New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-02

certain land scrip, the extent Of some 1000 acres
which had not yet been approved sparks drcntd 10
issue an order suspending further approvas OF sucn
scrip for Indefinite period. subordinate, near
ing of the Commissioners Intention, mentioned IL 10
Thomas I'm confidence suggesting that he hah Dc'ter
mako his peace with Sparks and thus " nee rom inc
wrath TO come" To the clerks great astohishhoh''
however, the object OF his compassion took tho matter
very coolly, quietly rcmarklng that II Brcr sparks
desires go agunnng for me, why, Just let him wade
IN and help himself all he wants to; that's the KIM
OF halrpn / am
The fatal cdlct was issued; further approvals Of
similar land-scrfp prohibited, and the unlucky
holders Of such paper-many OF them sparks own
f,1ends-went about with extremely long faces, while
tbc enemy appeared to be, the contrary, unusually
iubilant Meanwhile the issue OF this unusual order
! cansed the market price of all approved scrip
10 rise TO most unprecedented hgure' ana IL
shortly was discovered that Thomas, whom SPARKS
sought to injure by his order, had been quietly
holding on to some eight or ten thousand acres OF
approved scrip OF which the General knew nothing;
| and the latter had thus very generously made MS
enemy present OF about 100000 in unlooked-for
profits
One NJ the public characters Of Washington is the
| old ncwswoman who has her stand at the corner
| of aud Fifteenth sts., opposite the Treasury ono
! numbers among hor customers many "eh-klo"h
men, and between making inquiries ABOUT hcr
| health at every sale of paper and driving OH u1
/
| of the corner, she is kept pretty busy. A blessing
| goes with every paper, but when old customer
! foreets or refuses to make his regular purchase,
| tho language Is more vigorous than that commonly
| used in giving thanks for favor The old woman
is said well off, but she makes parade of her
wealth, and her appearance often causes unsuspcct-
ing strangers to buy out of what they imagine is
pure charity.
One raw, clustering day when the rain was pour
| ing in torrents, gentleman who was passing with
Government official struck by her evident
distress and stopped to make Inquiry.
"Nly poor woman" he sald "you ought not to
be out in such weather. I'll buy all your papers
and you can 60 home What is your name, my
good woman, and where do you nvel'
"Pfwhats name to yez,' said the news
| woman sharply. "Go long wild yez, now, and
mond yez don't be afther insultin the loikcs o. me-"
"But, madam" protested the charitable ind-
! vidual, a. only wanted to know your name and
where you lived that l might"
"well thin,' interrupted the newsdealer /" If it's
civil question Orll give yez civil answer. Me
name is Lily Langhry and OF live in Rockingham
Palace"
Then as the disguised phlanthropist walked away,
she called after him with show of Indignation:
| "Go way, you spalpeen, trying to bate poor
woman out of nickel It's small business for the
lokes Of yez."
Speaking Of the trading that done in the recent
election ex-senator Henderson, of Missouri, said the
|
other day:
81 Jim Lane once told me a story Of the manner of
his reelection the Senate. and he told 1t rather
boasffully too. There was contest in the Legslat
ure and to obtain enough votes TO elect him, Lane
promised the appointment Of Marshal of the District
OF Kansas to seventeen different members Of the
LEGISLATURE When no returned to Washington after
his reelection the seventeen candidates followed
close on his heels They became urgent IN their
demands and Lane was at his Wits ends for excuses
lie finally determined 4, radical course. lie made
an appointment with each of the candidates for
certain evening They were all asked for the same
evening and the same hour And they were all
| there on time Some of them arrived fifteen minutes
before the time None were late. None knew what
tie others were after. When all had assembled Lane
addressed them:
"'Ccntlemen' he said Il was In tight place last
winter and promised each of you the Maishashp Tor
tic District OF Kansas. am I'm tighter place today.
What | did last winter did with the pure-t motives
II was not for my personal good or ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
that | wished reelection 1t was for the good OF
the Of Kansas. l brought that state into the
Union. ] had the Indians cleared out Of 1t and put
Into the Indian Territory. ! have promised all the
Iublic land in the railroads. have promised
so much land that we wi; have go out OF the state
10 get all the acres have promised The 9tate VIII
DO grldrOned with railroads and there is every reason
10 believe that in few years 1t will be ono OF the
greatest States in the Union. All this | have done
|
and Il was with that de. that made those promises
which | cannot now fulfil. If have deceived you,
gentlemen, l believe that Heaven will forgive me-
Hut you, gentlemen, who should have voted ior me
from the purest and highest impnlses-you were
artuaed only by sordid motives. You voted for me
for a price, and | do not think that you are worthy
in the sight Of Heaven of any recognition consfera
uon / renounce all of you, and In the interest OF
He state Of Kansas will select entirely new man
for the position that you all covet and have him
appointed Marshal. Cocd evening, gcntleme'.'"
Rcprcsenlatlve Allen of Mississippi, find
silver lining to every cloud. Returning from New
York Jus, after the election, when the Democratic
leaders were bitterly deplorng tho fate of their
Marty Mr. Allen said to friend whom he met on the
train
~wcll. I have this consolation left me. If you will
look over the RETURNS from Ncw-York and then over
This schedule Of my trips through the state. you will
lind that although tie general result was NOT what
we expected hoped there were substantial Demo.
cratic gains in every town In which made speech
Colonel Dickp wntersmith Of Kentucky and
Representative Allen. of Mississippi, were bound, the
other night at Chamberaln's, to Guido each other
in putting the creduly Of their friends to test
said The colonel after preliminary puff at his cigar:
"WhIskey is a fluid used chiefly, either neat or
in oddihed combination, as an intoxlcator OF man"
Everybody looked at the Colonel. who has re-
formed lately and then at his neghbor, wondering
whether Dickr was going 10 deliver lecture on the
evils of inemperance or whether he was simply pre-
pairing 10 guy his listeners.
yes continued the Colonel unabashed by the In
curing gances Of the company "whskey is used
chiefly as an inoxicator OF man. But recently II has
been used in my state-and with successful inebrae
rats. Yes, gentlemen rats say rats"
Here the Colonel took a fresh puff and continued:
Down near Lcxin gton the maid servants of friend
of mine conceived the idea that whskey was Kill
| Ing many men I'm the northumberland II does,
gentlemen, II does sorry TO say-it might posi-
bly, be madO useful an cxterminator OF rats 20
this maid servant took an ordinary horn of the
article made IL sweet with sugar, crumbled
br al therein and placed It In the cellar few