlisle has saved Us from great
trouble, / am sure"
nas
Ono Of the important bills 90 be introduced
to-day is thatof C1l. Phil Thompson, making
q great many changes ia the laws concerning
tho whisky taS lie proposes to havc mn un.
limited bonded period; % substitute yearly
for monthly bonds; to permit collectors to
proyidospcciai warehouses TO which collectors
may move whisky from small distillerics, and
- allow for leakage for eight years lie
also proposes some sweeping changes in
the method Of collection of the tax. The
Office of tho internal revenue commissioner is
to be abolished rs are the present districts,
each state and territory to be u district by
itself, with ono collector. The commissioners
Of customs is TO have tho duties of the
commissioner of internal revenue added to
his own. Col. Thompson says that If his bill
is passed it will save S3,OOO,OO0 year to tho
government, secure honest service, and re-
lieve Taxpayers of many potty annoyanccs.
Ifa special notice could be sent to every
body in the United States that the capitol
would be closed to visitors on holidays there
might he no annoyance caused by closing its
doors, At present, however, many people
consider holiday good for sight seeing, and
many travellers make their plans to spend
holiday in Washington. If they can only
remain here one day they 90 away dsap-
pointed and little angry. Many people
were thus disappointed both OH Christmas
and New Years days. There seems to be no
particularly good reason why the building
should not DO open every day, as the capitol
police are on duty all the time.
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Anybody who ever called up the central
telephone Office, waited 1vo minutes for the
operator to get his wires fixed and then tried
TO tell somebody through the machine o story
with mans name in it, knows just how
hard it is to make the name understood
The other follow usually shouts spell it,"
spellcr at one end of the wire
and Il fair guessor at the
other will usually make out
the name, but when the guesscr works by
himself he gets mixed. The other day MIR.
Spencer f. Baird, chief of the fish commits
sion, telephoned to the telegraph Office a
message which he wanted sent to New York
When he had finished his message he added
spencer L. Baird but neglected to state
that it was n signature. The telegraph oper-
ator thought it was part of the message and
understood it as answer if paid" and so the
message went to New York. The result was
confusion and annoyance.
30
ago." said the old sport, there was bright
young fellow there who had dovouring
passion for draw poker lie had plenty of
money II good business, and fino family,
but no wanted to play poker all the time.
When he wasn't playing 1t he was thinking
It. Poker hands wero before his eyes,
whether he was asleep or awake. lie could
not sec two objects together without thinking
of them as u pair to draw to. Several articles
of the same color always suggested q 'ilush,"
or d "bobtal" to him. Ills mind ran on the
subject SO much that no got frightened-was
afraid he was going to DO insane. His friends
were alarmed about him long before he
realized his own danger. Hostopped playing,
but his mind kept working ON poker hands
| Just the same. lie talked to doctor
about it, and was advised to got ous of the
city for Il month or two for change of scene
and associations. lie won't away into the
country with u friend, and tho two spent
most Of their time hunting. lie gradually
got better, and after II fortnight he didn't
| think about poker any more. One day, when
ht hadn't Thought of poker hand in a week
he was ONT with his friend, when two darlsicg
| with their gums and three dogs, came out Of Il
pieon ot woods. ltc caught sight OF them
stopped, struck his head with his fist and
said: BY gosh, here it is again. Dog full
ON niggers }"
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