The Red Cloud chief., 1886-04-23
The RED CLOUD CHEF
d APRIL %. 1886
THE NATIONS PAGES.
Characteristic. Of the Eo:- Hho " al; "i
senators and Concre--uea-

senators and Consre--usa
An indianapolis correspondent al
Washington writes: some Interesting
characters and peculiar BIZ, =. liz an
found in the pages Of the -cnat" and
house Of Representatives. In the upper
branch Of congress there are about
thirfy-iivc pagc-. Their duii's are well
known 10 the average reader. Thor
fields Of labor are the foOr- al tfIc tyd
branches Of con@re>-. \ page tor Tie
senate of the hoiI-c. and VICE versa.
Sometimes a pagc j. found. who il a.
most Of . and nearly fuli-"rpwn; tHi
they average from . io II y"ar,, and
most Of them are Yer, snail III stature.
and upon first appearance %ho,ish IN
character. A. ,cir- 30 on. If they are
retained the little fellows become sara
siOus. often proud. and not in!r"qicn'ly
initiate the Statesmen III hearing and
conversation. There j. 40 better school
for q bOv in which Ia become an actor
lie has the best ri opportunity Ia study
every phase Of character. Speaking Of
the pages sometimes initiating the acts
Of their su%periors. reminds ne Of m in
cidcnt that occurred = few days ago. \
very diminufivc page who WAS borne
upon the rolls Of the last congress was
superseded. When he learned that his
place had been given to another b" be-
came considerably detected. for this
little fellow had dissipated in "A mild
way and had been p~rofligalc. SO that he
was found almost without funds. and
was far away from home a. the state of
Nlf~u,,~. =. f.r, vl.I d., H.
boy had been an observer and knew a
trick or two. He studied the situation.
He solved il. Going To his boarding.
house he hastily packed up his effects
without attracting the attention Of any
One. With great caution he removed
them to another quarter Of the city.
Then lac went out To bid his confrcrcs
Bdicu. Meeting one of them, who was
about 10 years old. and as tall rs a
mans arm is long. he said:
"Well, good-by. old fellow: I'm off.
My constituents have given me the
shake. | WAS defeated in catrcI, and
beaten in convention. The situation.
however. leaves me n little flat. aru
nearly broke; but ! have found :, way
out, will jump my bo%ari-bill. They
all do it,.
Sometimes the pages run in schools.
lii fish, and become ci:inni>h. No. in
frequently Onc meets a crowd of them,
all under three feet in height: al tie
midnight hour, making the town howl.
Many Of them -mokc cigarettes and
play billiards. Frequently the little fcl-
lows drink Lrcr. for ilI"y can buy il any
"a hare M Sl,. ..nt- III.
very great proportion of them. however.
who fall into ihc,c channel, 81; sii,>ipa-
ton. Those who 'o gcl,c.tily come
from the larger oi,ic.- t." The pa.-cs
haze a WAY 81 'rh:Z'nc. and some of
the capcrs they plav eIom rlcl.ian. or
Inexperienced hnla are ~vprdrr.,!lv
nrc and terribly embarrassing. One
~klyoritc tricks in the line ,,f iial-
Atake a new hur down in lie
fncnt under the hall of the
Vow hiln :hc .'rnhEcr man"
very dark and very
Nous. Portions If il
lac m."plii~iicat~l
krlf lost. The sur
Il frIghtful. ami
our 10 &c, ont.
during the
karc crrfcr-
r.. bat the
ID, and
I'D from
Adid
Phi the
ElItivc,