Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-08-18
Washington Letter
WAsHIEGToS, D. c.
 Aug. 2S, 1888.

substitute for tha, blil shall be framed debated, and voted on. The subcom mittee of which Mr Allison is chair man, will soon have the substitute read
 to report to the iull finance committed [ It will necessarily require considerabl time to mature the bill, in full commit tee Tor report to the sentste. It Voul, seem therefore hardly possible for con
 gress to adjourn before October.
 The president has vetoed a bill autho
 rlzing the construction of a rBilro8O
 through the Indian country
 The Chickasgvs and Choctaws clsin
 that, under the treaties, the Unitel
 States could only suthorIze the con
 structlon Of two lines through th,
 Indian country one north ana
 south the other an east and
 west line; that in violotion of the-s
 treaties congress has granted B large
 number oi charters for railways throug gt
 their country, with the lines or location
 SO indefinite as to enable the grantees
 of the charter ,O go anywhere; and that
 ;hess grantees have obtained the char
 ters, not for the purpose of constructing
 the railways but for the purpose of sel-
 ing the charters as merchandise, 70 en-
 rich tnemse yes out of the domain Of the
 indisns. These complaints of the red
 men seem to have awakened their great
 father st last, and he has i1terposed his
 veto too long delayed.
 During the absence of their families
 rom Washington, some of the gour-
 nands of the senate aud house of repre- | sentatIves have been won't to seek their rstIon6 at "Welcker's." where R cuisine prevailed which would be attractive even in Paris. The circle of guests as-
 embled one eveninRincluded repre-
 sentative, smAll ID body, but great ID mInd,
 known to fame ID both hemisphsTes.
 and clothed ID wit and humour ss with H shining garment. mus. give him 6
 name for my own convenience and will call him BoI.
 The conversation turned on iugglers
 and iugglsrY. 4 gentleman showed how | adroiily the FakIr of Sivs hsd picked
 the watch-pooked of President Mshan.
 of Oberlin, in his presence. Another
 toll of seeing a !uggler fry a dozen | eggs, in 8 new silk hat. without soiiIDR
 the hat. "Oh, yes,' said the vBggish Box. that Is easily dCne. can do IL
 myself. A iuggler .sught me the trick in Constsntinople. Box,s preteniIons
 in the jusglery, instantly provoked gusts of good Dstured bsdinage, from every part of the room. But be persisted ID
 the assertion of his ability 10 perform
 the trick" u1til hIs friends finally con
 cludsd to afford him sn opportunity to
 acquire fresh lgurels, by frying a: dozen | eggs, Tn a silk hat, without sOlling it., Il af nFnh en
 provide the amateur iugglsr with the
 the eggs, which he de Jared must be Tn
 number. exactly thirteen, @ bakers dog
 en neither more nor less. Ansttendapt
 was summoned and sept to the kitchen for the eggs. He soon resppesred with a large glsss dish, into which be had broken thirteen fresh eggs, Box count ed the yolks with great care. 10 make
 sure that the trick" should not fsil, by reason of 6 mistake in the number of
 the eggs. He then remarked that 1t TRs essential to a successful performance
 of the trick that the eggs should be fried in c new silk h.t. Strangely
 enough there seemed to be none ct hand A heavy shower had accustomed the use
 of other hats for tLe evening. AtleDR,h
 |" sPick and spBn new bat, Oi the
 finest quality. was di covered in a chair ID remote corner e: the room. IL be-
 longed to southwestern senator, who hsd been sitting apart from the other
 guests. completely Bts.rbei in the con teuls Of u newspaper. and had not heard
 word of the conversation about the
 jugsler's ''trIck' with the ezSE.
 TEls senator Was a man of marked ability. aud ot Basional reputation. He vas the equal of Box, ,n iate lect, and
 vas st the same flee, large iD bodily
 7tRture. and of R cCrl-aAr1ing presence, with loud rapid ust-Tluce. and frank off-hRnd way of mts'Iug both fsIsuds and foes. Ills Dame l vii call Rreck One Of the gentl5mcL inform -l the sen.
 ator of Bo1's proposed exhibition and requested the use Gi S:s hat. IL. broke osi into s rOsr of Ian ghter at once. "DO you suppose" said h9. ''thst J U going
 tO let Box fry b.5 eggs Ia that has. Why, d-n it, l won that hat st the Ivy City course, more that siz weeks ago, and I've never worn it En hour Un- | tll to-day, and noT y0u want ne to let Box soak IL with tis bad eggs.' And he added, ID language more forclb!s that police. that beiofs he would do It | he wOu q see Box ID & place repused tO
 be very hot. But be uHsliy yielded, Gs every body knew he wCu.C, to the m ! ol rtunities of bis friends. backed up b!
 the assurance from Boz ihEt the new | silk hat should not bs sDiled to the slightest extent. HaDding bis hat to | Box Le immediately buried hiu sell IT | his newspaper EgGin, and forgot all about fried egss and silk hats and necro- nancy and everything elsa, BoI took | the hat and having emptied all the eggs into it. proceeded 70 stir up the mass
 with his cane, mingling the whites and | the yClk6 together, and completely
 ssturgtinR the interior of the silk hat
 with the mixture. To bis friends who | had gathered around him, this opera
 ton of stirring up the eggs seemed uH- | necessarily prolonged, Bpd they suR- sested to him that T. was time Co fry
 the eggs. With great apparent hesita- | ton and embarrassment be informed | them tEst be had forgotten how to perform the trick" For half 6 minute \ the gentleman looked at Box, who was | demurely stirring up the eggs, at Breck who was completely engrossei with his paper. sk the interior of Breck's hat, and | gt each other. Then. with one accord, ! thsy br0ke iutO the widest laughter,
 Peal on peal followed, ID quick sueces- sion. Iu an instant Se7 Btor Breck Bp- pearel, enquiring the meaning of all | thi- d-d racket" One of the gentle
 men contIi7ed to control his own con-
 vulsions of laughter sufficiently to in-
 form the senator that Box bad forgot | ten how he fried the eggs. Breck's face i when the reality of the situstios began
 Co dawn upon him, was 6 eight 10 behold.
 He looked into Box's face, then down
 into his woe begone bat. then into BuI's
 face again, and then again down into his has. | Meantime all present, except Breck | and Box, actually ''lRughed until they i cried" The spectacle presented by the
 faces of Breck and Box, and the inside ] of that bat, was more than human pa-
 tur. could stand. Two of them actually | rolled ou the floor in convulsioDs of | laughter. The upTCar was so great ibsi ID less than two minutes, more than
 twenty spectators had gathered around 1 them,
 But in the midst of this tumul'uous laughter there were two solemn faces. | They were BOx's and Breck's. The former wac evidently ID doubt how hls friend would receive the joke, which | vss hagippiny to assume gigantic pro-