The Washington critic., 1888-03-31

itAlltl VI AntNt NOAAlik iNhAto hiNNf
The girls had, OF course, heard OF each
other, but they never met until they
were accidentally brought together
at the house of the Senator q
few days ago. The person who
introduced them did not know
their history, nor was she aware of
the fact that they were half sisters
and it was not until they separated
that they discovered their own rela-
tionship. The grandmother of the
elder girl explained to her grand
daughter that the new acquaintance
was the child Of her father by his
second and divorced wife; and an old
friend of the family explained the
relationship to the other The next
time the girls met those who were
aware of these circumstances watched
their movements with q good deal of
interest They seemed TO approach
each other with reluctance; then they
shook hands and kissed each other
and retiring to u sofa in an adjoining
room they sat down together. Their
conversation seemed to interest both,
and hear that they parted with the
promise to visit each other soon,
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Says Underwood IN the Boston Rec
ard: ! see that Isaac Bell, ir. Mr.. Ben
netts brother-in-law, is coming home
from Holland, where he was United
States Minister. When his resigna-
ton was offered, the story was set
going that he wanted to run iona
than Chace oil the track as Rhode
Island S Senator. This is altogether
improbable. Mr. Boil is q thoroughly
companionable man, though, if one
is 10 credit stories that come from
Americans who have met him abroad,
BY one who writes from Paris he is
pronounced the most perfectly repre-
sentative American we have abroad.
Also one whose contempt for foreign
forms is all the more admirable since
he has lived in Europe for many
years and could, with more propriety
than many of our ministers, ape the
courtly weaknesses Bell was distin-
guished among his collegemates as q
wayward student, as his days at IIar-
ward were but calendar of mischief.
While he learned with facility,
he learned with fun, but his
spirit of dcviltry outran h. better
Judgment, and he was finally retired
for practical joking. One afternoon a
band of Fiji islanders were on cxhi.
bition in Cambridge. Bell was there
with his fun-loving followers, each
equipped with II pea blower. The
Circusing islanders howled, but were
unable to arrest the assault, until one
of them, a woman, to the mingled
surprise and astonishment, both of the
police and the students, singled out
young Bell, and exclaimed with q
rich brogue. There's the omothawn
that's insulting us ~ The officers
were placated for the moment, but
the following day warrant appeared
at the college, which led ultimately to
withdrawal. The young student was
packed off to Europe on an allowance
Of $4,000 year.
s"a
\ patent is about to be filed at the
United States Patent Office, says the
New York World, which bids fair to
prove that after all there is nothing
new under the sun. The certificate is
dated 1920, and is signed by Andrew
jackson. The drawings and specif-
cations cover the invention of u type
writer. 1t is styled typographer,
and the original patent record was
destroyed in the Patent Office dozen
years ago. The drawings of the time
stained patent closely resemble the
construction of the modern type
writer's The patent was originally
taken out by William G.. Burt. His
a,fn,,1gA, latnlNr Iiupn..A,n1
Ings, and is now prepared TO contest
the validity of the Remington and
Caligraph patents, which enjoy Il
practical monopoly.
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Says the New York Press: Postmas
ter-General Howe, in addition to be-
ing one of the ablest men who ever
occupied the position of Postmaster.
General, was man who enjoyed q
quiet joke Mr. Elmer tue Second
Assistant General, rode in
q handsome coupe drawn by q large
gray horse. One day the Postmaster.
| General team was ont of order, and
Elmer, with that politeness of man.
| ner SO characteristic of him, turned
his rig over to General Howe. When
the latterentered the coupe on leaving
the Department, he said to the driver
"Just give the horse rein and let us see
where he will 60" And the driver
obeyed orders, and the result was thC
horse stopped with the regularity of {
milkman's wagon at certain places un
accustomed to the L. NJ. G. OF course
the places were all nice, such as
| Aman's tailoring establishment, Shoe
makers shoe store and John Cham
berlin's book store. Mr.. Howe Away,
enjoyed telling this Joke to Elmer anC
his other assistants.
~
lowa Topics hears from Washington
that one of the attaches of the Chimes,
Legation is deeply chagrined becaus,
of the discovery that he has cousin
who runs a laundry on Pennsylvania
avenue. The attache is quite a swell
and, of course, Mandarin of higl
degree, and goes into society a grea
deal. One day the laundryman recog
nized him on the street, and forth
with heralded the fact that he had
cousin now at the Capital and ATTACHED
to the Legation. This piece of new
spread rapidly among the laundry
man co-laborers, and il was not lon,
before it found its way into the house
at which the attache frequentl
called, The fact Of the unpleasan
relationship finally leaked out, an,
as result the attache was pros
trated with grief and annoyance
lie finally sent for his cousin and o!
fcrcd him $500 to leave the city. Blu
the figure was not large enough, an,
after considerable dickering $500 wa
agreed upon as the price, Unlortu
nately the laundryman was indiscree
enough 10 tell his friends of tn
transaction, who in turn conveyed Tia