Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-22
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

E. E. GUESS was on Monday appointed
postmaster at Sabin, Richland county,
Wis.
THE house on Wednesday, after the
reading of the journal, went into COM
mittea on the whole on the army 70
priation bill
The senate Wednesday night passed
Mr.. Vests silver free coinage bill by a
vote Of 80 to n.
WISCONSIN postmasters were appointed
Thursday as follows: w. R. BiDkelman,
at Manon, Waupaca county, ]. Smetherst,
at Seneca, Crawford county.
The Raum investigation was resumed
Monday morning. Assistant Secretary
Bussey testified that he did not now have
and never did have any interest in the re-
frigerator company.
THE Colorado gentleman who recently
presented a silver brick at the Philadelphia
Mat with the demand that it be coined
into dollars for them without the usual
seignorage of today prayed the supreme
court of the District Of Columbia to sum-
mon Secretary Window into court to
answer their petition.
SENATOR SAWYER ON the 18th intro
duced bill to appropriate S95, 900 for
building, under the direction of the secre
tary of the treasury, a revenue steamer TO
take the place of the steamer Andrew
Johnson on Lake Michigan. The bill adds
that the Andrew Johnson is no longer fit
for service.
THE report of the worlds fair s ubcom-
mittee. which was fully expected Thurs
day, will net be presented to the house
until Monday. Chairman Gambler said
that after consultation with Director Gen
eral Davis and others he had concluded
not to submit the report until it had been
acted upon by the full committee.
OF TALLEYRAND.
How He Disposed of an Offfceseeker and
a Creditor.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The art Of putting the right men in
the right places" Talleyrand once said,
Its first in the science of government, but
that of finding places for the discontinued
is the most difficult
1t would seem from this that the dis
tinguished French statesman was as much
a prey to officeseekers as are the public
men Of our own time. His manner Of dis
posing of them is amusingly illustrated In
the following anecdote:
One day one Of these troublesome per-
sons presented himself to M. de Taleyrand
and reminded him that he had been prom
ised place.
"Very well, said Talleyrand, ''but tell
given. You don't know of anything?
that | haven't the time to search for
you"
The applicant was thus disposed of for
the time being, bat day or two later he
again presented himself, his face radiant
with hope, and said:
''Sir, such and such place is vacant"
Vacant" replied TaiIeyrand well,
what do you wish me to do? You ought
to know that when place is vacant it has
already been promised"
Like many another famous man, both be-
fore his time and since, Talleyrand exhibit
ed-at least in ear Y life-a great reluc-
lance to settling with his creditors. When
he was appointed Bishop of Autun by
Louis XVI, he considered fine new
tenance of the dignity of that office. Ac-
cordingly coach was ordered and deliver
ed, but not paid for Some time after, as
the newly appointed bishop was about to
enter his coach he noticed strange man
standing near who bowed continually I'M
til the coach was driven away. This occur
red for several days, until at length Talley-
rand, addressing the stranger, said:
"Well. my good man, who are vou?"
Il am your coachmaker, my lord, re-
piled the stranger.
''Ah!" said TaIIeyrand, you are my
coachmaker; and what do you want, my
coachmaker 2"
Il want to ba paid, my lord
All! you are my coachmaker, and you
want to be paid. You shall be paid, my
coachmaker."
But " hen. my ord"
HUM sad Talleyrand, settling him
self comfortably among the cushions of
new coach and cycling his coachmaker
severely. You are too inquisitive.
If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thomps0n's Eye Water. Druggists sellit. 25c.
Ex-senator Thurman no longer uses snuff.
He found that the constant titilation of his
nose affected his eyes, and so he weaned
himself from the snuff-box.
AssEMBLyMAN-E ELECT FRANK P. DEM
Arrest. Of Nyack. n. Y. has been arrest