The Arizona champion., 1889-06-22
NATiOSAL EWs.
spicy Tit-Bits. Collected by our Reguls,
Correspondent la Washington.

m ,rti lis that have rendered decision,
luring his term Of Office. The latest
.'eatence, that in the case of Capt.
Armes, he has committed to restsie-
ton Of residence to certain limit:
for five years ami the suspension fol
that period of the right to wear uni
form. The court martial had re
Commended dismis ssal from the ser
vice. TIE o!fense was q violation
of politeness. Capt. Armes, e cranky
retired army officer, who was a
brilliant fighter in his day, pulled
Governor Beavers nose in retaliation
for more or less Imaginary alfront
put npor him by the gallant Cover.
nor in ordering him ejeetel from
the inaugural para lie.
In contrast with the severity OF
this sentence, as originally prom :.
atel, is the verdict in the case Of
Major Lyde;ker. Thi, offer was
at the head Of the engineering work
on the Wa ,hinston aquelact. The
aqueluct cost millions of dollars, and
the city, by which it was balIy
needel, waitel for it, completion.
Suspicious of bal work arose, only
to be pooh -?oohel by the gallant
major. Finally an investlg ton
was m ,de. All the work o: yeiis
is loss. The Major has been
either fool or a kn,ye for he ha,
approval of rotten work AMI falsely
stated on his honor that he knew it
to be Of cool character. AMI yet
the court mlrtill ouly sentences the
disgracel officer to pay to the
government fine of Sl0J month
for nine months. He does not loose
his post Or the order OF his rank
he is still carlel society dlriins,
no biI,h Of shan. tin ses his brazen
check /; even his fellow oiii ;ers are
too hardened to feel the disgrace in.
hic,ei upon the public service. Why
President Harrison has SO often ex.
pressed his contempt for court
martial is not hard t. discoye..
The men in the public life OF oar
times, who like DR.. johnson, ret .ins
the habits of humble days in TIE
prosperity OF the present, are NJ,
surprisingly numerous. To be sure
Atto'ney-ueIe!al Ga.ltni has never
invaded the MYSTERIOUS wonders Of a
iress coat, but the slovenIy mau are
common in all walks of life. Vc.y
often in one OF the dairy lunch room,
lown town yoa can see siyu.tic
man, with round, ciresSlly shlveG
face, peacefully settel, chewing
.pple pie and drinkia, mix. Ths
summers hat ha, aifscta the ia
hcrent integrity Of tie pie, AMI III
country raised boy coull be dc ,eived
into believing that one OF the thor
oughbred Attorneys, whose portrait.
grace the wall, has been guilty o.
quitting the milk on the mirket.
Yet as this herculian boy, justice
Hlrlan, of the Supreme Court,
munchel and sips, q smile of snpreme
ioy--a SORT of supreme cour. Joy, as
it were--wreathes his face and tie,
itself in a bow In the creases Of his
neck.
George Elliot, in describin. the
death OF a poor peasant, relates that
ne refused offers OF food in his illness,
being unable to eat common food
and having not enough immlgina-
tion to conceive of anything better
Is it lick of or superiority of
Imagination that makes ten cents
luncha delicate gastronumic triumph
to member Of the Supreme Court
Of the United Stitss, a man with
life position of value, who can so
to dozen liy dinners week if he
will only accept the offers he re-
ce;vesl
Justice Harlan pays his toll, and
walks up the street to a prominent
tobacconist. a huge box of cigars
il On tie counter, done up in packages
OF four--four for ten cents. The
great juiiat efuliy selects pack
age and puts ten cents upon the
counter He contentedly Ii. tbs one.
A smell like the snbtle flower OF
tannery psrmeates the shudderins
air, and there comes to you asain
| the convict IN that hun,,n inOenuity