Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-01


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home and big library.
JUSTICE LAMAR's KINDNESS.
The effects of the grip are still felt in
Washington. Governor Andrew G. Curtin
had three different attacks of it, and was
kept for good part OF the winter in the
Arlington Hotel by it. Justice Lamar
grappled with the iend early in the season,
and he looks 20 years older from the effects
OF his struggle. saw him this afternoon
riding from the Supreme Court to his home
on Massachusetts avenue in a red herdic.
His shoulders are stopped, and he has lost
30 pounds during the winter. At the trans
fer station opposite the White House a
crowd of Treasury clerks pushed their way
In and took the remainder of the available
standing room. Justice Lamar was sitting
at the extreme end of the car, near the door,
when little, white-haired old lady ap-
peared behind this crowd of clerks and
begged the gentlemen to move up a little,
so that she could get place to stand.
The car was so iull that it was perhaps 30
seconds before any of them moved, and, in
the meanwhile, Justice Lamar, old and en-
ieeoled as he is by the grip, arose from his
seat and asked the lady to come in and take
his place, saying that he intended to get out
very soon at any rate. The old lady did not
know who was offering her the kindness,
and she accepted the seat. The Justice OF
the Supreme Court stepped out and waited
on the sidewalk Tor the next herdic, which
he took as it came along five minutes later
and rode to his home on Massachusetts
avenue. This action of Justice Lamar is,
however, type of the politeness of tine
statesmen from the South who are here at
Washington.
MATTER OF MEMORY.
Senator Ingalls, is still receiving letters
regarding the eulogy which the Kansas City
correspondent says he plagiarized from Mas
sllon. The Senators generally accept In-
CALLS explanation that be wrote the matter
down in commonplace book years ago, and
that his memory dropped it down into his
mouth when he was on the floor Ingalls,
never forgets thing when he once writes it,
and he has one of the best memories of the
Senate.
Senator Spooner has trained his memory
80 that he now never makes a note for a
speech, and he relies entirely upon it to
keep track of his engagements He tells me
that he can start out to do 20 things and he
will come back having forgotten none of
them. His first experience at memory cul-
tlvatlon was when he was a young lawyer.
One day he was overrun with work.
His wife was sick and he was tired out
An important case at this moment came
up for trial and he was so fatigued that he
concluded that he would not take notes.
That night be tried to remember the testi-
mony, but he found his head in tumble.
He feared to lose his case and went to bed
much worried. 1t was the same way in the
morning, and he was in despair when he
arose to make his speech to the jury.
The moment he began to speak, however,
his faculties asserted themselves The tes-
timony came before his mind as plainly as
the handwriting on the wall in the palace
at Babylon and he won his case. He has
never taken note since then, and he says
he believes that anyone can train his
as he pleases.
BUTTERwoRTH AND THE TAILOR.
The tailors of Washington are much ex-
cited over letter which has been published
in the newspapers stating that they expected
to make 100 per cent off every suit made for
a public man, and that they are forced to do
this in order to cover bad debts. The>only
merchant tailoring firm in town which
charges cash is one which is noted for its
three-dollar pants, and the oyercharging OF
the others has become the subject of con- |
versation among the statesmen.
Some of them We're talking about il last |
night, when Ben Butterworth told an incl |
dent OF his school days. sit happened"
said he, when was studying law. One
Of my friends urged me to get new suit of
clothes. I told him could not, as I had
no money.
" Get it on time, said he; the tailor will
rust you.'
But" said I, suppose I can't pay when
he account falls due?'
WELL said my friend, IF you wear
7our old clothes every one will look down
N you, and the chances are that the tailor
will be among the crowd. II you buy a
lew suit you will stand all the better with
he rest OF the world, and you have only the
nance Of losing the good opinion OF your
ailor'
1.-THE result was I bought the suit, and
were such that was ready
o pay for it,
FRANK G.. CARPENTER