Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-03
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81 say, responded the boy In n bullying
tone, sis Sam Randall in:7
What do you lneanF said the doorkeeper
81 have never heard of Sam Randall
What rcjoned the boy, with look OF
| contempt Never heard of sam Randall
By gosh, l thought every one knew SAN
Randall"
Il never heard of him." said the door.
keeper
well, by gosh, he has been a member of
this house for twenty years, and he Is from
Pennsylvania
"Oh vou mean Mr. Randall. the member
from Pennsylvania"
"YeS: Sam Randall: and want vou to 90
in and bring him out to me! want to see
him.
1t is needless to say the doorkceper did
not 60 III.
| had n chat with Hon. Joe Mcdonald.
Of Indiana, last night as TO the prcsi-
l'ncy. He says that he is out of public life as
Il candidate, and that he win never seek nm
o.her Office. He says that Cleveland has
grown in Indiana, and that he is a stronger
man now than he was in 1851 Then he was
an experiment. Now nc has been tried and
not found wanting.
II like him." said Uncle Joe. from in to
out. | don't think he could be called n Great
man, but he is n strong man, and he is Il
good Democrat He will carry Indiana
without doubt in 1SSS, and, while there has
been some little discomfort among offico
seekers, the party is for him as a whole, and
the discomfort which exists in certain GUAR
terS will not effect the vote, as these men are
Democrats, and they dont scratch their tick
cts"
Mr.. Nash, the superintendent of the rail
way mail service of the United States, is n
short brunette with black chin whiskerS, He
is packed full of nervous activity, and he has
as much bGsiness in his constitution as anv
man in Washington. He tells me that radi-
cal Improvements are being made in the
transportation of the mails, and that in
creased facilities have been given all over the
west. y Sradation OF service has been in
auGurated as to mail clerks, and the efficient
among them are promoted to higher salaries,
They so in, rs rule, az $500, and some q
them get rs high as Sl,iOO
| saw little, round, fat man, with head
like cannon ball and very bright ewes, come
out of the treasury yesterday. He had q
double chin, and his hair was sprinkled with
gray. | recognized in him Mr.. Elliott, the
man who does the big figuring for the treas
ury. He dca.5 in millions, and gets, be-
lieve, less than 5000 n year. There are
numbers like him, however, in the treasury
building-men who are handling immense
fortunes day after day, whose fingers hardly
move without the touch of thousands of dol
lars in bills or silver, but who themselves get
less than s. a day.
Another character in the treasury depart
ment is Professor Widows, n little five feet
four man, with bright blue eyes, a face like
preachers and white side whiskers. He
gets, should judge, about 81 600 a year, and
he Is man with history. He rang the
chimes at the Centennial and at the New Or
leans exposition. and he is perhaps the best
chime ringer in the world. He plays tunes
on bells as musicians do on pianos, and he
has invented a patent bell, which takes about
half the usual amount of metal, and which
can be gotten up at about one-half the cost Of
other bells of its kind, and which has, hs
says, the sweetest tone of any bell ne Las ever
heard. 1t is not made ir the ordinary shape,
but is, l should judge, moro after the shape
of the sheep bell, and he says it is made on
the lines of sound wave.
This man, Professor Widows, learned his
chime ringing in a cathedral in England.
He worked beside Steinway when the latter
was still jourDeyman piano maker, and he
sold Steinway'S first piano for him for S4OO.
He acted as PATHS manager when, 13-year-
old girl, she went over the country singing
in concerts with Ole Bull, and the professor
says she was little devil at times during the
tour. She would not sing when she did not
want to, and they almoss had TO drag her OH
the stage when she was Out of humor. Then
he and Patti were probably somewhere near
4 par as to the amount of money they made.
Now PHtti gets her 5000 night The
Steinways are among the richest piano max
ars in the world: but the little gray whiskered
and gray haired professor works along from
} o'clock TIL for Il few dollars a week: but |
doubt not that he is as happy as either of the
others. THOMAS J. ToDD.