The Washington critic., 1886-02-22

man, then merchant in Denver, and
after dinner, while they were smoking
their cigars, Pullman said, medita-
lively: II have an idca," Better take
good care of IT," said one. "You need
IT,, said another. ooh, well, now"
said Pullman, Joking aside, have n
good scheme" What Is it?" asked
one. WELL" said Pullman. "you
know how uncomfortable night trip
on railroad Is. You're too sleepy to sit
up and you can't sit down, and you thank
heaven for morning. Now my idea
Is TO put some sort Of bed In car,
so that you can sleep right through the
night iust as comfortably as though
you were at home" His listeners
laughed, and then rejecting on 1t said
they thought that was pretty COOL
idea, but would such scheme work
Pullman, encouraged by their interest
told them he was sure IL would, and l.
going into the next room, brought out
a boX-lid, on which he had roughly
sketched in pencil the outline of car
with beds in it-a Pullman palace
sleeping. car in the rough. IT wasn't
long after that before the idea became
reality.
~
Bill Nye of Hudson, Wis, having
been invited by friend to spend sew.
eral weeks in Washington this winter
excuses himself in long letter which
is reproduced in the Boston Globe from
which the following excerpts are made:
Your remark that the President and
Cabinet would be glad to see me this
winter is ill.timed. There have been
times when IL would have given me
much pleasure to visit Washington, but
! did not vote for Mr.. Cleveland, to
tell the truth, and / know that If |
were to go TO the White House and
visit, even for few days, he would
reproach me and throw IL up to me.
1t is true that did not pledge myself
TO vote for him, but still would hate
to 30 TO a man. $ house aud cat his pop.
corn and use his smoking tobacco after
! had voted against him and talked
about him as have about Cleveland
So that even If go TO Washington
shall put up at a hotel and pay my
bills Just as any other American citizen
would; know how IL Is with Mr. Clcve.
land at this time. When the Legisla
turc is in session there people
come in from around Buffalo with
their butter and eggs TO sell and stay
over night with the President But
they should not ride free horse TO
death. may not be well educated,
but ] am high strung till you can't
rest Groceries are just as high in
Washington rs they are in Philadel-
phia. ! hope that you will not CLEAN
from the foregoing that have lost my
interest in national affairs. God for.
bid. Though not in the political arena
| myself, my sympathies are with those
who are / am willing to assist the
families of those who are in the politi-
cal arena trying to obtain precarous
| livelihood thereby. was once an of
fetal under the Federal Government
| myself, as the curious student of ma.
tional affairs may learn If he will go to
the Treasury Department at Washing
ton, ID. c., and ask to see my voucher
| for $9.S5, covering salary as United
States commissioner for the sec
ond judicial district of Wyoming fol
the year of 1882. 1t was al
that time that a vile contemporary
characterized me as "a corrupt and
venial Federal official, who had fat
tened upon the hard -wrung taxes OF
my fellow citizens and gorged myself
for years at the public crib" You
also ask me to kindly lead the german
while there. would cheerfully do so
but owing to the wobbly eccentricity OF
my cyclone leg it would be a sort of q
broken german. But could sit neal
by and watch the game with furtivc
glance and fan the young ladies be
tween the acts and converse with then
in low, earnest, passionate tones.
like to converse with people in whom
take an interest. ! was conversino
with young lady one evening at a re
cherche ball in my far.away home il
the free and unfettcied West, very
brilliant affair, remember, under thC
auspices of Hose Company No. 2.
was talking in loud and earnest way
TO this liquid-cycd creature, littlt
louder than usual, because the music
was rather forte just there, and tn,
base viol virtuoso was bearing OF
rather hard at that moment. Tht
music ceased with sudden snort. Ant
so did my wife, who was just waltzins
past us. If had ceased to converse a
the same time that the music shut of
all might have been well, but did not