Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-04
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Senator McLauren's chin is decorated
with a cigarette goateC.
The March lamb is doubtless being fat
tened for the lions feast.
Perhaps the cataract in Gladstono@s eye
VIII develop into q peerless Niagara ere the
summer wancs,
There are some microbes Of truth In tho
assertion that the house OF representatives
is a sound body.
"a Fiery ordeal" was the title Of n SCR
mon In a Cincinnati church last Sunday.
Some OF the sparks fired the building, entail
ing a loss Of $4,000.
The greater New York" which tickles
Gotham and annoys Chicago. is nothing more
Than a proposition to attach the bedroom
TO the main building,
The house having decided to "coin a
vacuum 1T is now in order to define the
process OF mastication whereby a man be
comes Full OF beard"
Governor O'Ferrall of Virginia says he is
considering the advisability of firing shells
at the Maryland pirates who infest Virginia
waters. He probably thinks that, as they
take the oyster, they should have the shells,
too.
Senator Cal Brlce of Ohio and New York
has an income SC large that he is able to
spend, as reported, $3.50, 900 a year in MAIN
tanning his Washington establishment. Mr..
Brice is opposed on high moral grounds to
the income tax feature Of tho Wilson tariff
bill.
EX-Speaker Reed was awarded the prize
medal at the gridiron banquet in Washing
ton for devouring the greatest number Of
beefsteaks. In his boyhood days Tommy
Reed was an enthusiastic leader in "Chaw
beef carnivals, and the experience thus
gained garners honors in his maturer years.
The appointment Of Mr.. White of Louisi-
ana to the supreme bench reminds the
friends of that state that It has produced
many eminent men, among whom may be
mentioned Audubon the naturalist MOrnhN.
the chess player; Gottschalk, the composer;
Richardson, the architect; Cable, the nov
clist, and Beauregard, the confederate gem
eral.
Thomas c. Plat, ex-United States senator
from New York, never sits in a box when he
goes to a theater, being of a retiring DISPOSE
ton outside of politics. His chief theatrical
delight is n farce comedy, and the more alb
surd and i]nartistic the humor the more 1t
seems to please the republican boss. He sits
in a retired seat with Mrs. Plat by his side
and giggles over the nonsense of the farce
comedy makers with perpetual good humOr.
Sam Wah King, a Chinaman, has started
a cattle ranch in Montana with a capital of
$4,000. He employees only Chinese on his
ranch, and white men are afraid that Ce-'
lestial competition means the ruin of the
business, as has already happened in other
branches of industry in California. In the
old Black Hill days Sam was a cook in one of
the mining camps. He was Il dociie servant,
but soon branched out into mining specula-
ton and lending money on real estate. and
from these sources has built up his fortune.
Six of the present members of the senate
have served in the cabinet. Don Cameron is
first in the order of cabinet service, having
been secretary of war under General Grant.
John Sherman was secretary of the treas
ury under President Hayes. William L.
Chandler of New Jersey was secretary Of
the navy, and Henry NJ. Teller of Colorado
secretary of the interior, in the administra-
ton of President Arthur. Mr.. Proctor of
Vermont was secretary of war under Harri-
son, and William E.. Villas of Wisconsin was
both postmaster general and secretary of
the interior at different times in President
Cleveland's first administration.