The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06
He and the RoyaI Family were out.

Mach.avelli, they tell US, used to go into
the barber shop of Florence to get the
drift of public opinion. says the Wash
ington Post. Barriers may seem garrUl-
Gus individuals and bores when you are
anxious to catch a train. Now and then,
however. the casual auditor can learn a
thing or two from them. The other morn
ing, just as the neWSboyS were announc-
ing the untimely death of Battenburg, l
was reposing in a BARRIERS chair, and the
artist was straying with his razor over the
demesnes in the neighborhood of my Jug
ular. well, sir said the artist, ''e's
gone, it seems I'm sorry, sir, though I've
no love for the royal family, sir, and they
ave no love for me-.
Why" ! queried.
well, sir, some years ago 1 'ad the
honor of shaving Lord Archibald Camp
70 was good customer, sir. Sometimes
ed give me a shilling, and sometimes
ed give art crown"
We'll. sir, l began to feel easy and ia
miliar like with is lordshiD, and one
morning e comes init was in Jubilee
year and sits down in this chair, sir, and
/, Your lordship, says l. Fer majesty as
made herself very popular this year. She's
showed herself a bit to the people this
year, and the people like to see 'er Them
that they see no use in 'er majesty She's
showing 'erself to the people they
sir, would you believe It? But Lord Archi-
bald Campbell gets right up from that
chair and wipes the ather from off his
race, and puts on his at, sir, and walks
out of the shop without saying a word
A rev minutes later a boy comes over
from the bank, where is lordsh.p was a
director and ,ands me shilling as COM
ing from is lordship, and 1 never saw
Lord Archibald Campbell from that day
to this. And that's the reason | say sir
that the royal family as no use for me-
and ave no use for the royal family"
story of Attorney General Miller.
The announcement that w. H. H. Mil
Ter, formerly law partner of ex-Presi-
dent Harrison, and also Attorney General
in his administration, will attend the
marriage of the ex-President with Mrs
Dimmick which will take place on April
8, recalls to mind a public man who has
New York Tribune. When he went out
of office he declared himself tired of
public life. In explaining the worries of
public men Mr.. Miller once told a funny
story upon himself. After he left the
Indiana town where he was brought up
and branched out for himself he met
a great deal of success. Business cares
came on thick and fast, and the old home
was almost forgotten. He always want
ed to go back and pay visit to the place.
however, and on different occasions made
elaborate plans to do so, but something
always interviewed. After he became At
torney General he found that he had
business in the neighborhood. When he
got down off the train he was much sur
prised to see a weather-beaten old hack
standing by the station and to recog-
nize in the driver the same jehu, who
ran the stage in his boyhood days He
got into the hack to drive out to the
homestead. The driver seemed reticent
and sullen. Finally, Mr. Miller said: Il
guess you don't recognize me, do your
"Oh, yes" replied the ancient driver
in an non-committal manner.
Then" said Mr.. Miller, Il suppose you
have heard that 1 am practicing law"
Yes was the terse answer.
Il judge you know that l am Attorney
General now?" queried Mr. Miller
Yes, 1 did hear tell on that" admit
ted the reticent driver.
WELL" said Mr.. Miller, what did the
folks out here say when they heard it?''
The driver hitched from one side of the
seat to the other; slowly took his pipe
out of his mouth; fiecked the ff-horse
with his whip, and replied, laboriously:
They jest laffed.'
The rest of the drive was marked by
an unbroken silence.