Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-28
of The EVENING STAR.

Beer. beer. oeert 1 10 not mean 10 iusinuate
that there is nothing else in Milwaukee but
that somewhat over-popular thirst arouser, but
it is an indisputable fact that if the breweries
were removed from Milwaukee the remains
would look very much lihe q scaffolding which
stands alone after the building which it sur
rounded has collapsed. The visit of the inter-
national American excursion party to Mil
waukee did not cause any apparent diminution
in the visible supply of the foaniing liquor, for
the delegates are not beery in their tastes:
they run to drinks that are more aristocratic
and more expensive. Milwaukee is undoubt-
eddy beautiful city and the members of the
party agree that there have been few more
pleasant days than the one spent there.
Milwaukee is doing Its best to aid Chicago in
that city's fight for the worlds fair. 1t is not
at all clear to me that the delegates are going
to have much to say in the selection Of q site
Tor that great show, and ii their advice should
be asked, why, of course, they would declare in
favor OF the national capital.
Mr.. FLINT DISAPPOINTED THEM
The Chicago "hustlers" made several bold at
tempts TO capture the delegates, but the vigil
ance OF MIR. VIM. E. Curtis was too many for
hem. Secretary Cragin Of the booming"
committee was extraordinarily active, but he,
too, was checkmated. He proposed to Mr.
Curtis that the delegates be taken over to the
exposition headquarters and there be COM
PEELED to listen to speech which he (Cragin)
would provide for them. Mr.. Cragin was in
formed that the party was in the hands of the
local reception committee and under the pro-
lection of the State department, and that they
could not be worked" in the interest Of any
town. By the way, the Chicagoans who were
at the banquet were badly sold by Mr.. Flint,
one of the United States delegates. In the
course of his remarks in response to a toast Mr.
I1ntc tod hot laln to-, ha bod l-aI
to about the location of the exposition had ex-
pressed themselves being in favor of Chi
cago. At that point he was interrupted by APP
plaCse, but he stilled it with a gesture and
added. Il have only talked to two and they
haven't seen New York" II was sad disap-
pointment for the Chicago boys, but they stood
it bravely.
THEY WANT TO SEE THE DELEGATES.
Although the members OF the international
five cities up to the present point in their tour
they have been worried by ''cranks" enough to
stock three or four continents Added to this
host have been the misguided business men
who took il for granted that the delegates were
merchants out doing little shopping. Some
of them have succeeded in establishing friendly
relations with members of the party, while
others, less suave have been unmitigated nui-
sances. All of them have, at sundry times
and i'll divers places, endeavored to insinuate
themselves into the good graces of Mr.. William
L. curtis, aud all of them have, with unfailing
regularity. demonstrated their inability to
catch on i'll that particular neighborhood.
More aggressive than their fellows have
been the patent friends, and the
array of alleged inventions which
they have endeayored to tempt the delegates
with cover field as broad as the territory OF
the Patent Office Gazette. One shining exam
pie has followed the party all the way from
Me- md bcl6 ho will
land with the excursionists in Washington
when the trip comes to an end. His scheme is
to enter into contracts with the nations of
South America for the placing in their public
buildings of q new and charming variety of
thermometer. So far he has not sold a single
thermometer, but there ID no appearance of
encouragement in his demeanor, and he keeps
up with the procession with a never-failing
promptitude that would lead an outsider to be-
lieve that he was selling thousand dollars
worth of goods every twenty-four hours. He
discourses learnedly on the advantages which
follow Immediately in the train of his instru-
ments, and is doing his utmost to persuade
every member of the party that no self-respect-
ing South American should be without the
means OF deciding whether the temperature is
too hot or too cold for him.
OTHER INVENTORS.
The motion annihilator is the name of
another of the inventions to which the attention
of the congress has been persstently directed
1t Is simply a swinging berth which can be
fitted up on board "A vessel or in a railroad car
and i'll theory, if not in practice, il subdues
Earring and ameliorates oscillation. The In
ventOr logged Mr.. Curtiss footsteps for more
than a week and at every opportunity he en-
deavored to impress upon that gentlemen the
necessity that existed for the setting up on the
tram of a sample ''annihilator'' He was re-
ferred to the Pullman company and since that
time has been conspicuous by his absence.
safety switch is the offspring of another
mans intellect, and after you have heard the in
ventor dllate upon its good qualities for an hour
at q time You wonder how any weli-regulated
family could have gotten along without it. For
more than a week the inventor was hustling
around IN search OF a place in which a
model Of the switch could be displayed to the
thousands whom he knew were waiting to see
1t III operation. II the switch will only do
all that Is claimed for it there will be no more
railroad accidents and no more poverty for
that particular inventor. He says, though that
corporations are very inappreciative.
Another Of the many who desired to accom-
pany the party on the train, and who was will
ing TO pay literally for the accommodation
was q gentleman who wanted to perfect his
knowledge vi Spanish. His request was re-
fused and his check returned, much to his sur
prise; he didn't anything strange in an at
tempt to make school teachers OF the delegates
THEY WANTED TO INTERPRET.
The voice OF the interpreter Is also heard in
the land. Mr.. Curtis was at dinner on Sunday
at the Grand Pacific, in Chicago, when a waiter
Informed him that gentleman was outside to
see him ON urgent business. The meal was
suspended for a time while Curtis went out to
see the caller. He proved to be Chicago
man who was willing to accompany the part
and to take up the arduous task of explaining
to waiting world what the gentleman from
North America said to the gentleman from
South America and what the gentleman from
South America said in reply. He offered to do
1t cheap and seemed to be very much surprised
when informed that there was really no demand
for his services. Later in the day he returned
to the hotel in company with another gentle
man and they jointly volunteered their services
provided all their expenses were paid. This
offer was also refused and they depart ted look
ing exceeding sorrowful Autograph friends
have been as plentiful as the flowers that bloom
in the spring, and those whose energies run to
the collection Of postage stamps have been
neither few nor far between.
When the congress returns to Washington
there will be waiting for it man who pro-
poses to get out the first correct map of Central
and South America ever published, and it isn't
going to cost him great deal &c make the sur