New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-09

eyes wide OPEN one Of the executive clerks Oh .he
senate WAS seated not far from their table. waiting
until he saw their gaze turning in his drec'on' "o
said &c one Of the walters
TELL senator Quay to come over nero @''u ''A'
luncheon with me- NH
At the same time he pointed at Mr. spencer i'''"
he added quickly:
Meyer mind | see he is busy. Don't bother him.
six grish heads turned in Mr. spencers dlrectoh'
Six pair of eyes scanned him over ana over anu iN
rosebud mouths opened in respectiul awe
Spencer had not heard the remark when mao orc''o"
attention to him. He soon became aware That TIC wa"
a fixed object of attention and it made him ul'a'N'
Whenever he looked up from his plate he Caught
pair of pretty eye cooking him wonderingly. ana no
found himself growing uncomfortable hot IN the
cheeks and boiling his food with ungraceiul ana
even dangerous speed lie went upstairs pressh"S
and Informed every in the clerks Office that lie
had been Inspected as though he natural
curiosity and he'd "be hanged" if he knew why.
lie does not know yet under what false prciences
he received that attention. When he hears It. 1t WIZ
not be 50 "a blow as he received at the hands
Of a visitor at the Capitol two years ago Mr. spencer
wa, seated at the Chief Clerks desk one afternoon
talking with Mr. Macdonald. when an aged stranger
bearing a grp-sack Of abnormal size. put his head
through the doorway. No one noticed him par
ticularly Mr. spencer continued MS conversation
until the demands of work called him back to his
own desk rs ne moved away, iic a." '''''~-'
slipped through the doorway. keeping his eve fixed on
the rcircatlng figure, and. leaning over Mr.. Mac
donald's desk. he whispered
Excuse mo. sir but IS that Mr.. Cleveland
The library Of Congress has two or three tables
that ar, always surrounded by literary crahhs ''0
saddcst type Of this genus homo. Their cio'Hc' "'
mnsty and thrcadbarc Their faces. ears and necH'
are as innocent Of the purifying influences OF soap
and water as are their collars and shirt 'front.' lhelr
long gaunt fingers are stained with dirt aud the l1N
iencncent Government urni hes them free oi cost
They are all reading writing or dreaming. Inc
reading is dcsult0ry the writing useless, but the
dreaming i, another thing. The poor. deuded. lazy
fellows who find the cushioned chairs aud comfortable
library temptation they cannot resist, succumb to
their intense cgosm and the dolce TAR nicnte that has
wrecked their lives, and dream Of the fame that
ought 10 be- thcir,-hut for TIM, unapprcoauvc world
They picture the Injuries that would surround them
if the ignorant Publishers only had the brain, and the
discretion to print the masterpieces they have pro-
duccd-and pay for them al valorcm! some Of these
are historians. and in their own conccit have long
since dl,tauoed any chroncler II modern OF ancient
times. some are poets. and only need publisher TO
make the Muses. turn green with envy. The majority
are mctaphy ,cans and they have successfully picked
flaws bon Kant and found ont that sir william Hamilton
is a novice In profundity Of thought compared with
them So phase Of human dcpravty and dss patton,
no development Of the crank. is sadder than this.
one Of the most cnvcd Of Washington oficeholders,
and at the same Time most unfortunate /, the colored
toncrr~. White men grud-c him his seat on ac-
count Of hi, COLOR his corrcd brethren think they
could fiji acccpably if Lot better. The ordinary
Congressman j. bored only by his constituents but
the negro representative has the whole his CON
-titucncy millions of people instead of thousands.
s., rule, he represents iilitcrlc district In the
Imagination Of his constituents the streets OF the Capt
tai are paved with gold. and there vigorous kick
n q carload or two /, not sent to each inhabtant.
freight prepaid Public building bills have only 10 Dee
presented io Doe passed according t. their IDEAS and
Office. are Doe had for tine asking. Each town In the
.tr., wants OF the former and each person one
of the latter. Ex Representative O'law says that
there wa, such inclination among his constituents
that these results not accomplished that he wa,
compelled 10 listen 10 TRADES poured from the pulpit
on hi- head wien hc went back - the south. Another
colorcd man who ha, also tried 10 SAYS that hi,
preacher scodcd him violently because his church did
not receive an appropriation and refused q listen 70
iI. excuses. Representatives Chrith,nl. the only
negro ia tbs present Conrrr>-. is the target Of every
colorcd man who want. an Office. and he has had 10
pay several visit, 10 hi, home 10 -undue the storm of
Indignation which ha, arisen In his district because
Of The devouy expected golden paving stones has
arrived
Among the stories aNoat. hear Of wellknown
mafron who. In hit # momcntary spleen at
member Of tho Diplomatic Corp. IS said TO have
remarked that She did not think much Of these French
ctaccic.7 - which her companion. Who saw The
IartlurtouIau joke answered that they were, indeed
q "vhat not lot Of fellows
The joyoi. rurality of the dear old town Of Alex
audra. Va. where the sprouts mp n the middle
4 the street and where thc carpenter and architect
have lost their ,auing-vas illustrated few da',
aro Us the narrative Of sNcety simple incident
which formed the feature If social entertainment