The Washington critic., 1889-05-15
THE TOWNS PHOTOGRAPH.

The latest of the sells that resultin
the sold buying the drinks for the
crowd, is perhaps the Clevcrcst The
man with the sell has confederate in
the crowd with which the victim Is
talking. He says TO the confederate,
81 was right about that thing we were
talking about The confederate, as II
renewing an old discussion. contmdicts
this and the victim is asked to decide.
Then the schcmer says: "What we were
talking about was this: What Is the
exact meaning of the German sentence,
Was vast sic habcn2' The victim,
proud Of his limited knowledge of Ger
man, says: What will YOU havc2"
Then the crowd orders the drinks on
him.
An odd case of friendship was de
vcloped during the examination Of APP
plcants for positions on the police
force. Three big, iinc.loOking soldiers
came together to be examined. One of
them acted as spokesman and said when
they went to Police Headquarters to file
their applications that they applied with
the understanding that If one of the
three was not appointed, neither of the
other two would accept an appointment.
They were all discharged from the com
pany they served In at about the same
time and had decided not to be sepa-
rated If one of them, the spokesman
said failed TO get IN appointment to the
police force; oil three of them would re.
enlist in the army for the sake of re.
naming together They will probably
all three be appointed.
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The great difficulty about the City
Governments arrangements for taking
care of the poor lies in the fact that so
many people are anxious to take ad-
vantage of such provision as a means of
economy. Others impose upon the au-
thorities in the most unblushing man
ner apparently with no other object
than that of getting something for
nothing, regardless of whether they
need il or not. A rather poorly dressed
man recently made application at Police
| Headquarters for transportation to Bal
timorc stating that he found himself
here without funds and could not get
back 10 his home unless assisted. His
face looked familiar, and upon investi
cation II was found that under different
names he had obtained transportation
to Baltimore several times before. He
had done the same thing in Baltimore
and had simply been enjoying himself
in pleasure trips backward and forward
between the two cities The authori-
ties declined to contribute any further
| to his passion for excursions
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Judge Chandler, the First Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, is u most
pleasant and agreeable gentleman.
It's pleasure TO transact business with
him, because he'll never take up a
| case while trying another, There's n
| little story going around, and it has not
yet been printed, which shows in q
strong light the Judges character
Before he was appointed number of
candidates were in the field for the posi-.
tion of First Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, and the President was sorely
tried He wanted to secure the best
man and at the same time please his
party. Judge Perkins of Kansas sug-
gested Judge Chandler, and the Kansas
delegation seconded the selection.
Judge Perkins said to the President :
Mr.. President, when ] was elected
10 Congress | was succeeded
on the Bench by Judge
Chandler and know he is Just the man to
fill the Office Of First Assistant Secretary
Of the Interior" The President be-
came impressed with the earnestness of the
Kansas delegation and Judge Chandler was
telegraphed for to come on. Judge
Chandler at the time was trying case and
al once telegraphed back. ''Can't come
until case before my court is disposed Of"
President Harrison was very much gratiaed
at the Judges answer, and the appoint
ment was held open for six days. When
the Judge had cleared up his court matters
| he came on and the President then ten
dered him the position of First Assistant
Secretary OF the Interior.