Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-23
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

Il was elected to my present ONCE, said
r. c. Arnold Of Winston. Ala, at the Ma
tionaL who is now serving his second term
as alderman. because 1 would not buy a
jug of liquor. The contest was very
close one. but 1 thought my election was
assured, when two nights before the vot-
ing was to be done a delegation came to
me and wanted money with which to buy
couple of gallons of whisky. 1 refused
to give it, and the next day my friends
told me that my opponent had furnished
four gallons and thirty men who had been
relied upon to support me- had gone a
picnic and had agreed to vote for the other
man. This l knew would defeat me, and
after carefully polling my strength,
comparatively easy matter IN a community
where every voter is KNOWN l concluded
that the liquor had settled 1T against me.
Election day came, and not a man who
went on the picnic returned. The polls
closed and l was elected by ten votes. We
subsequently learned that the crowd had
got drunk and been arrested, keeping them
away from town; Had 1 given the liquor
my friends would have gone and those of
my opponent remained at home"
Il will never bet on the meaning of
words again." said r. p. Williamson of
Chicago at the Riggs. Il was at Wheel
ing. when travelling man. looking up
from his writing. said: want the word
that means happened. 1 have already said
happened. What words mean the same
tbng?' l suggested transpired. Trans
pred? he remarked. why that means to
sweat oh. no. 1 replied; ''perspire"
means to sweat Well l say "transpire"
rreans to sweat We argued the matter
for awhile, and then We bet s. on it. and
dictionary produced. which said that
transpire meant an invisible perspration
constantly exuding from the body. Trans
ira tinf ara
remarked the stakeholder, and l thought
so, too.
THE next day l was in Charleston and
concluded to get even, SO l looked up from
letter l was writing and pursued the tao
tics by which l caught 1t worked
like charm, and l soon had $40 bet that
'transpire meant to sweat A dictionary
was produced, and the stakeholder decided
that Transportation was an invisible perSpi
ration. while sweat was visible perspira-
ton, and lost my SO"
"A good many stories have been told of
the ease with which petitions are circu-
lated" remarked A. 3. Carlton of Indian
apolis at the Cochran. but the best in
stance / ever heard Of was in an Ohio
town. popular minister there was in
duced to head what he thought was a Pc
titon for charitable purpose. and on the
strength of his signature the name of al
most every reputable citizen of the place
was signed to the document. 1t was then
presented to the county court, and, being
III regular form. passed as a matter OF
course without any attention being paid
to it. and the first intimation the minister
had that joke had been perpetrated was
when he received notice that his applica-
ton for license to keep a saloon had been
granted, and would be issued as soon as
payment therefore had been made. At first
the minister and his friends We're indignant,
but soon appreciated the joke, and it fur
nished the preacher with a text the
carelessness in signing such petitions"
The number of national military parks
IS increasing, and l am in favor of them"
said Z. C. Turnbull Of Charleston at the
Arlington. but l do not see why, instead
of contining these parks to the battlefields
of the civil war, some of those of the reyo-
luton are not preserved. There are num-
Der of historic places that could be re-
stored to the condition they were in during
the struggle for independence Near
Charleston is Goose Creek Church. where
the English coat of arms is still above the
pulpit, and the five trees are standing
where Cen Marion fed the British officers
Guilford Church still exists in North Caro-
iIna, and there have been no radical
changes in the country Immediately sur
rounding 1t. Kings mountain presents
nearly the same appearance that it did
then, and near New Berne the ruins of
are several places where revolutionary
parks could be established as cheaply as
those Of the civil war"
There have been a good many cures for
drunkenness advertised, but none are so
successful as one 1 knew to be tried" said
A. L. Lyons Of New Orleans at the Shore
lam. Near Grenada, Miss, a planter
lives, who. whenever he came to the civ.
used to become !ntoxica ted, so much so
that the cotton factors would hunt him I'D
in the evenings and lock him in their store
that he might sleep off the effects of his
rotations One very hot day he staggered
in, and, falling upon bale Of cotton was
soon asleep. One Of the bookkeepers con-
cluded to try radical remedy He noticed
that flies gathered upon the mans face and
hands, so he anointed the sleeper with fy
poison mixed with glucose. He slept sew
eral hours. and when he awoke the book
keeper pretended to be greatly alarmed
told him that his blood was poisoned with
the whisky, and he was a doomed man
The frightened drunkard glanced in a mir
roy: ana When ne sa" that even his perspi-
ration was fatal to flies he groaned and
called for doctor. A physician to whom
the matter was explained was sent for and
told the planter he could be saved, but
must never touch another drop If he wanted
to live. 1t worked like a charm, and the
planter has been sober for two years"
Miss Alice Fleming, a New York drum
mer who handles notions, Is at the Raj
eigh Speaking Of her business, she said:
There are many more women on the road
this year than ever before. OF course, the
majority of them carry light lines Of goods
and toilet articles. patent medicines, per-
fcmeries and lines of ladies' wear have the
preference. but a few carry heavier goods
There is woman who has been travalipo
through Illinois for several years in the in
terest Of grocery company of st. Louis,
woman handles hardware, one sells shoes.
carrying several heavy sample trunks, and
l. Is now difficult to find a staple line that
is not represented by women in some part
of the country. 1t is a wearing life but is
greatly to be preferred to standing behind
a counter all day selling goods"
every one has heard of the petrified
forest Of Arizona" said T. l.. Allen OF
Tombstone at the Metropolitan, but few
people are aware that there are springs in