The Washington critic., 1886-06-02
TOPICS OF THE DAY,

Territory, which is thus told by the
Washington correspondent of the Kan
sas City Times. 1t seems that the
Arizona delegate, who enjoys wide
reputation in his country as mining
prospector and general grub. stalker"
to all the old miners Of that section,
took notion that he would like to hear
Brother Newman preach. EX-Mayor
Emory, one Of the head lights Of the
metropolitan Church with the chimes
attached" kindly rendered Delegate
Bean the use of his pew and last Sun
day he trooped down upon the sexton,
accompanied by Mrs. Bean, Mrs. Colo.
mel Baker and his three daughters, in
troduced himself and requested to be
shown TO Mr.. Emery's pew. The sex
ton waited until the church had filed
to overflowing and then, with great i'm.
pressment, headed the procession and
marched Mr.. Bean and his family up
through the aisle to the front seat in
the synagogue, Immediately facing the
preacher. Brother Newman eyed the
Arizona man with great interest and
the latter became very uneasy at the
scrutiny. Before commencing the
sermon Brother Newman. without
taking his eyes off Mr. Bean.
said. cat this period of the year it Is
quite likely that many ministers of tn
gospel and laymen are visiting th
Capital and shall be glad to meet an
greet them after the services are cor
cluded." 1t then flashed across IL
mind of the Arizona delegate that h
had on his 'store clothes and wore
white cravat, and that his effort to loo
intensely respectful and religious
coupled with the fact that he was oc
cupying' ex-Mayor Emery's pew, haG
been construed by Brother Newman
and,the sexton to indicate that he was
a Clergyman from abroad This natur.
ally distracted Mr.. Beans attention
from the sermon and he wished him
self well out Of the scrape thousar1
times AT last the services were con.
cluded and the doxology rendered, but,
observing that Brother Newman 8
eagle eye was still fixed upon him and
escape was practically impossible. he
concluded TO run the gauntlet and .ex
plain the evident mistake. So he went
forward to the preacher and intro
duced himself and his good folks
about as follows 81 am Mr.. Bean
of Arizona; this is Mrs. Bean
and Mrs. Colonel Baker; these
are my daughters" "You are long
ways from home" replied Brother
Newman, shaking hands all around.
Where do you live in the territory? 2"
cat Prescott" replied Mr.. Bean.
"Ah," rejoined Brother Newman,
you have fine climate there; have
you large congregation worshiping at
your church ?" "About 1888 members
in good fellowship attend our church,"
replied Mr. Bean, ''but l am not the
pastor; / am not a clergyman. "Ah,
indeed" calculated Brother Newman,
as look of disappointment mantled
his face. Permit me to express my re.
gret. You would certainly be taken
for clergyman anywhere. Brother
Bean withdrew his forces in ms good or
der as possible and retreated safely to
his home. AS soon as the family re-es.
tablished itself under its own vine and
fig tree, 1t occurred to Mrs. Bean to
ask her husband why he had not In
formed Brother Newman that he was
a member of Congress. "Do you
think" replied Mr.. Bean,'"I was going
TO tell Brother Newman was nothing
but territorial delegate, without a
vote, and the identical man who intro
duced the resolution to offer n reward
of $25, 600 for Geronimo's carcass, dead
or alive? Why, Brother Newman
would have Immediately preached
me n sermOn on Lo, the poor
Indian and the result would have
been fight or foot race. l did not
want to argue the Indian question with
him. "But what did you mean, -
queried his good wife, "by telling
Parson Newman that there were 33a
members of your church in good fel
lowshipg' Mary Margaret, replied
the Arizona delegate. II am surprised
at your dullness. You did not catch
on to my little joke at the parsons ex.
pense. We have 325 Members of the
House and eight Delegates from the
Territories-thcy are all good fellows
and in good fellowship with our church
on Capitol hill. Now 325 Members
and Delegates make 333-the magical
number of the prophets and sooth
saycrs While 1 am sorry for any
mans misfortunes, there Is a measure
of compensation in the fact that oul
chaplain, DR.. Milburn, is blind, and
can't mistake me for preacher. Be
sides, Sam Randall and Speaker Car.
Isle look q heap more like preacher!
than do. Ben Butterworth and Ton
Ryan might pass for clergymen, ant
there Is only one man in the House who
looks less like a clergyman than my
self, and that is Warner of Missouri
%*s
The new Chinese Legation, say
Austin, is somewhat lacking in one fea
ture that made the old Legation quit,
popular in certain qualities. 1T
members have not yet arrived at tha
stage of perfection in the art of poker
playing that charact the old LIE
cation. The members of the Legation
which left here as the present ono cam,
in were, IL is said, most expert poke
players, and many Is the interesting
game that has been played within thu
walls of the Legation during the tern
of the old Minister The japanese LIE
galion people are said to be among tn,
most expert and most enthusiast,
poker players in Washington. They
play merely for the sport, and DO moi
indulge in heavy bets, If one ofthon
gets up after nights game more thar
two or three dollars ahead or behind |
is considered an extraordinary occasion
They play for the fun of it, and enjo,
It immensely, sitting sometimes very
late In their elegant quarters, following
the complications and surprises of tn,
game. The diplomats. generally, ar,
expert card players. 1t is Fashionable
amusement and they have nothing els'
to do.
w.
Yes" said f. t. Snow of the Mer
chants, Hntal ot 81 poul to n ronorta