Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-26

the subject. Said the indianapolis man:
"Senator Harrison, 1 think you stand a
fair chance to be President, but you have a
better one of being Vice President, and the
head of the ticket may come from the East. 3"
Didn't Like the Cemetery Route.
'I don't know about that, replied the
future President, 'but I do know that 1
don't want the second place on the ticket
1 would like to 60 to the White House, but
don't want to go into it through the ceme-
tery" Senator Harrison then discussed
the Vice Presidents who had become Presi-
dents, and as much as said that he would
not have the Vice Presidential place on the
ticket.
Senator Blackburn was telling curious
experience the other night which he and
the late Senator Beck had about 10 years
ago at the Capitol here. They were talking
together outside of one of the committee
rooms of the Senate when stout-looking
man with . round. boyish head covered with
iron-gray hair came up to them and begging
their pardon told them that he had curl
Gus little instrument under his arm which
he would like to show them. Upon this he
produced bundle and, the Senators con-
senting, the three men went into the COM
mittee room.
How Edison Showed His Phonograph.
When the wrapper was taken of the ma
chine looked like miniature corn-sheller,
and the man asked Senator Beck to talk into
it and to say anything he pleased. Beck
thereupon, in stentorian tones, recited one
of Robert Burns short dialect poems. The
bovish-looking man turned the handle and
Beck's voice was ground out in the same
tones that he had used. The Senators were
astounded. Neither had ever heard or
thought of the possibility of the phono-
graph, and Senator Beck accused the man
of being a ventriloquist. He wanted to try
it again and insisted that the man should 90
off into distant corner of the room as he
did so.
81 will do better than that" replied Mr..
Edison, tor he was the man. II will go out
side of the door and you can talk into the
machine and work it to suit yourself"
This he did, aud the two Kentucky Sena-
tors found the machine to work equally we'll
during his absence. This was, am told.
the first time that the phonoeraph was ever
shown in Washington. Now you find
nickle-in-the-slot machines in every block
which retail through this instrument the
popular music Of the day, and many states
men dictate their letters into monographs
and have them transcribed by typewriters.
Harrison Loves Fine Horse.
The summer days are filling the country
drives about Washington with spanking
teams, and among the curious sights have
seen on the road this week was Postmaster
General Wanamaker and the President in a
piano box buggy behind the Postmaster
Generals fast Kentucky roadster On the
Presidents knee was little Baby Mckee,
and Baby Mckee was driving the buckle.
1t formed a pretty sight, and the President
and the Postmaster General seemed more
interested in young Mckee than in any,
thing else. The President himself has fairly
good horses and is fond Of driving. 1 see
him now and then with the reins in his
hands, and I saw him out yesterday in
landau with Russell sitting on the front
seat beside the driver and the President
and Mrs. Dimmick riding behind. His
favorite drives seem to be to the Soldiers
Home, and he often drives out on the hill
and takes spin along the Columbia road,
hardly looking to the right or left as he
goes, but generally tipping his hat when he
is spoken TO. He seldom rides on horseback
and he seems to prefer the buggy to the
saddle President Cleveland rode a little
in the saddle. He was too heavy to cut a
ood figure on horseback and he knew it.
Senator Stanford, though he has some of
the best horses in Washington, never rides
them. He prefers to drive and his two
black coach horses, "Major and George"
are the biggest Of the kind that have ever
been in Washington. These horses are over
II hands high and they weigh together Just
about ton and a halt. They are high step
pers and you could not buy them for $50, 900
apiece. They are the property of Mrs.
Staniord-at least she drives them in her
big landau and she has coachman and
foatman who are dressed in black and who
have black rosettes on their high silk hats
and the whole is kind of symphony IN
black.
Stanford and Rothschild Contrasted.
Senator Stanford's stable is one Of the
finest in the city, but it is not extavagant in
the way of furnishing. With all his wealth,
Senator Stamford wastes no money tool
ishly and the contrast between this stable
and that of the rich Baron Rothschild of
Vienna, is striking. I doubt whether
Rothschild is worth any more than Senator
but he has one box stall which
cost 900 to build and his stable has
marble floors and here and there his walls
are set in costly.tiles, painted by distin-
guished artists, and it has rings, chains and
drain traps of silver. Its walls are frescoed
with hunting scenes and it cost, all told, in
the neighborhood of 100000.
Senator Stanford's stable did not cost one
fourth this amount. 1t is plain brick
building, and though it is perfectly ven
tiiated and heated and has nice quarters and
bathrooms for the men, it is not made of
costly woods nor is it in any way extrava-