The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-01

stand. The car was so full that it was per-
haps thirty seconds before any of them
moved, and in the meanwhile, Justice
Lamar, old and enfeebled 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 known who
was Offering her the kindness and she ac-
cepted the seat. The justice of the
supreme court stepped out and waited on
the sidewalk for 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 Lamaris however
type OF the poEteness of the statesmen
from the south who are here at Washing
ton 1t makes no difference how old or
now feeble a southern Senator or general
IS ne is always ready to rise in street car
and give his seat to a lady | have often
seen Speaker Carlisle hanging on to the
strap in order that some woman might
= nave a seat and have at the same time
| seen northern Senators spread out their
| legs and take twice as much room as they
needed. L remember one day in q crowded
C. street car coming from the patent
ONCE to the treasury, seeing little, old
woman hobble up on clutches and
attempt to get in. There were
dozen prominent men in the
car, including two supreme court
Judges; two United States Senators and
hall dozen Congressman. All of these
men sat Tor twenty seconds after
TIE CRIPPLE APPEARED AT THE DOOR
of the car and did not attempt to help her
At this moment a tall -whiskered.
dark-eyed man sitting in the extreme end
OF tne car who has been busily engaged in
| conversation with his neighbor turned his
eyes towards the door, He saw the woman.
and jumped to his feet, left his companion
and tenderly lifted her up the steps. This
man was seventy-tve years old and he
was by all odds the Oldest man in the car.
His name was Joseph e. Johnston and he
was the noted southern general of the late
war.
Inc taliors of Washington are much ex-
cited over letter which has been pub
llshed IN the newspapers stating that thew
expected TO make 100 per cent. off of every
suit made for public man and they saw
they are forced to do this in order to cover
pad debts. The only merchant tailoring
hrm IN town which charges cash is one
which is noted for its three-dollar pants
and the overcharging of the others has be-
come tie subject of conversation among the
statesmen. Some of them were talking
about it last night when
BEN BUTTERwoRTH TOLD AN INCIDENT
OF his school days. st happened said
ne, when L was studying law. One of my
friends urged. me to get new suit of
clothes. / told him [ could not, as had no
money. Get it on time,' said he. the
tailor Will trust YOU But said L. sup
pose L can't pay when the account falls
DUE Well, said my friend, If YOU wear
your Old clothes every one will look down
on you and the chances are that the tailor
will be among the crowd. If you buy
new suit you will stand all the better with
the rest OF the world, and you have only
the chance OF losing the good opinion of
your tailor The result was 1 bought the
suit and circumstances were fortunately
such That L was ready to pay for it.''
a new suit OF clothes is passport to
nearly everything in Washington. and
Butterfield's story makes me think Of Ger
eral George Sheridan, whom | saw strut
ting about the hotels yesterday under a
sombrero as big around as adishpan. Sher
idan was a great friend of Brady. tho
noted Star Route man, and while Bradv
was at the height Of his power here. Sher.
ldan frequently called upon him for a little
loan. One day one of Brady's clerks
came In and told him that Sheridan
was in town. How is he dressed; y,
said Brady. HE looks as though he came
out OF bandbox," was the reply. ..He
has on new silk hat, new suit. patent
leather boots and-he is taking in the
town in Landau HE wants some money!
said Brady "And I'll bet you s. that he
will be here within two hours to borrow
any way from five hundred dollars and
upwards. He never dresses up eycent
when he wants to make loan and then he
puts on
ALL THE STYLE HE CAN BUY.'
He bad hardly finished this remarl, he
in
soon after with his pocketbook fattened
Senator IOgalls is still receiving letters
regarding the eulogy which the Kansas
City correspondent says he p!agiarized
from Massillon. The senator's pencralIV
accept ingalls, explanation that he wrote
the matter down IN commonplace bool,
years ago and that his memory dropped it
down into his mouth when he was on the
floor. ingalls, never forgets a thing when
he once writes it and he has neof the hest
memories OF the senate. Senator Sooner
mas trained his memory so that he now
never makes note for a sDeech
and he relies entirely upon it to keep track
OF his engagements. He tells me that he
can start out to do twenty things and he
Will come back having forgotten none of
them. His first experience on memory
cultivation was when he was young law
yer. He had prior to this time made notes
OF the evidence as the trial progressed in
order to make his speech to the jury. At
last day came when he was
overrun with work. His wife was
sick and he was tired out
Animportant case at this moment came IN
Tor trial and he was SO fatigued that he
concluded that he would not take notes
but would arrange the matter in his head
as he went along in the examination of
witnesses. That night he tried to remem-
Der the testimony but he found his head in
a 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. mis-
faculties asserted themselves. The testi-
mony came before his mind as plainly as