National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-02-05

the opera.
Verify the statesman who lifts up his voice
for woman and temperance hath his reward,
even though woman is mover allowed to
vote and prohibitory law Is mover passed.
An elegant basket of flowers was placed on
Senator Blair's desk yesterday, and that he
might not suspect any one admiror they were
thus labeled
ITO Hon. Henry w. Blair, from friends at
Temple hotel. Tho flowers are presented as
q testimonial of appreciation of brave words
repeatedly spoken for homo and temperance |
in tho United States enate chamber"
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YES" said tho western visitor, I'm
Sucker editor and while Pm bucking |
against fortune with the cards running nice
and smooth, three on q side, / camo up in the
business like the saints of the Lord-throush
great tribulation. 1t was years ago that l
first wrestled with pair of shears and
paste pot in lttlo Indiana town as editor-in-
chief of the peartest weekly that over made
q spread on its patent inside. For some
weeks my ambition scared like Colorado
buzzard, way up out Of sight, and then
awoko to tho narrowing knowledge that
my partner, who bossed the business Office,
was vending his way like Pluribustah
toward the setting sun, while was left to
kiss Off tho hardest gang of creditors thai
ever gathe rcd around the corpse of o defnnct
newspaper. wrostled with them and gath
cred up just about enough to take me to the
next live town. Preparatory TO shaking the
dust from my feet had gone down into the
deserted business office to gather up "a file of
the paper. In those days 1 was proud of the
children of my brain. Just then q voice said
Are you do editor Of dis paper| turned
and saw Chinaman in the full rig of
his nation, and, thinking it was chance
to pull a few shekols moro out of the
ruins, owned up to it, lie told a pitiful
story of how the son of preacher, who was
his advance agent, had como ahead to engage
hall for his lecture on the doctrines of Con-
fucius, and then skipped with all the avail
able funds. | told tho cussed heathen that l
had Just been 'hoodooed myself aud if his
lecture was any good I'd go in with him. He
therefore proposed l should revise it. 1 was
81 then, and had gall enough to revise
the declaration of independence so l went
at it, His talk was fixed to fit Cincinnati
audience but toned it down to suit Chi
ChbO lublGSg anu lucu WOub Oub anu ulEOu u
hall. He was as smart as All Sin, and we
gave two lectures there comm encing at 10
cents las a missionary fund, you know and
winding up with quarter Of dollar head.
Our next town was what thoy've have
got to calling universityscity out in Illi-
nois l caught up the preachers and
professors and we put in O big week.
From there we went to Boston
and struck pay dirt from the jump. Then
we worked the suburbs of 'Brainville,' and
found it richer than the Hub ITSELF In one
little Massachusetts, town VIC had two of the
bests nights yet, and l concluded it would be
o good idea to have q sort of street parade
before our last lecture. / got my Chinaman
up in all his best toys, and we started down
the street. just as if we had some
purchases TO mako at the othor end
of tho town. old Saffron drew
like an elephant, but took offense at the
remark Of the rabble, and got as cross as a
| tom cat. At one corner we passed great
J big fellow, a blacksmith, who had gone to
California in 40, and consequently lost his
respect for the celestials. He reached out
his hand as we went by him and caught
the Chinaman's queue and let it slide
| through ms hngers, tlne pigtall that,
Johnnie said he. My mud colored
lecturer sprang on that blacksmith
like q tiger. There was whoop and howl
and then the air was full Of silk petticoats,
wide sleeves, and thick solid shoes. For a
moment stood horror-stricken, and then re-
alizing that $50 n week of mine hung in the
| grip Of the giant, waded in. / was just in
time to get ono between the eyes that sent
me through the window Of drug store,
when was promptly arrested
for destroying private property.
The Chinaman and / were both before tho
police authorities, and paid $19.75 for the
affray and $50 for tho broken window. After
this l shot the Mongolian out ahead, kind OF
let him out you know like a toy kite with a
string tied to it. l let him do his
own fighting. lie was always falling into
trouble and getting tho worst of it. Finally
my Chinese apostle of Confucius and quar-.
reled and then divided up. l had over q
thousand for my share of thirteen weeks
business, and while he hustled for Frisco and
the next steamer 1 went to Chicago"
Doing we'll there? Well should cacBle.
Pm Chicago editor with II big E."
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