Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-12-18

Of penur1ousnees, as have existed at odd times,
this House tries to i've within its means. It IS
spectacle style and not spend every cent Of hts
salary Of 5000 A plain, economical man, with .
family that is in no way extrayagant, is Mr. Bland
has no extravagant habits. ne keeps house and
walks to and from the Capitol. He spends little
With the fashion in and does not drink q
gamble. He lives like good, honest well-to-do,
western farmer, as he looks to be. Yet during
sixteen years In the House, he has saved scarcely
d de s Habits do well to keep out Of
sags no help
are wealthy, living in their own houses at great
expense and entering fully into fashionable Wash
few, and they spend the amount of their yearly
salaries several times over.
ECONOMICAL GREENBAcKERs
In days gone by there have been men in the
House who have disregarded all conventionalities,
and set at it to save their salaries. Members of
uous this YEARS there D was ae
Dacker from the far west who is said to have set
at defiance all the world, and lived in washington
I0r Two years at an expense Of only $500 per year.
He had wife and several children, rented little
mouse out beyond the Boundary somewhere and
econ6maed at every point Neither he nor his
family cared anything for appearances. His wife
astonished the House one time by nursing her
DaDy In the members gallery: Again she
the rotunda. About that time another green
hacker, this one from the southwest, found a
place down in the southern part Of the city, near
twenty dollars per month for rooms. board and at
tendance. There are none OF these rigid ecOno-
has made such reputation for his economy Of the
public moneys, boards with his family at hotel,
"here MS expenses cannot be small.
CLUBBING TOGETHER.
Some Of the members who have not their
families with them club together in pairs Two
40 nfaosr. have 90
them, and for the suite with board, pay s55 each
Members generally find that their board and
rooms cost for themselves alone from $50 to $500
per hey nave to spend
drives and dinners. One thing members have to
contend with Is that women who have rooms to
man. One Of the New Jersey delegations got the
better OF these speculative landladies by repre-
senting himself a. government employe, as he
rooms at the price paid by ordinary folks and
found himself very comfortably nxed. The aver
and would not be victimized by any subterfuge Of
this sort. Members who have their families find
it much cheaper to keep house. Mr.. Glover, who
has no family, adopts this plan, not, however,
Tor ecOnomy's sake, as he lives alone in a fine
house on Connecticut avenue
MEMBERS WHO KEEP HOUSE.
There are only about thirty members who keep
house. w. L. Scott lives in considerable style in
one OF those handsome stone houses on street,
UullU ny tX-1iOV. SQopNorU. In his carrier
career Mr. S. S. COX lived in very modest suit of
rooms, near the Capitol. Later he lived in his own
mouse on Dupont circle, which he sold for $50 900
the Riggs, but expects to build home near the
one he sold. Mr.. Mitchell Keeps a fine establish
ment On Dupont circle, and lives very extensively
the size OF his salary as Congressman not being
taken into consideration, as he is very wealthy.
The New York and New England men generally
Ben. Butterworth keeps house in LIE Droit park
Campbell, OF Ohio keeps house on Connecticut
avenue. Senator-Elect Daniel keeps house in the
fashionable northwest The Speaker always boards
at the Riggs, and Morrison is at WIZARDS every
session. MI: Randall keeps house on Capitol Hill
80 DO aeSsrs Barbour Dunn andC Brecknrldge
James, Ketcham, Wilson, Stone, OF Missouri, and
Swope. all have establishments with home COM
Glover, has the comforts OF a house OF his own.
without the pleasure OF family. His house is In
The fashionable part OF the city, on Rhode Island
house also. Pindar; Matson, singleton, Springer
Viee, Thomas B. Ward, Wellborn, Cutcheon, Gay
a al Lanllam are happy in home comforts Most
some OF the many hotels. Rooms are the rule.
Walking to His Grave.
JOHN sNIDERS TRAMP OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
MILES.
telegram to the New York Herald from
Wabash, Ind, December IL, says tf John Snider
Indiana's walking man: Snider lives one mile
south OF Mill Grove, a small station on the Pan
Handle railway, in the eastern part Of Blackford
county. Your correspondent found him industri-
ously performing his heel and toe act. His home
is a one-story log cabin located in the center
OF an acre lot which is enclosed by shabby rail
fence. Around the house beaten path. worn
fully five inches below the surface indicates the
route pursued by Snider in his weary and almost
ceaseless tramp. To vary the monotony OF his
travels Sn1der has two other promenadeS, both In
the rear OF the dwelling, circular in form and
ninety feet In diameter. During the past three
months Snider has walked necessarily out Of
doors, through rain, Sleet and snow, but as the
exposure had begun to tell on him, his relatives
fitted up room In the cabin for his pedestrian
exercises.
sEIzED WITH sPAsMODIc TwIrCHING.
Two years ago last April Snider, then q robust
man OF fifty-fOur, while at work in field was
seized with spasmodic twitching OF his arms and
hands and severe cramping Of the muscles Of the
and the physician summoned pronounced the case
most serious one. After few days OF sufferfnT
peared, and for a week Snider was apparently as
well as ever. Then the muscular Commissions
again manifested themselves, but this time in the
pensity to walk, which will eventually carry Sni-
der to the grave took complete possession OF him.
and with the exception OF about four hours each
day, from to a. m, he is constantly on his feet
and travelling at the rate OF four miles an hour
Snider is a man OF dark complexion with an from
Is bronzed by constant exposure to sun and rain.
and the deep lines OF care on his face prove thai
ne Iully appFeclatcS Tue magnitude OF his miSfOr-
tune. Living In the same cabin with Snftier are
his wife and i've children, two sons and three
daughters, who support themselves by labOrtn0 on
farms in the netghborhOod.
EATING AS HE WALKS.
At five O'Clock in the morning, after q sleep Of
three to four hours, Snider begins his daily tramp
and continuous walking, eating his meals as he
walks, until one O'Clock the following morning
when he sits down in chair and sleeps sOundiTT'
being unable to rest In q recumbent position ~
the outset his friends endeavored by force to in.
duce him TO remain quiet, but he immediately he.
came frantic, and with tears in his ewes the
patient begged to be released or he would die
Snider was placed In the state asylum at Indian.
apolis for brief time, but was returned by the
authorities there, pronounced harmless and in
durable. He is perfectly rational, but talks hut
little about his peculiar afflictfOn, and seems
rather averSe to newspaper nOtOriety. The
walker stated that he could not possibly control
himself, and that his physicians had 1nfomed
him that he would walk until death Claimed him
when Sn1der began his tramp he weighed 1af1
pounds; he now weighs 150 pounds and has not an
ounce OF supernuouS flesh. His muscles are hand
and 1rm.
SNORING ON HIs TRAMP
At times Snider sleeps as he walks and for an
hour, guided by relatives, he swings around the
circle snoring loudly, and upon awakening he
runs at rapid gait for several miles. to srest
HIMSELF as he says Sn1der suffers no pain and is
apparently contented while in motion. = -
DR.. Davidson, OF Hartford city, who is Snfderss
physician and has complete charge OF the case